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The mid-range hotel chain in December took over and rebranded (sort of) the Casino Royale and Hotel on the Strip. The name lives on as Best Western Plus Casino Royale, and the sign and the cartoonish Victorian-style exterior haven't changed either. If you've never been (I haven't), here's how Vegas Tripping describes the former low-roller casino:
"Hidden in a little nook between Harrah's and the Venetian (we doubt Bond would ever show his face here), the Casino Royale is a dank little sawdust joint that appeals to the grinder in all of us. Cheap tables, funnnnnky vibes, and the ever-present unexpected put this joint on the top of our list of bizarro must-sees for the Vegas Tripper. If you have no expectations, you will not be disappointed."
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It seems that's the theme of the 2012 girls volleyball season in Waynesboro. And, so far, some really good things are happening for the Maidens under first-year coach Kim Saunders.
WAYNESBORO — Expect big things and big things might happen.
It seems that's the theme of the 2012 girls volleyball season in Waynesboro. And, so far, some really good things are happening for the Maidens under first-year coach Kim Saunders.
On Tuesday night, Waynesboro avenged an earlier loss to Northern York by winning in straight sets in a Mid-Penn Capital Division match inside the Waynesboro Area Senior High School gym.
The Maidens outlasted the Polar Bears and won by scores of 25-23, 25-22 and 25-16. Northern beat Waynesboro 3-1 earlier in the season.
Not only did the Maidens win the match but forged a two-way tie with West Perry for third place in the division. Waynesboro improved to 8-6 overall and 7-5 in the league, while Northern slipped to 7-6 in the division.
The Maidens are currently 23rd in the most recent District III, Class AAA rankings, which include all matches through Saturday, Oct. 6. The top 20 teams qualify for the district tournament, which begins Oct. 25.
"At this point in the season, with goals still obtainable, you hope that your team responds accordingly," Saunders said. "We did that. The ladies were completely focused on the match and our destiny."
Destiny is certainly attainable, and Saunders will no doubt be reiterating the need for renewed determination as the season draws near to an end. Each succeeding match is critical in terms of postseason prospects.
Waynesboro hosts league-leading Greencastle-Antrim on Thursday. That match is followed by matches against West Perry, Boiling Springs and James Buchanan to close out the regular season.
The first game was neck in neck from start to finish and was highlighted by a big-time rally by the Maidens after trailing 17-11. Waynesboro called a time out with the score 16-11, and after giving up another point, the Maidens started to climb out of a hole by scoring nine of the next 12 points to tie the set at 20.
Along the way, Sierra Davies — who contributed with some clutch digs and was a force at the service line — served back to back aces to get Waynesboro to within 18-17. Davies was key to the team's defense with 31 digs. She also had six aces in the match.
After a side out, the Maidens regained serve after a service error and scored the next two points. Zoe Harris, who had the hot hand at the net with a team-high 13 kills, tied the set with a rally-killer. After another side out, Waynesboro scored two straight points for a 22-20 lead before the Polar Bears tied it up.
Waynesboro was the beneficiary of a service error, and after Northern tied the set once again with a front-line kill, the Maidens closed out the game on back to back kills by Harris.
The first-set win provided Waynesboro with some needed momentum, and the Maidens picked up where they left off in the second set by winning another nailbiter.
Waynesboro rallied from a 20-15 deficit as Dori Kozain caught fire at the net and recorded four of her eight kills. The last of them gave the Maidens a 21-20 lead, and it was 24-20 before the Polar Bears pulled to within 24-22. Davies dug down deep for another one of her signature digs and Harris puncuated the set with another of her rapid-fire kills to give the Maidens a 2-0 lead in the match.
"We had great performances from Zoe, who swung with emphasis, and Dori, with timely power," Saunders said. "Sierra was unbelievable in her relentless pursuit to get a touch on any ball coming her way. Some of the touches she had made the difference in transition to points for our team."
Megan Biesecker was once again a model of dependability at the net as she had 26 set assists. Alyssa Taylor contributed 10 digs.
Waynesboro won the junior varsity match 25-17, 26-24. Rachel Johnson had five kills and Lynnae Stine had eight digs.


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Michigan State University Extension educator and sugar beet expert Steven Poindexter says it's not time to panic despite the delay.
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Rossi's article in the Trib today is a complete joke. This guy is ridiculous. No one in the hockey world has a timeline and he quotes some random Doctor and puts a timeline specific to Gonchar in his title?? He seriously needs to be reigned in.
I'm pretty shocked to see the downplaying of this injury that is bordering on insulting the impact that Gonchar, the defenseman who finished FOURTH in Norris voting last season, has on this team. I'm all for staying optimistic and looking to the guys that can help fill the void, but, the Penguins simply will not be as good a team without Gonchar.
Henry Hank: I'm surprised that you even care to get Gonchar back during the playoffs based on your review. Honestly, I always consider your insight to be backed up and very well thought out, but, I couldn't disagree more with your assessment of how little the loss of Gonchar will mean. There's no guarantee that the other guys in the line up can come together to replace all of the things that Gonchar brings to the team. Sure, the PP is potent enough to probably remain top 10 without Gonchar, but, its still speculation at this point to think that it will click the same without Gonchar. Even if Malkin ends up playing that point well, that means that he's not wherever else he would be on the powerplay. What about the combination of his defensive game and his first pass ability. Sure most of Gonchar's points come on the powerplay, but, that's true of basically every high scoring defenseman. How many plays would Gonchar get the third assist on a play that started because of a difficult pass to start things moving out of the zone? Its everything that Gonchar brings in one player that will be missed. Even assume that Goligoski has passing skills equal to Gonchar, he won't be as strong in his own zone; if Scuderi or Eaton are better defensively, they won't be able to break things out of the zone on the same level; etc.
I do agree that the Pens are a playoff team without him, but, things get a whole lot more difficult. There'll be a lot less room for error in a conference that has about eleven or twelve teams good enough to make the playoffs.
Eisman: I don't even know what to say. Again, based on this review, maybe we'd be better without him? No one on this team is a comparable replacement -- powerplay qb or otherwise. Conservative? I don't agree, but, even if he is, 50 points for seven straight seasons, I think I can handle that.
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One of my favorite aspects of the Advent/Christmas season is its traditional music. From the plaintive tones of "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" to the joyous sounds of "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing" or "Joy to the World," the music adds richness to the season. Music can affect our mood, alter our attitude, or highlight special themes.
Although we may not realize it, the same is true of "canticles," the biblical equivalent of hymns. No one is more expert in using canticles to enhance his message than Luke the Evangelist.
As the liturgical Year of Luke (C) begins, his canticles are well worth a closer look. They are all found in the Infancy Narrative of chapters one and two. One can clearly identify four distinct canticles, although one of them is very short:
• The canticle of Mary (the Magnificat) – 1:46-55
• The canticle of Zechariah (the Benedictus) – 1:68-79
• The canticle of the angels (the Gloria) – 2:14
• The canticle of Simeon (the Nunc Dimittis) – 2:29-32.
