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I've been thinking for a while Monty has great personnel for the zone. Some sort of zone may be the most realistic shot at playing Anderson, Davis, and Lopez at the same time.
I think Davis has great skills for the zone with his mobility and instincts. He doesn't need to be glued to a man to have a defensive impact. In fact, letting him roam may let him be more effective early in his career as he adds size.
Anyone remember the Tyson-anchored zone Dallas used in the Finals against the Heat? Downright nasty. Would love to have that in our pocket.
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One of the main uses for a 2-3 zone (or 2-1-2 zone) is that it always the coach to take away a post player that he doesn't think his team can effectively guard man to man. The 2-3 is the "inside-out" defense, meaning the zone takes away the inside game from your opponent, but it usually leaves jumpers on the wings, point, or the elbow. So that is your basic advantage and disadvantage, I could go much more in detail about the advantages and disadvantages if you want.
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Please do. That's why I started the thread.
Most teams play both zone and man. Defensive adjustments are contingent on the way the game is going/flowing/tempo. The Hornets can and will play both. Which style is better for our roster? Hard to say this early on. But judging from the type of players the Hornets acquired this year, they should be able to thrive in either defensive sets. We have the athleticism and speed to play man and the IQ to play zone.
There is also another very big reason why teams run a zone defense, and that is if you have a defender who isn't capable of playing adequate man-man defense. This would be the case when Anderson is trying to defend SFs, so I would imagine that when he is in the game at SF, we switch our defense from man to zone. That said, I think our team can play both effectively - especially with Monty at the helm.
Baylor did it when they had that white kid who could only shoot 3s, but he couldn't play any defense. They stuck to their zone, and it neutralized his defensive faults.
The "1" needs to be able to move well laterally and well having active hands (hands up is always important), he needs to be able to anticipate plays and cover wing and points, he's also normally your best ball handler so you can get into your fast break. The "2" is the same, but instead of being your best ball handler he may be the player most capable of running with your point. The "3" and "4" both need to be able to cover wing-to-lane quickly, as well as not shying away from contact. The "5" is your strongest and tallest of the back line defenders. He needs to able to defend the post and be an enforcer in the paint, as well as a strong rebounder and a good outlet passer to initiate the break. One of the things that is enticing about zones are that they can be passive or aggressive depending on what you want to play.
One use you see (especially in the NBA) of the zone is that coaches will go into it when a player they have to rely on gets into foul trouble. Zones have a way of hiding players and limits the number of fouls you commit. You also don't have to do as much work in the zone, and allows you to play less athletic players. Take into account Jimmer Fredette at BYU. They played zone there because they didn't want him getting into foul trouble, because he didn't have to put forth much effort defensively, and because he just wasn't a very good defender.
Zones work with athletic and slower players though. That's the beauty of it. There are also not as many offenses out there that can beat a zone, which leads to the fact that players just aren't as skilled at passing the ball as they used to be. The zone requires the offense to be patient (not rush shots) and requires that they be able to pass the ball. Two things that are lost arts in the game today.
However, like I mentioned earlier, zones leave a lot of long looks available to the offense. If you are facing a team that can shoot from range, you probably will not have very much success. Offensive players can also get lost in the zone, some guys just know how to operate and find the holes in the zone, which gives coaches fits. Rebounding from the zone is also much more difficult than it is in a man-to-man defense, it's just tough to know who you need to put a body on. Then of course there are your responsibilities, rotations or slides, that take time to master. One of the best ways to defeat a zone is by ball reversal, which means the defense has a lot of moving, which leaves a lot of time for mistakes.
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Zones in the pros are primarily to give the offense a different look. The greatest advantage to running the zone is to protect the interior of the defense. However guys are such good to great shooters in the NBA most offenses can exploit even the best zone schemes by leaving their best shooters at or around the 3pt line. This is why the NBA is a predominantly man-to-man league.
However when using different zone looks at certain times and/or against certain line ups it can be very effective. It gives the person who's running the opposing teams offense something to think about and may be the perfect defense for whatever set they have called or whatever they are looking to do offensively.
Man-to-man is pretty simple. You assign a defender one or the five offensive players and it's his responsibility to keep that guy from scoring or creating easy shots for his teammates. Because there are far too few premier on ball and/or post defenders help side defense has become a huge part of the game. So if one player is beaten it's the responsibility of the interior defender to slide over and contest that player. Like wise it's the whole defenses job to shift over and find a offensives assignment.
The downside to man is if your team is full of poor on ball and post defenders it puts a huge strain on the entire defense because guys will be sliding and shifting all night to compensate for his teammate which creates open looks for guys in a league full of good to great shooters, slashers, and finishers.
CP3forMVP, good point about the difficulty of rebounding from the zone. That is usually a problem of the zone defense. It is easy for the offense to sneak a lot of offensive rebounds due to boxing out confusion from the defense. If we are already hurting for boards with a Davis/Anderson big man combo, the zone could very well hurt us.
I'd be interested to see us use a variation of the 1-3-1 trap. Davis could weak havoc in the passing lanes as the man in the middle of the "3".
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Has anyone tested this one?
I know Byredo doesnt get huge amounts of love but thought this sounds interesting
" The new Eau de Parfum M/Mink from Swedish brand Byredo and French creative team M/M was created based upon three ideas: Asian ink, a photo of a Japanese calligrapher and a utopian concept drawn on traditional Korean paper, by Mathias Augustyniak. This scent, which is firstly that of ink, is transformed gradually to the idea of ink, before finally arriving at a scent that will remind you of the ink that is most precious: the blood that flows in our body. Discover M/Mink in eau de parfum and soap in advance preview at colette! From September 13th "
Theres a promotional booby pic that goes with the schpiel but thought Id best not post incase some of you more sensitive souls had a fit of the vapours
Has anyone tested this one?
I asked for it this Saturday (in Stockholm) and was told it should be at the counters here the 9th.
This is one is odd. My first impression is that the saline aroma of Secretion Magnifiques joined the animalic musk of MKK, and with that strange marriage they tied up a sharp honey aroma, similar to the one found in Miel du Bois from Serge Lutens. It does smell like an animal, mixed with something dirtier and something sligthly honeyed, woody and spicy. It's more like a conceptual aroma i think, and it seems to match with the conceptual work of MM
Thanks for your review rickbr! The desciption for M/M ink looked very interesting, but I was afraid of it being too weird and less easy to wear. All the other Byredos have been relatively easy to digest (so to speak), but sounds like they have finally done something which is out my range...
I tried this at Barneys last Friday and thought it was interesting and worth another look.... I didn't get the ink, but I only smelled it on paper.... As of now, the only Byredo I am considering is Baudelaire....
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But it's really out of the lazy range that byredo produces, where they try to sell you something mass market with niche prices, which is quite revolting to me and it's my principal critique to this brand.
I am really excited by this but also extremely trepidatious, too. It could be great or it could send me fleeing.
Ink, honey, skank? Sounds right up my alley. Secretions Magnifique and Miel de Bois? Scary. MKK I find nice but just not captivating.
I'll echo Rick's complaint about Byredo's prior releases, however. They smelled pretty inane to me, though Pulp was okay if one wants to smell like bumbleberry pie. The fact that they'd do something so strange sounding really surprises me, but I'd rather an interestingly awful fragrance than one I can forget.
I'm excited to try this.
Byredo's new Ink fragrance called M/Mink is gothic and maybe a little punk type fragrance and I really like this one. The fragrance is essentially notes of: black ink, cold dark patchouli, animalic honey, soft leather, and a touch of amber. If I had to compare this fragrance to anything else that I've smelled it would be a combination of CDG #2 and Parfumerie Generale L' Ombre Fauve. It has that animalic sour note that comes from honey and this is surrounded by coldness of patchouli. In my opinion M/Mink is at its heart a patchouli fragrance but the opening notes are of ink and the basenotes have that sour honeycomb scent and amber. The longer the scent wears the more the amber comes out, but the patchouli never really leaves the mix and this is not really sweet at all.
My SA at Barney's called it a masterpiece and I realize he was trying to hype the new fragrance of the week, but I agree. It could be a masterpiece! My lady friend agrees and she has to have a bottle now. It is definitely my favorite fragrance from Byredo. M/Mink is the essence of in-your-face, mischief in the night, niche perfumery that I love to discover every now and then. M/Mink appeals directly to an animal instinctive quality, but there is a soothing quality like the comfort of perfectly fitting black leather gloves. I suggest you give this a try if you like patchouli, leather, or dark mysterious slightly sweet things. It is a dark beauty.
I tried this again yesterday, this time on skin. The Barneys SA was kind of apologetic when I sprayed it on. It is rather off-putting when you first sniff it. But it really is not sweet at all and, yes, is skanky. I liked it more and more as the day went on. I need to get a sample so I can wear it over several days or so. Buzzlepuff's description above is very good.
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How long do the ink notes last Buzzlepuff? Are they anything like the ink notes in Encre Noire?
Thanks for the review Buzzlepuff! Now I'm even more eager to get my hands on this thing.
