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We bet that you're as jazzed up as we are to be outside again, especially this Memorial Day weekend, enjoying picnics at the park and road trips with the family. We came up with this recipe specially for celebrating outdoor dining: Picnic-Ready Rice Salad with Kale, Figs, and Almonds.
Whether you're doing wine on the patio, a picnic with the kids, or a lunch at the beach, this dish is great for taking outdoors. It holds up well to travel and can be served warm, cold, or at room temperature. And best of all, it's like a complete meal-in-a-bowl, chockfull of wholesome nuts, dried fruits, and heart-healthy kale. We used brown rice for the grain because it has a slightly sweet taste and great chewy texture, but feel free to use whatever grains you've got—quinoa, wild rice, orzo, or small pasta shapes are great sub-ins.
Enjoy this Mediterranean-inspired recipe this spring season. And happy outdoor dining this Memorial Day weekend!

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Sophomore Nick Madden was second on the team in kills in Saturday's contest, tallying 15 during Harvard's 3-2 loss to Penn State (Gil Talbot)
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – the Harvard men's volleyball (17-4, 9-3) pushed No. 7 Penn State to a fifth set but fell to the Nittany Lions 3-2 on Saturday afternoon. Senior Matt Jones led the team with 18 kills in the defeat.
Harvard jumped on Penn State early grabbing victories in the first two sets, 25-20 and 25-21 however The Nittany Lions came roaring back, as they took the next two sets 25-13, 25-21.
In the fifth stanza the Nittany Lions staked themselves a 4-2 lead as Nick Goodell and Aaron Russell notched kills. A service error by Peter Russell and a Jones kill evened the score at 4-4. Penn State didn't relent however, going on a 6-3 run to go up 10-7. A kill by sophomore Nick Madden made it 13-10 Penn State but the Nittany Lions scored the next two points to take the set 15-10 and the match 3-2.
Jones paced Harvard in offense with 18 kills while Madden had 15. Junior Rob Lothman dished out 43 assists while sophomore Chris Gibbons secured 13 digs. Sophomores Will Chambers and Michael Owen both had three blocks apiece.
Nick Goodell registered 22 kills while Joe Sunder followed behind with 17. Edgardo Goas 59 assists paced the Nittany Lions while Sunder led Penn State with 11 digs. Aaron Russell had three blocks on the afternoon, good for the team lead.
Harvard will play in its final two games of the regular season next weekend when it takes on NJIT and Rutgers-Newark next Friday and Saturday, respectively. Both matches are slated for 7 p.m.


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ROME (Reuters) - A huge protest vote by Italians enraged by economic hardship and political corruption pushed the country towards deadlock after an election on Monday, with voting projections showing no coalition strong enough to form a government.
With more than two thirds of the vote counted, the projections suggested the center left could have a slim lead in the race for the lower house of parliament.
But no party or likely coalition appeared likely to be able to form a majority in the upper house or Senate, creating a deadlocked parliament - the opposite of the stable result that Italy desperately needs to tackle a deep recession, rising unemployment and a massive public debt.
Such an outcome has the potential to revive fears over the euro zone debt crisis, with prospects of a long period of uncertainty in the zone's third largest economy.
Italian financial markets took fright after rising earlier on hopes for a stable and strong center-left led government, probably backed by outgoing technocrat premier Mario Monti.
The projected result was a stunning success for Genoese comic Beppe Grillo, leader of the populist 5-Star Movement, who toured the country in his first national election campaign hurling obscenity-laced insults against a discredited political class.
With vague election promises and a team of almost totally unknown candidates, the shaggy haired comedian channeled pure public anger against what many see as a sclerotic and useless political system.
The likely result was also a humiliating slap in the face for colorless center-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani, who appeared to have thrown away a 10-point opinion poll lead less than two months ago against Silvio Berlusconi's center right.
Berlusconi, 76, who staged an extraordinary comeback from sex and corruption scandals since diving into the campaign in December, appeared to be leading in the Senate race, but Grillo's projected bloc of Senators would leave him well short of a majority.
Projections gave Bersani's center-left alliance a lead of less than one percentage point in the lower house. If confirmed, that would be enough to control the chamber because of election laws that guarantee a 54 percent majority to the party with the largest share of the vote.
In the Senate the picture was different. The latest projection from RAI state television showed Berlusconi's bloc winning 112 Senate seats, the center-left 105 and Grillo 64, with Monti languishing on only 20 after a failed campaign which never took off. The Senate majority is 158.
Berlusconi, a master politician and communicator, wooed voters with a blitz of television appearances and promises to refund a hated housing tax despite accusations from opponents that this was an impossible vote buying trick.
Grillo has attacked all sides in the campaign and ruled out a formal alliance with any group although it was not immediately known how he would react to his stunning success or how his supporters would behave in parliament.
A bitter campaign, fought largely over economic issues, made some investors fear a return of the kind of debt crisis that took the euro zone close to disaster and brought the technocrat Monti to office, replacing Berlusconi, in 2011.
The projected results showed more than half of Italians had voted for the anti-euro platforms of Berlusconi and Grillo.
Officials from both center and left warned that the looming deadlock could make Italy ungovernable and force new elections.
A center-left government either alone or ruling with Monti had been seen by investors as the best guarantee of measures to combat a deep recession and stagnant growth in Italy, which is pivotal to stability in the currency union.
The benchmark spread between Italian 10-year bonds and their German equivalent widened from below 260 basis points to above 300 and the Italian share index lost all its previous gains after projections of the Senate result.
"These projections suggest that we are heading for an ungovernable situation", said Mario Secchi, a candidate for Monti's centrist movement.
Stefano Fassina, chief economic official for Bersani's center-left, said: "The scenario from the projections we have seen so far suggests there will be no stable government and we would need to return to the polls."
If the results are confirmed the only possibility looks like a "grand coalition" combining right and left, like the one Monti led for a year. But politicians said before the vote this could not work for long and would struggle to work decisively.
Monti helped save Italy from a debt crisis when Rome's borrowing costs were spiraling out of control, but few Italians now see him as the savior of the country, in its longest recession for 20 years.
Grillo's movement rode a huge wave of voter anger about both the pain of Monti's austerity program and a string of political and corporate scandals. It had particular appeal for a frustrated younger generation shut out of full-time jobs.
"I'm sick of the scandals and the stealing," said Paolo Gentile, a 49-year-old Rome lawyer who voted for 5-Star.
"We need some young, new people in parliament, not the old parties that are totally discredited."
