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|Kobasew trade sends message to remaining Bruins
|10.19.09 at 2:47 pm ET
WILMINGTON — Chuck Kobasew was a beloved member of the Bruins, and if trading him to the Minnesota Wild Sunday was a message of dissatisfaction from management — as it was articulated by both general manager and coach in its aftermath — well, then the cannon ball shot was received loud and clear by the players on Monday morning.
The 27-year-old Kobasew stumbled out of the gate this season with only a single assist in seven games, and seemed to be an unwitting victim of a hibernating Bruins unit unable to snap out of their prolonged .500 slumber. The hard-nosed veteran and 20-goal scorer was traded for both salary cap reasons and a little bit of good-old fashioned message-sending from B's GM Peter Chiarelli.
The B's top decision-maker hopes that the addition of some young P-Bruins blood in Vladimir Sobotka and Brad Marchand can spark a team that's been the very definition of lethargic for far too long this autumn. The Black and Gold have been unable to shake a funk of inconsistency to start the season, and have flashed little passion or anger in their game — aside from a revenge special against the Carolina Hurricanes. Chiarelli felt it was time to make things a tad bit uncomfortable in the B's dressing room. Judging from the reaction of the players at practice and after the session was over, it was mission accomplished.
The B's executive also admitted that he couldn't have summoned Marchand and Sobotka from Providence without jettisoning Kobasew and effectively unlocking the salary cap handcuffs wrapped around the team. The reports that the team had $1.6 million in cap space prior to the deal appear to have been greatly exaggerated. The B's couldn't even afford to keep Sobotka in Boston to begin the season, which spurred his demotion to Providence.
"It's a combination of a number of factors. Certainly our play has been on and off and that was part of it," said Chiarelli, who had been in discussions with several clubs for a period two weeks. "The two guys we brought up have been playing pretty well in Providence. It also gives us a little of salary cap flexibility for this year and for next year, so it was a good time for all those things. But it was primarily based on our play.
"The fellows we brought up our young, energetic and enthusiastic, and I thought that we needed an injection of that into our lineup. It's a little bit of [frustration]. It's not a complete reactionary move. It's something that addresses a lot of things. I'm not satisfied with our start. Friday night, I thought we a terrific game in all areas and then it was disappointing to see Saturday. Work is being done and we're turning the corner a bit, but in large part on a game-to-game basis I don't see the passion that I saw before. We have to get that back."
Tim Thomas was a little more succinct.
"My gut feeling tells me that [the trade] is a shot across the bow. Wake up or else changes will be made," said Thomas. "My first reaction was surprise. I guess I hadn't been thinking along those lines of any trades at all. It's a funny business where a guy can be a teammate for going on three years, and then he's gone."
The deal obviously clears Kobasew's $2.3 million from the books both this year and next year — which could become a factor in extension talks with Marc Savard — and allows Boston much more financial flexibility moving forward. Kobasew's cap hit was something of a luxury for a third-line grinder in this brave, new world of salary cap era hockey.
All that being said, Kobasew is another veteran leader in the B's dressing room that has now moved on, and joins a leadership exodus that included Aaron Ward, Stephane Yelle, P.J. Axelsson, Shane Hnidy and now the veteran right winger.
The move perhaps hit closest with 23-year-old Patrice Bergeron, who has watched several great friends move on from Boston after the two-way center developed close relationships with them. First it was Marty Lapointe that mentored Bergeron and allowed the rookie to live with his family during his first NHL season. Then it was Brad Boyes after Bergeron had formed into a dynamic scoring tandem with the natural goal-scorer before his trade to the St. Louis Blues. Now it's Bergeron's roommate during road trips, Kobasew, that has been shipped off to a different NHL locale.
It's all part of the pro sports business, but the move should certainly shake up the B's locker room's comfort level. In the view of the decision-makers, the players still seems to be daydreaming about the Stanley Cup rather than rolling up their sleeves and working toward it. Bergeron said he spoke with Kobasew on Sunday following the deal, and the gritty forward was understandably reluctant to leave his home for the last three seasons in Boston.
"You never worried about his work ethic. He was my roommate on the road too. It's always hard to see somebody go, but it happens. It's tough, but at the same time it's a business," said Bergeron. "I really wish him the best. He's such a good guy. The type of guy you always want on your team. But with the way things were going, that's something that's going to happen. We just have to deal with this as a team when somebody like that has to go because of the situation."
The Bruins have now paid a price for their sluggish seven-game start to a season filled with sky-high expectations. It's up to the remaining Black and Gold skaters to heed the unmistakable message and act on it.
|Lucic out 4-6 weeks with a broken right index finger
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WILMINGTON — The Bruins doled out more good news at Monday morning practice when Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli revealed that Milan Lucic had surgery Sunday for a broken right finger, and will miss 4-6 weeks with the injury. Claude Julien corrected the diagnosis at his press availability and revealed that the hulking left forward underwent surgery for a broken right index finger.
"Anytime you lose a guy like Looch, you're losing a player that usually has a pretty good impact on the game when he's on top of it," said Julien. "It's certainly going to hurt. I think we saw him more like the player we wanted him to be against Dallas. So it's going to hurt, but it's going to give somebody else an opportunity a chance to step.
"We've always been a team that's responded well to that in the past."
Lucic was placed on long term injured reserve list Sunday amid a flurry of moves by the Bruins, and that requires that the bruising left winger miss at least 10 games and 24 days due to the injury.
"He'll probably be [out] anywhere between 4-6 weeks. He had surgery on his [finger]," said Chiarelli of Lucic's injury.
|Lucic ready to remain in Boston 'a long time'
|10.08.09 at 10:02 am ET
WILMINGTON, Mass — Milan Lucic made it clear after signing his three-year deal with the Boston Bruins that it wasn't even remotely about the money.
That being said, B's winger Shawn Thornton told the rookie to forget about taking the veterans out to celebratory dinner. He's expecting designer watches for all his teammates following the 21-year-old winger's big contractual score.
"I want watches with that contract," said Thornton. "Forget about dinner. We want Breitlings."
All joking and designer watches aside, Lucic made it clear to Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli and head coach Claude Julien during last year's exit interview meetings that he loved Boston. When it came time to think about his NHL future, he didn't want to play hockey anywhere else. Not even in his hometown of Vancouver where the Canucks — among other NHL teams — would have made a run at the overpowering left winger had he reached restricted free agency.
