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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Smart, sullen and deadly: Jury must wrest with Asperger's in MA murder case
John Odgren was enrolled in a class on forensic science at his high school, in one of Boston's bucolic suburbs. Always awkward with his classmates, John had started wearing a trench coat and fedora to school. Students who tried to befriend him were put off by his obsession with knives and common discussion of violence. During one class session, John outlined his plan for the perfect murder, which involved luring a trusting acquaintance to a remote location and using a knife to kill him. Classmates were freaked out by John's seemingly cold-hearted calculation and devious planning. As it turned out, they had every reason to be.
Not long afterwards, John Odgren followed a shy sophomore, new to the school, into a bathroom and stabbed him to death with a long knife he had brought to school. Odgren told investigators that he had brought the knife in for protection, convinced by the symbolism in a Stephen King novel that something horrible would happen to him that day. Another student, who just happened to be in one of the stalls, heard the victim call out, "Ow! You're hurting me! Why are you doing this?" The student emerged to find John Odgen sitting on the bathroom floor, knees pulled up to his chest, holding the bloody knife.
As horrifying as this scene is, there would seem to be little remarkable about it from a criminal justice perspective. One person committed a completely unprovoked act of violence against another. The outcome would seem to be clear.
The Psychology of Intent
There is, however, one significant wrinkle to this story. John Odgren has been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, which lies along the autism scale. Asperger's sufferers are usually characterized by normal to high intelligence (Odgren allegedly has an IQ of 140), but the inability to experience the empathy necessary to form emotional bonds with others. This disability is often manifested in, among other things, the inability to recognize emotional expressions in others. That is, while you or I can distinguish a smile from a frown (and what each implies), someone with Asperger's Syndrome cannot.
In Massachusetts, the mens rea requirement for first-degree murder is "deliberate and premeditated malice." For second-degree murder, a killer must have experienced "malice aforethought."
Malice aforethought is generally defined as: "the conscious intent to cause death or great bodily harm to another person before a person commits the crime." Note that it must be a conscious intent. So, if a person forms the intent in a hallucinogenic haze, it does not suffice for malice aforethought.
John Odgren is employing an insanity defense to the murder charge, claiming that his psychological condition (He also has ADHD, a bipolar disorder and possibly OCD) precluded his ability to consciously form the necessary intent to commit murder. Massachusetts has adopted the Model Penal Code definition of "legal insanity." Under this test, "a person is not responsible for criminal conduct if, at the time of such conduct, as a result of mental disease or defect, he lacks substantial capacity either to appreciate the criminality of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law."
Jury must determine criminal culpability
This murder case then will boil down to a jury's collective decision about whether John Odgren did or did not appreciate the wrongfulness of his actions on the day that he stabbed that fellow student. The trial itself is now complete. The arguments followed fairly predictable lines. The DA emphasized the calculating nature of the crime and its similarities to what John Odgren seems to have been considering for weeks. The defense focused on Odgren's myriad psychological problems, constant harassment at school and increasing obsession with violent books, movies and video games. The defense presented three psychologists who testified that Odgren committed the violent act while essentially in an obsessive trance. They concluded that he was essentially shocked back to reality by observing the horrific consequences of his actions. The DA presented a rebuttal expert who, while not disputing the general diagnoses of Odgren's conditions, concluded he was nonetheless capable of discerning right from wrong.
There are actually two questions to be answered. Even if the jury determines that John Odgren understood the criminality of his actions, the jurors must wrestle with the question of whether he was psychologically capable of resisting his persistent violent urges and compulsions. The final item presented by the DA during closing arguments was an audio recording of Odgren laughing about what investigators found while searching his bedroom. This is intended to show a lack of remorse and an arrogance by Odgren about his ability to get away with the crime. Such callousness can cut both ways, however, as jurors might conclude that anyone who could react that way while in prison for murder must be out of touch with reality.
The need to make sense out of chaos
I believe that the defense strategy in this case was incomplete.
The defense team did a fairly good job of portraying Odgren as a thoroughly disturbed teenager with a history of mental problems. This is an important linchpin of the case, as it provides an opportunity for those jurors who don't want to hold him responsible to make their arguments. A "not guilty by reason of insanity" vote passes the proverbial sniff test.
Unfortunately, this only provides jurors with half of what they need to achieve emotional satisfaction from a not guilty vote. People need order in their lives. They need to be able to make sense of the world around them. They need to feel some control over their environment. Without this sense of control, life becomes unbearable. This explains, in part, people's visceral fear of the unknown. It also explains attachments to rituals, customs, religions and other systems that preserve the status quo.
