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COLUMBIA, S.C. — They have been inescapable: growling baritone announcers and grainy images of sneering candidates. Mitt Romney is a corporate raider. Newt Gingrich's politics are desperate and disgusting.
Anyone who happened to be near a working television in South Carolina over the weekend was exposed to one of the most concentrated and expensive barrages of political advertising that this state has ever experienced.
With the traditional efforts of candidates now multiplied by the presence of the well-financed "super PACs" supporting them, political operatives outbid and outmaneuvered one another in a last-minute race to buy up what time remained on the airwaves between now and the state's Republican presidential primary on Saturday. None would risk having their messages drowned out by those of their rivals.
Want to advertise on "60 Minutes," as Mr. Romney did on Sunday? His campaign had to get WLTX, the CBS station here, to bump a super PAC that was actually running ads supporting him. It agreed to pay $3,000 for a 30-second slot — $100 a second, almost double the usual rate.
Rick Santorum, running as a family-values social conservative, put his campaign's money into the Hollywood machine he so often denounces, booking time on NBC during the Golden Globes and "30 Rock." He also bought ads during "Saturday Night Live," which has mocked him and his ubiquitous sweater vest.Continue reading the main story
And super PACs, eager to be seen during the N.F.L. playoff game on Saturday featuring the Denver Broncos' Tim Tebow, bought up slots that were spoken for weeks ago, paying premiums to knock advertisers like Hardee's, Jeep and the Ford Motor Company to later times.
"It's like carpet-bombing," said Scott Sanders, general sales manager for WIS, the NBC station in Columbia. "They're waiting until the last two weeks to reach everyone they can. He who shouts the loudest last might win."
The arms race at television stations across South Carolina is the most vivid manifestation yet of the influx of outside money into American politics this election cycle. Because of a Supreme Court decision that paved the way for the creation of the super PACs — groups that can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money advocating for a candidate as long as they do not coordinate with the campaign — the messaging wars are reaching new levels of intensity.
Five Republican presidential candidates are advertising on television here. In addition, seven super PACs have run commercials alongside them. (Mr. Romney has two groups taking up his cause, Restore Our Future and Citizens for a Working America. And a PAC supporting Jon M. Huntsman Jr., who informed his advisers on Sunday that he intended to drop out of the race, has been advertising here, though Mr. Huntsman himself has not.)
Candidates and super PACs have committed about $8 million to advertising here on broadcast TV since the beginning of December, according to figures provided by a Republican strategist who closely monitors media spending. In 2008, when five Republican candidates were spending heavily here, the amount spent on broadcast TV was $6.9 million, according to Kantar Media's Campaign Media Analysis Group. With the addition of three Democratic candidates, the total in 2008 was $13.5 million.
When radio and cable television are factored in this year, the total committed so far approaches $11 million.
Kantar Media added up the number of times Republican presidential campaign commercials appeared on broadcast television here in 2008: 17,629. As of late Friday afternoon, with eight days to go until the primary, Kantar had counted 13,398 commercials, meaning the 2012 total will outpace 2008, probably by a significant amount, because advertising tends to be heaviest in the final week of a campaign.
"It seems to be one after the other," said Kim Matthews, 34, a Mount Pleasant resident who was watching the Broncos game on Saturday night with her husband in downtown Charleston. A Restore Our Future ad had just appeared. "They're everywhere," Ms. Matthews said, "and I just keep thinking, 'Eventually they'll go away.' "
The spending is reaching record levels even though the candidates and the super PACs did not start advertising heavily here until last week, a departure from other years when commercials would start in the fall.
"What you've got is two and a half months of advertising compressed into a two-week period of time," said Rich O'Dell, the general manager of WLTX, the CBS station in Columbia. Mr. O'Dell said that he had thought campaigns might forgo television advertising in South Carolina this year, as many did in New Hampshire. Then, he said, "as soon as Iowa was over: boom."
Because of how television advertising is sold, many advertisers choose what is called pre-emptable time, which is discounted with the caveat that another buyer could come in and take the slot by offering a higher price. As the candidates and outside groups swept in offering more money, stations were left tearing up their ad schedules, jettisoning their usual slate of commercials from car dealerships, furniture wholesalers and makers of medical alert bracelets.
At WLTX, much of the last-minute reshuffling was around the N.F.L. playoff games on Saturday and Sunday, where 30-second slots were being sold to super PACs like the Red, White and Blue Fund, a pro-Santorum group, and Citizens for a Working America for as much as $5,000 — about double the rate they would ordinarily fetch.
The ads were aimed at a demographically varied lot. They ran on news programs with educated, affluent audiences like "60 Minutes" and "Meet the Press"; on daytime talk shows popular with women like "Dr. Oz" and "Ellen"; and on comedy like "The Late Show With David Letterman," which tends to draw older viewers. The Perry and Romney campaigns and the Restore Our Future super PAC bought time on Fox News statewide, focusing on conservative voters.
But campaigns were taking whatever they could get their hands on, with the most sought-after programs like morning newscasts and Sunday talk shows largely sold out.
Some local stations were beginning to turn campaigns and super PACs away from certain programs. WIS in Columbia said it limited political commercials so that breaks were not overrun with messages that were often scathing and unpleasant.
The station typically leaves seven and a half to eight minutes for ads during the local news. This week, about six and a half of those minutes will be consumed by political advertisements.
Mr. Sanders, the general sales manager, said the week was going to be a trying one for many of his viewers. "People are probably going to be miserable watching TV."Continue reading the main story

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The Fever and Antipyretic in Critically Illness Evaluation Study (FACE)
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|First Received Date ICMJE
|July 15, 2009
|Last Updated Date
|May 18, 2010
|Start Date ICMJE
|September 2009
|Primary Completion Date
|December 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|28 days mortality [ Time Frame: 28days after ICU admission ]
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00940654 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Current Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Original Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
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|Brief Title ICMJE
|The Fever and Antipyretic in Critically Illness Evaluation Study
|Official Title ICMJE
|The Fever and Antipyretic in Critically Illness Evaluation Study
|Brief Summary
|The purpose of this multination multicenter observational study is to determine the impact of fever and antipyretic on outcomes in critically ill patients.
|Detailed Description
Fever is common in critically ill patients.Antipyretic therapy for fever is routinely performed in intensive care.There are studies to assess the relationship between fever and mortality in non-neurological ICU. However, all of them did not have any information of antipyretic therapy. There are two small, single center RCT, which suggested a potential risk for antipyretic therapy. Thus, a large RCT might be ethically difficult.
It is unfortunate that there is not enough information on how the investigators should control body temperature in non-neurological critically ill patients, because fever is a very common physiological abnormality in this cohort. From the beginning, it would, therefore, be desirable to understand several aspects of fever and antipyretic therapy in ICU patients, as 1)How often fever occurs in our ICUs, 2)To what degree fever is independently associated with mortality?, 3)How often antipyretic therapy is prescribed?, 4)How effectively antipyretic can decrease temperature?, 5)How different is lowering temperature with medications compared with cooling?, 6)To what degree antipyretic is independently associated with mortality?
