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Every economist that I respect says -- if you raise tax rates at this time in fact the president even said that a couple of years ago.
That been an -- the economy we're trying to help the economy.
And so unless I can be convinced that raising tax rates will be beneficial then obviously I think there's -- reason and grounds -- my position.
It's a question raising taxes vs trying to find money to pay for government services.
And in the conundrum of where to begin on either one of these things as -- and Bob Cusack is the managing editor of the hill.
In your post today you suggest that the White House knows that if it if it cuts taxes they're gonna be forever they raise taxes are gonna drum up.
200 billion dollars out of the economy.
This kind of smacks me -- department of the obvious kind of stuff you raise taxes you're gonna take the money out of some place obviously is going to be the economy isn't it.
Oh yeah definitely I mean and -- both Republicans and the White House are saying that you know everyone's gonna have to feel a little pain but -- you have that jobs factor and and if you pass something if they if congress fumbles on this it could it could just be catastrophic to the economy.
And that's why did the White House is continually insisting on a balanced approach of raising tax cuts for millionaires but Republicans say wait a minute -- have to do entitlement reform.
We should touch Social Security something that Democrats are saying shouldn't be -- this time around that was something discussed in the summer of 2011 between speaker Boehner.
And the president.
Now they're saying well now let's do maybe Medicare Medicaid mean there's so much in the equation here.
The White House insisting on one point six trillion dollars in revenue.
That is a large number and Republicans say that's a.
Non starter.
And it -- and talk about the revenue side of a just for a second Peter Orszag who's the former director of OMB.
Ran the numbers and said hey you who you repeal the bush tax cuts for the top tier.
You'll come up with something in the neighborhood of eight trillion over ten years but if you repeal all of them.
Including the middle class once you get 32 billion just for that segment all collectively.
Forty trillion dollars over ten years sell if it's good to raise taxes on the rich and we're all feeling pain wouldn't -- be good to raise taxes -- a little bit on everybody.
That's what a lot of Democrats -- congress say look if you look back at that the Clinton administration well in the economy is doing quite well then and they want to.
Get rid of all the bush tax cuts and a lot of the democratic budget proposals over the last few years.
I assume the end of all of them so that's going to be Democrats and liberals say listen we don't need to.
And I deal on Medicare or Medicaid or Social Security.
Because if we do nothing well then we go over the fiscal cliff and that's fine with some of them now of course that people like Ben Bernanke are saying.
That would be disastrous but but the incentive on the left is is not to do anything because getting a better deal than doing nothing is that's what they want they and so who want.
All the tax cuts no way.
And that definite thing that's most concerning to me is champ firmer our senior producer over the capital says they're still not a day to discuss this.
We were hearing in the waning days of the presidential campaign.
That they hadn't discussed this for months on this dates coming and it doesn't seem like there's a sense of urgency in DC.
To get something done about this.
Yeah that's right I mean.
Wall Street I think was well I mean they made some of them may even play a little bit by the happy talk at the white house with congressional leaders.
After they met with present Obama.
But don't expect any type of deal anytime soon in the way congress works and perhaps the -- -- always -- is that they're not gonna get a deal before they have to and that's even if they get a deal so.
Any type of deal that is struck is going to have to be right up against Christmas perhaps right up against the New Year's Eve I think this week -- next week you can see the sides jockeying a little bit for a for leverage but but the actual deal making mean they're nowhere close.
Well be something nice for Christmas list Bob -- a deal a deal on this already -- Bob Cusack from the hill thank you very much we're headed off to a commercial break.
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Quite a few cartoon characters have made the leap from the animated world to the real one (Scooby Doo, the Smurfs and the Chipmunks for starters) – but how many have gone the other way?
A cartoon series based on the original Ghostbusters movie enjoyed a five year run in the late 1980s following the success of the original film, but that was a syndicated afternoon kids' show. By comparison, the animated version of Napoleon Dynamite is appearing in a more toney venue: Fox's Sunday night animation block, where it's currently in the midst of a six-episode trial run.