The tragic death at the center of this case -- violent, senseless, seemingly random -- must seriously disturb the jurors' need for order and control. It is a parent's worst nightmare -- the loss of a child in a way that no parent can anticipate. The natural response of the jurors in this case will be to try to impose order on the situation. The idea that this was a freakish, unanticipated, random tragedy, for which no-one is really responsible, will be a completely unbearable option for the jurors. It just won't do.
So, the defense has provided the jurors with reasons not to blame John Odgren for this tragedy. What the defense has failed to do is provide them with someone else to blame. Trust me on this one: the jurors will need to blame someone. The only question is whether they will blame John Odgren or someone else.
had I been advising the defense team in this case, I would have recommended telling a somewhat different story. This is the narrative I would have crafted:
There are two victims in this crime. The dead boy and John Odgren were both failed by a system that too often shuffles emotionally ill children from program to program, treating them like human guinea pigs, testing out their most recent theories of mainstreaming or immersive learning. The so-called experts in this case didn't protect John Odgren from the bullies. They didn't protect John Odgren from the demons in his head. They didn't protect him from himself. And because of their failures, one boy is dead and another might as well be, ruined for life by a disaster that didn't have to happen. The signs were there for years. The thoughts of suicide. The absence of emotional control. The inability to feel any emotions but fear and anger and hate. The psychologists and teachers and school administrators weren't in that bathroom on that terrible, fateful day, but they might as well have been, handing John Odgren his knife.
Would this argument have worked in this case? We will never know (although I suppose we could run some focus group research in other parts of the country). What I do know is that these jurors need a way to direct their grief and their fear and their anger, someone to hold responsible. They need to be able to wrap their brains around the case and conclude that they have identified the villain. The defense had a responsibility to their client to give the jury someone else to blame.
Jurors will speculate about lots of things. Nothing precludes them from assigning blame all over the map in this case, regardless of whether the defense has pointed its finger at any particular candidates. Perhaps the jurors will find their own way to sparing John Odgren in this case. If they do -- if they find him not guilty -- I fully expect to discover that they did so by assigning blame elsewhere.
As the verdict comes in, I will be sure to report it here on my blog. I'll offer some post-trial comments and I'll keep you abreast of any juror interviews that appear in the press.
3 comments:
- Anonymous3:36 AM
Why not blame his parents? They appear to be rather intelligent, but self absorbed people who ignored their son's problems. Demonize them and you have someone to blame.ReplyDelete
- Ellicia6:41 PM
Why in the world was he in a forensic science class. My understanding is that people with Asperger's can hone in on an interest or idea to the exclusion of everything else. Such as the little girl in Florida who recently went missing in the swamp for four days because of her interest in wildlife. Putting him in a forensic science class was like setting the stage for a murderous obsession.ReplyDelete
Check out the remarks of Middlesex County District Attorney Gerrard Leone after the verdict. He welcomes the verdict but points his finger at many others in the community who should have seen "red flags" and removed John Odgren from the school. It seems almost as if he was surprised that Odgren's defense team did not play up this angle.ReplyDelete


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Though this sounds like the formula for a garden-variety hybrid, the new Chevy is most certainly not a hybrid. It doesn't operate like a hybrid, it doesn't drive like a hybrid and, even when the internal-combustion engine is operating, it doesn't consume fuel in the same fashion as a hybrid.
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When the gasoline motor kicks in, it still feels like an EV, simply because the electric motor (or two, since the Volt has primary and secondary electrically powered motors) is still driving the front wheels. Throttle response and the powerband remain the same.
One interior limitation imposed by the car's electrical propulsion is the two bucket-type seats in the rear. The battery back occupies the cabin's centre tunnel, so a bench seat that would accommodate three back-seat passengers is not possible. Other than price, it is the Volt's biggest sacrifice to EV status.
What the Volt retains is proof that the future doesn't have to be as boring, underpowered or as alien as we might have anticipated. It can be "more car than electric," as the GM ad folks say.