Thus, the investigators plan to address these questions by conducting a multi-national multi-center prospective observational trial, named "The Fever and Antipyretic in Critically illness evaluation study" (The FACE study)
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|Study Design ICMJE
|Observational Model: Case Control
Time Perspective: Prospective
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|Study Population
|Adult non-neurological critically ill patients required intensive care for more than 48 hour.
|Condition ICMJE
|Intervention ICMJE
|Other: Antipyretic therapy
External cooling;Internal cooling;Non steroid anti inflammatory drugs; Acetaminophen; Steroid
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|Lee BH, Inui D, Suh GY, Kim JY, Kwon JY, Park J, Tada K, Tanaka K, Ietsugu K, Uehara K, Dote K, Tajimi K, Morita K, Matsuo K, Hoshino K, Hosokawa K, Lee KH, Lee KM, Takatori M, Nishimura M, Sanui M, Ito M, Egi M, Honda N, Okayama N, Shime N, Tsuruta R, Nogami S, Yoon SH, Fujitani S, Koh SO, Takeda S, Saito S, Hong SJ, Yamamoto T, Yokoyama T, Yamaguchi T, Nishiyama T, Igarashi T, Kakihana Y, Koh Y; Fever and Antipyretic in Critically ill patients Evaluation (FACE) Study Group. Association of body temperature and antipyretic treatments with mortality of critically ill patients with and without sepsis: multi-centered prospective observational study. Crit Care. 2012 Feb 28;16(1):R33. doi: 10.1186/cc11211. Erratum in: Crit Care. 2012;16(1):450.
* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
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|Enrollment ICMJE
|Completion Date
|December 2009
|Primary Completion Date
|December 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
|20 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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|Japan, Korea, Republic of
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|Has Data Monitoring Committee
|U.S. FDA-regulated Product
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|Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine
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|Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine
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For 1920 girl Adah Sharma, her Fridays (movie release days) have never been as eventful as recently.
Off the big screen for a while, she now has a double bill of new releases in the form of Heart Attack and Hasee Toh Phasee.
The former was released a short while ago and the latter came out earlier this month, making it a happening season for Sharma, who will be seen in totally different roles in the films.
Her Telugu film Heart Attack is a biggie indeed as it is directed by Puri Jagannadh.
He has made quite a few successful films, including Bbuddah Hoga Terra Baap.
Though the film didn't cover much distance at the box office, he struck big with Business Man, starring Mahesh Babu.
For Heart Attack, he has taken a romantic route and presented Sharma in a different way.
The girl indeed needed it, considering the fact she played a woman possessed in 1920 and then had a serious part in Phhir as well, both Vikram Bhatt offerings.
"Somehow she couldn't break into the glamorous avatar despite her pretty looks.
"However, Puri was sure he wanted to make her Telugu debut special. She is the solo leading lady opposite Nithin Reddy (seen in Ram Gopal Varma's Agyaat) and plays a sweet and simple girl.
"Though she isn't required to indulge in an overt skin show for the film, Jagannadh made sure she was presented in a stylish avatar.
"Her costumes were specially designed and those who have seen her work in Hindi films are in for a surprise as she went through a complete transformation," said a source worked closely on Heart Attack.
Meanwhile, for those following her work in Bollywood, Sharma's presence in Hasee Toh Phasee was revealed in full, courtesy of the song Shake It Like Shammi.
"Adah has always been mighty charged about the film, and especially the song. After all, she is being seen in a sari for the first time around, something that suits her thin-n-tall frame," the source added.
"In Hasee Toh Phasee she carries different looks.
"What one sees in the song, where she is gyrating along with Sidharth Malhotra, is just a glimpse of what she does in the film."
For obvious reasons though she has not been making much of a noise about Hasee Toh Phasee, since her part in the film was largely kept under wraps until its release.
While Sharma hasn't said much about what she had to offer in the Karan Johar production where she is presented in a glam avatar, she doesn't mind sharing her thoughts about Heart Attack, where she is the main lead.
She says, "Well, it is a Puri Jagannadh film after all so it is bound to be special.
"Moreover my part is not just restricted to being a quintessential leading lady. There is a lot more that I offer, which is going to shock the audience."
As for the varied looks she would be seen in, Sharma smiles, "Aren't those the perks that come with being an actress?"
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B'nai B'rith is tightening security at its major facilities around the world following a bombing last Saturday of its offices in Paris, it was reported here today. The explosion in Paris ripped apart doors, blew out windows and caused other minor damage on the sixth floor of a building in the center of the city that houses both offices and residences. No one was injured.
Police declined to place blame. But Jean Pierre Bloch, president of the B'nai B'rith in France, theorized that the bomb was placed by the same right-wing group that claimed responsibility for bombing a synagogue in Cannes two days earlier. Others speculated that the bombing was in retaliation for the recent Israeli rescue operation in Uganda.


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When it comes to strollers I'm not exactly the most experienced shopper, in fact I've never really looked at one up close. What I do know, however, is that the idea of forcing my child into a Star Wars AT-AT Baby Stroller made me envision baby-snatching Ewoks. Of course, the maker of the stroller had a much less traumatic vision. Says the maker in an interview with the Star Wars blog: "We have a new baby, so it was like I had a legitimate excuse to do something fun and geeky. The AT-AT is one of my favorite vehicles from the saga and it really lends itself to the shape of the stroller. I had other ideas, like doing a tauntaun or a dewback, but did not have the time to design something that would be safe and not tip the stroller." I'm still not completely sold, but that baby is adorable.
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The Office of the Commissioner of Probation (OCP), a department of the Massachusetts Trial Court, is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the Massachusetts Probation Service (MPS) and the Office of the Community Corrections (OCC), which includes 105 probation departments and 18 community corrections centers across the state, the Electronic Monitoring Center and the Trial Court Community Service Program.
Probation officers working in adult criminal courts (Superior Court, Boston Municipal Court, and District Court) supervise pre-trial and post-disposition cases.
Juvenile Court Probation Departments supervise children, adolescents and young adults involved in delinquent, youthful and status-offending behavior. Juvenile probation officers also monitor the welfare of children who are before the Juvenile Court as subjects of parental abuse and neglect.
Probate and Family Court Probation Departments have jurisdiction over family matters such as: divorce, paternity, child support, custody, visitation, adoption, termination of parental rights and abuse prevention orders. Probation and Family Court probation officers investigate custody issues, resolve disputes regarding visitation and enforce court orders regarding child support, conduct drug testing and supervise job search activities.
The Office of Community Corrections (OCC) is a division of the MPS. There are 18 Community Corrections Centers including one Juvenile Resource Center. The centers offer structured treatment and services throughout the day to support positive behavior change and serve as an alternative to incarceration. The OCC manages the Trial Court Community Service Program.
The Massachusetts Trial Court Community Service Program offers court-involved people an opportunity to perform court ordered community service hours. Community service participants are supervised by probation staff at numerous locations around the Commonwealth.
The Electronic Monitoring Center (ELMO) is responsible for monitoring people with court ordered GPS and/or remote alcohol monitoring. The Center actively monitors these people 24 hours a day, seven days a week with a comprehensive process to immediately respond to compliance issues. Read more about ELMO
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Bethany Beckman has a simple goal: write a full-length work of fiction during the month of November.
Beckman, a freshman double-majoring in chemistry and creative writing, is one of over 200,000 people around the country National Novel Writing Month, affectionately termed "NaNoWriMo," the most masochistically rewarding literary event of the year.
