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400-pound black bear struck and killed after wandering onto Route 7
NEW MILFORD -- The bear went over the mountain. In doing so, he probably was safe.
It's where the bear went next that became problematic. Charging onto busy highways at midday turned out to be unwise.
On Friday, a 400-pound black bear ran onto Route 7, where a southbound dump truck struck and killed it.
Dwayne Gardner, spokesman for the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, said DEEP staff received a report of the bear-truck crash at about 1 p.m.
The accident happened near the Brookfield-New Milford town line.
The bear was a 5-year-old male, Gardner said. While 400 pounds may seem mammoth, he said that's about average for an adult male black bear.
The DEEP took the carcass to its Session Woods Wildlife area in Burlington to study it, Gardner said.
The black bear is the largest predator in the state. With no natural enemies and no hunting season, car accidents are probably the leading cause of mortality in the state's bear population in spring and early summer, when male bears start looking for new territories.
"Right now, we're getting a couple a week,'' Gardner said.
However, it might be a first for the town.
"It's the first time I've ever heard of one,'' town Animal Control Officer Audrey McKay said Friday of the bear-vehicle collision.
"There are lots of bears around,'' McKay said. "Usually, they don't get hit.''
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Amanda Rykoff (aka The OCD Chick) is a NYC-based sports fan, TiVo junkie and social media enthusiast. I share my observations, commentary and diatribes on these and many other topics on my blog, The OCD Chick.
In addition to the above, I'm an avid tweeter (http://twitter.com/amandarykoff), crossword fiend, recovering lawyer and font of useless information. I'm sharp, outgoing, outspoken, sarcastic, active, quirky and intense.
What will you find on the blog? Random thoughts, photos and slightly obsessive observations on a wide range of topics. And if having a blog isn't about obsessing over everything from sports (especially my beloved Yankees) to television (a weekly live blog of 24) to social media to travel to my objectively adorable nephew Sam, then what's the point? I take a lot of photos, especially of New York City and major league baseball games.
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1) Visitors to the site. When a new reader clicks on the site for the first time (from a Twitter link, google search result, etc.), I want them to notice the logo and have a sense of what they can expect on the site. Most of my readers are sports fans (particularly baseball) and people interested in social media. The logo should be smart, simple and straightforward, with personality.
2) Potential advertisers on the site. OCDChick.com is part of the Fantasy Sports Ventures network. This means that my advertising is sold through FSV. FSV wants the logo to appear on sell sheets and in presentations to potential advertisers. I may sell advertising directly as well. The logo should appeal to those advertisers so it should be professional and smart looking.
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I can't get enough of these articles about customers at McDonald's ordering one cup of coffee and loitering for hours and hours. It reminds me of the Generalissimo episode of 30 Rock, when Jack Donaghy convinces the actor who looks exactly like him on the Spanish soap opera, Los Amantes Clandestinos, to charm an older woman on the show by showing interest in her grandchildren and by going to McDonald's to only order coffee. I also just realized that 30 Rock episodes are nearly impossible to recap in a few sentences without sounding crazy. —Nick Kindelsperger, Chicago Editor
Apparently tater tots are the new French fries. —Maggie Hoffman, Drinks and Senior Editor
The title and cover art are a little hokey, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to preorder Ruth Reichl's first novel and then shut myself in a room until I've read every page. —Carrie Vasios Mullins, Sweets Editor
The oddest food-related news I've heard in a while: watching people eat online, referred to as gastronomic voyeurism, is the latest fad in South Korea, according to this Reuters video. —Robyn Lee, AHT Editor/Art Director
The ex-president of Trader Joe's is planning on opening up a low-cost, high-quality food store that will sell near-expired fresh, packaged, and prepared foods at discount prices. According to the article, there's an estimated $165 billion worth of perfectly good food that's thrown out in the U.S. due to confusing and unregulatable "best by" dating. Why not use it instead? Some folks accuse him of taking things rich people don't want and selling it to the poor. He says, "so what?" —Kenji Lopez-Alt, Chief Creative Officer
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RIP folk legend Pete Seeger, who (hand!)wrote the forward for 1972 cookbook called Pumpkin Happy , which, naturally, focuses on both pumpkin-centric recipes and and Seeger's self-described "pumpkin project." Read the whole thing here. —Jamie Feldmar, Managing Editor
More Pete! A touching food-focused tribute to the late Pete Seeger from Bon Appetit—RIP Pete!—takes the cake for me this week. Also, a song about coffee and food turned into pretty pictures. —Niki Achitoff-Gray, Associate Editor
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Good news for Pedroia is what Red Sox needed
Amid flurry of injuries and shuffling personnel, club unable to gain traction
CHICAGO -- The scout could hardly believe his eyes.
"When,'' he asked, "have you seen a Red Sox lineup like this?''
It certainly wasn't Game 6 of the World Series, that's for sure.
And that was before the latest casualty.
Hustling from first base after a ball skipped away from White Sox catcher Tyler Flowers in the ninth inning, Mike Napoli dislocated his left ring finger diving into second base. X-rays were negative, the finger was reset -- ouch! -- and he could be back soon.
But true to the recent trend, that injury has already hurt. Mike Carp, who took over for Napoli at first base, couldn't handle a one-hop throw from shortstop Xander Bogaerts for the last out in the ninth. Alexei Ramirez raced around from second base, giving the upstart White Sox a 2-1 victory.
For the Red Sox, the beat goes on. This Tuesday night loss dropped them to 5-9 after an equally unimpressive Spring Training.
"We can't catch a break, physically and in terms of calls,'' said Jake Peavy, the former White Sox pitcher who picked up a World Series ring after being traded to Boston at the Trade Deadline last summer.
Red Sox manager John Farrell was ejected from Sunday's game in New York after feeling his team got the short end of replay decisions on Saturday and Sunday, and Tuesday night felt that Chris Capuano should have struck out Marcus Semien for the final out before the grounder to Bogaerts. First-base umpire Cory Blaser gave Semien the benefit of the doubt on a two-strike check swing, and because that's not subject to replay, all the Red Sox could do was complain.
Peavy said they were robbed. But rather than the calls, the troublesome issue for Boston is the attrition and constant shuffling of personnel.
When Peavy took the mound to face Adam Dunn and the other former teammates with the White Sox, with the thermometer at an alleged 40 degrees, he was backed by a Boston lineup that included only four players who helped the Red Sox beat the Cardinals last October. Along with A.J. Pierzynski, it featured Grady Sizemore, Ryan Roberts, Jackie Bradley Jr. and Jonathan Herrera.
This has been a time of White House visits and other celebrations for the Red Sox, but underneath the surface they've been paddling hard to try to get the 2014 season going in the right direction. For all the laughs off the field, much of their time on it has been like a bad hangover. That beats a nightmare, which was what the Red Sox were facing when Dustin Pedroia took himself out of the lineup over the weekend, admitting that he'd been trying to play through an increasingly sore wrist since the Brewers' Carlos Gomez took him out on a slide in the fourth game of the season.
There was fear that Pedroia may have had a broken left wrist. But an examination in Boston on Monday showed no major damage. He received a cortisone injection and could be back in the lineup Wednesday.