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> Doug Melvin and the Brewers have made it known that they're probably going to go after a free agent starter this offseason, preferable an experienced guy to anchor what looks to be a young rotation. Personally, I'm still debating whether or not that's the right decision; the bullpen probably needs more tending to than the rotation. But, if the Brewers do choose to go after a free agent veteran starter, there's actually a surprisingly decent market for that category this offseason. Here's a list of the key possibilities for the Brewers:
Ryan Dempster
Zack Greinke
Jeremy Guthrie
Edwin Jackson
Hiroki Kuroda
Kyle Lohse
Brandon McCarthy
Anibal Sanchez*
Dan Haren*
Jake Peavy*
*Sanchez, Haren, and Peavy all have options (or other contract impediments) with their current teams, so it remains to be seen if they actually reach the free agent market.
Basically, the guys I listed are possibilities that I wouldn't mind the Brewers signing, and most of them are relatively realistic for the Brewers as well. Greinke, obviously, isn't very likely, but you still can't count him out.
Dempster was stellar with the Cubs in 2012, but sort of fell off a cliff with the Rangers (despite a winning record in Texas). He's clearly better in the National League, but I'd say one of the only benefits of the Brewers signing Dempster is that they wouldn't have to face him (he has 15 career wins against the Brewers).
Guthrie might be the worst option on the list. He was awful with the Rockies, probably because of Coors Field, but resurrected himself with the Royals during the second half, posting a 3.16 ERA. Guthrie is still one of the riskier options on the list, however, and the Brewers will probably try and go with someone else.
Jackson quietly had a decent year as the fifth starter in the Nationals' rotation, but he's had an inconsistent career, and the number of teams he's played for will tell you that. I wouldn't mind the Brewers signing him, but there's a bit of a risk with him as well.
For me, Kuroda is the best option on the list. After years of getting no run support in Los Angeles, he blossomed on the big stage in the Bronx. He proved he can pitch in the hitter-friendly environment of Yankee Stadium, meaning he probably wouldn't do too bad at Miller Park.
There's no denying Lohse had an unbelievable season in 2012, but I just don't see him fitting in with the Brewers. Plus, he's going to draw a ton of money (at least $12 million a year), and I don't see the Brewers spending that on a starter.
In my opinion, McCarthy is one of the more underrated pitchers in the game; he knows how to shut down a good offense. But, it's not often that he isn't injured, whether it be shoulder/elbow problems, or taking line drives off the head.
Those are my top options. There are also guys like Joe Blanton, Jeff Francis, and Daisuke Matsuzaka, but there's no doubt that those guys would turn into Jeff Suppan-like signings, so I hope the Brewers stay away from them.
> Now that the offseason has officially started, the Brewers made a series of roster moves today. Shaun Marcum, Francisco Rodriguez, and Alex Gonzalez all elected free agency. Marcum and K-Rod are both as good as gone, but Gonzalez has a chance of returning as the back-up shortstop (or starter, depending on Jean Segura's status). The Brewers also reinstated Mat Gamel and Chris Narveson from the 60-day disabled list. Lastly, they re-signed shortstop Hector Gomez to a minor league deal.
The Brewers' other free agents, Livan Hernandez and Yorvit Torrealba, are already on the market, as they elected free agency during the NLCS.
> The Gold Glove Finalists were announced today. Here's a list of them at each position:
American League
Pitcher: Jeremy Hellickson, Peavy, C.J. Wilson
Catcher: Alex Avila, Russell Martin, A.J. Pierzynski, Matt Wieters
First base: Adrian Gonzalez, Eric Hosmer, Mark Teixera
Second base: Dustin Ackley, Robinson Cano, Dustin Pedroia
Shortstop: Elvis Andrus, J.J. Hardy, Brendan Ryan
Third base: Adrian Beltre, Brandon Inge, Mike Moustakas
Left field: Alex Gordon, Desmond Jennings, David Murphy
Center field: Austin Jackson, Adam Jones, Mike Trout
Right field: Shin-Soo Choo, Jeff Francoeur, Josh Reddick
National League
Pitcher: Bronson Arroyo, Mark Buehrle, Clayton Kershaw
Catcher: Yadier Molina, Miguel Montero, Carlos Ruiz
First base: Freddie Freeman, Adam LaRoche, Joey Votto
Second base: Darwin Barney, Aaron Hill, Brandon Phillips
Shortstop: Zack Cozart, Ian Desmond, Jose Reyes, Jimmy Rollins
Third base: Chase Headley, Aramis Ramirez, David Wright
Left field: Ryan Braun, Carlos Gonzalez, Martin Prado
Center field: Michael Bourn, Andrew McCutchen, Drew Stubbs
Right field: Jay Bruce, Andre Eithier, Jason Heyward
That awkward moment when Gonzalez isn't on the Red Sox anymore, yet could win the AL Gold Glove at first base.
