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Reports: Valencia's Fernandes taken into custody for 1 night after nightclub incident

Valencia midfielder Manuel Fernandes reportedly spent Thursday night in police custody following an incident at a nightclub.

Fernandes' teammate, fellow Portugal international Miguel Brito, said the trouble occurred when Fernandes, Brito and his brother were accused by another customer of stealing a watch, news agency Efe and Spanish sports newspaper Marca reported.

The police were then called, leading to the arrest of Fernandes and Brito's brother.

The pair were released on Friday, reports said, but are required to appear before a judge later Friday.

Brito was celebrating his 28th birthday at the venue.

The alleged incident …

Teen pregnancy awareness campaign nets Palin $262K

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Unwed mother Bristol Palin earned more than $262,000 for her role in helping raise awareness for teen pregnancy prevention in 2009.

The most recent data for The Candie's Foundation shows compensation at $262,500 for the now-20-year-old daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee.

Bristol Palin was 18 when she was appointed as a teen ambassador for the …

Getting up to speed

Scrapping social promotion created a dilemma the district has yet to solve: how to educate hundreds of teens who were held back multiple times and are too old for elementary school but not ready for high school.

It's mid-August, two weeks into Robeson High School's launch as a year-round school, and Principal Gerald Morrow gathers his staff in the dimly lit auditorium to ask their opinions on several logistical matters.

The mood is hopeful. Robeson, one of just two regular (non-turnaround, non-charter, non-selective) high schools in Englewood, has been a catch-all for struggling students who don't get in anywhere else. But this year, the school is set for a fresh start: …

Congress increasingly going through the motions

Some fights of the 110th Congress have lost their oomph in the waning months before the November elections, with both parties content to run out the clock on messy matters like the war in Iraq, spending bills and various disputes with the White House.

Democrats dropped any pretense of trying to address some of the stickiest issues when their Senate leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, told reporters Thursday that Congress will punt until next year its biggest job, setting most of the government's spending priorities.

What's good enough for 2008 will suffice until a new president and a new Congress take office next year.

"I would hope that before we …

Rangers beat A's on Cruz's 10th-inning HR

Nelson Cruz hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th to lift Texas to a 3-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night after Rangers starter Cliff Lee struck out a career-high 13 and scattered five hits in a nine-inning no-decision.

With the game tied at 1, Josh Hamilton drew a one-out walk off Michael Wertz (2-2) and Cruz followed by lofting a 1-1 pitch high into the left field seats.

Lee, who remains stuck on 99 career victories, had the most strikeouts for the Rangers since Aaron Sele's 13 on Aug. 12, 1999, against Detroit. Lee didn't walk a batter and has issued only seven walks in 17 starts this season.

Oakland advanced a runner to …

McMahon Shunned Packers

Chicago might be able to accept Jim McMahon playing with the SanDiego Chargers, Arizona Cardinals or Philadelphia Eagles. It almostcould live with him as a member of the Minnesota Vikings. But JimMcMahon with the Green Bay Packers?

It nearly happened. The Packers repeatedly tried to signMcMahon during the offseason and continued their pursuit until thestart of camp.

According to Packers general manager Ron Wolf, McMahon said hedidn't want to play for the team because he couldn't accept …

National Guard deployment may be extended

GRANJENO, Texas (AP) — A nervous man with a duffle bag of marijuana. A pack of snorting feral pigs. A woman holding a child's hand. A fluttering, rustling plastic bag. There's plenty for a National Guardsman to look at on a quiet South Texas night.

Customs and Border Protection offered a firsthand look to The Associated Press at what the troops are actually doing, around the clock, in the Rio Grande Valley in south Texas. The sound bite for the tour, often repeated, was that the soldiers are "the eyes and ears for the Border Patrol." And that appears to be the case.

And it now it appears the Guard's role could continue. The one year, 1,200 troop deployment on the border was to …

Automakers showcase new models at Beijing show

Daimler AG unveiled its new ultra-luxury Maybach sedan Thursday as automakers began a flurry of new vehicle launches at the Beijing auto show in a scramble for China's fast-growing market amid slack sales elsewhere.

The show, in a country with almost no private cars 15 years ago, has risen to the top ranks of global auto industry events as China's explosive sales growth drove this market past the United States in 2009 to become the world's biggest.

Foreign automakers are pushing to expand sales in China while young but ambitious local brands such as Volvo buyer Geely want to raise their profile. The auto show opens Friday to the press and Tuesday to the …

Entertainment Briefs

COURTNEY'S NEW LOVE INTEREST? COLONICS

Courtney Love posed for the upcoming issue of Harper's Bazaarwearing a hat, jewelry and shoes.

"Go check it out. All of the size 8s are gone," the 43-year-oldsinger tells the magazine in its September issue, on newsstandsTuesday. "I've lost a lot of weight, and I have done it throughbeing quite disciplined."

Love says she now weighs about 139 pounds. She credits her newfigure to visits to a clinic for "colonics and fasting" severaltimes a year and eating a daily diet of two meal replacement shakesand "fish and macrobiotic food."

The former frontwoman of the rock band Hole -- and widow ofNirvana singer Kurt …

Darden, Accenture, Oracle are big movers

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:

NYSE

Darden Restaurants Inc., down $2.38 at $45.63

The owner of Olive Garden and Red Lobster chains said that its third-quarter profit climbed nearly 13 percent from a year earlier.

PetSmart Inc., up 21 cents at $41.25

The pet supply retailer said it will pay a quarterly dividend of 12.5 cents per share in May.

Accenture Plc, up $2.33 at $54.29

The Irish management consulting firm said its second quarter earnings jumped 22 percent on strong demand for its services.

Merck & Co. Inc., down 15 cents at …

Smith seeks happy ending as one-day skipper

CHENNAI, India (AP) — Graeme Smith hopes to bow out as South Africa's one-day captain by winning the World Cup for the first time.

The Proteas have never won the tournament and have gained a reputation for choking at the crucial moment, but Smith said his team is confident ahead of the start of the Feb. 19-April 2 event in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

"It will be an exciting and tense tournament and we need to peak at the right time if we have to go all the way," Smith said Thursday. "We have come here with lot of confidence and good preparation and hope to play to potential.

"The youngsters in the team are excited about the opportunity to play in such a big event. …

Attachment Theory

Attachment Theory Attachment From Infancy to Adulthood: The Major Longitudinal Studies Klaus E Grossman, Karin Grossman, Everett Waters, editors. New York (NY): Guilford Press; 2005. 332 p. US$40.00.

Reviewer rating: Excellent

When a new scientific text lands on one's desk, a book whose contributors are authorities on the subject, one expects a certain level of enjoyment from reading it. However, to find such a book a delight to read is indeed rare. Nevertheless, this new text on attachment is a delight.

