20 rules in need of work (part 2)

Here are the rules in the last 20 rules you must know.
11. If employees want to become head of the company, stay away from saying "I do not" take back the initiative in everything



When assigned to work for you, consider your boss has the ability to complete your work, and should not be used to answer "no" to that work, even this relatively difficult task and you can not complete into it. Tell your boss that even a little hard work but you will try to complete it, and then spend the whole time to settle affairs, if in the process discovered that you really do not afford to complete your report with your boss in the earliest time (not to surrender to the first day of new replies, boss hates such people), and the boss will have more time to arrange.



12. Want to express themselves more prominent colleagues, go to your boss about your 150% satisfaction



One secret of success is never just do things that your boss assigned. If you just passively wait and complete the assigned work, then your chances of promotion is zero. When you are getting the job, in addition to assigned tasks you should make comments of their own initiative because of work attitude 150%.



13. Even if companies accept freedom, you pay attention to each of its words

Even word of mouth is when freedom of speech you also need attention to their language, especially with the policy, the environment and the company's regime. Should not express their dissatisfaction in front of other colleagues, because it could be their chance to gossip about your superiors.



14. Desks your professionalism?

You should know that the layout desk express aesthetic value, so let your desk become more professional.

- Avoid messy, put everything on the table paper documents.

- Do not be too tidy, if your desk is too neat and tidy with little to hide sheets, others will think you guys are not sitting and eating.

- Not so many ornaments decorations.

- Do not place books or stories presented are not related to business and work.



15. Test results do not correspond to the professional capabilities of your business? Remember, the professional should also be declared ad

Annual inspection company to conduct business 1-2 times to determine bonuses, pay raise for you, but many also found the results of these tests do not reflect the force. Remember, no one paying attention to all of your comments, it is important for the ability to judge your business like?

In this case you should:



- Constantly talking on the level: this is especially important, help you understand what your boss thinks and wants from you. If you want to be a good rating, you have to meet the requirements of the boss



- Ads for his professional achievements: setting up their listing work has been done, report to your boss, your boss will probably take it as reference when making worthwhile.



- Even after receiving bad reviews, you should not show any complacency. By doing so the boss has his own reasons and to give evaluation. What you need to do is tell your boss that their opinions about you since then trying to improve.



16. If interest in your colleagues are not derived from the sincerity, you've lost the respect of others

There are those who never refused the favor by others, especially new employees, because they want to get our colleagues. But you should not confuse this with humility. If you always follow the other person without the owner's own comments are at your loss of respect from colleagues.



This seemingly simple but quite difficult to implement. Sometimes you need to please others, as important as or related to your business needs to have its own main idea.



17. Do not hide your own mistakes

Common mistakes people have psychological conceal his mistakes, if not detected by others. If you have problems at work, note that if your errors related to colleagues and superiors are not certain to be hidden, hidden by the will can cause serious consequences, even when errors This very small and you should report to the person in charge or persons concerned.



18. Pay attention when you need rest or pregnancy leave

Maternity leave and the welfare regime to ensure the rights of workers, but you also need to pay attention because sometimes the situation will put you in a difficult position.



How to deal with this situation?

- Regularly communicate with superiors and colleagues, so they know your situation and speak through you also handle the job, if you can make suggestions, but certain right to know the boss of your enthusiasm.



- Do not forget professional and foreign language (if necessary). Stopped working due to time extend that feeling to work was lower, so you do not forget training on professional knowledge and work ready when you return to work.



19. Labor laws are not always protect you

Many workers said that with the perfection of the legal system, the revised labor law will ensure your work, but you should know that internal and external companies always take advantage of opportunity to waive it law to protect the interests of the company.



Moreover, when the company no longer wants to hire you through the proactive measures that you would leave, for example, the work assigned to you you can not haonf cold attitudes from superiors why you can not accept . If you fall into this situation, it's time you should plan for a new career and find another job for you.



