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    John Martin, New Jersey School Custodian, Accused Of Secretly Filming Students, Teachers

  • Ashley Nicole Anderson

    In October, 2012, Anderson was accused of having <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2221031/Maths-teacher-sex-students-sent-naked-photos-performed-oral-sex-others.html" target="_hplink">sex with four of her students</a> and performing oral sex on three others.

  • Courtney Speer

    Speer was accused in October, 2012 of having sex with one of her 17-year-old students on multiple occasions <a href="http://www.katv.com/story/19726366/bryant-teacher-bonds-out-of-jail-charged-with-sexual-assault" target="_hplink">in the school's parking lot</a> in Bryant, Ark.

  • laurie lee kelly

    An Arizona teacher's assistant accused of leaving her 6-year-old child with strangers so she could have sex with two men said she was driven by a "manic sexual rage," according to court documents.

  • Kelly McKenzy Watson

    This special education teacher in California was arrested in August, 2012, for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old former student. She was arrested and charged with sex crimes, but as of Aug. 14, was on paid administrative leave at the high school she worked.

  • Bethany Appleton

    Shelbyville, Indianapolis middle school teacher Bethany Appleton, 28, is accused of having sexual relationships with several underage students and providing them with marijuana and alcohol.

  • Megan Crafton

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  • Irene Khan

    In June, 2012, Khan was accused of having sex with a 14-year-old student on multiple occasions including in her car and home and at various hotels.

  • Nicole Jacques

    In late March, 2012, Nicole Jacques allegedly had sex with her 15-year-old student several times in her apartment. None of the alleged abuse happened at Calvary Baptist School in Pennsylvania where she worked.

  • Stephanie Cobb

    Cobb was arrested in March, 2012 for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old student. She also allegedly exchanged 12,000 texts with the boy over the course of four months

  • Stefanie Dickinson

    Colorado school board member Stefanie Dickinson was charged with Internet luring of a child in September after she was caught sexting a 14-year-old boy. The boy reportedly told police he became uncomfortable after she would show up at his football games and tell him how sexy his smile was. She was arrested in October for sexual assault on another minor, also a student. Photo courtesy of the El Paso County Sheriff's Office.

  • George Hernandez

    As a substitute teacher in L.A.'s second-largest school district, George Hernandez was investigated three times for sexual misconduct with students. Hernandez fled to Mexico when officially charged when police found video evidence of him molesting a second-grade girl. He remains at large and wanted by the Huntington Park Police Department.

  • Lauren Redfern

    Colorado high school physical education teacher and basketball coach Lauren Redfern was charged with sexual assault on a child by a person of a position of trust with a pattern of sexual abuse after suspicions arose that she was having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student over the course of 4 months. Though initial interviews with the victim indicate that their relationship was consensual, it will not deter the Sheriff's Office from pressing charges against Redfern. Photo courtesy of the Eagle County Sheriff's Office.

  • Heather Whitten Whitten, a 38-year-old teacher at Williams Intermediate School in Alabama, was arrested in February 2012 for allegedly raping a male student between the ages of 12 and 16. Cops said that the crime did not occur on school grounds.

  • Andrea Ebert, a 30-year-old special education teacher at Rice Lake Middle School in Wisconsin, was jailed in February 2012 after she allegedly had sex with two 17-year-old students. None of several encounters between her and the students were reported to be on campus.

  • Mark Berndt

    This undated police booking photo released by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department shows former Los Angeles teacher Mark Berndt, 61, who was arrested for felony molestation of 23 kids after photos surfaced. Berndt been charged with committing lewd acts with 23 boys and girls ages 7 to 10. Berndt pleaded not guilty on Feb. 21. AP Photo/ Los Angeles Sheriff's Department)

  • Jennifer Schultz

    North Dakota school teacher Jennifer Schultz is charged with sexually assaulting two of her students after a group of students arrived at her home and asked if she would like to drink vodka with them. Authorities say that after a few drinks, two of the boys went up to Schultz's room, where the teacher allegedly had sex with one boy while the other watched.

  • Kelly K. Miller

    Kelly K. Miller, 32, a science teacher in the Chicago suburbs, was charged with sexual exploitation of a child on Sept. 27 after allegedly sending explicit photos of herself to a 15-year-old student. Photo courtesy of the Aurora Police Department.