That was not the only good news for the Red Sox on Tuesday. Closer Koji Uehara continued to progress from his sore shoulder. He threw on flat ground in the afternoon and is scheduled to throw off the mound Wednesday. He could be available in his closer's role this weekend, when the Red Sox return to Fenway Park to play Baltimore.
Straight-faced as always, Farrell downplayed his sense of relief.
"On the heels of some other guys put on the DL, it's good to know they're going to be returning to us soon,'' he said.
Is that all?
While Ortiz is the powerful spokesman for his team, the guy who carried the Red Sox on his strong shoulders last October, Pedroia is the player they can least afford to lose. He's a two-way force and a guy who never gives away an out, setting a tone for his team by the way he controls the strike zone.
Pedroia admits that the wrist injury scared him. He played through a torn ligament in his left thumb last season, which required surgery and rehab over the winter.
"When I got taken out, I just landed kind of awkwardly,'' Pedroia said. "I didn't think anything of it. I just thought it was general soreness from my rehab, and the more I swung, it just kept feeling weaker, kind of aching, things like that.''
Pedroia felt so good on Tuesday that he tried to talk his way into the lineup, but said that short of "strangling John'' it wasn't going to happen. He did enter the game in the ninth, pinch-running for Napoli and then playing second base.
The Red Sox also hope to be a few days away from adding Shane Victorino, who opened the season on the disabled list with a hamstring issue. Like Napoli and Jonny Gomes, he was an important addition last season and takes on even more significance with Jacoby Ellsbury joining the Yankees.
Their lineup is stuck in second gear, averaging only 3.4 runs per game. The cold weather didn't help hitters on Tuesday, but give Peavy and White Sox rookie Erik Johnson credit. Both had great stuff, and used it well.
After Jose Abreu made Peavy work in a 12-pitch at-bat, Dunn pulled a 2-2 pitch over the right-field fence in the second inning. Peavy felt that was no way for an old friend to treat him.
"I broke his bat on that pitch,'' Peavy said. "Dunner always said that this ballpark plays 'big to fair.' Well, I'm gonna have some fun and say that you don't hit home runs with broken bats in a park that is 'big to fair.' "
That's how it has been going for the champs.
"What have we played, 13 games?'' Peavy asked.
Fourteen, he was told.
"Well, we've got 148 left,'' Peavy said. "I guarantee you that nobody in here is pushing the panic button. We know that we're going to get this thing going right. We're just stuck right now. Nothing's going our way. That's the way this game is sometimes. But we're not down. We're not panicking. I guarantee you that.''
Pedroia was in the game when it ended on Tuesday. That's reason enough for optimism.


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You can meet the chefs, watch cooking demonstrations, indulge in culinary masterpieces, sample elite tastings of private vintage wines, and mingle with celebrities. This year's reknown chefs include Danield Boulud, Guy Fieri, Anne Burrell, Grant Achatz, Pierre Gagnaire, Francois Payard, Abram Bissel, Laurent Tourondel, and many more.
The events feature Michelin star chefs, celebrity chefs, and award-winning winemakers and sommeliers. Individual events include interactive lunches and dinners with Food Network stars, East Meets West: Battle of the Coasts, A day in Italy, Founder's Dinner, Opening night reception, and many more. Ticket prices range from $100 for a single event pass to $4,750 for a VIP four-day pass and hotel package with private chef dinners and after parties.
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Barney Frank says he would like to be interim senator to conclude 'fiscal cliff' fights
Former representative Barney Frank revealed today that he had asked Governor Deval Patrick to appoint him to the interim Senate seat that would need to be filled if Senator John F. Kerry resigns to serve as secretary of state.
The governor laughed at the breach of confidentiality about what he has considered a private process, before conceding, "He'd be a great senator.''
Nonetheless, Patrick quickly added: "I have a lot of factors I'm considering.''
Frank told the Globe that he changed his mind about continuing in public life after President Obama and congressional leaders announced their fiscal cliff compromise over the New Year's holiday.
While that deal raised tax rates on individuals earning more than $400,000 per year, it delayed for two months any resolution to government program cuts or changes in entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare.
"The first months of the new Senate will be among the most important in American history. I may be a little immodest, but I called the governor and said I think I can be a help in reaching a fair solution to some of these issues,'' Frank said.
"I think there are progressive ways to work on Social Security and Medicare. I think making the case against them (Tea Party Republicans) on the debt limit is important,'' the Newton Democrat added. "A split emerged in the Republican Party over the fiscal cliff, with mainstream Republicans splitting with the radical right. I think it's important for us to continue to exploit that. We need to reach out to conservative Republicans who nonetheless are willing to compromise, and find a way to reach a deal.''
Frank also said he wanted to fight for the Massachusetts medical community as health care changes are debated.
Asked for the governor's reaction to his offer, apparently made in a phone call Thursday, the former congressman said: "He said, 'Thank-you for telling me.' As you expect, he was noncommittal.''
"Congressman Frank is a really gifted legislator, and he'd be a great senator – even on an interim basis. I have a lot of factors I'm considering and he's definitely on the list,'' the governor told reporters.
The governor has cloaked his search in secrecy, acknowledging that he has spoken with people who are interested in appointment or who have recommended others, but he has refused to discuss individual names.
"I think in every case the other person has treated (the conversations) as confidential. In congressman Frank's case, he's chosen not to on his end. I'm going to keep my end confidential,'' Patrick said.
Asked if he would have preferred that Frank kept their conversation private, the governor let out a laugh and said of the famously irrepressible congressman, "Does it matter, in the case of Congressman Frank, what I would have preferred?''
Turning serious, he added: "Congressman Frank is an incredible public leader, thought leader, and legislator.''
Asked if Frank had a senatorial temperament, the governor repeated: "I think he'd be a great interim senator and, like I say, he's on the list.''
During another Globe interview in mid-November, Frank flatly ruled out running in the special election that would be held simultaneously to permanently fill any Senate vacancy. The 72-year-old said he wanted to write books, teach, and speak on the lecture circuit after 45 years in public life.
He repeated that vow today, saying, "Absolutely not, there's no way I would run.'' He noted that he already has paid speeches lined up for the period when he would be interim senator, which he would cancel were he appointed. But said the temporary nature of the interim appointment and the new issues confronting the Senate would make the interim job appealing.
Frank said he changed his mind "as I sat in the caucus room and listened to them as they outlined the deal.''
A Patrick aide said the governor has not changed his posture on the situation and will not fill the seat until Kerry has been confirmed for his new job and a vacancy officially exists.
Patrick aides told the Globe earlier this week that the governor feels no need to fill the seat with a political luminary, and instead is solely focused on someone who would be a good political partner for the state and not have their own political agenda. Among the type of candidate that might fill that bill is outgoing Administration and Finance Secretary Jay Gonzalez.
The election to permanently fill the seat would then have to be held in 145 days to 160 days, meaning the interim appointee would likely serve until late June.
Outlining his rationale for the interim appointment, Frank told the Globe: "Given that there's not going to be any preparation time, I could be right in the middle of resolving some of the most important issues facing the country.''
Frank first mentioned his call to Patrick during an appearance this morning on the MSNBC program "Morning Joe.''