As deadpan-wacky as it was, the 2004 comedy basically kept both feet in the real world, following uber-nerd Napoleon and his small circle of friends and family in the little town of Preston Idaho. The cartoon Napoleon however is taking a few more liberties with reality…
"Two and half years ago I was having lunch with Jared Hess," explains Simpsons veteran Mike Scully, who's overseeing the animated series. According to Scully, Hess – the original film's co-writer and director – wanted to do a series tracing the continuing adventures of the film's characters – "but not a sequel. Jared thought it would be hard to create a follow-up to the film, that people would get weary of the characters.
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In its cartoon incarnation, Napoleon Dynamite meshes perfectly with its Sunday night neighbors the Simpsons, the Griffins and the Smiths. In place of the film's tongue-in-cheek naturalism, Dynamite episodes are built around surreal premises: in one episode Napoleon faces off against brother Kip in the Thundercone, a Fight Club-style combat arena hidden inside a barn silo; in a later episode Napoleon finds himself working on a liger farm, where he discovers the not-so-imaginary animal he's fascinated by are less than awesome in real life.
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A. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (which I'm sort of obsessed with at the moment so bear with me) did an entire episode about a dumpster baby. And it was funny. Funnier than any Family Guy sequence ever. THAT show proves that it's possible to be edgy and potentially offensive while also being funny and still deriving the humor from the plotlines and characters. Or, for that matter, to do such a show and actually have humor in the first place.
B. Palin's reaction to that joke was hilarious but partially because the joke itself was so fucking lame and easy anyway. It was barely even a joke and made no sense; it was at best a passing reference with no real target in particular. Palin's actual kid is a male and much younger so it was clear that some writer just thought "down syndrome=Palin" and called it a day. This, when Palin is practically a fucking walking joke in herself. A legitimate attack on her actual politics, or for that matter her tendency to trot her child around as a political accessory (a point the "down syndrome girl" actress made herself in a statement much funnier and more spot-on than that Family Guy joke), would have been much funnier and actually possibly contained some edge. The only thing Palin's reaction proved is that it's possible for some people to be overly sensitive to even the most toothless joke. And most of the supposedly "edgy" jokes on Family Guy are, at best, just as toothless.
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Dealing with Exceptionally Good "Rushers"
This has been a topic that I know has been discussed previously. However I would like to discuss this further in a bit more detail both tactically and technically.
There is a chap at my local club that has an absolutely amazing return of serve (doubles). Having seen all standards of play over the years, I certainly do not state this lightly. Although he is not as consistent or as good as pros, he has a return of serve that is at least on par with the best professionals. It reminds me very much of the only other player that I have seen to possess this ability, who perhaps was the best doubles service returner ever - the retired Thomas Lund.
He has an uncanny ability to read and take the low serve unbelievably early, literally right at the tape and often it is a clean winner. But what is equally impressive is that it is very difficult to flick him as he is just as quick going backwards and has a solid and steep smash (being 6ft+). I have come across a lot of fast rushers in my time, but no one as good as him.
In my younger years playing competitively, I remember playing against some ex-pros while at university. They were all fast rushers and deadly accurate but none were as fast at returning serve as this chap. Hes an advanced player, but not professional and does have a number of weaknesses which I can exploit once I get into the rally.
I have a fairly consistent serve which is usually tight to the tape, but if it is anything less than just skimming the tape, not even a lose serve, it is put away at the four corners or mid court tram lines. Obviously I mix my serve up to keep him guessing, serving low to the T, sidelines, his racquet arm shoulder etc along with flicks to the corners. But the only serve that he cannot attack is the low serve to the sides.
Although I was introduced to several ways to serve low when I was a kid simple flat push, undercut and top spin I have always stuck with the flat serve which I find is far more consistent particularly in competition when so much goes through your mind. I know some Chinese players were taught the slight side-spin/undercut serve which is not only more deceptive but also changes the trajectory and wobble of the shuttle. But I found this difficult to do consistently. Ive tried holding my serve for longer, but as he plays very relaxed, it doesnt really affect him.