"He expressed to me that he loved being a Bruin, and that he wanted to a Bruin for a long time," said the B's front office man. "I love the way Milan plays. I love the way he carries himself on and off the ice. He's a very humble person and he deserves this."
The B's general manager didn't immediately jump into extension talks with Lucic, and instead first dealt with David Krejci, Phil Kessel and the rest of his roster-building decisions over the summer. But once the team was solidified and Kessel's situation was mercifully addressed, the two sides quickly found some mutual ground and finished negotiations on a three-year deal worth $12.25 million.
For Lucic, it's a hefty reward for throwing his body the last two plus seasons and relishing the physical style that has come to define his game. The hulking forward has enough skill to skate with top-line players, and could end up being an annual 25-goal scorer when it's all said and done. He's one of the most ferocious, punishing physical forces in hockey. There aren't many that combine those two brutish and beautiful skills into one player package, and there isn't a better place than Boston to incubate such a talent.
What made this such a good fit for Lucic when there might have been a Kessel-esque $5 million plus per year offer sheet waiting for him on July 1?
"My first year here was a great experience for me, and the culture that we created in the room as teammates and the coaching staff wanting us to get better," said Lucic. "Peter [Chiarelli] wants us to be competitive and be up there with the other three teams in Boston. Just the city itself is such a great sports town, and you want to be a part of that for a long time. I know I do."
It's a whopper of a raise for Lucic, who jumps from this season's rookie salary of $685,000 to the $4 million mark next season, but it also continues a trend of huge second contracts for young NHL stars coming out of their entry-level rookie deals. Chiarelli said the second-contract phenomenon was something he continues to be uncomfortable with, but assured it was a league-wide issue likely to be addressed during the next CBA negotiations.
"Milan has been a very good performer for us. His skill set, his character set and his physicality are all tremendous assets to our organization, and typify what it means to be a Bruin," said Chiarelli.
Lucic's contract gives the Bruins roughly $42 million in salary dedicated to next season's team with plenty of free agents hitting the market next summer. Blake Wheeler, Mark Stuart and Tuukka Rask will all be restricted free agents while Marc Savard, Derek Morris, Steve Begin, Andrew Ference and Thornton will all be unrestricted free agents come July 1. Per CBA rules, Chiarelli can negotiate with players like Savard, Ference and Thornton all through the year, but has to wait until Jan. 1 to potentially open talks with Morris and Begin.
Not all of Boston's free agents will be returning given the expected movement downward of the $56.8 salary cap level for next season.
"It's a difficult task because not only are you talking about the [RFA's], but you're also talking about other guys who are in the last years of their contracts and want to stay here," said Chiarelli. "It's not easy. There are a lot of uncertain things that you're waiting to see happen, so you can plan better. We obviously just went through a lot of this stuff with Phil [Kessel]. I do my best and this is certainly a piece of the puzzle.
"It's just my day-to-day business. We have to make the tough decisions, and act proactively."
The pact also allows Chiarelli another round of winnable negotiations with Lucic, who will still be an RFA after the 2013 season when his three-year extension expires. It'll be interesting to see how close Lucic gets to the hockey idol he's most closely compared to — Cam Neely — and how his body handles the jarring physical style the 6-foot-4, 220-pounder plays over the next four years.
Savard has skated with Lucic on Boston's top line for the better part of two years, and sees a young hockey pup that still has plenty of room to grow moving forward in his career.
"He's your prototypical Bruins, I think," said Savard. "It's good for him and organization. They made a big step forward today. He's a young leader right now and I think he's going to take bigger steps in that role down the line.
"We've talked about [Lucic's upside] a lot. I'm always going to push him for more, and I know he wants more. He's always hungry and he always wants to help the team win. He wants to produce every night, and I think that's a bonus. He's a big guy for somebody to be taking them under their wing, but I've definitely taken him under my wing. I'd like to be here with him to continue watching him grow."
With Lucic now in the books through the 2012-13 season, it might just be Savard's turn to make a big contract announcement over the next few months. There's no telling what Thornton will expect for gifts if that deal ever comes to fruition.
|Milan Lucic on D&H, 10/7
|10.07.09 at 7:30 pm ET
Bruins left winger Milan Lucic appeared on the Dale & Holley show this afternoon. Check out the full audio here, and read some of the highlights below.
When did you start talking about contracts?
During the preseason, right around the start of camp. Peter [Chiarelli] came up to me and we had a little meeting. We talked about extending and staying here. It all started last year during our year-end meetings. I had a meeting with Peter and I talked to him and told him I wanted to be a Bruin for a long time and it was my goal to stick around in Boston. Because it's such a great organization. I love playing at the TD Garden and playing in front of the Bruins fans because they've been so great. I've grown to love this city and I just love being here, everything about it.
Was it an easy negotiation?
It went pretty smoothly. I think both parties came to an agreement pretty well. In the end we're both happy, we're both thrilled, we're both excited and that's the main thing.
Were you worried about it being a distraction?
Maybe, a lot of guys tend to think about it a little too much, when it's a contract year. It's always sticking in the back of your head. You're always thinking about it. But now that it's over for me I don't have to think about it anymore and I can just go out there and play and help the team win.
|Benning signs multi-year extension with B's
|09.30.09 at 5:53 pm ET
B's GM Peter Chiarelli announced Wednesday afternoon that Bruins assistant general manager Jim Benning has agreed to a multi-year extension with the club. Benning is entering his fourth year with the B's — and third season as assistant GM — after departing the Buffalo Sabres organization following a 12-year run in their front office. Don Sweeney was also named an assistant general manager of the Bruins last week, and both Sweeney and Benning will share the far-ranging hockey duties encompassed by the role.
'Jim plays a critical role in our management group,' said Chiarelli. 'He takes a very aggressive and proactive approach in his recommendations and assessments underscoring his tremendous management ability and experience. His player evaluation is amongst the tops in the industry and his business acumen supplements our group greatly. We were very fortunate as an organization to hire him in 2006 and we are even more fortunate to secure him for the long term.'