  • Pamela Joan Rogers Turner Mugshot

    This April 26, 2006 booking mug shot shows Pamela Rogers Turner after her arrest. Turner, now 34, a former teacher who served time in jail for having sex with a 13-year-old boy, is currently serving a prison sentence for sending inappropriate photos and videos of herself to that same boy after she served out her original sentence. (AP Photo/Warren County Sheriff, HO)

  • Pamela Joan Turner (Pamela Rogers) In Court

    This July 14, 2006 photo shows Pamela Joan Turner, right, being escorted into circuit court in McMinnville, Tenn. The Tennessee Supreme Court said that it will not hear the appeal. Turner was convicted of having sex with a 13-year-old student at the Warren County school where she taught and then again convicted of sending that same student inappropriate photos and videos of herself. (AP Photo/Mark Humhrey)

  • Debra Lafave Pleads Guilty

    Former middle school teacher Debra Lafave is shown in this file photo as she looks at a reporter after pleading guilty on Nov. 22, 2005 to two counts of lewd and lascivious battery. Lafave, now 31, whose sexual liaisons with a 14-year-old middle school student made tabloid headlines, avoided prison as part of a plea agreement. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara/FILE)

  • Debra Lafave Mugshot

    This booking photo shows Debra Lafave, who was arrested Tuesday Dec. 4, 2007 for violating the terms of her probation. Lafave was originally arrested on June 21, 2004 and charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious battery on a person under 16 years old. (AP Photo/Hillsborough County Jail)

  • Amber Jennings

    Shepherd Hill Regional High School teacher Amber S. Jennings is arraigned in Worcester Superior Court in this file photo taken Feb. 24, 2005, in Worcester, Mass. Jennings pleaded guilty to "disseminating harmful materials to a minor." She was sentenced to two years' probation. A spokesman for Worcester District Attorney John J. Conte said the allegations involved a 16-year-old student. (AP Photo/ Pool)

  • Carrie McCandless

    Carrie McCandless is taken into custody after her sentencing hearing at Larimer County Justice Center for an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student at Brighton Charter High School, where she was a teacher, Friday, June 8, 2007, in Fort Collins, Colorado. McCandless was sentenced to 45 days in jail, five years on probation and a four-year deferred sentence. McCandless was arrested in May of 2011 for a parole violation after she tested positive for morphine. She served a 60-day sentence for the violation. (AP Photo/Sherri Barber, Pool)

  • Carrie McCandless

    Carrie McCandless listens during her sentencing hearing at Larimer County Justice Center for an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student at Brighton Charter High School, where she was a teacher, Friday, June 8, 2007, in Fort Collins, Colorado. McCandless was taken to custody by a Larimer County sheriff's deputy after being sentenced to 45 days in jail, five years on probation and a four-year deferred sentence. In May of 2011, McCandless was sentenced to 60 days in jail for a parole violation after she tested positive for morphine. (AP Photo/Sherri Barber, Pool)

  • Carrie McCandless

    Undated booking photo of Carrie McCandless from the Jefferson County Jail.

  • Mary Kay Letourneau Mugshot

    Mary Kay Letourneau is shown in this undated photo taken in conjunction with her required registration at the King County courthouse in Washington as a level-two sex offender following her Aug. 4, 2004, release from prison. Letourneau completed a 7 1/2-year term for child rape in connection with a relationship she had with her former sixth-grade pupil Vili Fualaau, with whom she had two children. (AP Photo/Coutesy Washington State Sex Offender Information Center)

  • Mary Kay Letourneau Listens To Testimony

    In this Feb. 6, 1998 file photo, Mary Kay LeTourneau listens to testimony during her court hearing Friday. Letourneau and her former sixth-grade student, the father of her two youngest children, are hosting a "Hot for Teacher" night at a Seattle nightclub. (AP Photo/Alan Berner, Pool)