Since this is the only thing that I and almost everyone else at my club consistently concede points to when playing him, I thought it would be a worthy point of discussion and studying further. It would be really interesting to hear the experiences of some of our more experienced members and advanced players who may have come across similar players before and have advice on how you have overcome such exceptional rushers. I have to admit Ive not considered modifying my trusty low serve in all the years Ive played until I met this chap but I find it quite interesting.
Obviously your partner also plays a big part in getting to the return of serve but for the purposes of this discussion Id just like to just focus on the low serve technique and tactics.
What works for you and how do you play the low serve to such brilliant returners? What trajectory do you aim for? Do you spin the shuttle - how? Do you aim for the shuttle to peak before it reaches the tape or at the tape? Do you stand flat footed or tip toed?
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Strangely I can't seem to find any videos of Thomas Lund and Jon Holst Christensen in their last few years of play (c. 1995).
It was amazing to see how good Lund was at returning serve when he was at his best, made it look so easy.
I think there comes a point where there is little to improve on the low serve. If what you say is correct (i.e. him being to attack a variety of serves) then it is very difficult to be able to serve perfectly every single time.
What you or your partner can work on is counter attacking him. Or just beefing up your defence of his service return. And as always, mix it up and keep him guessing.
This was exactly my thinking for so many years. But when playing against people who can consistently take perhaps 5 or so "free" points in every game simply by the return of serve, you are already on the back foot no matter how good you are.
I referred to Lund/Holst-Christensen as I remember watching them play against a Chinese pairing who had no answer to Lund's return of serve. Even if they could get to it, it would have been a pretty weak shot.
I've not tried a slice/spin serve for a long time, so don't feel confident playing it. But I'm beginning to wonder whether this could help - if I can get the shuttle to point downwards momentarily as it crosses the net, even if it's not perfectly tight, it may make him think twice about attacking it.
You can also vary how high you hold the shuttle when serving. This will affect the direction (upwards or downwards) of the shuttle at the point it crosses the net.
But then again, I'm sure you've tried all these.
Okay, I'm a bystander talking to another bystander watching you get powned by that rushing chap. So ... I'm not talking to you, R.
Me: Do you know the success stats?
Her: I guess four percent errors, if I remember correctly.
Me: You mean, 96% of services should be in?
Her: Sort of ... if you play international doubles.
Me: In 21 points, that's close to nil errrors.
Her: Na, much worse, in five to eight games in a row, no error on the service.
Me: Oh, you're right. Four in 100 services.
Her: And don't forget, the return of service seldom ends a rally. They play it really close to the net, and there is an element of deception ...
Me: Pew ... well I guess the only way to stop this rusher is either to play a decepting flick, or play short like a pro.
Her: Good god, who has time for such zen-like practice sessions ... I'm mean it's just for the service. I have kids.
Me: Don't tell me, tell him. He gets powned.
How far back from the service line is he standing?
I tend to agree with this view. If you look at top level Doubles. Servers have inexplicably good serves. Still the receivers usually can attack. In other words, assuming both sides do their things right, the outcome is still a positive attack from receivers. This brings to the 3rd shot. Focusing on the first shot might be counter-productive, I feel.
Nevertheless, I've some brainstorming ideas. From a naive perspective, perhaps that could trigger some new ideas.
1. Since you said he couldn't attack a wide serve, use this more. If you do this, what do you think could happen?
2. How close to the net do you normally stand? If you look at the pros, the servers typically tip-toes the service line, and they would raise their body up and stand on their balls, extending their arms/rackets very close to top of net (as legally allowed). This shortens the reaction time given to their receiving opponents.
3. I vaguely recall one trick I read from a badminton book (probably out-of-print). Against a rusher who times your serve, and is very aggressive, you may intentional serve short. They may not have enough time to make that judgement. This could increase difficulty.
4. You mentioned - "...fairly consistent serve which is usually tight to the tape, but if it is anything less than just skimming the tape, not even a lose serve, it is put away at the four corners or mid court tram lines.". This may be a motivation for you to work on long-term consistency of your serves to stop him from taking advantage of your occasional less-than-perfect serves, despite Tadashi's hint of not doing so. Do you have kids?