Does anyone know where they sell samples?
Barneys just called me the other day to let me know its in. Should get down there this week to try it.
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It isn't listed on the homepage with the new stuff... you have to pull up Byredo by brand name, and there it is! LOL. It's also there if you click "New to Store" on the left.
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I tried this at Barney's (in SF) yesterday. I didn't get much ink at all nor much of the phenylacetate of Miel de Bois, just the smell of a fairly dirty animal, but then I didn't wear it all day. I had a couple of aunts who kept a bunch of unspayed cats. Their house smell like this.
What really impressed me is that Byredo was willing to put out something weird. So many of the recent releases have been safe and boring, even from houses like Diptyque and Serge Lutens. Even Etat Libre d'Orange's latest, Like This, is a snoozer.
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I tried this one again today and I am still liking it very much. But, this is a strange fragrance that many will not like. I does smell a bit skanky. The opening note is Adoxal which is a metallic, salty lemon meringue note and this leads into a very ink like note with cool patchouli. Honey essence gives it a bit of muskiness and a gentle drydown with amber that combined with patchouli and honey gives a soft sueded feel. This blog tells more of the history of this perfumes creation and has some visual imagery that indicates the look they were going for. The photo below is part of the image campaign to represent the fragrance and I think it does a good job of describing how it smells. It is definitely a splash of ink onto bare skin. A sexy smell, I think.
More info on how this fragrance was created is here: http://coutequecoute.blogspot.com/20...is-byredo.html
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Wore this today, from a sample.
Wow, what a freaky scent. I get the animal skank, the slight watery/mildew/salt water accord and the ink. I don't smell honey, but then sometimes I'm anosmic to honey. I would imagine many people would find this sort of revolting...in an avant garde sort of way. I love these type of scents, but this seems to push my olfactory boundaries to their very limit and perhaps because of the sharpness of the salt water smell (honestly, it smelled like dirty mop water) I sort of felt a bit unclean after a couple of hours wearing it. Perhaps that was the art directors intent?? I felt similarly towards Oud 27 by Le Labo and because of this memory link I kept getting whiffs of myself and smelling oud, even though I know this scent has no oud.
I need more time to play around with this one. But for now, it is not instant love...it is, rather, this fascinating little strange creature who's language I do not speak.
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Being an animal lover, I really need to try this. Barneys, here I come!
I'm saving up for a bottle.
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I really like the concept, but I don't find the result very wearable for me. It feels cold and strangely lifeless, despite it being so animalic. It's mostly stale and dirty.
I'd like to enjoy this, because it's cool and kind of artsy, but there's nothing for me here.
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Agree on most reports - strange, cold, weird, interesting.
After something like two hours I find this scent very sensual - no, sexy - in a strange but captivating way. Cant stop stroking my nose against my underarm. But the metallic opening I find repulsive. Forgot how repulsive, and retried some on just before eating today. When lifting my fork to my mouth even my stomach revolted from the smell of almost bloodlike cold iron coming from my arm. Couldnt belive I did this to myself, again. Now at the drydown I remember why. Yes, this one is odd.
I have worn this fragrance many times now and it's still fantastic on me. My girlfriend wants her own bottle now - she loves it too. It is dark, but sexy as hell. She is a writer so the ink associations work well for her and I really am drawn to cold incense smells so it works for me. But I can not figure out all of the weird associations everyone is getting from this scent.
Is this a Rorshach Test for the olfactory brain. In fact they use a graphic on the box that looks like a Rorshack test image. Smell this scent and who knows what might emerge from the depths of mind. M/Mink is weird, yes and it is cold, shimmering and slightly animalic and warm. Smells like ink, black leather, cold incense . . . animal fur. It is very alluring in a primal way because it is hard to identify. When I smell this fragrance I do NOT associate it with blood, stagnant water, sharp metal objects nor any skanky smells, etc. But the odor is so different and "outside the box" that it probes some boundaries of what is known and accepted so it can easily extract all kinds of impressions from the depths. It's a Rorshach Test for smell. Who knows what may pop into mind when you sniff it.
Last edited by PigeonMurderer; 3rd February 2011 at 08:52 PM.
I've been wearing this for the first time today. I am not too impressed at all, it's so-so at most, and when thinking about the price of this fragrance I'm actually pissed off.
Of course it smells interesting in a way (Duh!), like everything with big amount of animalic ingridients does. Big deal.
M/MINK brings to mind some of the (animalic) independent perfumes I have tried. It's put together with ingridients that should make hell of a sensual perfume - and fails miserably.
M/MINK is a simple and fairly unbalanced blend of inky/acidy civet, bitter smell of cheap patchouli incense sticks and aldehydic/cold metallic overtones of adoxal.
This smells alot like some perfume I've tried in the past, that I hated very much, but just can't get it to my mind right now what that perfume actually was. (I'm thinking it might be the very first version of M. Storer's Monk, which was absolutely horrible and badly made civet-incense)
Byredo has very stylish and classy image as a house but when it comes to their perfumes, it falls a long way from being good. I mean, just take a look at M/MINK for example : When talking about animalic perfumes, Jérôme Epinette has a few lightyears to go until he reaches the ones like Sheldrake, Roucel, Laudamiel...
Epinette belongs into the bench and not in the playing field, with Storer, Ava Franco and many others of that kind.
And really, 95euros for 50ml??? No, no...
M/MINK for it's price; it's just ridicilous.
Last edited by PigeonMurderer; 3rd February 2011 at 09:28 PM.
Pigeon, my whole impression of byredo parfums are what you described: just image, high prices, but fragrances far from good. They`re okay, and M/Mink seems a little better than the rest of the line, but for the price they charge, which is almost the same of a 200ml of chanel exclusif, they aren`t bottle whorty at all
I have given this a couple more wearings and it is just vile. It makes me almost nauseous and very uncomfortable wearing it. I won't be trying it any more.
M/MINK is a sad violation, nothing else. Just a ridicilous and lousy attempt to please margin.
Well thanks to the lovely PetrucciJC I was able to experience this yesterday. I'm wearing it again now and just wanted to share some thoughts... it's really excellent if you're into strange fragrances. On me it registers as jet black, inky and leathery, with the slightest sneaking hint of something coniferous (which purifies and cleans up the more animalic notes) and incense-y which almost takes all of the animal qualities and gives them a muted polish, like black with a matte finish all supported by earthy patchouli. It's animalic but if one were to base his ideas of this on what he reads here alone, I would avoid trying to imagine what else it smells like. It's its own creature. Actually the only thing I know of that resembles it even remotely is Montale's Black Musk which has a similar black leathery animal vibe though I'd say Black Musk has more of it.
This is one direction of modern perfumery that really gets me going... It's striking, even daring, creative, and unique but wearable, IMHO.
wearing this more I can't help but think that some of this inky feel is due to a tree sap accord which gives this almost a natural cleanliness.
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I just spent a few days trying this. I really love it. M/Mink opens up with a highly realistic note of Japanese ink (AKA sumi), which smells a bit like charcoal. It then goes into a honeyed patchouli phase that reminds me a little of the sugar+patchouli combination in Kilian's Straight to Heaven. While the sillage smells like dry, sweet patchouli, if you smell the fragrance up close, it smells like electrical circuits on fire. It's anything but boring.
Finally, about an hour or two later, the honeyed patchouli is still there (mostly in the sillage) while up close, M/Mink takes on a metallic tinge, that smells a bit like blood. I'd liken it more to pennies though.
The whole way through, M/Mink is really captivating. Surprisingly, it's wearable too. It's unique, sensual and comforting, but stimulating and weird. Unfortunately, it doesn't work too well with my skin chemistry, but otherwise I'd be buying a bottle as soon as possible.
Final notes: I don't find that the opening notes smell like ink per se - they smell more like "sumi ink," which smells like charcoal. Granted, there are what I'd call inky overtones, that remind of the ink used in a fountain pen. As for the animalic qualities of this fragrance, well, it's pretty tame. I don't really see any of the similarities to MKK, but that's just my nose. The civet is blended in with the patchouli so well that it almost goes under the radar.
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I totally agree with L'Aventurier, Pettruccijc and nthny opinions of M/MINK - I love it. Yes it is close to the edge with its weirdness, but the beauty of it wins out in the end. The overall effect of the scent is extremely sexy. It is provocative and has a stealthy, hard to find aspect to it that I like. Odiferous unpleasantness can occur when you test it too close up and don't give it a chance from a slight distance. Sometimes it is easier to smell it on someone else so you don't get too caught up in the individual notes. You can oversmell this thing and miss the point of it in my opinion. When you deconstruct it into parts - yes some smell off a bit. But the mix of the parts into the fragrance, smelled from just off the skin and not too close, is very intriguing.
I appreciate the fact that not everyone will "get" this fragrance.
We know that the Perfumed Court carries Byredo samples, but they're $6+ a pop. I emailed Byredo directly and they're sending me three free samples.
I had a sample of this for the last three weeks and I honestly cannot recognize it from the descriptions above!