Participants must write a full work of fiction, 50,000 words or over, between Nov. 1 and Nov. 30. That's all there is to it. Once completed, writers can submit their transcripts to the NaNoWriMo website, and if it surpasses 50,000 words, then the author has won. Prizes include a badge and certificate of completion, a professional printing of your finished product and, most importantly (really, ask any winner), the completion itself.
NaNoWriMo is not a competition per se. Writers do not compete against each other for "Best Novel" or "Quickest-Written Novel" awards, as the official NaNoWriMo website states. There are many winners every year, basking in the glow of a real achievement.
It began in the San Francisco Bay area in July 1999, long before the heyday of the Internet, with a scant 21 wordsmiths taking a stab at writing a novel in a month. Early writers notably had trouble simply finding an actual medium on which to write their novels. These were the days before the advent of laptops, when portable computers more closely resembled small refrigerators than the miracles of modern technology we now take for granted. This group of friends, fresh off of a creatively fruitful summer and high on ambition, would always be found rooted to café tables, sharing advice, asking opinions and totally rewriting the arduous novel-writing experience, together.
In the years since, barely over a decade, that group of 21 friends has exploded into an enormous 256,618 participants in 2011, 36,843 of which met the goal of 50,000 words. As of 4:30 p.m., Nov. 15, when this article is being written, hopeful scribes have already penned 1,664,069,172 words. That is already over 600,000,000 more words than were written over the course of an entire month on the first run.
For those of us who have never written 50,000 words over 30 days, which I suppose is a rather high number, it is hard to imagine taking on such a task. How could anyone pledge to try and write an entire novel over the course of a month, with the intention of actually doing it? Who could actually succeed?
Seckman is already one of those victors. At 18 years old, she is on her third year of novel-writing, having won in 2011 after understandably falling short on her first attempt.
"It is INSANE, but in a strangely good way," Seckman said. "You're juggling five million things on top of writing … and it's ridiculously hard to do, but you enjoy yourself despite everything."
Further elevating the already lofty goal, she has to write at least 1,600 words a day in order to meet her goal and still have time to polish her work to its potential. Despite her schoolwork and other on-campus activity, she is on track.
"This year's attempt is going pretty well. I've been ahead most of the time, something that's never happened to be before," Seckman said. "The writing for the past couple of days has been a little subpar, but that will edit out later."
Everyone who participates in National Novel Writing Month learns a lot in the process. They take on a huge task and feel "an incredible sense of accomplishment" upon its completion. Ambitious young authors learn how to accept the failure of missed goals, shoddy writing and writer's block. Everyone goes in expecting the pain and the misfires, but what people do not expect is the fun. They do not expect to draw any enjoyment from this tooth-pulling, but they do, every time. Because more than anything, NaNoWriMo is about creativity and self-discovery. What could be better than that?
When asked if she plans on taking on the challenge for a fourth year, Seckman only has one thing to say:
"Oh yes. I plan on doing Nano from here until the end of time."


text: Show Hide image Politics 10 November 2010 9. Defining moments of the Thatcher years | Gulf war advice to Bush | 3 August 1990 "Remember, George, this is no time to go wobbly." Sign up for our weekly email * On 2 August 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait. The next day, Margaret Thatcher played an instrumental role in persuading President H W Bush to take a tough stance against the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein. On 6 August, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 661, placing economic sanctions on Iraq, and the first US troops moved into Kuwait over six months later, on 23 February 1991. Thatcher has said that she felt "we ought to throw him out so decisively that he could never think of doing it again", but the UN-backed forces stopped short of deposing Saddam. Previous: 8. The Battle of Trafalgar | 31 March 1990 Next: 10. The resignation speech | 28 November 1990 Back to list Subscribe from just £1 per issue More


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Gamertell previously reported that Xbox Live's Primetime Network is getting a its own poker game. We now know it will be an integral part of Microsoft's upcoming Xbox Live House Party promotion.
This is Microsoft's second year doing the promotion that calls attention to its arcade titles.
Joining Full House Poker in the lineup are much anticipated games including an HD remake of cult classic Beyond Good and Evil and Hard Corps Uprising, the latest installment in the Contra series.
Full House Poker will feature TV style tournaments with your Xbox Live Avatars. Some of the lessons gleaned from Primetime Network effort 1 vs. 100 are in place here. Avatars can unlock the ability to do tricks such as spinning a chip on one finger. Avatars will also have "tells" you can use to bluff your opponents. Of course, you will be able to unlock more goofy outfits for your avatar. It will be interesting to see how elaborate those get. Casual players likely won't mind, but hardcore players might take the game too seriously to play against Yoda or Sam Fisher.
You'll be able to compete against Xbox Live friends, or play in Texas Heat, a game show that can have up to 30 participants. The game will appear not just on Xbox Live, but Windows Phone 7. There are definite 1 vs 100 influences, but a poker game is clearly going for a different audience. Trivia games are a family-oriented experience. Parents are a little less likely to sit the kids down for a game of poker.
The Xbox Live House Party starts February 18, 2011.
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I would have to say that if I was forced to pick my favorite part of the trip, it would be the Highlands of Scotland. When I went to Ireland several years back I left thinking that I would never see anything as pretty as the beautiful green rolling hills we encountered there…and then I went to Scotland. The natural beauty of the Glencoe Valley is absolutely breathtaking and will leave you speechless. It's the type of landscape scene that you think of when you hear "And God created the heavens and the earth". Beautiful mountains and valleys full of sheep and cattle, ancient rock ruins, and rich, haunted history.
Blair Athol Whisky Distillery- Blair Athol, Scotland (If you ever find yourself in this part of Scotland, I would highly recommend taking the tour of this amazing distillery!)
A glimpse of everyday life for farmers in the highlands- Aviemore, Scotland
Culloden Moor
The battlefield at Culloden Moor where Bonnie Prince Charlie was defeated by the redcoats.
Inverness, Scotland
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Strawberry, Standish, and Wa-Wa are slated to carry their first riders of the season on Friday, Nov. 10. If snows continue this week with the precipitation that's forecasted, then Jack Rabbit and Wolverine may open, too. But you don't have to rely on hearsay anymore to keep up with Sunshine's base: Now, you can watch the snow pile up on the resort's three new Web cams.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Andrew Wiggins had 30 points, eight rebounds and three steals and the 10th-ranked Kansas Jayhawks needed overtime to sneak past the Oklahoma State Cowboys, 77-70, in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Andrew Wiggins had 30 points, eight rebounds and three steals and the 10th-ranked Kansas Jayhawks needed overtime to sneak past the Oklahoma State Cowboys, 77-70, in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament.
Wayne Selden Jr. added 14 points for the Jayhawks (24-8), who will play Iowa State in the semifinals on Friday.
"It was an unbelievable game," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "Two teams competing hard, and certainly I think the first day of the most competitive league in America hasn't disappointed so far."
Le'Bryan Nash ended with 19 points and seven boards for the Cowboys (21-12), who failed to build off an 80-62 victory over Texas Tech in the first round on Wednesday. Phil Forte III and Marcus Smart donated 16 and 14 points, respectively.
Trailing 57-49 with 7:14 left in regulation, Oklahoma State went on an 11-2 run to take the lead. Forte made a 3-pointer during the surge that Markel Brown capped with a layup for a 60-59 edge.
Brown added a 3-pointer with 1:32 remaining to make it 67-65 Oklahoma State. Wiggins responded with a jumper at the other end.