If you can get pass the idea of perfecting your serves, you can instead work on coordination with your partner, and exploit the rusher's partner. A lot of Chinese/Malaysia players use hand-signals between serving pairs. Do you do this? I would imagine that this should help, esp. when you say you vary the placement of your serves a lot to keep your rusher guessing. If you don't "talk to" your partner in real-time, you'd also be keeping your partner guessing.
Second idea is to use a flick to the center. And then duck. Let your partner take the reply. Going to the center would cut down on his return angles, allowing your partner a shot. If you partner can handle it, a placement shot may be used, esp. when your rusher's partner may be slow coming forward to the net. A vacuum may be momentarily created at the front court that you could exploit.
Third idea is to divide the court into areas of responsibilities between you and your partner. You may cover the cross drive/push, as you probably don't have time to move much, while leaving all straight shots to your partner. You may being doing this already, but just in case.
How good are your serves? Always close to the tape and on the service line?
And is your arm action in your short serves sufficiently large enough (ie push) and similar to your flick serves so that he can't easily anticipate?
Raymond already has some good suggestions above, and I'd especially recommend intentionally serving short of service line.
Finally one more suggestion is to serve an underhand forehead very high serve like in some ladies singles. Don't laugh, it works when all else fails.Last edited by visor; 09-01-2013 at 02:28 AM.
I would personally be interested to see how good he was at dealing with a flat served pushed to land at his feet, as well as the drive serve down the centre line. If his first instinct is to rush forwards, racket out, then performing a faster low serve may actually cramp him. Secondly, I would serve to him with variations of 2 inches in all directions. Serving 2 inches to the right of his racket shoulder should produce a very different return to aiming 2 inches to the left of his racket should (for example), which should again be different to serving a further 2 inches to the left or right.
Give it a try and I can almost guarantee that one of these variations will produce a more awkward return of serve. Furthermore, even a good returner will have favourite returns off of these variations. If I know where he will return, then I am in control (even if its a good return).
How does he handle the flat flick serve to his forehand? Most players struggle to move to that corner, and because its flat he may only be able to drives the shuttle.
Thanks for your suggestions.
Responding to your points...
1. I do but if I use the wide serve too often it looses the element of surprise and can give him a lot of angle and options.
2. I do tip toe slightly. I lean forward close to the next. But one thing I don't do is have my racquet anywhere near horizontal unlike pros who have tend to stretch the rule of "pointing downwards" as far as possible.
3. Hmm.. probably not a good idea staking a point to keep him guessing. If he judges correctly, I would have just gifted him another free point.
4. I don't really understand what you're saying here. But yeah I have a son!
5. At our club we can partner pretty much anyone, and being a semi-social club it's a relaxed place and no one really talks "tactics" seriously.
6. "Flick and duck" - I don't agree with this really... by doing this, I'm putting my partner in an awkward situation. He'd be playing singles, but on a much wider court! :P
7. Playing with good people we don't really set responsibilities as such because the game is fluid, so responsibilities will always constantly change. Also, it's really about getting past his return of serve, preferably whilst maintaining the attack... once the rally is underway it's not so much of a problem.
Thanks for the suggestions though!
Yeah, I'd say my serves are usually fairly tight to the tape and good against most people. But as I say, the chap I'm talking about can attack a low serve even if it's just a fraection above the tape - although to increase his chances he attacks the ones that pass maybe an inch over the tape the hardest.
Not sure about an underarm serve... I've not served one in 20 or so years now. They are only good for flicking really which in doubles you try to play sparingly. Besides, as he has a pretty decide reach and strong legs, he can attack flicks too - I know, it sounds unbelievable but he really does do it very well.
Funnily enough, I've tried fast flat drive serves... down the centreline and a few cheeky ones at his head. He actually deals with those quite easily too. It's demotivating I know!