The Latin names all derive from the first words of the Vulgate edition of each canticle. Priests and religious readily recognize the three principal canticles as daily features of the Liturgy of the Hours. The Benedictus is the Gospel canticle for morning prayer, the Magnificat for evening prayer, and the Nunc Dimittis for night prayer. From ancient Christian tradition these canticles were recited in connection with consecrating each day in prayer.
According to the General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours, these biblical canticles are recited (or sung) "as expressions of praise and thanksgiving for our redemption" (No. 50). They are given the same "respect and dignity" as the proclamation of the Gospel at liturgy. Thus, they are pronounced standing (No. 138). They feature prominently in daily prayer to express gratitude for the salvation achieved in Jesus Christ.
The tiny canticle of the angels, the Gloria, finds its way into the liturgical tradition at the Mass, as the first line of the Gloria, the song of praise said or sung at Sunday Masses or feasts. Since it is the heavenly response to the birth of Jesus as the Messiah, it can be included as a "canticle" in praise of what God has done in Jesus Christ.
In fact, all the canticles in Luke are intimately tied to their immediate settings and show Luke to be a literary artist who appreciated the effect of timeless, poetic reflections in the midst of his narrative or "orderly account" (1:3) of the Gospel events.
Each canticle utilizes familiar biblical imagery from the Old Testament. The very "flavor" of the canticles is quite Jewish, shaped by Hebrew parallelism and evocative imagery from the Old Testament. Let's take a little closer look at each canticle.
The Magnificat
This hymn is arguably the most beloved of the canticles for several reasons. First, it is Mary's own hymn. For Luke and all subsequent Christians, Mary is the first and truest disciple, for she both hears and does the will of God (8:21). Mary cries out in joy in response to Elizabeth's praise of what God has done for her and her unquestioning response to His mysterious but holy Word (1:42-45). This hymn praises God not for what He is about to do in the birth of His Son, but for His past (and continued) beneficence!
As Mary says: God has "done great things for me," God's name is holy, He has been powerful, He has been merciful, He has turned the world upside down, casting out rulers but lifting up the lowly, feeding the hungry but sending the rich away empty-handed, and ultimately saving Israel, His chosen servant.
This is the song of a faithful daughter of Israel, who looks back on God's infinite mercy but who also stands ready to do His will in her own life, trusting that her unexplainable and mysterious pregnancy announced some verses before by the angel Gabriel will bear holy fruit.
Paradoxically, God's powerful actions, the Magnalia Dei of Israel's history, will be overshadowed by the actions of her son, the Son of God, who will incarnate in His ministry all that is embodied in Mary's hymn. He will show himself God's agent of mercy to the lowly and God's winnowing fan to those who are arrogant (4:18-19).
The Benedictus
The second canticle comes from Zechariah, a priest of the Temple and John the Baptist's father, whose wife miraculously conceives a son in their old age. His dumb tongue is loosened when he unexplainably confirms Elizabeth's decision to call the boy John. Zechariah is then "filled with the Holy Spirit" (a characteristic of all heroic figures in Luke) and sings out in joy.
Of similar length to Mary's canticle, Zechariah's song speaks of the fidelity of the God of Israel to His "holy covenant." The first half of Zechariah's canticle echoes Mary's own words but gets even more specific. He speaks of God having "visited His people," "brought redemption" and raised up "salvation," which is specifically defined as "salvation from our enemies and the hand of all who hate us" (1:71).
Whereas Mary's hymn was directed entirely toward the praise of God, Zechariah's second part addresses his own little son ("and you, child," 1:76-79). Many things are said of this child's future mission. He is to be prophet of the Most High, to go before the Lord to prepare the way, and to impart knowledge of "salvation" by the "forgiveness of sins."
These indeed are acted out in chapter three of Luke where John's ministry is summarized in ways that fulfill his father's prophecies. Zechariah also proclaims the reason for this prophecy. It is due to the "tender mercy" of God who visits his people and brings light into their darkness to lead them on a path of peace (1:78-79).
No better words could fit with the season of Advent and Christmas where thoughts are turned to light in darkness, joy in the world, and the ever-present need for true peace. John is the perfect Advent character, preparing for the Savior. Luke also notes that God's Spirit was upon both of them, and both grew in wisdom and stature before God and mankind (cf. 1:80; 2:52).
The Gloria
The resounding hymn of the Gloria belies its brevity. It is proclaimed by "a multitude of the heavenly host" who suddenly appear beside the angel who announces to lowly shepherds that "a savior" has been born in the city of David (2:11-12). Ironically, they are directed to find this savior as an infant, placed in an animal food bin — a manger. Their hymn is clearly one of praise to God. Their voices resound between heaven and earth, thus encompassing the created universe.
The phrase "on earth peace among those whom He favors" has an alternate version in some manuscripts that read "on earth peace, good will toward men." The first version is likely the more original, and it emphasizes peace among those whom God has already favored. This peace, though, is not a mere absence of war and conflict. It is the deep shalom, total well-being, that comes from God. Once more the focus is on God's concrete generosity toward His people.
The Nunc Dimittis
The fourth canticle is found on the lips of yet another faithful, righteous and devout person, Simeon. He is said to be awaiting "the consolation of Israel," and also he is filled with the Holy Spirit (2:25). With the presentation of Jesus in the Temple, his wait is over. He takes the child in his arms and sings out his song of praise and departure. He can be dismissed now with peace of mind, for he has seen with his own eyes and held in his hands the "salvation" God prepared.
Paradoxically, though this salvation is for the "glory of Israel," Simeon's canticle also mentions "light for revelation to the Gentiles" (2:32). Salvation, a theme in all these canticles, is for all people; Jesus' mission as it unfolds in Luke illustrates this. He sets out to bring all to the table of the Lord, and His final acts of mercy on the cross are to forgive His tormentors (23:34) and to welcome a humble sinner to Paradise (23:43).
Singing Out with Joy
In a sense, Luke's canticles are meant to be sung out by all people of good will. We all have reason to praise and glorify God, to be filled with God's own Spirit, and to sing out for joy for the redemption, salvation, peace, joy, vindication, and well-being that has come from God in Jesus Christ. Each canticle reflects its immediate context but also becomes timeless. Each peers backward to some degree to praise God's goodness to humanity.
But looking backwards gives people courage to look forward. In the person of Jesus Christ, we always have reason to sing praise. This is something we are invited to do day in and day out, as we recite or chant these canticles. But it is especially a joyful task in this season of hope, where we pray for light in the darkness and for peace on the earth. So, with Luke, let us sing out with joy to the Lord! TP
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Thursday, August 12, 2010
The Miz' Time Has Arrived
I can't argue that putting the "big belt" on Miz is a good or bad idea. I do, however, feel that with Sheamus being the prototypical "transitional" heel champion, simply having Orton take his title is too predictable for a WWE showcase event such as SummerSlam.
Oh, I think Orton will wrest the strap from Sheamus, but I think Miz will quickly cash in his Money in the Bank title shot against a depleted Orton and defeat him. What better way to cement Miz as a detestable heel main-eventer than to have him take the title off a fan favorite in such a cheap manner?
Also, I would not be surprised if Orton invokes his rematch clause against The Miz to recapture the WWE title the next night on Raw.
Of course, none of this is based on logic or fact, just a hunch. It just feels right to me that Miz would get a well-deserved push into the WWE upper deck at one of WWE's four big pay-per-views.