Benning and Chiarelli will hold a Thursday morning press conference at the TD Garden to further discuss the deal and the assistant GM's role within the organization.
|Transcript: Bruins Media Day Press Conference
|09.28.09 at 9:28 pm ET
The Boston Bruins held their pre-season media today this morning. The session started with a press conference panel of owner Jeremy Jacobs, principal owner Charlie Jacobs, head coach Claude Julien, general manager Peter Chiarelli, and vice president Cam Neely. The transcript from the press conference is below.
Pressure to live up to last year's 116 points within the sports culture of Boston?
Jeremy Jacobs: Simple answer? Yes. There is an expectation on my part and the community at large. I share the same goal, my ambition is to win a Stanley Cup and I think we have the personalities in place from management, coaching and players. So, I look for a great season and will be disappointed if there is anything less than that.
How impressed are you with the brain trust that has been put together in the front office?
Jeremy Jacobs: I think he [Peter Chiarelli] has done a great job. We've extended our relationship and our contract and I expect that we are building on something. Every body here [the media] are all totally and justifiably critical when we stumbled at first but we got it going and stayed with it and I think the organization is working really well and I think there are personalities in place to run it.
On sending Brad Marchand and Zach Hamill down and the depth of the organization.
Chiarelli: I think both of them have had tremendous camps and I told Zach this morning that, we had talked about him playing at the rookie tournament and when some of the other guys just didn't play. That was good thing that he did, you could see it in how he played in the main camp. I said that most importantly it was the work he did in the development camp, the summer camp, so you have to build on it when you go down to Providence. I told him he had a good camp. I told him he has to work on his battles when he goes down low and I thought the speed caught up to him a little bit at the end.
When I talked to Brad I told him that he had a very good camp and that he was on the right track and while his game is always simple, sometimes down in Providence it tended to get a little complicated and we tried to fix that and he tried to fix it during the camp. So, two young kids, both speak well for the future.
Those guys and the guys we assigned down on Saturday. I like our depth here. It is in different sorts, it's not just a finesse player here or something but players that can fill in different capacities.
On health situation at the start of the year.
Chiarelli: As of today, I haven't talked to the training staff, but as of today I believe we will be pretty healthy at the start of the year unless something were to happen between now and then. You hear of a lot of these teams with groins and hips and, you know, it was a condensed training camp this year and we had maybe one more game than maybe we wanted to. So, I think Claude [Julien] can speak to this, but I think the off day yesterday was good and I think we will get some productive work in between now and the start of the year.
On having first five games at home.
Julien: Well, first of all I think the first part of the season is probably more important no matter whether you are on the home or on the road than most people think and it's been brought to our attention every year that teams in good shape on Thanksgiving are usually the teams that end up in the playoffs. So, we are aware of that and the important-cy of getting off to a good start but even more so this year in front of our fans. No doubt the first five games in front of our fans will be crucial in their minds.
Filling Phil Kessel's Shoes.
Julien: We are confident with the team that we have here, no doubt. We have Marco Sturm back and healthy so, as a group we are a strong team. We fell stronger as well with some young guys having matured and Marco Sturm in as I mentioned he was out most of last year. David Krejci is ahead of the curve right now and we're hopefully looking forward to seeing him in the opener. All in all I think our team is in great shape. Tuuka Rask is going to be a great goaltender to support Tim [Thomas].
We're very confident and I think this Kessel issue for us is in the past and we're moving forward.
Addition of ECHL Redding team helping the organization.
Chiarelli: We will providing some players there as those who won't be on Providence. So, anytime you can expand your organization depth wise it's going to help in the long run. I think we are probably going to provide two or three players there, so, it is a good addition. The last few years we have had east coast affiliates and I think they are affiliated with a couple other teams so they have good staff there and good for the development of our young guys.
On what the race for the conference will look like.
Julien: I am not one to look at these situations as a whole and just sit there and say that we have to be at the top. I think we have to work our way to the top, just like we did last year. There is nothing different except that the challenge will be bigger. There is more respect towards our team this year so obviously there are teams around our conference who are certainly improved. Philadelphia is one of those teams with [Chris] Pronger on the back end, they are certainly going to be a better team. I don't think I am going to spend all my energy worrying about what's on the outside. I think it's important to worry about your back yard and for me it is about the preparation of our team. I have said all along that if teams want to beat us, they are going to have to adapt to us, because we are not going to adapt to others. We play our style of game and we feel confident with it and we will go forward with it as well.
Patrice Bergeron has an extra bounce to his skates this pre-season?
Julien: I think Patrice has taken off where he left off last year. You know, he went through a lot and we were patient and helped him along the way to find his game again but what he went through is something that you don't want to see again and I think he had a great second half and even the playoffs. I have mentioned that before, he was one of our best forwards in the series. I think he was excited about it when he left here last year and is excited about coming back and I think that is a continuation of what you saw last year.
For someone who has played in the finals twice, what does this team need to do to reach that mark?
Neely: We just need to learn from last year. As a player you learn from the experiences you go through. I think when we got to the finals in 1988 it was the first time for a lot of us to be in the finals and I think a lot of us, including myself, were thrilled to be in the finals. Then, in '90, we understood what happened in '88 and we don't look at it like we are excited to be in the finals. You have to remember two years ago, for a lot of our players it was their first time being in the playoffs and a lot of our key players, it was the first time for them. So, the learned from that series and took it a little bit further last year and what I always have these guys try to remember is how it felt to win those games and how it felt to lose that final game and you can learn from that. I think we have a lot of guys that know we should have gone a little deeper than we did and I think they're hungry to get back to that challenge to go a little deeper.
Will the team be actively searching the waiver wire as the league wide roster cut deadline looms?
Chiarelli: Waiver acquisition that we'd look at? You basically react to that. You have a general idea of who is going to be on and we will look at who is on today. We will see who is up there and I suspect we will see some activity as far as trading players, for teams that are under cap crunches. So, I will be fielding some calls but I don't anticipate anything happening.
On Versus and Direct TV customers not seeing opening night.
Jeremy Jacobs: I think you are right, it doesn't look good. The commissioner and everybody in the league office is doing what they can do but the situation is not within our control. We know how unhappy the whole hockey world is. I think the best thing is that everybody should be put on notice that if they want to watch our game with what the circumstances are, if they want to watch our game get to a location where they can see it from. Right now it does not look good to be broadcast. They are moving at glacial speed.
Giving Sturm a try out on the top line with Savard considering how the speedy Kessel played there.