  • Vil Fualaau, Father 2 Daughters With 6th Grade Teacher Mary Kay Letourneau

    Vili Fualaau testified Wednesday, April 3, 2002, in his and his mother's civil lawsuit against the City of Des Moines and the Highline School District at the Regional Justice Center in Kent, Wash. Fualaau, then 18, and his mother, Soona Vili, are seeking $1 million from the city claiming police and school officials should have kept Fualaau from having sex with his teacher Mary Kay Letourneau. (AP Photo/Matt Brashears, Pool)

  • Wendie A. Schweikert Mugshot

    This Feb. 24, 2006 booking photo shows Wendie A. Schweikert, 36, of Belton, South Carolina. Schweikert, an elementary school teacher, was arrested and charged with two counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor, Laurens police said. The former fifth-grade teacher accused of having sex with her 11-year-old student was ordered held on $100,000 (84,060) bond. She was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty in 2007. (AP Photo/Laurens, S.C Police Dept, File)

  • Tara Driscoll Mugshot

    In this Aug. 5, 2011 photo released by the Nassau County Police Department in Garden City, N.Y., New York City English teacher Tara Driscoll is shown. Driscoll, 33, pleaded guilty to having sex with a student who attended the high school where she worked. She was sentenced to six years probation. (AP Photo/Nassau County Police Department)

  • Rachel L. Holt Mugshot

    Rachel L. Holt, a science teacher at Claymont Elementary School, was arrested early Tuesday, April 4, 2006. The sixth-grade science teacher was accused of having sex with a 13-year-old student and was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday March 16, 2007. Prosecutors had wanted Scott to sentence Holt to the maximum of 25 years. (AP Photo/New Castle County Police Department)

  • Holly Hatcher

    This undated photo shows Holly Hatcher, a Gallatin High School teacher charged with statutory rape after being accused of having sex with a 17-year-old male student at her home in Nashville. (AP Photo/Nashville Police Department)

  • Angela Renee Comer

    Angela Renee Comer, 28, talks to reporters in Tompkinsville, Ky., Wednesday, May 9, 2007, after a hearing where she reached a plea agreement. Comer was sentenced to five years in prison for one count of sodomy and five additional years for one count of custodial interference. The former teacher was charged with having sex with a 14-year-old middle school student and running off to Mexico with him in January 2006. (AP Photo/Jim Roshan)

  • Brittni Colleps

    This Monday, May 16, 2011 photo shows Brittni Nicole Colleps, a teacher who has charged with having sex with five high school students at her home in Arlington, Texas. Colleps, 27, was jailed on $125,000 bond after turning herself in Monday morning, then posted bond in the afternoon for her release. She faces 20 years in prison. (AP Photo/Arlington Police Department)

  • Stacy Schuler

    This video shows Stacy Schuler, 33, an ex-Ohio teacher convicted on Oct. 27 of having sex with five students. The teens testified their teacher had been drinking alcohol and initiated much of the contact during the encounters, which took place at Schuler's home. After a judge rejected an insanity defense that argued the teens took advantage of her, Schuler was sentenced to a total of four years in prison.

  • Erica Depalo

    A former "Teacher of the Year" was arrested for allegedly having sex with one of her 15-year-old honors English students

  • Sarah Jones, Cheryl Jones

    In a Monday, July 30, 2012 file photo, Sarah Jones, left, former Dixie Heights High School teacher and Cincinnati Ben-Gal cheerleader, and her mother, Cheryl Jones leave Kenton Circuit Court in Covington, Ky., after a motion hearing on charges against Jones of first degree sexual abuse for allegedly having sexual contact with a 17-year-old student when she was a teacher. Kenton Circuit Judge Patricia M. Summe on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 denied a request that text messages be thrown out in the case against Jones. She is facing a sex abuse charge. The trial is set to being on Oct. 10. Cheryl Jones is charged with tampering with evidence in the case. (AP Photo/The Enquirer, Patrick Reddy) NO SALES. MANDATORY CREDIT

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    Thursday, November 29, 2012

    Health-care providers can play critical role in reducing and preventing intimate partner violence

    ScienceDaily (Nov. 28, 2012) ? In a perspective article to appear in the Nov. 29 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers from Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health (BUSM and BUSPH) report that health-care providers can play a critical role in helping to reduce and prevent intimate partner violence (IPV) by screening and referring patients to appropriate resources.