How do you see it playing out?
Frank Krewda
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I hate watching The Miz...he's so boring.
- August 13, 2010 at 12:00 AM
I think Sheamus will retain possibly by dq because wwe want to push him as a strong main eventer.
- August 14, 2010 at 7:02 PM
- Lou said...
I believe one of your fabulous contributing writers was on the "Miz is soon to be a star" bandwagon about six months ago? :)
- August 14, 2010 at 10:51 PM
the miz will blow his chance tonight he is very stupid he doesnt deserve the belt
- August 15, 2010 at 7:50 PM
Whoever at WWE was been given the task of "The Miz" they deserve high praise. It shows serious commitment and care was taken cultivating Mike,
Not only are his promos crisp and entertaining, they have a a distinct reflection on wrestling's past, showing classic arrogance, confidence and complete disregard for what the crowd thinks or how they respond. One would most likely think of the style of the 4 Horsemen and their particular swagger.
My bet would be that Arn Anderson has had a lot of input into how "The Miz" developed and honed his persona. If so, kudos, as he has a genuine possibility of becoming this generation's Ric Flair type main event super-heel.
Good Luck....you are on teh right track!
- August 21, 2010 at 12:17 AM
im predicting that the miz will be the first mitb winner unable to secure the title. Raw has so many maineventer heels they dont need miz as of rite now and i think the wwe are more intersted in pushing sheamus for a rematch with triple h. Unfortuantly or maybe fortuantly its just impossible to tell with the wwe (sometimes). Big Dave
- August 22, 2010 at 5:40 AM
Hey I just wanted to point oput that # 495 in the PWI 500 issue of this year is Indy wrestler Malachi. Well, you guys had a picture of the wrong Malachi. I think you meant the one that looks similar to Mike Knox but the one in the picture was a friend of mine who looks nothing like him. Also, you said that the Uso brothers were in a picture together in the list but really that was Jimmy and Tamina. I'm not trying to point out all your mistakes but great issue!! I love your mags.
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|2009-07-20, 09:23
|Link #281
Birth by Moonlight
Blood blood fruit. Ranging from controling every organelle in the blood cell(fast healing, energy production, stopping blood loss and etc.) to stopping/restarting someone's heart from a distance, no matter what form they take.
|2009-07-20, 10:56
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|2009-07-24, 07:03
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Okay, thought of one:
Name: Suicchi Suicchi no Mi (switch fruit)
Ability: The user gains the ability to switch objects/peoples positions with one another
The Sea
To move objects they must be within sight range
Any object moved retain there original velocity
|2009-07-26, 12:47
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|2009-07-28, 16:47
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Has there ever been a case where two characters had the same fruit power? I haven't come across any two. Not necessarily at the same time, but like, let's say somewhere along the line another Mera Mera user, for example, was find other than Ace. Have there been any characters like that?
|2009-08-01, 07:31
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Join Date: May 2008
I think it has been mentioned before, but I'd love whatever DF ability that controls all "plants". That would almost be invincible.
Some plants have healing characteristics: heal faster, stronger against poison and even mind control and stuff like that.
Some also have poisonous characteristics: excellent offensive weapon. Or just make everybody high: disorientated!
Wrap enemies in Marine plants to disable their DF/Logia abilities!
Controlling marine plants can also prevent you from falling into the sea by having them grow to the surface to catch you.
Plants absorb light, so Kizaru's attacks are less effective. Plants can grow in the desert, making Croc's attacks less effective (okay, a bit of a stretch, but still).
Plants don't have pain, so immune to pain.
Some plants live a long time (without water or food or whatever): longevity.
Controlling plants might control some animals as well, since they live on (the fruits of) plants, they can be controlled that way.
A DF user that can control plants is practically invincible, I think!
|2009-08-01, 17:50
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: US Michigan
I'm going to say invisibility, or, if it's out there in the One Piece world, the ability to control people's mind. The reason why I want mind control is so I can go up to my boss and demand a raise and a month of vacation time with pay. Lol.
|2009-09-04, 00:38
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Blood Blood fruit.
type: Paramecia/Logia
Abilities: Able to make blood/leech blood from your enemies. Lets say you get a giant wound, you can create blood and put it into your body so you can never die of blood loss. If you touch your enemy you can leech blood from their body, and if you open a wound on them you can leech the blood without touching them.
You would be able to pump blood through your body kind of like Luffies gear second, so it would increase your physical abilities.
|2009-09-04, 03:10
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Okuyasu the Bird
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Alberta, Canada
Age: 27
I wouldn't say it's a power that I'd want, but I have a pretty original idea for one.
A Logia type fruit called the "Oil Oil" fruit". It basiclly allows the user to turn their body into and BECOME oil. Strengths include the usual Logia strengths along with the ability to fuel combustion engines for an infinite amount of time, and naturally any user contact with a flame will set their oil on fire.
Weaknesses include the standard weakness to water/seastone along with a very lethal polluting affect to surrounding areas, if in one area long enough, the user will cause the place to become inhospitable. Usually made a target of enviromental-extremist groups because of this.
|2009-09-04, 20:42
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Jacob Berkowitz is an author, science writer and performer who lives in Almonte, Ontario. His writing combines a life-long passion for science and storytelling. Through Quantum Writing, the science writing boutique he created in 2000, Jacob popularizes the work of leading scientists at major research-based organizations in Canada and the United States. Jacob's freelance journalism credits during the past 15 years include stories in newspapers and magazines across Canada. His writing ranges from a first-person feature on social trends in vasectomy, to how our view of the universe is shaped by the way NASA colors images from the Hubble Space Telescope. Find out more at his website.
You say you've had a "lifelong passion for science and storytelling." What's your earliest memory of combining these two passions?
I had a fantastic grade six teacher, Mr. Gerry Elmes, who to me was the epitome of urbane cool. I was growing-up in Peterborough, ON. Mr. Elmes was from the U.S., kept his saxophone in his big wooden teacher's desk, and would take it out and play for those of us who hung around after school to talk with him. What was remarkable about him as a person and teacher is that he deeply listened to you. He was, I think, the first adult who gave me the sense that what I thought really mattered. So, when it came time to write my grade six social studies essay, there was a sense of epic-ness to it. I wrote about the archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann's excavation of Troy. The topic was suggested by my dad, an English professor at Trent University. He edited my essay, asked questions, offered his professorial insights. The result was that this grade six essay instilled in me the sense that a great story could be told about a great discovery; maybe in fact that scientific discovery requires great story telling to become whole.
How did your writing career evolve?
I've been a writing gradualist and have followed a winding path, always on the look-out for a new and greater challenge. I wrote for my high school paper (lots of stuff about the Cold War nuclear threat), my university papers (along with working for their community radio stations), I started freelancing news and feature newspaper and magazine stories in 1992 (and have continue still) at the same time as getting my first teaching job. I quickly and painfully learned that I liked writing more than teaching high school—that I'm a writer. After several years I landed a job as the communications guy at the Canada Museum of Nature, and then a dozen years ago, started my own science writing business, Quantum Writing, popularizing research for large, science-based organizations. I'd seen my first coprolite (fossil turd) at the Museum which led to my first book Jurassic Poop: What Dinosaurs and Others Left Behind (Kids Can Press). Lots of daily typing and talking with scientists for more than a decade prepared me for writing my latest book, The Stardust Revolution: The New Story of Our Origin in the Stars, which took five years of writerly gestation. Now, while keeping Quantum Writing humming along (and my kids fed), I'm at work on a novel and another non-fiction book project.