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Take Your Pick
Let's shift our focus to lead playing. Before we dig into some of Django's lines, let's talk picks. In this style of playing, thicker picks are preferred over thin ones. Check out pick maker Michel Wegen's Gypsyjazzpick, which is 3.5 mm thick, and his massive 5 mm Fatone pick. Experiment with various pick materials and thicknesses to find the tone you're looking for with a comfortable feel. Your pick grip should not be tight. An excessive grip only adds tension to your playing—it's fatiguing and slows you down.
If you are used to strict alternate picking, you'll find Gypsy-style picking to be a bit different. Without going into great detail here, follow the general rule of playing a downstroke at each string change and you'll be off to a good start. For more information on Gypsy jazz picking, check out Michael Horowitz's book Gypsy Picking, which is available at DjangoBooks.com. At this site you'll find other resources that may be helpful.
Lead Lines
Next, it's on to lead playing. We'll start with an overview of common elements and devices employed by Django in his line construction, and then look at a handful of his lines that incorporate these elements and devices.
The first device used to create lines is the arpeggio. Arpeggios play a big part in Django's line construction. Not always using the extended arpeggios one might expect when dealing with jazz, Django created wonderfully exciting and colorful lines using the triad as the core building block. If you take time to listen and transcribe the melody to "Minor Swing," you'll find it is composed of arpeggiated minor and major triads.
Another device used in line creation is the chromatic approach. By approaching chord tones by either a half-step above or below (and in some cases, both) you can add color to your lines without having to learn exotic scales. When it's time to expand the harmony beyond the triad, a common added tone is the 6. This happens over both major and minor chords. Incorporating major and minor 6 arpeggio practice into your workout routine is time well spent.
Django wove the elements and devices mentioned above (plus many others) into beautifully crafted statements. I've chosen a few licks to help illustrate this. You'll find the bulk of the analysis is placed directly into the music notation. Given the seamless way Django combined these elements and devices, it seems like a clearer way to highlight them.
The first lick, Fig. 11, is a great example of chromatic approaches. The harmony he's soloing over is a C7, and he approaches the root and the 5 from both above and below. You can hear this in the following YouTube clip of him playing "Honeysuckle Rose" at approximately 0:58 into the song.
The next two licks can be heard on Django's recording of "Honeysuckle Rose" with the original quintet. In the following video, Fig. 12 is at approximately 0:51 and Fig. 13 is at 1:10.
Fig. 12 is over the A section of "Honeysuckle Rose." Interesting rhythmic variety occurs in the first five measures of this line, and is created by starting a similarly crafted phrase on different beats of the measure. The first phrase starts on beat 3, the second on beat 2, and the third on the "and" of 2.
The diminished 7 arpeggio is used frequently, typically being played over a dominant 7 chord to create a dominant 7b9 sound. For example, over an F7 chord play an Adim7 arpeggio. The combination of the two sounds results in an F7b9.
Fig. 13 is at the start of the bridge. Check out how the Adim7 arpeggio (over the F7) resolves to the 6 (or 13) of the Bb6 chord. Super cool!
All right, we'll wrap this section up with a few licks played over the Gershwin standard "Lady Be Good." These licks can be heard on the following video clip at approximately 0:57 and 2:06.
In Closing
Django's playing impacted generations of players (jazzers and non-jazzers alike), and his legacy lives on with "Hot Clubs" found throughout the world, as well as festivals—some bearing his name—devoted to this style. For more in-depth information on Django and Gypsy jazz, check out Michael Dregni's books (Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend and Django Reinhardt and the Illustrated History of Gypsy Jazz).
My hope is that this lesson will help tune your ears to some of the nuance in the rhythm guitar, as well as some of the colors present in Django's lines, and inspire you to dig further into this beautiful and exciting style.
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House's actions speak louder than President's words on immigration and Islam
In his State of the Union, stressing the theme of national unity above party loyalty, so that America could go forward to "win the future," President Barack Obama gave a round-about appeal to Congress for the DREAM Act and for comprehensive immigration reform. (I noticed that Sen. John McCain applauded.)
Now whether that's going to get very far is to be doubted, since the very next day Republican members of the House Immigration Committee argued for bring back factory raids. Any initiative on immigration reform is expected to come from the Senate. The House, if anything, would rather stiffen immigration law and build bigger fences.
Among the first things the House will be look into is Islamic radicalism and it ties to terror. Toward the end of February, Rep. Peter King, a Long Island Republican, will have his Committee on Homeland Security conduct hearings into the role Islamic centers and imams play in fostering terrorism. While not directly touching on immigration, many of the subjects of the investigation will be immigrants.
King has complained that Muslim clergy will not cooperate with law enforcement to prevent the spread of radical, anti-American ideas or to stop youths from going abroad the fight jihad. When interviewed by National Public Radio after the State of the Union, he agreed with President Obama that Muslims are "part of the American family" and are good law-abiding citizens. Yet he painted their mosques and imams (clergy) as radical and dangerous.
The hearings have caused consternation among Muslims, since the experts on Islamic radicalism chosen to testify, while of Islamic background, have led assaults on the religion. Zuhdi Jasser, a U.S.-born of Syrian-American, founded the American Islamic Forum for Democracy to fight what he calls "political Islamism," which he links to terrorism. A devout Muslim, he nonetheless has opposed even such moderate projects as the Muslim center near Ground Zero.
More agressive is Ayaan Hirsi, a Somali-born former member of the Dutch parliament, now attached to the American Enterprise Institute in Washington. A feminist, she deplores the role of women in Islam. In the Netherlands, her campaign grew so heated that death threats drove her from the country. She is ambiguous about being a Muslim, at times describing herself as an atheist. Such witnesses unnerve Muslim moderates.
Peter King is an interesting inquisitor of Muslims. In 1990s, he was something of champion of Balkan Muslims. He pushed for their protection in Bosnia and for the resettlement of refugees. His relations with Muslims in his own district were warm and supportive. They reciprocated with funds and votes.
Then came 9/11 and his attitude changed. Apparently, he lost personal friends at the Trade Towers. When some Muslims respond in disbelief that Muslims were responsible and spoke of an anti-Islam conspiracy to discredit their religion, the representative was offended. When the truth became evident, attempts to reconcile and apologize were rebuffed. Relations between the congressman and Muslims on the Island are frigid. Now their concerns have drive Muslims nationally to organize a response to what they believe will be negative and unfair hearings.
Rep. King, in responding to NPR, seems to be arguing much like the 19th century nativists in regard to the Irish Catholics: If it weren't for their priests, the Irish would be fine Americans. It was also thought that the Irish were storing guns in church basements to rise up when the pope, who was kick out of the Papal States in 1870, arrived in New York.
The hearings are going ahead, notwithstanding the appeals for softer language and unity. It's hoped that the voice of moderation—Muslim and non-Muslim—will be heard during these hearings.


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- Police respond to trouble by small groups of masked protesters
- Large numbers join union-backed marches in London, Glasgow and Belfast
- People "want a Britain that works for them," says Labour Party leader Ed Miliband
- Cameron's government says "painful decisions" are necessary to get Britain back on track
Amid a din of whistles and klaxons, and bearing banners emblazoned with "No cuts" and "Austerity is failing," thousands of protesters marched past London's landmarks Saturday in a show of popular anger over government cutbacks.