The trouble I have in serving to differently points comes down to the same problem, which is keeping the shuttle low. If I can keep the shuttle low, or at least pointing down as it crosses the net, I can play it anywhere. But if I aim to play it long of the serves line, I may risk serving too high.
I don't see how it could go higher - it should be easier to play it flatter if hit a little harder. On a slightly unrelated note: its fairly easy to "attack" serves that are just below the tape - they may not go downwards as steeply (obviously they have to travel upwards first) but its still easy to play attacking shots. As such, I don't think keeping it low will really help you against a very good return of serve. He should still be able to hit drives to the body and pushes to the sidelines/ rear corners etc...
To give you guys some idea of what I'm dealing with...
Here's a video of Thomas Lund (tallest player on the court) in the 1993 AE MD Final... fast forward to 3mins and watch his returns of serves. He is very tall, stands on the service line and leans forward. But when he is flicked, he gets back very quickly.
Notice that because of the angle of the camera (lower than the tape) it looks like the Chinese players were serving "loose" serves, but I'm pretty certain they weren't.
The chap at my club is not quite as tall as Lund but his service return is very similar.
All great suggestions. Another way (I think) is to increase the pace of your serve so that the shuttle crosses the net before he gets to the shuttle. I could have the most consistent serve where the shuttle skims the net but if I don't have the right pace, it doesn't do me any good if the receiver can get to the shuttle at it's highest point (usually just when it crosses the net).


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Director : Mike Nichols
Screenplay : Patrick Marber (based on his play)
MPAA Rating : R
Year of Release : 2004
Stars : Natalie Portman (Alice), Jude Law (Dan), Julia Roberts (Anna), Clive Owen (Larry), Nick Hobbs (Taxi Driver)
Back in 1971, while writing about Mike Nichols' boundary-pushing drama Carnal Knowledge, the film critic Pauline Kael noted, "The characters are depersonalized from the start through the elimination of all the possibilities in their lives except sex drives—not only love and work and family and affection are eliminated, but even eroticism, even simple warmth …" She could just as easily have been writing about Nichols' new film, Closer, which, like Carnal Knowledge, is about men and women's attitudes toward love and sex and, like that film, is just as single-minded in its disillusion and narrow vision.
Now, disillusion does not in and of itself a bad film make. In fact, many great films have explored the depths of spiritual malaise and dehumanization to great effect—one might think of D.W. Griffith's Intolerance (1916), Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1971), Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant (1992), and Neil LaBute's In the Company of Men (1997). Such films are not always pleasant to watch, but they give the viewer cause for thought and reflection because they situate the inhumanity with which people can treat each other within a humanistic framework. In other words, they have context.
Closer has no context and, more importantly, no soul. Rather, it is simply a series of scenes of people betraying each other, lying to each other, screwing each other over for reasons that are never explained beyond the simple fact that they are selfish and short-sighted. The filmmakers will claim that Closer is a candid portrait love in the modern world, but look closely and you will see that there is no love in the film … anywhere. They're so eager to jump to the next nihilistic instance of loved ones mistreating each other that they never stop to show us why and how these people love each other and, most importantly, what they're losing when they part ways. There's no connective tissue among the conflicts, thus the conflicts come across as cold and essentially meaningless; verbal and emotional violence for its own sake.
Nichols has certainly brought together a fantastic cast—Jude Law, Natalie Portman, Julia Roberts, and Cliver Owen—and the actors do all they can to imbue life into the overly theatrical dialogue of the screenplay by Patrick Marber, who adapted his own play. Of course, because all the actors are "beautiful people," it is sometimes hard to get past their movie star wattage and see them as ordinary people caught up in life's circumstances. There's an (intentionally?) ironic scene near the middle of the film in which one character critiques a photo exhibit by noting that it's all "lies" because it's just a bunch of photographs of sad people made to look beautiful through lighting and composition. Closer is the opposite, though no less truthful, because it's just beautiful people made to look sad.