Berlusconi, a billionaire media tycoon, exploited anger against Monti's austerity program, accusing him of being a puppet of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, but in many areas Grillo was a bigger beneficiary of public discontent.
Italy desperately needs a strong, reform-minded government to revive growth after two decades of stagnation and address problems ranging from record youth unemployment to a dysfunctional justice system and a bloated public sector.
Italians wrung their hands at prospects of an inconclusive result that will mean more delays to these reforms.
"It's a classic result. Typically Italian. It means the country is not united. It is an expression of a country that does not work. I knew this would happen," said 36-year-old Rome office worker Roberta Federica.
Another office worker, Elisabetta Carlotta, 46, shook her head in disbelief. "We can't go on like this," she said.
(Additional reporting by Stefano Bernabei, Steve Scherer, Gavin Jones, Naomi O'Leary and Giuseppe Fonte in Rome and Lisa Jucca in Milan; Writing by Barry Moody; Editing by Peter Graff)
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TUESDAY, Aug. 16, 2011 (HealthDay News) -- Almost half of all bladder cancers can be attributed to smoking cigarettes, and the risk of bladder cancer has increased significantly for smokers in the past three decades, a new study finds.
Smokers now face a four times higher risk of developing bladder cancer than someone who has never smoked. Thirty years ago, that risk was about three times that of never-smokers.
Even smokers who've quit the habit still face an increased risk -- 2.2 times higher -- than people who've never smoked, though the risk lessens with time.
"The best way to prevent bladder cancer is for people not to smoke," said study author Neal D. Freedman, an investigator at the National Cancer Institute. "Our study emphasizes the importance of preventing smoking initiation, or for smoking cessation for those who already smoke."
Results of the study will be published in the Aug. 17 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
More than 350,000 people are diagnosed with bladder cancer each year, according to the study. More than 70,000 of those cases occur in the United States, according to the study. And, although the incidence rates for bladder cancer appear to be remaining stable, the researchers noted that findings from several studies suggested that rates for smokers seemed to be rising.
Tobacco smoking is the most significant risk factor for the development of bladder cancer, and previous estimates were that smoking increased the risk of bladder cancer nearly threefold.
To get a better idea of the current risk, Freedman and his colleagues reviewed data from the National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study, which was conducted between 1995 and 2006. The study included 281,394 men and 186,134 women between the ages of 50 and 71. The volunteers lived in one of eight states: California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
Almost 4,000 men and 627 women were diagnosed with bladder cancer during the study.
The researchers found that current smokers now had four times the risk of developing bladder cancer compared to people who never smoked.
Overall, smoking was attributed to the development of about half of all bladder cancers.
And, the risk of bladder cancer tends to rise with the number of cigarettes smoked, according to Freedman. Even people who smoke one to 10 cigarettes a day have a significantly higher risk of bladder cancer than people who don't smoke, according to the study.
He also noted that while the risk of bladder cancer remains elevated for former smokers, it does go down the longer someone stays off cigarettes.
Freedman said the authors don't know exactly why the risk of bladder cancer has increased for smokers, but they suspect changes in the composition of cigarette smoke. Cigarettes contain less tar and nicotine now, but cigarette smoke is likely have more cancer-causing chemicals such as beta-napthylamine, which is known to cause bladder cancer, suggest the authors.
"Cigarettes may be even more toxic now than they were years ago," said Dr. Len Lichtenfeld, deputy chief medical officer for the American Cancer Society.
"People who consider themselves casual smokers may think they're not getting as many of the bad effects of smoking, but in this study, the impact of smoking increases the risk of bladder cancer dramatically," he pointed out.
Lichtenfeld advised that anyone who smokes should stop, though he acknowledged that doing so isn't easy. "Cigarettes are a very powerful addiction that's difficult to quit."
But, both experts agreed that for preventing bladder and other cancers, as well as for heart health, quitting smoking -- or never starting to smoke -- is one of the best things you can do.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt attends An Artist At The Dinner Table: Dinner Program during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival at The Shop on Thursday (January 17) in Park City, Utah.
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Red Sox manager surprised by Carson Smith's injury comment
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BOSTON (AP) Red Sox manager Alex Cora said he was surprised to hear that reliever Carson Smith feels that fatigue could have contributed to his dislocated pitching shoulder.
Smith was placed on the 10-day disabled list on Tuesday.
"I don't agree with it," Cora said when he met the media Wednesday at Fenway Park before the team's series finale against Oakland. "On a daily basis, we talk to pitchers and see how they feel. "If they don't feel that they can pitch that day, we stay away from them.
"It caught me by surprise. If he felt that way, he should have talked to us."
The 28-year-old right-hander was injured when he threw his glove during a tantrum in the dugout after leaving Monday night's 6-5 loss to Oakland. He entered with the Red Sox trailing 5-4 in the eighth, allowed Khris Davis' leadoff home run, then retired three straight batters.
After he was placed on the DL, Smith opened up.
"I think fatigue played a factor with my shoulder, and my shoulder just couldn't handle it," he said. "Think my shoulder's tired in general. Yeah, it's just from pitching. I've thrown a lot lately, and I think my arm was just tired."
Smith said he tossed his glove regularly.
Cora said he hadn't had a chance to talk to Smith yet but would.
"We ask everybody, all the relievers (how they feel)," Cora said. "We talk to them on a daily basis: `Where you guys at?' We have information that's very important to our decision making. There have been some days that he felt like he wasn't available."
Smith was 1-1 with a 3.77 ERA in 18 games before he went on the DL. He was acquired from Seattle before the 2016 season to be a set-up man for closer Craig Kimbrel but has been limited to 29 games for the Red Sox. He had Tommy John surgery two years ago and returned to appear in eight games last September.
Cora said the club had no update on Smith's recent injury, and that there would be more tests.
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Sihanouk, Norodom
Norodom Sihanouk (nōrōdŭm´ sĬhənŭk´), 1922–2012, king of Cambodia (1941–55, 1993–2004), b. Phnom Penh. Sihanouk was educated in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) and Paris and was elected king by a royal council in 1941. During World War II he was held a virtual prisoner by Japanese occupation forces. After the war he adopted (1947) a constitution that made Cambodia a limited monarchy and achieved (1949) some autonomy for his country within the French Union. Following the first elections (1950), however, Sihanouk dissolved the assembly and ruled by decree. He became prime minister as well as king in 1951 and appointed a cabinet made up largely of members of the royal family. He also campaigned for complete independence, which was finally granted in 1953.