"I don't like the government's policy, I don't think it works and I think the most vulnerable people suffer -- that's why I'm here," said one woman on the march.
The planned cuts to services and payments that help the sick and disabled are "shameful," she said.
Culminating in a mass rally in Hyde Park, the protest, staged by unions representing public sector workers and others, reflects a rising tide of discontent among many over the austerity measures brought in or proposed by the coalition government.
Marches were also held in the Scottish city of Glasgow and Belfast in Northern Ireland.
Addressing the crowds, opposition leader Ed Miliband, of the Labour Party, criticized the government's policies as unfairly putting the burden of austerity on ordinary workers and cutting "too far, too fast."
"None of these people think that Britain owes them a living, none of these people are asking for the earth -- they just have a simple request: They want a Britain that works for them. They believe we do better as one nation," he said.
Miliband was booed, however, when he said that he could not promise "easy times," or rule out any cuts to services.
If in power, a Labour government too would have to take steps to balance the books, he said -- although he insisted it would target the country's millionaires with tax rises, rather than taking money from the poorest members of society, as he accuses the government of doing.
A banner carried by one protester put the responsibility for the country's woes squarely on the shoulders of the prime minister, proclaiming "Cameron has butchered Britain."
But speaking at his Conservative Party's national conference earlier this month, David Cameron defended the government's austerity program, saying "painful decisions" had to be made to bring down the deficit.
He acknowledged, though, that the path ahead was not easy. "Here's the truth," Cameron said. "The damage was worse than we thought, and it's taking longer than we hoped."
But public sector worker Lee Billingham, 42, said life was getting too tough for many, as costs continue to rise.
"I think the deficit is an excuse to cut our wages and cut public services," he told CNN. "My pay has been frozen for three years now and it's really hard to make ends meet."
The Trades Union Congress, a federation that includes most British unions, said ahead of the event, dubbed "A Future That Works," that it expected tens of thousands of union members to turn out in London.
The Metropolitan Police declined to provide an estimate of the number taking part in the march and rally.
While the demonstration itself was peaceful, groups of masked youths were seen shouting at police and running through the streets in central London on Saturday afternoon.
A police spokesman said officers had responded to some incidents but that no damage to property had been reported.
TUC secretary general Brendan Barber told protesters in Hyde Park: "We have a stark and united message for the government. Austerity isn't working. It is hitting our jobs, our services, our living standards."
"It is hammering the poorest and the most vulnerable. And austerity is failing even on its own terms, for this is a government of broken promises.
"Ministers told us that if we only accept the pain, recovery would come. Instead we have been mired in a double dip recession."
The TUC wants the government to abandon its program of cuts to public services and austerity measures in favor of investment in infrastructure, new industries and training.
Without a focus on growth and job creation, especially for young people, the nation faces a "lost decade" of decline, it warns.
Chancellor George Osborne said last month though that the economy was "healing," and that the government's strategy was delivering results "despite strong headwinds."
"But the scale of the challenge is so great that there are no quick fixes or easy routes to recovery," he told business leaders in Scotland. "The debts built up in our economy over the last decade will take time to unwind."
Both Osborne and Cameron have pointed to the eurozone crisis as a factor in the current economic situation, saying it has cast a shadow over the British economy.
Britain is one of a number of European nations, Spain and Italy among them, laboring under a large burden of public debt in the wake of the global economic downturn.
Violent clashes between police and protesters have broken out at anti-austerity protests in Greece and Spain in recent months.
The UK unemployment rate fell slightly to 7.9% for the period from June to August this year, the Office for National Statistics said this week. However, many young people are without work.


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Dr. Richard Smith, a editor of BMJ for 25 years,discusses some of the ways that drug companies get the results they want published in main line journals. Kevin,MD also has a recent post referencing Dr. Smith's insights.
Writing in PLoS Medicine (Smith, R (2005) PLoS Med 2 (5) : e 138)"Medical Journals are an extension of the marketing arm of pharmaceutical companies.", he gives handy hints for methods that drug companies can use to get the results desired from clinical trials.For example, trial your drugs against too low a dose of the competitor drug or conduct a trial against a treatment known to be inferior, or use multiple end points in the trial and select for publication those that give favorable result. Note he is not talking about making up data or that the trials are not conducted in a technically well done manner, but rather that bias is introduced in subtle ways. He also describes the practice of publishing the positive results more than once and to combine the results from various centers in multiple combinations. There are a number of ways that physicians can be- and apparently have been-mislead about the virtues of various medications.
As medical students learn the catechism of evidence based medicine they need to learn to be critical of trials even in the best of journals.There is good reason to believe that not only have readers of journals been taken in at times but so have the editors.Smith says editors are beginning to catch on to at least some of the manipulative techniques that have been used and may take appropriate defensive action. He admits it took him over 20 years to realize what was happening.
Medical students are appropriately taught that RCTs are the highest standard of proof in the on going search for medical truth. However,at least some the RCTs on which some standards of care are built may have been spun by the drug companies to give favorable press to this or that particular medication and present some thing far less that the whole truth. He quotes data indicating that at least 2/3 of trials published in JAMA, the Annals of Internal Medicine,NEJM and Lancet were funded by the drug industry. So it could be that these practices could be rather wide spread. Smith's article should be mandatory reading in the EBM course. It might serve as a partial antidote to the over exuberant enthusiasm for EBM precepts that some impressionable students might develop. Look at the nature of the evidence.
So what can the overwhelmed medical student do? Right now, the best I can suggest is to use the table of techniques in Smith's article but realize this is not likely to be exhaustive. The EMB gurus from McMaster might add a section in the " How to find current best evidence" chapter in their book, " Evidence Based Medicine " by Sackett et al on" How to detect bias in a drug trial publications".
Smith suggests that journals not publish trials and the protocols and results be available on the web . This, he says, is radical and not likely to happen.But with the issue more on the table now, editors will be more savvy and skeptical as, hopefully, will be the readers.
Between Ghost writing, the manipulative arsenal of big pharma described by Smith, the alleged marketing and other corporate techniques related to the cox-2 drugs and the recent " it's safe, wait, no it's not" antics of the FDA ( which in part is allegedly related to the aforementioned manipulations) it should be no wonder that patients may have less faith in what the doctors are prescribing and so should the docs.
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Mono Lake's saline water combines with underwaterfreshwater springs to form limestone tufa towers.Photo by Arya Degenhardt.
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Living in harmony with the Mono Basin
"Thus, through the year, the Kuzedika moved in an established sequence from one favored locality to another according to the availability of food. Their routes of travel were well-defined; the basin was honeycombed with trails linking their seasonal camp sites."
—Thomas C. Fletcher, Paiute, Prospector, Pioneer
Before the first European Americans set eyes on the Mono Basin, a small group of people calling themselves Kutzadika'a inhabited the Mono Lake region. The name Kutzadika'a roughly translated means "fly eaters." About 200 people spent most of the year in the Mono Basin following the annual cycle of food gathering.