You came to Queen's to study for a B.Ed. (Outdoors Education). How does your knowledge of integrating education and the outdoors play out in your writing?
In my science writing I use many of the same techniques that I used, and maybe learned, as a teacher and outdoor educator. For one, I always keep my audience (i.e. readers) front-and-center. One of the easy mistakes in science writing is what I dub the "scientific Stockholm syndrome." When you're talking with scientists, you begin to talk like them. But when you're a science popularizer the challenge, and joy, is to turn facts into stories, and this usually involves changing the language and angle from that emphasized by the scientist.
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Forget images of the writer-as-artist, with a sniffer of cognac beside my computer mouse, and the cigar bit between my teeth. I'm very disciplined and sober about my writing, i.e. it's my job.
Once I've got the kids off to school, I kiss my wife—the artist Rosemary Leach, whose studio is in our home—and head-up to my home office. First I warm-up. I begin by writing a single page of personal journal reflection, a kind of writerly connecting with self before trying to say anything else. Then I do a finger warm-up typing exercise while listening to folk station WUMB.com. Next I often do a five-ten minute timed writing exercise at the keyboard. For example, recently I riffed on a first-person account of being dead. Now comes the core writing time; the work. Whatever work I have, whether writing a press release, news story, part of a novel, or part of a non-fiction book, I prefer to write in the creatively juiced hours before lunch. If I'm working to deadline, I'll keep writing post-lunch, but I often also use that time for editing, re-writing, research and admin.
P.S. If I'm feeling sleepy in the afternoon, I might take a half-hour power nap, which works wonders in revitalizing my creative energy.
What's your favourite thing about being a writer?
I love the process of writing—the independent thought, the research, interviews, and mostly feeling the disparate facts of a story come together at my keyboard to create something more beautiful than the individual pieces.
What's the most challenging thing about writing as a career path?
The isolation—it's a long journey in a small room—and the disconnect between effort and income with creative projects; I can make the same in two weeks of contract work that I'd make in two years working on a non-fiction book project.
What piece of writing—be it a book or an article—are you most proud of?
My latest book The Stardust Revolution: The New Story of Our Origin in the Stars. It's my hope that it goes beyond telling a powerful story to tying together disparate research across many disciplines in a way that hasn't been done before and that it provides a new take on who and what we are.
What's the best piece of advice you could offer aspiring science writers?
Write and talk to, and learn from, other writers. This is a business and skill that's learned through doing. The more you write, there's the potential to get better, and with every piece the process of writing becomes wired into our brains. It's also a business in which much of the business intelligence is unwritten. There's enormous benefit in being professionally and socially connected with other writers and to discuss business decisions—the choice of an agent or publisher, for example—before you leap.


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Taylor Twellman addresses the media on November 3, 2010 at Gillette Stadium. Also speaking were Revolution Investor/Operator Jonathan Kraft and Revolution Head Coach Steve Nicol.
Alright guys. We're going to watch [the highlight video] one more time.
Today's hard, not only for myself, but for my family, and I know for a lot of the fans watching here on the internet and teammates and everyone that has been a part of the Revolution family for the [nine] years that I've been here. It's unfortunate to lose a career to an injury. It's not a choice. I don't have a choice, unfortunately. When you're told that if you want to live your life and be healthy, then soccer needs to stop, the decision is made for me. So I'm here today.
I'd love to sit here and talk to you about how mad I am, how ticked off I am that an injury cut my career short at the age of 28 and how I've never gotten to play, gotten to bring a Cup to this city and to this organization – but it's not who I am. I would have loved the opportunity to have done what Jaime Moreno and Brian McBride got to do and sit there and announce that, 'Guess what? I can come out and this is my last year and we can celebrate the Revolution and the history and everything that I've done here,' but unfortunately that wasn't how I had this written out and that's not how God had his plan for me. And that's what I'm here to say today and to celebrate what really was the time of my life.
Growing up – I laugh because there were about seven words that were said to me from age seven on – that was, "Give 'em hell; you never know when it's your last game." And I sit here thinking about it because my dad… I'm picturing my brother in the back of the car and he was like seven years old and we're like, "Yeah, Dad. Whatever. Give 'em hell, last game." So my brother looks at me and goes, "Taylor, what does he mean? There's like 15 games left on the schedule." And that to me – unfortunately, Pops – I know what it means. I know what it means to give 'em hell and I know what it means to never know it's your last game. I sure as hell didn't know that New York last year was going to be my last game.
The hardest part of this injury is that I can do zero about it. And that is the most humbling thing that has ever happened to me in my life. For those who know me very well – and I see a lot of friends here today that were also my teammates – anyone that knows me knows if you told me I couldn't do it, guess what? I'm doing it. If you told me I couldn't fix it, I'm going to fix it. And for two years, I have done everything from acupuncture for 12 hours, to waking up at 6:30 a.m., to sitting in a dark room for six months, and I can honestly sit here and say that I've done it all, I've tried it all. I'm sick and I'm injured.
But to do something you love and to do something you were born to do – and I'll get into that as obviously for a million time we've heard about my family bloodlines – but I did something that I love and that I was born to do it, and I got paid to do it and have fun. Honestly, wrap your heads around that. All that I can say is: are you kidding me? It's the greatest gift God ever gave me and that was the ability to do something that I was born to do. And that's kind of where I want to get into this.
We all know about my family history and I'm going to tell a few good stories because I need a laugh, otherwise I can stand up here and have everyone look at me and be sad. But I'm going to tell some good stories and hopefully we have some laughs.
We all know about my family history. I grew up with a father who played pro soccer for ten years, a grandfather that played – and I'm sorry I know I'm in Boston here – with a grandfather that played baseball with Joe DiMaggio and the Yankees and won two World Series, and an uncle that played pro golf. Yet, when you talk to anyone in my family and met them, you would have never known that they were pro athletes. Ever. They were humble.
My first goal – everyone asks me about what my first goal was – my dad was playing his last year in Kansas City, and at half-time, they said, 'Why don't we have the kids come out and play?' I scored a goal – a real good one on my own team – and ran around and celebrated for five minutes to everyone. I guess some things never change – right, Mom? And I went right into the locker room, and I don't remember because I was five years old, but I pity my dad because I know what our locker room would have been like for the Revs. And the crap my dad probably got for that?
But when I reflect on – and I'm sitting here talking about my family and I reflect about it… I just thought every kid grew up with my family. I thought every kid had seven pro athletes. And I thought every kid, their dad played pro soccer, was successful at it, sat in that locker room, and I thought every kid did that. And to have your dad go through all your experiences, as a son, and I get choked up… and to have your dad be your role model – there's nothing better. He taught me dedication, he taught me hard work, but mostly importantly, he taught me how to have fun. And that's the thing that I'm most grateful from my dad.
