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Selected in the fourth round (115th pick overall) of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft by the Vancouver Canucks.
Freshman (2011-12) Stats
Named to ECAC Hockey All-League third team and All-Rookie squad ... ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year finalist ... Received George Percy Award as Harvard's top rookie ... ECAC Hockey/Fischer Hockey Rookie of the Month (December) ... ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week (Dec. 13) ... Paired with Ryan Grimshaw '12 ... Ranked eighth nationally among defensemen and eighth among rookies with 0.82 points per game ... Registered 17 points (4-13-17) as part of the nation's top power play unit (27.3 percent) ... Tied for fourth among ECAC Hockey defensemen with 15 points (4-11-15) in league games ... Tied for seventh in ECAC Hockey, first among defenseman, with seven playoff points (1-6-7) ... Scored less than five minutes into the game to ignite 6-1 win against Cornell in ECAC Hockey semifinals (March 16) ... Assisted on all three regulation goals in double-overtime defeat of Yale in ECAC quarterfinals (March 10) ... Registered a goal and an assist in defeat of St. Lawrence to clinch a home playoff series (Feb. 24) ... Posted two assists in comeback win at Quinnipiac (Feb. 3) ... Logged an assist in each game of two?tie weekend at No. 18 Colgate and No. 9 Cornell (Jan. 20-21) ... Gave Harvard a first-period lead in eventual tie at No. 18 North Dakota and added an assist against UND a night later (Dec. 30-31) ... Recorded three points each in back?to?back games, logging three assists at Massachusetts (Dec. 2) and a goal and two assists at Princeton (Dec. 10) ... Registered two assists in comeback from four goals down to defeat New Hampshire (Nov. 22) ... Skated end to end to score power-play goal at St. Lawrence (Nov. 19) ... Logged an assist and broke the glass with a shot in win at Clarkson (Nov. 18) ... Registered first career goal in win against No. 18 Colgate (Nov. 12) after logging his first point on an assist earlier in the game ... Made Harvard debut in season opener against Princeton (Nov. 4).
Before Harvard
Spent two years at Milton Academy, lettering both years in hockey and lacrosse … Captained the team to a New England prep championship as a senior … A two-time selection to the All-New England first team … 2009-10 U.S. Hockey Report Defenseman of the Year and 2010-11 Hockey Night in Boston Prep School Player of the Year … As a senior, made the All-Independent School League team in hockey and earned All-ISL honorable mention in lacrosse … Played attack in lacrosse.
Father, Tom, was captain of the Columbia football team … Sister, Delia, plays ice hockey at Vermont.
Career Highs
Points - 3 twice, most recently one goal, two assists at Princeton, Dec. 10, 2011
Goals - 1 five times, most recently vs. St. Lawrence, Feb. 24, 2012
Assists - 3 at Massachusetts, Dec. 2, 2011
Point streak - 4 twice, most recently Dec. 2, 2011-Jan. 7, 2012


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Rogue, I just turn let the kiln turn off and cool down by itself. Sometime leave the vent on for a couple of hours. (Anxious) The only thing I could think of is some contamination on the bisque fired clay, finger spots, etc.
Sorry about your problems with Stoned Denium. It is one of my favorite glazes. I fire a 1027 to cone 6 using this glaze dipped. Up to cone 6 in 7 1/2 hours with vent then regular cool down. Nice shiny glaze. My only worry is that it seems to be really thick out of the dip, but I have never had a problem with it.
Hand Building With Different Clay Bodies
Bill T. replied to Bioman's topic in Studio Operations and Making WorkBioman, you probably are familiar with Trinity Ceramics in Dallas. They carry a lot of the Laguna clay. I get my Speckled Buff there. Check out Armadillo's Cinco Blanco and Cone 5 white clay also.
In the morning before it reaches 107F here in the oven that is Texas classical music on the area NPR station. Always classical music whether I'm working in clay or wood.
Free Glaze
Bill T. replied to David F.'s topic in Studio Operations and Making WorkGo to the Amaco web site, look for section about layering glazes. Look over the color sheets for ideas. That will get her started and will probably cost you too.
Poppies In London
Bill T. replied to Chris Campbell's topic in Aesthetic Approaches and PhilosophyWife and I were in London on Armistice Day several years ago visiting Westminster Cathedral. All around the grounds were small areas recognizing each unit of their Armed Services that had fought in WWI. Among the decorations were thousands of paper poppies and every one was wearing one. It was quite a moving experience.
Axner Kiln Wash
Bill T. replied to Min's topic in Studio Operations and Making WorkI found this kiln wash several years ago. Fire only about 2x a month. This wash does fine for me (cone 5-6) doesn't flake and gives a little texture to the shelf so objects can slide a little during firing. Would probably be too expensive for a large kiln but for my 3 shelf Skutt I usually recoat 2x a year. In the 10 years I have had my kiln have never flipped shelves, they must be good no warping.
Clay lover: Sorry can't figure out the quote function. I hold 10 minutes at 2180 just to settle everything down. No scientific reason except it seems to work with the glazes I use. I'm glad this topic has generated some interest and a lot of good suggestions from the folks that have done it a lot. Maybe you will feel more comfortable tackling the job by oneself. .
Can't be much help with the first questions, only that my firings had increased in time about an hour and hard to reach 2180 cone 6 for me. I fire 150 degrees per hour for the last 200 degrees, and this is where it seemed to take too long. You do not have to bend the Skutt elements. They are pre-bent for each angle. You do have to hold them up in a straight line so they can settle to the correct curvature. Then keeping all in line just work your way around the element holders. Skutt includes pretty good directions, 2 ceramic spacers, 2 new connectors and lots of pins. There is also a video on You Tube made by Skutt. It really is as easy as the lady makes it look. Check it out.
New Elements Are In
Bill T. posted a topic in Studio Operations and Making WorkAfter hundreds of bisque and Cone 6 firings my Skutt 1027 was beginning to lag down. Time for new elements. Having never done this before I was a bit concerned not with the actual process of replacement and rewiring, but with getting the old elements out without tearing up the element channels. Thank goodness the 1027 is sectional, and I could put each section on the bench and work with good view and not with my bu...up in the air while bending down in a hole. I learned the trick to getting the elements out without damage on the first one. Don't just pull...carefully twist the element out of its channel. Little back and forth twisting motions. Did not damage a single channel. Probably over zealous in the use of the element pins, but Skutt sent a whole lot with each element so I used more than what was first in it. New thermocoupler, cleaned the outside case, painted the stand, cleaned and oiled the exhaust vent, it almost looks like a new kiln again. So tomorrow a breakin firing with cone packs to check everything out.
Sponge Cleaning Before Glazing
Bill T. replied to Darcy Kane's topic in Studio Operations and Making WorkI use compressed air from my big compressor. Has worked well for 10 years, although it might depend on the clay you are throwing with. I set the compressor for about 90# of pressure and use a small hand-held blow gun. My shop has a garage door so I do all of this outside.
Since you are in Austin, have you checked with Armadillo Clay? Their web site shows it.