In 1955 he abdicated in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit, but retained the premiership and control of the Popular Socialist Community party, which he had founded. As premier he took Cambodia out of the French Union. After his father's death (1960) he again became head of state, although not king. Initially neutral in foreign affairs, he broke (1965) diplomatic relations with the United States when Cambodians were killed during South Vietnamese and U.S. incursions in the Vietnam War.
In Mar., 1970, Sihanouk was overthrown by a rightist coup led by Lon Nol, who opposed his policy of allowing Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops to use Cambodian territory. He set up a government in exile in Beijing. When the Khmer Rouge won control of Cambodia, Sihanouk returned (1975) as head of state but in 1976 was placed under house arrest. In 1981–82, once again in exile, he forged a coalition with the Khmer Rouge and others to oppose the Cambodian government imposed by the Vietnamese after their 1978 invasion. After a UN-sponsored peace treaty came into effect (1991), Sihanouk returned to Cambodia, now as an ally of Premier Hun Sen and an opponent of the Khmer Rouge. He became head of state (1991) and, under a new constitution, king (1993). He abdicated in 2004 in favor of his son Norodom Sihamoni.
See his memoirs, My War with the CIA (1973), ed. by W. Burchett and Shadow over Angkor (2005), ed. by J. A. Jeldres; see also J. Lacouture, The Demigods (tr. 1970); M. E. Osborne, Sihanouk: Prince of Light, Prince of Darkness (1994).


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Launched in 2012, the AVANT-GARDE line is HAUTLENCE's ready-to-wear collection designed to secure its future and expand its creative offering. The brand has created a stylish, powerful line from an alchemy of contemporary worlds, taking inspiration primarily from the curves and aesthetic codes of avant-garde design. The first HLRS models, which were unveiled in October 2012, were an immediate commercial success.


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got my instant pot today. i just made my first food in it and i'm impressed!!!! i have in 20 minutes tender pork back ribs( after they were finished i put them for 5-10 minutes under the broiler so they got a nice colour!) they taste amazing.
I ALREADY LOVE MY INSTANT POT. falling of the bone ribs after 20 minutes in the instant pot. wow.
i seasoned them with a rib rub and browned them on the "browning" setting first. took them out…. added 1 can of root beer. added the steam rack in the pot,brushed selfmade bbq sauce on the rib pieces,arranged the pork back ribs on the steam rack. closed the lid, used meat setting for 20 minutes. after pressure was gone and all was finished i took the ribs out(very tender!!!!) and just brushed some bbq sauce on them again and put them for 5-10 minutes under a broiler(oven). that's it. awesome and tender fall of the bone ribs in 30 minutes with the help of the instant pot! thanks for an amazing product.
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About the time I thought I was going to completely lose it from the stress of the holidays, I was suddenly struck with an unexpected heartwarming feeling. Oddly enough, this happened as I wrote the words "pick up ham" on my Christmas week to-do list.
It was strange that I felt sentimental about my annual trip to the ham store because I don't even care that much for the sugary-coated variety. I prefer the canned ham of my youth, even with the memory of its disturbing layer of gelatinous goo firmly etched in my mind. Some years back however, my parents switched us to this glazed type, claiming it tasted better. I suspect the truth was that my father liked that it was pre-sliced. So why was I suddenly looking forward to picking up the holiday ham?
Then I remembered.
I always do this chore on the 23rd, arriving about an hour before the store opens. In the long line with me are about 75 other ham seekers, bundled up in their coats with coupons in hand, who patiently wait together for that moment when the ham store employees open their doors. But it isn't that moment that I remember fondly, rather it's the hour spent in line with total strangers.
For one thing, that time standing outside the ham store is like a forced moment of calm between the hectic pace of the previous three weeks and the even more hectic pace of the upcoming three days, a nice breather from the exhausting holiday shopping, cleaning, wrapping, cooking, and hosting duties.
But mostly I enjoy talking with my fellow ham shoppers. It starts with the offer of an extra coupon. Then, once the ice has been broken, we are emboldened to move on to other ham-related topics like, "Have you ever tried their spicy mustard?" or fishing for special intelligence on the pies, "How's the French apple?"
The conversation often segues from the Christmas menu to anticipation over holiday plans. Last year, I chatted with a woman behind me who excitedly introduced a young girl at her side. "This is my granddaughter visiting all the way from South Carolina. It's her first time here, and she's all mine for two weeks!"
The woman in front of me volunteered, "I can't even eat this ham. My doctor has me on a low-salt diet, but my son loves it. He's flying in from college later today."
Then I met an older gentleman who apparently lived fairly close to me in the foothill area. We started talking about the previous year's fire and mudslides. Soon we were one-upping each other with our tales of woe. "That fire came right to the top of our street," he said.
"Ours too, and we were evacuated from the mud four times," I bragged.
"Well we had the mud pour into our basement. It ruined everything there!"
Okay mister, you win.
I guess it might seem odd that I look forward to this time with strangers. After all, there's plenty of holiday cheer around my own home between school performances, a fortunate bounty of gifts under the tree, and the pending arrival of our large extended family. Heck, the excitement level from my eight-year-old alone could get even the most committed Grinch into a festive spirit.
But there's something about the camaraderie of waiting in that cold long line, sharing both a common purpose and anticipation over holiday plans, that puts me in a festive mood and reminds me of the true joy of Christmas. It's nice to give pause for a reminder, whether that reminder comes at church or at the local ham store.
When the doors do finally open, my fellow shoppers and I offer up our holiday good wishes and then rush inside to quickly grab our hams and pay. I always leave that store with more than just a main course for Christmas dinner. I leave with my holiday spirit rejuvenated, fueled up and ready for the days to come.
Kristen Hansen Brakeman is a freelance writer. Her website is www.kristenbrakeman.com.


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It's of course, more critical now than ever that you find as much time as possible to play and practice, since you are in the developing period of your life as a musician. But as many of us know these days, there are added pressures on us all, economically and time-wise, that make it very hard to really steal away for enough of that precious playing time we really need! Many of us have to not only work a job, but maybe a few jobs to make ends meet. One of those jobs may be actually be music itself, but for most of you, that particular job may more be a "labor of love" right now than anything else! This, of course, is fine, and is as it should be, because you better love it, or else it'll never really mean enough to you to garner the kind of dedication it deserves.
