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|Estadísticas de por vida en MLB
|NY Yankees
|24th in AL
|9th in AL
|19th in AL
|23rd in AL
|11 de julio de 2017
|Saraperos de Saltillo liberan a RHP Alfredo Aceves.
|19 de mayo de 2017
|Saraperos de Saltillo agente libre firmado RHP Alfredo Aceves.
|16 de mayo de 2017
|Sultanes de Monterrey liberan a RHP Alfredo Aceves.
|2 de mayo de 2017
|Sultanes de Monterrey activan a RHP Alfredo Aceves.
|30 de marzo de 2017
|Sultanes de Monterrey activan a RHP Alfredo Aceves.
|30 de marzo de 2017
|Sultanes de Monterrey ponen a RHP Alfredo Aceves en la lista de reserva.
|28 de mayo de 2016
|Sultanes de Monterrey ponen a RHP Alfredo Aceves en la lista de reserva.
|5 de abril de 2016
|Sultanes de Monterrey agente libre firmado RHP Alfredo Aceves.
|6 de noviembre de 2015
|RHP Alfredo Aceves eligio agente libre.
|24 de septiembre de 2015
|RHP Alfredo Aceves devuelto a Sacramento River Cats de Sultanes de Monterrey.
|23 de junio de 2015
|Sultanes de Monterrey ponen a RHP Alfredo Aceves en la lista de reserva.
|3 de abril de 2015
|RHP Alfredo Aceves prestado a Sultanes de Monterrey de Sacramento River Cats.
|8 de marzo de 2015
|RHP Alfredo Aceves asignado a Sacramento River Cats.
|5 de marzo de 2015
|San Francisco Giants agente libre firmado RHP Alfredo Aceves con un contrato de la ligas menores.
|26 de agosto de 2014
|Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders liberan a RHP Alfredo Aceves.
|3 de julio de 2014
|Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders ponen a RHP Alfredo Aceves en la lista restringida.
|7 de junio de 2014
|New York Yankees envian a RHP Alfredo Aceves envian a rotundamente a Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.
|4 de junio de 2014
|New York Yankees designado RHP Alfredo Aceves para la asignación.
|3 de mayo de 2014
|New York Yankees llamado RHP Alfredo Aceves de Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.
|18 de abril de 2014
|RHP Alfredo Aceves asignado a Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.
|29 de marzo de 2014
|New York Yankees agente libre firmado RHP Alfredo Aceves con un contrato de la ligas menores.
|28 de marzo de 2014
|Baltimore Orioles liberan a RHP Alfredo Aceves.
|15 de enero de 2014
|Baltimore Orioles agente libre firmado RHP Alfredo Aceves con un contrato de la ligas menores y invitado a spring training.
|2 de octubre de 2013
|RHP Alfredo Aceves eligio agente libre.
|19 de septiembre de 2013
|Pawtucket Red Sox activan a RHP Alfredo Aceves de la 7-día lista de deshabilitado.
|26 de agosto de 2013
|Pawtucket Red Sox envian a RHP Alfredo Aceves una asignación de rehabilitación de GCL Red Sox.
|19 de julio de 2013
|Pawtucket Red Sox ponen a RHP Alfredo Aceves en la 7-día lista de deshabilitado.
|14 de julio de 2013
|Boston Red Sox envian a Alfredo Aceves envian a rotundamente a Pawtucket Red Sox.
|10 de julio de 2013
|Boston Red Sox opcionado RHP Alfredo Aceves para Pawtucket Red Sox.
|7 de julio de 2013
|Boston Red Sox llamado Alfredo Aceves de Pawtucket Red Sox.
|19 de junio de 2013
|Boston Red Sox opcionado Alfredo Aceves para Pawtucket Red Sox.
|18 de junio de 2013
|Boston Red Sox llamado Alfredo Aceves de Pawtucket Red Sox.
|13 de junio de 2013
|Boston Red Sox opcionado Alfredo Aceves para Pawtucket Red Sox.
|12 de junio de 2013
|Boston Red Sox llamado Alfredo Aceves de Pawtucket Red Sox.
|28 de mayo de 2013
|Boston Red Sox opcionado Alfredo Aceves para Pawtucket Red Sox.
|24 de mayo de 2013
|Boston Red Sox llamado Alfredo Aceves de Pawtucket Red Sox.
|25 de abril de 2013
|Boston Red Sox opcionado Alfredo Aceves para Pawtucket Red Sox.
|28 de agosto de 2012
|Alfredo Aceves estado en la lista cambian a por Boston Red Sox.
|25 de agosto de 2012
|RHP Alfredo Aceves suspendido.
|6 de mayo de 2011
|Boston Red Sox llamado RHP Alfredo Aceves de Pawtucket Red Sox.
|21 de abril de 2011
|Boston Red Sox opcionado Alfredo Aceves para Pawtucket Red Sox.
|8 de abril de 2011
|Boston Red Sox llamado Alfredo Aceves de Pawtucket Red Sox.
|31 de marzo de 2011
|Boston Red Sox opcionado Alfredo Aceves para Pawtucket Red Sox.
|9 de febrero de 2011
|Boston Red Sox agente libre firmado Alfredo Aceves.
|2 de diciembre de 2010
|RHP Alfredo Aceves eligio agente libre.
|3 de noviembre de 2010
|New York Yankees activan a RHP Alfredo Aceves de la 60-día lista de deshabilitado.
|1 de septiembre de 2010
|Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees envian a RHP Alfredo Aceves una asignación de rehabilitación a Trenton Thunder.
|27 de agosto de 2010
|Alfredo Aceves asignado a Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees.
|12 de agosto de 2010
|Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees envian a RHP Alfredo Aceves una asignación de rehabilitación a Trenton Thunder.
|10 de agosto de 2010
|Alfredo Aceves asignado a Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees.
|31 de julio de 2010
|New York Yankees transferido RHP Alfredo Aceves de la 15-día lista de deshabilitado a la 60-día lista de deshabilitado.
|12 de mayo de 2010
|New York Yankees ponen a RHP Alfredo Aceves en la 15-día lista de deshabilitado retroactivo al May 9, 2010. Bulging disk in his lower back.
|4 de mayo de 2009
|New York Yankees llamado RHP Alfredo Aceves de Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees.
Father, Alfredo Sr., was a power-hitting 1st baseman in the Mexican League…Brother, Jonathan, played in the CWS minor league system for 10 years (1997-2006).2013
Made the Red Sox Opening Day roster and split the season between BOS and Triple-A Pawtucket...Had five separate stints with BOS...Began the season in the Red Sox bullpen but also spent time in the starting rotation...Was 4-1, 4.45 (30.1IP, 15ER) in six GS and 0-0, 6.75 ERA (6.2IP, 5ER) in five relief appearances...Earned wins in three consecutive spot starts for BOS: May 27 vs. PHI (6.0IP, ER), June 12 @TB (6.0IP, ER), and June 18 vs. TB (G1, 5.0IP, ER)...Posted a 1.40 ERA (19.1IP, 3ER) over his last six ML appearances (3 GS) of the season...Had an 8.66 ERA (17.2IP, 17ER) in his first five games (3 GS)...Worked out of Pawtucket's starting rotation and was 4-2 with a 4.25 ERA (48.2IP, 23ER) in eight GS...Placed on the DL at Pawtucket with a left oblique strain, July 22...Rehabbed with Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Red Sox in late August...Pitched for Mexico in the 2013 World Baseball Classic prior to regular season.2012 Served as the Red Sox' primary closer while Andrew Bailey was on the DL...Recorded career-high 25 saves, 9th-most in the AL. Became the 12th Red Sox to tally 25 saves in a season since saves became an official stat in 1969. Collected 3 saves longer than an inning, 3rd-most in AL...Placed 5th in AL with career-high 55 games finished. Ranked 2nd among AL relievers with 84.0 innings pitched, trailing KC's Kelvin Herrera (84.1)...Finished T-19th in the AL with a team-high 69 appearances, 14 more than his previous single-season high (55 in 2011)...Averaged a career-high 8.04 strikeouts per 9.0 innings (75 K). Tagged with career-high 10 losses while