Quite simply this is a bitter, acrid pine scent and smells like a revolting toilet cleaning PINE DISiNFECTANT.
This is a pine scent. PINE. Not, ink or honey or incense or any of the other claims. Last time I put it on I'd had enough and I tried to scrub it... but could still smell it the next day. It's HORRIBLE and inspired revulsion in a family exposed regularly to weird and wonderful perfumes.
Also, I am deeply suspicious of the marketing and images of abstract expressionist daring and poetic nonsense about 'ink'. A lot of people are gonna fall for all that and think they're buying something arty and daring. I urge people to use their noses with this one!
I'm resurrecting this thread - but I dont see M/Mink in the database. I got a sample from Barney's.
To me, it smells almost entirely of the putrid-swampy part of Secretions Magnifiques (a distant relative to the swampy florals a la Bas de soie). It is a note to which I must be hypersensitive. I love SM as a conceptual perfume, it is unwearable but makes an intelligent point. M/Mink smells like the unsuccessful, less interesting brother of SM. It is unwearable, but what point does it make? Making a disgusting, unwearable perfume, per se, doesn't sound creative, especially if this has already been done before and the shock value is lost.
The ad notes talk about ink - which doesn't seem a worthy conceptual idea, even provided it does smell like some type of ink. Somebody mentioned Japanese ink. Indeed, it's hard to imagine those Japanese poets creating the most serene haikus while having to smell these fumes. Or perhaps this was the point, but I doubt.
I have 2 samples at home, and this one is revolting, it induces me to vomit, every time I try it.
I'm not a fan, and was horrified by the first-sixth sniff, a couple of months later, persuaded to try on my skin...not as bad. I think I could work on the right skin. And probably male skin.
It's really not that bad - people are being melodramatic. Plain ol' pure indonesian vetiver is a more offensive smell to most noses than this. My g/f thought it smelled nice on me when I wore it, and I thought it smelled odd but fantastic.
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I usually love vetiver perfumes, so I'm really curious to smell Indonesian vetiver in its original state and understand how perfumer can coax it to smell good.
As mentioned, I suspect I am hypersensitive to certain notes. If she likes M/Mink on you, though, I'd be curious to hear what your girlfriend says when you wear Secretions Magnifiques, or, without going that far, Eden or Bas de soie. Eden, which is not as sharp as Mink, has been in production for a couple of decades, so somebody must be wearing it somewhere.
I'm curious as to what note it is. Have you ever tried Skarb? Many seem to sense a shared note between Skarb and Secretions. I do too, actually, but only VERY slightly and the watery note in both is not what bothers me in SM anyhow, it's that wet dog musk note. Argh! Other than that wet dog musk, I actually quite like the smell of SM. There's a beautiful metallic iris present - the same metallic iris that's in Amouage's Reflection Man, actually.
I've not tried Eden or Bas de Soie so I'm not sure there, but I guess my g/f is a bit more accepting than most women as she likes Narciso Rodriguez on me, M7, Skarb, Jubilation XXV, L'Anarchiste, and many other controversial scents!
Indonesian vetiver is very very smoky. It makes Encre Noire seem tame. It's actually a quite nice smell, imo, but it does get pretty sour on the skin as it dries down, and it definitely needs to be paired with something to counter that.
The only note that bothers me in M/Mink is the terpenic pine note that seems to persist forever. I think it's a result of the raw labdanum note, a green and terpenic frankincense note, and.. I don't know, something else. It smells like black spruce oil but black spruce doesn't last that long on skin. Surely it's some synthetic, and I wish it was toned down some, as it intrudes on the beautiful raw beeswax and dry amber and frankincense accord, which is the beating gilded heart of this perfume which is wrapped in inky dark flesh.
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I have not tried skarb, so that's another one I definitely want to smell.
The note(s) that bother me is the swampy, metallic brackish note that Luca Turin calls "bilge", that is, brackish water that has become putrid in the bilge of a metallic boat (of course, we might be talking about two notes, the putrid and the metallic). Which has similarities with a dirty rotten rag, as when you leave out a rag drenched in water in the hot summer of the US south.
SM and M/mink have it quite prominently, Bas de soie is tamed down a bit and registers between that and a metallic iris. In fact, when you talked about metallic iris, I thought about BdS. If you like these notes, you should definitely smell it. Eden has no metal, just some swampy putridity, together with tropical flowers and greenery.
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ouch, another one. I have only smelled fahrenheit 32 briefly on paper, and didn't immediately perceive it. But then i'll want to resmell perhaps waiting for the drydown.
I'm impressed by how sculpture and alfarom can distinguish among the swampy effluvia of putrid water. But then, bacterial decomposition of organic materials is known to produce hundreds of aromatic compounds. To me, it's just: putrid poisonous water, do not inhale/drink.
I don't get this effect from F32 though.
I sort of see a distant link between Secretions and M/Mink, but I found Secretions horrid and M/Mink kind of pleasant. They both have a quality that's both bodily and metallic, but I find Secretions is cold, dry, and well, kind of naked in its foulness, M/Mink smothers the quality in warm, animalic honey-patchouli and an incense-y drydown.
I enjoyed M/Mink but found myself let down by the drydown. Far from being too weird, I found the notes of the drydown all too familiar from a number of Comme des Garcons: that dry, woody, astringent incense note that wears rather light. I'd rather buy 2Man if that's what I wanted. If the deliciously odd metallic-stony meets sweet-comforting meets skanky-animalic mix of the top carried on to the base, I'd have seriously considered buying M/Mink.
Still, it's the most creative thing I've smelled from Byredo.
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BG and CP wallets about to lighten.
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/84...ayers-floppingELIZABETH, N.J. -- The NBA is about to act in hopes of stopping the floppers.
Spokesman Tim Frank said Thursday the league is finalizing procedures to deal with flopping, the art of falling down when little or no contact was made in an effort to trick referees into calling a foul.
Frank said the competition committee met two weeks ago and discussed plans that would go in place this season. Commissioner David Stern believes too many players are deceiving referees by flopping and has been seeking a way to properly penalize them.
The procedures will likely involve a postgame review of the play by the league office, rather than an official calling an infraction during the game, Frank said. Players would likely be fined if the league determined they flopped.
The proposed plan mirrors a "postgame analysis" option Stern discussed after the competition committee met in June. The league already retroactively reviews flagrant fouls to determine if they need to be upgraded or downgraded.
BG and CP wallets about to lighten.
"I don't know if people know I dislocated my pinkie finger. And [Tyreke] told me, 'You wanna go home or you wanna be here?' I want to be here. And he said, 'All right, then go tape it up and let's play. Let's go. We not stoppin' at no stores. Straight gas. That's what we do, just keep going.'"
Their wallets may lighten but flopping will still cost teams games. If the officials decide to call a foul on a flopping play sending said flopper to the free throw line, that could decide a game. I'll be happy they got fined for it because they may decide to stop doing it once their wallets are hit a few times but it won't help my team any once they've already lost the game.
Hey, I created a thread called stop the flop. I wish the flopping penalties were more severe, which is my argument. I think they should get suspended after 3 flops due to diminishing the integrity of the game.
My stance has always been the refs should call what they see not what they presume. If they did that floppers wouldn't be rewarded.
It is about time they did something. Some of those plays are too judgmental to be called right then and there on the floor. It is nice that the NBA will have all angle to review these.
My Anthony Davis website: http://thebrow.uphero.com/
I won't believe anything about flop punishment until I actually see it called in a game.
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Yeah, unless they're being fined an entire paycheck, flopping is going to continue. I can't really see a way for the floppers to be called for it in game, like Kibner said. It's hard for the ref to see everything in full motion.
I applaud this. It will protect integrity of game a tad. I imagine they will treat them in the same manner as technical fouls. Once you accumulate so many a suspension will be given.
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http://www.cbssports.com/nba/story/2...further-reviewSome will like the league's answer to flopping, and others will say it's not enough. And while I recognize the benefit of taking it out of the referees' hands, the new approach -- if adopted -- could open up a whole new can of worms in a sports environment that clearly does not tolerate officiating incompetence. Suppose LeBron James drives to the basket on the final possession of a playoff game, with the Miami Heat trailing by a point. He misses the shot, but dupes the official into calling a shooting foul by flopping. James sinks both free throws, the Heat win the game and advance to the next round. But what happens when the league fines James $25,000 the next morning for flopping on the play? What the league would be saying, essentially, is that James shouldn't have been awarded free throws and the Heat shouldn't have won. Chaos, would ensue, as it often does with these controversies -- be it a disputed Hail Mary in the end zone or a superstar call late in an NBA game.
This almost sounds like the argument I'm trying to make. A post game fine won't help us after our team has lost a game due to a flop sending a player to the free throw line. I'd really like to see how they're going to do this.
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http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/pos...-with-floppingReferees actually stopped play to review this Greivis Vasquez flagrant foul on Reggie Evans last year. In real time they called a Flagrant 2 on Vasquez, which is about as serious as these things get. Vasquez would have been ejected, fined, yelled at by fans, tut-tutted by the media and maybe even victimized by a snarky David Stern comment or two.