Raku Burner
Bill T. posted a topic in Studio Operations and Making WorkI have an old Gare kiln about 3 cu/ft that I am planning on making a raku kiln out of. Since I'm a little flush from good Christmas sales I want to buy a Ward burner. Which of these burners do I want? "With 1-8 PSI, the MR750 Single System is rated at 54,365 to 153,768 BTU's, The MR100 is rated at 68,347 to 193,303 BTU's." Probably will run them on propane, have gas available but will wait to see how all goes learning to fire the kiln. Have already bought a digital pyrometer. Thanks for the help.
What Sort Of Stirrer Do You Use.
Bill T. replied to Babs's topic in Clay and Glaze ChemistryI picked up a stick blender at a garage sale cheap. It works great. I like it because it will get to the bottom of my containers to stir that up. I don't mix buckets of glaze just about a gallon size container.
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Firing Schedule, Cone 6 Glazes
Bill T. replied to yarddog's topic in Studio Operations and Making WorkHere is the MC6 suggested firing schedule (with a slow cooling if you want to use it). Deg F/hour Temp & hold Ramp 1 100 220/0 R 2 350 2000/0 R 3 150 2190/15 or where cone 6 is bent correctly, depends on your kiln mine bends at 2185 To continue with slow cooling cycle R 4 -500 1900/0 R 5 -125 1400/0 "For bisque firings we recommend slow firing (100C, 180F per hour from 100C to 900C, 212F to 1650F). This is when chemically combined water and organics are burn off. This is especially important with iron bearing bodies to stop any reduction of iron which can over flux clay." " For bisque firing a 5-10 minute soak at the end of the firing cycle can be advantageous......." MC6 John Hesselberth & Ron Roy. My glaze firing with at Skutt 1027 pretty full is about 8 1/2 hours and bisque about 12 1/2.

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It's 9:46 p.m., do you know where your unrestricted free agents are?
Am I a relic of the past or what? Judas Priest's "Unleashed in the East" is blasting in my ears on the iPod, and I've got an Andy Griffith marathon going simultaneously on TV Land. Yep, folks, this is my Saturday night.
Seriously, though, ya gotta love "Ange" and the rest of the Mayberry crew. Do you think if they tried to have a character like Goober today, though, they would ban it, as possibly being too over the top, southern stereotype? I mean, the beanie hat with the top cut into triangles, pants pulled up to his armpits and brown leather hightops? I think maybe.
(A quick aside: Covering the '02 Cup Finals between Detroit and Carolina, I drove about three hours to Andy Griffith's hometown, which is actually called Mount Airy. I almost stayed in Andy's boyhood house, which is a Bed and Breakfast now, but chose a Hampton Inn or something instead. Next day, I walked down main street, ate lunch at the same little soda fountain-style shop the show was based on, and then got my hair cut by the original Floyd the barber. Only, his name isn't Floyd, it was Russell Hiatt. But he'd been there 50 years or something, cut Andy's hair and everything, and Floyd's character was partially based on him and his partner).
Anyway, it's free agent day tomorrow, and my cell phone is all charged up for what I expect to be a cauliflower ear kind of day. Our fair and mighty Avs are going to be in the thick of the auction, starting at 10 a.m. mountain.
Francois Giguere has got about $17 million to spend on as little as four players if he wants. The Avs technically have 19 players under contract right now, players who played with the team for good stretches last season, at a payroll of a little over $33 million. You only need 23 players to field a team (and you don't have to have 23, either), so that leaves some good dough to throw around.
I just that this free agent class is a bit overhyped. It's like, for the lack of anything truly dramatic and remarkable going on right now, the hockey press is obsessing over some guys who, well, I don't think quite deserve it. I mean, Daniel Briere is nice little player, a guy who can put the puck in the net pretty well. But, $6 million a year? Are we starting to slip back into the kind of financial foolishness that helped cause the first lost season of a major sports league in history, just three years ago – back when guys like Greg de Vries (who is available again) were getting $4 million a year from the Rangers?
And to read some reports, Scott Hannan is just one notch below a combination of Red Kelly, Bobby Orr and Brad Park as a defenseman. Should any team – Avs included, who are interested in Hannan – throw $5 million a year at him? Not if it were my money. I might wait for the next free agent class or two, and hook some bigger tuna.
The big tuna out there tomorrow are Chris Drury, Ryan Smyth and, to a more uncertain extent, Peter Forsberg. I don't care what it costs, I would outbid everybody out there to get Drury back, if I'm Giguere. I've said it once and I'll say it a thousand more times, the guy is a stud, he's a winner, he's a guy you go into any big playoff series already one goal up on the others guys, because you just know he's going to pot that huge game-winner in OT or late in the third.
A couple of things could very well keep Drury from coming back to this Dusty Old Cowtown. The first is something we've talked about before. Let's call it the Jilted Lover factor. Drury was dumped to Siberia, sorry, Calgary, a few years ago, and might not want to take his ex back in their time of need.
But the other is something we haven't talked about as much: Let's call it the Politics of Pierre Lacroix factor. We all know the Drury trade was probably Lacroix's worst as a GM. We also know, while he isn't the GM anymore, he is still the team president. The question is, will it be too uncomfortable, too embarrassing even, for Giguere to offer a huge truckload of money to the same guy Lacroix gave away before? Would that make Lacroix look real bad, bad enough for Giguere to back away – either by his choice or something more subtle from above?
I doubt that would prevent Giguere from acting, but I think it's possible. On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd say it's a 2. Maybe a 3.
I've been hearing that the Avs are interested in Michal Handzus, who is a pretty nice player. But if I'm an Avs fan, I have to hope he's not my big splash signing. As splashes go, Drury would be Haystacks Calhoun doing a bellyflop in the deep end. Handzus would be more like my 3-year-old son, Tommy, doing the same. Handzus is a 20-goal, 50-60 point kind of guy, and a center, where the Avs are actually pretty deep right now.
Forsberg is going to try skating on his surgically altered foot next week. From what I have been told by extremely close sources to him, how he feels during that skate could be the make or break point for the rest of his career. If he feels bad and needs a bigger surgery, chances are strong he will say, 'that's it, i've had it, I'm taking my millions of Swedish Krona and hanging out on the golf course for the rest of my life." But if he feels good, chances are even better he says, "I'm coming back", where he can try for 1,000 points and better cement what should still be a Hall of Fame career.
Smyth is an intriguing proposition. He's a great leader, a hockey player to the enth degree, with a great mullet and a wicked tipper in front of the net. On the other hand, he's in his 30s and never been the fleetest of foot. Do you give him a five-year, $30 million deal, as are the numbers being fashionably reported? Hmmm, got some doubts there. I dont' remember seeing highlights of him scoring hat tricks in the playoffs on the Island.
All I know is, it's 11:08 now, The The's "This is the Day" is now on the headphones, and that about wraps it up. Tomorrow is the day for hockey fans, so I better get some shut eye. Not before watching one last Andy episode, though. I think it's the one where Goober got a date.
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After experiencing his first loss as an NBA starter, New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin might get some help.
There's at least a slight chance that Baron Davis and J.R. Smith could be added to the rotation Sunday afternoon when New York hosts the Dallas Mavericks, who will try to add to both their longest winning streak of the season and their recent mastery of the Knicks.
Lin has become a national sensation since he first scored 25 points off the bench in a 99-92 win over New Jersey on Feb. 4, then led New York (15-16) to six more victories in a row while in the starting lineup.