Anyway, Ramirez should win the third base GG, seeing as he had the fewest errors in the league at the position. But Braun won't win the GG in left field, because steroids. (You can bet that's what all of the voters are thinking.)
> Minor moves:
Yankees: Exercised 2013 options for David Aardsma, Cano, and Curtis Granderson.
Phillies: Declined 2013 options for Ty Wigginton, Jose Contreras, and Placido Polanco.
Twins: Declined 2013 option for Scott Baker; signed P.J. Walters to a minor league deal.
Orioles: Exercised 2013 option for Luis Ayala.
Athletics: Optioned 2013 option for ex-Brewer Grant Balfour; declined Stephen Drew's option; signed Mike Ekstrom to a minor league deal.
Dodgers: Declined 2013 options for ex-Brewer Todd Coffey, Juan Rivera, and Matt Treanor.
Pirates: Outrighted Jeff Clement, Eric Fryer, and Daniel McCutchen to Triple-A.
Indians: Signed Takuya Tsuchida.


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The nucleus, or solid part of a comet, is usually less than 10 kilometers (about 6 miles) across. The nucleus is like a dirty snowball. Nobody knows for sure what any comet is like inside. Maybe they are not all similar.
Comets seem to contain a lot of ice, some rocks and dust, and some gas. As they get closer to the Sun and start to heat up, some of their materials starts to boil off. This material forms a cloud around the nucleus. The cloud is called the coma and may be hundred of thousands of kilometers in diameter. And trailing out for oftentimes millions of kilometers are the comet's tails.
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Most comets have two tails. The tails appear as the comet approaches the Sun. Sunlight pushes on things, but very gently. Because the comet dust particles are so small, they are pushed away from the Sun into a long tail. Another tail is made of electrically charged molecules of gas (called ions). Very rarely a comet will have a third tail made of sodium, which we usually don't see with our unaided eyes.
In the early time of our solar system, Earth was often hit by comets. Scientists believe comets may have contributed some of the water for our oceans or even some of the molecules from which life eventually evolved.
Some believe it may have been a comet hitting Earth that caused the dinosaurs to become extinct.
The Stardust mission, as well as other comet missions NASA has planned, will teach us much more about these fascinating solar system objects.
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Kieren Perrow (AUS) celebrates his 2011 Billabong Pipe Masters win with Gerry Lopez who shapes the winners prize board © ASP / Cestari
Breaking just 75 yards off the beach, Pipeline is at once a surfer's ultimate dream and worst nightmare. It has claimed the lives of more surfers than any other famous break. The beach tremors as waves detonate on Pipeline's extremely shallow reef and spectators can literally feel the energy of the ocean and the precarious tension as a surfer drops into one of Pipeline's hollow, grinding lefts. Any wipeout at Pipeline is a bad one, no matter how big the surf, and the consequences are serious—from injury to death. At Pipeline, it's all about getting barreled, so the bigger the tube and deeper the rider, the bigger the risk, the better the score.
Pipeline is also the nexus for the evolution of the sport. In the early '80s, Simon Anderson proved the utility of the tri-fin surfboard, his own invention, in the big, powerful surf. The fin set-up changed surfboard design and performance, a paradigm to this day. Kelly Slater also brought change to the surf world in the early '90s at Pipeline by making a habit of going right during competition surfing Backdoor, Pipeline's twisted twin. A racing, draining barrel that often closes out, Slater proved that riding shorter surfboards and taking off late under the lip was a recipe for success in the lineup. Seeking out the tricky Backdoor barrels opened up the playing field at Pipeline and signaled a new era in how these waves are surfed in competition.
Evan Valiere (HAW) had the perfect view of Michel Bourez (PYF) winning their Quarter Final during the 2011 event. © ASP / Cestari


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Credit funds at a glance (June 2020)6 months ago
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Welcome to the Credit Rendezvous, the first instalment of a regular feature published by Creditflux that tracks credit market dynamics in a dozen segments from investment grade, liquid loans, CLOs and CSOs all the way through to distressed debt. We view this as the meeting point for credit specialists across strategies to share their perspectives
Ucits at a glance: Ucits continue to chart a steady courseA round-up of ucits fund performance11 months ago
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Ucits at a glance1 year ago
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A day with John Constable on Hampstead Heath
Looking at clouds
Cloud study (after Alexander Cozens' 'Engravings of Skies')
John Constable (1776 - 1837)
Clouds are the often-unnoticed backdrop to every outdoor scene and activity. They are ever-changing, fleeting and transient, and frequently diffuse and ill defined. As a result, they were rarely regarded as subjects either for scientific study or for artistic representation until the early nineteenth century.