Kutsavi, or alkali fly pupae, were a significant source of food for the native people of the Mono Basin. Each summer the Kutzadika'a people would harvest the alkali fly pupae from the shallow waters of Mono Lake. The pupae are rich in fat and protein necessary for the metamorphoses of the adult fly. High in calories, kutsavi was an excellent source of food that could be stored easily. William Brewer of the California Geologic Survey remarked of the food in 1863, "The Indians come far and near to gather them. The worms are dried in the sun, the shell rubbed off, when a yellowish kernel remains, like a small yellow grain of rice ... The Indians gave me some; it does not taste bad, and if one were ignorant of its origins, it would make fine soup." The thought of eating insects seems unsavory to most people, but in the context of sociological and cultural comparisons, we can contrast modern American culture with historic Kutzadika'a culture and ask ourselves a fair question: Why do we choose to eat food predominantly low in nutrition, requiring tremendous energy to produce and process, instead of eating of food produced naturally, higher in energy and nutrition?
KUTZADIKA'A or MONO?
The origin of the word Mono (pronounced "mow-no," not "mah-no," the Greek word for one) is uncertain. The most accepted theory is that Mono is a Yokut word for "fly eater." The Yokut people are native to the western Sierra Nevada slopes above present-day Fresno, some 200 miles from the Mono Basin. How did the word Mono travel to this region? Perhaps the word was first used to describe the Southern Paiute in the Owens Valley who also harvested alkali fly pupae. The Kutzadika'a people do not have Mono in their language and history does not offer a clear explanation of its origin.
The Kutzadika'a did not live in the Mono Basin all year. In the autumn the people would move to pinyon camps in the hills north or east of the lake. Here they would camp and collect pinyon nuts, a pine nut, highly nutritious food with a balance of fat, protein, and carbohydrates. Because of its fat content, the nut could be easily stored, providing a reliable food source throughout the winter months. After the pinyon harvest the people would go on rabbit drives, killing large numbers of jackrabbits and cottontails for food and skins, their principal clothing source. Long before the first European Americans arrived in the Mono Basin, the people would hunt pronghorn antelope by driving them into corrals. By winter the people moved east of Mono Lake to milder, lower elevation valleys. By late spring the Kutzadika'a returned to the Mono Basin, making camps along Rush Creek and other freshwater streams. From these locations the women would collect kutsavi, or alkali fly pupae, from Mono's shallow waters. Every other year in summer the Kutzadika'a would collect piagi, or Pandora moth larvae, from the surrounding Jeffrey pine forest. In addition to these foods, the Kutzadika'a gathered roots and berries, hunted seasonal game in the mountains and nearby valleys, and hunted waterfowl along Mono's shores and freshwater streams. The Mono Basin did not provide abundant food year round, but it did provide enough food seasonally to sustain a population of nearly 200 individuals before the first European Americans arrived in 1852.
Where are the Kutzadika'a today? The mining boom in Aurora and Bodie led to an insatiable need for wood and other resources, and the two towns cut the surrounding pinyon pine forest for firewood, which deprived the Kutzadika'a of an important seasonal food source in the form of pinyon nuts. Additionally, increasing settlement in the Mono Basin pushed the native people from their prime camping and food gathering lands, which were typically close to fresh water as this was the land most desirable for ranching and agriculture.
Violent conflict between Kutzadika'a and the European American settlers was rare to non-existent, but the native people were forced to occupy marginal land from which they could no longer effectively hunt or gather food. In time the Kutzadika'a had no choice but to work on surrounding ranches since they could no longer gather food reliably. Families moved to Mono Basin ranches and farms and worked for the new landowners in order to survive on the very land that was theirs.
Today there are still Kutzadika'a living in the Mono Basin and Eastern Sierra. The Kutzadika'a community has worked to obtain federal recognition of their tribe for many years; their most recent effort happened in 2019 and the Mono Lake Committee sent a letter in support of federal recognition.
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Fans Invited To Watch Spike Simulcast Of The Empire Strikes Back In Times Square On MTV's 44 ½ Video Board
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New York, NY, May 18, 2010 – It was a long time ago — 30 years to be exact — in a galaxy not so far away when Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back was first released to movie theaters. Considered by many to be the greatest movie sequel of all time, Empire will celebrate its 30th Anniversary on Spike TV with a Star Wars movie marathon and a special simulcast in Times Square on Saturday, May 22.
Spike will feature a Star Wars movie marathon featuring the original trilogy on Saturday, May 22 (1:00 PM – 3:30 AM, ET/PT). Presented in HD where available, the schedule is as follows:
· 1:00 – 4:00 PM, ET/PT – Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
· 4:00 – 7:00 PM, ET/PT – Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
· 7:00 – 10:00 PM, ET/PT – Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi
· 10:00 PM – 1:00 AM, PT/ET – Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
· 1:00 – 3:30 AM, ET/PT – Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
Spike viewers and Star Wars fans in the New York City area are invited to come to Times Square to watch a special simulcast of The Empire Strikes Back on Saturday, May 22 at 4:00PM ET on MTV's 44 ½ foot video board.
Throughout the week leading up to Spike's celebration of The Empire Strikes Back and the Star Wars movie marathon, the network will feature anniversary-themed trailers that incorporate footage from vintage TV spots and trailers, as well as two new image spots that highlight Stormtroopers in 1980-type situations including a disco and aerobics class. In addition to seeing the spots on-air on Spike, they can be viewed online at spike.com/starwars.
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cjburgandy wrote:jesusabdullah wrote:The third one is adorable.
(I mean this one:)
That is rather cute! How did I miss that one the first time around?
Edit: Perhaps I should post these here too. Kirby after he ate David Bowie.
Jops wrote:random weaponry
pierce studios wrote:two more finished ones..
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jesusabdullah wrote:Those Kirbys are cool.
I saw Cat People in Horror class over the last couple of days, and they had these backlit tables in it (I think they were for like drafting or something, idk)--anyway, I think it would be sweet to have one. So, I doodled this.
In hindsight, I should have drawn shadow on his face from the cereal bowl.
sincerely wrote:Someone told me I should doodle more.
And then I inked it.
Now get to posting.


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At The Learning Network listserv http://bit.ly/fZdb6v members have been engaging in thoughtful conversations about the current educational policy climate. But, we haven't stopped there. We have also committed ourselves to do whatever it takes to reverse the damage that has been inflicted on teachers, students, and families. Some examples are: posting on various social media outlets, writing letters to the editor, and participating in the SOS March and National Call to Action in July http://bit.ly/e0KcNe Recently, Morna M. Mcdermott, posted the following draft essay on the TLN listserv about, what she refers to as the pedagogy of fear. Morna is an Associate Professor at the College of Education, Towson University. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com She wrote this narrative to demonstrate "the powerful role that fear plays in shaping our current educational policies and practices". We welcome your comments to this post.
Pedagogy of fear
I write this narrative as a parent of two small children, a classroom teacher of ten years and a professor of curriculum and instructor of ten years (and running). I selected this title to juxtapose other respected scholarship with similar titles, namely Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Pedagogy of Hope, and Pedagogy of Freedom. While I agree that oppression still exists and that hope and freedom are necessary to transform schools and society, the purpose of this narrative to offer one scholars opinion on the powerful role that fear plays in shaping our current educational policies and practices. The poet Charles Bukowski once wrote that to do a "dangerous thing with style is what I call art." Furthering his statement, I argue that creativity in the form of "dangerous style" is one way to transcend and transform this fear.