The former Harvard standout totaled 136 points in his first five starts, the most by any player since the NBA-ABA merger in 1976, and he had 26 against visiting New Orleans on Friday. However, he also committed nine turnovers - tied for the most in the league this season - in the Knicks' 89-85 defeat.
"Just a lackluster effort on my part coming out and careless with the ball, and so nine turnovers is obviously never going to get it done from your primary ballhandler," Lin said. "It's on me in terms of taking care of the ball and also the game in general."
While Lin tries to bounce back, Davis and Smith have a chance to make their New York debuts Sunday.
New York inked Davis to a one-year deal Dec. 19 but a herniated disc in his back has kept him from playing. The veteran guard might remain out until after next weekend's All-Star break.
"He's close. He could go. I think he could play (Sunday)," coach Mike D'Antoni said. "We'll see, but I want to work him a little bit gradually."
The Knicks signed Smith, who had been playing in China after five seasons in Denver, on Friday but D'Antoni said his preference is for the swingman not to play before he's had a chance to practice.
Smith, though, is reportedly in shape and D'Antoni says he "will see what happens."
The Knicks will likely be without All-Star forward Carmelo Anthony for a seventh straight game because of a strained right groin. D'Antoni said it's likely Anthony will return for Monday night's game against New Jersey.
Anthony's absence could give the Mavericks a prime opportunity for a seventh consecutive win overall and a season-high fourth in a row on the road.
Dallas (20-11) has also won 17 of its last 19 meetings with the Knicks and five straight at MSG. Dirk Nowitzki's 29.4 scoring average there since the beginning of the 2001-02 season is his best in any road arena.
Nowitzki had 29 points and 11 rebounds in a 113-97 win at MSG last February, and was one of three Mavericks to score at least 20 along with Shawn Marion and Jason Terry in a 127-109 home victory March 10 as Dallas swept the season series.
Nowitzki is averaging 24.3 points on 50.0 percent shooting over his last eight games. He scored 24 of his 28 points in the second half Friday to rally Dallas from a 15-point deficit for an 82-75 win at Philadelphia.
"I had a couple go in, and we all know when a shooter sees a couple go in, the confidence goes up," Nowitzki said. "I knew in the second half I was going to come out and keep firing. I'm glad they went in."
Terry did not play Friday due to "a personal situation" according to coach Rick Carlisle, and also missed Wednesday's victory over Denver due to a strained right quad, but is expected to return Sunday.
Knicks center Tyson Chandler, who started 74 games for the Mavericks in 2010-11, is expected to be in the lineup to face his former team for the first time since a three-team trade Dec. 10.
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The need to empower natural leaders isn't an HR pipedream, it's a competitive imperative. But before you can empower them, you have to find them.
In most companies, the formal hierarchy is a matter of public record—it's easy to discover who's in charge of what. By contrast, natural leaders don't appear on any organization chart. To hunt them down, you need to know . . .
Whose advice is sought most often on any particular topic?
Who responds most promptly to requests from peers?
Whose responses are judged most helpful?
Who is most likely to reach across organizational boundaries to aid a colleague?
Whose opinions are most valued, internally and externally?
Who gets the most kudos from customers?
Who's the most densely connected to other employees?
Who's generating the most buzz outside the company?
Who consistently demonstrates real thought leadership?
Who seems truly critical to key decisions?
A lot of the data you need to answer these questions is lurking in the weeds of your company's email system, or can be found on the Web. Nevertheless, it will take some creative effort and software tweaks to ferret it out.
A few suggestions . . .
- Establish a directory of key words corresponding to critical skills and competencies within your company, and then see who generates or receives the most emails on any particular topic.
- Add a small box at the end of every incoming email that lets the recipient grade the sender's response: was it timely, was it helpful?
- Analyze internal email flows to see which folks are most likely to respond positively to emails from colleagues in other divisions—who's collaborating across unit boundaries?
- Create a system for ranking the frequency and value of each employee's contributions to internal wikis or communities of practice.
- Encourage employees to write internal blogs, and to rank posts and comments.
- Using key words, analyze company emails to see who's had the most to say about important corporate decisions, and to see how widely those views have been disseminated and discussed.
- Identify emails relating to key projects and then identify the individuals who were the most critical "nodes" in the project team—the folks who seemed to be in the middle of every email exchange.
- Review incoming emails from customers to determine who's getting the most requests for help, who's been most responsive and who's receiving the most praise. Or, give customers the ability to immediately score the email responses they get from company personnel.
- Use Google Alert and news tracking to find out which employees are getting quoted most often online, and who's showing up most often in the press.
There are other types of data that might also be useful—but you get the idea.
Sure, there are some practical challenges in collecting and analyzing this sorts of data. But ultimately, it should be possible for a company to create a multivariate leadership score for every employee.
Obviously, the old top-down hierarchy isn't going to disappear any time soon. What would happen, though, if every employee had the chance to compete for leadership "points," whether or not they had a management job? What would happen if everyone's leadership score showed up in their online profile—so everyone knew how their colleagues ranked on expertise, helpfulness, collaboration and thought leadership? What would happen if anyone could attach a public comment to a colleague's leadership score? What about including highly rated "natural" leaders in every important decision meeting? And finally, what would happen if leadership points were considered in compensation and promotion decisions? I'm not sure, but I bet it would do more good than harm.
One thing's certain, though: we can't invent Management 2.0 without inventing some new ways for people to accumulate and exercise authority. In the tempestuous seas of today's creative economy, top-down leadership structures are fast becoming a liability. We need is a new currency of power—one based not on titles, but on every individual's capacity to lead, every day. We need fewer zero-sum battles for plum positions, in which Machiavellian maneuvering wins the day, and more positive-sum competition to increase one's personal leadership score—by delivering real value to colleagues and customers. We need a system that forces titled leaders to justify their positional power by competing in an open market for leadership esteem. And finally, we need organizations that aren't built around a single, dominant hierarchy, but are comprised of many soft hierarchies, each corresponding to a critical skill or issue.
A few years back, two of my colleagues at the London Business School posed a cheeky question in the title of their leadership book: "Why," they wondered, "should anyone be led by you?" If you reflect on this question every morning, your leadership score is bound to go up.
So, readers, here are some questions to ponder: How would you find the natural leaders in your company? And once found, how would you help them expand their influence? Can you imagine other alternatives to traditional power structures? If so, what might they be?


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Mommy who?
We are now two months into preschool and the girls run off into the building gleefully like I am yesterday's news. I have a long history of being treated like that by men, but my own children? I don't think so! I am a vengeful sort so I started plotting how to get back at them for disposing of me so easily. "If you can so callously be without me for 2 hours and 45 minutes," I thought, "then let's see how you do if I go back to work full time and you only see me two hours TOTAL per day! Maybe you'll miss me then!" Of course that would require me to actually work and we all know how against that I am. Alas, I am still scheming. Preferably I'll come upon a plan that punishes them but doesn't at all negatively impact me. I'm not even sure I'm still employable as I have trouble making pleasant conversation with other adults. Unpleasant, certainly. But from what I vaguely recall that doesn't fly in the workplace.
So every day I ask the same tired question I assume all mothers across the world ask: "How was school today?" Usually I get mish mash of toddler gossip like someone wet their pants or another bit an unsuspecting fellow pupil who dared to grab a purple crayon or similar. But one day. Ah, one day I got this courtesy of Lulu:
"I was afraid to ask the teacher for a tissue so I wiped boogers all over my dress."