recording 2 wins...10 losses marked the 3rd-most for a Red Sox reliever since 1921 behind Jim Willoughby (12 in 1976) and Dick Radatz (11 in 1965). Posted a 3.86 ERA (19 ER/44.1 IP, 17 SV/21 SVO) in 34 road outings compared to 7.03 (31 ER/39.2 IP, 8 SV/12 SVO) in 35 games at home. Compiled a 1.74 ERA (2 ER/10.1 IP) in 10 Interleague outings, converting all 5 save chances against NL opponents...Marked the 12th-best ERA among AL hurlers with at least 10.0 IP in Interleague Play. Converted 23 of 29 save opportunities beginning 4/23 with a 4.18 ERA (15 ER/32.1 IP) in those 29 tilts...Tallied 9 straight successful saves, 4/23-5/23, and 8 straight, 5/29- 7/1...Blew 4 of his last 7 save chances beginning 7/29...Last save chance of the season came 8/28 at LAA. Protected 1-run, 9th-inning leads in each of 3 save chances from 4/23-28 after never previously entering an ML game in the 9th (or later) with a 1-run lead (Elias). Fanned a season-high 6 batters over 2.2 frames on 5/4 vs. BAL with all 6 K's coming in his 1st 2.0 innings of work...The 6 strikeouts tied for 2nd-highest total of his career (also in a start on 5/26/11 at DET) behind 7 in 4.1 relief innings on 5/4/09 vs. BOS with NYY...Tallied career-high 13-game streak with at least 1 strikeout from 5/23-6/19 (17 K's, 14.1 IP). Recorded a 1.38 ERA (2 ER/13.0 IP) in 12 July appearances, 3rd best among AL pitchers with 13.0 IP in the month...Posted a career-long 9-game scoreless streak from 7/8-29 (10.1 IP)...Held opponents scoreless in 15 of 17 outings from the beginning of that stretch through 8/21 (2.84 ERA, 6 ER/19.0 IP). Suspended 3 games, 8/25-27, for conduct detrimental to the team. Threw more than 1.0 frame in 8 of last 11 outings beginning 8/28 after tossing more than 1.0 inning just 9 times in his 1st 58 appearances of the season. 2011 In 1st season with the Red Sox, earned Red Sox Pitcher of the Year and Unsung Hero honors from the Boston Chapter of the BBWAA. Among AL hurlers with at least 100.0 innings pitched, ranked 3rd in ERA (2.61), 2nd in opponent AVG (.204), 2nd in opponent SLG (.321), tied for 6th in opponent OPS (.621) and 10th in WHIP (1.11). Set career-highs in appearances (55), games finished (15), saves (2), innings (114.0) and strikeouts (80)... Matched a career-best with 10 wins (also 2009)...Was the only Major Leaguer with multiple saves and doubledigit wins, the 1st AL hurler to do that since the Angels Scott Shields in 2005 (10 wins and 7 saves). Had a 2.37 ERA (27 ER/102.1 IP) against AL opponents, the lowest mark among hurlers with at least 70.0 innings against the circuit...Also led the Majors (min. 50.0 IP) with a 2.04 ERA (14 ER/61.2 IP) against the AL East. Held left-handers to a .190 clip (35-for-184), 8th-best among AL qualifiers and 6th-best among AL righthanders...Led qualifying AL pitchers and ranked 4th in the Majors with a 1.57 ERA (6 ER/34.1 IP) in day games. Went 9-1 with a 2.03 ERA (21 ER) in relief and topped the Majors with 93.0 innings out of the bullpen over 51 relief appearances...Ranked among AL relief leaders in ERA (6th), wins (1st) and opponent AVG (9th, .193)... His 9 relief wins were the most by a Red Sox since Bob Stanley in 1984 (9) and his 93.0 relief innings were the most by Red Sox since Derek Lowe in 1999 (109.1). Paced the Majors with 21 relief outings of at least 2.0 innings and 13 relief outings of 3.0 or more innings, the most 3.0-inning bullpen appearances by a Major Leaguer since Cleveland's Terry Mulholland in 2003 (13) and most for a Red Sox since Dennis Lamp in 1990 (14)...Had an ML-high 7 scoreless relief outings of at least 3.0 IP. Went at least 2.0 frames in 8 straight relief outings from 7/4-26, the longest such streak in the Majors in 2011 and the longest as a Red Sox reliever since Rolando Arrojo in 8 games from 5/1-27/02. Both his saves were 3.2 scoreless IP (6/8 at NYY, 8/19 at KC)...Was the only Major Leaguer in 2011 with 2 saves of 3.0 or more IP and was 1st Red Sox with multiple 3.0-inning saves in a season since Tim Wakefield in 2002 (3). Ranked 2nd on the team with 11 holds behind Daniel Bard (34)...Became the 1st ever Red Sox with at least 9 wins, 10 holds and 2 saves in a season. Led the AL (min. 40.0 IP) with a 1.77 ERA (11 ER/56.0 IP) and a .189 opponent AVG (37-for-196) after the All-Star break...Ranked 2nd in the Majors in opponent AVG in that time after LAD's Ted Lilly (.183). Had a 0.56 ERA (1 ER/16.0 IP) over his last 9 appearances beginning 9/13 and posted a 1.21 ERA (5 ER/37.1 IP) in his last 19 outings beginning 8/13...Had career-best 7-game scoreless streaks from 8/13-30 (12.1 IP) and 9/13-26 (11.1 IP) with a career-high 15.0 scoreless inning streak from 9/10-27...Ranked 3rd in the AL (min. 25.0 IP) with a 1.80 ERA (5 ER/25.0 IP) in September, his best ERA in any month with at least 20.0 innings pitched... Went 1-1 with a 5.14 ERA (12 ER/21.0 IP) in 4 starts...Allowed 1 run in each of back-to-back starts, 5/21 vs. CHC (5.0 IP) and 5/26 at DET (6.0 IP)...Was the only Major Leaguer with 2 saves and 4 or more starts in 2011. Threw 3.0 perfect innings with 4 K's on 7/10 vs. BAL, his longest career outing without allowing a base runner. Improved to 23-2 in his career with a win on 8/27 vs. OAK (0 R/3.0 IP), becoming the 1st Major League pitcher ever to win 23 of his 1st 25 decisions. Fanned multiple batters in 6 straight appearances from 8/13- 27, the longest stretch of his career and matching the longest by an AL reliever in 2011 (also Matt Albers, 7/5-25). Finished 2nd in the AL with a career-high 15 hit batters...Hit an ML-high 10 batters in relief, the most by a Boston reliever since Greg Harris in 1993 (10). Began the season with Triple-A Pawtucket...Recalled for 1st stint with the Red Sox on 4/8 and optioned back to the PawSox on 4/21... Recalled again on 5/6 and remained with Boston for the remainder of the season...Made 2 appearances for Pawtucket, both starts. 2010 Held opponents to just a .208 clip (10-for-48) in his Major League outings, including .235 (4-for-17) vs. lefties and .194 (6-for-31, 1HR) against right-handers ... Retired 9 of 10 1st batters faced (90.0 percent).
Prevented 5 of 6 inherited runners from scoring, an 83.3 percent success rate.
Half of his outings were more than 1.0 inning ... Held opponents scoreless in 7 of 10 appearances and did not surrender an earned run over final 7 games (8.0 IP).
Made 1st career Opening Day roster ... Tossed 2.0 scoreless innings of relief on 4/6 at BOS to earn the win in the Yankees' 1st victory of 2010.
Also picked up wins on 4/30 vs. CWS and 5/8 at BOS ... Became just the 2nd pitcher since 1900 to record at least 3 wins in a season while pitching 12.0 innings or fewer (also the Mets Don Florence in 1995) (Elias).
Collected a save in 5/5 win vs. BAL, retiring only batter faced ... Was 2nd career save (also 7/5/09 vs. TOR).
Earned the win on 5/8 at BOS despite leaving the game with 2 outs in the 6th inning with a stiff lower back (1.0 IP, 2 H, 1K) ... Placed on the 15-day disabled list on 5/12 with a strained lower back, missing the remainder of the season (131 games).