Smart missed a shot from beyond the arc and Wiggins came down with the defensive rebound. Following a timeout, Wiggins missed a 3-pointer. Tarik Black grabbed the offensive rebound and put it back, but the basket came after time had expired.
Kansas outscored Oklahoma State by a 10-3 margin in the extra session.
"Andrew Wiggins, coming out there 41-point game against West Virginia, they played through him tonight and they made tough shots," Smart said. "He earned a lot, he earned all his shots, and you give him credit. He made the baskets when they counted and his teammates went to him. He was hot. He got the ball in the right spot."
Trailing 14-13 with 11 1/2 minutes left in the first half, the Jayhawks put together a 10-2 run to build a seven-point margin.
Wiggins helped Kansas build a 10-point lead, and the score was 32-23 at the half.
The Jayhawks led until Oklahoma State made its run late in the second half.
Baylor 78, (17) Oklahoma 73
Baylor revived its NCAA Tournament hopes with a late-season surge and has carried that momentum into the first two days of the Big 12 Tournament.
Isiah Austin had 18 points and five blocks and the Bears led wire-to-wire in a 78-73 triumph over No. 17 Oklahoma in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament.
Baylor raced out to a 10-0 start and withstood a late Sooners charge at the end.
"First half was fun to watch. I thought we really executed well," Baylor head coach Scott Drew said.
The red-hot Bears had dropped 7-of-8 games and were 2-8 in conference following an 88-72 loss at Oklahoma on Feb 8, but they have responded by winning 9-of-10.
Cory Jefferson tallied 14 points and 11 rebounds, while Royce O'Neale added 12 points and 10 boards for seventh-seeded Baylor (23-10), which defeated TCU in the first round and will play Texas in the semifinals on Friday.
Cameron Clark netted 19 points and Buddy Hield supplied 15 points and seven rebounds for the second-seeded Sooners (23-9), who won three straight to close the regular season.
"They did a really good job. I thought they played with more urgency and determination from the start," OU head coach Lon Kruger said of Baylor.
Hield knocked down a left-wing triple in transition to get OU within 69-64 with 2:32 left — the closest the Sooners had been to that point in the second half after trailing by as many as 20.
Another Hield 3-pointer trimmed the gap to 72-68 with 1:27 remaining and O'Neale threw the ball away on the Bears' next touch, but Jordan Woodard was unable to cut the deficit further after missing on a trey. O'Neale then sunk two free throws and Brady Heslip made two more following a Clarke 3-point miss to seal the outcome.
Earlier, Heslip nailed a triple, Kenny Chery sunk three free throws after being fouled from beyond the arc and then knocked down a jumper before Jefferson's dunk staked the Bears to their 10-0 lead.
Back-to-back 3-pointers by Frank Booker and Je'lon Hornbeak capped an 11-5 run to trim the gap to 15-11, but later in the half, Jefferson hit a triple to finish off an 11-4 Bears burst and give them a 33-20 cushion with 5:30 left in the opening half.
(16) Iowa St. 91, Kansas St. 85
Melvin Ejim had 24 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks in the 16th-ranked Iowa State Cyclones' 91-85 victory over the Kansas State Wildcats in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament.
Dustin Hogue added 19 points, 10 boards and two steals for the Cyclones (24-7), who will face 10th-ranked Kansas in the semifinals on Friday. Georges Niang tallied 18 points and seven rebounds.
Marcus Foster ended with 21 points for the Wildcats (20-12). Shane Southwell donated 19 points and seven boards and Nigel Johnson added 17 points.
Foster made a 3-pointer with 1:04 remaining to pull Kansas State within 87-85. The Wildcats had a chance to tie the game or take the lead after Ejim missed a jumper, but Hogue stole the ball from Southwell.
Naz Long made two free throws with 16.2 seconds left to give the Cyclones an 89-85 edge. Foster missed a shot from beyond the arc at the other end, and Long scored a layup in transition to secure the win for Iowa State.
Texas 66, West Virginia 49
Jonathan Holmes had 20 points and seven rebounds and Texas routed West Virginia, 66-49, in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament.
Javan Felix added 16 points and six assists for the Longhorns (23-9), who will face seventh-seeded Baylor in the semifinals on Friday.
Brandon Watkins was the lone double-digit scorer with 10 points for the Mountaineers (17-15).
Texas raced out to a 17-2 start as WVU missed 15 of its first 16 shots from the floor. The Longhorns took a 35-14 cushion into the break and led by as many as 30 over the final 20 minutes.
The Mountaineers shot just 18.2 percent (6-of-33) and missed all eight of their 3-point tries in the first half. WVU finished 30.3 percent (20-of-66) from the field.


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The last of the once-ubiquitous FEMA trailers has been removed from New Orleans more than six years after floodwalls and levees broke during Hurricane Katrina and caused the city to fill with floodwaters.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said the last trailer was removed Sunday. The agency said on Monday that those living in the trailer moved into their rebuilt home last week. At one point, New Orleans had more than 23,000 FEMA-issued trailers and mobile homes.
Rebuilding fund shortfalls, health and personal problems and other hurdles caused people to rely on trailers for so long. Most were able to move out of the trailers and mobile homes within a few years after Katrina struck in August 2005. By December 2010, about 230 were left in the city.
Mark C. Merritt, the president of Witt Associates, a disaster consultant firm working with Louisiana officials, said the FEMA trailers were used on the Gulf Coast out of necessity because so many houses were flooded.
"Six years (to remove all the trailers) sounds like a lot, but with the average catastrophic disaster, it takes six to 10 years to get a lot of things done," Merritt said.
FEMA and its contractors shipped about 203,000 mobile homes, travel trailers and other models to victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, two of the worst storms in U.S. history. The hurricanes destroyed more than 300,000 homes in 2005 and displaced about 700,000 people.
FEMA said there were three trailers still left in Louisiana from the 2005 hurricane season.
"It was an excellent idea (to have trailers). It enabled people to stay close to their homes, work on them, monitor them," said Edwin Weber, who lived in a trailer with his brother for five years. Their cramped trailer was located in front of their flood-damaged home in Gentilly.
The Webers were pushed out in February 2011 as part of an effort to rid the city of trailers. The city said they were eyesores. The two brothers moved into their home even though they hadn't finished all the work on it that they wanted to do.
"They were starting to press. FEMA told us we had to move out or go through a bunch of hearings," he said. "And so we hastily moved out."
"I'm glad we're out," said Weber, 63. "You have to be prodded into doing something."
He said it took so long to get the house in shape because he chose not to take federal rebuilding aid and did much of the renovation work himself.
Leaders hailed the removal of the last trailer as a milestone in the city's rebuilding.
"Another page has turned in New Orleans' post-Katrina history," Mayor Mitch Landrieu said, crediting city code enforcement officials and FEMA for working together to get people out of the trailers.
"That's an end of an era," said Becky Gillette, a Sierra Club activist who led efforts to expose problems with high-levels of formaldehyde in the FEMA trailers sent to the Gulf Coast. "Most of those people would have been better off living in a tent in terms of their health."
She added: "My job isn't done because FEMA dumped all those poisonous trailers on the market."
FEMA's trailers have ended up around the country, she said. "I'm getting calls from families all over the country now. Families are getting sick."