This is no ordinary review of longitudinal studies on attachment, some of which lasted long enough for children who contributed data while babies to have babies of …

Changing attitudes toward the poor

Keynote speaker at the urban ministry gathering at Welcome Inn in October was Susan Eagle, United Church pastor, representative on The Inter-Faith Social Assistance Reform Coalition (ISARC), and a regional councillor in London, Ontario.

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She painted the picture of a woman on social assistance who is just "on the edge" of making it go. Her children are hungry; she is threatened with having her hydro cut off. Her ex-husband pays $500 each month, but not always on time. What does one do next? In Ontario, we appear to be on a dead-end journey, with increasing cutbacks to social services.

Eagle reflected on significant shifts in attitude. There is a growing sense of powerlessness as homelessness, housing insecurity and child poverty increase. There is a growing gap between rich and poor, on the local as well as global level. Some say, "Grab what you can, while you can," creating an atmosphere of self-protection and competition. We are tolerating now what a few years ago was unthinkable, she said.

In particular, we have moved from the language of "entitlement" to "deservedness." The government can now introduce a lifetime ban on social assistance to those who are deemed no longer deserving of it. Society has accepted the notion that there is a great deal of welfare abuse which needs to be cleaned up with such strict measures.

We no longer have a designated "bottom" beyond which nobody should be allowed to sink. In fact, there has been further stripping of assets from the poor (such as the child benefit "clawback" in Ontario).

Under the mounting weight of cutbacks and downloading to lower levels of government, we have moved from preventive to reactive policies. In this deep hole we have dug for ourselves, there is volunteer fatigue. How can one make a difference when resources are so limited?

From the public attitude shifts emerge policy shifts. Social assistance was cut 21 percent six years ago, and frozen. The "fraud squad" is implementing new punitive policies, including the "spouse-in-the-house" policy which states that a woman who is married or living with someone is cut off from welfare. This is now being appealed before the Supreme Court of Canada.

The $37 per month pregnancy benefit has been cut, and a welfare recipient may only own a vehicle worth less than $5,000. Bill 142 demands documentation for the past seven years, but banks charge prohibitive amounts for records that extend back that far. This bill also allows the system to identify classes of people who are not eligible for social assistance.

Strategies for response

Eagle offered four strategies for response: Perspective, persistent powerlessness, partnerships, prayer.

1) We need to reclaim the language of entitlement and empowerment, said Eagle. The church can offer an "absolute empowering vision," such as the Old Testament concern for the widow and the powerless in society.

"Hope continues to reject the opinion of reality, which is the majority opinion," she said. This is not a vague hope, but one based in solid analysis which gives credibility to the vision of a just society. It means doing an honest assessment of what the statistics mean when government claims that "Ontario works."

2) The parable of the unjust judge and the persistent widow is a compelling story for the church. Our role is to tell the stories and keep society and government focused on the realities.

3) We need to find allies in many places, even among those we might assume have vested interests. If we keep the focus, bringing in allies will not diffuse our effectiveness. We have to break out of partisan perspectives.

4) "God's reign always lies beyond us," said Bishop Oscar Romero. "We plant seeds that one day will grow. We cannot do everything, but we can do something. We are ministers, not messiahs; we are the prophets of a future not our own."

Eagle added: "Unjust systems cannot stand forever. Unexpected things happen when we act with integrity, and pray."

What is the role of the church? was the underlying question in the discussion which followed. The group noted several things: We need to link charity and justice. We are in a position to humanize how we deal with people, when the government tends to institutionalize things. We need to reclaim church as a "parish" or neighbourhood, in which neighbours help neighbours.

We have to act, not give in to despair. We need to listen to the poor, not speak for them. We need to be aware that money is not the only indicator of poverty; the church can address poverty of relationships.

Eagle concluded with a story. A woman bought a fur coat at a thrift shop for $5.00 and wore it gladly. Then someone noticed that she no longer wore it and asked why. She explained that she had been refused food at a food bank because "anyone who spends money on a fur coat doesn't need food." This happened repeatedly, so she decided it was easier simply to get rid of the coat.

Meanwhile, the story probably spread, perpetuating the myth of the "undeserving poor" who are trying to abuse the system.

Michael Jordan interested in buying Bobcats

The Charlotte Bobcats are for sale and Michael Jordan is interested.

First, he has to put an ownership group together.

Addressing the issue on Thursday night for the first time since the news last month that majority owner Bob Johnson is seeking to sell, Jordan shied away from going into detail about his plans. But Jordan, who holds a minority stake in the team and runs basketball operations, made it clear he'd like to gain majority control.

"I would like to put together a team to do that, yeah," Jordan said.

Jordan then quickly turned the attention back to his selection of Gerald Henderson of Duke with the 12th pick in the NBA draft and didn't take further questions on the ownership issue.

It remains unclear if Jordan is close to securing the investors and money needed to buy the team, for which Johnson paid $300 million.

Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television, became the first black majority owner of a major professional sports team when he was awarded the expansion team in 2003.

But the club, which began play in 2004-05 season, has struggled to sell tickets and sponsorships and Johnson has lost millions.

Johnson is using a New York-based sports financial services firm in hopes of either securing more investors or selling the team outright.

Jordan's star quality in his home state could help boost the franchise, but it's uncertain if he could agree with Johnson on a price.

Forbes magazine recently valued the team at $284 million, less than Johnson's expansion fee. The team plays in a city hard hit by the financial crisis, and the credit crunch could hurt any deal of that magnitude.

However, the team also keeps all profits from the downtown Charlotte arena it operates and the Bobcats have improved on the court. Jordan hired Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown last year and he guided the Bobcats to a 35-47 record, the best in the franchise's five seasons.

NATO Sets Up Arms Control Committee

NATO defense ministers agreed in principle during a March 10-11 meeting to set up a new arms control body, but discussions about the committee's task and its relationship to a broader review of NATO deterrence posture continue.

The creation of the new body, known as the WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) Control and Disarmament Committee, was in response to a directive from member states at last November's Lisbon summit, where they agreed to a new Strategic Concept to guide alliance actions in the coming years. At that meeting, the members directed the NATO Council, the alliance's principal political decision-making body, to establish a new arms control committee in the context of a larger review of NATO's deterrence and defense posture. (See ACT, December 2010.)

A senior U.S. official told Arms Control Today March 17 that he expects the new committee not only to provide arms control and disarmament input into NATO's deterrence review, but also to offer a forum for appropriate consultations among NATO members on nuclear and conventional arms control more generally. "We hope that this committee would remain completely independent of the deterrence review and will become a permanent body, though that is still opposed by one party," he said, clearly referring to France. Paris in the past has argued the disarmament body should cease to exist once the deterrence review is completed. (See ACT, March 2011.) Germany supports the U.S. positions, diplomatic sources said.