20. Initiative is the most important thing

The initiative in the work not only helps you assert your position and raise the confidence and credibility with superiors.


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20 rules in need of work (part 1)

In the course of work and a lot of rules, behaviors between superiors and colleagues that you must identify yourself and experience for yourself.
1. New work, wages are not important, the work effort will be responded with appropriate remuneration

With new employees, companies often let them know that the wages paid and the performance of their hard work, but you absolutely do not believe this. With a new person to do, the entire salary is what they have, if the basic salary is too low, then wages will be increased later limited.



For example, basic salary to do when you are 3 million, the second year salary was increased to 20% (very few people have added) that is 3 million 6, with colleagues at the time with you but basic salary is 3 million and a half, the second year salary increase of 10% (normal rate) of their salary is three million eight hundred and fifty. You did not see the difference?



2. People in HR are not subject confided

You should know that HR is not the object of your care, their mission is to help people, protect the interests of the company. Someone even told them to think and your attitude about your boss and colleagues. If you really do not enjoy the job content or do not know how to behave with superiors should also not finding people in HR to complain, but go directly to meet and talk with your boss. Maybe they will show you agree with, but then reflected back to normal levels on the boss and can not forgive your case.



3. Capacity is not your seat belt

When recruiting, companies are focusing your energy and encourage you to actively promote your show its capability. Therefore, new employees often have psychological wish to express their talents with colleagues and superiors. But you should note that companies and leaders want to see the faithful and true, not just your ability.



When new to do or be moved to a new location should not pose as more intelligent people, it is essential you should be familiar with the environment new colleagues and superiors, should know and demonstrated modest its force when such important colleagues will respect you.



4. Payment instrument is a tool for testing the company's

Speaking to this issue may be redundant for you, but reality has shown that after each payment slip or trip costs for the main task is the evaluation of test performance and honesty that you work can benefit the company or not.



5. Disclosing private conversation at work is very dangerous

The pace of work stress present time we make contact with colleagues even more with family and loved ones, this situation makes you sometimes do not clearly distinguish emotions by their colleagues who can share the problems of economic, child, family with you, but you need to know that work is work, trust colleagues overuse can affect the position work and your advancement.



6. If you are opposed to the boss, be prepared to find a new job

The company, with colleagues like you, without the encouragement of his incentives are low chances of promotion or even losing the job, and he is your boss.



Whether you are unhappy about people not smart boss and his incompetence, but to get the current position as he would certainly be able to respect that, and if you have a conflict with company remember that the company will be on the side of your boss. So whether your boss has a copy if you want to continue working, you should coordinate with the boss, it is also your chance to advance.



7. Using company email for private work

If you use email to do their own company and being the boss knows, this is awful. Many people did not know that the company or your boss can read your mail and often companies will not give you any warning, so you should exercise caution when best to use email or use them to separate issued on or discussing the company's policy.

- When using the company's mailbox imagine there are people see this letter.

- Email will always be kept in the server parts of the company even if you delete it or not.

- Think carefully before sending the letters because sometimes refers to the sensitive issue of the company would be detrimental to your evidence later.



Eight. The company will increase wages if you worked hard? Of course not, unless you have ideas!

This is an issue that companies and employees have a common voice is often difficult, because so many people dissatisfied with their current salary. So solve this problem like? Wait for your company's salary increase, but probably far less often increasing the number you want.



If you wish to raise, you first need to understand their own values and standing in the company's perspective to determine this matter, if the company that you have not met the requirements, the best from you out this intention. What you should do:

- Prove your worth

- If the salary increase request

- Do not increase the pressure for superior

- Do not blame even though the results are not what you expected. If you still want to continue your current job, try for the next opportunity.



9. Requested salary increase, promotion, why so? Of course not, be careful with their spokesperson

Can request a salary increase is not excessive demand promoted but then you go about data. The promotion is not what you want is to be that should undergo careful consideration from the authorities.