And from my mom, on the other hand... Other than, obviously, the good looks and the blonde hair – I thank God she gave me that. Everybody asks about my mom. My dad was the heart and soul of the family, but my mom was the brains and everything behind it. But when I talk about my mom, I talk about – it's a good story. So I think Pat Noonan is actually a part of this story. We're growing up and you're having your first sleepover. You just played a ridiculous youth soccer tournament where you have like four games in one day. My mom goes, "So why don't you have a couple of friends over?" I'm like, "Alright," so I have them over. What did normal parents do? They order pizzas, soda, you know – just let the kids stay up all night. So we show up at the house, we had just played our third game… The table's set – five course meal: steak, potatoes, salad, veggies – guys, we're nine years old. How many nine year-olds eat salad and veggies? So I'm sitting there and I'm reflecting on this about my mom… I'll never forget this – I think it was Noonan, actually. Noonan's like, "What are these green things?" "Uh, they're green beans, Pat." And I sat there and just reflected about my mom, and the on-going joke in the family is 'who has seen more sports games in their life?' And the answer always is my mom. Her dad played 19 years pro ball, her brother is a golfer, her husband is a soccer player, and her two sons and her daughter played forever. But what she loved to do was take care of a pro athlete. And at age eight, I'm eating broccoli, green beans, salad, going to bed at nine o'clock. And I thought it was normal, right? But then my habits moved on to my college career. First time moving away from home and I'm treating my body well, and everybody's looking at me going, "God, where did you learn that from?" And I'm like, "What do you mean? I've been doing this…" And it wasn't forced, by any means, it was just love and it was what my mom knew to do. She just knew how to do it. But the greatest [thing] my mom ever did (for me) and is the reason why I'm standing up here – and she'll laugh – she convinced me to give MLS a try.
I was in Germany, just done with my second season. And make no mistakes about it, I'll sit here and brag a little bit. I was leading the reserves team with 30 goals in like 40 goals and I was like, "I can't get a look at the first team." And I said, 'You know what? I'm done. I'm going to go back to school and play golf or baseball and get my education,' and my mom said, "Listen. You can't give up, but most importantly… Let me talk to the general manager." She convinced 1860 Munich to let me to go back to the States – and this is just after September 11th – and she hit the right chord with the GM because he gave me one opportunity, and that was to go back to the States. And that, honestly, is the biggest [impact] my mom had on my career. But I'm not going to sit up here and tell all these stories without saying the most important thing I learned from my family, especially my mom and dad, is humility and it is something that has smacked me right in the face numerous times in my career.
From day one, if the team won and I played – it was a success. There were times in high school when I was scoring goals, the team was losing, but my parents – we were never sitting there talking about 'me,' we were always talking about 'we'. And that was the greatest gift you two could have ever given me, is the sense of humility and the sense of using your god-given abilities to their greatest potential.
And now it goes to my extended family… The first time I ever met Mr. Robert Kraft – it was the one week that this field was name the CMGI Field, and for those of you remember, I think it was a week, maybe a month. We opened the stadium, it was the home opener… I had two goals, so I was feeling pretty good about myself. Right after September 11, so my dad comes on the field, and by the way, it was a security breach like no other. And I remember Robert walking over and saying, "No, we've got it, it's alright." And he's coming over and I'm sitting here thinking to myself, 'Robert's going to be like, "Man, you're good. What a great game."' He comes over and goes, "Yeah, you guys played well. Look at this beautiful stadium my family just built. Look at all the hard work my family did." And I say that story because that is exactly what my mom and dad taught me throughout my whole life – it's we, not me. And from that moment on, and my dad and mom will tell you, I made a conscious decision to represent Mr. Robert Kraft and Jonathan Kraft and their family to the fullest. It wasn't representing a soccer organization; it was representing a family that stood for hard work, dedication and loyalty. It was an honor, Robert, Jonathan, and most important – I know she's not here – but Myra. It was an honor to represent your family and organization.
And on a side note: I know he's not here today, but we spoke this morning – Sunil Gulati. He's known me since I was 17 years old. And I'd be remiss not to mention him for the professional relationship that we had, and the advice he gave me led m in the right direction more often than not and I appreciate everything Sunil did for me.
In capital letters, it says Steve Nicol on my paper. I'll give you a brief history of how I got here. I was in Germany. I left, wanted to come back to MLS. Sigi Schmidt was in LA, Bob Gansler was in Kansas City and I was 99 percent sure I was going there. I'm not going to bore you with the logistics, but I ended up going in the draft and ended up in New England. So you've got a kid who has lived in Germany, learned the German language… He's a kid in a candy store to know he can go speak English, he's in America – so what do the Revs do? Well, they take a nine hour plane trip to Brazil. So they said, "Taylor, we'd like for you to meet us in Sao Paolo." So you land in Sao Paolo – and then Stevie will remember this – and then a little Volkswagen Bug picks you up and you feel like Mr. Bean in the car and go about 25 miles per hour for four hours into the mountains of Brazil. I get out of the Volkswagen Bug, can't find anyone – it's really in the middle of nowhere – and I walked through and by the pool are Fernando Clavijo, John Murphy and Steve Nicol. So you know, I walk up and am like "Coach, Fernando, how are you? Murph, how are you? Stevie…" and Stevie goes, "(trying to feign Scottish accent), eh?" And I was like, 'you've got to be kidding me. Did I really just leave Germany and now I've got a coach who still doesn't speak English? Really?' So Stevie was the assistant coach, at times, an needless to say, for the first two weeks, I just nodded my head and said, "Uh-huh, yep. Sure, no problem."
That preseason was a fun one. I was excited. I saw a lot of guys that I idolized growing up, that I played against. You know, the Steve Ralstons, the Jay Heaps', Leo Cullen – I mean, all of those guys had a part in my career. To be on the same team as them, it was just something pretty cool. But at the end of that preseason, I remember we were having a couple beers and my counseling room on the team at the time was Jim Rooney and Steve Ralston. And I'd go in there all the time and be like, "Guys, I scored a goal. Am I playing, am I playing?" Really annoying, and no wonder why Steve (Ralston) hates me… And I remember sitting there and Rally looked me right in the face and goes, "Just take care of yourself because the coaches aren't convinced that you're 100 percent ready to be the starter on this team." And I was like, "Oh, really? Alright." And then Steve Nicol got hired and needless to say, 2002 I played with a chip on my shoulder to prove to him that I could be his leading goal scorer for years to come. But that '02 team, I talk about it to a lot of people. The San Francisco Giants want to call themselves misfits right now? We were misfits. But the best hiring in the history of the Revolution organization was Steve Nicol and he got the most out of that '02 team, and the rest was history.
The best thing that Steve Nicol ever did for me was 2004. We got called in, we were talking about the training facility. He didn't want me to give everyone a lot of trouble that we had to travel and train at Wrentham, and I was ticked. So he was like, 'Come on over, act like you're included in the meeting.' But he pulls me over and he says, 'You know, I think I'm hiring a great assistant coach for you.' I said, 'Oh really? That's cool. Who is it?' He goes, 'Paul Mariner.' Well, the only thing I knew about Paul was he played for England and Arsenal, scored a goal in the World Cup, so I was sold. So I'm thinking alright, I'm the leading goal scorer for the Revs, I'm feeling pretty good about myself and Paul's going to come in, put his arm around my shoulder, look at me and say, 'You know what, you're my man, let's do this, let's get better.'