The committee could meet at the level of deputy heads of NATO missions in Brussels, but could be reinforced by officials from capitals when needed, the U.S. official said. There is no agreement yet on the mandate of the committee and how it will be related to other NATO bodies concerned with arms control, disarmament, and nonproliferation, he said.

The U.S. official described possible areas of work of the disarmament body by saying that "it could support NATO's role in arms control if and when tactical nuclear weapons are included" in talks about a New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty follow-on agreement or "if we have talks on a Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty] follow-on agreement."

Defense ministers also approved terms of reference for the deterrence and defense posture review, but NATO members continue to disagree on the focus and timing of that review. Because of these disagreements, diplomatic sources said, the classified guidelines simply repeat broad language from the Lisbon summit declaration, which stated that essential elements of the review "would include the range of NATO's strategic capabilities required, including NATO's nuclear posture, and missile defence and other means of strategic deterrence and defence."

A work plan for the deterrence review is likely to be approved by NATO foreign ministers when they meet in Berlin April 14-15. That meeting also could mark the beginning of an exploratory phase, to last through the summer, during which member states are expected to present their views on the scope and purpose of the review. Even though the terms of reference do not explicitly say so, most observers expect the review to be finished by the next NATO summit, likely to take place in the United States during the spring of 2012.- OLIVER MEIER

Cathay cuts Japan flights in first half of April

HONG KONG (AP) — Cathay Pacific Airways says it's cutting flights to Japan in the first half of April because of weakening demand for travel to the country, which has been hit by an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear reactor crisis.

Hong Kong's biggest airline says the cuts affect flights to Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya from April 1 to 15.

The airline will suspend five of its 14 daily flights to and from Tokyo and one of eight to and from Osaka. It will fly once a day to and from Nagoya after dropping three flights from the weekly schedule. Flights to Fukuoka and Sapporo are not affected.

Cathay said in a statement Tuesday that it expects "several months of weakness with a recovery towards the summer."

China's trade with Africa charges ahead

BEIJING (AP) — China plans to further boost its soaring $100 billion trade with Africa, the government said Thursday, defending its sometimes criticized presence on the continent as mutually beneficial.

Chinese demand for oil, gas, iron ore and other raw materials for its rapidly growing economy has spurred trade and investments in Africa in recent years.

A central government report released Thursday said that in the first 11 months of this year, China-Africa trade volume reached $114.81 billion, a 43.5 percent year-on-year increase. That follows a decline in 2009 due to the global financial crisis.

That growth is likely to gain traction in the coming years as the "economic and trade cooperation is bright" between the two sides, said the "China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation" report prepared by the State Council Information Office.

"As economic globalization progresses, the economic and trade cooperation between China and Africa will definitely gain momentum to reach a larger scale, broader scope and higher level," it said.

Beijing is encouraging Chinese companies, flush with cash from the country's economic boom, to invest in Africa in an effort to diversify an economy driven by exports and outside investment. China's interest in Africa has largely targeted oil, gas and mining but is expanding to manufacturing, real estate, infrastructure and other sectors.

But the influx of Chinese investors has brought about tensions and criticism over control of Africa's resources, worries about unfair business tactics and complaints that local communities get too little of the economic rewards.

In October, two Chinese mine bosses in Zambia were charged with attempted murder after shooting miners during a pay dispute. Chinese companies have invested nearly $3 billion in Zambia, a major copper producer, according to the Zambian government.

While the report did not address local disputes, it defended China's presence in Africa, saying Beijing's efforts are fair, mutual beneficial and provide balanced trade and economic cooperation with African countries.

Chinese enterprises "adopt open, transparent ... ways of cooperation to jointly exploit and utilize resources with African countries and international enterprises against monopoly and exclusiveness," the report said.

Some experts said Africa's openness to Chinese investment is partially because its trade does not come with criticism of human rights records and other political issues.

"African countries also like that Chinese are less critical of their internal political affairs and there's less bureaucracy so projects and deals are executed a lot faster," said He Wenping, director of African studies at the Institute of West Asian and African Studies in Beijing.

In 2009, China's direct investment in Africa reached $9.33 billion with the majority directed at mining followed by manufacturing, the report said, a jump from $490 million in 2003.

2010 Rising Stars Awards: Coolest Small Company For Young Professionals: Dynamic Network Services Inc.

The epitome of "Geek Chic," Dynamic Network Services Inc. (Dyn Inc.) in Manchester is a playground for techies. This is a youth culture (85 percent of its workforce and 75 percent of the management team are under age 40), from the cool lounge with arcade games, a dartboard, ping pong table,and TV with Blu-ray DVD player, to the company's Segway for employees to zoom around on.

But while the toys are a cool way to take a break, they're far from the coolest aspects of this vibrant company. The entire culture is geared toward exciting and engaging employees.

Dyn Inc. provides "the plumbing" of the Internet, including domain registrations, network management and e-mail services, for millions of customers including Twitter and Zappos.com. As such, it knows the employees it wants to attract must have a passion for technology, want to play as hard as they work, value flexibility and want a company that will invest in their career.

The company works with employees to create schedules that work for both the employee and the company, with employees working with managers to set non-traditional schedules. Some employees come in at 7 a.m. and leave at 3 p.m., while others arrive at 10 a.m. and leave at 6 p.m. All employees can telecommute one day a week so long as they have a good performance record and a job that can be done remotely.

Schedules are not the only thing that is flexible. They can also choose how to be rewarded for a job well done. So long as an employee receives a rating of "meets expectations" or better on their performance review, they can choose from Paid Time Off hours, an increase in base salary, a lump sum cash bonus, or some combination of the above.

The company also shares the success that employees made possible. Dyn has a quarterly company performance bonus that is distributed to employees based on their past job performance and current level of compensation. Dyn also invests in employee development by providing $4,000 a year per employee in tuition reimbursement and encouraging employees who attend seminars to share what they've learned with managers and colleagues alike.

Jeremy Hitchcock, CEO and CFO, says Dyn Inc. has developed a culture of innovation and individual empowerment that attracts and retains top talent. "Silcon Valley isn't successful because of their tax value," he says. "It's because they have a culture of tinkerers and developers ... It's how are you attracting these people and what are you doing to keep people molivated," he says, noting Dyn recently attracted new employees from Utah, Seattle and Tennessee.

The Dynamic culture also comes with great perks: a casual dress code, full company-paid health care and company outings and events such as tubing in winter, Dyn "Wii-nter" Olympics, and an annual "Geek Week" to celebrate all employees' inner geek--complete with prizes and one person winning the title "Biggest Geek." (No really, they consider it an honor!) Every full-time employee receives a full day of "Dyn Cares PTO" time for volunteer work. The company also hosts Socialist' Sandwich Days each Tuesday. "It's a culture of operating in shades of gray--what's actually work and what's just fun," says Kyle York, vice president of sales and marketing. "It's all about intermingling the two."