The film begins with Dan (Jude Law), an obituary writer and struggling novelist, making eye contact on a crowded London street with Alice (Natalie Portman), a punky-looking young American stripper who has just arrived. Their meeting is established in a slow-motion sequence set to Damien Rice's exquisitely emotional song "The Blower's Daughter" (it says something about the film that this one song packs more of an emotional punch than the entire storyline). It's slight twist on the Hollywood cliché "meet cute," in which Alice is so enthralled with looking at Dan that she gets hit by a car, and he accompanies her to the hospital. They talk, get to know each other a little, are obviously very attracted to each other.
Then, in the first of the film's major unmarked temporal leaps, the story jumps forward several years to Dan being photographed by Anna (Julia Roberts). He has just published a book that is largely about Alice, but she is far from his mind as he flirts with Anna and then kisses her. Of course, we haven't actually seen Dan and Alice together at all, so we have no sense of their happiness or unhappiness, and the abrupt manner in which Dan attempts to seduce Anna comes across as so smarmy that any good will he developed in the film's opening sequence is effectively crushed.
Things get even more complicated when Anna begins dating Larry (Clive Owen), a dermatologist whose ironic first meeting with Anna is compelled by Dan mischievously role-playing a horny girl named Anna in a sex chat room and telling Larry to meet him at the aquarium where he knows the real Anna likes to hang out. (A highly unlikely plot device, but give credit to its creativity and also to the sometimes hilariously randy dialogue Dan and Larry exchange.)
Suffice it to say that these four characters end up swapping lovers amongst themselves for the rest of the film, with each one betraying someone else (with the possible exception of Alice, whose true betrayal isn't revealed until the film's final moments). Again, these betrayals are meant to be emotionally devastating moments of internal turmoil and external anger writ large in the world of modern-day romance, but there's no context to give the scenes shape. In some ways, Closer is just like the recent horror film The Grudge, except instead of mechanistically hammering away with "boo" moment after "boo" moment with little in the way of narrative to connect them, it hammers away with seemingly endless hysterical emotional climaxes.
It also doesn't help that the characters are so uniformly dislikable (again, with the possible exception of Alice) that it's hard to muster much sympathy for their plights. A perfect example is the scene in which Anna finally comes clean to Larry, whom she married a few months earlier, that she has been carrying on an affair with Dan for the past year. One wants to feel something for either of these characters, but you can't because (a) Anna's secret relationship with Dan is never shown and the interactions between them that are shown portray Dan as a lecherous stalker and Anna as ambivalent at best about his advances, and (b) just before this big revelation, Larry drops the bombshell that he slept with a prostitute while on the business trip from which he just returned.
So, instead of being emotionally involved in the blow-up that follows, we are detached from the action and can only sit back and clinically observe the continuing self-destructiveness, perhaps taking some kind of perverse pleasure in the piercing vulgarity of the overly well-written dialogue. Again, I'm not saying that flawed characters are inherently distancing, but there is a difference between a film that uses character flaws to humanize (see, for example, Alexander Payne's wonderful Sideways) and those that use them to dehumanize.
In a normal story, a husband, wife, or lover confessing to an affair would be a climax, an emotionally riveting moment on which the entire narrative turns. Yet, in Closer, this happens so many times that, by confession number six, it's hard to care anymore. The only thing Closer reveals is the ugly mechanics of how miserable people make themselves and the people they profess to love even more miserable. What a revelation.
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Pitt Meadows City council members are showing they know how to play the game of politics.
First, they blame their large percentage pay raises on a volunteer citizen group that recommended said raises. No complaint from council, they just continue to fill their pockets and shift the blame.
As for property taxes, even if every resident of Pitt Meadows had signed the tax petition, Queen Walters and her supporters on council would probably continue ruling Pitt Meadows as they see fit.
Now the Pitt Meadows Economic Development Corporation claims to bring 200 jobs to Pitt Meadows.
Too bad the companies in question already have employees and are simply transferring their business sites here. So how many of the 200 jobs will go to Pitt Meadows residents?
How long will it take for the PMEDC to generate new business taxes to cover its $250,000 annual cost?
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Having cleared the first big hurdle of their college basketball careers, Zach Hanson, Darian Harris and Toby Hegner will return to practice Monday hoping to take some more steps forward.