Still, all in all, we must find the time, and make it an exercise in relaxation and pleasure to be able to play whenever we can. I try to never miss a day of guitar playing, even if it means dropping by a local music store to have a look at something. I also love how teaching privately also creates a set amount of time where I am playing rather intensively, always keeping my "chops" up! I have done a lot of traveling of course, and love taking "travel" guitars with me, wherever I go. I once took the train across the country, and what a pleasure it was to have a small guitar I could keep playing and writing with in my little room I had on that 3-day train ride!
Be sure to set aside that precious playing time for yourself whenever and wherever you can….it can mean playing for others, or doing some very introverted and private, personal playing that keeps your ideas flowing. I try to play something new every time I pick up the guitar, but that's just my natural tendency, due to my early days of always teaching myself. I always pledged that I would try to discover something new on the guitar every time I held it, and that has always pretty much stayed true.
I just know that I have heard of too many young, promising players who gave up the guitar because life got in the way. Guitar must also become an important part of life, and you should never let anything become so dominant over it, that it will rob you of it altogether! I can't imagine that ever happening. After all, playing an instrument is such a gift, we must never ignore it completely. It means the guitar is our friend when we're lonely, and many times, as in my case, it literally is our other, or "inner" voice.
So make sure to find that time to play, practice, create, express and to just "be" with your best friend; your guitar!
We all know, or at least should know, that confidence plays such a huge role in whether or not we ever become the real players we are to become. The early days of my extreme confidence really helped me move forward, and certainly played a role in helping push me onward to become a far better player. There are many pitfalls and roadblocks that can hold you back along the way, but it is important to recognize this and to be able to move on past any of the negativity.
The truth is, that if you are really any good at all, you are already going to stand out from the crowd. This will become apparent to you as you play open jams, open mic nights and as you enter any fairly "competitive" situation where other players are involved. What will really become obvious to you is that while there may be an incredibly large amount of players these days, the ones who are truly "good" or even "great" are few and far between. This has just always been the case, and if you have what it takes, plus the confidence to go with it, you are already many steps far ahead of so many others!
Once you actually start to get real positive reactions to what you are doing, you'll be amazed at what an affect it can have on you and your playing. Of course you'll hit the occasional "slump", but overall, any positives you receive will really prove to go a long way, and will make for some great and poignant memories from your "formative" years.
I know I'll never forget the early words of encouragement I got in the beginning, and how they affected me. Not only that, but the sheer diversity of where these positives can come from is mind-boggling. I can recall them from teachers, my parents, fellow performers, producers, other guitarists and especially audiences! This always pushed me onward, and as I always like to say, I really feel like I literally learned in front of audiences all over the world!
I would certainly say that for you, it is important to cultivate as much positivity as you can from your playing. And by this, I mean real positivity, not just empty slaps on the back that you really know aren't encouraging you at all, even though they are meant to! Build up that confidence, and you'll feel comfortable in nearly all situations. Sure, there will be some rough roads ahead, but after all, this is the music business, isn't it? In the long run, it'll all pay off, and I want all of this experience to make you the best guitar player you can possibly be!
Sooner or later, when you are starting out, you're surely going to want to hear your work recorded. This is true of everyone, whether they are playing solo or with a band, and of course, these days, more people are working on the art of recording themselves than ever before. With the advent of digital technology, and the ability to really scale down a lot of the equipment that is used, the idea of a home studio has become a reality for many more folks than ever possible before.
I know that for my own personal musical endeavors, I have always, and still do prefer to "go to" a place of work, where I can feel like my focus and energy level is definitely up a notch, as opposed to the old "fall out of bed and record" mentality of the home studio. The problem with that kind of home studio deal is that it tends to make me complacent, and always makes me "put off" doing what I would have to do if I was at a studio where "time was money, and money was time!" There's also the simple factor that I believe most of us would rather have the engineering part of it in the hands of a true professional, who really knows what they're doing! I always feel much more reassured when I know I'm dealing with a person whose recording techniques are just as well-honed as my playing techniques. This helps me worry about one thing, and one thing only…the music!
Of course, you must be diligent, and learn from everything that is taking place…placement of mics, recording tips, sound quality etc., and certainly don't be afraid to speak up if you feel that things are not sounding the way you want them to. It's very easy early on in the game of recording to assume that the engineer and anyone else involved behind the scenes knows exactly what they are doing, but a real pro would want as much input from you as possible, thereby enabling he or she to get a much clearer picture of what and who they are dealing with.
This is so important, because after all, if everyone is really doing their respective jobs well, the decisions then should all boil down to artistic ones, where it really becomes a matter of taste and your own creativity that governs the final outcome. Since you are really the boss, it's so important also to feel that you are the one giving the final yeas or nays when it comes to the recording, because after all, it's your music. Make sure whatever goes down on the recording is really how you want it to be! More on this important topic in future installments. Till then, have fun!
It is so critical that you, as a guitarist who is starting out, really and truly appreciate those who came before you, and who helped forge the way for what the guitar has become today! There are many great names that have been practically forgotten, and who are certainly not in the vocabulary of many of the younger players, who they are names that should be! For example, perhaps the most obvious is the man himself, Les Paul! Too many folks just think that his name is just the name of a guitar, and forget that he was a major hit record maker, and one of the most prolific and adventurous inventors in American history! Not only is he credited with the birth of the solid body guitar, but he also perhaps even more impressively, created multi-track recording!
Even when I was 15 years old, and bought my '52 Les Paul guitar, I had no idea who Les Paul was….but sure enough, we became friends, and I got to play with him many times! The players who came before you always had player that they emulated who also came before them! It's like a chronology that can be drawn between us all, that is the artistic connection between us all! If I had not listened to Clarence White for example, using the b-bender he invented (which I didn't know!), I wouldn't have invented the string-bending licks I am so known for these days. Or if I had not listened to Elmore James on slide, even Little Walter on harmonica, I wouldn't have played slide guitar the way I do. It goes on and on…..Merle Travis influenced Chet Atkins, Son House influenced Robert Johnson, who in turn influenced Muddy Waters, and on and on.
The most important thing is to always go to "the source" as close as you can. Being a student of the guitar, you can only be helped by understanding where what you are trying to play came from, and the real history behind it. When I fell in love with Mike Bloomfield's playing, I quickly understood that I needed to get into B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Otis Rush if I really wanted to know where his style evolved from, and then sure enough, before I knew it, I was looking into Robert Johnson and Son House!
So seek out guitar history wherever it may come from, and you're bound to know more and more about what it is you're playing. Hey, it'll even make you a better player without you even realizing it! Good luck!