Julien: We'd certainly like, to a certain extent, put some speed again on that wing and Marc is good at finding those guys so we will give those guys a try. Like I mentioned through training camp there is nothing carved in stone. We are going to put the best lines together as we can possibly find and if that means tweaking them and moving them around we will until we find the right combination. I think right now it is worth having a look at and Marco has played the off wing before and he feels comfortable there as well so, again, there is a guy who hasn't played in a while so we have to take that into consideration whether he's on top of his game or whether he is trying to find it again.
With the stable situations in the front office and on the ice, what are the tweaking points that could be made during the season?
Chiarelli: Structurally I do not foresee anything. I mean, we always exchange ideas and philosophies where we hope to improve the communication between the management, the coaching staff and the team. We always look to improve. I can't tell you anything that we haven't told you already, I know there are some themes that Claude and I have talked about that we want to impress on the team all year. Besides that, I am happy where we are at. We always look to improve but there will nothing really significant from within the management group.
|Chiarelli: Kessel 'no longer wanted to play in Boston'
|09.19.09 at 12:03 pm ET
Bruins GM Peter Chiarelli met with the media on Saturday morning to discuss dealing leading-scorer Phil Kessel to the Toronto Maple Leafs for three high draft picks over the next years, and stated pointedly on several occasions that the 21-year-old winger "no longer wanted to play in Boston".
Kessel and agent Wade Arnott had, according to Chiarelli, informed him of a couple of reasons why he no longer wanted to a Bruin, and privately gave the GM a couple of reasons why he needed a change of NHL address. That spurred the B's to trade away Kessel for draft picks in excess of the draft pick compensation for a potential offer sheet, and the Maple Leafs emerged as the only team with the draft pick assets and available cash to swing a trade-and-sign for Boston's restricted free agent.
One of those reasons behind Kessel's desire to leave is believed to be B's coach Claude Julien's "tough love" relationship with him over their two years together. Some believe that Kessel never forgave the coach for benching him during his first playoff series against the Montreal Canadiens, and preaching the importance of a two-way game over simply being a glorified floater on the ice. Kessel scored 36 goals and was a +23 during his breakout season with the Black and Gold last winter, and much of that on-ice success can be traced back to Julien's "no soft play allowed" coaching style.
"He had his best season under this coach. Enough said on that," Chiarelli said of Kessel and Julien. "We stress defense first. We stress competitiveness. Having said all that, what were we, first or second in the league in goals scored? And he had 36, 37 goals? Got him a nice raise."
The B's coach, for his part, didn't get all soft and fuzzy on the relationship he had with a slow-to-mature Kessel during their two seasons together in Boston, but he also didn't feel like the player/coach dynamic was a big factor in the disconnect between Kessel and the Bruins. In his mind, the coach had done everything possible to make things work for both the player and the hockey club.
"I even told him in a conversation that I didn't get a (salary) bonus for making him into a bad player. Everything I did was to try and make him a better player, and I think that message was understood," said Julien. "I think last year his season proved that. He seemed to understand the concept of our team, and besides the 36 goals he was a + player. I feel good personally that I did my best to make him the best player I could, and the rest of that stuff has nothing to do with me.
"I'm not going to sugercoat this. He was no different than any other player that you deal with at times. You never have smooth relationships because there's challenges along the way. What you need to do as a coach is to convince those guys and make them understand and believe that this is what you need to do to be the best team possible. This is what you need to be the best player possible as well. We all know Phil has always grown up as a superstar player, and those guys are a bit of a bigger challenge. But I can tell you last year there were no issues with him resisting, and there shouldn't have been because his season proved that it was very successful."
Chiarelli addressed the addition of the draft picks and the options that it provides the team with $1.7 million under the salary cap. The swap gives the B's a grand total of five draft picks in the first two rounds of next year's draft (two first-rounders and three second-rounders), and affords them plenty of assets should they need a particular player at this season's trade deadline. The Nashville Predators were the other team seriously in on Kessel and a deal with them would have centered on affordable, young prospects (Ryan Ellis, Jon Blum, Colin Wilson) more than draft picks. But no other team — aside from Brian Burke's well-heeled Maple Leafs — was willing to pay the 21-year-old $5.4 million a year for four years of restricted free agency and one year of UFA status from Kessel.
In so many ways this move by the Bruins smacks of a New England Patriots-style manuever where there was a particular value on a player, and the B's front office fortified their long-term future once Toronto's contract offer shot up into the hockey stratosphere. Many of the same factors and beliefs that were at play in the Richard Seymour deal earlier this month are now rearing up on Causeway Street.
Chiarelli added that he could have matched a potential offer sheet from Toronto and then stored Phil Kessel on LTIR (Long Term Injured Reserve) for the entirety of the regular season if the B's front office felt it was necessary. That would have been a largely punitive move toward the player, and would have forced the B's to clear off enough space for his gigantic raise in salary.
Chiarelli surely would have been forced to trade off an Andrew Ference or a Chuck Kobasew — or perhaps Michael Ryder — simply to squeeze Kessel's $5.4 million under the salary cap. That's not even broaching the contractual decisions that await Chiarelli next season when Milan Lucic, Blake Wheeler and Marc Savard are all looking for new deals. None of his other available options seemed prudent or feasible once Chiarelli viewed the Kessel situation in totality.
"At the end of the day, we want players that want to be here," said Chiarelli, who also said the perceived threat of the offer sheet played prominently into the eventual trade. "I know this player is a good player. Obviously he is. He can skate and he can shoot the puck. But we want players that want to be here, and we want to grow the team with those type of players. This isn't about — and I know the history here — but this isn't about frugality. There was some significant offers made, and there was little to no attempt to negotiate from the other side.
"Phil's agent gave me a couple of reasons," added Chiarelli when asked if he knew why Kessel wanted out of Boston. "I was surprised. I don't know if really there were other reasons. He has that right as a restricted free agent and he can choose (where he signs). It's all part of this new CBA whether it's restricted free agency or unrestricted free agency, it comes earlier and arbitration comes earlier so (a player's) mobility and choice of location comes earlier."
There were an overflow of "it's a business" type quotes from the Bruins players in the aftermath of the Kessel deal, but interesting viewpoints from team Captain Zdeno Chara and close friend Blake Wheeler came to the fore. Several times during their three years together, frustration cropped up with Chara toward the youngster's game, and then bubbled over in practice.