But on review, Vasquez did something that wouldn't have even stopped play in practice. Yes, he made contact with his elbow, but in professional sports that's a love tap -- and nothing compared to the legal but hard contact that Evans laid on Vasquez to start the interaction.
What was egregious, however, was Evans' hilarious reaction: After taking an instant to gather himself, he wound up and threw his body backward, as if attempting a gymnastics move I'm pretty sure is called back walkover.
How dreadful it must have been to have been one of those three referees huddling around the replay monitor. They knew they were had. They knew everyone at home, and in the audience knew the exact same thing. Oh, for shame. That is the moment when referees have the toughest, most embarrassing job in the world -- pride melting into a stinky puddle, like crayons on simmer -- before a global TV audience.
Shame shift: From Vasquez, to the officials.
But don't forget this key point! The shame lived rightly with Evans. And even once what really happened was clear Evans still got free throws for his team.
Chalk it up to veteran trickery, gamesmanship, or anything else. Well played, Reggie.
I know most of us remember that Vasquez/Evans deal.
NBA refs already have far too much impact in a game. I think flopping says more about the rules than the ones who flop.
Stoppages on this beautiful game kill me, so i'm all for fewer calls. I just think the refs have too much to look out for and that I'd what causes them to mis-call the obvious flops; they were too busy looking for one of the other hundred possible violations that could happen at that moment. So they use intuition and other things they picked up through the years that enables them to usually make the correct call.
They have the hardest reffing job in sports, but still need to get better. The league could help them out by adding an additional ref out simplifying some of the rules. There may be other ways that haven't thought of that could help the refs to ensure the game remains fun to watch while enforcing fair play.
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http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/pos...f-made-me-flopOn Heat Index, Tom Haberstroh digs into the NBA's new, as-yet unclear anti-flopping policy.
Erik Spoelstra and LeBron James are all for it, hoping it will cut down on, essentially, players taking slight contact from James and then hurtling to the floor as if shot.
But Heat forward Shane Battier is not on board. Battier has done his fair share of flopping -- he's aggressive and at times inventive in taking the charge. To some, hearing Battier opposes the new rule is a sign it's a good one.
Read what he has to say, though, and it's a tale of a culture of flopping that runs deeper than we had suspected -- all the way to the referees. Battier says, emphatically, that referees tell players to flop. I'm not kidding!
Here's Battier:
"The unfortunate thing about the block/charge (distinction) is that I've had many, many times where a ref told me that you have to go to the floor to get the call. By the letter of the law, I've taken a hit, but I've stood on my feet. Even though I've gotten nailed, the ref calls it a no-call. I say, 'Ref, what's wrong with that (charge)?' He says, 'You have to go down to get the call.'
"Inherently, there's something wrong with that."
Yes, yes there is.
Now, you might wonder why a referee would do something like that. Here's my best guess: Credibility matters a lot in their jobs. They need to be seen as making good calls. Call a charge on a guy who knocked somebody down, and you're seen as sensible. Call a charge after some contact on a drive which didn't send a body flying, and we all know what happens next: commentators, fans, everybody is screaming to "let them play."
Make a lot of calls that look funny on television, and it quickly becomes very tough to earn a reputation as a great referee.
The league makes a statement refuting this claim in 5, 4, 3, ......
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|ACH Patients Knew Winter the Dolphin Before She Was a Movie Star!
Prosthetics are nothing new at All Children's Hospital. Artificial limbs are part of life for some young patients. But it's not everyday the patients get to check out a prosthetic dolphin tail.
That's what made a visit several years ago from representatives of the Clearwater Marine Aquarium such a special treat. Patients well enough to leave their rooms gathered in All Children's second floor playroom to watch a video about the Aquarium's star inhabitant, Winter the dolphin, who lost her tail due to damage from fishing line. She was rescued off the Florida coast and taken in by the Florida Marine Aquarium. Their efforts to fit Winter with an artificial tail garnered national media attention and may lead to innovations in prosthetic design for humans as well. It also led to a movie script.
During the visit, our young patients had a chance to hold one of the prosthetic tails that Winter has already outgrown. They all agreed it felt kind of funny, almost like gummy bears. Winter's story is now a movie called Dolphin Tale. It was filmed right here in the Tampa Bay area and at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. It opens today in theaters throughout the country!


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Derrell Scott ran for 91 yards; Taylor Woods ran for a touchdown; Julian Cuthbertson recovered two fumbles; B.J. Boyd snagged an interception.
The Havelock Ram seniors went out with a bang in their home finale. The 11 seniors accomplished a feat that most high school football players only dream about.
With their 44-20 victory over Eastern Wayne on Friday, the Rams will play for their third-straight 3A state championship.
The Rams (15-0) will play Concord, in a rematch of last year's state finals, at 11 a.m. next Saturday in Raleigh. Havelock beat Concord (15-0) 55-21 in the finals last season in Winston-Salem.
Havelock has an opportunity to become the 12th prep football team, since the state championship game was initiated in 1972, to claim at least three-consecutive titles.
This group of seniors turned the Rams into a powerhouse.
They are 46-1 over the past three seasons with a pair of state championships. For those seniors who have played all four varsity seasons, the Rams' record is 57-5 in four years.
"That should be what it's like every year for Havelock, wanting to hold that trophy," Havelock senior linebacker Andrew Ramirez said. "It's a blessing. I wouldn't want to be on any other team. I thank God, the coaches and my teammates. I'm at a loss for words."
The seniors were just sophomores when they won their first state title – a 38-6 win over West Rowan in 2011. The next year, they were more seasoned as juniors, helping the Rams to their second title.
They have certainly set a standard, not only at Havelock, but across the state.
"You could say we set a really high standard," Scott said. "The other kids have big shoes to fill, but that's how it needs to be at Havelock.
"Havelock is a football town and Havelock is always going to have high expectations in football."
Bryant said he expects his seniors to lead, and for four years, they haven't let him down. They've advanced to the state semifinals every year.
As a program, Havelock has reached the 3A Eastern Finals five years in a row.
"We tell our seniors that our Senior Night is the Eastern Finals, and that's been true for the last five years," Bryant said.
"I'm happy for our seniors. They have been in our program for four years, and they don't know what it means to not play in the Eastern Finals."
The seniors are Scott, Woods, Julian Cuthbertson, Jordan Cuthbertson, Ramirez, Noah Kemble, Maurice Harris, Boyd, Colwyn Kinder, Nick Clifford and Michael Howard.
Adam Thompson is a reporter for the Sun Journal.


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The following arrests were reported by the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office:
Dennis Ray Price Jr., 34, 2969 Ravenwood Drive, Kinston, March 17, misdemeanor contempt of court. Bond: $1,000. Arresting officer: J. Garner.
Ronnie L. Outlaw, 41, 927 Pearson Road, Kinston, March 19, misdemeanor resisting public officer, misdemeanor order for arrest/failure to appear/seat belt/registration, order for arrest/failure to appear/driving while license revoked, misdemeanor order for arrest/failure to appear/driving while license revoked/expired registration, misdemeanor order for arrest/failure to appear/possess marijuana up to 1/2 ounce, misdemeanor child support.. Bond: $8,100. Arresting officer: J. Burrus.
Augustus Palmer IV, 34, 468 McBain Drive, Fayetteville, March 19, misdemeanor speeding. Bond: None. Arresting officer: C. Heath.
Christopher Morris Obrien, 26, 359 Bland Howell Road, Kinston, March 20, two counts misdemeanor child support. Bond: $313.59. Arresting officer: R. Daugherty.
Charles Thomas Turner II, 31, 391 Kornegay St., Kinston, March 20, misdemeanor order for arrest/child support. Bond: $400. Arresting officer: R. Daugherty.
Galvin O'brien Faulkner, 41, 1564 Indigo Lane, Kinston, March 20, misdemeanor possess schedule VI. Bond: None. Arresting officer: W. Barrett.
Jessica Miles Corey, 32, 3633 Legion Road, La Grange, March 20, misdemeanor order for arrest/traffic. Bond: $500. Arresting officer: W. Barrett.
Terrance Outlaw Jr., 17, 606 East Washington St., La Grange, March 20, misdemeanor disorderly conduct (school). Bond: $300. Arresting officer: T. Grady.
Elijah Andrew Potter, 16, 7686 N.C. 13 S., Pink Hill, March 20, misdemeanor contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Bond: $800. Arresting officer: T. Ipock.
Reggie Williams Cobb, 25, 6902 Smith St., Grifton, March 20, (citation) misdemeanor possess up to 1/2 ounce of schedule VI, misdemeanor possess drug paraphernalia. Officer: W. Barrett.


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Baseball Has Its Own Super Sunday with DH Sweep at #24 North Georgia
February 7, 2010
Story Courtesy of North Georgia Sports Information
DAHLONEGA, G.A. The Pfeiffer University baseball team had its own version of a Super Sunday by sweeping a doubleheader away from 24th-ranked North Georgia to wrap up a three-game weekend series in Georgia. The Falcons stand at 2-2 on the young season while the Saints start their year off 1-2.