A month goes by. About six weeks into my career with Paul Mariner, he hasn't said two words to me. Then about three weeks into the season we're sitting there, it's our first tape session, so he calls in Clint Dempsey, Pat Noonan, me and Andy Dorman, right? So we go in there, he's like, 'Clint, you're so powerful with the ball, you're so technical. Noonan, you're a great target, you're really linking up with forwards. Dorman, great runs out of the midfield. And Taylor, you run hard.' I run hard? I was a little ticked off to say (the least). I just sat there and for six weeks it bothered me. One practice I'm trying to be like Clint Dempsey, which as Steve Nicol will tell you, any backheel I ever tried he was pounding the boards on the side of the field. Then I was trying to play like Pat Noonan, and let's be honest, I don't have a cut like that. And I'm going through the list and finally I went up to Paul and I said, 'Paul, I'm lost. What do I need to do to get better?' You would've thought I'd just given him the greatest gift in the world. He smiled, put his arm around me and said, 'You're about two months too late. Now let's get to work.'
I honestly can say I had the best player-coaching relationships any player could ever have. And any player's dream is to find one coach – not multiple – to find one coach that believes in his ability. I found two. They let me be me, and for the players that I've played with that are in the room and for a lot of the staff, it was jokes, it was pranks – it was just me being me. But they had a positive attitude any day of the week. They showed up to practice, it was contagious.
But the greatest compliment I ever got from Steve Nicol – and this comes from a little reflecting because at the time I didn't take it as a compliment – but when Preston North End came in and made an offer to the Revs, and Steve Nicol called me – and I could tell from his tone of voice that it was a very difficult phone call, because he was a player, he knew it was a dream and it was – but he said, 'I cannot see myself coaching without you on my team, and I am not letting you go.' Did I agree with him? No. Did I have choice words? Yeah. But when you sit back and reflect on what was a short, but fun and good career, that's a player's dream, is to find a coach that believes in you and finally says, 'You're my man.' Stevie, thank you so much for calling my number every night. And, more importantly, for the memories.
And on to the memories. The video doesn't do it justice. And I'm not talking about 100 goals, I'm not talking about any trophies I won, we won - doesn't matter. Memories last a lifetime. Trophies, awards, all that – they collect dust. I was blessed to play with the greatest group of men and teammates ever. And I heard an athlete once say that when you like players off the field, it makes it that much easier to sacrifice yourself on the field. The group of players and men that I played with from 2002 until now is the only reason why I'm standing up here with however many goals I have, however many trophies I have.
I'll tell a couple good stories. First ESPN interview, I'm feeling good, finalist for the MVP. So I'm coming back, look at my car in the parking lot – because we were training at Wrentham – notice a tire's missing. So I'm going, 'OK.' So I'm a little weirded out. I'm like, 'Someone stole my car.' I walk into the locker room, everyone's normal, no one says anything. And my spare tire is sitting in my locker.
First playoffs, it's cold, we're playing like our seventh game of the playoffs or something ridiculous. And I'm warming up, sweating, I've got Under Armour on, and my sliders are itching a little bit. Everything's a little warm down under and I'm going, 'Huh, that's weird.' Someone put Flexall in my sliders.
Playing cards for hours. And for everyone that played cards with me, I mean we played cards for hours in the back of the bus.
But the greatest thing about the locker room that I was a part of (is) there were zero egos whatsoever. Anyone was fair game for a prank, anyone was fair game for a joke. And I know we didn't win an MLS Cup, but we were one hell of a successful team because of that locker room.
The hardest memory and the memory that I will remember the most is the four finals. The blood, sweat and tears of sitting in that locker room and looking at grown men sob and that put everything into it. And I know the parties afterwards – as Stevie and Jonathan and everybody – it was kind of like the movie The Wedding Singer. You just really didn't want to go into those rooms. But it was the greatest group of guys, their parents. It was men that believed in each other. And of course it can't last forever, but that's what I'm going to remember.
I needed every single guy that's in this room tonight that I played with and that I've ever put on a jersey with. I needed them to be successful and that is the greatest and the thing I'm most thankful for, is the players I played with, because no award, nothing I got would've been possible without those knuckleheads in that locker room every single day, putting on a Revs jersey with. (Muttering to himself) Is he done yet?
The greatest memory, for me, and it's one that I will tell – first of all, as we all know, I'm pretty good story teller, so imagine these stories like when I'm 60, 65? They're going to be pretty good.
The greatest memory I'll ever remember – and it was the most humbling thing that's ever happened to me – was my 100th goal. All 11 guys on the field came over. And my Dad – first of all, who was there for goal number one, 25, 50, 75 and 100, which by the way cost the family a lot of money because, being a baseball family, when you're superstitious, if I'm on a three-game goal-scoring streak – and Stevie will tell you – he's going to the game. So Christmas presents were mileage.
But that 100th goal memory, I don't know how to explain it. Every goal was special for the team and for myself, but the 100th goal, having the goalie come up, having Jay Heaps head-butting you – which is probably why I have another concussion. But those are the memories that I will remember. And in the back of that picture, there's a 100 stars banner.
And for the fans, it's been a hard two years I know for the fans. And I know they've had some choice words for me and some good and some positive, but that's part of being a sports fan, and I'm one myself and I love every bit of it. I don't know how to thank the fans other than I hope my play on the field made you proud and excited to be a Revs fan. I hope it also made you a believer in the brand of MLS and especially the brand that Jonathan and Robert have put on this field. But those banners – the 100 stars banner, the Taylor's Team banner, which is above my sister's bed in our home back in St. Louis – those are awesome. And I said it to Paul Mariner on the phone this morning. I said, 'If you can't put something into words, it means a lot.' And whatever I've said today, it's difficult. It's words. It doesn't mean anything. From the bottom of my heart, this is the best my words could describe how I felt.
As for my future, my roots will always be here in New England. I've started a foundation here in Boston to help rebuild city athletic fields, as I want to make sure the city players and the city kids are having a good field to play on, and that will continue. But I have an opportunity – I don't know why, but it was God's way for me – to help educate about the injury of concussions.
And the last month has been a change in the front of sports. Sports Illustrated, TIME magazine calling it the invisible injury. And I take that as a challenge. I hate the fact that my career has ended on a brain injury as a concussion, but I have an opportunity to educate parents and kids the dangers about concussions and the effects of concussions.
I will always nurture the growth of MLS in whatever I am doing, while pursuing whatever I'm doing in the sport of soccer. I will also start Twellman soccer camps here in New England in 2011. I didn't have a chance when I was playing to give back to the youth and they are my real fans and they are the ones, because I was once that kid in the locker room with my Dad. And I want to give every kid in New England an opportunity to achieve their dreams the way Steve Nicol, Paul Mariner and especially my Dad allowed me to be here today. So thank you.