The towering defenseman hinted afterwards that the young sniper still has a few things to learn about being a successful player in the NHL, and some of it simply comes down to a commitment toward off-ice training and improvements to his game. One imagines that Chara will teach Kessel a few of these painful lessons the first time he ventures into the corners of the TD Garden ice decorated in a Maple Leafs sweater.
"We all know he's a young, skilled player. When you have young players like that — and not just young players but even older players — you have to realize that you can learn something every day, as they say," said Chara when asked if he had moments of frustration with #81 during his time in Boston. "He has to realize that learning is a part of the game, and sometimes it's a little easier and sometimes it's a little bit harder."
While Chara said he hadn't spoken with Kessel at all, Wheeler still chats regularly on the phone with his former University of Minnesota teammate "3 or 4 times a week" and never got the impression that Kessel was quite so dead-set about not coming back to the Bruins.
"Our conversations were never too much about hockey or the business aspect of it. It was more like 'whatever happens, happens," said Wheeler. "We never had that particular conversation. At the end of the day, maybe, if he had to pick he would have wanted to be here (in Boston). But it just didn't work out."
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Troubled smartphone pioneer RIM prepares to raise the curtain on BlackBerry 10
NEW YORK, N.Y. - After several technical blunders, two unexpected delays and one major shakeup in its leadership, BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion is about to raise the curtain for its new smartphone devices in hopes that consumers share the excitement.
The unveiling of the phones and operating system on Wednesday marks the start of an advertising blitz that will stretch to social media, the Super Bowl and beyond as RIM tries to regain the cool factor that was once firmly in its grasp.
If all goes according to plan, the event will also mark the end of a troublesome 12 months that has seen RIM try to stay afloat while its future was constantly in question by outsiders, and its stock price tumbled to the lowest level in about a decade.
While the first hurdles to overcome on Wednesday are the opinions of tech analysts and investor reaction, the true measure of success — actual sales of the phones — is still weeks away.
As a crowd of thousands gathers Wednesday at Pier 36, a massive entertainment venue on the shores of Manhattan, chief executive Thorsten Heins will step onto the stage holding the BlackBerry that has been at once considered the company's last hope, but also its biggest hurdle.
Just over a year ago, when Heins took over the top spot at RIM, the smartphone maker was in a state of flux as its marketshare tumbled in North America against growing competition from Apple's iPhone and various devices on the Android operating system.
Analysts had widely blamed the lack of leadership from former co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis as the reasons that RIM failed to innovate its way out of trouble, but they also said that Heins had much to prove in hardly any time.
The company was in a bubble, insisting that it hadn't lost its footing in the smartphone industry, even though from the outside their downfall was indisputable.
But as the dust settled from Balsillie's exit in March 2012, Heins began to face the realities of RIM's problems and launched a major overhaul of its middle management and deep cuts to its operations.
While Heins preferred to call it removing a "little fat on the hips," the changes at RIM were a far more strategic and complex surgery.
The company closed some of its manufacturing facilities and announced plans to lay off about 5,000 workers, as it aimed to save $1 billion across RIM's operations by February 2013. Heins reached that savings goal, and he did it three months ahead of schedule.
"He is probably one of the least dogmatic people at RIM," said Carl Howe, vice-president of consumer research at Yankee Group.
"I think he learned from his predecessors."
Despite all of the changes, Heins was still up against the fact that development of the BlackBerry 10 operating system was woefully behind schedule. Already delayed from a launch in 2011, the CEO was forced in June to further push the debut into 2013, missing crucial sales periods like the back-to-school and Christmas holiday shopping seasons.
While analysts hated the idea of another delay, it also bought the company some extra time to tweak the software to capitalize on the weaknesses of competitors' smartphones.
One of those features is the BlackBerry Balance technology, which allows one phone to operate as both a business and personal device entirely separate from each other. Another one lets users seamlessly shift between the phone's applications like they're flipping between pages on a desk.
The BlackBerry Messenger chat program will also get an update that includes video chat and screen sharing options.
RIM's executives also began an aggressive campaign last year to win the developer community. Under its previous leadership, the BlackBerry had practically ignored the growing popularity of smartphone applications for services like Netflix, Skype and Instagram.
A sea of change was coming under its new leaders, and Heins had managed to at least steady a company that was swaying on its pillars by coming up with unconventional ideas.
As the BlackBerry lost steam in North America and Europe, he turned to developing countries like Indonesia and Nigeria to keep revenues flowing in the near term. In those places, consumers were hungry for low-cost smartphones and the BlackBerry was still considered a status symbol.
The decision helped RIM keep its subscriber base steady, and maintain its $2-billion cash reserve, which was set aside for emergencies. It will use some of that money to promote the new phones.
"Up until now I think everything (Heins) laid out in terms of his plan ... he's shown that he's executed on it," said Richard Tse, an analyst at Cormark Securities Inc.
"In terms of what they've done on the development side, in terms of streamlining the operations and preserving the cash, I think he's done a very good job to date."
Investors aren't satisfied with all of his decisions, however, especially when Heins unveiled a rough plan in December that will likely eat into the lucrative service fees charged to BlackBerry subscribers.
Heins told analysts on its most recent earnings conference call that RIM plans to launch an a la carte menu of services where both enterprise customers and casual smartphone users can pick their packages. The change would likely mean reduced revenues in one of the most lucrative areas of its business.
Even on the dawn of the new BlackBerry unveiling, there are still questions about whether RIM will exist in its current form this time next year. Some analysts have said the company will eventually be forced to sell off at least its hardware division, if not more.
"They're in such a difficult position that I can't think of a management change that would help them get out of it," Tim Long of BMO Capital Markets.
"Clearly there are people out there that think the BlackBerry 10 is going to be something that gets them back on the map. We don't think so."
Long said his checks within the mobile phone industry have shown that carriers aren't particularly interested in RIM's touchscreen smartphone, but they're more anxious for the keypad version, or QWERTY phone, due sometime after the initial launch.
"We think that's an issue," he said.
If the stock price is any sign, RIM's investors are at least more confident this month then they've been in a long time. As of Monday's closing price, RIM's shares have risen 167 per cent from its lowest level in about a decade, reached in September, on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Several analysts have boosted their target prices for the company's stock in the past two weeks.