A 2009 Department of Homeland Security inspector general's report said the air in many trailers registered dangerously high levels of formaldehyde and that FEMA was too slow to get people out after it learned of the problem in 2006.
Daniel Llargues said the last hurricane trailer will, like others before it, get cleaned and then be shipped to a holding facility in Baton Rouge where it will become available to buy through the General Services Administration.
He said formaldehyde tests are not done on the trailers, but warnings about formaldehyde are included in descriptions about the trailers and buyers must sign waivers. He said stickers are put on the travel trailers saying, "Not to be sold for housing."


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Q: I'd like your thoughts on constructing a dual snorkel air intake for my TPI-equipped '55 Chevy pickup. I am considering this approach since I don't like the thought of the hot air that comes through the radiator being fed directly into the throttle body's mouth. I've kept the alternator and air conditioner compressor high and toward the rear to keep a clear path between the throttle body and the radiator. I've already mounted a 16-inch electric fan behind the radiator, so this shouldn't cause any interference problems.
One idea is to run 3- or 4-inch-diameter mild steel tubing from openings on the left and right side of the radiator support, then make sharp 90-degree turns toward the motor's centerline and connect them to a box that will hold the air filter, then make a transition to the throttle body's opening.
There is another possible approach that is simpler, but loses any ram air effect. From the throttle body, a "Y" would break left and right at 90 degrees, running straight to the inner fender panels, and exit to the front of the wheelwells, where the air filters would be mounted.
Is there a better way to build a snorkel intake? If so, how and where should I mount the snorkel, isolate it from engine movement, and prevent it from rubbing against the sheetmetal? And finally, where can I purchase 3- or 4-inch mild steel tubing and steel donuts?
Thanks for your help on this project, past and present.
Dennis Bordin
San Leandro, CA
A: As always, there are many ways to accomplish your goal. To begin with, I'm not sure how much "ram air effect" you would actually achieve by placing the inlets next to the radiator. Even if there is some slight benefit from that placement, it would take some testing to see if it is significantly better than what you would get by drawing air from the wheelwells. My advice is to go with whatever system has the look you like, or the ease of fabrication you prefer, unless you are building a racing vehicle.
You are wise to think about accommodating the engine's movement, especially if you are using stock motor mounts. I'd suggest making your snorkel as one solid piece and supporting it at its mountings, either at the core support or at the wheelwells, and use a rubber bellows to connect it to the throttle body. There are many manufacturers for rubber bellows. One source is Gortite, 2300 S. Calhoun Road, New Berlin, WI 53151; 800-298-2006, www.gortite.com. Any local muffler shop should have the exhaust tubing. You can get the donuts from The Chassis Shop, 1931 N. 24th Ave., Mears, MI 49436; 231-873-3640, www.chassisshop.com.
Contact me again if you have more questions, and send us a photo when you finish the snorkel intake system-it sounds like an interesting project!
Q: I am working on a '66 Chevy Fleetside longbed pickup. I watched your Basic Techniques for Steel DVD, and although it helped, I still have some questions.
I'm patching the hole in the quarter-panel where they had caps for dual gas tanks. When I welded my patch in, the panel warped. Now, when I try your hammering technique, as I hammer on one spot, it distorts in another spot.
Is there a way to weld without warping? I use a MIG welder since my TIG machine is broken. I could use an oxyacetylene torch, but I feel that would put more heat into the panel and cause more warping.
John Burbach
Newberry, MI
A: To begin with, the bad news is that pretty much ANY welding process will cause warping-there is virtually no way to completely avoid it, and the thinner the metal, the more it warps. What makes your problem most difficult is that the Fleetside trucks have bed sides that are very large and very low-crown. It's much easier to learn a hammer and dolly technique on medium- or high-crown panels. When working on a low-crown panel, just a few hammer blows in the wrong spot will cause the sort of problem you are facing.
It sounds like your bed side is overstretched in areas, and some careful shrinking will probably be required to fix it. Unfortunately, shrinking is even more difficult to master than hammering. If you are just learning these techniques, it might actually be better to take the truck to someone who's more experienced, and (if you can) watch them as they fix the problem.
Alternately, you could do a LOT of practice work on a junk panel until you feel you have developed some degree of proficiency with stretching the metal by hammering and shrinking the metal with the use of heat, and then going back to your truck bed when your skill level is a little more advanced.


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PolitiFact.com brought some truthiness to The Colbert Report Wednesday night, as editor Bill Adair appeared on the show with Jake Tapper, interim host of ABC's This Week, to explain our fact-checking of the ABC show. Colbert didn't understand all the fuss about facts — and he's convinced that the St. Petersburg Times is Russian.
Also, at producers' request, PolitiFact fact-checked Monday's episode of The Colbert Report. See our results here.


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A cable to the United Jewish Campaign office from Jacob Billikopf of Philadelphia, who is now in Moscow to study the Jewish colonization conditions, was made public by David A Brown, national chairman of the United Jewish Campaign.
Mr. Billikopf's cable describes an interview with Smidoviteh, vice-president of Soviet Russia and Merezhin, head of the Yevsektzia, Jewish section of the Communist Party and the Ozet, society for the settlement of Jews on the land in Russia. The cable reads:
"Wm. Rosenwald, Stanley Folz, David Schweitzer and I interviewed Smidovitch. Tremendously impressed with sincerity and genuineness of government's desire to help Jews agriculturally on an even larger scale. Submitted every conceivable objection raised in America. His reply unequivocal and most satisfactory. Assured the government does not object to erection of synagogues in colonies. Room for tens of thousands of additional families in fertile districts in Ukraine and Crimea.
"Read original Kalenin letter of which Smidovitch co-author. Had Duranty translated it entirely misunderstanding would not arise.
"Merezhin denied interview we published in "Jewish Tribune."
"Interviewed at least one hundred non-partisan individuals representing different shades of opinion. Enthusiasm for colonization great. Zionists deplore opposition. Inspired by Agro-Joint work. Conservative Ica sending this year $150,000 for colonization.
"Trade school activities and 133 Kassas embracing 50,000 far reaching. Rosen Justly beloved universally.
"Leaving for colonies today."


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Not-for-profit cricket organisation Bat4Africa has hired Threepipe for a product placement and trade profiling campaign.
The organisation has hired Threepipe to drive partnership enquiries and increase sales of its cricket bat through sourcing profile opportunities for founder Charlie Munton and product placement across a number of vertical media.
Threepipe account manager Tom Stroud said of the win: "We have an impactful campaign planned which will ultimately help to drive sales in the run up to the summer season, raising money for a worthy cause."
Bat4Africa designs and manufactures high-end cricket bats, with all profits from its sales going towardsStreet Child Africa, a charity that works with local partner organisations in sub-Saharan Africa to support children in street situations.


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That's right people…May is Celiac Awareness Month!
Even with all of the information out there, and more & more safe foods available everyday, some people still don't understand what's going on inside their bodies. Let's spread the word that Celiac is not just a "fad diet". Let's spread the word that an estimated 1 in 133 Americans have Celiac, but 83% of them are undiagnosed. Let's spread the word that there is currently no cure, but a gluten free diet allows us to live symptom free.
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WOSTER: The art and effort of procrastinating
I saw a Sunday morning television piece about a 98-year-old man who still cut hair at his barbershop every day, and what I wanted to do was find that barbershop and get in line for a trim.