Attempted a rehab assignment with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and Double-A Trenton, working to a 6.17 ERA (8 ER/11.2IP) with no decisions in 7 combined appearances (5 starts) from 8/10-30 before being shut down for the season.2009 Was 10-1 with one save and a 3.54 ERA in 43 appearances (one start) with the Yankees... opponents batted .220 (69-for-313, 10HR); LH .212 (32-for-151, 3HR), RH .228 (37-for-162, 7HR)... retired 37-of-43 first batters faced as a reliever (86.0%)... prevented 22-of-30 inherited runners from scoring (73.3%)... appeared in consecutive games seven times, once following the All-Star break (7/20-21 vs. Baltimore)...Tossed at least 2.0IP in 24 of his 42 relief outings (57.1%)... made eight relief appearances of at least 3.0IP, holding opponents scoreless in seven of those outings... tossed at least 4.0 innings three times (5/4 vs. Boston, 7/5 vs. Toronto and 8/10 vs. Toronto)...Led the Major Leagues wi th 10 wins as a reliever... according to the Elias Sports Bureau, was just the third Yankees rookie to reach double-digit wins in relief in one season, joining Ron Davis (14 wins in 1979) and Wilcy Moore (13 wins in 1927)... since 1990, only one Yankees pitcher recorded as many wins in relief - Lee Guetterman (11, 1990)...Joined Ron Davis as the only Yankees rookies to win at least eight of their first nine decisions in one season over the last 50 years (Davis started 8-1 en route to a 14-2 record in 1979)-credit: Elias Sports Bureau...Was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on 5/4 and made his 2009 debut that night in a 6-4 Yankees loss vs. Boston, allowing 4H and 2ER while striking out a career-high seven batters in a season-high 4.1IP (2BB/1IBB, 1HR, 1HBP)... were the most strikeouts by a Yankees reliever since Brian Boehringer fanned seven batters in 3.1IP of relief on 5/4/97 at Seattle...Tossed a perfect 11th inning to earn his first win of the season in the Yankees' 6-4 "walk-off" victory on 5/16 vs. Minnesota (1.0IP)... also earned the win the following day on 5/17 vs. Minnesota, tossing a perfect 10th inning (1.0IP, 1K) prior to Johnny Damon's "walk-off" home run... entered 5/21 win vs. Baltimore with two outs and two runners on in the first inning after Joba Chamberlain was removed from the game with a bruised right knee... tossed 3.1 scoreless innings (3H, 1BB, 1K) to earn his third win over a span of six team victories from 5/16-21...Over 17 appearances (1GS) from 5/29-7/21, went 3-0 with one save and a 2.12 ERA (29.2IP, 20H, 7ER, 6BB, 23K)... earned his first Major League save in 7/5 win vs. Toronto, tossing 4.0 scoreless IP (1H, 5K)... became the first Yankee to record a 4.0-inning save since Orlando Hernandez on 6/28/02 vs. the Mets (4.0IP)...Made his only start of the season in 7/9 win at Minnesota, recording a no-decision (3.1IP, 4H, 4R, 3ER, 1BB, 1HP, 2K, 1HR)...Held opponents scoreless over his final four outings beginning on 9/25 vs. Boston (7.1IP, 3H, 0BB, 7K)...Appeared in four postseason games, going 0-1 with a 4.15 ERA... tossed a scoreless 10th inning inning in the Yankees' 11-inning Game 2 win in the ALDS vs. Minnesota... suffered the loss in Game 3 of the ALCS at Los Angeles-AL, allowing Jeff Mathis' "walk-off" RBI double ... Began the season with Scranton/WB and was 2-0 with a 3.80 ERA in four starts at the time of his recall, allowing 18H and 10ER in 23.2IP (11R, 5BB, 1HBP, 18K)... opponents were batting .202 (18-for-89, 3HR); LH .147 (5-for-34, 1HR), RH .236 (13-for-55, 2HR)...Tossed 8.0 shutout innings to earn the win in a 7-0 Scranton/WB victory on 4/29 vs. Lehigh Valley in his final minor league appearance (3H, 1BB, 1HBP, 6K). 2008 Was 1-0 with a 2.40 ERA in six games (four starts) with the Yankees... opponents batted .227 (25-for-110, 4HR); LH .238 (15-for-63, 3HR), RH .213 (10-for-47, 1HR)...According to the Elias Sports Bureau, became the fifth Mexican-born player to pitch for the Yankees, joining Juan Acevedo, Esteban Loaiza, Antonio Osuna and Alfonso Pulido... was the third to start (also Loaiza and Pulido)...Was signed to a Major League contract and selected to the 25-man active roster from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre prior to 8/28 win vs. Boston...Made his Major League debut in 8/31 loss vs. Toronto, retiring all six of his batters faced (2.0IP, 3K)... became the 25th different pitcher to appear for the Yankees, surpassing their 2007 total (24) prior to September callups...Threw 5.0 innings of relief in 9/4 loss at Tampa Bay (5H, 1ER, 2BB, 4K, 1HR)... was the longest relief outing by a Yankee in 2008...Made his first Major League start on 9/9 at Los Angeles (AL), recording the win in a 7-1 Yankees victory... allowed just 1ER on 6H in 7.0IP (0BB, 2K)... became the first Yankee to earn the win in his first Major League start since Ian Kennedy on 9/1/07 vs. Tampa Bay... was the first Yankee to do so on the road since Tyler Clippard on 5/20/07 at the Mets... joined Loaiza as the only Mexican-born pitchers to earn a win in their first start with the Yankees... held right-handed batters hitless in their first 15 Major League AB against him until Robb Quinlan's fifth-inning single...Started and threw 6.0 scoreless innings in 9/20 win vs. Baltimore but did not record a decision in the second-to-last-game at Yankee Stadium... recorded an unassisted double play in the first inning, catching a pop-up on Adam Jones' bunt attempt then doubling Brian Roberts off second base by himself... according to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the first unassisted double play by a Major League pitcher since Dave Bush accomplished the feat on 6/23/07 vs. Kansas City w/ Milwaukee... also recorded the third out in the first inning to become the first pitcher to collect three putouts in one inning since 9/1/07 (Dan Haren w/ Oakland vs. Detroit)...Was 8-6 with a 2.62 ERA in 25 games (23 starts) this season combined at Single-A Tampa, Double-A Trenton and Scranton/WB (140.2IP, 111H, 47R, 41ER, 27BB, 114K)... opponents combined to bat .217 (111-for-512, 10HR); LH .200 (42-for-210, 8HR), RH .227 (69-for-302, 2HR)...Began the season with Tampa, going 4-1 with a 2.11 ERA in eight starts (47.0IP, 11ER) before being promoted to Trenton on 5/20... allowed just 1ER over his final three starts with Tampa (19.1IP)...Made seven starts with the Thunder, going 2-2 with a 1.80 ERA... held opponents to 2R or less in six starts, including three scoreless outings... did not allow a run in his first 19.0IP with Trenton, holding opponents scoreless in each of his first two Double-A starts... recorded a 9.0-inning, complete-game shutout on 5/25 at Altoona (PIT), allowing only 4H in the 1-0 Trenton victory (0BB, 6K)...Was promoted to Scranton/WB on 6/27, despite being placed on the disabled list the same day with a right groin strain... was activated two weeks later on 7/9, making his Triple-A debut by starting and throwing 3.0 scoreless innings (2H, 2K) at Toledo (DET)... did not allow a first-inning run in any of his starts at Triple-A, surrendering just 1H in 8.0IP... appeared in 10 games (8GS) with SWB, going 2-3 with a 4.12 ERA... did not allow a run over his first three outings (8.0IP)...Following the season, was ranked by Baseball America as the organization's seventh-best prospect and tabbed as having the best changeup among Yankees prospects. 2007 Placed 4th in the league in 2007 with Monterrey with a .242 opponents average, allowing 11.51 base runners per 9.0 IP (5th-lowest average in the league). 2005 With Yucatan in 2005, tossed a league-leading 3 complete games and ranked 3rd in the league with 145.2 IP and 101 K. 2002 Traded by Toronto to Yucatan of the Mexican League (Triple-A) on 4/24/02. ... Spent 6 seasons in the league, pitching for Yucatan (2002-05) and Monterrey (2006-07). 2001 Began professional career with Toronto's Dominican Summer League team after signing as an international free agent in January.


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College Park, Maryland, United States, November 19, 2007
Judy R. Franz Recognized for Creative Leadership in Physics Education
The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) announced today that The Melba Newell Phillips Medal has been awarded to Judy R. Franz, Ph.D., Executive Officer of the American Physical Society (APS), in recognition of her creative leadership and dedicated service that have resulted in exceptional contributions within AAPT.
The Medal will be presented to Dr. Franz at a Ceremonial Session of the AAPT Winter Meeting at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland, on Tuesday, January 22, 2008.
Ken Heller, Chairman, AAPT Awards Committee, said, "Dr. Franz has been an unstinting contributor to all of the functions of the AAPT. Her leadership in the governance and direction of AAPT has had a lasting effect on the organization. She has been especially important in forging a productive relationship between the AAPT and the APS to further the goals of physics education. In her dedication to physics education and the AAPT, Judy Franz exemplifies the deep connection between physics, physicists, and physics education that characterized Melba Phillips."
"Judy has served physics education consistently throughout her career, as a professor and as a leader both nationally and around the world. She pursues with vigor and tenacity the goals of promoting effective physics teaching and research, increasing the visibility and impact of physics and physicists within the larger society, and attracting women and minorities to the field. As a colleague, I have developed the highest respect for her dedication and effectiveness," stated Toufic Hakim, AAPT's Executive Officer.
Dr. Franz is a condensed matter physicist and educator who has contributed a lifetime of service to the AAPT. She has been influential in guiding the policies and direction of AAPT and served as its President in 1990. Throughout her career, she has been instrumental in forging closer relations between AAPT and APS on issues of education. For example, she was the first chair of the joint College – High School Interaction Committee in 1983 and helped organized the first Physics Department Chairs meeting which is still co-sponsored by AAPT and APS. She was a professor of physics at Indiana University, Bloomington, West Virginia University, and the University of Alabama, Huntsville. She is currently the Executive Officer of APS. In her position as Executive Officer, she is actively involved in the education, outreach, diversity, public affairs, and international programs of the APS.
In addition to her work within AAPT and at APS, Franz is the Secretary General of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), the international organization of physicists with over 50 member countries.
She is currently a member of the Governing Board and Executive Committee of the American Institute of Physics (AIP) and is a representative to the US National Committee to UNESCO. In the past, she has served on the AAAS Council, as well as advisory committees for the Department of Energy, Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Office of Naval Research, and NSF.
Dr. Franz received her B.A. degree in physics from Cornell University and her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is a fellow of APS, AAAS, and the American Association for Women in Science.