    The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a comprehensive report on the prevalence of sexual violence, stalking and IPV in the U.S. The report relays the alarming findings that 35.6 percent of women in the U.S. are raped, assaulted or stalked by intimate partners at some point during their lives, and approximately six percent experience these events in a given year. Men are also at risk: 28.5 percent report lifetime victimization and five percent report past year victimization. The annual health care costs for women who are experiencing ongoing IPV are 42 percent higher than those for non-abused women, and it has been estimated that the cost of providing health care to adult survivors of IPV ranges from $2.3 billion to $7 billion in the first year after the assault.

    Now that the Affordable Care Act requires insurance coverage to include domestic violence screening of women, physicians are taking a new look at how they respond to patients who are domestic violence survivors. There are several steps doctors should take when patients report potential IPV, including acknowledging the admission of abuse. "We advise thanking the patient for trusting the provider with the information, and expressing concern about the patient's safety," explained lead author Jane Liebschutz, MD, MPH, FACP, an associate professor of medicine and social and behavioral sciences at BUSM and BUSPH respectively.

    Other steps include: asking the patient if he or she would like to be connected to IPV advocacy services; offering the patient the National Domestic Violence hotline number; considering whether child protective services are required and screening the patient for co-morbid depression, anxiety and substance abuse.

    According to Liebschutz, when a patient screens negative for IPV, but providers nevertheless suspect that they are experiencing abuse, it is important that the provider not force disclosure. "It is not critical that the patient acknowledges IPV victimization in order to receive a benefit from the screening. Having asked IPV-related questions signals to the patient that the provider is caring and concerned, trustworthy and willing to discuss the topic during a future visit," she added.

    Finally, providers need not receive a positive screening response in order to provide universal education about IPV. "Even if a patient screens negative, providers are encouraged to state that many patients do experience IPV at some point, and that there are many resources to help people who feel unsafe in their relationships," said co-author Emily Rothman, ScD., an associate professor of community health services at BUSPH.

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    1. Jane M. Liebschutz, Emily F. Rothman. Intimate-Partner Violence ? What Physicians Can Do. New England Journal of Medicine, 2012; 367 (22): 2071 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1204278

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    Why Is Polonium Used in Assassinations?

    Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat speaks during his meeting with European Union. Was Yasser Arafat poisoned?

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    The body of Yasser Arafat was exhumed briefly on Tuesday so medical examiners could attempt to determine whether he was poisoned. Arafat?s widow, Suha, requested a murder investigation, and high levels of polonium-210 have been found on the Palestinian leader?s personal effects. Explainer readers have asked a series of polonium questions, which are answered below.

    Why do political assassins like polonium-210? Because a small amount is very deadly. Polonium-210 is extremely toxic, and it?s relatively easy to smuggle across borders because it emits only short-range radiation. But it?s not a good choice for an assassin who wants to get away with his crime. Unlike many other potential poisons, polonium-210 is easily identifiable and can leave a radioactive trail to the culprit. It makes sense as an agent of murder only if you?re trying to make a statement. The chemical is, in a sense, a calling card, because only a handful of major countries, including Israel, the United States, and Russia, are known to maintain large stockpiles of polonium-210, and private entities can buy only small amounts under a government license.

    The popularity of polonium-210 as an agent of murder may be overstated because of a single, dramatic case. In 2006, Alexander Litvinenko died slowly from polonium-210 poisoning in London. Before dying, the former KGB agent accused Vladimir Putin of ordering the attack. Litvinenko remains the only high-profile known case of deliberate polonium poisoning.

    Where does polonium-210 come from? Bismuth. When showered with neutrons, the element bismuth absorbs one of them to become radioactive bismuth-210. Over the course of five days, the bismuth atom undergoes beta decay: The neutron turns into a proton, an electron, and an antineutrino, with the latter two particles eventually leaving the nucleus. The result is polonium-210. The world?s supply of polonium-210 is produced in a nuclear reactor in the central Russian city of Chelyabinsk.

    Polonium-210 is also naturally present in the environment in small amounts, because it is a decay product of uranium.