But what really matters to employees is something less tangible: They love coming to work "I think another thing young professionals care about is authenticity," says Graham Chynoweth, vice president of operations and general counsel. If you're a company that derives value out of motivated employees, you really have to commit to keeping people and ideas fresh. That's what we try to do."

It seems to be working. "You feel like flying out of bed every day to get to work, to be with people you want to be around," says Scott Smith, a business development representative who moved to Manchester from Utah to work for Dyn Inc. Chris Gonyea, who works in customer support, sums it up this way, "Everyone here has similar interests (we are almost all geeks), everyone here is incredibly smart, and excellence is demanded by everyone."

Judge Mathis to youth: 'Don't give in to temptations'

Judge Mathis to youth: `Don't give in to temptations???

Inspired by the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., Judge Greg Mathis, who has a popular TV courtroom show, challenged youth not to give in to the "tools of destruction" of drugs and crime and do as he did as a former drug dealer/street gang member, fight back and succeed.

Speaking at Jackson's 11th annual Dr. King Breakfast at the Conrad Hilton & Towers Hotel, 720 S. Michigan Ave., Mathis said he's not ashamed of his background having "fought my way out the streets and the jails of Detroit."

It was Jackson who first met him in jail when Mathis was a teen. Mathis, who was inspired by Jackson, revealed he had gotten into the drug business because of his drug-dealing father who contracted his services out to a street gang.

Arrested, Mathis obeyed a judge who ordered him to get his G.E.D., bachelor's degree and his law degree.

However, he said getting that degree was denied but granted only after working with Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) appealed and won the right to practice law. But, his troubles were far from over.

Mathis decided to run for a judgeship "after going to these courts and seeing how they were treating our young people...not giving them a chance...locking them up for the most minor offenses while their kids get treatment and counseling, our kids went to jail."

He told of officials revealing his sealed juvenile records to the press "to try and stop my campaign." Mathis said: "Man has a plan and God has a plan and God is the Master Planner and what man thought would destroy me, God used to lift me up and inspire others."

He told the youth "never give up" and don't buy into the "lame" and "punk" labels some gang-bangers give the "good guys" who are trying to do the right thing. "Who's the lame and who's the punk if you're standing out on the corner scared to go out here and fight for what is yours in mainstream society...feeling sorry for yourself. Those are the lames...."

Mathis chided those youth who say "we're trying to be white.... This is not just the white man's system. This is our system, too. Our forefathers worked 300-years for free to make this the richest country in the world, and I'll be damned if I'm going to pass it up and let some white boy get all of the benefits. Fight back. This is our country...our land."

"I thank God that my enemies tried to put those obstacles in my way. So, young folks don't you let them put anything in your way. If they do, kick down the door, fight back. Don't let them hold you down."

Mathis said youth are not bad kids. "Some of them just need direction and the best direction we can give them is to put God first, fight back and overcome your obstacles, and believe in yourselves." Despite the obstacles, he said. Black youth, are succeeding.

While Mathis isn't sure if the prison crisis is a conspiracy or consequence, he said the solution is the same. "We as Black men must resist the temptations of self-destruction that come with the drugs and the guns. Ain't nobody putting a gun up to our heads to smoke that crack pipe...."

Admitting there are pitfalls that await Black men that force some of them "to fall into this trap of crime and self-destruction," he told them. "These are obstacles that we must fight against."

Saying young people are inundated with visual vices like "feeding our young folks a constant diet of media, sex and violence, then we dump them in these sub-standard public schools" followed by the dumping of "drugs and guns in their community and expect them not to rebel...."

Mathis called these vices "tools of rebellion" that are removing Black men from their communities. He said if he had grown up in the suburbs perhaps he would have "cursed, maybe took a puff off a cigarette...and that would have been the only tools of rebellion." However, there, unlike the inner city, he would have received therapy, not jail time.

"When you dump millions of dollars of crack and heroin into a community with youth who are starving for money and jobs and with a 40 percent unemployment rate...dump AK47's, Uzi's and 9-millimeter guns like they use to tell me when they were on the corner `I got'em straight out the box for $250...'"

Mathis said they then sell their "first bag of rocks...come back get your 9-millimeter...and your next money you can buy some Nikes. That's how the game goes for our 13-year-olds. Those are the tools of rebellion and the obstacles that our young folks deal with....

"After all of the obstacles they placed on our children, they want to call them failures.... Our children can't fail. Children don't fail. We fail them. Children come to us born with a clean mind...a pure heart and clean hands.

"It's what we put in their minds...in their hearts and what we put in their hands that determine what they become.... We as a society are failing our children..." He told them despite the obstacles "we're coming back to become lawyers, judges and congressmen and run this country...."

Mathis told the youth "don't let anyone tell you you're a??? failure. Don't let them condemn you...hold you back...don't let them put any obstacles in ???our way...don't let them hand you no drugs...don't be scared of those professors when you go to college. Stand up and fight back against your obstacles."

Calling it "disturbing," Mathis said 60 percent of prisoners are Black men who represent less than 5 percent of the U.S. populations. "There are more women than there are men." While African Americans represent 12-13 percent of America's population, Mathis asked: "What is driving this prison boom.??? construction industry?

"Why are the big corporations now investing in the operation of for-profit business? Why are the majority of U.S. prisoners Black? Some activists suggest that the Prison Industry is the latest of many attempts by this system to extract free or cheap labor from Blacks who the system no lo???ger has room to accommodate with real economic employment and real economic opportunity.

"They point to slavery and allege that America has a his???ory of using Blacks for free or cheap labor until technology outgrows their necessity," said the judge.

Others with more conse???vative views claim that Black male incarceration amounts to their "rejecting the main stream values of hard work and responsibility and are instead opting out for the sub-culture of crime, drugs and irresponsible lifestyles."

Interviewed at the Break???ast, Ald. Edward M. Burke (14th), himself a lawyer, said he was "inspired" by Mathis' history. "He's a very inspirational fig???re-to see how much he has overcome and gone on to be such a success. It's a message that a lot of people should pay attention to."

Burke wasn't the only on??? in awe of Mathis who received a standing ovation and protra???ted a round of applause. Former Mayor Eugene Sawyer agreed with Mathis saying Blacks "should not let anybody hold you back...move ahead...."

Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court Dorothy Brown said she was "very touched" by Mathis' history. She first met???the judge at a youth convention. He has a love in his heart, a love for young people."

Ald. Toni Preckwinkle (4th) called Mathis' speech "power???ul" and said the judge's life is p???oof of "what you can accomp???sh when you're determined."