Don't get me wrong. I have a great barber. Some of his customers probably think he's a stylist. For me, with my thinning, unkempt hair, he's pretty much an old-time barber. "Just a little off the top and keep the sides above the ears, if you don't mind.'' That's the kind of stuff I say, and then he cuts it the way he thinks will look best. He does pretty well, too, with the material at hand.
He takes appointments, and it takes me four or five weeks past time for a trim to work up the energy to call and schedule a haircut. He always works me right in. I just hate making the call. I'm not sure why. Nancy thinks I'm nuts.
"Pick up the phone and call,'' she says. "It takes 30 seconds.''
That's how she handles such things. Needs doing? Do it. Me? I put things like a haircut on a list and stare at it every morning for two or three weeks, trying to decide if today is the day I call.
I understand my way is less efficient and more energy draining. It takes a lot of effort to procrastinate. A couple of months ago, I had a list that suggested I should call for appointments for a haircut, a dental visit, an oil change for the pickup, my annual medical exam and a trip to the optometrist.
Eventually, I got the hair appointment, but not until I looked in the mirror one morning and saw the senior-citizen version of a member of the cast from "Hair'' staring back. "Oh, say, can you see my eyes if you can, then my hair's too short.''
I could use a trim again. Maybe by Memorial Day weekend.
I got the oil changed, too. This might be the last pickup I'll ever buy. I want it to last. I overcame a challenge to make that appointment. The first time I called, when the front desk sent me back to service, we lost the connection. It took me two days to get around to calling back.
I have my medical checkup scheduled in the coming week. It's kind of like getting the oil changed, I suppose. And, like my pickup, this is probably the last body I'll ever own.
I'm still working on the other two appointments. And by working on them, I mean they're on a list on my desk. I'm optimistic that one of these days I'll make the calls. I doubt it will be before May.
I can't tell you just why I find it so difficult to take care of a simple task like a phone call for a haircut. Most people do that sort of thing every day, probably without breaking a sweat. I feel like I need to rest a week every time I make one of those calls. Maybe it's because I hate telephones. I can't stand the things. Maybe it's because for most of my reporting life, people thought they could call me anytime, anyplace. I grew to hate Alexander Graham Bell.
The best thing about telephones these days is caller ID. Yes, I screen calls at home. At work, it's kind of expected that the employees in my department act like adults, so I answer the phone. At home? That's my time, and my time isn't getting spent talking to fundraisers and pollsters and wrong numbers and any other person with an unfamiliar number. If it's important, I figure the caller will leave a message. If the caller leaves no message, it couldn't have been important.
What does all this have to do with the 98-year-old barber? Just this:
The shop where he cut hair looked like Elmer Westendorf's shop in Chamberlain when I was a kid. No one called for appointments. On Saturday nights, you walked in, grabbed a chair, buried your face in a magazine and waited for your turn. That's my idea of perfect service.


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Veterans being honored in North Charleston
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Hundreds of veterans are again being honored at a Veterans Day ceremony in North Charleston.
The city has again been selected by the Department of Defense and the Veterans Day National Committee as a regional site for Veterans Day ceremonies.
The annual event is being held Monday at Park Circle in the city. Hundreds of veterans receive recognition from Mayor Keith Summey and members of North Charleston City County.
Last year at the event, more than 500 veterans were honored.


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ACE SCHOLARSHIPS is one of seven local charities nominated in Citywide Banks' Charity Hand-Up Contest taking place from March 1-14, 2013. The Denver/Boulder community is invited to vote for a nominee and enter prize drawings. Citywide Banks will donate $7,500 to nominated charities based on voting results.
While it's true that some children fail out of school, it's also true that some schools fail their children, especially children from low-income families. During 2012, graduation rates for children from low-income families were a disappointing 54% in Denver Public Schools and 61% statewide.
Why is it so low for these children? One reason is their limited options of quality schools. For middle and high-income families, if their local school is not a good fit for them, they have the option of private schools or moving to another district. But for low-income families these options are often out of reach.
It's all about choice. And that's the mission of ACE Scholarships. ACE is committed to helping metro Denver's low-income families send their children to the K-12 private school of their choice with the help of partial tuition scholarships. Subsequently, the program has led to an impressive 9 of 10 ACE Scholars graduating high school in 2012. 100% of those graduates went on to attend college.
Founded in 2000, ACE Scholarships has provided more than 10,000 scholarships worth more than $20 million. Unfortunately, they've also had to turn away more than 5,000 children since that time due to insufficient funds – funds that they raise through contributions from private citizens, corporations and foundations.
"Our vision is that every child will have access to the quality education of his or her choice," explained Jonathan Tee, ACE Scholarships Chief of Operations.
The scholarships cover up to $2,000 per year for grades K-8 and up to $3,000 per year for high school. Once a child has been granted a scholarship, she will receive those funds throughout her entire K-12 career, provided that student remains in financial need and is in good standing at school, and that ACE can continue to raise the funds necessary to meet its scholarship commitments.
You might be thinking that $2,000 or $3,000 is not going to get you very far toward private school tuition, but that's not accurate. "One of the challenges we face is that when people think of private schools they think of $20,000+ schools that are out reach for most people," said Tee. "We want to show families that there are quality private schools that are less expensive."
Through partnerships with over 100 small neighborhood private schools with tuition rates in the annual $5,000 to $7,000 range, ACE not only provides the opportunity to attend these private schools but also educates families on the existence of these quality private institutions – intuitions whose mission is, in part, to serve low-income populations.
ACE Scholarships are strictly needs based. All families who qualify for the federal Free and Reduced Lunch Program are eligible. A household must make less than 185% of the federal poverty level, approximately $42,000 annual income, to qualify.
The partial tuition policy not only enables ACE to provide more scholarships to families in need, it also affects academic success. "We believe it's important for parents to have skin in the game," explained Tee. "That way we're working with parents who are making sacrifices and so they're diligent about the choices they're making and how their children are doing."
Parents match the scholarship funds to the best of their ability and sometimes the school brings in other resources to cover the gap, Tee explained.
Tee says that although the Denver School Board is bringing about changes that help students with choice such as adding more charter schools and making others open enrollment, the changes are not coming quickly enough. "We provide an immediate alternative to these kids so that they can get into the environment that works best for them," he said.
Because they need to turn away more families every year, financial support is always appreciated. They also need volunteers throughout the year at their family, outreach and school events. Additionally, they look to match their volunteer database with volunteer needs at the schools in their network.
A $5,000 donation would go directly to helping at least two more students attend the school of their choice in the 2013-14 school year. For more information on ways to donate your time or money, please visit www.ACEscholarships.org.
Vote to Give ACE Scholarships a $5,000 Hand-Up
As a Colorado owned bank focused entirely on the Front Range, Citywide Banks shares a commitment to our local community with ACE Scholarships. Through our Charity Hand-Up Contest, we are proud to spotlight the great work and ongoing needs of Denver/Boulder nonprofits. Based on the results of a 14-day vote on Facebook, the local community will determine how $7,500 is split among seven Colorado charities nominated by Citywide Banks employees. The charity receiving the most votes will receive $5,000 and the runner-up will receive $1,000. The remaining donation amounts will correspond to the voting results for each nominated charity. The voting public can also enter to win 1 of 10 prizes, including dinner for two at some of Denver's top restaurants. Official prize drawing rules are available by clicking here. For more information about the contest please visit www.CitywideBanks.com/charity/.