GAME ONE: Pfeiffer 7, #24 North Georgia 6 (10 innings)
Pfeiffer University used a ninth inning rally to force extra frames where the Falcons pushed a run across in the 10th inning to defeat 24th-ranked North Georgia 7-6 in game one of a doubleheader Sunday afternoon at Bob Stein Stadium.
North Georgia jumped on the Falcons in the first inning for the second straight game, using a bases loaded walk from Brad Hall and a pair of sacrifice flies to take a 3-0 opening inning advantage.
In the fourth inning, the Saints added two more runs as Craig Brisson singled home Kenny Bellavance and later in the inning, Andre Airich coaxed a bases loaded walk to score the second run of the frame and give North Georgia a 5-0 lead.
Pfeiffer answered in the sixth inning as Ethan Marsh singled home the Falcons first run of the game to make it 5-1, and in the 7th inning, Josh Strickland walked with the bases loaded and Aarin Sharpe doubled home a run as part of a three-run frame to pull Pfeiffer to within a run at 5-4.
After a Chad Sage one-out blast to put the Saints back up by two runs in the last of the seventh, Pfeiffer came to bat down a pair in the ninth and rallied with a Will Davis single that plated two runs, knotting the score at 6-6 and forcing extra innings.
In the 10th frame, Pfeiffer came out and used a Zack Pou single passed a diving Airich with the infield pulled in to plate Eric Shoemaker for the winning run. The Saints had a lead-off single in the bottom half of the inning, but were unable to push a run across as the Falcons took game two of the series 7-6.
Luke Wilhelm (1-0) picked up the win in relief for the Falcons, tossing 3.0 innings of one-hit ball, while striking out three. Pfeiffer pitchers combined to strike out 12 North Georgia batters.
GAME TWO: Pfeiffer 6, #24 North Georgia 4
Pfeiffer put a four spot on the board in the seventh inning on their way to taking the rubber game of a three-game set over 24th-ranked North Georgia on Sunday afternoon at Bob Stein Stadium in non-conference action.
It was Pfeiffer who would jump on top in the first inning in the final game of the series as Preston Lyon provided the RBI, giving the Falcons a 1-0 lead.
The Saints answered in the fourth inning as Andrew Airich notched his first home run of the year, unloading and launching a ball down the left field line that cleared the yellow line, knotting the score a run apiece. Later in the inning, Daniel Petitti gave North Georgia the lead, guiding a double to right center that brought Troy Snitker around to score and make it a 2-1 game.
After Pfeiffers Aarin Sharpe tied the game in the fifth inning with a single up the middle, Snitker came to the plate drilled s fastball halfway up the mountain in left field, putting the Saints right back on top 3-2 heading to the seventh inning.
In the seventh frame, the Falcons unleashed four hits and used RBI doubles from Zack Pou and Lyon to put a four spot on the board and take a 6-3 advantage. Kenny Bellavance pulled the Saints to within two runs in the eighth inning as the freshman lined a single to left center, scoring Snitker and making it a 6-4 Falcon lead, a margin that held true to the final out.
Pfeiffers Eric Shuford (1-0) was credited with the victory, going 6.0 innings and allowing seven hits and three earned runs while striking out four. North Georgias Michael Patton (0-1) suffered the loss out of the pen, lasting one inning and allowing one hit and two earned runs while walking one.


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March 11, 2013
Vol. 28 , No. 08
Using Entrepreneurial Education as an Educational Strategy for Low-income Youth
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; LECTURE 12:00 p.m.
Steve Mariotti's visit to Claremont McKenna college is sponsored by the Kravis Leadership Institute's Social Innovation Distinguished Speakers Series.
Considered one of today's leading experts in education for at-risk youth, and a 2012 inductee into the Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame, Steve Mariotti changed career paths in 1982 when he decided to move from the corporate sector and become a special education teacher in the New York City school system. Mr. Mariotti's first assignment was in the East New York section of Brooklyn, and his last was in the Fort Apache section of the South Bronx.
While teaching in this hard-hitting environment for six and one half years, Mr. Mariotti gained insight into how to successfully motivate his tough students – teaching them how to run a business. His perceptions and learnings inspired him to create a program to bring entrepreneurial education to low-income youth. In 1987 the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, was formed.
Now, 25 years later, NFTE's mission is to provide entrepreneurship education programs to young people from low income communities. The program has a proven track record of success. It is frequently used as a model for other programs to teach business knowledge and the resulting business formation. NFTE has reached 500,000 young people since its founding and has programs in 18 states and 9 other countries.
Mr. Mariotti, in addition to recognition as a 2012 inductee into the Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame, is the recipient of numerous awards. These include an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, the Bernard A. Goldhirsh Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award, the New York Enterprise Report's 2012 Founders Award for Social Entrepreneurship, the National Director's Entrepreneurship Award from the Minority Business Development Agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Association of Education Publishers' Golden Lamp Award, the ACE/Currie Foundation Humanitarian Venture Award, the USASBE Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year, the CEO Club's Social Entrepreneur of the Year, and America's Top High School Business Teacher. He has been the subject of many national media profiles on programs including ABC Evening News and 20/20. In addition, he is the co-author of 28 books on entrepreneurship that have sold over one million copies. NFTE is an active member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Mr. Mariotti has attended The World Economic Forum and has been a frequent speaker at Davos as well as other business forums.
A native son of Flint, Michigan, Mr. Mariotti received his B.B.A in business economics and his M.B.A. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has also studied at Harvard University, Stanford University, and Brooklyn College. He started his professional career as a treasury analyst for Ford Motor Company before founding his own company, Mason Import/Export Services.
A Reading
Sharon Olds is one of contemporary poetry's leading voices. After graduating from Stanford University, Olds moved east to earn a Ph.D. in English from Columbia University on the prosody of Ralph Waldo Emerson's poems.
Through several volumes of poetry, including One Secret Thing (2008) and Strike Sparks: Selected Poems 1980-2002 (2004), Olds has carved out a unique place in contemporary American poetry. Today, she is known for writing intensely personal, emotionally scathing poetry, which graphically depicts family life as well as global political events.
Olds has been the recipient of many awards, including fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Book Critics Circle Award. She was Poet Laureate of the State of New York from 1998 to 2000. Her most recent book, Stag's Leap (2012), was awarded the T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry.
In awarding the T.S. Eliot Prize, Carol Ann Duffy, chair of the final judging panel, said: "This was the book of her career. There is a grace and chivalry in her grief that marks her out as being a world-class poet. I always say that poetry is the music of being human, and in this book she is really singing. Her journey from grief to healing is so beautifully executed."
Sharon Olds is currently the Erich Maria Remarque Professor of English at New York in the Graduate Creative Writing Program and helped to found the NYU workshop program for residents of Goldwater Hospital on Roosevelt Island, and for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Sharon Olds visit to CMC and reading of her work at the Athenaeum is sponsored by the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies.
My Journey from Evil to Heroism
As a child growing up in the inner city ghetto of the South Bronx, Phil Zimbardo wondered why some of his good friends turned bad, while others did not. Later as a research psychologist, he framed that earlier curiosity as a testable research question: When good people are put in a bad place, does their good personality and character dominate, or are they dominated by powerful, subtle situational forces? His now classic Stanford Prison Experiment generated the negative conclusion that bad barrels corrupt good apples. He was recently called upon to use this argument as an expert witness defending one of the MP prison guards at Abu Ghraib.
This lecture will explore a different question about basic human nature. He will discuss if, when, and how ordinary people can become "Everyday Heroes." He has started a non-profit corporation in San Francisco whose mission is to explore and encourage heroic action from people of all ages and nations by internalizing and acting on a vibrant Heroic Imagination.
Zimbardo has been a Stanford University professor since 1968 (now emeritus), having taught previously at Yale, NYU, and Columbia University. He also continues to teach at the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey, and is professor at the Palo Alto University. Zimbardo has been given numerous awards and honors as an educator, researcher, writer, media contributor, and for service to the profession of psychology. He has been awarded the Vaclav Havel Foundation Prize for his lifetime of research on the human condition. Among his more than 400 professional publications, including 50 trade and textbooks, is the oldest current textbook in psychology, Psychology and Life (1971), and Psychology: Core Concepts in its 7th Edition. His popular book on shyness in adults was the first of its kind, as was the shyness clinic that he started in the community and continues as a treatment-research clinic at the Palo Alto University in Palo Alto. His other trade books include, The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil (Random House, 2007, paperback, 2008), The Time Paradox: Reconstructing the Past, Enjoying the Present, Mastering the Future (with John Boyd, Free Press, 2008), The Demise of Guys (with Nikita Duncan, TED books, 2012), and Time Heals: The Dynamic New Treatment for PTSD (with Richard and Rosemary Sword, Wiley, 2012).