Like Brown, Mathis is a m???mber of the Church of God in Christ. "I think he's a fanta???tic person. What he has done in overcoming the odds of going to jail and becoming a judge is the epitome of Dr. King's dream???for us to be judged by the content of our character and not by the color of our skin and the fact that we can do anything we want to do."

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Photo (Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. and Judge Greg Mathis)

Muslim man in polygamy firestorm faces new claims

Immigrants who practice polygamy or female genital mutilation should have their citizenship revoked, France's France's interior minister said Saturday, going beyond President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to strip the French nationality of foreign-born people who endanger police.

Brice Hortefeux spoke as a Muslim Frenchman at the center of a firestorm over polygamy was detained for questioning by police.

Preliminary fraud charges were filed in June against Algerian-born Lies Hebbadj for allegedly collecting too much state aid for up to 15 children he reportedly had with four different women. The case became public last April when his veiled wife was issued a traffic citation for driving with apparel that hinders vision.

Hebbadj was being questioned Saturday over a former companion's claims of alleged acts of rape and violence from 2003-2007, prosecutor Xavier Ronsin said.

Polygamy charges were never filed against Hebbadj, who lives in the Nantes region in western France. Because the women and children live under separate roofs, investigators could not prove polygamy as defined by law. Hortefeux said at the time that, regretfully, "no one or almost no one is judicially speaking polygamous in France" under the penal code as it stands.

On Saturday, the minister, speaking on RTL radio, reiterated his wish to see Hebbadj's nationality revoked if found guilty. L

ater, speaking to reporters in Perpignan, he said that he also wanted "the possibility of revoking nationality in cases of polygamy, female circumcision." The president has said the move to revoke citizenship, denounced by immigrants' and human rights' groups, was part of a "national war on delinquency."

Prosecutor Ronsin said Saturday that Hebbadj was detained for questioning Friday evening. His detention period was extended until Sunday, according to his lawyer, Cecile de Oliveira.

The lawyer said her client was being "tracked by unrelenting police."

"This comes at a good time," she said, referring to Hebbadj's detention just as the minister spoke out again against polygamy. "It comes at even too good a time."

Hortefeux said he would submit his proposal to the government by the end of the month. However, Immigration Minister Eric Besson raised questions about the legal possibility of including polygamy among reasons to revoke nationality, saying the subject is particularly "complex."

California woman arrested in insider trade scheme

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman is under arrest as part of a federal crackdown on people working at financial research firms who illegally feed inside information to investors.

Winifred Jiau is scheduled to appear Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco.

Manhattan prosecutors say the 43-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday at her home in Fremont, California.

She is charged with conspiracy to commit securities fraud.

Authorities say she gave two portfolio managers at separate hedge funds information about upcoming earnings reports for Marvell Technology Group Ltd. and Nvidia Corp.

The government said she was paid more than $200,000 for early information about the two technology companies.

Thunder-Celtics, Box

OKLAHOMA CITY (84)

Durant 6-15 8-8 21, Green 6-18 3-5 15, Krstic 4-9 1-1 9, Westbrook 8-18 7-8 23, Sefolosha 3-5 0-0 6, Weaver 0-1 0-0 0, Collison 1-7 2-4 4, Rose 2-9 2-2 6, Atkins 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 30-83 23-28 84.

BOSTON (103)

Pierce 8-18 10-12 27, Davis 8-14 3-6 19, Perkins 1-4 1-2 3, Rondo 3-6 0-0 6, R.Allen 5-11 0-0 14, Moore 6-8 0-0 12, Marbury 1-4 0-0 2, House 6-15 1-2 16, Walker 1-3 2-2 4, Pruitt 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 39-83 17-24 103.

Oklahoma City 25 20 23 16_ 84

Boston 20 25 26 32_103

3-Point Goals_Oklahoma City 1-5 (Durant 1-2, Westbrook 0-1, Green 0-2), Boston 8-23 (R.Allen 4-8, House 3-9, Pierce 1-5, Marbury 0-1). Fouled Out_None. Rebounds_Oklahoma City 51 (Green 9), Boston 58 (Moore 11). Assists_Oklahoma City 18 (Weaver 7), Boston 29 (Rondo 12). Total Fouls_Oklahoma City 18, Boston 22. Technicals_Oklahoma City coach Brooks, Oklahoma City defensive three second. A_18,624 (18,624).

Xircom Portstation

Notebook users often want to connect to nonportable devices like printers, tape backup units, full-sized keyboards and external mice while in the office. A port replicator simplifies this task by providing ports for these devices to connect to, while it connects easily to the notebook computer at a single point of contact. But port replicators have always been proprietary. the one that works with your current notebook is unlikely to work with your next one, even if it's from the same manufacturer.

The PortStation is a modern redesign of the port replicator idea. It connects to any computer, portable or desktop that has a USB (Universal Serial Bus) port and is running a recent version of Windows: 95 (version 950b or later), 98, NT 4.0 (SP3 or later) or 2000.

There are a few standard configurations of the PortStation, or you can put together your own with interchangeable modules that can be purchased individually. Modules providing a parallel port, 9-pin serial ports, PS/2 ports, Ethernet 10 and Modem 56 are on the market, watch for modules for ISDN, DSL, cable modems and phoneline networking to become available. The pictured PortStation, which includes a parallel port, two serial PS12 ports and an Ethernet module, costs less than $300. It is extremely easy to install and to use. All notebook users and any desktop users with more devices than ports should take a serious look. Rating: * *

Hackers Attack Gorbachev's Web Site

MOSCOW - Hackers attacked the Web site of a foundation run by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, accusing him of brutally suppressing a pro-independence demonstration in Soviet Azerbaijan in 1990.

The perpetrators posted photographs of the suppressed rally on the Web site and published an open letter to the former leader, blaming him for the deaths of more 130 people - a tragedy known in Azerbaijan as the Black January.

The site was down by Saturday afternoon.

Fueled by the conflict over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous region inside Azerbaijan populated mostly by ethnic Armenians, pogroms broke out against Armenians in Azerbaijan's capital Baku in January 1990, forcing Soviet troops to intervene and evacuate many Armenians.

Thousands rallied in Baku demanding the ouster of communist officials and independence from the Soviet Union, causing Soviet troops to storm the capital late at night on Jan. 19, 1990.

Shootings and violent clashes lasted several days, leaving 134 people dead and more than 770 wounded. International rights groups said the force used against the demonstrators was excessive and disproportionate.

Azerbaijan gained independence in 1991 after the Soviet collapse.

No one from Gorbachev's foundation was immediately available for comment. It was unclear if the site's owners took it down after learning of the hack, or if it was taken down by hackers.

Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990, Gorbachev maintains an active public life running the Gorbachev Foundation - an organization that deals with international issues including globalization, security, weapons of mass destruction, environmental and natural resources and poverty.