If your boss feels you are incapable of leadership to manage others, your request will cause sympathetic to the boss and you are likely to consider personal interests more important than common interests of the company.



Determinants of promotion outside the professional capacity, achievements also include other factors such as leadership, organization, loyalty to the company and ability to persuade others. Of course you're not a boss waiting to be promoted, but please accept the initiative important work, firmly grasp the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.



10. If the level changes, please coordinate with them

The personnel changes among the leaders is common in each company so you need people willing to take on his new level, especially when your relationship with former boss pretty well.



Usually people who always want new boss will adapt to the mode of working capital components, but this is very unlikely, because they often make changes to the way the previous line with the requirements of own. In this situation you should cooperate actively with the boss, if you have comments, please make the appropriate time, so you create a good impression with your boss. As the new boss of the place is not completely capture the situation in the department, answer honestly when the boss asked, should not give personal opinions or the information side, you need to put the boss himself decision making through practice. It is possible that this is a trap, honesty and check your real opinion about the company and situation.


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Bankers discuss IT applications

HA NOI — The three-day Banking Viet Nam 2010 workshop and expo on computer programme (ICT) applications will run from May 26-28 in Ha Noi featuring the main theme of banking modernisation on the verge of economic recovery.
Banking Viet Nam 2010 Ha Noi discusses the three hot issues of information management and business intelligence, business process re-engineering, and corporate governance and risk management.
Other usual topics continue to draw attention at Banking Viet Nam 2010 Ha Noi such as core banking transformation, online transaction security, advanced payment facilitation, and multi-channel servicing.
This is an essential ICT investment in information management systems, IT-based risk management and business process re-engineering at the State Bank of Viet Nam, and Credit Information Centre and Deposit Insurance Viet Nam. The project is expected to transform agency performance and best practice for similar planning at commercial banks.
Banking Viet Nam is seen as an event to promote the latest in banking technology and solutions as well as best practice and experiences world-wide. The conference and expo are expected to gather leading technology providers, financial experts and IT consultants from Viet Nam and internationally.
The expo part of Banking Viet Nam 2010, hosted by the central bank's Information Technology Department and the International Data Group, is also expected to attract 3,500 financial sector visitors to review the latest banking technology and services.

source vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn

Global ship expo launched

HA NOI — The 5th International Exhibition on Shipbuilding, Marine Technology and Transportation – Vietship 2010, is expected to witness the signing of a number of contracts totally worth US$300 million.
The three-day event which kicked off yesterday at the National Convention Centre in Ha Noi has attracted 600 stalls from 300 companies with two-thirds from developed shipbuilding countries such as Japan, China, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway including Kwong Soon, Lloyd's Register, Ned Deck, Simexco and Hempel.
In a speech delivered at the opening ceremony, Minister of Transport Ho Nghia Dung, said the biennial exhibitionwas organised in the context of the global economic post-crisis.
"However, with the success of the four previous exhibitions, Vietship should draw large numbers of domestic and international businesses operating in the shipbuilding and maritime industry," Dung said.
He added the event would create opportunities for firms to co-operate and exchange technology, thus enhancing trade promotion as well as development of the country's maritime sector.
Accordingly, the exhibition should be viewed as a giant landmark in Viet Nam's shipbuilding and maritime industry development in terms of scale, quality and quantity.
He also said that Vietship 2010 had become one of leading events in the industry, not only in Viet Nam, but also in the Southeast region.
Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin)'s chairman Pham Thanh Binh said the event would offer golden opportunities for shipbuilders in co-operation and investment.
Covering an area of 20,000sq.m, the exhibition is showcasing state-of-the-art shipping technology and equipment, shipbuiding materials, logistics and insurance services and shipping register procedures.
Binh said many international shipping giants were attending the event as representatives of their countries.
"The exhibition will be a bridge for enterprises and potential partners to exchange co-operation opportunities," he said.
Being an organiser of the event, he said the exhibition would reflect the development of the country's shipbuilding industry as well as the market.
Binh said Vinashin would market products which have helped Viet Nam to a strong industry position, particulary ships from 1,000 to 3,000DWT.
"With shipbuilding capacity of 100,000 tonnes and ships carring 5,000 cars, the industry should expand its reputation to international partners," he said.
There would be conferences on prosperity, opportunities and challenges for both Viet Nam and the international maritime community, and on the vision for a green industry at the exhibition today.
Binh said contracts signed at the fourth exhibition in 2008 reached $1 billion, excluding mergers and acquisitions, during the industry boom period.
The exhibition aims to assist Viet Nam's shipbuilding industry to achieve its target of sourcing 60 per cent of input from local shipbuilders by 2015.
The event is expected to attract 30,000 visitors and to cement its place on the international maritime calendar.

source vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn

Central economic area in focus

QUANG NGAI — Representatives from the Ministry of Industry and Trade and localities in Viet Nam's central key economic region committed themselves to further boosting the region's economic community, under an agreement signed at a forum last Saturday.
The localities includes Da Nang City and Thua Thien-Hue, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai and Binh Dinh provinces.
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Le Danh Vinh said the region had achieved notable economic results with gross domestic product (GDP) growing by an average 10.6-11.5 per cent over the last few years.
But he said that the area still faced significant difficulties compared with other key economic regions in the north and the south, with major problems related to natural disasters, poor infrastructure and the lack of capital, technology and human resources.
As a result, the area was still failing to meet its demand for development particularly in attracting investment.
An important factor was that, he noted, co-operation among localities had not reached necessary levels, which generated a significant hindrance to the entire growth of the region.
The forum heard that provinces with similar economic development conditions had their own policies on land rent reductions and tax deferments which acted as a deterrent to investment.
"Closer links between localities is needed, in order for the key economic area to truly become the socio-economic motivator for the nation's central and highlands regions," said Vinh.
Forum participants said pressing matters for co-operation should include infrastructure development, education and training, and policies for industrial development and investment.
Acceleration in the construction of the Chan May-Lang Co, Chu Lai, Dung Quat and Nhon Hoi economic zones, which are considered central for the region's progress, was called for.
Vinh suggested the Government develop a comprehensive master plan, legal framework and policies for the area to facilitate co-operation.
Deputy director of the Institute for Development Strategies Nguyen Ba An said that in order for the central key economic region to reach its potential, it should increase the contribution ratio to the nation's total GDP from a current 5.5 per cent to around 6.5 per cent by 2020.
Per-capita export value should be raised to US$2,500-2,600 by that time, from an expected $350 this year. By 2020, it should also aim at an urbanisation rate of 45 per cent, a technology innovation rate of 20 per cent, and a trained worker ratio of 60 per cent.
The ministry said in a press release that industries including energy, iron and steel, construction materials, ship-building, agricultural-forest-aquatic product processing, tourism, and banking and finance should continue developing. Supporting industries were also necessary.
The central key economic region was formed under Government Decision No 1085/QD-TTg issued in August 2008, and covers a total area of nearly 28,000sq.km with a population of about 6.5 million. The region is set to become the nation's centre for international transport, trade and tourism.

source vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn

Mobile firms face crackdown

HA NOI — Mobile phone promotions are undercutting competition and leading to inactive phone numbers and a waste of digital resources, Government sources say.
The problem has led to the formation of a draft management plan by the Ministry of Information and Communications to control mobile phone promotions and reduce the "chaos" in the market.
The draft plan puts a limit of 90 days a year on which mobile phone promotions can be run and a limit of 45 days on each promotion.
In also mandates that mobile networks must maintain the quality of their services during promotions and the information given to subscribers must comply with regulations.
Under the draft plan, minimum charges set by the Government may not be reduced and any promotion reduction may not exceed 50 per cent of the service's total value.
The ministry has called for comment on the draft management plan which is expected to become the final plan by the end of the month.
Ministry telecom department head Pham Hong Hai said close management of mobile promotions aimed to create healthy competition.
While promotion pro-grammes attracted users, Hai said, they were tending to be used to undercut competitors and had led to an increase in the number of inactive subscriptions, resulting in a waste of digital resources.
Changes had already been made to the promotions regulations. At the end of last year, mobile operators were limited to 50 per cent promotions for pre-paid cards, instead of 100 per cent or more before.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade said the country's telecommunication market was in chaos because of promotion "races" to attract subscribers to domestic networks.

source vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn

Johnny Rants About...The Jose Fawning

I've Got A Crush On You
Richard Keys giggling about Mourinho! What a ******* pathetic performance. You looked like a schoolboy with a crush on the Head Boy. The fawning, the worship, the twisting of every single bloody thing to make Mourinho seem like a giant amongst men, was sickening and sent me into a furious b*****d rage. "He's orchestrated all this...we love him," he wittered, giggling and sniggering until all sentient creatures must have wanted to hit him in the head. Souness was scowling the way he scowled before brutalizing someone with his boot; the look of a man about to administer a ruthless act of physical violence, sickened by this gross, unmanly toadying. Even Top Top got fed up of it and that's saying something after those b*****d adverts set a new level of vomitworthyness. Not good enough Keys. **** me, no. Utter ****, more like.


Please Don't Touch
A corner comes in and the striker rises and nods it in. The keeper is left in a crumpled heap as though run over by a tractor. The keeper has in fact jumped under the ball and collided with the striker. But the goal is disallowed anyway. Why? Because every f****** ref treats goalies as though they're made of biscuits and need protecting from the usually smaller, less robust striker. It's a bloody man's game, not a flower show, so put your frilly f*****g panties away and fight for the ball. Keepers are ludicrously over-protected despite being the tallest, biggest b****rd on the team. If you can't stand your ground or barge through players to get the ball that's because you are useless and should not be rewarded for such failure by mincing referees.


Spell It Out
If you're going to refer to Steve McClaren spell his bloody name correctly! It's not McLaren! Stop writing it as McLaren. You've had years to learn years and f*****g years and yet still loads of people insist on spelling it wrongly. Why is it so hard to remember? Are you thick or what?


Lies
I heard some grunting pig of a pundit trotting out this old crap again, "All the best players want to play in the Premier League." Are you ******* sure Mr Pundit? Have you seen the brilliant Robben at Bayern? He played here and p*****d off. He doesn't look like he's pining from these shores. Then there's Ribery, Messi, every other ****** at Barcelona and Real Madrid, not to mention Pato, Benzema, Buffon and so many other wonderful players none of whom, have ever said they want to play in the Premier League and have actively rejected offers to bring them here probably because they don't want to be kicked senseless and end their careers aged 29. So stop making this s**t up to try and flatter the Premier League. ****!


Head Games
You what really annoys me? ******* punters who write in and say I only slag off the BBC because we're owned by Sky! **** off! Ten bloody years I've been writing anti-BBC stuff. Ten years! Ten long bitter years opposing having to pay the state for owning a TV. Way before the Sky buy-out. But that counts for sod all because you've just had an idea that it's all some sort of conspiracy without any knowledge of the facts. Just because its in your head doesn't mean it's true. Well f*****g done.


Simply The Best
Can everyone just shut the **** up talking about who is or isn't the best player in the world. It's a totally pointless debate. Why do you have to rationalise these things into a list? Do you do that with everything in your life? Does your girlfriend have to make a list of all her lovers and list them in order of brilliance? Do you have lists of the best writers, best artists, and best chefs? I mean, ******* hell just enjoy them and stop ******* going on about it - what the **** does it matter?


Other Business: Non-football anger

Down On The Up Escalator
If you're on an escalator wake the **** up and realise that when you get to the top or bottom you will have to get off and move away. Don't just stand there dithering around like a d**k; there are other people piling up behind you. Try and have at least a modicum of awareness that you are not the only f*****g person in the world before we plough into you and trample you to death.