I'm so against the word boogers that I didn't even know how to spell it. I had to look it up. So you can imagine if I don't like writing it how I felt about knowing my daughter's dress was covered in them.
In other news, my mother came to visit as she does quite often and we took a pleasant sojourn to the park where we overheard a father tell his daughter that if she didn't put on her shoes the police would come and take her away to jail. That was two months ago and my mother was so horrified she's still not over it. Whenever she calls, she'll ask, "Have you seen that no-good father who threatens his three-year-old with jail?" I got sick of saying no so last time she asked that question I said, why yes, in fact I saw social services hauling the kid away as she exclaimed happily, "Thank you for saving me from my awful mean father!" I think mom can now sleep at night.
During that same park excursion, there was some dumb kid sitting right under the monkey bars where he could get hit by swinging feet as his dumber mother stood there saying things like, "You have two choices. You can get out of the way or you can get hit in the head." After several minutes of this, I told Moxley she could go ahead and swing on over him and if he got a concussion so be it. Shortly thereafter, another dumb kid wouldn't give Lulu a turn on the slide and he just sat there blocking it. I told him to move it and he tried to give me an explanation, one that started with, "Well, I am waiting for my sister blah blah blah" to which I replied, "I don't care if you're waiting for God himself. Move it!" at which point my mother said to me: "You seem awfully angry. Why are you so angry?" My question is why did it take her 40+ years and a jaunt to a park filled with annoying children for her to notice this about my personality?
Speaking of God, my kids are beginning to ask questions about him. Except they think his name is Ga-Gon for some reason. "Why does Ga-Gon live in the clouds?" they asked. "Who?" I replied. "Ga-Gon. He is really nice and lives in the sky." "Oh," I said, "you mean God?" "No, Ga-Gon!" Then last night Lulu asked if Ga-Gon lived in a castle or if he got wet when it rained. Which, when you think about it, is actually a very good question.
I also have some deep thoughts on the CMAs: Did the country music powers that be think that by putting Lionel Richie up on stage with Darius Rucker thereby having the only two African American people in the entire room in one place under one roof it would debunk the theory that country music is racist? "Look here!" the producers must have said patting themselves on the back. "Two black performers on stage AT THE SAME TIME! Who are they calling racist???" Dancing on the ceiling indeed. And while we're discussing dancing, might I point out that Faith Hill has no rhythm? Did you see her hop around the stage to her new song as though there was an entirely DIFFERENT song being played? Sheesh. Ask Tim to cough up some money for dance lessons, sweetheart! And get a new hairdresser while you're at it.
One more thing: I just came from Traders Joe's which I normally delegate to my husband because making undesirable small talk with the cashiers deeply upsets me. I by far prefer the surly rudeness of the Jewel staff. But I think I finally figured out how the interview process works at Trader Joes. The first phase involves weeding out anyone who seems remotely normal. The second phase requires giving the applicant one simple command in the interview: "Tell us about yourself." If the person can talk nonstop for 30 minutes straight without coming up for air they get the job. Bonus points with a direct line to a managerial position if they somehow work in a story about their pet ferret.
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Gunmen suspected to belong to a radical Islamist sect attacked a village in northeast Nigeria, tying up men, women and children before slitting their throats, killing at least 15 in the troubled region's latest attack, witnesses said Saturday.
The assault happened early Friday morning in the village of Musari on the outskirts of Maiduguri, the city where the sect known as Boko Haram first launched its guerrilla campaign of shootings and car bombings against Nigeria's weak central government. The gunmen shouted religious slogans and later ordered those there to be gathered up into a group, said Mshelia Inusa, a primary school teacher in the village.
"We heard some people chanting, 'God is great, God is great' amid sounds of banging on doors of houses at about 1 a.m.," the teacher said. "A voice was heard ordering people to be slaughtered and also voices of children were heard screaming."
Inusa said he and others later saw corpses with their hands tied behind their backs and their throats cut.
Later Friday morning, an ambulance arrived at the State Specialists Hospital in Maiduguri, accompanied by a group of military vehicles, a security guard said. Agitated soldiers ordered people away, but the guard said he counted at least 15 bodies being brought into the facility's morgue.
The guard spoke on condition of anonymity out of fears of angering either the military or the sect.
Lt. Col. Sagir Musa, a military spokesman, later issued a statement saying only five people had been killed in the village during the attack. However, military and police officials routinely downplay casualty figures because they are under increasing pressure from their superiors to minimize the perceived effects of the ongoing attacks by Boko Haram.
Boko Haram, which speaks to journalists through conference calls at times of its choosing, could not be immediately reached for comment Saturday. However, the attack mirrored other assaults carried out by the group as it expands its operations outside of cities in the northeast into rural towns and villages, where the security presence remains light and contact with the outside world remains difficult as the sect has destroyed a number of mobile phone towers recently.
The sect, whose name means "Western education is sacrilege" in the Hausa language of Nigeria's Muslim north, wants the nation to enact strict Shariah law and release its imprisoned members. Despite a heavy military and police presence, the sect's adherents have continued to launch frequent attacks.
More than 780 people have been killed in Boko Haram attacks so far this year, according to an Associated Press count, making 2012 the worst year of violence attributed to the group. Boko Haram also has loose connections with al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb and Somalia's al-Shabab, according to Western military officials and diplomats.
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen also attacked another village Friday in Adamawa state on its border with neighboring Cameroon. Witnesses said that attack focused on the town of Maiha, where gunmen also shouted praises to God while setting fire to government buildings, a school and a prison. Witnesses said at least two people died in the attack. A police spokesman later confirmed the attack took place, but declined to offer any details.
And violence continued around the central Nigerian city of Jos, where ethnic, religious and political rivalries have caused mass killings in recent years. Authorities said at least seven had been killed in recent days around Christian villages in the rural plateau. Police said they were investigating the attacks.


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Saw action in all 12 contests ... Scored a goal and had three ground balls in win against Canisius (Feb. 27) ... Handed out an assist and grabbed three ground balls at Georgetown (March 3) ... Notched a goal and collected three ground balls in win at Massachusetts (March 13) ... Had two ground balls and won a faceoff against Colgate (March 16) ... Picked up a ground ball against Brown (March 20) ... Added a goal and a ground ball in victory against Dartmouth (March 27) ... Grabbed a ground ball against No. 7 Duke (April 2) ... Netted a career-high two goals at No. 10 Cornell (April 10) ... Picked up a ground ball at Penn (April 17) ... Assisted on a goal at Yale (May 1).
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Competed in lacrosse, football and indoor track … Ranked the No. 2 recruit by Inside Lacrosse … Under Armour All-American as a senior … Won 2009 Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) State Championship with Gilman … High school team was ranked No. 1 by Inside Lacrosse in 2009 and Laxpower.com in 2008 and 2009 … Named to the Under Armour Underclassmen Baltimore Team as a sophomore and junior … First team All-Baltimore City as a sophomore, junior and senior … Two-time Baltimore City Player of the Year … Baltimore Sun first team All-Metro as a junior and senior … First team All-MIAA 'A' Conference as a junior and senior … Maryland State Lacrosse Coaches Association (MSLCA) first team all-state as a junior and senior … Regional All-Tewaaraton Team as a junior and senior … Baltimore Sun Player of the Year as a senior … Towson Times Co-Player of the Year as a senior … Recipient of the C. Markland Kelly Award as a senior, which goes to the "Best High School Lacrosse Player in the State of Maryland".