The three Creighton scholarship freshmen survived 11 grueling workouts that the Bluejays squeezed into eight days during fall break.
"It's probably the toughest week I've ever had," said Hanson, a 6-foot-9 center from Pierre, S.D.
Hegner and Harris agreed they were taxed physically and mentally by what Creighton's veterans refer to as "the grind." In addition to the on-court workouts, the fall-break schedule included film sessions and reviews.
"I think having the whole week off was good because we got to focus on basketball, go back to our rooms and learn plays and focus on the stuff we needed to," Hegner said. "Also, with not having classes, everyone hung out and we got to know each other even better."
Creighton coach Greg McDermott said the three players struggled at times during the week.
"They'd have one good day and a couple of bad ones, and that's just part of it," McDermott said. "They were taxed physically, and their minds are jumbled because of everything new that we threw at them.
"When you're thinking all the time, your feet don't move as fast. They'll get a little more comfortable every day now."
With the season opener against Alcorn State less than three weeks away, McDermott and the players know each practice will help determine their status for the coming season.
McDermott likes to delay decisions about redshirting as long as possible. He said as much to the freshmen when they met late last week.
"We'll talk about it as we get a little closer to Nov. 1," the coach said. "Part of it is I want them to prepare to play so that if something were to happen between now and then their mindset is where I want it to be."
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"He definitely wants you to keep competing," said Hegner, a 6-9 forward from Berlin, Wis. "Every time you come out on the floor, he wants you competing 110 percent to see where that gets you. Then, when the time comes, he's going to make a decision that's best for the team."
Hegner said he's already thought about sitting out this season to get stronger and learn the Bluejays' system.
"In my mind, redshirting is not that bad an idea," he said. "It's every freshman's dream to come out and play right away, but if my role is redshirting my first year, I'll do what's best for this team."
Harris, a 6-5 guard from Springdale, Ark., might benefit from a redshirt season in his attempt to continue adding size and strength. He's been on a 5,000-calorie diet since the spring that has helped him add about 20 pounds.
"I know I have to continue getting stronger and more physical," said Harris, who is pushing 200 pounds. "I can't get pushed around if I'm going to cut it here."
Of the three players, Hanson probably stands the best chance of avoiding a redshirt season partly because of Creighton's need at his position. The Bluejays must replace 6-9, 270-pound Gregory Echenique at center.
Hanson, named South Dakota's Mr. Basketball after leading T.F. Riggs High School to a state championship last season, is competing against junior Will Artino and sophomore Geoffrey Groselle for playing time.
"At this point, I'm just trying to get everything down right and do what the coaches want me to do," Hanson said. "I need to get my level of intensity to a level where it hasn't been before.
"To do well and to earn what I want, I know that I have to play a lot harder than I am right now."
All three players said they're starting to play more and think less on the court.
"They've thrown a lot of stuff at us, and it takes time to get it right," Hegner said. "At the beginning, you're always thinking about what you have to do and where you have to be, but it starts to come natural to you after a couple of weeks.
"I'm getting to the point where I can just play basketball."
Harris, too, said his comfort is growing with every practice.
"With all the repetitions on defense and learning the plays, I'm starting to adjust and do my thing a little bit better while still doing what the coaches want," he said. "I think I've improved a lot in that area."
Perhaps the biggest adjustment for each player has been in mastering the defensive techniques. The Bluejays have spent a lot of time working on defensive help and rotations. Veterans and rookies alike have felt the coaches' heat when they have been slightly out of position.
In high school, Harris said, he could afford to "get away with some things" because opponents weren't as skilled.
"Here, if you're not in the right gap at the right time, it could be the ballgame," he said. "You can't afford to take any possessions off."


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BRAMPTON, ON, Sept. 25, 2013 /CNW/ - Loblaw Companies Limited (TSX:L), today announced that veteran company executives Grant Froese and Mark Butler have been appointed to the newly created roles of chief administrative officer and executive vice president, integration, respectively.