I believe what we have is not pedagogy grounded in freedom and hope, but a pedagogy driven out of fear. This sadly makes sense since we are living in a society of fear, and as I explain to my students in my School and American Society classes, that society and schools are directly interwoven. "Which comes first?" in the proverbial chicken and egg quandary has been discussed at length by other scholars, and is beyond the scope of my discussion here but I think we can safely agree that the two are mutually connected. They mirror one another, and the paradigm that is to say the collective worldview that exists in one also exists in the other.
I don't want to go so far as to say that any decision based on fear is a bad one. For example, I could make a decision not to climb into a shark tank based on the reasonable idea that I will be attacked. To dismiss that fear and leap into the waters would be most unwise. However, it might be considered unreasonable to allow of fear of getting in a car accident to prevent me from ever driving anywhere. The difference is grounded in common sense, and I contend that common sense is what we have lost in our decisions about teaching and learning. I travel a great deal and as I walk around airport going from gate to gate I am reminded that "the airport security level is at code orange." I am not sure if that is to invoke a feeling of safety (i.e thank god it's not at red) or a feeling of fear ("we must always be on alert because something could happen at any minute"), but it is certainly an ever-present reminder that we not take our safety for granted. And should I ever be at an airport when they announce they are on "code red" should I fall back on our racist assumptions and begin to furtively eyeballing anyone who appears to be of Middle Eastern descent? Do I lose all rational common sense and begin to act irrationally?
Schools and classroom around America as part of our social fabric are also constantly reminded that they are on "code orange." It's called high stakes testing and accountability. All schools, like all airports regardless of their testing success are reminded that code orange can mean either "Thank god we're not on code red" or it could mean, "We could descend into code red at anytime"- either way they are reminded of their precarious balance between safety and danger, creating a perpetual collective fear of falling into the latter.
And schools that are not making AYP are told they are on "code red." They go into "lockdown mode" where everyone is subject to intense screening, and racist assumptions about blaming students of color, English language learners, and students on free and reduced lunch lead us to a sorting and tracking system that tries to eliminate them from the curriculum that matters (translation-tested). They are subject to our highest scrutiny.
I have travelled extensively over the last years as a professor of Education working with new and seasoned teachers. While the cultures, curriculum, socioeconomic and community needs vary, one thing had held consistently true of every last group of teachers with whom I speak-they are afraid. In their collective unconsciousness they have moved into the pedagogy of fear. Is this fear rational, i.e. afraid they might fall into the metaphorical pool of sharks and be eaten alive? Or, have they descended into irrational fear where they won't take risks of any sort for fear of the possibility that they might crash? Probably both. But what has resulted is that loss of common sense in classroom teaching. Most teachers I meet are bright, energetic, and hard-working with strong commitments to their students. It is not that they lack common sense. It is that they have been conditioned by a system of fear, to ignore their common sense.
Let me give you a fictional example (but based on real life stories I have witnessed): "Teacher Suzie" has a classroom of twenty-four third graders. She has a few students with IEP's. She has one English Language Learner. The racial make-up of her class is 50% white, 30% African-American, %10 Asian and 10% Latino. Some kids are identified as above grade level. About half are "at grade level" and about ¼ are "below grade level." Suzie has a broad heterogeneous group of learners. Being the observant teacher she notices that several of her students are really visual learners. They love images and pictures. Some of them are constantly doodling on their work books. Her English Language Learning student communicates best through pictures and symbols. Suzie's professional beliefs and gut feeling tell her that changing the county math curriculum into something that includes visual art and arts-based experiences for her class would increase motivation and make learning more accessible and meaningful for all her kids. But… her principal might come in and observe her. According to the county curriculum guide she must be completed this math unit by next Thursday. If she does not give her students the pre designed worksheet and unit test, she will not be able to document what her students learned in a way to shows her "accountability" for learning. But what real learning has occurred? Some, yes, perhaps. But common sense tells Suzie that half her class won't respond as well to the standard curriculum and assessments, and that she could best meet the needs of all her learners by making her math unit more arts-integrated. But, understandably she is afraid of being reprimanded, of test scores showing her students didn't "perform" so she must teach to the test, afraid she will lose her job.
So, common sense is put aside, at the cost to her students real learning. Loss of an authentic and meaningful and democratic education is the price our students are paying for our fears and our need to live a society where schools are perpetually on "code orange." As for me, I have always been the perennial risk taker. I am the frequent flyer who is always trying to smuggle a 10 oz bottle of liquid in my carry-on bag instead of the required 3.5 oz. bottle. And in my own K-12 teaching I took risks, daring trouble to come and find me, which it did occasionally but I confess that all of this occurred before NCLB and the post 9/11 culture of fear was in full swing, back when teachers had more freedom.
But in the last ten years I have spent countless hours in K-12 teachers' classrooms evaluating curriculum, recommending instructional strategies, and advising teachers on various matters. When I speak with teachers to "think outside the box" in an effort to help them, the individual responses vary but the collective themes are: "That sounds great but…. I am afraid I will get in trouble. That my class won't succeed on The Test. That my principal will find out. That…." You can fill in the blanks. In essence they have become disempowered from exercising their own judgment based on the kids that they know best, certainly better than some group of policy makers in some office building somewhere determining how and what every child needs to learn. This culture of fear began with A Nation at Risk (1983) and is most currently embodied in the film Waiting for Superman (2010), where the fearful message is sent that there are so many "bad" teachers out there that we must hold and all teachers, even the good ones, to then same exact curriculum, thus relegating what could have been great classroom teaching into the spectrum of mediocrity for the sake of public scrutiny and accountability. All travelers at the airport are subject to the same rigorous screening process.
Common sense is losing ground everywhere. I have teachers tell me how so many of their students don't get the material of a particular subject, and while common sense would dictate that they circle back and re-teach (or better yet, teach differently) that material until the students "get it" that they "must" move on in their curriculum because the calendar in the guide tells them they must. Is this really leaving no child behind?…. Really?
Or another example: Volumes of research for more than two decades have "scientifically proven" that students who engage with the arts in the forms of dance, music, drama and visual art perform better in their core classes. But yet, for the sake of teaching to the test, and the needs to allocate funding to the newest and shiniest curriculum materials which are "aligned" with (aka: cater to) the test, (with test makers and textbook publishers laughing all the way to the bank), the arts are the first thing to get cut from schools. We have become a curriculum of the absurd, and Waiting for Superman ought better be named after the Theater of the Absurd play entitled Waiting for Godot. What are WE waiting for???? The time is now for this call to action.


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Yeah, you get that sort of silliness, in a lot of JRPG's. In the majority of the games I've seen, you never get an explanation for why the main character and his/her allies are so over-the-top kick-ass. It's often just a bunch of kids who for no apparent reason are able to wade through armies of seasoned veterans.
Final Fantasy 6 (originally 3, here in America, on the Super Nintendo) is one of the last ones I remember which made an attempt. The first main character was a super-powered girl who was in possession of magic, in a world that had lost use of it, for the most part. Several other characters were similarly elite, although some were a bit nonsensical.