Regarding the award, Franz stated, "I was amazed and delighted to learn that I would receive the Melba Phillips Award. I was inspired to major in physics by my introductory physics course at Cornell University taught by then-AAPT-President-to-be Don Holcomb. Since then I have worked to interest and excite young people about physics. I am grateful to the AAPT for its deep and continuing commitment to promoting excellence in the teaching of our fascinating discipline!"
About the Award
The Melba Newell Phillips Medal honors Melba Phillips for her leadership and dedicated service to physics education. She was the first woman President of the AAPT and a founder of the Federation of American Scientists. Professor Phillips' research was in nuclear physics, and she served on the faculty of Brooklyn College and the University of Chicago. She was a champion of physics education throughout her life. This Award is given only occasionally to subsequent AAPT leaders who display similar achievements and exceptional contributions. The first recipient of the Award was Melba Phillips herself (Emeritus, University of Chicago), in January 1982.
The previous award went to Clifford Swartz. Other recipients include Robert B. Clark, H. Richard Crane, and E. Leonard Jossem.
The complete list of winners can be found at http://www.aapt.org/Grants/phillips.cfm.
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The mother of a boy who was hit by a stray bullet from celebratory gunfire on New Year's Day 2012 is speaking out in hopes of preventing similar injuries.
Sandy Duran of Ruskin created a campaign called Bullet Free Sky after her 13-year-old son Diego was hit in the head by a bullet while standing in his front yard. She's holding a news conference Thursday to urge people not to celebrate with gunshots.
Diego has undergone several surgeries to remove the bullet from his face, two brain aneurysms and a procedure to seal off leaking spinal fluid.
The non-profit effort was started to raise awareness about the dangers of celebratory gunfire. Sandy Duran created a website and produced a public service announcement to get the message out.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.


text: This is a draft of remarks made by Dr. King to the World March Toward Human Rights Luncheon of the NAACP's Legal Education Defense Fund. The event took place at the Americana Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. Dr. King states that human rights involve two elements: recognition and opportunity. Dr. King proposes that the United States launch a Bill of Rights for the Disadvantaged.


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Load capacity and life
The basic dynamic load ratings for SKF bearings are determined in accordance with the procedures outlined in ISO 281:1990. The load ratings given in this catalogue apply to chromium steel bearings, heat-treated to a minimum hardness of 58 HRC.
There are several types of bearing life. One of these is "service life", which represents the actual life of a bearing in real operating conditions before it fails. Note that individual bearing life can only be predicted statistically. Life calculations refer only to a bearing population and a given degree of reliability, i.e. 90 %, furthermore field failures are not generally caused by fatigue, but are more often caused by contamination, wear, misalignment, corrosion, or as a result of cage, lubrication or seal failure.
Another type of life is the "specification life". This is the life specified by an authority, for example, based on hypothetical load and speed data supplied by the same authority. It is generally a requisite L10 basic rating life and based on experience gained from similar applications.


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FBI questions former Chechen rebel living in Manchester about repeated meetings with Boston bomberBy PAT GROSSMITH
New Hampshire Union Leader
May 16. 2013 1:05PM
MANCHESTER - Boston Marathon suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev went target shooting at a Manchester firing range and met up with an exiled former Chechen rebel living in the Queen City a month before the attack that killed three and wounded more than 260, according to a Voice of America report.
FBI agents on Tuesday searched the Manchester home of Chechnya native Musa Khadzhimuratov, and examined the hard drives on his computers, VOA reported. Police in Manchester confirmed the FBI agents searched Khadzhimuratov's home, according to the story, but Manchester Police Chief David J. Mara said police will not confirm anything because it is not their case.
The FBI, Mara said, also are not commenting on the matter.
At the Manchester apartment building where Khadzhimuratov lives, a woman responding to the buzzer by intercom said Khadzhimuratov was not home and will not be talking to reporters.
A resident who lives at the Eastern Avenue apartment complex said the FBI showed up about 8 a.m. Tuesday and did not leave until late in the afternoon.
Agents dressed in suits were posted at the front and back entrance to the Eastern Avenue apartment building at Hillview Apartments, preventing people from entering the building, she said.
About six other agents wearing white jumpsuits and black gloves entered the apartment where Khadzhimuratov lives with his wife, her parents and two or three children.
"I thought they were exterminators," said the resident. She only realized they were FBI after someone overheard an agent telling one of Khadzhimuratov's children, "Don't get scared. We're FBI and we're going to talk to your father."
The Khadzhimuratovs keep to themselves, the resident said, and do no socialize with other tenants. She thought his wife works but does not believe Khadzhimuratov is employed. He is paralyzed from being shot in the back in his native Chechnya.
Khadzhimuratov told a VOA reporter that FBI agents went to his home Tuesday with search warrants and took DNA sample and his fingerprints.
He said he repeatedly met with Tsarnaev over the past several years and that the FBI first questioned him on April 29, two weeks after the deadly attack. Tsarnaev died in a shootout with police while his brother, Dzhokhar, 19, was wounded and later captured.
Khadzhimuratov told the VOA reporter FBI agents asked him about Tsarnaev's target shooting at a Manchester firing range, which was linked to http://www.gunsnh.com/index.php – the home page for the Manchester Firing Line Range.
Cliff Ellston, compliance officer for the firing range, said it is the company's policy not to talk to the media.
The FBI also wanted to know about Tsarnaev's purchase of large amounts of fireworks from a Seabrook store on Feb. 6, Khadzhimuratov told VOA.
He said Tsarnaev visited him about three to four weeks before the bombings. He said he thinks the FBI believes he tried to help him when he was up in New Hampshire but he denied doing that or having any involvement in the bombings.
The FBI, he said, told him he was not a suspect in the Boston bombing case.
He said he came to the United States from Chechnya in 2004 through a United Nations program. He is paralyzed from the waist down from gunshot wounds suffered in Chechnya in 2001, according to the VOA article.
He said he first met Tsarnaev seven years ago at the annual meeting of the Chechen Society of Boston. Tsarnaev visited him three times in Manchester and once came with his wife and child.
He told VOA he never discussed Tsarnaev's Islam beliefs with him or any politics.


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Could capitalism become an artist's best friend? Masses of young emerging artists and newly defunded ones may be hoping so.
Social media and Internet platforms are offering artists the option of flying solo to raise capital and produce their projects, whether by need or preference. With beckoning crowd-source sites, artists are beholden to neither patron nor state. However they must still sell their project ideas to many small investors, using old-fashioned entrepreneurial and business skills.
With opportunities in grants and state commissions below drought stage and fiercely competitive, platforms such as Kickstarter seem almost divinely ordained. They allow competitors to strut their stuff on a gigantic, common stage limited only by imagination and taste. Anyone with a Facebook account may find a band or indie filmmaker rapping away at their electronic doorstep for contributions at this very moment.
Because pledges can be tiny and profits aren't an issue for Kickstarter, many of their 4.9 million contributors had never invested in an art project before. It's not so intimidating to become an art supporter when it costs as little as a dollar.
Less known sites using crowd-source funding include Go4funding, IndieGoGo and Rockethub, with varying opportunities for individuals and businesses. Projects may exchange letters of thanks, personal performances, downloads, prints or a board in exchange for start-up funds.
Musician and videographer Jack Conte created "Patreon" to meet his own needs and for other artists. Conte notes the "demi-celebrities" dotting the web who haven't made a dime from their considerable efforts.
"We're talking about people with enough of a following on YouTube to fill a basketball stadium who still have a part-time job because you can't monetize digital assets readily online," Conte is quoted in Forbes.
"Patreon" is his hybrid-revenue model that blends crowd funding with an updated version of patronage. Supporters aid a specific creator by pledging a "micro-payment" for each project they produce, up to a dollar limit each month.
The sheer joy of sharing in artistic ventures and anticipating the results moves many of these small donors to action. Others contribute because they believe in a specific cause or message of the art, music, literature, film or products. However Kickstarter and some others limit charitable campaigns and ban endorsement of politicians, pornography and "hate speech" (not defined).
Contemporary artists who produce only shock and political attack pieces will have to recast their message or edit with a chainsaw to use Kickstarter and its brothers. Traditional studio funding is also turned on its head with leaner, greener films and an emphasis on social statements and community efforts.
Crowd sourcing is a popular effort and so reflects average taste in its biggest hauls. If that seems like a problem, pause and consider twerking, Miley Cyrus and the Gravediggaz – bestowed on the populace from gold platters on high. Could it truly get any worse than what the geniuses at Universal, Sony or Warner Brothers have coughed up recently?
Cultural influence by artists is considered so profound that entire theories of economics are based solely by observing the contemporary art world. Authors Pascal Gielen and Paul De Bruyne posit that youthfulness, flexibility, high-energy, lack of contracts and the "allure of freedom" are now converted into a "standard production model" for the culture industry. They claim this "post-Henry Ford work model" is very appealing to youth and currently extends into global, neoliberal markets.