Zimbardo has been President of the American Psychological Association (2002), President of the Western Psychological Association (twice), Chair of the Council of Scientific Society Presidents (CSSP), and now Chair of the Western Psychological Foundation, as well as the Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Policy, Education, and Research on Terrorism (CIPERT). His visit to CMC is jointly sponsored by the Dean of Faculty, Kravis Leadership Institute, Psychology Department, and Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum.
Making Our Voices Heard
Sandra Fluke made national news in February 2012 when she testified at a Democratic U.S. House committee regarding health-insurance coverage of birth control. Commentator Rush Limbaugh responded to her testimony, calling her a "slut" and a "prostitute".
In 2003, Fluke graduated from Cornell University with a major in Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies. Through her works with the Manhattan Borough President's Taskforce on Domestic Violence and co-founding the New York Statewide Coalition for Fair Access to Family Court, she successfully advocated for legislation granting access to civil orders of protection for unmarried victims of domestic violence, including teen LGBTQ victims. While in New York, she also worked at Sanctuary for Families in New York City, combating domestic violence and human trafficking.
Fluke went on to study law at Georgetown University, where she received the Women Lawyers of Los Angeles' Fran Kandel Public Interest Grant from Georgetown University Law Center, which supported her production of a video on how to take out a restraining order. During her time at law school, she also served as Co-President of the Georgetown Chapter of Law Students for Reproductive Justice and Vice President of the Georgetown Law Women's Legal Alliance. Fluke graduated cum laude this spring and passed the California Bar exam in July.
Fluke first stepped into her role a walking symbol of the nation's polarized politics when she was denied a chance to testify at a Republican-run House hearing on insurance coverage for birth control. Democrats characterized both the hearing at which Fluke did not testify, and Limbaugh's comments, as part of a "war on women" championed by Republican politicians.
Following this incident, Fluke spoke about the necessity of contraception for women across news outlets including The New York Times, Washington Post, TIME magazine, CNN, MSNBC, and NBC. She was also recognized with the Stand Up for Choice Award by the organization NARAL Pro-Choice America.
In the Democratic push to make reproductive rights a central issue in the 2012 presidential election, Fluke addressed the Democratic National Convention. Her speech framed the election as a choice between two leaders whose visions for the United States represented starkly different futures for women's personal freedoms.
Recently, she testified before the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee on the need to provide access to contraception - a basic health care necessity and was named by TIME magazine as a candidate for its "person of the year" title.
An Evening with Robert Caro
For his biographies of Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson, Robert A. Caro has twice won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, twice won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best Nonfiction Book of the Year, and has also won virtually every other major literary honor, including the National Book Award, the Gold Medal in Biography from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Francis Parkman Prize, awarded by the Society of American Historians to the book that best "exemplifies the union of the historian and the artist." In 2010, he received the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama.
Caro's first book, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (1974), everywhere acclaimed as a modern classic, was chosen by the Modern Library as one of the hundred greatest nonfiction books of the twentieth century, and by TIME magazine as one of the hundred top nonfiction books of all time. It is, according to David Halberstam, "Surely the greatest book ever written about a city." And The New York Times Book Review said: "In the future, the scholar who writes the history of American cities in the twentieth century will doubtless begin with this extraordinary effort."
The first volume of The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power (1983), was cited by The Washington Post as "proof that we live in a great age of biography . . . [a book] of radiant excellence . . . Caro's evocation of the Texas Hill Country, his elaboration of Johnson's unsleeping ambition, his understanding of how politics actually work, are — let it be said flat out — at the summit of American historical writing." Professor Henry F. Graff of Columbia University called the second volume, Means of Ascent (1990), "brilliant. No review does justice to the drama of the story Caro is telling, which is nothing less than how present-day politics was born." The London Times hailed volume three, Master of the Senate (2002), as "a masterpiece . . . Robert Caro has written one of the truly great political biographies of the modern age." The Passage of Power (2012), volume four, is "Shakespearean … A breathtakingly dramatic story [told] with consummate artistry and ardor" (The New York Times) and "as absorbing as a political thriller …By writing the best presidential biography the country has ever seen, Caro has forever changed the way we think about, and read, American history" (NPR). And on the cover of The New York Times Book Review, President Bill Clinton praised it as "Brilliant . . . Important . . .Remarkable. With this fascinating and meticulous account Robert Caro has once again done America a great service."
"Caro has a unique place among American political biographers," according to The Boston Globe. "He has become, in many ways, the standard by which his fellows are measured." And Nicholas von Hoffman wrote: "Caro has changed the art of political biography."
"Lunch with a Leader: Industrial Development in Africa"
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; LECTURE 12:00 p.m.
Hinh T. Dinh is currently the Lead Economist in the Office of the Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank in Washington, DC. Prior to this assignment, he served as a Lead Economist in the Africa Region at the Bank (1998-2008), in charge of advising its management and staff on strategy, economic policy, and related operational issues for Southern Africa, Central and West Africa. In that capacity, he worked on Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Benin, Niger, Togo, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Burundi, Cameroon, Gabon, Sao Tome, and Equatorial Guinea. Between 1991 and 1998, he served in the Finance Complex at the Bank, working on countries in Asia (China, India, and Indonesia) and Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina). His work on portfolio concentration led the Bank to change its lending policy on largest borrowers. Between 1979 and 1991, he worked on Jordan, Syria, Tunisia, and Egypt.
Dinh's latest books include Light Manufacturing in Africa: Targeted Policies to Enhance Private Investment and Create Jobs (World Bank 2012) and Performance of Manufacturing Firms in Africa: An Empirical Analysis (World Bank 2012). He is completing three other books on China, Vietnam, and Tanzania to be published this year by the World Bank.
Dr. Dinh received a B.A. in economics and B.S. in mathematics from the State University of New York, as well as a M.A. in economics, M.S. in industrial engineering, and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pittsburgh (1978). He joined the World Bank Group through its Young Professionals Program in 1978.
Preparing America and Yourself for the 21st Century Workforce
Avy Stein P'14 co-founded Willis Stein & Partners in 1994. As the chief executive officer, he is responsible for managing the affairs of Willis Stein and the firm's private equity funds, which includes initiating investment opportunities, structuring acquisitions, coordinating due diligence, negotiating debt financings, and working with portfolio company management teams on an ongoing basis, among other responsibilities.
Stein has had a distinguished career: from 1989-1994, he was a managing director of Continental Illinois Venture Corporation, a subsidiary of Continental Bank Corporation; from 1980-1983, he was an attorney with Kirkland & Ellis LLP; and from 1984-1985, he was president of Cook Energy Corporation, an oil and gas exploration and production company, and vice president of corporate planning and legal affairs at Cook International, Inc. In 1985, Stein founded and was the chief executive officer and majority shareholder of Regent Corporation, which focused on making and managing acquisitions in the electronic security and personal emergency response industries. From 1988 until joining Continental Illinois Venture Corporation in 1989, he served as a special consultant on acquisitions, dispositions and restructurings to the chief executive officer of NL Industries, Inc. and its affiliates.
Avy Stein currently serves on the boards of directors of Education Corporation of America®, Interval Leisure Group, Roundy's Inc, Strategic Materials, Inc., and Velocitel. He is also the chairman of the audit and risk committee of Ravinia Festival and serves on its executive committee and board of trustees; a member of the Harvard Law School Leadership Council of Chicago; a foundation member of the University of Illinois Foundation; and a director for the Western Golf Association.
Stein has lectured at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, the University of Illinois, Columbia University, New York University, Princeton University, and the Venture Capital Institute. He received a juris doctor degree from Harvard Law School and received his bachelor of science degree in accountancy from the University of Illinois.
This presentation is sponsored by the President's Leaders Forum.
Israel's 2013 Elections and the Future of U.S.-Israel Special Relations
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; LECTURE 12:00 p.m.
Ilai Z. Saltzman is the Schusterman-AICE visiting Israeli Assistant professor of government at Claremont McKenna College. In his Athenaeum talk, Dr. Saltzman will describe and evaluate the results of the recent elections to the Israeli parliament (Knesset) and attempt to project their influence on the U.S.-Israeli "special relationship" during President Obama's second term.
In the past academic year Saltzman taught at the International Relations (IR) department and the Rothberg International School in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He holds a M.A. in International Relations from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (magna cum laude) and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Haifa. Dr. Saltzman was a research fellow at the International Security Program (ISP), Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (2010-2011). He is the author of Securitizing Balance of Power Theory: A Polymorphic Reconceptualization (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2012). Currently, he is working on projects dealing with American foreign policy, cyberwarfare, U.S.-Russian relations and the rise of China.
Whence Sanskrit? (kutah samskrtamiti): The Rise (and Fall) of Sanskrit in the West
Sanskrit is the classical language of ancient India; composed texts in Sanskrit represent a continuous literary tradition that reaches back at least 3500 years and consists of thousands upon thousands of works. Today, most Westerners have only the slightest familiarity with this great tradition, aware perhaps of a few words stereotypically related to the notion of karma or the practice of yoga. Yet, there was a time when the study of Sanskrit was of great significance in the history of Western education, holding a central place in the development in the early 1800s of the first graduate schools and academic Ph.D. programs in both Germany (where such programs originated) and later in the United States of America. To understand the "rise and fall" of the study of Sanskrit in the West leads us back to the nineteenth century experience of the British colonial administrators and the European Orientalists who first brought Sanskrit studies into the West, that is, to ask, "Whence Sanskrit"? Fundamental to this project is the broad awareness that, in modern colleges and universities in the West, the choices we make in our studies — what we choose to study as well as how we study it — are frequently uninformed; and, as we shall see in the case of Sanskrit, beneath an individual field of study may be found surprising (and sometimes insidious) roots.