Grant Froese assumes responsibility for Supply Chain, IT, and SAP implementation, as well as the division support functions of Control Brands, E-Commerce, Goods Not For Resale, Off-shore Procurement and Marketing. Grant has over 35 years of experience at Loblaw and most recently held the position of executive vice president, Discount Division.
"The appointment of Grant Froese as chief administrative officer brings important shared service functions including IT and Supply Chain under a single experienced executive as we enter the next key phase of building Loblaw's competitiveness and efficiency," said Vicente Trius, president, Loblaw Companies Limited. "Grant's combination of deep operational and merchandising experience is an ideal fit as we ramp up the IT roll-out to our store network and drive our efficiency agenda to become a more agile company."
Mark Butler will take on the critical responsibility for planning the integration of Shoppers Drug Mart, while ensuring it remains a vibrant, independent division. And subject to completion of the transaction following review by the Competition Bureau, Mark will lead the team charged with delivering synergies. Mark has 37 years with Loblaw, and most recently was executive vice president, Conventional Division.
"Mark Butler is a seasoned operator with deep expertise and relationships in the key areas we have targeted for synergies. We are committed to achieving the targets we have outlined and I am confident that Mark and his team will deliver on those objectives," continued Mr. Trius.
"With improved positioning and an enhanced customer offer, our Discount and Conventional divisions are well positioned with a strong internal leadership team ready to build on the foundation set by Grant and Mark," said Mr. Trius. "We are excited to announce the appointment of two experienced executives, Garry Senecal and Andrew Iacobucci, to lead our Conventional and Discount divisions, respectively."
Garry Senecal becomes executive vice president, Conventional Division, and continues to lead the Health and Wellness team, which includes Loblaw's current Pharmacy, Optical and Natural Value offerings. Garry brings over 22 years of Canadian and international store operations, merchandising, brands and marketing experience to the role.
Andrew Iacobucci becomes executive vice president, Discount Division. Andrew joined Loblaw in 2005 and brings a deep background in merchandising, operations and strategy to the role as a key leader of the Discount division since 2011.
Having successfully completed the design and build phases of the supply chain and IT infrastructure project, Peter McMahon will be leaving the company.
"As chief operating officer, Peter was instrumental in the revitalization of our supply chain and the development of the SAP platform and digital strategy," said Vicente Trius. "We thank Peter for his commitment and contribution to the company, and wish him the very best in his future endeavours."
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7:30pm Tuesday 29th May 2012 in Sport By Graham Moody, Sports Reporter
Antony Williams wants to take AFC Croydon Athletic up the leagues after being named manager of the newly-formed side.
The 31-year-old former Merstham boss was unveiled last night by the club that was formed by supporters of Croydon Athletic - who went out of business in January.
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"I am delighted to accept this exciting position," said Williams.
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"The opportunity here is a tough challenge starting from scratch, which is what excites me the most.
"A lot of work needs to be done in a very short space of time to ensure we hit the ground running and give back to the very loyal fans a team and football club they can be proud of."
Club chairman Paul Smith added: "We received a lot of replies to our advertisement and many came with plenty of experience, enthusiasm and excellent credentials.
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He could also face lawsuits from groups such as British newspaper The Sunday Times, which lost legal disputes with Armstrong surrounding doping allegations and, as a result, paid out huge sums, as well as Texan insurance firm SCA Promotions, which insured performance bonuses paid to the American after he claimed his fourth, fifth and sixth Tour de France wins.
Back in Texas, there is a little expectation of Armstrong undergoing a Damascene conversion.
"He'd already fallen off the pedestal," Martinez argued. "All that is left is for a mea culpa -- but I don't think that is ever going to come."
Halliburton is less sure.
"Whether you think Lance did drugs or not -- and it looks like he did something -- he still worked his ass off," she opined.
"I've had people come up to me and say 'I've been an athlete and I know that performance enhancers are not going to help somebody who's not also working hard', so he's real driven, he's a perfectionist and he doesn't suffer fools gladly.
"The last time I talked to him, he said he's going to get the last word.
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