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Renal transplantation using non-heart-beating donors: a potential solution to the organ donor shortage in Canada

Introduction: There is a chronic shortage of cadaveric organ donors for renal transplantation, which might be solved by the use of non-heart-beating donors (patients who suffer cardiac arrest and whose kidneys are harvested subsequently when irreversible heart and respiratory function occur). We carried out a chart review to determine whether the renal transplantation rate would improve if a non-heart-beating donor program was introduced at a Canadian centre. Methods: We reviewed the charts of all 1547 patients who died in the emergency department or intensive care unit of the Ottawa Hospital, a tertiary care centre serving 1.2 million people in eastern Ontario, between January 1999 and May 2001. The number of potential non-heart-beating donors was determined by the use of predefined criteria. The number of additional kidneys that could be obtained with a non-heart-beating donor program was estimated and compared to the actual number of kidneys procured from conventional brain-dead donors during the same period. The potential increase in the renal transplantation rate was calculated. Results: There were 83 potential non-heart-beating donors during the 29-month study period. The mean (and standard deviation) age of the donors was 40.6 (13.1) years, and 20% were female. The mean serum creatinine value was 75 (29) �mol/L; 44.6% of donors died secondary to trauma. We estimated that the use of non-heart-beating donors would have provided 14 to 41 additional donors during the study period (12-34 kidneys/yr). The cadaveric renal transplantation rate would have increased between 30% and 87%. Conclusion: The cadaveric renal transplantation rate could improve significantly if non-heart-beating donors were used in Canadian hospitals.

Introduction : On pourrait resoudre la penurie chronique de donneurs d'organes de cadavre pour les transplantations renales en recourant a des donneurs a coeur arrete (patients en etat d'arret cardiaque dont les reins sont preleves par la suite lorsqu'il se produit une defaillance irreversible de la fonction cardiaque et respiratoire). Nous avons procede a une etude de dossiers dans un centre canadien pour determiner si la mise en oeuvre d'un programme de donneurs a coeur arrete ameliorerait le taux de transplantations renales. Methodes : Nous avons etudie les dossiers des 1547 patients morts a l'urgence ou aux soins intensifs a l'Hopital d'Ottawa, centre de soins tertiaires desservant 1,2 million de personnes dans l'est de l'Ontario, entre janvier 1999 et mai 2001. On a calcule le nombre de donneurs a coeur arrete possibles en utilisant des criteres predefinis. On a calcule le nombre de reins supplementaires qu'il serait possible de prelever apres avoir mis en oeuvre un programme de donneurs a coeur arrete et on l'a compare au nombre reel de reins preleves de donneurs conventionnels en etat de mort cerebrale au cours de la meme periode. On a calcule l'augmentation possible du taux de transplantations renales. Resultats : Il y a eu 83 donneurs a coeur arrete possibles au cours de la periode d'etude de 29 mois. L'age moyen (et l'ecart type) des donneurs s'etablissait a 40,6 (13,1) ans et 20 % etaient des femmes. La valeur moyenne de la creatinine serique etait de 75 (29) �mol/L; 44,6 % des donneurs sont morts des suites d'un traumatisme. Nous avons calcule que le recours aux donneurs a coeur arrete aurait produit de 14 a 41 donneurs supplementaires pendant la periode a l'etude (12-34 reins/annee). Le taux de transplantation de reins de cadavre aurait augmente dans une proportion de 30 % a 87 %. Conclusion : Le taux de transplantation de reins de cadavre pourrait s'ameliorer considerablement si les hopitaux de Canada utilisaient des donneurs a coeur arrete.

The prevalence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) has increased steadily since 1981.1 It has been estimated that 32 952 Canadians will need treatment for ESRD by 2005.2 The preferred treatment for ESRD is renal transplantation, which prolongs survival, enhances quality of life and is less costly than dialysis.3,4

Despite the demonstrated benefit of renal transplantation, only 41% of Canadians with ESRD have a functioning kidney transplant, and this proportion has gradually declined since 1988. ' This reflects the growing rate of ESRD and the relatively static number of cadaveric organ donors.1 Since 1989, the number of Canadians on a waiting list for a kidney transplant has more than doubled,1 but the number of cadaveric kidneys transplanted has remained essentially unchanged.1

A potential solution to the cadaveric donor shortage is die use of 11011heart-beating organ donors.5 A nonheart-beating donor is denned as one who first sustains cardiorespiratory arrest; organs are retrieved after irreversible cessation of cardiac and respiratory function.6 Death in this case is based on cardiac criteria.6 In contrast, a conventional heart-beating donor is one who sustains irreversible brain injury, and deadi is based on neurologic criteria.6 The concept of noiiheart-beating organ donation is not new. In the early days of transplantation all cadaveric donors were nonheart-beatiiig, as there were no laws governing brain death.7 Once the concept of brain death was established, the use of non-heart-beating donors decreased significantly.

Four categories of noiiTieartbeating donors have been identified as follows: category 1 - dead on arrival at the hospital; category 2 unsuccessful resuscitation; category 3 - awaiting cardiac arrest; category 4 - cardiac arrest while brain dead (Table 1).6 Donors from categories 1, 2 and 4 have also been classified as uncontrolled donors because cardiac arrest occurs spontaneously without warning.8 Category 3 donors have been classified as controlled donors because cardiac arrest only occurs after support is withdrawn.8

The results using non-heart-beating donors for kidney transplantation have been encouraging. Recent data from the United States have shown that recipients of a non-heart-beating donor kidney have a 5-year renal allograft survival that is the same as those who received a conventional heart-beating donor kidney.9 In a study from the United Kingdom, Nicholson and colleagues10 showed that recipients of non-heart-beating and heart-beating cadaveric donor kidneys had similar 5year renal allograft survival rates. An even more impressive finding was that the non-heart-beating donor kidneys had a 5-year allograft survival rate that was not significantly different from recipients of a living donor kidney.10 Weber and colleagues11 have recently reported long-term results using nonheart-beating donors in Switzerland. Using a matched-pair analysis, they showed that kidney-graft survival 10 years after transplantation was 78.7% for kidneys from a non-heart-beating donor and 76.7% for kidneys from a conventional heart-beating donor.