As you all know, I really enjoy bringing my lessons to you all the time on Gibson.com, but the private teaching I often do really lends itself to help me always come up with new ideas for you as well. I have always found that just as there are playing "chops", there are also teaching "chops"! This was very clear to me way back when I started my Hot Licks series of lessons in 1979. I would come from doing a bunch of really stimulating lessons, and immediately put my ideas and thought on tape, while my teaching "chops" were still churning away!
It's great because I also love to meet new and interesting students that always make me delve into things a little more deeply than normal, and to get in touch with what really matters. Not only that, but it makes for an improvement in my own playing, as it never fails to stimulate new ideas in me. Many times, I'll even come up with a whole new song idea just from a particular lesson where I happen upon some wonderful new riff or idea. The private lessons also make for new ideas when it comes to having to take unique approaches towards a new student. After all, we all learn and play in our own individual ways, and coming at it from a new angle is a refreshing way to look at what you may have already taught in another way previously!
And let's not forget that some players walk through that door who are so good, they can actually shed light on some new ideas I may've not thought of before…these are great moments when the teaching itself, and the student, actually help me learn something new! This used to happen all the time when I was documenting all those great players for my company, Hot Licks Video, and I would always pick up and learn new things from somebody I was recording. I remember being particularly moved by the fingerstyle of Tuck Andress, or Scotty Anderson's lightning approach to thumbpick and finger technique, or Eric Johnson's phrasing! All of these things were not only stimulating, they were inspiring!
There is a tendency these days to always put such a heavy emphasis on equipment, and having lots of it! Sure, it's nice to have this stuff, but do we really ever get to see the true potential of what can really be done with it? I have always found that "less is more" when it comes to using stuff, even in the case of guitars, and the fact that you are working with less, will always make you a more versatile player.
There's no doubt that for example, you'd have to cover a much wider tonal range on your own if you simply had a guitar plugged into an amp, without all the "stomp boxes" and outboard equipment so many of us favor these days. I know that I always resorted to getting as much out of the pure guitar as possible, such as volume control tricks, tone control "wah-wahs", and of course, just good old tube amp distortion instead of distortion pedals. Don't get me wrong, all this stuff has its place, and can be put to definite creative use successfully, I just feel that it's important to really know when is the best time for you to move on, or "up" to more equipment. Too much too soon can be crazy. I know of one very spoiled kid I was teaching a couple of years back who was getting a new Marshall stack every week, 6 Les Pauls for one birthday, and who kept changing his "massive" pedal board every week! Talk about someone who didn't understand about getting what he wanted out of the guitar first! All that mattered to him was how much he owned, and how seemingly "hot-rodded" his setup could be. It was a nightmare to teach him, and he also had no attention span, never listened to me and never smiled.
Obviously, this kid was an extreme example, and there was something wrong with him, but if he had just taken the time to really understand the "hands on" approach I was trying to show him, he would've been so much more satisfied. It's as if kids like that are trying to learn the guitar backwards….form all the "flash" and fast playing and crazy effects back to one day realizing that it's the simplicity that matters, and that "less is more" may be the truest statement ever made when it comes to the guitar, and music in general. Hope you find your way in this regard, and truly learn to appreciate and get as much as possible out of as little equipment as possible, too!
This is really an important topic to discuss here, whether you ever become really successful at a young age or not. This is because all of us will experience highs and lows along the way which will definitely feel like huge successes and/or failures, even though they may not be on such a grand scale.
The truth is that early success at a very young age can be really lethal, and it's hard for a young person to have the "coping" mechanisms in place so soon to deal with success, really at any level. I know that when I was starting out, once I reached a kind of success level that really started to make a difference I felt like I could conquer the world, literally. This set me up for equally strong "lows" as much as my "highs" were, but the energy and high level of euphoria I had was sustained for quite a long time. I must warn you though from my experience, for when you feel this "high" for such a long time, you have got to know that there will be an eventual slump to follow at some point. I can remember moving to Woodstock in 1971, with a pre-formed band, feeling like the world was my oyster, and that I could do no wrong. This, by the way, is how one should think of oneself at times like these, regardless of eventual outcome or reality! In any event, the first thing that I noticed, and that others were pointing out to me, was that my playing itself had hit an all-time low, or slump. It was as if I had lost the "center" to my guitar playing, and just didn't have "it" anymore! It Turned out to be very temporary, but I can attribute it to the fact that everything else in my life was so new by moving away from home, and also the feeling in the air in Woodstock that there were many sort of unwritten "rules" that now governed guitar playing in this small town full of well-known musicians.
As I've stated in other blogs, I hit the music business' ground running, and I was a very unbridled and "free" player at that time, who had not yet experienced being a "sideman" or "back-up" player. This all changed when I was thrown into an environment of not only more experienced players than me, but folks who were just a lot older, too! It all made for a humbling experience, but they largely only wanted me to be myself still, just more within the confines of their music, which was totally to be expected.
I did during that time, get to know a lot of musicians who had a lot of success at a very young age, and who had become very used to being pampered by the record labels, mangers and the rest. These people definitely had real problems later on when it came to coping with life in the "real" music business, which as we all know, is mostly about losing, not winning!
In any event, this is the first in a series of pieces I will be doing on this very important subject, so please be sure to stay tuned for more! Good luck in all your successes, no matter what age you're at!
I really think it's very important to always stay "tuned in" to yourself when you are either deliberately or not so deliberately looking for new ideas on the guitar. This can be trickier than you think, because I feel that until you've reached a certain level of awareness and proficiency, you may not even realize that some little gem may be flowing out of your fingers! I can recall when I was working with John Prine, how he'd always say to me, "Arlen, can you teach me a new chord so I can write a new song?" That used to blow me away, because it was such an indication of how he really knew exactly where his talent was at, and how he also knew very clearly, his limitations. John is someone who derived most of his inspiration from words, and the music he put to them was really quite secondary.
In my case however, the music usually can exist for literally years before I actually put words to it, if ever! Most of you will find that your first inspiration will also come from the notes you play, and when you pick that guitar up each time I believe that it is a "wide open" moment for discovery and inspiration. If I were you, I'd always be sure to have something nearby that can record and take down any or all aspects of a new idea you have come across, no matter how far-fetched you may think it is at the time. I have far too often dismissed licks or song ideas I came across because I didn't realize the kind of impact they could later have! It's something that I have many times regretted, and I hope you can heed my words and truly listen to your own "muse" when it hits you.