Whatever happens after the new BlackBerrys are unveiled, it's certain that RIM isn't in the clear yet.
"Product transitions are always pretty ugly," said Howe.
"The good news is if you can get yourself through to the other side ... you have an opportunity to disrupt the market yourself."
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J.P. Morgan Chase and Blakeney Management have invested over $20 million in a Dubai-based e-commerce firm which sells designer clothing, a sign that global investors are interested in the Middle East's nascent online shopping sector.
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Hewlett-Packard Co. said that a British company it bought for $9.7 billion last year lied about its finances, resulting in a massive write-down of the value of the business. CEO Meg Whitman avoided calling it a fraud, but said Tuesday that there were "serious accounting improprieties, disclosure failures and outright misrepresentations at Autonomy Corporation PLC."
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Two years after a wounded General Motors returned to the stock market, the symbol of American industrial might is thriving again. Sunday marks the anniversary of GM's initial public stock offering in November 2010. The company has made money for 11 straight quarters, piling up more than $16 billion in profits. Its cars and trucks are selling for good prices. And sales are strong in China.
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Manufacturing shrank in the Philadelphia and New York regions this month, reflecting damage from Superstorm Sandy that disrupted area factories. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said that its index of regional manufacturing activity declined to -10.7, a five-month low.
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Ford said that a switch to smaller cars and an increase in incentives will narrow the profit margins in its core North American business. Mark Fields, who becomes chief operating officer on Dec. 1, said higher inventories will force some automakers to raise incentives, and that is likely to cut into what has been stable pricing for Ford.
Governors Call For Wind Energy Tax Credit RenewalNovember 14, 2012 10:28 am | by Jeff Barnard, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press | News | Comments
The fate of a tax credit that advocates say is needed to maintain tens of thousands of wind energy jobs will be decided during high-stakes, last-minute negotiations between President Obama and House Republicans over fiscal issues, officials said Tuesday.
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Everyone who pays income tax — and some who don't —will feel it. The package of tax increases and spending cuts known as the "fiscal cliff" takes effect in January unless Congress passes a budget deal by then. The economy would be hit so hard that it would likely sink into recession in the first half of 2013, economists say.
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Shares of AK Steel Holding Corp. fell Tuesday after the company forecast a larger-than-expected loss in the fourth quarter on lower steel prices and a large income tax charge. AK Steel expects to lose between 67 and 72 cents per share in the quarter. The company said it will ship more steel than it did in the third quarter, but prices will fall by about 5 percent.
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Trina Solar Ltd. lowered its third-quarter guidance on Monday, citing industry-wide oversupply and lower prices. The Chinese solar panel maker estimates shipments in the third quarter between 375 and 385 megawatts, down from previous guidance of 450 to 480 megawatts. The company said margins were squeezed by anti-dumping duties in the U.S. and an inventory write-down.
India Industrial Output Down In SeptemberNovember 12, 2012 2:00 pm | by Erika Kinetz, AP Business Writer | News | Comments
India's industrial production contracted 0.4 percent in September, government data showed Monday, far worse than expected as manufacturing output continued to slump amid signs of weakness in investment and consumer demand. The results indicate that Asia's third largest economy still has a way to go to pull itself out of its current slowdown.
Solar Companies Volatile After Trade RulingsNovember 9, 2012 2:13 pm | by The Associated Press | News | Comments
The possibility of tariffs on China-made solar panels was causing some big swings in the stock prices of both U.S. and Chinese solar companies on Thursday. The U.S. International Trade Commission found that Chinese companies have materially injured U.S. manufacturers, upholding tariffs that can run as high as nearly 250 percent.
China's Factory Output Rises In Sign Of RecoveryNovember 9, 2012 10:19 am | by Joe McDonald, AP Business Writer | News | Comments
China's auto sales, consumer spending and factory output improved in October in a new sign of economic recovery as the Communist Party prepared to install a new generation of leaders. Growth in factory output accelerated to 9.6 percent over a year earlier from the previous month's 9.2 percent, the government reported Friday. Retail sales rose 14.5 percent, up from September's 14.2 percent.
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The U.S. trade deficit declined to the lowest level in nearly two years because exports rose to a record high. The gain may not last given the global economic slowdown. Still, the narrower trade deficit could lead the government to revise its July-September economic growth estimate slightly higher than the 2 percent annual rate reported last month.
Tata Motors Profit Up On Jaguar Land RoverNovember 7, 2012 2:07 pm | by Erika Kinetz, AP Business Writer | News | Comments
India's Tata Motors reported a 10 percent rise in quarterly net profit Wednesday, as the strong global performance of Jaguar Land Rover masked lackluster results from Tata's core brand. Net profit was $387M in the July to September quarter. Sales rose 19 percent from a year earlier to $8.1B, thanks to strong demand for Jaguar Land Rover vehicles, especially in China, which accounts for over 20 percent of global sales.
Obama Faces A Slow But Improving EconomyNovember 7, 2012 10:25 am | by Christopher S. Rugaber, Paul Wiseman, AP Economics Writers | News | Comments
Here's the assignment President Barack Obama has won with his re-election: Improve an economy burdened by high unemployment, stagnant pay, a European financial crisis, slowing global growth and U.S. companies still too anxious to expand much.
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Caterpillar Inc. says it will continue to idle factories and cut production into next year due to a slowdown in demand for its mining and construction equipment. Mike DeWalt is director of investor relations for Peoria-based Caterpillar. Crain's Chicago Business says DeWalt said that Caterpillar has been hard hit by a slowdown in mining.
AK Steel Imposes Price Hike On Steel ProductsNovember 7, 2012 10:14 am | by The Associated Press | News | Comments
Shares of some U.S. steel manufacturers rose Tuesday, a day after AK Steel Holding Corp. imposed a $50 per ton increase in spot market base prices for carbon flat-rolled steel used in such products as automobiles and appliances. AK Steel said Monday that the increase was effective immediately on new orders.
China Helps BMW Offset European Weakness In Q3November 6, 2012 2:01 pm | by David McHugh, AP Business Writer | News | Comments
Strong sales of its luxury cars in China helped Germany's BMW AG overcome weak markets in crisis-ridden Europe. Net profit rose 16 percent in the third quarter to €1.29 billion ($1.65 billion) on a 13.7 percent jump in sales to a record €18.82 billion. The Munich-based carmaker said it was sticking to its forecasts for 2012 sales and earnings to be up on the previous year despite "an increasingly uncertain market environment."