Two studies have examined the potential impact of non-heart-beating organ donation in Canada.8,12 Taylor and colleagues12 demonstrated that the introduction of a non-heartbeating donor program would have the greatest opportunity to increase the cadaveric organ pool. However, they included donors up to the age of 80 years, which is generally not recommended for non-heart-beating donation.10 Campbell and Sutherland8 showed that a non-heart-beating donor program would have increased their cadaveric renal transplantation rate by 48%. However, they only analyzed controlled non-heart-beating donors and once again included older donors (64% > 65 yr).8

Given that a non-heart-beating organ donor program may generate a substantial workload,13 we wanted to estimate the full impact that such a program would have if it was introduced at a Canadian hospital. The specific objective of this study was to determine how many additional kidneys could be transplanted at a Canadian centre if such a program were introduced. We chose to study both controlled and uncontrolled nonheart-beating donors since previous reports have shown the greatest potential from uncontrolled donors.6,10 In addition, we limited our analysis to donors 60 years of age or younger since there is a high failure rate with older non-heart-beating donors.10

Methods

We used the health records database of the Ottawa Hospital to identify all patient deaths that occurred in the intensive care unit or the emergency department of die Ottawa Hospital between Jan. 1, 1999, and May 31, 2001 (29-month study period). The Ottawa Hospital is a 1047-bed tertiary care facility with 65 critical care beds serving approximately 1.2 million people in eastern Ontario. The study was approved by the Ottawa Hospital Research Ethics Board.

Patient records were reviewed to determine if there were any contraindications to non-heart-beating organ donation. Patients were excluded from the analysis if any of the following were present: age less than 16 years or more than 60 years; a known history of malignant disease, renal disease, diabetes or hypertension; documented history of hepatitis B, hepatitis C or HIV infection; history of intravenous drug use; sepsis during hospitalization; a conventional (brain dead) heart-beating donor; a brain dead potential heart-beating donor but consent declined by coroner or family; or a serum creatinine level greater than 125 �mol/L. All remaining patients were considered potential non-heart-beating donors and included in the analysis. The following data were abstracted from the charts of all potential non-heart-beating donors: age, gender, cause of death, location of death and serum creatimne value.

Using the methods of Daemen and associates,14 we made a low, moderate and high projection of the number of additional kidneys that could be transplanted if a non-heart-beating donor program were in place. The low projection was a conservative estimate that included only controlled (category 3) donors. The moderate estimate, which is the protocol in Leicester (UK)10 and Zurich,11 included categories 2, 3 and 4. The high estimate included all categories of donors and is the protocol in many Spanish centres.15 We assumed that consent for organ donation would be obtained in 75%. This value represents the average of actual consent rates obtained from existing non-heartbeating organ donor programs. 13,14,16 We assumed that 40% of category 1, 2 and 4 donor organs13-15 and 15% of category 3 donor organs8,15 would not be suitable for transplantation because of poor renal function, prolonged ischemia, renal trauma, renal damage on biopsy or technical problems during organ perfusion and procurement.

During the same time period of this study, we obtained data on the number of heart-beating donors at our institution. These findings were used to compare the potential number of kidneys obtained from a nonheart-beating program to the actual number of kidneys obtained from conventional heart-beating donors.

Results

During the study period, 1547 patients died in the emergency department or the intensive care unit; 83 (5.4%) did not have any exclusion criteria and were considered potential non-heart-beating donors. The majority of the patients were male and the average age was 40.6 years (Table 2). Most of the patients died in the emergency department as a result of trauma (Table 2).

Patients dead on arrival at the emergency department (category 1) accounted for 28% of the cases (Table 3). Controlled donors (category 3) accounted for 26%, and the remaining 74% were uncontrolled donors (categories 1, 2 and 4). The most common source of potential non-heart-beating donor kidneys was from patients who died after unsuccessful resuscitation (category 2), accounting for 44% of all cases. The cause of death was unknown for 48% of category 1 donors (Table 3). In the other 3 categories, trauma was the commonest cause of death (Table 3).

We estimate that a non-heartbeating organ donor program would have resulted in an additional 28 to 82 kidney transplants during the study period (Table 4). This translates into an additional 12 to 34 kidney transplants per year. During the study period there were 47 actual heart-beating organ donors leading to 94 kidney transplants. A nonheart-beatiiig donor program would have increased our cadaveric renal transplantation rate by 30% to 87%.

Discussion

One of the greatest problems facing organ transplantation is the lack of donors with an ever-increasing number of potential recipients. Without a substantial increase in the number of donor organs, relatively fewer Canadians will enjoy the benefits of transplantation. This analysis demonstrated that a non-heart-beating organ donor program would significantly increase the number of cadaveric kidneys available for transplantation at a Canadian hospital. These findings are consistent with previous studies on non-heart-beating organ donation. With the use of non-heart-beating donors, the cadaveric renal transplantation rate increased by 27% in a Spanish hospital,15 34% in a British hospital10 and 66% at a transplant centre in the Nedierlands.17 Our projected increase was 30% to 87%. Campbell and Sutherland8 showed that the renal transplantation rate would have increased by 48% in Calgary using only controlled nonheart-beating donors.

From 1989 to 1999 an average of 700 cadaveric kidneys were transplanted annually in Canada, while the number of patients waiting for a kidney transplant increased from 1386 to 2808.' If the results of our study were applied nationally an additional 210 to 610 kidneys annually would be available for transplantation. Such an increase in the cadaveric donor pool would help slow down the growth in the renal wait list1 and likely decrease the waiting time to transplantation. A decrease in waiting time would not only improve the quality of life for patients with ESRD but may also improve survival after kidney transplantation.18

At the request of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the Institute of Medicine conducted an exhaustive review of non-heart-beating organ transplantation. The report, published in 1997, concluded that "the recovery of organs from non-heart-beating donors is an important, medically effective, and ethically acceptable approach to reducing the gap that exists now and will exist in the future between the demand for and the available supply of organs for transplantation."19 The report suggested principles that should be followed in non-heartbeating organ donation, the most important of which included the commitment to informed consent, respect for donor and family wishes and the creation of locally approved protocols that are open to the general public.19 Since the release of this report, the number of kidneys transplanted from non-heart-beating donors has increased annually in the US.20,21 In 2001, surgeons in 68 hospitals in the US transplanted at least 1 kidney from a non-heart-beating donor.21

Non-heart-beating organ donation tends to occur in a time-pressured environment. Each step in the process from donor identification to procurement must occur within a certain period to minimize warm ischemia to the kidneys.22 After death is declared, a special cadieter is inserted into the femoral artery to perfuse the kidneys with cold preservation fluid.22 Once in situ perfusion has been completed, the donor is transported to the operating room. The donor nephrectomy should be completed within 2 hours of in situ perfusion.22 Given the current economic restraints in most Canadian hospitals, non-heart-beating organ donation could not proceed without significant changes. Additional resources would be needed to staff a special operating room that would be available for urgent donor procedures. Given that it costs approximately $74 000 per year to keep 1 patient alive on hemodialysis,23 the costs to set-up and operate a nonheart-beating donor program should be quickly recovered. Bibo and associates24 showed that the use of nonheart-beating donors for kidney transplantation was as cost-effective as conventional heart-beating donors and more cost-effective than dialysis.