When MLS was conceived in the mid-90s, the goal behind it was to try to give kids who were great athletes – but who didn't see a future in professional soccer in this country – a chance to stay with the sport, build the foundation and ultimately allow the United States to compete at the highest level in the World Cup. This league, Major League Soccer, would be the foundation of developing young American soccer players. And as someone who was in the room at the time the league was being conceived, I didn't know Taylor, but Taylor was the prototype, the model. It was the classic case – Taylor was a three-sport varsity athlete in high school, could have done anything he wanted. MLS started, I believe, you're senior year, or just as he was ending, and while he went overseas when he got done with playing in school in this country, MLS was his destiny. To have an American player with the name "Taylor Twellman," – which is a magical sports name, I think – come into this league and for eight years and not only be the poster child of the Revolution, but the poster child of the league: five-time all-star, league MVP, four MLS Cups in eight years, more games won in those eight years than any other team in the league, and on top of it, 101 goals with much fewer games than the other five people who have scored over 100 goals in this league. Only player to do it before the age of 30 and to do it in much fewer games. And all the other guys on the list have scored 10s of PKs. Taylor had three PKs because I guess Stevie (Nicol) wouldn't let him get any of those goals easily, or because Shalrie (Joseph) could strike the ball a little better, I don't know, when he's in close like that. So, you think about Taylor, you think about all of that, it's a sad day for us, Taylor, it's a transition.
But aside from everything he did on the field and the winner that he was and the goal scorer that he was, but from the day he got here – he says he hasn't had a chance to give back – but he's given back to the community in spades. He was always talking to the people in our front office about what he could be doing to go out work with kids, go to hospitals, develop a presence for the Revolution and give those kids the dream that you could stick with soccer if you loved it and play professional sports in this country.
So Taylor, back in the mid-90s when we were thinking of the league, it hit me standing here looking at you, you were the person we were thinking of. While It's a sad day, but it's an honor to be here. You'll always be a member of the Revolution family, and the Kraft family. Thank you.
It's kind of hard not to smile when you think about Taylor, because if you can't see him, then you can always hear him. It reminded me of that Brazil trip when he came in, we had a bunch of old guys, experienced guys, and then this whirlwind came in and tried to tell them a thing or two. Eventually, you did play and you did score goals, which was no shock. We did have a couple of arguments about PKs, but I always won that one.
As I said, Taylor hit it on the head. We had a great group, but he was the spearhead of getting our goals. We had a right tactical plan for Taylor – just get it on the box and get your big head on it. That was it. That was it: get it in the box, and you knew that guy would get on the end of it.
You hear Jonathan talking about his achievements, but for me, the biggest compliment I can pay him is that in all my time in MLS, he has been the purest and best goal scorer in the league, without doubt. And I'm proud that he was playing for me. Taylor, all the best.
On who taught him how to score goals …
He's not here, but my brother had a huge part in it. His career – it's funny, we have something in common now – his career ended, too. He tore his knee really bad stepping on a sprinkler head in Spartan Stadium playing for San Jose. The crossing and finishing game that we do, I've done it since I was six. And we put my Dad in goal, but he was the worst goalie possible, ever. You know, he'd sit there and just [waves hands]. But my Dad had a huge part of just scoring goals. But really Frank, to answer your question, it was just something that I talk about when you just kind of don't know how to describe it. You just kind of know how to do it. I was fortunate enough to know where the ball was going, and like Stevie said, I had a big head.
Steve Nicol interjects …
Frank, it should've been 100 (goals), not 101. Because when he got his 50th, we were screaming at him to get in the corner, and he wouldn't do it.
Twellman responds to Nicol …
It was actually. And Andy was wide open, but I shot it.
On becoming the "face of the Revolution" …
If you think about when I came here in '02 – and it was a little bittersweet because the Patriots had just beaten my St. Louis Rams in the Super Bowl, so when I really shook Robert's hand, I was really in my pocket going, 'Kurt Warner's better.' – but since that time, I've [seen] two World Series, I've seen an NBA Championship and three Super Bowls. And it was after my '03 year. My season ended, I broke my foot, and that year I kind of made a conscious effort. I wanted to get the Revs in the top four in this town. And at the time, the Bruins were nothing. If we would've won one – maybe in '05, '06 – I think we [would've gotten] there. But under no circumstances am I the face of the franchise if we're not winning and my team's not playing well. So I was just really doing my job and thanks to my mom's blonde hair, ending up in New England, they don't have a lot of blonde-haired people, so they're like, 'We'll make him the face.' It was an honor to do it, but it was really just me representing the 24 guys in that locker room.
On his legacy …
I hope it's one that while I was dedicated to win, I hope it was one that made people smile and made people have fun. Whether it was my teammates, coaches, fans, I just hope I brought a joy to the game that some people didn't get. And it's unfortunate that didn't come with an MLS Cup trophy in that office where those stupid Super Bowl trophies are, because we need one there. And we'll get one. The Revs will get one.
On his relationship with Paul Mariner …
I talked about the greatest thing that Stevie ever did for me, but at the time I didn't know. I mean, you don't know. I'm 23, thinking I'm on top of the world. When Paul came, Paul – one thing that we had in common, we approached the game the exact same way. I guess we were both goal scorers. But we approached the game the same way, and our whole goal in mind was to get chances. It was never, 'I'm going to score four goals or five goals,' or whatever. It was never the end, it was always the means. But what he did, and what Stevie did for me, is clean up the middle of the field. They really let me go around the goal. They kind of just said, 'You're doing alright around there.' But in the middle of the field, I needed to get light years better because I really wasn't helping the team out being a good target and being good with my feet. And I never got to that ultimate point, which is what always my goal was every year was to be a better target. But when you see your four defenders, your goalie and your four midfielders behind you sweating, slide tackling – because our team was the hardest-working team in MLS – and then you play it up to me and I lose it? Paul finally said, 'Listen dude, we've got to clean it up.' And that's what the whole reason was. It was I was doing my job in front of the other goal, but I wasn't doing my job which is the other 90 percent of soccer. And that's the greatest thing that Paul ever taught me. And honestly I thank Stevie for that because he gave me the opportunity to work with Paul. And you talk about Paul – we had a phone call, it lasted about 30 seconds because we both said, 'I don't know how to describe what we had, but we had it and it was a lot of fun.' And these are friends forever.
On what it was like watching from the sidelines …
It's the most frustrating thing to not do rehab for an injury and you know you're rehabbing. And it's also the most frustrating thing to have people look at you and not know you're injured because you don't have a cast on your arm and you're not on crutches and it's an invisible injury. TIME magazine said it perfect. That's the frustrating thing, because no one can honestly look you in the eye and understand what you're going through unless you've been through a concussion problem. As for the Revs, to come to every game is the hardest thing in the entire world. To come to every game knowing you're not going to play but somehow walk in that locker room and look every one of your teammates in the face – and they'll tell you, I'd come in loud, obnoxious. That's the hardest thing. And every single time – and I'm tearing up now – I'd walk right in the car and I'd cry. Because I did nothing for them and it was the one thing this team needed. We didn't make the playoffs this year, I'll tell you why. They needed a goal scorer, and I wasn't there. It's hard. Very humbling.