The scientific study of clouds began with a London manufacturer of pharmaceutical chemicals and amateur scientist, Luke Howard (1772-1864). Howard was a near contemporary of John Constable (1776-1837). His crucial scientific contribution was a paper on "the modification (i.e., the classification) of clouds", given to the Askesian Society some time in the winter of 1802-3. Influenced by the recently published biological taxonomy of Linnaeus, he extracted from the confusion and multiplicity of cloud forms three broad genera, namely stratus, cumulus and cirrus. Within each genus, he identified numerous species. His classification has endured to this day in meteorology. Howard gave seven "lectures in meteorology" in 1817, later published as the first textbook of meteorology, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1821.
It is hard to imagine that John Constable was not acquainted with Howard's work. I suspect he may have attended some of Howard's fashionable lectures, or seen Howard's watercolour illustrations for his proposed classification scheme. Constable complemented Howard's scientific observations of these fleeting phenomena with an artist's eye, making numerous rapid sketches from life of clouds and skyscapes. He recognised the crucial role of the sky in the drama and emotional content of his larger formal set piece paintings.
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25 Feb, 2013, 14:00 GMT
HOUSTON, Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CAMAC Energy Inc. (NYSE MKT: CAK) ("the Company") today announced it has signed an agreement with Sander Geophysics Limited ("SGL") to shoot airborne gravity and magnetic geophysical surveys on its Kenya onshore Lamu Basin Blocks L1B and L16 ("Blocks"). The data acquisition will cover the entire 12,197 square kilometers in Block L1B and the entire 3,613 square kilometers in Block L16, exceeding the first exploration period's gravity and magnetic survey requirements for each Block.
The results of the airborne gravity and magnetic survey will be used to optimize the placement of 2-D seismic lines by identifying faults, basement structures and intra-sedimentary volcanic layers and/or intrusions. Airborne gravity and magnetic data combined with 2-D seismic has been utilized to identify successful exploration targets in East African Rift Basins by regional operators Heritage, Tullow and Africa Oil. The Company expects SGL to commence data acquisition in the second quarter of 2013 and provide initial results in the third quarter of 2013.
Founded in 1956, the Ottawa-based SGL provides worldwide airborne geophysical surveys for petroleum and mineral exploration, and geological and environmental mapping. SGL has operated on every continent including Antarctica, and under diverse conditions ranging from the tropics, deserts, mountains and offshore.
"Executing this agreement with SGL is an important milestone for our Kenya exploration program," said Senior Vice President of Exploration and Production Segun Omidele. "These gravity and magnetic surveys will satisfy the first requirement of the first exploration period, and most importantly, will allow us to delineate an optimal 2-D seismic program on the Blocks. This is the first step to unlocking the high potential value of our onshore Kenya acreage."
About CAMAC Energy Inc.
CAMAC Energy Inc. (NYSE MKT: CAK) is a U.S.-based energy company engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas. The Company's principal assets include interests in OML 120 and OML 121, offshore oil and gas leases in deep water Nigeria which include the currently producing Oyo Oilfield, and six recently acquired exploration blocks in Kenya and Gambia. The Company is currently pursuing further additions to its exploration portfolio in East and West Africa. The Company was founded in 2005 and has offices in Houston, Texas, Nairobi, Kenya, Banjul, Gambia and Lagos, Nigeria.
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The Internet is filled with stories of actors who turned down what became iconic roles on TV and in movies: Thomas Jane passed on Don Draper … Ray Liotta could've been Tony Soprano … Michael Keaton turned down the role of Jack Shepard … Matthew Broderick as Walter White??
Add to that list of missed opportunities several of the roles on "Modern Family." It's no secret that ABC originally wanted Craig T. Nelson, not Ed O'Neill, to play family patriarch, Jay Pritchett, but the paycheck wasn't big enough. Casting director Jeff Greenberg and O'Neill, the actor once best known as Al Bundy, elaborated on the elaborated on the process to E!:
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About a week later, they called and said, 'We're back to you,'" (O'Neill) says. "So I said, 'Make the deal.'"