How to Cast Your Vote – March 1 -14, 2013
The voting will take place at Facebook.com/citywidebanks. Users will need to make sure they are logged into their personal Facebook account. If a user doesn't have an account, it only takes minutes to set up a new Facebook account and it's free. The online voting form will only be accessible for Citywide Banks Facebook Fans. To become a Fan, simply click on the "Like" button on top of any of the pages on Citywide's Facebook Fan Page at Facebook.com/citywidebanks. Then, click on the link for the "Charity Contest" tab to access the online voting page. Each Facebook account will be permitted one vote during the 14-day voting period.
Spread the Word about Voting for ACE Scholarships
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It's official: Three local athletes will be joining the Division I college football ranks next fall, representing the area in the Big Ten Conference, the Mid-American Conference and the Ivy League.
Ravenna standouts Marcus Sanders and Roy McCullough signed national letters of intent Wednesday, turning the verbal commitments they had issued previously into official commitments. Sanders is headed to the University of Minnesota, while McCullough has signed with Ohio University.
Also, Crestwood's Jake Kohl has verbally committed to play football at Yale University.
Sanders and McCullough helped lead Ravenna to one of the best seasons in school history this past fall. The Ravens posted a 9-2 record overall, won the Western Reserve Conference South Division championship for the second straight year and qualified for the state playoffs for the first time ever.
The highly recruited Sanders (5-foot-11, 180 pounds) finished his illustrious high school career as Ohio's fourth all-time leading rusher with 6,688 yards in his four years with the Ravens. He also scored 81 career touchdowns.
As a senior, Sanders rushed for 2,341 yards on 210 attempts (11.2 yards per carry) and scored 34 TDs, earning WRC South offensive player of the year and Division I All-Ohio honors in the process.
Almost every major college football program in the country recruited Sanders, but it was the Golden Gophers and coach Glen Mason who came out on top.
"Without a doubt Marcus Sanders is one of those top players, a marquee player," said Mason, who guided a resurgent Gopher squad to an 8-4 record this past season, including a landmark victory at then-No. 2 ranked Penn State and a berth in the Sun Bowl. "We've had him real high on our board for a while."
Sanders has said one of his primary reasons for choosing Minnesota was the prospect of playing as a freshman, and Mason reaffirmed that notion Wednesday.
"That's one of the things that attracted him here to Minnesota," said Mason. "We lost both of our running backs from last year, and I think Marcus is correct in thinking he has a chance to play early here.
"Somebody will be back there for us next year."
Aside from Sanders, the Gophers also brought in two other tailbacks in the 2000 recruiting class, Terry Jackson (5-10, 193) from Saginaw, Mich., and Demetrus Johnson (5-10, 173) from Milwaukee. Akron Hoban's Keith Matthews, who played against Sanders' Ravens this past fall, is also headed to Minnesota.
Sanders was an impact player on the defensive side of the ball as well _ so much so, in fact, that many colleges, including Ohio State, recruited him as a defensive back. He had 103 tackles, five sacks, eight tackles for loss and three interceptions as a senior.
But the Minnesota staff didn't see Sanders as a defensive player.
"No, we liked what we saw of him as a running back," said Mason. "He's been very, very productive. He has good size (5-11, 180), really good speed (4.4 in the 40-yard dash), he has great vision and he makes good cuts. He really sees the field well."
Mason also said he isn't concerned about Sanders' ability to hold up under the constant pounding in the physical Big Ten, despite his history of suffering late-season injuries at Ravenna.
"We feel the type of injuries he had were not significant," said Mason.
Like Sanders, McCullough was also a two-way standout at Ravenna. He earned first-team All-WRC South recognition for his exploits as a big-play wide receiver, catching 34 passes for 538 yards (15.8 yards per catch) and 11 touchdowns as a senior, but it's very likely his future with the Bobcats will be in the opponents' defensive secondary.
As a cornerback this past season, McCullough registered 56 tackles and four interceptions. With his size (6-2, 178), speed (4.4 in the 40) and athleticism (40-inch vertical leap), McCullough has the physical tools to be a force in the secondary.
"He's a real fine receiver and he's also a really good defensive back," said Ohio coach Jim Grobe. "You always like to get guys who can play on both sides of the ball.
"But we're thinking of him as a defensive back right now. We think he can play on the corner _ he has really good speed and athletic ability. Plus he's 6-foot-2, which is pretty big for a cornerback, so you'd like to put a guy with that kind of size out on the corner if he has the speed, and Roy does."
However, Grobe hasn't ruled out McCullough as a wide receiver.
"Offensively, you look for speed and guys with range and height, and that's where Roy could be a guy who could help us," said Grobe. "But we try to direct kids to where they could play the soonest, and the quickest way Roy could get on the field would be as a defensive back. He's got a chance to really help himself because he can play corner or safety, and you always have a need in the secondary."
Unlike Sanders though, McCullough likely won't see action in his first collegiate season.
"We try to redshirt everybody we can," said Grobe. "We won't play a kid unless he can either start or get 30 to 40 snaps a game. We'd like to redshirt Roy, but we're not opposed to playing kids right away if we feel they can help us."
Crestwood's Kohl (6-4, 271) was a two-way lineman on a Red Devils team that went 8-3, shared the Portage County League championship with Mogadore and qualified for the state playoffs for the first time in the program's history. Kohl, who played left guard at Crestwood, was a first-team All-PCL pick and is being recruited as an offensive lineman by Yale.
"He was a very hard worker; he had a great work ethic," said Crestwood coach Tom Hannan. "He was very quick for his size. Yale was impressed with how well he moved for his size. I don't think he's reached his potential yet football-wise _ I think he'll get bigger and stronger.
"He was a big key to our success. We predominantly ran to the left behind Jake and Ryan Plesotis, our left tackle."
NCAA rules prohibit Yale coach Jack Siedlecki and the other Ivy League coaches from commenting on their recruits until spring. But Kohl, who committed to Yale on Monday, has officially been accepted by the prestigious academic institution.
Kohl, who carries a 4.2 grade-point average, plans to major in economics and pre-med.
"Obviously, he's very intelligent," said Hannan. "This is a great honor for our program, and it just goes to show that his success in the classroom highlights the emphasis we place on both the academics and the athletics.
"It gives a lot of our younger kids something to look forward to, that if you work hard in the classroom and on the athletic field, a kid out of Crestwood can go to Yale. It is possible."


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I'm not even sure those guys could order their own meals off the menu. No way were they going to agree on the family-style choices.
Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
And life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in black elms,
Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you
There's that, and that God would tell him to take a job in Toronto instead.
I still want Byron Scott. I'd be fine dealing with Mark Jackson, but I feel it would downward spiral into not the best scenario, and I don't want to see anything bad have to be dealt with between the Pacers organization and Mark. He has done too much for this franchise to end up having to be fired.
Hire Byron Scott, convince Mark to come and be a top assistant and mentor our young PG's. Hopefully that includes a player like John Wall. I swear, I lay awake nights wondering what it would be like if we got lucky enough to get the number one pick...and actually get him. Sigh.
Just get rid of Jim........PLEASE.