So, always be on the lookout for new ideas….you never know where they will come from, or when, and sometimes, a simple lick will be the beginning of something truly great. Even recently, these song ideas have come to me as the result of teaching a lesson to a student who might really make me "reach deep" for new ideas….before I know it, I'm asking them to make sure they taped what I played, because it will undoubtedly become a song one day! Hope you find that kind of inspiration one day for yourself!
The act of having a band is a real treat, and is truly meant to be more than anything else, enjoyable! I can remember the early bands I had being an absolute joy, even though I was rarely satisfied, even at a very young age, with many of the other members. Still, it was a great time of growth both musically and personally, and I wouldn't trade those days for anything. It's important in the early days of your gigging with your band that you keep it as "democratic" as possible. Sure, all bands do need to have a true leader, but everybody's musical and other kinds of ideas are important to be heard and considered. After all, you'll learn more from other's ideas, and a band should really be a collective endeavor, or else you might as well have gone solo!
When you finally do start to do gigs together, it's very important that you feel rehearsed enough, but not over-rehearsed. This is because you should want to develop your improvisational skills, and learn to "think on your feet" right from the start. The biggest mistake is to feel you have to be perfectly rehearsed, and to feel let down if it ends up that you're not. After all, when playing a gig, the adrenaline will always play a factor, and folks may play too fast, or speed up, make mistakes, or just generally be too distracted. All of this plays into a young band's psyche, ad you should never come down too hard, or glare at someone in the band if he/she makes a mistake. To do the "glaring" thing is very unprofessional, and it would only hurt the feelings of your friend. Much better to not pay attention to the mistake, and talk it over later. I've seen far too many musicians do the quick "head turn" where everyone does a double-take so they can glare at the player who made the mistake…very bad!
It's also really important to help each other in every way, right down to being fair about carrying your equipment. Keep focused on the music, avoid letting it become a popularity contest, and the gigs will become more and more fun as they go on. Also, it's very important to "read" the audience, and learn how to pace your show. All these things will add up to making you and your band a more professional, and enjoyable experience. Great luck with it all!
Well, as a real follow-up to my last basics blog on "trusting" your band, I am proud to announce that the gig I was so scared of, and so full of anticipation about was a rousing success! It was even beyond a success, as the folks, many of whom have now heard us at this particular function for the 4th time, said we were the best they had ever heard! I really suppose that the "magic" lied in the fact that we did go for the more spontaneous approach, and in fact, played many songs together for the first time…even un-rehearsed! Well, that is certainly what real trust is about in a band of musicians, because we all came through with such flying colors.
I will admit that my own apprehension and uncertainty about the gig made me doubt whether or not we were going to be good at all, and even felt that by the end we had not achieved our goal, but according to the audience, I was totally wrong! By the 10th or 11th song, we were totally rocking the house, and I'd say that 99.5% of the guests were all up dancing like crazy! It's a great feeling when you get that kind of reaction, and it also felt great to keep "reading" the crowd, and to pace the show correctly, according to the move and the groove of the room. I'd estimate that there were about 150 people there, and the cheering and screaming for us was really "real", and we loved getting that kind of reaction, for sure!
Perhaps the most lingering "lesson" in it for me was how well the "off the cuff" pacing of the show worked. I loved, as a band leader, being able to successfully do that. It's many a musician who has tried and tried to come up with the right pace for a show, and it has always been a trying task for me, usually resulting in changing the song order right on the fly, as I am reading the reactions of the audience. This time I completely cast that decision process to the wind, and called out songs as they occurred to me, and many times, even called out tunes we had never done together, but that I felt were right for the moment. Another cool tip to get out of the experience was that while it was a "cocktail" hour, and when the people were standing outside, we were able to play softly, and use that time as a kind of "stealth" rehearsal. So while they were getting drinks and listening to us as "background music", we were actually going over some tunes that we needed refreshing on that we later cranked up when they became "foreground music!"
So, in the end, you never really know what a gig may have in store for you, but more often than not, you should be able to turn any nerves or apprehension into true positive results! Here's to many great gigs to come for all of us!


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Utahns will soon be able to comment on plans for new limits on pollution-causing fumes from household cleaners and other liquids, gels and creams.
The Utah Air Quality Board last week approved plans to send out the consumer products proposal for 30 days of public comment beginning March 1.
Part of a sweeping all-of-the-above strategy to cut pollution in northern Utah valleys, the restrictions would limit what can be sold in Utah to lower-fume formulations already sold in 38 states. They are part of a multi-dimensional strategy to reduce volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that contribute to Utah's summer ozone problems and winter PM2.5 episodes.
If the regulation is enacted, consumers will still be able to buy all of the hair gels, window cleaners, paint thinners and other products they already use. Beginning in 2014, the low-fume formulations would reduce VOC emissions by about 4,000 tons per year in the northern Utah communities with serious pollution problems, state regulators estimate.
The Air Quality Board also proposed a regulation for lower-fume adhesives and sealants that will trim about 565 tons of VOCs.
In addition, the panel finalized regulations to reduce exhaust from commercial charbroilers and to ban the future sale and resale of outdoor wood boilers, another source of pollution-causing exhaust.
Provo attorney David Leavitt urged the air quality board not to adopt the outdoor wood boiler regulation, saying it would impinge on his rights and add to his heating costs. A former congressional candidate, Juab County attorney and polygamy prosecutor, he also challenged the board's ability to enact and enforce the regulation.
But the board enacted the regulations over his objections.
"There are some major consequences we need to pay attention to in terms of our population," explained board member Robert Paine.
To comment on the proposed rules between March 1 and April 1, go to http://1.usa.gov/YKtrnY. Also, a public hearing is set for March 13.
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W.H. chef snubbed in food fight
BOSTON — Michelle Obama's food policy czar, celebrity chef Sam Kass, was once so in with the lunch lady crowd that he landed a guest judge spot on a tearful school lunch episode of Food Network's "Chopped" and handed out awards at the School Nutrition Association's convention in Denver.
Two years later, when he asked to speak at the group's annual convention this week in Boston, the answer: "No."
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The rebuke shows how ugly the fight has become between the first lady and her supporters, who want kids to eat more fruits, vegetables and whole grains in their school lunches, and the organization that represents cafeteria workers and their allies who argue that the federal government is going too far in its push for healthier meals.
( Also on POLITICO: Behind the school lunch fight)
At stake is the health of millions of kids, an $11 billion school lunch program dominated by big food companies that want to build brand loyalty early and even the legacy of the first lady — who has made combating the childhood obesity epidemic her primary cause.