What is the best way to proceed with non-heart-beating donation in Canada? Although many western countries9,10,15 already use both controlled and uncontrolled non-heartbeating donors, we recommend gradual introduction in Canada. From a logistical point of view, it would be easiest to start with controlled (category 3) donors. Once a controlled non-heart-beating donor program has been established, expansion could include categories 2 and 4 donors. Category 1 donors, although successfully used in Spain,15 would likely be introduced in Canada only after several years' experience with the other types of non-heart-beating donors.

The strengths of this study include a large number of patient deaths evaluated, a predefined set of exclusion criteria applied consistently and the use of conservative exclusion criteria (e.g., age > 60 yr) that would not overestimate our results. However, the study also has limitations. We assumed that family consent for nonheart-beating donation would be 75%, the same as our current consent rate for heart-beating donors. Conceivably, the consent rate for organ donation after an unexpected cardiac arrest would not be optimal. However, Daemen and associates14 have reported equal consent rates for heart-beating and non-heart-beating organ donation. Alvarez and Rosario del Barrio16 reported a higher consent rate for non-heart-beating than for heart-beating donors. Nicholson and associates13 have reported a 72% consent rate in their non-heart-beating donor program. A substantial number of category I donors died of unknown causes and likely would not be used. However, even when these were excluded (Table 4), a significant number of kidneys were available for transplantation.

Conclusions

At a Canadian centre, we have shown that the cadaveric renal transplantation rate could improve significantly with the use of a noii-heartbeating donor program. We believe it is time for Canadian centres to move forward in this area and begin developing such programs. With the implementation of properly designed protocols, Canada could significantly increase its organ donor rate and improve the quality of life for Canadians with end-stage renal failure.

Acknowledgements: Ms. Lacroix completed this project during a summer research studentship with the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine. Salary support was provided by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Student Research Awards of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the University of Ottawa Division of Urology Research Fund.

Competing interests: None declared.

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[Author Affiliation]

Julie D. Lacroix, BSc(OT);* John E. Mahoney, MD, MSc;[dagger] Greg A. Knoll, MD, MSc[double dagger]

[Author Affiliation]

From the * Faculty of Medicine, the [dagger] Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, and the [double dagger] Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.

Accepted for publication Apr. 29, 2003.

Correspondence to: Dr. John E. Mahoney, Division of Urology, Ottawa Hospital - General Campus, 501 Smyth Rd., Ottawa ON K1H 8L6; fax 613 737-8982; jmahoney@ottawahospital.on.ca

South Carolina beats No. 1 Kentucky 68-62

Top-ranked Kentucky found out it's got some growing up to do. And college basketball will most likely find a new No. 1.

Devan Downey scored 30 points and South Carolina sent Kentucky to its first loss of the season 68-62 on Tuesday night.

The Wildcats (19-1, 4-1 Southeastern Conference) moved atop the rankings this week for the first time since 2003. They were cautioned by no less a fan than President Barack Obama earlier Tuesday to keep their focus and play with the same passion that brought them to the top.

The president or Kentucky didn't count on Downey, the SEC's leading scorer to break the 30-point mark for the fourth time in six league games for South Carolina (12-8, 3-3).

"This is what happens when you have young guys who think we're are going to win at the last minutes of the game," Kentucky coach John Calipari said.

It has been Wildcat youngsters such as John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins that have fueled the program's best start in 44 years. South Carolina showed there's still a place for a couple of smart, savvy senior guards such as Downey and Brandis Raley-Ross.

Raley-Ross had 17 points, the most he's scored in an SEC game this season as South Carolina won its third straight over Kentucky.

"Those guys are very talented," Downey said of the Wildcats. "But they're also freshmen and this was a hostile environment."

The president said as much earlier Tuesday when he called to congratulate the Wildcats on raising more than $1 million to help earthquake victims in Haiti, reminding Kentucky that South Carolina was a difficult place to play.

Obama, though, also thought _ like most everybody else who follows the game _ that the Wildcats would have little trouble with undermanned South Carolina.

"Yeah, I'm aware of it, but I'm kind of scared to mention something about this president," Downey joked. "I don't want anybody knocking at my door. I don't have anything to say about Obama."

DeMarcus Cousins matched his career best of 27 points to lead Kentucky, which had been the nation's last unbeaten team.

Fans rushed the Colonial Life Arena floor when the buzzer sounded, Downey hugging whomever he could and screaming, "I told you so!"

Giddy fans came up to South Carolina athletic director Eric Hyman, handing him dollar bills to pay the anticipated fine the SEC levies for swarming the court.

First offense is $5,000, escalating to $50,000 for repeated violations.

"I'll handle this one," Hyman said.

With Downey, there could be more upsets and celebrations ahead.

He had seemingly hit a game-winner at Florida on Saturday, scoring on a driving layup with 5 seconds left until the Gators' Chandler Parsons outdid him with a winning 3-pointer.

This time, though, Downey and the Gamecocks would not be stopped _ even after the Wildcats fabulous freshmen of Wall and Cousins seemed to take things over.

The pair combined for 13 points during a 14-3 run midway through the second half that put the Wildcats up 47-42. That's when Downey took over.

South Carolina's senior had a three-point play and two foul shots to tie it up.

Downey had another three-point play with 4:06 left to give the Gamecocks the lead for good at 54-51.

"It's been my thinking all year," South Carolina coach Darrin Horn said. "If it's close, we've got No. 2 (Downey) and we've got a shot."

Wall's three-point play with 40.1 seconds left brought Kentucky within 62-61. But Raley-Ross followed with two free throws to restore the edge.

Cousins had 12 rebounds to go along with his points, which tied his best performance set earlier this season against Seton Hall.

Cousins said the Wildcats needed to learn from their mistakes in time to reach their ultimate goals.

"I wanted to be undefeated, and No. 1 was all good, but No. 1 is not a championship," Cousins said. "And we're playing for a championship."

Maybe the Wildcats were distracted by their head-in-the-clouds moment earlier Tuesday when President Obama called.

How else to explain this one?

The Wildcats were ragged and out of sync. They were outrebounded 41-35 by the Gamecocks. They missed from close range, Darnell Dodson even missed an all-by-himself layup after a midcourt steal.

Wall, who Obama greeted with "What's going on all-star?" when they spoke by phone, was 6 of 16 from the field with four of Kentucky's 15 turnovers.

Wall ended with 19 points.

"What I keep saying," Calipari repeated, "we may have been undefeated, but we were lucky to be undefeated. I was being truthful."

No Wildcat could corral Downey.

While the Gamecocks' senior didn't have his shooting touch (9 of 29), he went 10 of 11 at the free throw line.

"Lets be honest," Downey said. "No one gave us a chance."

They will now, especially with Downey in the lineup.