    How does polonium-210 kill? Through irradiation. Polonium-210 is a prolific emitter of high-energy alpha particles, and is 5,000 times more radioactive than radium. Alpha radiation loses much of its energy on first impact, so being exposed to external sources isn?t normally fatal. If, however, the substance enters the body, it damages bone marrow, causing nosebleeds, bruising, and hair loss. High doses travel through the body, irradiating tissue and sometimes killing the victim. Pictures of Alexander Litvinenko, who was allegedly fed dissolved polonium-210 in his green tea, dramatically demonstrate the external symptoms of polonium poisoning, including hair loss and yellowing of the skin.

    If he really was poisoned, would polonium-210 still be detectable in Arafat?s body after eight years in a mausoleum? Possibly. The radioactivity of a sample of polonium-210 drops by one-half every 138 days, so examiners will be looking for approximately two-one-millionths of the original dose of radiation. Still, if Arafat was exposed to a lethal dose, it?s possible that tests will be able to detect the leftovers. It will likely be months before authorities get the results.

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    Kerry stays quiet as Cabinet speculation swirls

    WASHINGTON (AP) ? Sen. John Kerry is angling to be the nation's top diplomat by being, well, diplomatic.

    The longtime Democratic lawmaker from Massachusetts has largely stayed quiet while President Barack Obama considers him for the next secretary of state. Kerry has asked his supporters to avoid overt lobbying of the White House on his behalf. And he's defended his chief rival for the post, Susan Rice, amid Republican criticism of her initial explanation of the attack on Americans in Benghazi, Libya.

    Kerry's strategy reflects what people close to the senator say is his disdain for some aspects of Washington's personnel politics. But it also underscores his awkward role in the process. If Obama taps Rice for the job Kerry covets, the senator would have to shepherd her difficult nomination through the foreign relations committee he chairs.

    White House officials say Obama is still mulling over his pick to replace outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, though a decision is expected soon. Rice, who has a close relationship with the president, is widely viewed as the favorite. But Kerry's stock may be rising as GOP lawmakers threaten to hold up Rice's confirmation until they're satisfied with her answers about the early public statements about the Benghazi attack.

    But don't expect Kerry or his allies to make his case to Obama as the president nears a decision, as is standard practice for people who are on a short list for a new job. People close to the senator say he finds backroom lobbying for top jobs irritating and counterproductive. That view, they say, is shaped from his experience on both sides of the process: as a contender for previous high-level jobs and as the one making the decision in 2004, when he tapped John Edwards as his running mate during his presidential bid.

    "John Kerry is very seasoned at how personnel decisions get made by chief executives," said Michael Meehan, a former Kerry aide. "He wouldn't be out there advising anybody on how to make this decision."

    While Rice has several high-level advocates in the White House, particularly among advisers who have been with Obama since his 2008 campaign, Kerry has his fans within the administration as well. He backed Obama early in his 2008 presidential run and was under consideration to be his first secretary of state. More recently, Kerry spent months helping Obama with his campaign debate preparations, playing the role of Republican nominee Mitt Romney in practice sessions.

    White House aides say Obama sees Kerry as a team player, a quality the president values in making personnel decisions. If Obama passes over Kerry for the State Department post, there has been speculation the president could try to find another role for him in the administration, possibly as defense secretary, though Kerry aides say he's not interested.

    Perhaps Kerry's greatest advantage for the job is the likelihood that he would be easily confirmed by his Senate colleagues.

    "John Kerry came within a whisker of being president of the United States; I think that works in his favor," Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Tuesday on Fox News. "But I'd love to hear him make his case. I don't have anything in his background like this tragedy in Benghazi that would make me really want to carefully examine the whole situation."

    Sen. Susan Collins, a moderate Republican from Maine, echoed McCain's comments Wednesday after meeting privately with Rice, the current U.N. ambassador.

    Rice has been making the rounds on Capitol Hill trying to address criticism from Republicans who say she misled the public for political reasons about what sparked the September attacks that killed the U.S. ambassador, Chris Stevens, and three other Americans. Rice, relying on talking points written by intelligence officials, said on Sunday talk shows days after the attacks that they appeared to be inspired by protests elsewhere in the Middle East over an anti-Muslim video.

    At that point, the administration had known for days that it was a distinct militant attack.