Herman Tull has been a faculty member at Princeton University, Rutgers University, and Lafayette College, where he taught courses on the history of religions with a focus on the study of India and its classical language, Sanskrit. Professor Tull's interest in studying India began during an undergraduate year spent in India, where, as a student at Andhra University, he studied the Telugu language, the mrdangam (the traditional drum of South Indian classical music), and Indian philosophy. In graduate school, at Northwestern University and at the University of Chicago, Tull focused on the study of the religious and philosophical literature of ancient India (both Sanskrit and Pali), writing his dissertation, under the direction of Wendy Doniger, on the origins of the Indian doctrine of karma. Along with a book and several articles on the Indian doctrine of karma, Professor Tull has published widely in the area of Indian studies. Among his recent projects are a study of the goddess Kali and a grammar of the Sanskrit language.
Make a Purpose of Your Ability
LUNCH 11:30 a.m.; LECTURE 12:00 p.m.
Tareq Azim was born in Germany in 1982, the country to which his parents fled from the Soviet communist occupation of Afghanistan and the disappearance of his maternal grandfather as a prisoner of war in 1978. Azim and his family immigrated to San Francisco, CA shortly after his birth, and in 2004 he graduated with Bachelors of Arts degrees in Environmental Science and Agribusiness from Fresno State University.
In 2004, Azim co-founded the nonprofit organization, Hope of Mother, with his Mother, Mina Wali. The organization assists Afghani people through three projects including the Shawl Patcha Academy of Education, a private coed school for young men and women in the largest Opium cultivated region of Nengrahar and the first school in the area to allow female students; Shawl Wali Khan Center for Orphans, a recreation center with tutoring, mentoring, and other activities, as well as protection from potential kidnapping into terrorist organizations; and Lily's Medical clinic, the first facility of its kind in a town called Surchroad Village.
His most unique contribution to growing and strengthening the Afghan nation comes from his establishment in 2007 of the Afghani Women's Boxing Federation. Azim explains that he started the Federation because the world wants Afghanistan to stand on its own two feet. "Well how do you expect it to stand on its own two feet," he asks, "if it's a male dominated society and women have nothing to say? Women have to be the second foot." Strengthening that foot and balancing the national posture are an end result of building relationships, he says, and now that the process has begun it will most likely perpetuate itself as the program continues.
Azim has learned to apply the basics of success from one area in his life to another, fulfilling a responsibility he accepts to represent himself, his family, and their country of origin in a dignified manner. He does so through the exercise of his talents in boxing and other combat sports, as well as in social and political activism aimed at uniting, serving, and empowering the people of Afghanistan.
Tareq Azim's visit to the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum is sponsored by the Center for Human Rights Leadership at Claremont McKenna College.
The Arabic Language and Language Anxiety
LECTURE 6:45 p.m. PARENTS DINING ROOM
Is the standard of Arabic language failing? The speaker will address this theme and the theme of the Arabic language anxiety. The media often describe Arabic as being in danger, reflecting folk linguistic views about the language and expanding them through enhanced dissemination. Conferences on the state of Arabic in the modern world reiterate the same theme. Teachers and parents often bewail the falling standards in the language in schools, attributing it to a variety of factors.
Arabic language teaching reforms in the last decade are related to this language anxiety and to the role of language as proxy. The language anxiety is a factor in all languages, including English and French which are often offered as examples of dominant and secure languages in the Arabic speaking milieu.
Yasir Suleiman is Professor of Modern Arabic Studies at the University of Cambridge, Professorial Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He is Head of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies and Director of the Prince Alwaleed Centre of Islamic Studies at Cambridge. Professor Suleiman held the Iraq Chair of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland (1990-2007). His published works include, Living Islamic History (2010), A War of Words: Language and Conflict in the Middle East (2004), The Arabic Language and National Identity: A Study in Ideology (2003).
Professor Yasir Suleiman's visit to CMC is jointly sponsored by the Arabic Studies program and the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum.
What You Really Want
Jaclyn Friedman is a writer, performer, and activist, and the editor of the hit book Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World without Rape (2008) (one of Publishers' Weekly's Top 100 Books of 2009 and one of Ms. Magazine's Top 100 Feminist Non-fiction of All Time list). Her latest book, What You Really Want: The Smart Girl's Shame-Free Guide to Sex and Safety, was released in November 2011.
As a college undergraduate, Jaclyn thought she was too smart to become a victim of sexual assault – until another student proved her wrong. That experience eventually led her to become a student and instructor of IMPACT safety training. At IMPACT, she helped bring safety skills to the communities which most need them, including gang-involved high school student and women transitioning out of abusive relationships. Being the victim of a campus sex assault also fueled her passion to write about and advocate for safer communities for women everywhere.
Jaclyn's article "Drinking and Rape: Let's Wise Up About It," originally published by Women's eNews in February 2007, was reprinted in several major online outlets and has become a popular reference for new thinking about preventing rape without shaming or blaming women. The article – and the public response to it – was the inspiration for Yes Means Yes.
In 2010, Friedman redefined the concept of "healthy sexuality" with two landmark pieces: the interview "Fucking While Feminist" and the highly polemic "My Sluthood, Myself," which together inspired thousands of responses and explorations across the blogosphere and beyond. Her insistence that authentic sexual liberation is both compatible with and necessary for combating the systemic sexualization and violation of women, led Lyn Mikel Brown (co-founder of SPARK and Professor of Education and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Colby College) to call her "this generation's version of Dr. Ruth."
'The Ear is the Last Face': Reading Dickinson in Lyrical Time
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; LECTURE 12:00 P.M. PARENTS DINING ROOM
Cristanne Miller is a leading Emily Dickinson scholar, praised for being an "exciting reader" of Dickinson with "close and thoughtful interpretation" of Dickinson's poems. She is the Edward H. Butler Professor of English and Chair of the Department at the University at Buffalo in New York. She received her PhD in 1980 from the University of Chicago, and was for many years the W.M. Keck Distinguished Service Professor at Pomona College. She has also served as past President of the Emily Dickinson International Society, and currently edits The Emily Dickinson Journal. She has been a fellow at the Free University of Berlin, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the University of Oxford, and was President of the Modernist Studies Association from 2006-07.
Miller established her reputation as a foremost scholar of Emily Dickinson with the publication in 1987 of Emily Dickinson: A Poet's Grammar. David Porter praised Miller for showing "readers what is actually at stake in this idiosyncratic verse and maps better than anyone to date the links between the grammatical choices and literary identity". Other reviewers were similarly enthusiastic.
Cristanne Miller has also published extensively on Marianne Moore, modernist poetry, gender, poetry and theory, American Civil War poetry, women and language, feminism and poetry, and Walt Whitman.
Her most notable publications include Reading In Time: Dickinson in the Nineteenth Century (2012), Cultures of Modernism: Marianne Moore, Mina Loy, Else Lasker-Schüler. Gender and Literary Community in New York and Berlin (2005), and Marianne Moore: Questions of Authority (1995).
The Development of Federalism in the Obama Administration
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; LECTURE 12:00 p.m.
The relationship between U.S. state governments and the federal government under President Obama's administration has been complicated. While the president's brand of federalism has included health care, financial regulation, and stimulus bills—examples of massive, forceful federal power—this very legislation has also demonstrated detailed sensitivity to the issues of governing at the state level by offering numerous incentives to states and allowing for a high degree of state flexibility in implementing federal programs. With the recent re-election of President Obama, the examination of the president's approach to federalism has remained as important a topic as ever. Tim Conlan, a leading scholar of American federalism, will provide expert analysis of this timely issue.
Timothy J. Conlan is professor of public and international affairs at George Mason University. Dr. Conlan's research focuses on U.S. and comparative federalism, and his book, New Federalism: Intergovernmental Reform from Nixon to Reagan (1988), received the American Political Science Association's Martha Detrick Book Award in 1998.
Politics, Economics, and the Euro Area Crisis
Athanasios Orphanides is a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Center for Financial Studies at the Goethe University of Frankfurt.
His research interests are on central banking, finance, and political economy and he has published extensively on these topics over the past two decades. More recently, he has contributed to the ongoing debate on the euro area crisis. He is coeditor with Mike Bordo of The Great Inflation (NBER), forthcoming from the University of Chicago Press.
Orphanides served as governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus from May 2007 to May 2012. As governor he oversaw the introduction of the euro in Cyprus and subsequently served as member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank between January 2008 and May 2012. Following the creation of the European Systemic Risk Board in 2010, he was elected a member of its first Steering Committee.