The E! special, which featured interviews with the stars and a behind-the-scenes look at the show, revealed more surprises about the cast ABC originally wanted. The Huffington Post points out that the network had its eye on Golden Globe-winner Matt LeBlanc, not Ty Burrell, to play Phil Dunphy. Kristen Johnston and Lisa Kudrow were the first choice over Julie Bowen for the role of Claire Dunphy. And Jesse Tyler Ferguson was originally picked to play Cam instead of Mitchell.
The comedy, which is a hit with both critics and viewers, returns for its fifth season at 8 p.m. on Sept. 25. Episodes of the show begin in syndication on Fox on Sept. 16.


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Welcome to Old Town
Old Town is a walking district containing a unique collection of shops, dining options and family-friendly amusements.
If you speak to a car enthusiast about a visit to Central Florida, they'll most likely direct you to visit Old Town to see the weekly classic car cruises. The brick streets come alive for the Saturday Nite Cruise, where people line the sidewalks to admire the parade of pre-1975 hot rods, street rods, and antiques. Live music sets a tone for the cruise down memory lane with oldies bands appearing on Old Town's main stage.
In addition, Friday nights are home to the All American Muscle Car Cruise featuring show-quality American "muscle cars" and classics from 1988 and older.
But the cruises aren't the only fun found here, as any day of the week is sure to please as you explore this slice of Americana, discovering kid-friendly rides, go-karts, a haunted house, themed restaurants, an arcade and a mix of shopping that is sure to deliver a variety of souvenirs to take back home..
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September 1, 2010 (Interfax-Ukraine). The Russian Navy's first aircraft carrier could be constructed in cooperation with Ukrainian shipbuilders, a source in the main headquarters of the Russian Navy told Interfax on Tuesday. "The possibility of constructing the aircraft carrier at several sites is being considered, one of which could be Chornomorsky Shipbuilding Yard in Mykolaiv, and the second one - at Russian yard Sevmash in Severodvinsk," the representative of the Russian Navy said. According to him, the Mykolaiv plant could build the hull of the future aircraft carrier, and its final construction would be carried out at Sevmash. "The first yard has a lot of experience in constructing Soviet aircraft carriers, the second one has experience in their repair and advanced modernization," the source said.
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We have avoided arbitration yet again by locking down one-year deals with Carp, Tazawa, and Jonathan Herrera.
The big baseball news lately is the expansion of instant replay. Obviously, this has been a hot issue since it became an issue. Both sides of the debate have been pretty vocal in presenting their opinions, but I think it's interesting and significant that the instant replay expansion was approved unanimously at the Owners Meeting, after which the Players Association and Umpires Association gave the go-ahead.
Starting this season, in addition to the review of close-call home runs, managers will have one challenge per game. The manager will be able to communicate with someone monitoring video being the scenes so he can make a decision about whether or not to use a challenge. As an extension of that, camera angles in all the parks now have to be standardized.
The has to verbalize his challenge to the umpire in a very detailed manner, so the umpire knows which parts of the play are being disputed, and in a timely manner, so the umpire doesn't call for disciplinary action. If it's denied, he's used it up. If it's approved, it's replaced by another new challenge, but he can't make more than two challenges. If he doesn't use it before the seventh inning, it expires, and after the seventh inning, the umpire can elect to institute a review. All reviews will be conducted at the Majors media headquarters in New York, where four-umpire crews will be on hand, swapped out by rotation. Field umps would communicate with them via a headset behind home plate, and their decision would be final.
And, last but not least, now replays can be displayed on jumbotrons inside the park.
So most plays will now be potentially subject to review. As we all know, sometimes the lack of instant replay has burned us bad, and sometimes it's helped us out. But that's true for any team because it's been the nature of the game; everything tends to balance in the end. Now, we'll have to see whether instant replay balances things from the get-go. It's just going to be a huge change. I mean, this is historic. Baseball has stayed the same for most of its existence when it comes to instant replay, in part because the technology didn't exist in the early and middle years. Everything evolves, but we're just going to wait and see what happens.
In other news, the Bruins lost to the Ducks, 2-5, and Kings, 2-4, but won a close one against the Sharks, one-zip, before losing to the Leafs, 4-3, and besting the Stars, 4-2. And the Pats, of course, bested the Colts by a healthy score of 43-22. Onward to Colorado!