Your Asterisk
F****** astericks? Don't you f****** hate the f****** things. They're pointless. You all know what the word is. No f****r could not know what the c*****g word is but we have to f*****g use them all the same for fear of offending t**ts who don't like swearing who are probably not even reading because they should know by now what the asterisks are obscuring and have presumably f***** off having spotted that f**k means f**k. Why are we the ones to have to change to please them? Who the **** are they, anyway and why are we pandering to them? Asterisks are like wearing crotchless panties; yes you've got knickers on but everyone can still see your c**t so they don't make you any more respectable; so why not just remove them?

source .football365.com

RAFA: FERGIE INFLUENCED WEBB

Rafa Benitez claimed Sir Alex Ferguson influenced referee Howard Webb's decision to award Manchester United a penalty in their 2-1 win over Liverpool.

Webb gave the penalty after Javier Mascherano brought Luis Antonio Valencia down, despite the foul appearing to begin a few yards outside the area.

Benitez believed Valencia dived, and pointed to Ferguson's complaints about the Football Association being 'dysfunctional' over their disciplinary policy.

"We know about the influence of Sir Alex in everything," Benitez said.

"I've seen three replays and the last one was suspicious. See the replay for yourself and how he fell to the ground."

Asked whether he thought Valencia had dived Benitez said: "From the replay I think so.

"It is not clear but the way he fell down.....is strange.

"It made a big difference. We were playing well and had confidence and then one situation changed everything."

Asked if he thought Ferguson's comments about the FA on Friday had an influence, Benitez said:

"Just on Friday he said something? Which Friday? This Friday or every Friday? Or every Friday of every year?

"When you have different opinions you have to express those different opinions. As you know, he has his own opinion about everything."

Predictably enough, Ferguson had a rather different view.

"I thought it was a red card," he said.

"There was no way Carragher could get across and stop Valencia from shooting - he is took quick for Carragher to get across.

"The law is if you stop someone from having a goalscoring opportunity it is a red card. Not today.

"The referee was right, he tugged him down. He didn't bring him down outside the box; he didn't go down until he was inside the box. The decision was correct."

source football365.com

Rio Tinto executive to plead guilty to taking bribes

The Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu has indicated that he will plead guilty today to taking bribes as he faces a court in Shanghai on charges of industrial espionage and bribery.

The trial of the Australian and his three Chinese colleagues, which will be closely monitored by foreign businesses with interests in China, opened this morning.

Tao Wuping, Mr Hu's defence lawyer, said that his client had been charged with accepting six million yuan ($880,000) in bribes, and that Liu Caikui, a fellow defendant, faced charges of accepting three million yuan.

Both would plead guilty to accepting bribes while contesting the amounts involved, Mr Tao said.

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Mr Hu and his colleagues were brought to the Shanghai court by four police vans but were kept out of the public eye as they entered the building.

Court officials said that the session was open, but no foreign reporters were allowed inside, although journalists from Chinese media gained entry.

Tom Connor, the Australian Consul-General, declined to comment as he walked into the courthouse but said that he would speak later, which will provide a first chance to hear details of the charges filed against the men.

Officials have said that Australian diplomats will be banned from attending “closed” parts of the trial because it involves charges involving secrets.

The four men face accusations of taking bribes — a charge that carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison — as well as charges of engaging in commercial espionage. They could face seven years in jail on the latter charge.

Kevin Rudd, the Australian Prime Minister, said this morning his Government would monitor the trial closely.

He said: “China has a different legal system to Australia. China has a different legal system to the rest of the world. The world will be watching very closely how the trial is handled.”

In a system where the courts are closely guided by the ruling Communist Party and local authorities, cases that come to trial rarely fail to end with a conviction.