Father, Kevin, ran track and cross country at William and Mary … Mother, Grace, played soccer at William and Mary … Brother, Kevin, Jr., is a junior on the Navy lacrosse team.


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Preparation Time: 5 mins
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Yield: 4 x (approx. 1-3/4 cup servings)
Heat a large deep skillet on high. Spray with cooking spray and fry onion and garlic for 1 to 2 minutes. Add beef stirring constantly until well browned. Note: Beef should be well cooked until no longer pink.
Stir in remaining ingredients except spaghetti. When boiling, reduce to low heat, cover and simmer (cooking gently at a level where tiny bubbles rise to the surface) for 20 minutes. Stir occasionally.
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Graduates Secure Fulbright Scholarships
POSTED ON: June 26, 2012
Two Cooper Union graduates of 2012 have been honored with Fulbright scholarships this year to continue post-graduate work and research. Art graduate Mariya Vlasova (A'12) and mechanical engineering graduate Julien Caubel (ME'12) will be traveling to the Kyrgyz Republic and northern Ghana respectively to develop their projects with support from the Fulbright Program.
Mariya Vlasova, who focused her studies at Cooper on installation and video work, will travel to Kyrgyz Republic to create a film exploring two traditional artistic practices that predate the country's Soviet period and remain an integral part of its social fabric today: yurt- and feltmaking. In her project, Vlasova will investigate the communal effort necessary to build a classic domicile from discrete parts and traditionally collective labor. Vlasova has chosen this particular aspect of Kyrgyz cultural in order to examine a kind of collectivism that survived the often stiff and legislated state socialism of the Soviet era. Yurtmaking and feltmaking are craft traditions that have persevered and evolved through the shifting political milieu of centuries past: from the nomadic-traditional society through Soviet communism and eventually to the Kyrgyz Republic's current independent state.
Julien Caubel will travel to Ghana to continue research on sustainable energy production for rural communities in the African nation. Working to create a source of economically and environmentally sustainable energy to ameliorate infrastructural deficiencies in rural communities, Caubel designed, built, and tested a simple steam engine to power electric generators, water pumps, and other equipment. The system's construction and operation relies entirely upon resources that are abundantly and cheaply available to rural communities with minimal environmental impact. Caubel's steam engine system consists of two main components: a boiler and two-stroke piston engine. Inside the boiler, the combustion of agricultural bio-waste, such as grain chaff and crop bi-products, is used to heat a flow of liquid water and produce steam. This hot, pressurized steam is expanded in a two-stroke engine to generate mechanical power. Both the engine and the boiler are fabricated using recycled materials, such as automotive scrap. The utilization of plentiful bio-fuel and recycled construction materials allow the system to be built and operated entirely within rural communities to provide common access to clean energy. Caubel's trip to Ghana this year will allow him to refine his creation and set about advocating and implementing it in rural and relatively isolated communities that have unmet infrastructural needs. After his Fulbright, Caubel will begain work toward a PhD at UC Berkeley.


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Say Hello to Adobe Presenter 9 – And Hello to Video, Audio and PowerPoint Everywhere You Need It
Today Adobe introduced the new Adobe Presenter 9, a fantastic tool for anyone to create interactive content and videos. Presenter has a long tradition of innovation. If you are in business, education or training, the new Presenter has a LOT to offer you.
What does it do?
At it's core, Adobe Presenter allows anyone to easily convert Microsoft PowerPoint projects to either videos or interactive applications. Along the way you can add a wide variety of 'no programming required' interactions and quizzes, add your voice and even add amazing video from the comfort of your desk. Adobe Presenter installs right inside Microsoft PowerPoint, so you'll have no problem creating content, and it adds additional tools that are super simple to use, and that help you add great audio, beautiful video, awesome animation and engaging interactions – all without any programming.
Who Uses It?
Adobe Presenter 9 is used by a lot of people in many different fields. Not surprising, because so is Microsoft PowerPoint. Here are some of the biggest groups of users. Trainers, Instructional Designers, Subject Matter Experts and eLearning Authors. These folks use Adobe Presenter to easily create Quizzes and content and get it out to their learners quickly. Adobe Presenter is also very popular with Sales, Marketing and Business Managers. Adobe Presenter features a revolutionary video tool – it's totally intuitive to use and saves time and money while opening the door to social video creation for everyone in enterprise. Traditional educators also love Adobe Presenter for a couple of really big reasons. It makes video creation so simple that students from Kindergarten to College can easily use it to create fantastic videos. That builds a technology bridge for 21st century skills that help teachers meet their educational objectives and provide 21st century skills experience for all of their students without missing a beat. Teachers also use Adobe Presenter 9 to flip their classroom – putting lectures online, so that they have more time to spend during class working directly with students.
What's new in Adobe Presenter 9?
I'm incredibly excited about the new features in Adobe Presenter 9. Top of my list is Learner Collaboration and Intervention. These brilliant new features combine modern social media experiences with innovative tools in learner tracking.
Learner Collaboration provides you with a sensational way to introduce conversation, questions and discussion into your published course modules and Presenter Projects. Whether you want learners to interact with instructors or potential customers to interact with you and your team you'll find that the collaboration tools are ideal for hosting social interaction. Educators will especially enjoy this option as it effectively re-introduces class discussion into courses and it makes the experience even more powerful by tracking the interactions that students have with you and one another, encouraging robust communication. You'll be able to evaluate student participation and can even automatically include it in the course grading criteria.
Learner Intervention extends the social collaboration experience and integrates the traditional quiz outcomes to create a modern and powerful solution for analyzing the student learning outcomes in your course. Just click on the handy dashboard link from your authoring ribbon (right inside PowerPoint) and you'll see real-time data displayed in easy to understand charts and graphs, letting you see first hand how well your learners are doing on every aspect of a course. You can easily click through to individual students and get an immediate sense of which students are doing well, and which students need additional attention from you. Finally educators have the power to detect early potential problems with learning and to intervene early – improving the chance that the student will meet and even exceed their expectations.
Another amazing new feature in Adobe Presenter 9 is the speech to text & annotation enabled personal video creation tool. You'll be making your own custom YouTube videos in seconds with this super-simple video tool. It was awarded the prestigious CODiE award in 2013 for 'Best Video Tool' and after just a few minutes you'll see why. The video creation solution seems almost magical. It easily generates sophisticated 'studio quality' videos with animated transitions, professional looking titles and lower third graphics and sizzling hot pan and zoom effects. With just a few buttons you feel like a video pro and as you think of the thousands of dollars you're saving bypassing expensive studios and recording sessions – you'll feel like a wealthy video pro. In every field there are tools that we remember. The ones that signal the move from creation by a few super-geeks with specialized skills to creation by the rest of us. With the video tools in Adobe Presenter 9, you're bound to see that video is no longer only for super geeks. We can all make great looking, professional videos and we don't need tons of money or time to do it.
Also new in Adobe Presenter 9, Drag and Drop Interactions. Now you can create drag and drop quiz questions without any programming, right inside Microsoft PowerPoint. It's simple and quick and you'll be able to easily design and create all kinds of cool interactions.