Microsoft, Apple Tablets Have Most Profit MarginsNovember 6, 2012 1:59 pm | by The Associated Press | News | Comments
Microsoft and Apple are garnering the highest profit margins for their tablets, followed by Google and then Amazon, according to research firm IHS. IHS' analysis excludes costs for marketing, sales or operating system-software, which Microsoft has been touting with its device. The research firm obtains the devices independently and breaks them apart to estimate the cost of the components.
ISM: Manufacturing Continues To GrowNovember 6, 2012 7:09 am | by Mike Schmidt. Associate Editor, Manufacturing Business Technology | Articles | Comments
The October registered 51.7 percent, an increase of 0.2 percentage point from September's reading of 51.5 percent, indicating growth in manufacturing at a slightly faster rate. "This helps to remind people that manufacturing is growing, despite its ups and downs and everything going on around us," said Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair of the Institute for Supply Management Manufacturing Business Survey Committee.
Auto Industry Could Ease IN Manufacturing SlowdownNovember 5, 2012 2:03 pm | by The Associated Press | News | Comments
Indiana's manufacturing industry has seen its recovery stall, and experts predict things will get worse as many of the state's largest companies feel the effects the European financial crisis and slowing growth in China. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the state lost an estimated 1,400 manufacturing jobs in September.
Boeing Inks Deal To Sell 20 Planes To Kuwaiti FirmNovember 5, 2012 2:01 pm | by The Associated Press | News | Comments
Boeing Co. and Kuwaiti airplane leasing company ALAFCO are saying they finalized an order for 20 Boeing 737 MAX 8s valued at $2.0 billion at their current list price. ALAFCO buys planes and then leases them to airlines. The deal was first announced in July at Britain's Farnborough Airshow
Toyota Quarterly Profit Triples, Raises ForecastNovember 5, 2012 10:23 am | by Yuri Kageyama, AP Business Writer | News | Comments
Toyota's quarterly profit tripled, driven by a recovery from natural disasters, and the company raised its full-year earnings forecast Monday despite a sales slump in China. Toyota Motor Corp., on track to regain the crown of world's No. 1 automaker this year, reported a July-September net profit of $3.2B. The result was better than the $3B quarterly profit forecast by analysts surveyed by FactSet.


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Planning for the 2015 event is in progress!
Stay tuned for exciting news from the Maker Faire DC team.
Planning for the 2015 event is in progress!
Stay tuned for exciting news from the Maker Faire DC team.
Thanks, everyone for joining us at the first-ever DC Mini Maker Faire and Making Education Great Symposium!
We are tallying over 3000 attendees and 22+ Federal Government agencies present at the first-ever DC Mini Maker Faire on Sunday, volunteering /staffing our Making in Government area throughout the event. DC Mini Maker Faire attendees also included representatives from the White House, the Congressional Maker Caucus, the District of Columbia Mayor's Office, Joey "Marshmallow Cannon" Hudy, the Maker Education Initiative, and Dale Dougherty (CEO of Maker Media/ creator of the Maker Faire).
We'll be setting up a way to collect all your photos and videos of the Maker mania soon! Check out our twitter feed and Instagram at @DCmakerfaire /#dcmakes. Other popular tags for the events inlcuded #govmakes, #MAKEEdGr8,#NationOfMakers, #makerfaire and #thismatters.
The first-ever DC Mini Maker Faire is off to a running start. Here's a sneak peek of some of our exhibits.
Please join us today from 11am-7pm in southeast DC's Yards Park!
Click here for more information: http://makerfairedc.com/attend/
George Crowdsourcington: a larger than life 3D rendering of our first president. Every piece was produced by a different volunteer, each with their own 3D printers.
Question: How do you hang a 40 ft pterodactyl made of bamboo ?
Answer: Very Carefully.
A 3D rendering of the White House at the capitol's first ever Maker Faire? How appropriate.
A volunteer answers questions about how the National Institutes of Health are involved in making. (Hint: think 3D models of frog dissections and self-assembling viruses!)
Volunteers assemble "Shelter 2.o", an open-source design for digitally-fabricated transitional housing and emergency situations
Making– it's for everyone!
The DC Mini Maker Faire team is hard at work – hanging up that 40-foot (bamboo) pterodactyl, prepping the Yards Park tents, and tinkering into the wee hours of the night.
We just added our Press Release – DC Mini Maker Faire Celebrates Hands-on Invention and Creativity in the District: Open-to-everyone event launches exciting Maker month — and would love to have you help us spread the word + capture tomorrow's excitement with photos, videos, and more.
Come find us @ the Press Booth in Ideaspace, Sunday June 8, 2014, 11am-7pm, rain or shine. We think it's going to shine! 355 Water Street SE, Washington, DC.
Contact @dcmakerfaire / firstname.lastname@example.com
My 3D printed mini-me!
We showed you ours– it's time for you to show us yours!
Post a video, picture or snappy summary showing off your proudest #makermoment today on social media to help get people excited about making.
FYI: The DC forecast says 85 and partly sunny for Sunday– perfect weather for making!
See you this weekend!
Maker: Katie Schreyer
Proudest Maker Moment: "Modifying my printer to have a heat bed without instructions (there weren't any). I figured it all out on my own."
Katie Schreyer doesn't think she should have to choose between 3D printing and lacemaking.
"I love making because I love seeing something that I only imagined become real," says Schreyer. "It doesn't matter if it's a piece of lace with a custom design, or a new bracket for a broken shelf."
Schreyer stumbled across a how-to website on lacemaking several years ago and quickly became enchanted with the history and rich tradition surrounding what she describes as a "dying art".
"I think it's valuable to remember how things used to be done, and how beautiful things can be made with the simplest tools," says Schreyer.
But Schreyer doesn't discriminate when it comes to the tools she uses to bring her ideas to life. After finding a relatively cheap build-your-own 3D printer kit last year, she jumped head first into the high-tech 3D printing craze.
For Schreyer, it's about more than just her own making. It's about showing kids that certain types of making aren't "just for girls" or "just for boys".
At Sunday's DC Mini Maker Faire, expect to see her darting back and forth between the 3D models of miniature scale robots that she and her husband Dustin build together, and the hands-on station where she'll help visitors try their hands at traditional fiber art.