The four men were arrested in July 2009 after an acrimonious round of annual iron ore price negotiations and soon after the humiliating collapse of what would have been China's largest overseas investment — a $19.5 billion investment in Rio by Chinalco, a Chinese state-owned metals group.

Last week, however, Rio Tinto and Chinalco agreed a joint deal on a huge iron ore project in the West African state of Guinea, and Tom Albanese, the Rio chief executive, spent this weekend in Beijing, his second visit in a month, as part of the company's wider charm offensive towards China.

Beijing has said that the case will be handled by the book and that it will "fully guarantee" the rights of the defendants, who include the Chinese nationals Wang Yong, Ge Minqiang and Liu Caikui.

Joerg Wuttke, president of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, said: "It will be regarded as a litmus test of the status of the young Chinese legal system. Transparency matters."

The trial begins as China continues iron ore price negotiations with foreign miners.

Beijing has sought to convince Rio Tinto and other suppliers to give its mills lower prices than those paid by Japan and South Korea.

Miners are said to be seeking price increases of 90 per cent or more this year.

source business.timesonline.co.uk

Goal 'readjusted:' Cornell sets sights on something sweeter

JACKSONVILLE — Cornell isn't your typical storybook team.
Though the Big Red became the first Ivy League school to reach the Sweet 16 since Penn went to the Final Four in 1979, Cornell expected to be here. The Sweet 16 was the team's preseason goal.

"The goal's been readjusted," senior center Jeff Foote said after No. 12 Cornell knocked out No. 4 Wisconsin 87-69 in Sunday's second-round East Regional game. The Big Red face No. 1 Kentucky on Thursday in Syracuse, about an hour from their Ithaca campus, though their 13,700 students will be on spring break.

"We've got eight seniors and we want to take this ride as long as we can because after this it's just nothing but babies and memories," said senior point guard Louis Dale after scoring 26 points.

Cornell (29-4) dominated the top two defensive teams in the tournament, only trailing once — the opening three minutes against No. 5 Temple on Friday.

"We don't consider ourselves a Cinderella team," senior forward Jon Jaques said. "I think we're one of the best teams in the country."

Why? Their experience. Cornell is led by four senior starters. Their sharpshooting. They're the nation's best three-point shooting team. Their complete game, infused with toughness and moxie. Their confidence, gained from a rugged non-conference schedule, which included close losses to Kansas and Syracuse, two No. 1 seeds.

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Their tight bond. The team lives together in an off-campus house. And Steve Donahue, who has spent 20 years coaching in the Ivy League. But ask any player about the biggest key to their success and they smile. This collection of first-rate clowns (they have used "phantom" balls in warm-ups) play the game for the best reason of all — one another.

"It's overlooked a lot of times, chemistry that you can't really teach," Jaques said. "It's more fun to play when you're playing with your best friends."

Said Donahue, 47: "They just love playing basketball with each other, more so than representing Cornell, more so than playing in the NCAA tournament. … I know it's not like that everywhere — it can't be like that everywhere — but I'm fortunate that I can coach a group like this."

Loose collection

Cornell, in the field for the third consecutive year, had never won a game in the NCAA tournament in five tries before dispatching Temple, the first tournament win by an Ivy League school since Princeton in 1998. Their 18-point rout of Wisconsin was the largest margin for an Ivy team in 42 years.

It's not surprising the Big Red entered the tournament as loose as the clothing that once hung off Foote's 7-foot frame. When they took the court too early for warm-ups before the Temple game, they weren't allowed to use basketballs. (Teams have to wait an hour before tip-off.) Instead they used "phantom" balls. They formed their lines and shot imaginary layups and jumpers. Even did a few crossovers. When warming up too soon before the Wisconsin game, they got even more resourceful. They rolled cellophane into a ball and used that instead.

The Big Red also are a collection of players ignored by high-level programs, with one atypical exception. As for Foote, four years ago he was a walk-on freshman on an academic scholarship at St. Bonaventure. His mother, Wanda, a nurse, was working at the hospital where Cornell player Khaliq Gant was recovering from a serious neck injury. Impressed by how caring Gant's teammates were, she became friendly with the group. She told an assistant coach that her son was a player, too.