The perennially brilliant Camille Paglia concerned herself with this subject in her essay "How Capitalism Can Save Art." Not surprisingly she has an entirely different take on this than almost anyone else. Paglia's complaints aren't concerned with the ultimate fate of capitalism or our current economic implosions. Rather, she mourns the ideological disconnect between contemporary artists and the majority of their audience, leading to vast public apathy over fine art.
Paglia suggests giving more respect to the material production of art and for industrial arts and design, which earn a living for artists, workers and manufacturers. Refusing to attack capitalism as inherently evil, she reminds us that the system ended a "stranglehold of hereditary aristocracies," raised the standard of living and boosted social progress across the world.
Joseph Sunde tosses his hat another direction in the same ring – hailing capitalism and a century of relative prosperity for freeing up time, energy and resources for everyman to create.
As innovation and means of collaboration accelerate, Sunde insists, "Folks are continuing to discover new ways of doing more with less."
With all these tools and leisure time, artistic adventures are "closer to common fingers" than they've ever been before.
Poet Aaron Belz concocted a delightful scheme to earn money and publicize poetry by selling it on Craigslist.
The Atlantic covered the results when he placed this hilarious ad: "Quotidian observations available at standard rate of $15/hour; occasional verse at slightly higher rate of $17/hour. Incomprehensible garbage $25/hour. Angst extra."
A thick-skinned customer, Lane Severson, requested an "insult poem" and here are a few lines of the resulting "Lane Severson, Bankrupt Anglican":
Now a mere pawn in the house of bishops
He can manage neither a coherent theology
Nor back-to-back-to-back pushups
Pretty funny, and I'm certain it has the entire nation wondering about the previously unknown patron, Lane Severson. I'm especially impressed by Aaron's humility in offering his poetry at not much more than minimum wage, willing to let others judge its value in a purely economic platform. Craigslist is where the nation bargain hunts and leaves its unwanted and cast-off items. Fortunately Belz has found some success generating income and attention to his craft in that strange land.
Whether capitalism can "rescue" art I couldn't say, but I'm absolutely certain it won't destroy it. Of all economic models, capitalism seems least likely to restrict artistic content and most likely to extend it beyond entitled classes. This is especially so for women and minorities who weren't exactly overrepresented in classical European literature and art.
Vulgarity that conservatives hate or the mindless, trite commercialism academics detest isn't forced on us by abstract economic forces. Money doesn't compromise or corrupt anyone without their cooperation and control. It's something we either tolerate, enjoy or is an expression of our true natures.
Money isn't the problem, after all – we are.
Thanks to Forbes.com; Micah Mattix; The Guadian.com; Joseph Sunde with Acton.org; Tony Barrett, "Theory and Art Criticism"; Camille Paglia; WSJ; Irit Rogoff; Pascal Gielen and Paul De Bruyne.


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Hillary Clinton confirmed a day or two ago that the Obama administration will no longer refer to the "war on terror." That isn't necessarily a bad thing; most conservatives were never very happy with that formula (although I, for one, wasn't able to come up with a better one). The problem is that this looks like one more instance of the Obama administration putting too much emphasis on words rather than deeds, and being prone to wishful thinking–i.e., if we stop talking about the terrorist threat, maybe it will go away.
The Democrats are engaged in a delicate balancing act with respect to national security. Obama has trumpeted his break with the Bush administration's anti-terror policies, most notably by vowing to close Guantanamo Bay. This was a top priority of Obama's far-left base, but Obama no doubt understands that the idea that being mean to terrorists was the great fault of the Bush administration is distinctly a minority view.
Thus, Obama's supporters have tried to straddle the line by arguing that Obama really hasn't made very substantial changes in Bush's anti-terror policies. This op-ed by Washington Post columnist David Ignatius is typical. They try to have their cake, even as they eat it, by asserting (always without evidence) that Bush's aggressive defense against terrorism actually made us less safe. Those who pay attention to the facts know that isn't true.
That is the uneasy position that the Obama administration now occupies with respect to the threat of Islamic terrorism. If there are no successful attacks here in the U.S. or against American interests abroad during the next four years, it will be a moot point. If such an attack occurs, however, Obama's balancing act is unlikely to satisfy anyone.
This is the context for yesterday's Rasmussen survey, which found that Americans' confidence that we are winning the war against Islamic terrorists is ebbing. Currently, 46 percent say that the US and its allies are winning the war on terror (Rasmussen is willing to use the term, even if Obama isn't). This is down from 55 percent at the end of the Bush administration and a high of 62 percent in February.
It's not obvious why confidence is slipping. Maybe it's because voters keep hearing about problems in Afghanistan and Pakistan; maybe it's because voters are beginning to conclude that Obama is weak, rather than tough like President Bush. But this slippage, if it continues, can only be a serious concern to the administration. It sets the stage for a serious voter backlash if, God forbid, Islamic terrorists should strike again. And if such a strike is led by a terrorist who was released from Gitmo by Obama, he can forget about a second term.


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Getting to play onstage with Lou Pallo, hearing the new album we're making on the Gibson bus, doing a clinic/performance at a great Gibson dealer, Alto Music; these are just some of what can really make for an extremely positive experience! I had actually never been on one of the Gibson buses before, and having made the tour bus circuit for a long time, I really appreciated all the comforts and fine surroundings for sure! I walked into the store, more like the size of an airplane hangar, and proceeded to really "rip it up" onstage with the great Lou Pallo and band! Lou, longtime sidekick and partner with Les Paul and the Les Paul Trio, now has his own wonderful Les Paul model, a wonderful tribute to such a terrific guy, and all-around great musician.
I brought along my own personal Les Paul Traditional, which sounded great, and we really had the house rockin' with our twin Les Paul attack! These are the kinds of experiences that really can stay with you, and they are in many ways, the "payback" for spending so long in the music business. After all, the greatest respect and compliments you can get from anyone is from your peers; the other folks in your same profession who all share a common bond, and a common group of life experiences. It's never more apparent than that moment when you all start to play, and immediately have a musical communication with each other. I suppose that's the sign of a real "pro"; when you can all just fall together, barely knowing each other's names, yet you become a real "team" once you hit that stage, or when you start "taking" in the studio!
This year for me has been full of a wealth of these kinds of experiences. My daughter Lexie, has just finished up her new album, with a song from it in a new Karen Black film, "Maria, My Love", I got to finish my new album, while also appearing on 3 new potential Grammy winners, The Les Paul Tribute album, a Burt Bacharach acoustic tribute, as well as a Lieber and Stoller tribute album!
But the best thing of all, is being able to connect again, or to play for the first time with, other great players, all who have my deepest respect. This is really the finest reward of being a true musician; the experiences you share with others, and the kinds of music and bonds you can make with a wonderful player and man like the great Lou Pallo!


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The euro rose to its strongest versus the dollar since December 2011 after exceeding a technical level amid increasing appetite for risk.
The 17-nation currency appreciated as European stocks reached the highest in almost two years as optimism rose that fiscal turmoil in the region is easing. The greenback fell versus most of its 16 major peers as investors pared bets the Federal Reserve will signal a change to its asset-buying program at the end of a two-day meeting tomorrow. South Africa's rand rallied versus the dollar from the weakest in almost four years.
"It's breaking through some technical levels," Fabian Eliasson, vice president of corporate foreign-exchange sales at Mizuho Financial Group Inc. in New York, said of the European currency in a telephone interview. "Just an overall risk-on type of trade. The euro is the story at the moment, pushing up at these levels."
The euro touched $1.3496, the strongest level in almost 14 months, before trading at $1.3483 at 1:41 p.m. in New York, up 0.2 percent. The shared currency was little changed at 122.26 yen. The greenback weakened 0.2 percent to 90.69 yen after touching 91.26 yesterday, the strongest since June 2010.
The European currency tested a resistance level at $1.3493, which is the 50 percent Fibonacci retracement of the shared currency's drop versus the dollar from May 2011 to July 2012, Richard Adcock, a technical strategist at UBS AG in London, wrote today in a client note. Resistance is an area on a chart where sell orders may be clustered. Fibonacci analysis is based on the theory that prices rise or fall by certain percentages after reaching a new high or low.
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The euro gained 1.1 percent against the dollar last week as the European Central Bank said financial institutions will repay more of its loans than forecast, spurring optimism the worst of the region's three-year-old debt crisis is over. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index climbed to 290.45 in London today, the highest level since February 2011.
South Africa's rand rose versus most major peers, rebounding from its weakest level in almost four years against the dollar as investors bet the decline had gone too far. The currency appreciated 0.8 percent to 9.0355 per dollar. It fell to 9.1604 yesterday, the least since April 2009.
Japan's currency gained versus the dollar as a report showed confidence among U.S. consumers dropped more than forecast in January to the lowest level in more than a year.
"What we're seeing is a little profit-taking," Mike Moran, a senior currency strategist at Standard Chartered Plc in New York, said in a telephone interview. "To expect dollar-yen to go in a straight line to 100 or 105 is not realistic."