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
It just BAFFLES me that the Pacers are playing so badly, Obie is obviously the domino that needs to fall, AND Byron Scott is available. I know I'm talking about spending someone else's money, but if I owned the team and there was ANY way I could do it, I would spend the money and go get the guy. Aside from a nice coaching reboot for the players, it would be great for the fans. I mean COME ON! The guy is a proven coach and he hit the shot that carried the franchise back into being meaningful! Heck, I'LL DONATE A COUPLE HUNDRED BUCKS to get the guy here!
I agree that Mark would be worlds more successful than Isiah "I destroy all that I touch" Thomas. Other than that, NO WAY. I don't want either of those stinking KNICKS anywhere near our players! hehe
I am sure many coaches learned a good deal while serving as an assistant. But I don't believe that spending time as an assistant is always necessary for everyone, anymore than being vice president prepares a skilled political executive to be president.
As far as Mark Jackson goes, we can't be sure how ready he is.
And I won't be here to see the day
It all dries up and blows away
I'd hang around just to see
But they never had much use for me
In Levelland. (James McMurtry)
Him and Jeff Van Gundy need to be a packaged deal
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Mark Jackson has interest in St. John's job, and agent will talk to AD soon. Here's no-brainer for his staff: George Mason's Chris Caputo.


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What a difference a year makes.
Heading into March 2010, the expansion Philadelphia Union knew they had a nearly insurmountable challenge ahead. Peter Nowak's side needed to find a way to come together as a first-year squad -- without the benefit of a prior USL incarnation like Seattle had in 2009 or Vancouver and Portland will have in 2011 -- while playing only two of their first 10 matches at home. A murderous four-match stretch against New York, LA, Salt Lake and Dallas early in the campaign certainly didn't help matters either.
While the young Union fought admirably and proved to be competitive, points were scarce in advance of PPL Park's opening. As a result, the balance of the club's inaugural season was spent attempting to claw out of an early hole. That task proved unattainable, but Philadelphia will head into 2011 with a much brighter outlook.
The Union will open up their second season on March 19 in Houston, the scene of the club's first-ever road win -- one of only two in 2010. A week later, the Vancouver Whitecaps will make their first trek to PPL Park, marking another first in Philadelphia's milestone-filled existence. On March 26, for the very first time, the Union will feel like an established, been-there-done-that MLS side relative to their expansion counterparts. How's that for a role reversal?
In the end, though, the club's success over the course of the season won't depend on the structure of the schedule. Rather, as Manager Nowak has alluded to time-and-time again, the club simply needs to be better than they were last season.
"We knew all along that it was going to take time for the team to get together," said Nowak. "We went through the pains of making mistakes -- I believe 70 percent of the goals we gave away were preventable. If we can prevent those goals and those mistakes, then we are a much harder team to score against.
"You have to make saves when there is a save to be made. You have to make a tackle when you have necessary tackles to make. We just went through pains and now we have to make it better."
When Philadelphia's remaining schedule is unveiled in late-January or early-February, there won't be seven straight road matches following Vancouver's trip to the Chester Waterfront. The club will also benefit from the players having a more thorough understanding of the technical staff's demands and a year's worth of cohesion from playing and training with one another -- not to mention an invaluable year of seasoning for a talented crop of youngsters.
[inline_node:288420]"I think the experience of a season is going to help all of them," Nowak explained. "They know the shape they need to be in and what to expect during a long season. They know how important their offseason training will be and to put on that soccer hat 24 hours a day. This is a full-time job and it needs to be treated that way. I think some of them wore down a little bit with the long season. … I think all the players will be better off for next season. I think there is a lot of excitement ahead for all of us."
Plenty of work remains before First Kick, and Nowak has indicated that roster reinforcements are on the way. Add in the SuperDraft, with the Union holding the fifth overall selection, and it's difficult to predict what Philadelphia's starting XI might look like in Houston. Regardless, beginning the season with two manageable matches -- the Dynamo finished only two points ahead of the Union in 2010, while the Whitecaps will have very little time to gel before visiting PPL Park -- provides an opportunity to start strong and build confidence for the rest of the season.
"From the top on down, I know this organization knows we are moving forward," said Nowak. "... It's a daily process, and we're on the right path. We're not where we want to be now. We will keep moving forward to where we want to go and where we need to go."
With the date of First Kick set, the Union now know exactly how long they have before their progress is once again measured in wins and losses. Surrounding conditions and inexperience are no longer acting against Philadelphia, meaning Nowak, for one, won't be pleased with anything less than a sizable ascent in the MLS standings.
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Union to Open 2011 in Houston March 19
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On the Motion: Motion to Waive S.Con.Res.21, 110th Congress, sect. 203 re: Conference Report to accompany H.R.2419; A bill to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.
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Removes face make-upI found my new favorite cleanser! It seems every one I have tried does not remove my 'all-day' wear foundation. This is the only one I have tried that removes all of it. I use a toner after cleansing and usually swipe off foundation. It takes me several swipes to have it all gone. And that is after I cleaned my face already! This Borghese one removed it all! I swiped it once with toner and zero fo...read moreundation was on it! My face was really clean, but not dried out. I have combo skin and this did not make me dry or oily. I am so amazed at this product. A must have! — 7 years, 4 months agoMJay13 | 87 reviews
First on my listAs far as facial cleansers.................I have used this since I was 29 years old and I'm now 50, I only wish it'd be available at all department stores. I love it because it leaves my face feeling, clean, smooth and moisturized but not oily! — 7 years, 9 months agoDAL1059 | 4 reviews
Wonderful cleanserI've been using this for several years and it's just a great face cleanser. Not inexpensive, but lasts for a long time. I'm in my late 50's, and my skin is neither dried out nor wrinkled. Gotta think this helps! — 8 years, 11 months agoYabble | 2 reviews
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Great ProductI love this - best out there. Too bad not sold in major department stores in the south. — 9 years, 3 months agodddaniel | 1 reviews
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Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak is reaching into Canada's top executive ranks for his latest star candidate, bringing in real estate executive Simon Nyilassy to run in a west Toronto riding.
Mr. Nyilassy stepped down earlier in May from his job as head of Calloway Real Estate Investment Trust.
He will be running in the provincial district of Etobicoke-Lakeshore, where he will be up against Liberal cabinet minister Laurel Broten in this fall's election. The federal election signalled that the riding may be ready to go Tory, after Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff lost the seat to a Conservative.
The new provincial candidate spent some time door-knocking in the federal campaign, and that helped pique his interest in politics, as well as give him a sense for what voters in the area want.
"Talking to residents of the community, it's clear the economy and bills they have to pay are high on their minds," he said in an interview Wednesday morning before his candidacy was officially announced.
In six years at the helm, he grew Calloway into one of the country's largest publicly traded real estate companies, but was looking for something new. Calloway is best known for being the main Canadian landlord for Wal-Mart, and has grown as Wal-Mart has spread across Canada.
"That was fun, don't get me wrong," Mr. Nyilassy said. "Looking forward, I wanted a different challenge than growing it from $5-billion to $10-billion."
Mr. Nyilassy, 55, said he expects that if he wins, his experience as head of a real estate investment trust will be helpful in a government that's focused on reducing expenses. REITs are a business that is all about keeping costs down so that more of the rent collected from tenants flows down to the bottom line.
"Running a REIT, you learn how to be efficient, so every dollar goes through to the unitholders."
Prior to running Calloway, Mr. Nyilassy was an executive with SmartCentres, a development company that specializes in big-box malls.