So while the specifics might look like a food fight, behind the clash are all the big forces that shape major political battles — money, lobbying muscle, big personalities — and an ideological split over the size and role of the federal government, especially when it comes to kids.
"Our members are very frustrated," said Patricia Montague, SNA's CEO.
"Everybody is feeling a little bit stretched and stressed by what they're facing," she said, citing an onslaught of policy memos and regulations.
( Also on POLITICO: GOP rejects FLOTUS in lunch battle)
Montague acknowledged that Kass, through the Department of Agriculture, asked to speak at SNA's conference this week "to rally the troops" on the nutrition standards. This year, roughly 6,500 school nutrition professionals are attending the conference, which runs through Wednesday in Boston.
"We didn't feel [our members] wanted to hear the rallying call," she said. "We felt it was best he not come."
The first lady's office declined to comment on Kass' request to speak.
That's a big difference from Kass' appearance at SNA's 2012 convention, in Denver, where he presented chef coats to the cafeteria professionals who appeared with him on an emotional episode of "Chopped" a few months earlier.
( Also on POLITICO: Why Michelle Obama is so popular)
"It's not often that school nutrition employees receive positive affirmation for the work they do on behalf of the nation's children — much less be recognized for it on national television!" read SNA's plug of Kass' appearance at the gathering.
But a lot has changed since 2012, when major school meal reforms started kicking in. Schools have since started having to serve whole-grain-rich versions of pizza; kids now have to take a fruit or vegetable with their meals; and trans fat is no longer allowed. Ninety percent of schools are meeting the already phased-in standards, which come with more federal funding, and districts across the country have transformed their menus to include more scratch cooking.
However, not everyone is cheering the changes, a few of which went into effect on July 1 in time for the next school year.
When SNA asked Congress for some regulatory relief, Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.), included a measure in the House agriculture appropriations bill to give schools a break from the requirements next school year if they show a net loss for six months. The waiver rider sparked a civil war within the nutrition community and infuriated the Obama administration, which openly questions why SNA is seeking to roll back key elements of the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, a bipartisan law the group originally backed.
( WATCH: POLITICO's 'Open Mike' interview with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack)
Nineteen former SNA presidents wrote a letter of dissent and several expressed worry that the food industry was unduly influencing the association's position, for which it was aggressively lobbying on Capitol Hill — moves that led the White House to believe that most school nutrition leaders are on its team and agree with the changes. SNA has ardently denied that the food industry, the source of more than half the association's operating budget, is fueling its push for regulatory relief, pointing to larger concerns about kids dropping out of the program because they don't like the food.


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by Angie Fielder Crowdfunding is definitely the social media flavour of the month as creative people connect with online audiences who want to help finance their dreams. On Kickstarter alone, nearly 3 million people have helped over 30,000 projects, generating more than $US300 million in pledges.
As producers of The Second Coming, a feature film that is currently seeking funds via crowdfunding site Pozible (www.pozible.com), we recognise the need, in this fast-becoming-saturated crowdfunding environment, to think outside the box when it comes to incentivising people to pledge. Particularly if we want to go beyond our personal network of family and friends. That's the real challenge with crowdfunding – engaging people outside of your own contacts, outside of your existing support networks.This extension of our networks will not only help us to raise money for our film but it will also, very importantly, mean that we start building an audience for the film NOW. When people pledge money to support a film, it gives them a vested interest in it and its success. That kind of audience dedication is extremely valuable.
We launched on September 10, 2012 and in the first two weeks of our campaign we have raised $20,000 of our $75,000 target. There's still a ways to go however and in order to incentivise people to continue to pledge we have just released new packages that specifically target aspiring filmmakers and actors.
To develop the packages we gave a lot of thought to what WE had wanted as young filmmakers starting out in the industry. And the answer was – having the opportunity to be involved, and observe, the production process. There's only so much you can learn at film school – the real learning comes from being amidst of all the action on a real project. That's why we're offering aspiring filmmakers the chance to observe and join in the production of The Second Coming. Our new packages include the opportunity to come into the rehearsals and on set, to join us at key creative times during the production such as the edit, the grade and the sound mix where we will invite the pledgers to provide their own creative feedback on the film as well as the opportunity for direct consultation with the film's key creative team.
We are also keen to explore how we can involve a global audience at various stages of post production – VFX, titles design, music – there are loads of possibilities that we are yet to mine.
Writer/director of The Second Coming, David Barker, is a huge fan of the crowdfunding model: "We are in the midst of a filmmaking revolution. It's mind-blowing. Sites like Pozible are pipelines to a larger community that's evolving in completely new ways. Imagine where this could lead to? A massive creative community, more intimately connected to each other and their stories. This is not about charity, or wanting something for nothing, it's about growing a community where everyone gets rewarded for being part of a creative endeavour. "
It's not just about crowd funding, but also crowd collaborating.
Pledging on Pozible is open to anyone in any country – all you need is a credit card or PayPal account. To pledge to the project or find out more go to: www.pozible.com/thesecondcomingmovie
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LIKE the Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/TheSecondComingMovie
JOIN the Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/FansOfTheSecondComing
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Like/Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/aquariusfilmsoz (choose The Second Coming playlist)
Film website: www.thesecondcoming.com.au
Director's blog: http://thesecondcomingmovie.tumblr.com/
Director's website: www.minisumo.com.au
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Angie Fielder, of Aquarius Films, is an award-winning Australian producer whose short films have screened in Sundance, Venice, Berlin and Telluride. Her first feature, Wish You Were Here, starring Joel Edgerton, opened Sundance 2012 and will release in cinemas in the US in early 2013.


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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- D-backs owner Ken Kendrick has set the bar high for the 2014 season. He's looking for something to do next October.
Watching baseball's postseason from afar hasn't met Kendrick's needs. He is looking for Arizona to return to the playoffs -- this year.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- D-backs owner Ken Kendrick has set the bar high for the 2014 season. He's looking for something to do next October.
Watching baseball's postseason from afar hasn't met Kendrick's needs. He is looking for Arizona to return to the playoffs -- this year.
Kendrick extended the contracts of manager Kirk Gibson and general manager Kevin Towers through 2015 earlier this spring, but there are still those lingering statements he made during a radio interview last November.
"Frankly, it's a performance business," Kendrick said at the time. "People that are in the position of manager, general manager and players are rewarded for performance."
That's not news for Gibson and Towers. There are few people in sports more competitive than those two.
"I think we all expect to be World Series champions this year," said Gibson, an All-American wide receiver at Michigan State before signing with the Detroit Tigers as a first-round Draft pick in 1978. "That's why we are here. That's why we are preparing."