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Law Practice Magazine
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Table of Contents | Features | Frontlines | Technology | Business
When law firm leaders push through innovations that make their firms unlike all the others, how does it affect the rest of the pack? Some think their bold moves may alter the broader landscape of the profession-or at least that's what they hope.
Take, for example, the intentions of Polly McNeill, who in 1997 left a comfortable career at the then-profitable (now-defunct) Heller Ehrman to co-found Seattle's Summit Law Group, where she's the CEO. "We formed our law firm with the purpose of changing the way the practice of law is provided as a service," she says. "Our orientation is to shake up the business model."
Or consider the goal of Christopher Marsten, the CEO of Boston's Exemplar Law Partners. "'Exemplar' means a 'model' or an 'ideal,'" he says. "We are here to lead the way in the industry. A lot of people in this profession need a better way of life."
Law Practice featured both Exemplar and Summit in a 2006 article that looked at some of the nation's most cutting-edge firms. (See "Law Firm Mavericks Go for Broke" in the December 2006 issue.) Wondering how firms with such vanguard thinking are faring with their innovations nowadays, we decided to revisit these two partnerships as well as examine two other firms that have pushed outside the proverbial envelope—Levenfeld Pearlstein and Novack and Macey.
Part of the aim is to help firms of every stripe explore this question: In the current economic environment, is it prudent for firms to innovate or is it best to simply stabilize? Law firm strategy consultant Robert W. Denney says breaking, or at least reshaping, the old law firm mold could be great right now—with one important condition. "It is a good time for firms to try something new, provided the partners have the financial resources to do it," he says. "That's the businessman speaking first. But generally speaking, in every crisis there are opportunities."
Of course, the decision to invent new ways of doing business, or to reinvent the firm by changing practices or procedures in other ways, depends on the particular operating parameters of each partnership. Here, then, to illustrate the possibilities, are snapshot-portraits of our four firms that have made the leap to become "something new."
Embracing a Shirtsleeves Culture While Hangin' in the Dot Lounge
A big signal that Summit Law Group is a different kind of firm is that it has no associates—all 30 of the firm's lawyers are partners. And on any given Friday afternoon at about happy- hour time, one of those partners will send out an e-mail that reads, "'It's 4:30. Let's go up to the Dot Lounge and get together,'" says CEO McNeill. "There will usually be a big turnout."
The Dot Lounge is named for the orange-colored dot featured in the firm's logo and for the dot-like orange beanbag chairs that help furnish the space. It's supplied with a restaurant-quality espresso machine for these Seattleites to get their morning fix, and it also has fine wines, micro-brews, nuts and treats for those Friday afternoon gatherings that sometimes turn into brainstorming sessions.
The hip hangout space as well as the all-partners structure are among several manifestations of this firm's unique culture, which has a tag line of "Energy. Passion. Commitment. Shirtsleeves." Shirtsleeves? McNeill explains: "By that we mean we work hard but we value substance over formality. This does translate into a dress code that is highly informal. In the summer you'll see people here wearing shorts and sandals and you may wonder: 'Are they lawyers?' They are."
McNeill says several other things set Summit apart from more traditional firms, including its progressive approach in affording even its part-time lawyers partnership status. The thinking here, it seems, is that this gives them a genuine stake in the game. "We feel some of the best, most talented lawyers out there have been marginalized by the limitations in attaining partnership status at more traditional firms," she says. "So we encourage and embrace those lawyers who choose to be part-time for family purposes."
Summit has also gained considerable notice for its efficiency in delivering service, its flexible billing arrangements and a self-described "value-adjustment line" in its contracts with clients. Essentially, that clause encourages clients to adjust their bills—up or down—to match the quality of legal work they received, something that attracts clients even though they rarely actually ask for a reduction.
The firm hasn't pulled in its bold-moves reins since the economy has slid south either. In fact, it recently launched a new practice area with a real estate asset group. "We feel we're growing this area at the right time, that it will be flourishing in a year or two," McNeill says. As she sees it, "This shows that we're flexible, we're nimble, we're priced appropriately and we have the highest-quality people—all of this puts us in a very good position in these economic times."
Banging a Gong and Celebrating Value
Engage in a conversation with Exemplar's Christopher Marsten and you may come away both exhausted and optimistic. That's because he'll throw a lot of content at you but his exuberance is infectious—and his enthusiasm appears to be paying off for his law firm, too.
Let's be honest, though. If you read about the then-29-year-old's new firm in these pages or elsewhere in 2006, you might have wagered that his venture would fail. Fresh out of law school, and holding a master's in finance as well, Marsten sunk every dollar he owned into Exemplar, ditched the billable-hour system, offered clients a satisfaction guarantee and hired only lawyers with a business degree or extensive business experience. But you would've lost that bet, at least judging by the firm's success right now.
Exemplar is clearly demonstrating that innovation can pay big dividends, even in mean, lean economic times. "While many law firms were laying off lawyers and having other problems last year," Marsten says, "we more than doubled our revenues [from new clients]."
In addition, in the three-plus years since its founding, the firm has more than doubled its lawyers ranks—to 21—apparently appealing to those attorneys who like its edgy brand, daring operating style and offbeat culture. "I tell people we're not your grandpa's law firm," Marsten says, adding that Exemplar is the nation's first business law firm to abandon hourly billing in favor of a fixed value-based pricing model.
The firm is also innovative in its hiring methods. First, a candidate must pass through at least four interviews, sometimes as many as six, which are conducted by various partners. And often Marsten gathers some of the firm's lawyers and the potential candidate for a round of board games, particularly one called "Apples to Apples," which has contestants match nouns to adjectives. Marsten says you find out a lot about somebody by watching how he or she competes. "You won't believe how many people self-identify as the wrong kind of people during these games," he says, adding that the firm has a no-jerks policy. "You get to see people's sense of humor. Are they bragging winners or sore losers? Do they play as a team? We want to hire happy people. We'll make as much money as we can but we're not compromising happy."
And there's this additional proof of the firm's cheerful offbeat culture. Exemplar has a gong in its wide-open office space—a space designed to foster idea sharing and teamwork within the firm—and when a lawyer wins a case, closes a big deal or achieves another goal, someone bangs the gong and "everyone comes running" to celebrate, Marsten says.
So what about that satisfaction guarantee? According to the guarantee's terms, if clients feel that the value of the service they've received is worth less than the price they paid for it, Exemplar promises to negotiate a fair price with the client. "But in our three-plus years, we haven't had a single client take us up on it," Marsten reports with obvious pride. "I think that speaks volumes."
Using Peppers, Frogs, Beetles and Associate Czars
At Chicago's Novak and Macey, a 30-plus-lawyer litigation boutique, a recently launched marketing campaign says a lot about the firm's bold spirit. Carrying the tag line "Small But Mighty," the campaign was built around a few things from nature that are disproportionately powerful—like the pea-sized tepin pepper (the hot-test pepper in the world), the poison dart frog (touching it can kill you) and the rhino beetle (which can carry 850 times its own weight). Strange elements, surely, in law firm marketing, but maybe just right for these times.
In fact, some say that if law firms aren't capable of dazzling potential clients with their marketing, they may as well save their resources. "In this economy, with all the cutbacks and layoffs, people simply don't have time to read material that's not valuable or interesting," says marketing consultant Jonathan Asperger. "You've got to make your message innovative in order to pass the valuable-or-interesting test. If you can do that, then it's worth your firm's time and money."
Certainly Novak and Macey's campaign (implemented with the help of Chicago-based consultant Ross Fishman) passes the "valuable-or-interesting" test—just consider what they did with those unusual campaign elements: " The marketing team fashioned ads with a picture of the "world's most toxic frog." They sent 2,500 packets of the "wear-a-hazmat-suit" tepin peppers to clients and friends of the firm. And they placed the firm's new logos on actual four-inch rhino beetles and put them around the city in places near courthouses or banks to generate buzz. Images of each element spin through the firm's Web site, too.
Firm cofounder Eric Macey says the marketing initiative aims to ad-dress the biggest problem for firms the size of his—establishing brand identity. "You have to do something different that makes people take notice," he says. "You can't simply have another ad with a picture of a conference table or one of the lobby with a bunch of white guys in suits standing in front of the logo. That's not us."
But its marketing isn't the only way Novack and Macey displays its creativity. For example, when the two name partners organized their management model they wanted to avoid a common practice at law firms: Macey calls it the "Pet Theory of Associates," whereby a firm's top rainmakers choose their favorite associates to work with on every matter, turning them into … well, their pets. "When that happens the young associate doesn't develop skills beyond what he or she gets from working with that partner," Macey says. "He or she is limited by the scope of the work that the partner does."
To prevent that from happening in their firm, Macey and Steve Novack created a position they call the "associate czar," and they fill it with a young partner who monitors all the associates and assigns them to different partners over time so that the younger lawyers can work on a broad range of skills in different cases. "When we need attorneys to help us on a case, all of the partners and I must go through the associate czar," Macey says.