You get a more rational reason, in games like Dragon Age: Origins. In that, the core characters are the remnants of an elite, demonically-imbued (sort of) force of warriors, plus a renegade mage who was trained by a dragon. You can kind of see it a little more.
Plus, the fact that my female protagonist could hook up with Leliana was cool, despite her being a bit of a religious nut. Alas, Morrigan isn't into girls.
But yeah, when my female warrior threw on a huge suit of armor, it was actually a full suit of armor. Some of the earlier suits of armor were a little spare in the leg and belly protection, but ... well, that's why they were lower protection-value armor. They also lacked a bit in the way of coverage, on male characters, so it's wasn't just an excuse for T&A.
Plus, the game just looked beautiful, so we got the beauty of form thrown in, as well.
Heh, let me know if you need any other caffeine-related advice. I have all sorts of experience in that area.
Well, I know why they have all of the ridiculous peekaboo, please-impale-me-here exposures in female armor. :-p It just can't be rectified with the actual purpose of the armor.
It's been a while, since I've played Final Fantasy X. I forget, did they even have any armor you could swap out, or was it just the weapons? In that kind of situation, yeah, it wasn't a military scenario, in which you would want heavy protection.
Sometimes speed can be sufficient. It makes a little more sense in the cases of witch elves, in the Warhammer Fantasy universe. They're from a very agile race, and they're somewhat-skilled martial artists. The exposure of their outfits can sort of be justified by the gladiatorial sports of their culture ... even if it's the case that the justification was thought up so they could have skimpy clothing and not the other way around. ^.^
Yeah, there's a great deal of other bad design, besides the outfits themselves. Heh. There's a reason people normally wore their swords on their hip. In a video game, though, people normally design things with form in mind, rather than function.
Oh yeah. I remember college. Never would have made it without some serious caffeine abuse.
I suggest you take it pretty slowly, at first. Hell, if you've never been exposed to it before, you can probably get a hell of a charge from a 12 or 16 ounce mug of black tea. If you're a light-weight, even that might be a bit much for you, at first. Coffee might make you a little sick and give you headaches, if your body isn't used to caffeine.
I recommend going to Starbucks for a chai tea latte. They're freaking delicious.
Hmm, being a bit reclusive would help somewhat, but still, you'd be under the laws of the state of TEXAS. The only reason they don't arrest gay people anymore is because the US Supreme Court made them stop ... in 2003!!! It's kind of crazy over there.
Austin is a fairly liberal city, but they're subject to the laws imposed by the bat-shit crazy conservatives that make up the bulk of the Texas population. I dunno.
Canada would be good, though, if you can tolerate the cold. Since I'm originally from the Chicago area, it wouldn't be too bad for me.
Seriously, if we were in the kind of position in which Romney took the White House, and we had the accompanying shift in congress to be even more Republican, I might consider it time to jump ship. With the damage Romney would have done to the Supreme Court, this place might have started becoming unlivable.
That's cool that you're somewhat relaxed about the ridiculous stuff they put female warriors in, in fantasy games. Some of it ... yeah.
Okay, if you've got a sorceress or something, then fine. She's not relying on physical protection, in any way, so it doesn't matter if she's half-naked. That female warrior with the steel-plate bikini and the chain-mail top that leaves her abdomen completely exposed is kind of silly. She has vital organs behind her navel, too.
That reminds me of one of the characters from a table-top war game called Warmachine, in which they mocked that particular trend in fantasy gaming. All of the heroes have two versions, one from before the great war, and an "epic" version from after the great war.
One of the female characters wears a suit of plate armor from head to toe, except her belly is bare from her pelvis to right below her breasts. Then, the "epic" version of her is undead and has heavy stitching going around her waist, from where her halves were sewn back together, after she got sliced in half during the great battle.
Ah, here we go. Before:
And after:
So, you see what happens, when you go running into battle, dressed like that. Nice eye candy for you, though, until she gets sliced in half.
I see what you mean about Lightning. Everything is going well, dressing her reasonably, and then ... is that a tennis skirt? Kind of a silly outfit for a military officer.
You've never even tried caffeine? Heretic!
Wow, I can imagine how hard it would hit you, if you've never had any. Depends what kind of body mass you have, I guess. Plus, caffeine seems to hit women much harder than guys ... although that could be body mass, in part.
Jeeze, there's a piece of EA over there? Weird.
I have no idea where Bioware is located, but there are lots of smaller companies ... well, all over the place. Hell, we have 20 or 30 video game companies, here in the Triangle. Cary, NC seems to be big in the video game industry.
Austin, TX apparently has a few big companies, but then you'd have to live in Texas. I'm not sure I could cope with that, myself.
And then there are the usual media centers, which also have video game companies, like you'd expect.
Hmm, so does being gay help you enjoy the objectification that's so prevalent within the video game industry? I always wonder how that would go, whether your sympathy with the scantily-clad woman or your appreciation of her would win. My empathy with the female side of the species can only ever give me a vague idea of how women actually think about things.
My pleasure! =) Hope you have a great weekend!
Ooh, nice choice of fields. Where are you going, after you get your degree? I can't imagine there's much in the way of video game development, in Utah. Isn't that somewhere on the list, along with alcohol, caffeine, and tobacco? Damned things are more addictive than the three official bans.
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If they're saying it, it must be true!…
With nothing to talk about, the speculation continues
about what free agents the Yankees are looking at. The latest has pitcher Justin Duchscherer and
outfielder Andruw Jones within the team's sights…
Tony Gutierrez/AP
UPI/David Richard via Newscom
I like Duchscherer, although he has been beset with
injuries and depression in recent years.
I recognize that he is considered an "average" pitcher, but he does know
how to win. He'll never be the second
coming of Chris Carpenter, but when the alternative at the 5th spot
in the rotation is Sergio Mitre, he'd be worth the shot. I have quietly been hoping the Yankees would
sign former Rockies pitcher Jeff Francis but there has been no activity on that
front. It wasn't that long ago
(pre-Ubaldo Jimenez) that Francis was considered the ace of the Rockies
staff. If the signing of Francis is not
meant to be, then I like Duchscherer over other options like Jeremy
Bonderman. I like the addition of either
Francis or Duchscherer even if somehow and magically Andy Pettitte decides to
return for one last season.
The other rumor has the Yankees considering outfielder
Andruw Jones. I actually wanted the
Yankees to sign Jones last off-season.
He ended up with the Chicago White Sox and hit 19 home runs. I realize that he will never be the Atlanta
Braves' version of Jones, but in the right role, he can excel. I lived in the Los Angeles during his final
year with the Dodgers and it was pathetic to see Jones as a shell of what he
used to be. Still, I think he'd be a
good fit as a role player for the Yankees.
Jones could also step into left if either Brett Gardner or Curtis
Granderson missed any time due to injury.
What can Larry Rothschild do to restore Joba Chamberlain's
confidence? With A.J. Burnett and Joba
at the top of his to-do list, I wonder if Larry fully understood what he was
getting himself into. If he can somehow
turn both of these guys around, he will be a legend in Yankees history.