As a result of his mother's chance meeting, Foote transferred, all 205 pounds of him.

"A skinny big guy, a project," is how senior forward Ryan Wittman remembered him. "All the work he's put in, it's been a great transformation."

Cornell is such a lethal outside shooting team — 61.1% from the field against Wisconsin — in large part because of Foote's passing ability. Once the ball goes to Foote, he either turns to the basket or kicks it outside.

"It seemed like every one of my baskets was coming off a ball screen or a dribble hand-off from (Foote)," said Wittman, who scored 24 points and made 10 of 15 shots.

As good of a passer as Foote is, his mom gets credit for the biggest assist of all.

"In a way, without her I wouldn't be here," said Foote, now listed at 265 pounds. "It's just been a heck of a ride."

Wittman has a distinguished basketball pedigree — his father Randy is a former NBA player and Indiana star whose Hoosiers won the 1981 national title and is now an assistant coach with the Washington Wizards. Still, no Big Ten schools looked his way.

"We got lucky," Donahue said. "He had a deep thigh bruise going into his senior year and he got overlooked because he didn't look athletic enough to play at the next level."

Now the Ivy League player of the year just might have a shot at playing at another "next level."

After the team watched Friday Night Lights recently, Dale said his teammates wanted him to invoke the babies and memories line in the postgame news conference. "That was my goal," he said. Dale's story seems something straight out of the movie as well.

When Dale, from Birmingham, Ala., was bypassed by Southern schools, he put together a highlight tape and a book of accomplishments and sent it to coaches. Donahue remembers it, since it was like a "sixth-grader's project," compete with construction paper and cut-out letters.

"Cornell was really the only one that responded," Dale said.

Donahue looked at his credentials and said, "Great grades, great player, what's the catch?"

Donahue thought he was going to have to resort to a full-court press to woo Dale, but when he arrived for his official visit, Dale handed the coach his application and a $400 check from his mom. It was the application fee.

Donahue shook his head as he told the story. "Who does that?"

He transferred from Kentucky

Then there's perhaps the most unlikely story of all. Forward Mark Coury was a starter for blue-blood, deep-pocketed Kentucky, but inexplicably to everyone but him, decided to transfer for academics. Who does that?

"There was disarray with the coaching situation (Billy Gillispie took over for Tubby Smith), and I decided the best situation for me was academics," said the finance major who has had a 4.0 grade point average at both schools.

One day, Donahue got a call from the team's liaison with the admissions office about Coury. "He says, this guy's dad is telling me that his son started at Kentucky and he wants to transfer," Donahue said.

"This kid is a spectacular student, never got less than an A in his life. I said, 'OK we'll take him.' "

Since his transfer, he's joked with teammates about hoping to play Kentucky in the tournament.

"When I saw the brackets, I said this could play out," Coury said.

The closest Cornell has come is during the 2008 tournament, when they walked past the Kentucky team in the gym.

"I can remember our first year in the tournament, walking by Kentucky and we overheard one of their players say, 'Man, they look like a high school team,' so we give (Coury) a hard time about that," Wittman said,.

Though Kentucky vs. Cornell might seem like a mismatch, those who doubt Cornell do so at their own risk.

"Cornell did everything that they've been pretty much doing all year," said Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan. "They found different ways to score and it's tough when you shoot 52% in the first half and you're still down 12. They can beat you in so many ways."

Wisconsin (24-9) had held opponents to 56 points. The 87 the Badgers gave up was the most in regulation in four years.

Given Coury has seen college basketball's two extremes, he's an expert on the topic.

"There's a lot of emphasis of trying to get to the next level there," he said. "Here it's down to the roots of basketball, playing for the team, having a fun time."

That Coury is about to play his former team is no small irony. He has seen how both halves live, and wouldn't change a thing.

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