One of my favorite new features is the scenario builder. Using the scenario builder Presenter will generate complex multi-path navigated scenarios for you, and all you need to do is drop in the text. Whether you're creating sales training, soft skills solutions or just experimenting with scenario based learning – the scenario tool will save you time and hassle by solving many of the most challenging problems for you.
Accessibility has been a crucial issue for most of us for quite a while now, and around the world the expectations to maintain accessible material online continues to escalate. Adobe Presenter 9 contains many Accessibility enhancements to help you easily create 508 and WCAG 2.0 compatible content. From support for screen readers via arrows and tab keys to speech to text automatically generated after video recordings Presenter 9 has powerful Accessibility tools to support your content creation needs.
Every day now the world seems to get more mobile with it's computers. It's become an expectation that content we create will run well on mobile devices and Adobe Presenter 9 meets and exceeds that expectation. Using Presenter 9 you can simply publish your file as a SWF for playback in online browsers, and the free and terrific Adobe Presenter Mobile App (both for iOS and for Android) will automatically play back that Flash file on iPads, iPods, iPhones and Android devices.
These are just a few of the many amazing new features and enhancements in Adobe Presenter 9. If you haven't tried it out – what on earth are you waiting for? Download your very own free trial copy of Adobe Presenter 9 here; http://www.adobe.com/products/presenter/


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This items features a felt-lined top drawer to help you organize and protect your accessories. The felt-lining prevents metal items from scratching the wood, and holds items in place, ensuring delicate pieces like necklaces and bracelets don't get tangled as you open and close the drawer. Eliminate the need for bulky jewelry boxes and keep your fragile items organized with the thoughtfully included felt-lined top drawer.
Drawers are constructed with dovetail joinery, ensuring long-lasting strength and storage. Made up of interlocking wedge-shaped elements called pins and tails, the joint connects drawer fronts, sides, and backs, designed to withstand the daily pulling forces you apply when you open a drawer, for problem-free use. A time-tested joint that predates written history, dovetail drawers are a mark of quality furniture construction.
Drawers are outfitted with metal side drawer glides to ensure drawers open smoothly despite daily use. The full-extension glides allow the drawer to extend completely, so that you can take advantage of the drawer's space and easily access items stored at the back of the drawer. Whereas wood on wood guides may be susceptible to warping over time, metal glides provide reliable drawer operation strong enough to withstand daily activity.
Give yourself plenty of room for storage with this spacious 5 drawer chest. With its many traditional features, this chest drawer is at no loss for style with its overhanging cornice surface edge, turned bun feet, and antique pewter knob hardware.
The Hamilton Transitional 5 Drawer Chest by Liberty Furniture at Reeds Furniture in the Los Angeles, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Agoura Hills, Oxnard, Calabassas, Malibu, California area. Product availability may vary. Contact us for the most current availability on this product.
The Hamilton Collection features bedroom pieces that are perfect for an transitional style bedroom. Consisting of sleigh beds, chests, dressers & mirrors, nightstands, and a media chest, this collection gives you everything you need to give your room a traditional, elegant but warm feel. Many of the items include turned bun feet, overhanging cornice edges and antique knob hardware which is often seen in traditional designed furniture. The overall collection is finished in a rich cinnamon finish, which will match your home's style and personality.
The Hamilton collection is a great option if you are looking for Transitional furniture in the Los Angeles, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley, Agoura Hills, Oxnard, Calabassas, Malibu, California area.
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Mentoring the young and old and helping them stay in the music business is what Angelo Ellerbee has been doing successfully for 40 years as the owner and CEO of New Jersey-based Double XXposure Media Relations, a full service public relations, marketing and artist development firm.
"My company serves educate people about the dollars and cents of the music business. They need to understand what the responsibilities are," said Ellerbee, 55, who was born and raised and still, resides in New Jersey. "I observe my clients because I want to see all the various sides of the artist.
"I want to help someone from the heart and not just the pocket," Ellerbee said. "I teach survival skills and self preservation because people need to learn how to take care of themselves."
Ellerbee puts new artists through a 24-week class, where they are taught diction, how to speak, etiquette, how do dress, and royalty rights.
"It's about the relationship between the person and myself. I sell talent. I don't sell music. It's always about the relationship first," Ellerbee said. "We have a courtship and an engagement and then we decide if we want to marry. I am very straightforward. I am a connoisseur of kicking you in the pants. I don't want artists to stay with me forever, I want them to go and grow."
He has worked with many A-list celebrities including Mary J. Blige, Michael Jackson, Nina Simone, Alicia Keys, DMX and Dionne Warwick.
He does not advertise for clients most come through referral by association. Many have come and gone over the years.
"What separates me from most is that I care—perhaps too much—but I sincerely feel that I am here to assist God in doing His work and that includes inspiring people to be their best; nurturing and developing their hidden attributes and stimulating and teaching them an awareness of their worth on this earth," he said.


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New York City Council Passes Community Safety Act
Khorri Atkinson | 6/27/2013, 2:23 p.m. | Updated on 6/27/2013, 2:23 p.m.
At approximately 2:30 a.m. on Thursday morning, the New York City Council passed two bills, NYPD Oversight Act (Intro 1079) and End NYPD Discriminatory Profiling Bill (Intro 1080), known together as the Community Safety Act. These bills work to reduce racial profiling and oversight of the NYPD. Although the bills have received much scrutiny from Mayor Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, and the Detective Endowment Association (DEA), the 51-member City Council passed the bills with enough votes in favor to override Bloomberg's expected veto.
The NYPD Oversight Act will publish police reports to the public and assign a Commissioner within the Department of Investigation to oversee and inspect the New York Police Department (NYPD). Department of Investigation currently oversees about 300 agencies including the Fire Department, The Department of Education, and Human Resources Administration.
The End NYPD Discriminatory Profiling Act makes it easier for New Yorkers to sue the NYPD if they have been racially profiled or discriminated by race, ethnicity, religion and national origin, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, immigration status, and/or disability and housing status.
According to the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), 89% of New Yorkers who were stopped and frisked by the NYPD last year were innocent and 87% were either Black or Latino, while a mere 10% were white. With the passing of this act, these clearly racially-biased arrests could more easily lead to lawsuits.
"The Mayor tried to scare this city into turning its back on fundamental civil liberties. We have been told the overuse and misuse of stop-and-frisk is the only path to safety. With the passage of these bills, we rejected that false choice and laid the foundation for a restored trust between police and the communities they serve," stated New York City Public Advocate, Bill de Blasio.
"This marks a vital step toward rebuilding trust between police and the people they protect." de Blasio continued, confirming his support of the bill.
The National Association of Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) also applauded the passing of the bill and marked it as a necessary step needed in New York City.
"The Council acted to restore sanity and safety to the streets of New York City and the lives of hundreds and thousands of young people," NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous stated.
According to a press release, Hazel N. Dukes, President of the NAACP New York State Conference agreed.
"Today marks a great victory for the City of New York and in the fight to end abusive and discriminatory practices by the new York Police Department [...] We thank the City Council for courageously standing up for the civil and human rights of the people of this great city," the press release read.
Bloomberg has 30 days to veto the law and he is expected to do so.