It might make for a hectic day, but for Schreyer, having the opportunity to share her passion for making is worth it.
"I love the freedom of being able to make pretty much anything myself without depending on someone else to envision, design, and manufacture it."
Katie Bechtold (center, right) and Elizabeth Smith (far right) promote "Spanning Tree" , a new DC-based makerspace for women, at the 2014 USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C.
Maker: Erica Stratton
Proudest Maker Moment: "The time I 3D printed a ring and had it fit on the first try!"
Erica Stratton's mom didn't call it "making", but her DIY know-how had a big influence on Stratton's identity as a maker.
"I learned all of my basic handyman skills from her, as well as how to mix watercolors, sew, and manipulate needle-nose pliers to make jewelry or fix electronics," says Stratton.
But as an adult, finding the right place to make wasn't easy. Either the space didn't have what she was looking for, or she didn't feel completely at ease.
Enter Spanning Tree, a new DC-based makerspace that bills itself as a "feminist community workshop where members can work on projects in a comfortable, welcoming environment."
According to Stratton, Spanning Tree is different from similar spaces because they define "making" in a way that's much broader—from 3D printing and laser cutting to sewing and other handicrafts.
Most importantly, Spanning Tree feels like a good fit.
"I feel like I don't have to hide my roots, and feel more comfortable asking questions in a space like this," says Stratton.
Representatives from Spanning Tree will showcase member-made items and answer questions at Sunday's DC Mini Maker Faire.
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Joey Hudy and President Barrack Obama launch a marshmallow across the East Room at the 2012 White House Science Fair
Maker: Joey Hudy
Proudest Maker Moment: "Finding that complete strangers have used my products and liked them."
Launched into the spotlight in 2012 by a particularly memorable flying marshmallow, Joey Hudy has made it a point to use his celebrity status to spread the word about making.
But it was only four years ago that Hudy himself was introduced to the maker movement, having received tickets to attend the San Francisco Maker Faire for his 12th birthday.
"I had always been making things around the house, but never knew there was a whole world out there of makers," says Hudy.
While Hudy loves the experience of building and the satisfaction of seeing a project all the way through, one of the best things about making has nothing to do with the end product.
"When you're making, you get to meet a lot of great people," says Hudy. "I have made a lot of great friends."
Hudy and his mother, Julie Hudy, a self-described "maker mom", will be on hand at Sunday's DC Mini Maker Faire to field questions about how kids can get started.
According to Julie, it's all about encouraging kids to pursue what interests them.
"Let your child be who he wants to be," says Julie. "That's when all the magic happens."
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Crafters, tinkerers, amateur inventors, and DIY newbies are invited to jump head first into making next Sunday, June 8, at the first-ever DC Mini Maker Faire.
With numerous confirmed exhibitors set to delight visitors with hands-on activities, demos, and information about how to get involved in the Maker Movement, this free, all-ages, event is the perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon in the district.
The DC Mini Maker Faire will be held in Yards Park in southeast Washington D.C. from 11am-7pm.
A student works on a project at the Digital Harbor Foundation's Tech Center in Baltimore, MD
Maker: Shawn Grimes, Director of Technology, Digital Harbor Foundation
Proudest Maker Moment: "when I built my first 3D printer just over a year ago"
For Shawn Grimes, making is all about learning new things and pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone.
"Everyone can consume, but not enough of us take the daring step to create and make," says Grimes.
A long time "software maker", Grimes discovered a hidden passion for hardware and physical making when he signed on as Director of Technology at the Digital Harbor Foundation, which recently launched a Baltimore-based makerspace for young people, ages 12 to 18, called the Tech Center.
"I've never thought of myself as good with my hands or tools," says Grimes. "I like having an undo button."
As his own confidence grows, Grimes feels the same level of pride watching students discover their own knack for making. Recalling the time he watched a student build a 3D printer, he can't help but get a little emotional.
"Thinking about how huge of an accomplishment that was for him and the impact that has had on his life still makes my eyes water," says Grimes.
Representatives from the Digital Harbor Foundation will be on hand at the upcoming DC Mini Maker Faire to talk about how young people can get involved in the maker movement.
Grime's advice for new makers?
"Start right now! Make mistakes and use the internet for help. Google and YouTube are your friends."


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Jam band super-group Assembly Of Dust describes their music as "hick funk." Now the band, which tours extensively, has released a live album, The Honest Hour. The release, from a 2004 show in Troy, N.Y., seeks to impart the energy of a live show. It follows their self-titled debut, which came out in 2003.
Reid Genauer, who lives in Manhattan, formed Assembly of Dust in 2002, after spending 10 years as the lead singer for the Vermont band Strangefolk. His new group, which includes members of Groovechild, Percy Hill, and Moon Boot Lover, presents a skillful combination of jazz and folk, country and rock. One thing is certain: It makes for a great live show.
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Thanks for replies, Mark
Renaissance Lighting has the best combination of features and performance, including dimming, of any fixture I've seen. This is a premium product and priced accordingly. The optics are intended to cut off the beam for low glare and to direct the light.
Also look at the new Juno Aculux as they now have LED. LED will be coming to Cooper IRIS soon too.
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After 12 years of marriage Deion Sanders files for divorce from his wife Pilar. But he didn't notify her via lawyer, nor messenger or in a nice letter.
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The wife of Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders said Tuesday she learned about his decision to end their marriage when she read it online.
Pilar Biggers-Sanders' lawyer Larry Friedman told TMZ she was "heartbroken and surprised when [she] read . . . that Deion announced his decision, on his own."
"Pilar's sole focus and top priority for the last twelve and a half years has been her marriage and children," he added. "Based on recent discoveries, [Pilar] now realizes that Deion did not view their family the same way."
Friedman would not elaborate on what the "discoveries" were.
The lawyer said Biggers-Sanders had not negotiated a divorce settlement with the 44-year-old, and that she fully intended to protect herself and their three children.
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Sanders made the announcement Dec. 17 in a statement to the entertainment website, saying, "Pilar and I have decided to end our marriage and move on to the next phase of our individual lives with mutual respect.
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This was the second marriage for Sanders, who won the Super Bowl with the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys. He was previously married to Carolyn Chambers, and they have two children together.
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