Associates are also intrinsically involved in making decisions about the firm's technology, which helps build rapport and supports Macey's claim that the firm is "Obama-esque" in the way it reaches out to people. "On the technology front, it's totally driven from the bottom up," he says. "We feel that young associates know more about IT than we do. They know how to deliver products more efficiently, way more than partners ever would."
Importantly, the firm is also untraditional in its focus on consensus in decision making. The partners discuss problems as they arise and come to solutions together, Macey says, in ways that most firms don't. "We haven't had a vote on a partnership matter in all of our 25 years," he notes.
Reinventing While Retaining the "Power of Informality"
In 2000, a year after it opened its doors, Chicago-based Levenfeld Pearlstein made headlines for launching a gay-rights law practice, believed to be the first of its kind—a move that won chair Bryan Schwartz, who encouraged the idea and the marketing around it, the Spherion Marketers of the Year Award. And something else generated buzz in the firm's early years—the fact that it had a, well, unusual culture.
What about the culture broke new ground? For one thing, the firm supplied crayons to all its lawyers to encourage creative, or "colorful," thinking. (The idea was that too often lawyers think in blacks, whites and grays.) For another, it placed little race cars on the lawyers' desk to remind them to respond to clients' needs quickly. And then there were the Quiet Time Tuesdays, when the firm turned off the phones and everyone spent a few minutes silently focusing on the goals that they'd set for them-selves. As Schwarz once said about his firm, "Levenfeld Pearlstein's not for everybody, and we're proud of that."
Today, however, the crayons, race cars and Quiet Time Tuesdays are gone primarily because, over the course of recent years, the firm has reinvented itself.
"We're less quirky now," Schwartz says. "As our clients changed, our firm changed to adapt to that. When we first started we were definitely focused on start-ups and emerging companies. Then we learned something: They don't pay you. We realized we needed new clients and we needed to grow up as a business and invest in systems and people."
Clearly, the firm has transformed itself and has a more businesslike management approach. The reinvention has evolved since 2002, when two new lawyers vaulted business in the firm's real estate practice. Soon the partnership had significantly better clients in that area, and slowly that trend spread across the firm. It now has more corporate clients in particular, and the gay-rights practice is gone.
But this doesn't mean Levenfeld has abandoned innovation—it remains set off from the pack in other ways. The simple fact that it has a centralized management structure and strives to run itself like a corporation differentiates it from the traditional law firm. At the same time, it maintains an emphasis on a supportive firm culture—for two years running, it has been on Business Ledger's list of "Best Places to Work in Illinois." The firm is also carbon neutral and was the first U.S. law firm to create a pilot program adopting the ABA's Model Commitment to Sustainability.
Another example: A few years ago leadership realized it needed a different business development strategy, that their lawyers weren't generating the type of work they wanted. So they brought in trainers—but not just for a day or two of seminars, the way many partnerships do it. "We brought in a firm that really lived with us for two years," Schwartz says, "and provided our lawyers with one-on-one training to identify our targets and teach our attorneys to be innovative in how we go after them. We now have much more team-focused marketing. That helped bring in lawyers in a multidisciplinary way."
And the firm still maintains a relaxed atmosphere. "We call that the 'power of informality,'" Schwartz says, noting that the phrase is based on a speech by General Electric chair Jack Welch, who asked that everyone call him "Jack." Elaborating in a tone that reflects how proud he remains of the firm, he adds: "We don't have black-tie holiday parties. We wear jeans, go to funky places and have holiday skits where we make fun of each other. It's no-holds barred and no toupee is safe. If you can't laugh at yourself, you're probably not going to make it here." It seems reinventing to be more businesslike still leaves room for fun—and that sounds like a healthy outcome.
Steven T. Taylor is an award-winning freelance journalist living in Portland, OR, who writes on various subjects in the legal media.


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NEW YORK (AP) — A spokeswoman for former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and his wife says the two have resolved all issues as they part ways after 26 years of marriage.
Lisa Linden issued a statement Wednesday saying their breakup is "uncontested."
The statement came after reports the couple filed divorce papers in state Supreme Court in Manhattan. Linden wouldn't comment on whether papers had been filed. Court records don't show a divorce filing in the Spitzers' names. Divorces can be filed anonymously.
Silda Wall Spitzer stood by her husband's side in 2008 when he resigned as governor after admitting he paid for sex with prostitutes, but she largely stepped out of the public eye after that.
The couple announced last month that they were splitting up. They have three grown children.


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The Neosho junior high football teams traveled to McDonald County last Thursday and came home with wins in two of three games at McDonald County High School.
The Neosho junior high football teams traveled to McDonald County last Thursday and came home with wins in two of three games at McDonald County High School.
Eighth grade
At Anderson
Neosho A 24, McDonald County 12
Neosho took it to McDonald County's secondary in the eighth grade game. Wildcat quarterback Gavin Kelley completed four passes for 66 yards and two touchdowns, including a 28-yard hookup to Kaleb Moreland and an 18-yard strike to Hank Selig. Jarvis Funk also completed a 33-yard pass to Moreland, who finished with three grabs for 65 yards and a score. Funk also had a 16-yard reception and led the team in rushing with 26 yards on three carries, including a touchdown scamper of eight yards.
Kelley rushed for 13 yards, while Adrian Hitchcock ran for eight and Brady Wise finished with two. Wise also had two kick returns for 32 yards.
Selig led the defense with seven tackles, followed by Taylor Trejo with six, Hitchcock five, Funk, Moreland, and Kelley with four each, Avery Aragon three, Isaac Johnston, Kaleb Larson, Davon Willis and Wise two, and R.J. Davis, Lucas Kibler and Dalton Martin one.
The eighth graders did not play a B game.
Seventh grade
Neosho A 28, McDonald County 6
The Wildcats played superb defense against the Mustangs while the offense was efficient on both the ground and through the air.
The Wildcats forced three turnovers on defense, as Connor McGehee had an interception and Braxton Barnes and Alec Rothman recovered fumbles. Brok Logan led the team with five tackles, while Colton Mouse finished with 41/2, McKay Harris four, Craig Dylan Jordan three, Mason Ray 21/2, Cade Lyerla, Donnie Fox and Trevon Letts two, Braxton Barnes 11/2 and Caden Green, Rothman and Martinez one each.
Offensively, Green hauled in two catches, both for touchdowns. His first grab came from quarterback Drew Osborn on a 38-yard strike, before snagging a 24-yard score from Barnes later in the game. Green finished with 64 yards receiving. Osborn, meanwhile, completed three passes for 77 yards and a TD, while Barnes completed three for 37 and the score. Logan had 40 yards receiving on two grabs, while Jordan had two for 12.
Jordan led the team in rushing with 55 yards on six tries, including a 32-yard touchdown run. Lyerla had 16 yards rushing, while Harris had nine, Osborn seven, Norris four and Martinez three.
Harris had 32 return yards and recovered a fumble. Ray had eight return yards and McGehee added six.
Neosho B lost 36-28. Stats for this game were not available at the coach's request.
Eighth grade
At Nixa, Mo.
Nixa A 22, Neosho 8
On Oct. 3, the Wildcats traveled to Nixa, where the Eagles came away victorious in the A game after scoring on the opening kickoff and never looking back.
Neosho's lone score came on a 15-yard touchdown pass from Gavin Kelley to Hank Selig. Adrian Hitchcock scored on a two-point conversion run. Kelley led the team with 69 yards through the air on four completions. He also had a strike of 31 yards to Jarvis Funk and an 18-yard pass to Kaleb Moreland. Brady Wise completed a four-yard pass to Funk.
Funk led the team with 11 rushing yards and 35 receiving. Hitchcock rushed for four yards. Kelley had two kick returns for 25 yards, while Wise had one for six.
Selig paced the team defensively with 10 tackles, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery. Hitchcock had eight stops and forced a fumble. Moreland had one tackle and intercepted a pass. Hunter Lockwood recorded seven tackles in the game, while Kelley had two and Taylor Trejo and Funk added one apiece.
Nixa B 2, Neosho 0
Nope, that's not a baseball score.
This game would go down as one of the best defensive battles of the season as the Eagles prevailed thanks to a safety on a bad snap.
Funk led the Wildcats with 36-yards rushing, while Lockwood followed with 31, Larson 24, Wise 22, Trejo two and Weston Marcoux one. Wise also added 15 return yards and Robert Davis had eight.
Defensive stats were not available for this game.
Seventh grade
Nixa A 26, Neosho 8
Nixa's offense was too much for the Wildcats to overcome in the Central Ozark Conference showdown.
The Eagles scored first to take a 6-0 lead after the Wildcats held them on the two-point conversion attempt. The Wildcats then took an 8-6 lead when Martinez scored on a six-yard run and Osborn connected with Logan on a two-point conversion pass to make it 8-6. The Eagles scored again before the half and led 12-8, before adding 14 unanswered points in the second half.