In a statement released earlier, Bloomberg explained that there was a record-low number of murders and shootings in New York City, and that this legislation will hinder those efforts.


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A defiant Alex Rodriguez lets loose: 'I refuse to quit'
- Alex Rodriguez says he has no intention of quitting%2C despite various woes
- %22This is the hardest fight I%27ve ever had%2C%22 he says.
- Rodriguez says the specter of a career-ending hip injury remains
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez tilts his head, starts to speak and breaks into a clumsy smile.
He deliberates whether to share his feelings, and when he finally speaks, it's almost in a whisper in front of his temporary locker at Joseph P. Riley Park, home of the Class A Charleston RiverDogs.
Rodriguez has remained almost entirely out of the public eye since his 2012 season ended in an embarrassing playoff slump, he underwent major hip surgery, then was linked in published reports to a Florida clinic that allegedly distributed performance-enhancing drugs to major league players.
That toxic combination has made Rodriguez perhaps the most reviled figure in sports, inspiring a public discourse that the man with 647 career home runs should quit and reach a settlement over the $114 million the Yankees owe him over the next five years.
Rodriguez has heard much of it, and realizes it's time to issue his rebuttal.
"I know people think I'm nuts,'' he tells USA TODAY Sports, in his first extensive interview since last season. "I know most people wouldn't want the confrontation. Most people would say, 'Get me out of here. Trade me. Do anything.'
"But I'm the (expletive) crazy man who goes, 'I want to compete. I want to stay in New York. I refuse to quit.'
"Maybe it's stupidity, I don't know, but I'm wired to compete and give my best. I have a responsibility to be ready to play as soon as I can.''
Rodriguez, his exasperation now palpable, knows the haters are out there. He was booed out of Yankee Stadium in the midst of a postseason in which he struck out in 12 of his 25 at-bats, then underwent a procedure that threatened to end his brilliant career.
The surgery was extensive and complicated, with a baseball-sized hole found in his left hip. It was supposed to be the end of him. If not with baseball, at least in New York. The Yankees never publicly expressed much interest they wanted him back, their terse posture perhaps reflecting a private hope he couldn't physically return and they'd collect most of the money they owe him through insurance.
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If it wasn't grueling enough recovering from the surgery -- waking up at 6 a.m. for early-morning workouts, strength and conditioning coach Mike Kicia says, that sometimes lasted until 5 p.m. -- Rodriguez has had to endure allegations that he received performance-enhancing drugs from the now-shuttered Biogenesis clinic. He has denied all involvement, but that has done little to quiet the clamor Rodriguez should leave baseball a disgraced and shamed star.
"You hear all of the doubters,'' Rodriguez says, "and that just fuels me. They don't know me. I'm not giving up. I never will. I'm not wired that way.
"This is the hardest fight I've ever had. There have been days, like, 'Holy (expletive), how am I going to get through this day?' But you keep getting after it, keep pushing.''
The most excruciating pain is not the rehab process, Rodriguez says, but dealing with the constant barrage of wild accusations and rumors, and its effect on his daughters, Natasha (8) and Ella (5) and his mother, Lourdes Navarro.
"My mom's had a hard time with all of this the last nine months, watching everything,'' Rodriguez says. "My God, I hate to see her go through this. And my daughters are sitting there and watching their dad. I want to make them proud. I want to make my mom proud.''
A presumption of guilt
Rodriguez says he'd love to tell the world the truth. He wishes he could defend himself, explaining why his name is littered throughout the Biogenesis records, detailing why he has rebuffed Biogenesis director Tony Bosch and his associates' demands for money.
He just can't, not yet, with his lawyers instructing him that he needs to be quiet until Major League Baseball's investigation is complete.
The flap began when the Miami New Times published a report that alleged Rodriguez received human growth hormone, testosterone and other substances from Bosch, allegations Rodriguez has denied.
"Right now, we kind of got our hands tied," he says. "It's so hard and frustrating because we're in a world that you're guilty before being proven innocent.
"It's not supposed to (expletive) be that way.''
Despite the scrutiny and allegations, Rodriguez says, there has never been a single day, or even a moment, when he considered walking away. The concept of telling the Yankees that he simply can't overcome the injury, and disappear forever, has certainly been suggested, but Rodriguez refuses to listen.
"The easy thing would be to give up,'' Rodriguez says. "But I didn't get to where I am by taking the (expletive) way out. I refuse to start now.
"There's a lot of fight left in me.''
Rodriguez suddenly catches himself. He hasn't opened a window into his soul in years, he concedes. His life has been the staple of back-page tabloids since his arrival in New York, but no one really knows him. He has refused to let anyone but his family and dearest friends get close.
"I just haven't opened up,'' Rodriguez says. "It's hard. I've always played it close to the vest.
"But I'm definitely more comfortable in my own skin.''
Maybe it's Rodriguez's fault his image is flawed. There have been plenty of blemishes. A divorce. The litany of publicized girlfriends. The admission to using steroids a decade ago while playing in Texas. The high-priced poker games. The solicitation of a woman's phone number during a playoff game.
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"I've made a lot of mistakes," Rodriguez says. "Of course, I haven't been perfect. I've screwed up. But ultimately, let's keep things relative here.''
And by that, Rodriguez means he's a flawed human being simply trying to live up to his contract. He's being paid -- $275 million over 10 years -- to play for the Yankees, so he's doing everything to make it happen as quickly as possible. He's hoping to make his debut July 22 in Texas, where he became baseball's highest-paid player in 2000, only to be traded to the Yankees in 2004.
"I love being a Yankee,'' he says. "I love being in New York. I never want to leave.
"It's just the biggest challenge to go out and compete at the highest level in New York. I love it. I look forward to the day I just get back.
"You just have to be accountable.''
Rodriguez, who turns 38 on July 27, blames no one but himself for his decline the last few years, particularly his struggles in last year's playoffs. He hit .120, just three singles in 25 at-bats, and all but forcing manager Joe Girardi to pinch-hit for him three times in crucial situations, and bench him in three other games.
"I'm the first one to say last year that I stunk,'' Rodriguez says. "It was a bloodbath. I'm not running away from that.
"It's the (expletive) pink elephant in the room, I know I'm better than that.''
Rodriguez, a three-time American League MVP who led the AL with 54 homers and 156 RBI in 2007, hasn't come close to duplicating the numbers the last five years. He hasn't hit more than 30 homers since 2008, and has combined for only 34 homers and 119 RBI the last 2 ½ years, missing 188 games.
Those days of greatness as the AL's finest player, Rodriguez concedes, likely are over. There are days he feels closer to 58 than 38.
"I've got to be honest with myself,'' Rodriguez says, "I haven't played well for a long time. I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I'm going to go out and hit 50 home runs, or any of that craziness. But I can be someone who can have a big impact in the middle of our lineup.
"And I relish that opportunity.''
From scourge to hero?
Rodriguez understands he also has the rarest of opportunities when he returns. He can be a hero again. The stage is set.
The Yankees have the sixth-worst batting average in the major leagues, and no hole is more glaring than third base. Their third basemen have hit .229 with four homers and 23 RBI.
Rodriguez can change all of that in a hurry, and accept a role that is foreign to him, but one that he's ready to embrace.
Yes, even the highest-paid player in baseball history can be an underdog.