On the decision to step away from the game …
I've done every treatment. In 2009 I did every single treatment that I could possibly do. But at the end of '09 and early this year, I was working out and I was feeling pretty good. But then I completely had a memory lapse and had no clue where I was. And I went to Game 5 of the NBA Finals and I saw Phil Jackson sitting two feet from Doc Rivers. And I looked at the guy I was with and I looked at him and said, 'Where are the coaches?' And he goes, 'Sitting on the bench, what are you talking about?' My peripheral vision was the worst I've ever had. So I went and saw the right doctors, and I saw Dr. Cantu – who by the way, looked me right in the face and said, 'Do you want to have the rest of your life healthy, or do you want a shot at it?' I said, 'Yeah.' He goes, 'Then soccer's over.' Was it a relief? Kind of. Because I had been fighting so hard and working out. But I'm sick. I will have an injury that will be with me the rest of my life. It's unfortunate. It's not really a decision, because if there was a percentage of a chance for me to beat this and play, you know damn well I'm doing it. When you hear, 'If you want to have the rest of your life, quit soccer,' – well, that was pretty easy.
On a possible future in broadcasting …
When I was playing, I was Bull Durham. As Brad Feldman – where's Brad? Brad would be like, 'Dude, really? Same quote every time?' I don't know. I know one thing is that whatever I do, whatever it is, whether it's being an amateur golfer – and Jay Heaps is sitting in here shaking his head – I know I'm going to work at it and be pretty good at it. I don't know what I'm going to do. I know I want to be in the sport of soccer, there's no doubt about it. Preferably in MLS, whatever it is, because I think we're embarking on something that's pretty cool here. Especially when you see the playoff games in Seattle. Portland, Vancouver, these teams coming in. The sport's here, and I'm going to be a part of it. But as for the future, I'm going to go to dinner with my family and just really enjoy my whole experience with the Revs and what it was.


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More details slowly are emerging about the inevitable but nevertheless stunning decision of the Jets to unload the best player on their roster.
According to Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News, the Jets gave Tampa permission to give Revis a physical on Friday morning, which meant that the parameters of a deal essentially were in place. However, agent Neil Schwartz wanted to delay the trip to Tampa until hammering out the contract with G.M. Mark Dominik.
So while Schwartz handled that fairly important piece of business on Friday, Revis showed up for work.
Specifically, Revis made one last trip to the team's facility for a rehab session on his knee. He told no one about the looming trade, but there was another risk. If Revis had done anything at the Jets' facility to seriously injure his knee (or any other body part), the Jets would have been stuck with Revis for 2013, and the earliest the Bucs could have gotten him would have been in 2014, as an unrestricted free agent.


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PORTLAND – Jessica Dennison is locked up yet again, spending this Christmas in the Cumberland County Jail, away from her 10-year-old daughter and the rest of her family.
She wants to remember it as a low point, and never come back.
"This year, I feel like I failed because I'm not there for her," said Dennison, who is 29 and a single mother. "Hopefully, I can learn from this."
Dennison, who lived in Portland most recently, was one of eight women who volunteered when asked by the jail chaplain, the Rev. Jeffrey McIlwain, to gather and speak with the Portland Press Herald about spending the holidays in jail.
All eight are mothers and all eight went to jail, directly or indirectly, because of alcohol or drug use.
"It's extremely hard. You want to be with your family, be at home, baking, cooking, wrapping presents. That's tradition for us," Dennison said. "I'm honest with (my daughter). I told her I broke the law, and sometimes when you break the law you go to jail."
Dennison, who is serving a 30-day sentence for a probation violation, said she wanted to tell her daughter the truth because being in jail makes her feel powerless, unable to help her daughter, to be there for her or make anything better.
"That's the hardest thing about being in jail, is you have no control," she said.
Jennifer Dionne of Brunswick said her son is only 2 years old and probably won't remember why she went away.
"I've come back so many times that hopefully this is the last time," Dionne said. "I just missed his birthday, too. It's a really hard thing for me."
Dionne said she's luckier than many mothers in jail because her son stays with her family and will celebrate Christmas with them.
"A lot of people who come here don't have a family like me. I feel blessed," she said.
Dionne, who is addicted to heroin, said, "It's hard to think of the consequences when you're under the influence."
Now serving a four-month term, she has until February to think, be sober, rebuild and pray. "What I pray for now is that God will let me forgive myself," she said.
McIlwain, known in the jail as "Reverend Jeff," sat silent through most of the conversation, but nodded and repeated Dionne's point.
"That's a big thing, you have to forgive yourself," he said.
Dionne said she was religious as a child, but lost her faith when she was a teenager. Now, she participates in the jail's prayer group.
"I used to think, 'If there's a God, then why is he doing this to me?' And now I pray every day, all day long," she said.
Meghan Perreault said that even if she weren't serving a one-year jail sentence, she wouldn't be able to see her sons, ages 7 and 9.
"I've struggled. I've struggled with drugs, and my ex-husband won't let me see them until I get better," she said.
Perreault said she was locked up for the boys' last two birthdays, missed the first day of school and is now out of the picture for the holidays.
"It's my fault," she said. "Right now, they think I just up and left. He's not telling."
Perreault said she has struggled with substance abuse for 17 years — since she was 11 — and worsening drug addiction for the past six years. Even her fellow inmates expressed surprise that she started so young.
She said that if she were released, she would be homeless and in no position to support her children.
"It's nice being in here, sober, so you look back at what you did," Perreault said. "I'm kind of happy I'm in here. It's kind of like rehab."
Kristy Cookson of New Gloucester, who is being held on a probation violation charge, surprised some of the other women when she said she has five children.
Her three oldest, who are 13, 12 and 8, now live with her mother and grandmother in Florida. Her two youngest, who are 19 months and 4, live with their father in Maine, she said.
"It's really hard, and over Christmas, I feel like I've let them down," Cookson said.
She said her youngest children are too young to really understand, but her older children know the family's Christmas traditions.
"My son, my oldest, he said I'm the best mom ever," Cookson said. "It's amazing how your kids can forgive you and still love you."
Tears rolled down Cookson's face as she struggled to keep talking. Many of the other women wiped their eyes, too, prompting McIlwain to quickly hand out tissues.
"I do believe God does everything for a reason," Cookson said.
But later, she said it isn't her fault that she's in jail this time. She was with someone who was drinking, and that person's actions led her to be charged with a probation violation.
Some of the women who had cried with her earlier immediately interrupted her, one saying Cookson couldn't blame someone else and another telling her to "own it."
Cookson conceded and agreed that she could learn a lesson. She said she was thankful that her children weren't there when she was arrested.
"The excuse is done," said Jaden Brown of Portland.
Brown, who's only 22, said she has learned already that she's headed down the wrong path.
She remembers past holidays when her mother was locked up.
Now, she has two sons, ages 5 and 2, and a 4-year-old daughter.
"My mom's in prison for 10 years, so I know exactly how it feels," Brown said.
Brown lost custody of her youngest son to the state because she and the child's father went to jail.
"I can't cry about it. All that's ever done for me is gotten me to the bottom of a bottle of brandy," Brown said. "I've actually taken from jail a lot, from the AA meetings to the NA meetings to the Bible study."
She said older women who come back to the jail as volunteers have taught her that if she keeps doing drugs and drinking, she will waste half of her life.
"Orange is not my color," she said, referring to her jail uniform and drawing laughter from the other women. "When I get out, I hope that I'm going to do something different."
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