Jordan led the team with 67 yards rushing, including 51 on his first carry of the game. Martinez finished with two carries for 10 yards, while Osborn ran for seven and Lyerla four. Osborn passed for 14 yards. Ray led the team with 11 yards receiving, while Green had four and Logan three. Martinez had two kick returns for 36 yards, Lyerla had eight and Barnes five.
Mouse led the defense with three tackles and a forced fumble. Sean Moran had one tackle and recovered a fumble. Ray and Rothman also had three tackles apiece, while Letts and Martinez had two and Barnes, Fox, Jordan, Moran and Sullivan finished with one.
Neosho B 6, Nixa 6
The Wildcats simply ran out of time, and the Eagles breathed a sigh of relief as time expired with the Wildcats in Nixa's red zone.
As the final seconds ticked off the clock, the Wildcats took a shot at the end zone but came up just short as the game ended in a rare tie.
Norris scored the lone touchdown for the Wildcats on a 13-yard scamper on his ninth carry of the game. He finished with 57 yards on 11 carries. Gavin Colson led the Wildcats with 82-yards rushing on 12 carries. Gage Eiland carried once for five yards.
Barnes passed for 103 yards, including completions of 45, 40 and 12 yards. Craig completed three passes for 36 yards. Colston also led the team in receiving with 75 yards on four catches. Trevon Letts had three grabs for 64 yards.
Colston had one return for 18 yards and Eiland had one for 15.
Letts led the defense with five tackles, while Crawford, and Donnie Fox added three, Green and Ethan White two and Tyler Sullivan, Colston, Wyatt Wisenhunt, Travis Coe, Eiland, Norris, Rothman and Tyller Miller had one each. Letts turned in a sack and blocked a punt. Coe had an interception.


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UH Press receives top honors in Hawai'i book awardsUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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On Friday, May 10, the Hawai'i Book Publishers Association announced the winners of the 2013 Ka Palapala Po'okela book awards at a celebration at the Hawai'i State Library.
University of Hawai'i Press titles were recognized with seven of the twenty awards, including the top Samuel M. Kamakau Award for Hawai'i Book of the Year, which was bestowed on Kalaupapa: A Collective Memory, by Anwei Skinsnes Law with design by Julie Matsuo-Chun, one of the UH Press production staff.
In addition, the book tied as the winner of the Award of Excellence in the Hawaiian Language, Culture and History category and received an honorable mention in Nonfiction. Published with the support of the Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence at UH Mānoa's John A. Burns School of Medicine, the comprehensive work uses primary sources such as letters, petitions, and oral history interviews to document the lives of individuals sent to the leprosy settlement at Kalaupapa. The judges praised the volume as "a very important contribution to Hawaiian history" and recognized Anwei Law for "an exemplary job constructing an insightful narrative from these sources into a book that is beautifully realized by UH Press."
Warm accolades also went to these UH Press titles and their authors:
Ancestry of Experience: A Journey into Hawaiian Ways of Knowing, by Leilani Holmes — Winner (tie) of the Award of Excellence in Hawaiian Language, Culture & History
I Respectfully Dissent: A Biography of Edward H. Nakamura, by Tom Coffman — Winner of the Award of Excellence in Nonfiction
Loulu: The Hawaiian Palm, by Donald R. Hodel — Winner of the Award of Excellence in Natural Science
The 'Ukulele: A History, by Jim Tranquada and John King — Winner of the Award of Excellence in Special-Interest Books
See this post for the list of all UH Press nominees; read the Hawaiʻi Book Blog post on the event for complete results; and view photos on the HBPA website.
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At Fall Processor Forum, ARM will be presenting two of its newest technologies for one of the most knowledgeable technical audiences in chip design.
"Multimedia Technology for Application Processors," presented by Simon Ford, technical lead, multimedia application processors, will introduce a new media and signal processing technology designed to support streaming video, audio, imaging, 3D graphics and gaming in high-end wireless and consumer applications.
"PrimeCell® AXI Configurable On-Chip Interconnect," presented by Tim Mace, PrimeCell product manager, will detail the workings of the on-chip interconnect technology for the latest ARM® processors and data engines, including selected processors in the ARM11™ processor family, the MPCore™ multiprocessor, and OptimoDE™ data engines.
Wednesday, October 6, 2004
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2:25 p.m. - Session Four, "PrimeCell AXI Configurable On-Chip Interconnect"
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ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products, from wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, security and storage devices. ARM's 16/32-bit RISC microprocessors, data engines, peripherals, software and tools, combined with the company's broad Partner community, provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path to market for leading electronics companies. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.
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Challenges, Questions--Presenting Workshops
Getting parents to come to the library was a challenge. When we did the workshops for parents at the library, only a couple of people showed up. We ended up doing the workshops at the parent meetings of many of our partners like Head Start, Even Start. This was a much better use of our time and resources. We got to know both the participants and the partner planners better and gained their respect. --Sghoting 13:10, 13 December 2006 (CST)
Although I enjoy the Born to Succeed video from Multnomah, the young parent groups that I have shown it to are quick to notice that the video was made in the early to mid-1990s. Several of the teen parents giggled and laughed out loud at the hair and clothing styles of the young parents in the video. This really distracted my groups during the video portion of the workshop. Is there any plan to update this video using the same great early literacy message, but with more contemporary young parents?
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Halloween Costume 411: Here's How You Can Be Charlie Sheen & His Porn Princess Capri Anderson For Halloween!
Still looking for a costume? Believe it or not, you probably have everything you need to recreate this look right at home!
Most of my friends are stressing out about their Halloween costumes, especially since they're excited to celebrate tomorrow night but still don't know what to dress up as. All of the costume stores are jam-packed and picked-over– trying to buy something last minute is only going to make matters worse. I recommend an easy, do-it-yourself option: Charlie Sheen and his porn princess! You may think it's incredibly ridiculous but that's what always makes the best costume!For the guy, all he has to wear is boxers, slippers, and a tie. Messy hair and an open bottle of vodka can't hurt either! I recommend throwing a frame over your head — after all, he did trash his hotel room. For the female companion, a slip, stripper heels, and a curtain will definitely get the point across. Like I said, you can probably just use the items around your house for this idea– but below we have some picks if you want to scoop up this costume or just need a little inspiration!


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Police will soon have twice as many eyes to watch for reckless drivers.
The Holly Springs Police Department recently received a $193,000 federal grant through the N.C. Governor's Highway Safety Program to fund two new positions on the town's traffic safety unit, which currently boasts two officers.
The department has placed greater emphasis on road safety in recent years as the town has grown, said Chief John Herring.
This is the second time that Holly Springs has applied for and acquired a GHSP grant to pay for two traffic officers. The first came in 2010, when the department received $167,000.
Officers Allan Laws and Mitchell Ham doubled the number of traffic tickets issued within a year, and the number of driving-while-impaired arrests increased about 47 percent from 2010 to 2013, largely because of their efforts.
Despite the creation of the traffic unit in 2010 and road improvements made throughout town, traffic crashes have remained flat since then.
"With the development and growth projected for Holly Springs, there is no reason to believe these (crash) numbers will decrease," Laws wrote in the department's application.
Traffic is a top concern for Holly Springs leaders. The town recently acquired funds to realign the intersection of Avent Ferry Road and the N.C. 55 Bypass – an area prone to long traffic backups.
Residents have also complained about crosswalks near local schools being too dangerous because drivers don't yield to pedestrians.
In addition to monitoring traffic around town, the department hopes an expanded traffic unit will increase DWI arrests by 5 percent and seat belt citations by 10 percent.
In 2013, the Holly Springs traffic unit arrested 117 people for driving while impaired and cited 290 people for seat belt infractions.
The officers will also be responsible for conducting DWI and seat belt checkpoints, participating in GHSP-sponsored events, responding to traffic accidents and encouraging young drivers to drive safely.
The unit already does a great job, Herring said. The town received recognition from AAA Carolinas in 2012 for being a "Traffic Safe" community.
But to maximize the traffic unit's potential, the police department needed at least two more officers, he said.
"When you talk about 168 hours a week, 365 days a year, it takes at least five officers," he said. "This is going to allow us to have the unit's resources 24/7."
The grant pays for equipment, training, salaries, benefits and travel for three years. Holly Springs will pay $34,000 the first year and will take on the entirety of the costs after the third year.
Herring said he plans to transfer two of the department's current officers to the traffic unit, then hire two patrol officers.


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Pia Toscano: Record Label Visit Following 'Idol' Elimination!
Pia Toscano is all smiles as she heads into the Warner Music Group/Elektra Records building on Friday (April 8) in Los Angeles.
The 22-year-old singer was reportedly visiting a record label after being voted off American Idol the night before in one of the most shocking sendoffs in the show's history.
Pia had been one of the season's frontrunners and got positive feedback for her performance of "River Depp, Mountain High" earlier in the week.
Celebrities have been sounding off about the elimination on Twitter, with Tom Hanks, Ashton Kutcher, Alyssa Milano, and former Idol contestant Jennifer Hudson and more giving Pia their support.
Follow Pia and Just Jared on Twitter at @PToscanoAI10 and @JustJared!