"For the first time in my baseball career, even back to the days I was a teenager,'' Rodriguez says, "the deck is stacked against me. There are so many people that are betting against me. So many people have put the nail in the coffin. I really feel that.''
There have been supporters. Family, friends and teammates, he says, provide his true inspiration. They believe in him. They support and encourage him. And always, they will stand by him.
His three days in Charleston, part of what's expected to be a three-week climb up the Yankees' minor-league ladder to get him major league-ready, earned him some new admirers.
Darius Rucker, the lead singer from Hootie & the Blowfish, stopped in to meet him Wednesday night. His Charleston teammates, who were treated to two nights' of dinners courtesy of Rodriguez, have a new hero. Hall's Chophouse, where Rodriguez and his friends dined for two nights, has become his unofficial fan club, owner Tommy Hall says.
Andy Solomon, the associate athletic director at the Citadel, says Rodriguez's hospitality during his two game days, signing hundreds of autographs for nearly an hour each day, will forever be part of Charleston's rich history.
"The support I've gotten has been overwhelming,'' Rodriguez says. "I've had so many great people reach out to me, and send me support, from all walks in life, and different places. That stuff fuels you. I've been thankful for guys like Pat (Roessler, Yankees director of player development) and Mike (Kicia) for committing two months of their lives to get me ready to where I am today.
"I think there was a point in my career where I would take all of the negativity and build something to kind of fuel me. I'd rather not take that approach. I want to focus on the positive energy, so that's a little different perspective.''
Indebted to the captain
And yes, he says, he'll forever feel indebted to Derek Jeter, captain of the Yankees. When Yankees GM Brian Cashman lashed out profanely at Rodriguez last week for sending out a message on his Twitter account that he had been cleared to play games, it created a zany whirlwind of stories, with one report accusing Rodriguez of trying to return too quickly so that he could get hurt again and retire.
"Is that the craziest thing?'' Rodriguez said. "I'm going to come back quick so I can get hurt. Holy (expletive)! How do you come up with that (expletive)?''
Jeter, who rehabbed his broken ankle alongside Rodriguez for a time in Tampa, fired back, saying it was ridiculous to believe that Rodriguez would subject himself to a rigorous recovery and suddenly retire. He also dismissed the notion that Rodriguez would be a distraction.
"Why would he be a distraction?'' Jeter told reporters. "You guys (in the media) may be a distraction to him if you ask him questions, but I've never seen how someone can be a distraction to a team, you know what I mean? Because we don't have to deal with it.
"As far as (reporters) being a distraction to him, I'm sure he probably gets tired of answering questions. There's no way he can be a distraction to us."
Said Rodriguez: "I loved it. Jeter has been an incredible supporter. Once Jeter spoke, it was like the Holy Bible.
"It was like people said, 'Hey, if the captain of the Yankees is going to put his neck on the line, and support this guy, maybe we should, too?' "
The course of events might produce another unlikely role: A-Rod as a sympathetic figure, as if he were being bullied.
"I wish people could see what I see in him,'' says injured Yankees infielder Eduardo Nunez, who began his rehab program with Rodriguez in Charleston. "People think he's this horrible guy, a bad guy. But if you know Alex, he's very humble. Nobody wants to be hurt, but I feel blessed being around him, knowing just how hard he's worked to be back.''
Rodriguez, who went hitless in four at-bats during the two games in Charleston, will continue his rehab stint playing for Class A Tampa this weekend. The clock is down to 2 ½ weeks to be ready. He believes it will be enough time, but even when he returns to the big leagues, there are no guarantees.
Rodriguez could play the next five years, fulfilling the contract, or his career could be over in one play, on any night, if his hip goes out again.
He has no control over his fate, but is finally at peace.
"I'm getting a little more gray, and starting to lose my hair,'' Rodriguez said, "but I'm at a point in my career where I'm playing with the chips of the house. It's like if I go out and contribute to a championship, that'd be amazing.
"If I go out, and something happens to me, well, I know I did everything I possibly could. I know that any day could be my last. I'm just going to let the chips fall where they may.
"And you know something? I'm OK with that," he said.
"Just to have the opportunity to put on the pinstripes, and compete again at Yankee Stadium, and helping my team win, it's a day that I've been dreaming about a long time now.
"Ultimately, say what you want about me, I'm a baseball player. That's what I do.
"And I'm not giving up.''
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|Dev: Vicarious Visions
|Pub: Acivision
|Release: October 13, 2013
|Players: 1-2
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Cartoon Violence
Speaking of melee combat, there's a much stronger presences of this in the game. For example, in previous installments, the boss fights are more shooter based; this time around, however, the fights are an adrenaline-fueled charge. While many peers have stated they don't really care for the change, I, for one, feel this is a better choice all around. Yes, having the multi-layered-genre feel is rather impressive, and having it be a more direct approach, which even the least experienced gamer can understand, adds a stronger sense of congruent flow to the experience.
Of course, how great this game looks will also please fans of the series. You can tell the level of commitment put into this title. Sure, you can dismiss it and claim it is only a kid's game, but looking much closer enables even the hardest cynic to see how the bright world of Skylanders contains some impressive visuals. It is something that my boys instantly latched onto when they first loaded up the game. I personally like how colorful all the worlds look; even the darker areas of the game look impressive and bright.
One thing I have to moderately complain and praise about at the same time is the soundtrack. While I still like having voice actors return to their roles, they occasionally come across as caricatures of themselves or, at the very least, appear as if they are "phoning in" the experience. This, of course, could just be the older gamer in me, as I am almost certain a younger audience will find no issue. However, the parents, or older siblings in the background, will at times find the voices and music bothersome. However, for the age group Skylanders traditionally targets, the music works.
Skylanders: Swap Force is not revolutionary. It does, however, capture the magic of the first two installments and refines them to retain the experience while advancing the series to better plains. To me, this is an accomplishment many developers overlook. Too often, we have sequels that try to bring the game to the next level, and they falter in one area or another. Skylanders: Swap Force doesn't stumble, and it also retains the collectable-figure gaming crown. Even though there has been some strong competition, Skylanders is a wonderful example of pursuing substance over the flash of a few extra characters. At least I can continue supporting at least one franchise, knowing that it focuses on a progression of substance.
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Okay, earlier this week my Publisher hired a Publicist for me. This is a good thing and will eventually lead to increased book sales and untold wealth whereby I can by my secret lair under a volcanic island.
After not hearing anything for a day, all the Publicist has been busy. I'm lined out on Radio Interviews.
Today, I've just done a few, but tomorrow will be rather heavy. The topic at hand is the Chris Dorner case in California. This case is a big snarly one that needs to be examined carefully. Not just about how and why Chris Dorner snapped, but also the LAPD's response and how they pursued him.
The case is interesting on several fronts, but only until you read the Manifesto does it become clear that this wasn't just a man with grievances but a man that was smart, educated, and he just went completely nuts. In one part, he details his grievances very clearly. In another he pretty much declares war on the LAPD. And then another he gives Shout Outs to Celebrities… His letter has great detail on some things, but then tracts off course into wild tangents. What it is, is he was saying goodbye to the world. He had no intention of being taken alive.
Regardless of how freaked out the LAPD was, it did not justify some of their actions. Lighting up trucks that looked like Dorner's for example. Target Identification anyone?