The emphasis is on the "we" not "I."
"It's more of an accomplishment of doing something together than me winning," Gibson said. "A lot has to go right. You have to be strong. You are trying to go to the Promised Land."
Towers wants to make sure the D-backs have the necessary parts to make that trip. And unlike his days in San Diego, where rebuilding was so often the focus, this past winter alone showed Towers knows the future is now in the Valley of the Sun.
The memory of that 2011 National League West title has faded.
"We've been .500 the last two years," Towers said. "What people forget is we led the division for more days than any other team last year."
Yes, Arizona was in first place in the NL West for 81 days in 2013, eight more days than the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers, however, spent the final 71 days of the season atop the division in capturing the title.
And that is what has driven Towers since the end of last season, and that's been the focus of Gibson in getting the D-backs ready this spring.
Long known for finding ways to add prospects to his system, Towers played role reversal last winter, thanks in large part to what he considered organizational depth.
Arizona added Mark Trumbo in an offseason trade with the Angels to provide lineup protection for Paul Goldschmidt, acquired reliever Addison Reed from the White Sox to fill out the back of the bullpen and then signed free-agent right-hander Bronson Arroyo, whose track record (at least 199 innings and 32 starts each of the last nine years) makes the D-backs optimistic he can work through a bulging disc that was diagnosed on Wednesday.
"I mean, this guy had Valley Fever and pneumonia last year, and found a way to start the season with the Reds," Towers said. "There's ways we could cover it. I think we had him kind of penciled in near the top of our rotation when we came back from Australia, and if we had to push him back and move somebody forward, we could probably do it."
It's all part of a challenge the D-backs welcome. They aren't undaunted by the free-spending ways of the Dodgers. They aren't going to panic about an early spring injury.
"We want to win the division," Towers said. "We're not in a rebuilding mode. I don't think our fan base would embrace that. I don't think our ownership does. They want to win every year. And I know Gibby and I want to win every year."
And there were parts that Towers felt needed to be added to enhance Arizona's opportunity to reach its goal.
Trumbo is not the ideal left fielder, but he is a legitimate run-production threat for the middle of the lineup. He has hit 95 home runs and driven in 282 runs the last three seasons. A year ago, the D-backs' cleanup hitters hit 17 home runs, tied for last in the NL with the Marlins, and drove in only 85 runs, ranking 11th in the NL.
Even with that, Goldschmidt, who hit third in 143 of his starts, flirted for a while with a Triple Crown and finished hitting .302, leading the NL with 36 home runs and 123 RBIs.
It's not like Trumbo came cheap. Arizona gave up center fielder Adam Eaton, who two years ago was such a hot commodity that he displaced Chris Young in the D-backs' lineup, and left-hander Tyler Skaggs, the 40th player taken in the 2009 Draft, who the D-backs originally acquired from the Angels for veteran pitcher Dan Haren.
"We felt we had some areas of depth," Towers said. "Because of the emergence of [center fielder A.J.] Pollock, we were able to move Eaton."
Reed has 69 saves in the Majors, including 40 last year with the White Sox. What's more, J.J. Putz is a free agent after the season, while Reed is four seasons removed from free agency. So for the late-inning protection and four years of control over Reed's future, Arizona parted with third-base prospect Matt Davidson, the 35th player selected in the 2009 Draft and a participant in the Futures Game last summer.
"We liked Davidson, but we like Jake Lamb and Brandon Drury more in the long run," Towers said. "In our pecking order, he was No. 3."
And then came the two-year, $23.5 million investment in Arroyo.
"We didn't have that veteran in our rotation," Towers said. "Arroyo has done the job. He's been the guy. He's a free spirit, a tremendous fit in our mix. We didn't want to be rushing [top prospect Archie] Bradley.
"We want him here when he's ready, not because he has to be pushed, so we had to create some rotation depth. We felt we did that and brought in leadership with Bronson."
The D-backs, after all, know where they want to go. Now, they have to spend the summer doing what's necessary to get there.
Tracy Ringolsby is a columnist for MLB.com.


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InVersion Hands-On Impressions
At Namco Bandai's IGNITE event earlier this week, developer Saber Interactive (TimeShift), showed off a new shooter called InVe
In the world of InVersion, aliens with the power to manipulate gravity have invaded the earth. The world is thrown into chaos. Skyscrapers are ripped from the ground, and gravitational anomalies abound. We were told that the protagonist comes home to find his wife has been killed in the invasion, and his daughter is missing. It's up to the player and his AI-controlled squad to defeat the alien menace, with the help of some gravity-tech commandeered from the extra-terrestrials. InVersion plays similarly to other cover-based shooters like Gears of War, but the gravity-based gameplay adds some interesting twists to the familiar. The opening action in the demo was fairly standard faire. I began by shooting my way through packs of enemies on debris-filled city streets, using my standard machine gun and grenades. In addition to the basic weapons, I also had the ability to fire a gravitational anomaly, similar to how the "Singularity" ability works in Mass Effect, except bigger. Everything caught in the field's radius (enemies, cars, debris) immediately began floating, which proved handy in removing enemies from cover. Once affected by the gravitational anomaly, I could also manipulate gravity to grapple enemies or objects and launch them to great destructive effect. Environmental destructibility also plays a significant role. When confronted with a group of enemies holed-up in a nearby building, I was able to dispatch them using a turret to shoot out the support columns, bringing most of the structure down in a satisfying cloud of dust and debris. Certain areas of the demo-level also had their own persistent gravitational issues. Battling through an alien-infested street, I entered one of these anomalies, and immediately found myself continuing the fight while standing on the side of a skyscraper. It's a mildly disorienting effect that was pulled off rather well, and fully changed the battlefield. The live demonstration that was shown (different from the playable demo) showed a section of the game where the player was fighting through a sea of unearthed buildings, spiraling in a huge zero-gravity environment. Again, what I played of InVersion was still pre-alpha, but the game is already looking pretty sharp. The different gravity-based mechanics showed enough potential and variety that I'll be keeping this on my radar leading up to its planned release date of February 7, 2012 on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
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Look, I know that we are all really cynical, and have plenty of biting, witty things to say about developers promising THE NEXT BIG THING, but adding gravitational twists to the same format every other shooter uses is not the same thing as "reinventing the shooter genre". PR for games has gotten so out of hand that anytime someone makes a game of a very well-trodden type, they have to start the hyperbole earlier and earlier. I just hope it's FUN.


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