David Zalubowski/AP
Speaking of Rothschild, the Yankees announced their 2011
coaching staff and the only change was Larry in for former pitching coach Dave
Eiland. All things considered (and
nothing against Eiland), but I feel very good about the pitching being in the
hands of the long-time Cubs pitching coach.
It's also good to know that Tony Pena will return to his role as bench
coach for manager Joe Girardi. I think
that's a good pairing, even if Pena will have to coach against his son, Tony
Pena Jr., who is currently a member of the dreaded Boston Red Sox.
There has been so much talk lately about the impending
free agency of St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols. Personally, I do not want to see Albert in
anything other than a Cardinals uniform.
Hopefully, the first ballot to be Hall of Famer and the Cardinals can
find a way to ensure that Albert stays in St. Louis for the duration of his
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There are going to be some really great pitching
performances in the National League this season. Granted, the class of the rotations is the
Philadelphia Phillies, but so many teams have improved (like the Brewers, Cubs,
and Marlins to name a few). Plus, let's
not forget the solid starting five of the World Champion San Francisco
Giants. Give me the #5 starter, Madison
Bumgarner, for the Yankees rotation…please!
I have to admit that I was pleased to see future Hall of
Fame closer Trevor Hoffman retire today.
It fixes his save total at 601, and certainly makes it within reach for
also future Hall of Fame closer Mariano Rivera.
With a two year contract and standing at 559 saves, there's no reason in
the foreseeable future that Mo can't erase the difference. I think both Trevor and Mo should be first
ballot elections, although I'd admit that Lee Smith should go in before either
one. With Mo, I have definitely been
grateful in recent years that I've been able to watch one of the all-time great
New York Yankees. It's a lengthy list
but Mo will exit at the head of the class for his position. I am envious of anyone who actually saw my
idol, Lou Gehrig, play, but I'd also say that I've been very fortunate to see
Mo pitch. It's nice to know that when
#42 is retired at Yankee Stadium for Jackie Robinson, it will be shared by
Mo. Nevertheless, I wish the very best
for Trevor Hoffman, who I hear is headed back to the San Diego Padres for their
front office.
Finally, I wanted to say how much I miss former Yankees
beat writer/blogger, Peter Abraham. I
keep up with him with Boston.com, and his latest post shows why he is simply
one of the best…if not the best.
Okay, one more thing.
The loss of Dallas Green's 9-year-old granddaughter, Christina Taylor
green, to the shooting in Arizona is devastating. I can't help but think of the great things
that she could have and most likely would have accomplished in her
lifetime. It was a senseless tragedy and
we are clearly the worse for it.
Somehow, the world is a lesser place today because of her loss. I am also saddened for the others that lost
their lives, and I wish for a full and speedy recovery by Rep. Gabrielle
Giffords. The restoration of her life
and career is so important to the balance of life…


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Miami Heat's big three vindicated by second-straight title
MIAMI -- Their validation came in the form of another championship celebration that began here late Thursday night and probably won't end for days. And as the final seconds ticked off the game clock inside American Airlines Arena, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh reveled in the moment. They earned it.
For the Miami Heat's Big Three, the team's 95-88 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 7 of the NBA Finals completed a journey several years in the making. Their Finals disappointment to the Dallas Mavericks in 2011, unforeseen setbacks and relentless criticism -- much of it misguided -- no longer mattered. James, Wade and Bosh accomplished what they set out to do: Win multiple NBA titles as teammates.
That singular pursuit is what prompted the incomparable James -- who led Miami with 37 points and 12 rebounds en route to his second NBA Finals MVP award -- to walk away from the team that drafted him, incurring the wrath of fans in his home state. It's why Wade, one of the game's superstars, willingly stepped aside to let basketball's best player lead the Heat. Bosh sacrificed the most. He went from being a franchise player to a third banana (albeit a good one).
The payoff was worth it. In winning consecutive NBA championships, Miami joined an exclusive club that includes the Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons, Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers. The list of teams that have made at least three straight Finals appearances is also short: Boston, Chicago, Detroit, New York and the Lakers.
Since James, Wade and Bosh teamed up, Miami has achieved the type of success only attained by teams among the best of their eras. The hard work and mental toughness of the Big Three resulted in Miami earning a spot at the table. Call it Heat cred.
Winning at the highest level of competition is impressive under normal circumstances. There's nothing normal about what James, Wade and Bosh have faced on their wild ride.
The All-Stars broke new ground in free agency -- and angered NBA owners -- by signing with Miami to form a so-called super team. Heat President Pat Riley, who persuaded Wade to re-sign and successfully recruited James and Bosh, became a target of envious league decision-makers. But James, Wade and Bosh blocked out the noise.
As grown men and free agents, they had the right to determine where they would work. James, Wade and Bosh played by the NBA's rules and took control of their careers when they could. Good for them.
Teams have most of the power in professional sports. They trade, decline to re-sign and release players. The Lakers have made an art form of acquiring other teams' stars in an effort to extend their dynasty. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O'Neal, Pau Gasol and Dwight Howard didn't enter the league wearing purple and gold. It only seems that way.
Boston also went the superstar-quick-fix route. After the Celtics' long Finals drought, they acquired Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen to team with Paul Pierce. That partnership produced five straight playoff berths, five division titles, four trips to the Eastern Conference finals, two NBA Finals appearances and one championship.
No one claimed the Celtics destroyed the integrity of the sport by constructing a top-heavy roster that featured three future Hall of Famers. It's only cool if great teams are assembled through trades?
The heat James took was ridiculous. During his first seven seasons in Cleveland, James lifted the Cavaliers higher than they had ever been. It would have been a great story if the Akron, Ohio, native won a championship in the state in which he was born.
Cleveland management, however, failed to do its part. Antawn Jamison was the best player the Cavaliers got to play alongside James. Even Michael Jordan didn't win a championship as a solo artist.
NBA old-timers mocked James for supposedly taking an easy path to trying to win titles. They said he would be Wade's sidekick. Even if the Heat succeeded, according to James's critics, James's legacy would be tarnished because he needed the help of Wade and Bosh to win. What crazy thinking. And as it turned out, Wade needed James even more than James needed him.
Since winning the 2005-06 title, Miami had not advanced past the first round. The arrival of James and Bosh re-energized the franchise and helped the Heat overcome an unexpected problem: Wade's knee pain.
The future Hall of Famer was selected All-NBA again this season. Wade had a 32-point performance in Game 4 of the Finals. Wade, though, struggled throughout the playoffs while receiving treatment on his sore left knee. Fortunately for the Heat, Wade succeeded in turning back the clock in the clincher, scoring 23 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in support of James.
Then there's Bosh. A power forward who's as his best shooting long jumpers, Bosh plays out of position at center in the Heat's smaller lineup. He had a nightmarish experience against Indiana's Roy Hibbert in the conference finals. For most of the Finals, Tim Duncan badly outplayed Bosh.
But Bosh came through with the rebound that set up Allen's tying three-pointer at the end of regulation in Game 6. He blocked the Spurs' last two shots to help preserve that victory. The Heat wouldn't have gotten to Thursday night without Bosh.
Almost three years ago, three friends came up with a plan. It required them to come together, take on the rest of the NBA and build a championship legacy. Mission accomplished.


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