Prior to his appointment as governor, Orphanides served as senior adviser at the Federal Reserve Board, where he had started his professional career as an economist in 1990. While at the Federal Reserve he taught undergraduate and graduate courses in macroeconomics and monetary economics at Georgetown University and Johns Hopkins University.
Athanasios Orphanides obtained his undergraduate degrees in mathematics and economics as well as a Ph.D. in economics from MIT.
On Deadline: Writing and Reporting in the 21st Century
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; LECTURE 12:00 p.m.; PARENTS DINING ROOM
Jennifer Mattson is a former radio producer for "The Connection" and worked as an editor for National Public Radio. She spent over six years as a producer for CNN, where she was responsible for CNN's daily live newscasts and producing CNN's international coverage. Jennifer came to CNN to work in the Washington bureau's political unit during the 1996 U.S. presidential election. She later moved to Atlanta, where she worked first as a writer and then as a newscast producer at CNN International. Prior to joining CNN, Jennifer worked as a reporter based in Budapest, Hungary covering Eastern Europe, where she reported on a number of regional stories for USA TODAY including a piece on George Soros and the Clinton-Yeltsin CSCE Summit. She has also reported, most recently, from Asia.
Her work has appeared in TheAtlantic.com, USA TODAY, The Boston Globe, The Women's Review of Books, AsianCorrespondent.com, Tablettalk.com and CNN.com. She is the former Managing Editor of AsiaSociety.org. Follow her on Twitter at @jennifermattson.
Jennifer Mattson's visit to CMC is sponsored by the Center for Writing and Public Discourse with generous support from the BLAIS Foundation Challenge Award. For more information please contact Professor Audrey Bilger. firstname.lastname@example.com.
Why is the Demand for Welfare-Improving Technologies and Behaviors Low in Developing Countries? Lessons from Field Experiments in Asia and Africa
LUNCDHEON 11:30 a.m.; LECTURE 12:00 p.m.
Mushfiq Mobarak is an associate professor of economics at the Yale School of Management, where he is a development economist with interests in environmental issues. In his Athenaeum talk, sponsored by the Lowe Institute for Political Economy, Professor Mobarak will present results from a research agenda inspired by the observation that the poor are often unwilling to invest in new products, behaviors and technologies that (we think) are apparently welfare-enhancing. This suggests that either we need to re-visit our assumptions, or that we need to better understand the constraints to behavior change facing the poor, both rational and 'behavioral'. Understanding these constraints is necessary to design economic and marketing strategies to help poor consumers overcome these sources of aversion to behavior change. The talk will draw on state-of-the-art evidence generated from randomized controlled trials conducted in Bangladesh, India and Malawi to market improved cook stoves, toilets, new agricultural technologies and seasonal migration.
Mobarak has several ongoing research projects in Bangladesh, India, Malawi and Brazil in which he conducts field experiments exploring ways to induce people in developing countries to adopt technologies or behaviors that are likely to be welfare improving. He co-chairs the Urban Services Initiative at the Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT, and leads the Bangladesh Research Program for the 'International Growth Centre (IGC)' at LSE and Oxford. He has previously worked as an economist at the University of Colorado at Boulder, the World Bank, and at the International Monetary Fund.
Professor Mobarak advises several PhD economics candidates working on development issues, and he won the 2006 Most Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award at the University of Colorado. He teaches MBA courses focused on the challenges to doing for-profit or non-profit business in developing countries and on marketing products and behaviors to poor consumers. He also leads Yale SOM 'international experience' trips to developing countries.
Risk, Regulation & Return – The New State of the Financial Services Industry
DINNER 5:30 p.m.; LECTURE 6:30 p.m.
The fifth annual Claremont Finance Conference, set for February 23, is expected to attract hundreds of students, faculty, and alumni from across the business sector. Advanced registration is required for all events and can be found here.
The Conference will begin with a welcome lunch and keynote address delivered by Peter Sasaki, Portfolio Manager at Centara Capital. It will then be followed by two afternoon panels, with networking breaks throughout.
The Investing Panel will be moderated by Sean Flynn, Professor of Finance at Scripps College. Panel participants include executives from hedge funds, private equity, private wealth, and fixed income among others. The final afternoon panel will be on Corporate Strategy & Entrepreneurship and be moderated by Janet Smith, Professor of Entrepreneurship at Claremont McKenna. It will feature executives from venture capital, private equity, and a variety of entrepreneurs involved in start-ups from healthcare, online gaming, and telecommunications.
The Conference finale event will be cocktail reception followed by a concluding dinner and keynote address at the Athenaeum. The keynote will be delivered by Doug Peterson (CMC '80), President at Standard & Poor's. Doug will relate his executive experience at leading financial institutions to his talk on risk, regulation & return – the new state of the financial services industry.
The 2013 Claremont Finance Conference is co-sponsored by the Robert Day School and Financial Economics Institute at Claremont McKenna.
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For Stanwood police chief, safety is a community effort
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Stanwood Police Chief Rick Hawkins checks in with older students at Cedarhome Elementary School during recess. Hawkins visits schools in the area to help encourage at-risk youth.
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Stanwood Police Chief Rick Hawkins chats with fellow deputy Brian Odenborg at the police department headquarters in downtown Stanwood.
Annie Mulligan / For The Herald
Yvonne Washburn leans in for a hug from Stanwood police chief Rick Hawkins at Wayne's Cafe in Stanwood.
The remodeled bank building downtown announces its tenant in two ways: old-school lettering on the windows and a wooden welcome sign outside, shaped like a goose.
Rick Hawkins has been police chief here for about a year. He's been working to build community partnerships and revamp Business Watch and Neighborhood Watch programs.
"There's not a lot of crime here," Hawkins said. "It's a good place to live, work, play and shop."
As Hawkins drove around the city one morning last month, he saw community policing in progress -- and places where more work could be done.
On one block, the chief pointed out a bank that's added a security guard outside. In one neighborhood, somebody's been stealing power tools. In another, city officials have been seeking grant funding to build a sidewalk to improve safety for kids walking to school.
Stanwood, a city of 6,200 in north Snohomish County, contracts with the sheriff's office for police services.
Deputies in blue Stanwood uniforms routinely assist city parks staff with closing and opening gates, Hawkins said. They sometimes check on street lights and report burned-out bulbs.
"We're out here. We might as well do it while we're out on patrol," he said.
Still, Stanwood has seen a few large-scale police incidents in past years, including a shooting at an assisted living home last week.
In March, a 3-year-old Camano Island boy fatally shot his sister with their father's handgun in the family's van, which was parked near City Hall. The shooting brought a lot of attention, in part because the girl's father is a Marysville police officer. The court case just recently wrapped up. The Marysville internal investigation is ongoing.
Then, in September, the city's uptown shopping center was shut down for hours one morning after a deputy shot and wounded a suspected serial bank robber. The suspect survived. His court case is ongoing. At least two other serial bank robbers have targeted Stanwood in recent years.
Early in 2012, Stanwood Mayor Dianne White asked Hawkins to develop a robbery prevention program, she said. She's a pharmacist, and she knew pharmacies and banks often are targeted for holdups.
Stanwood police met with bank employees in town in the spring, Hawkins said. The FBI joined them and shared tips.
"We were building that open communication," he said. "Part of this is just listening."
In the fall, someone robbed a fast-food sandwich shop in town. Police since have made an arrest.
The incident alarmed Leslie Tripp, the State Farm agent for Stanwood and Camano Island. She and Hawkins serve together on the board of Stanwood's Chamber of Commerce.
Soon after the restaurant robbery, she ran into Hawkins at a grocery store in town. She asked the chief to find a way to educate local business owners about crime prevention.
About 25 people attended the first Business Watch meeting in November, Hawkins said. They shared safety concerns and talked about security issues.
The next Business Watch meeting is planned sometime before spring, Tripp said.
Meanwhile, Stanwood police are using social media to keep people informed. The department's Facebook page has more than 1,380 followers, the most for any police page in the county.
The day the bank robber was shot, phone calls flooded City Hall and the police station, Hawkins said. There wasn't a lot city staff could say.
They've since joined Nixle, an online program where people can sign up to receive free text and email emergency alerts. Stanwood is trying to keep the alerts limited to major incidents, Hawkins said. An alert went out soon after last week's shooting, letting people know no children had been hurt.
Hawkins' drive through town last month took him through Copper Station, a neighborhood on the north end of Stanwood where about 100 homes are being built.
One of the first new Neighborhood Watch meetings was held there in early January, he said. About 40 people attended.
Police talked to them about when and how to report potential crimes.
About 3 the next morning, someone who had attended the meeting called 911, Hawkins said. There was a suspicious car in her neighborhood.
The "suspicious" activity turned out to be a deputy on patrol, Hawkins said. But the caller was doing what she was supposed to -- keeping a lookout.
Development at Copper Station dried up during the economic downturn a few years ago, Hawkins said. Last month, construction was bustling again, with workers putting up housing frames and digging foundations.
"This is good," Hawkins said. "This is good stuff."
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