    Kerry has defended Rice, saying in September that she was "a remarkable public servant" and "an enormously capable person who has represented us at the United Nations with strength and character."

    Kerry would likely have to make that same case to his Senate counterparts if Rice is nominated. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, it's Kerry who would have to oversee her confirmation hearings and urge wary Republicans against blocking her.

    Of course, nominating Kerry could also create headaches for the White House.

    His departure from the Senate could put a Democratic seat at risk, perhaps giving Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown a chance to return to Congress after losing to Democrat Elizabeth Warren earlier this month.

    Kerry is serving his fifth term in the Senate, having been first elected to represent Massachusetts in 1984. He was the Democratic nominee for president in 2004, losing a close election to incumbent George W. Bush.

    Before getting into politics, Kerry served two tours of duty in the Vietnam War, winning a Silver Star, Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts. But he became an outspoken critic of the war after returning home and testified before Congress about his opposition to U.S. policy.

    Kerry's service was called into question during his presidential run by a Republican-leaning outside group, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, which accused Kerry of lying about his war record. Some Democrats blame Kerry's slow response to the criticism for sinking his candidacy.

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    Wednesday, November 28, 2012

    Man says prayer group leader told him to kill wife (Providence Journal)

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    Goodnight Mister Tom, Phoenix, London

    Published Wednesday 28 November 2012 at 10:31 by Susan Elkin

    Originally staged at Chichester Festival Theatre last year and then toured, this show has matured and developed. A 1940s wartime reworking of the Silas Marner story in which a battered, abused evacuee and a curmudgeonly old man, who has been shut away by grief for 40 years, are thrown together. Love, based on kindness, gradually develops between Tom Oakley (Oliver Ford Davies) and Willie Beech (Ewan Harris at the press performance) and they heal each other.

    Ford Davies plays Tom as a man with dignified common sense and it?s a treat to hear him working in an r-rolling Dorset accent instead of the voice he normally uses for archbishops and other figured of educated authority. Ewan Harris gives a moving, thoughtful account of the initially terrified, later more relaxed Willie especially in the scenes when he is summoned back to London by his deeply troubled, double-thinking, cruel, irrational mother, nicely played by Aoife McMahon. William Price (one of three boys in the role) is a delight as the ebullient, irrepressible Zach. Sammy the full size dog, who snuffles, whines, paws and woofs, is engagingly puppeted by Elisa de Grey.

    There are some pretty weepy episodes in this well-paced show but it stops short of sentimentality, confronting as it does death, both natural and otherwise, child abuse and religious intolerance without being didactic and including lots of witty bits and fine ensemble work. Few people will forget the moment when Ford Davies is in a London air raid shelter en route to find Willy. The shelter is full but there is complete stillness and no sound except the rumble of bombs overhead and Sammy?s puzzled, distressed whimpering. Dramatic magic.

    Production information

    Phoenix, London, November 27-January 26

    Author:
    Michelle Magorian, adapted by David Wood
    Director:
    Angus Jackson
    Producers:
    Fiery Angel, Ambassador Theatre Group, Fiery Dragons, The Children's Touring Partnership
    Cast includes:
    Oliver Ford Davies, Louise Collins, Elisa de Grey, Emma Drysdale, Bradley Hall, Joanne Howarth, Aoife McMahon, Freya Parker. Georgina Sutton, Alan Vicary, Jonathan Warde, Osmund Bullock
    Running time:
    2hrs

    Production information can change over the run of the show.

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    Salma Hayek - British Fashion Awards in London

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    Hang Up and Listen: The 138! Edition

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    In this week?s episode of?Slate?s sports podcast Hang Up and Listen, Stefan Fatsis, Josh Levin, and Mike Pesca discuss the resurgence of Notre Dame football and how the Fighting Irish have stayed so popular in spite of decades of mediocrity. They also speak with Grinnell associate head coach Dave Arseneault Jr. about Jack Taylor?s NCAA record 138-point game and the Pioneers? fast-paced offensive system. Lastly, Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey joins the show to talk about Jeremy Lin, James Harden, Royce White, and the state of advanced statistics in professional basketball.

    You can read the transcript of the interview with Rockets GM Daryl Morey below.

    Here are links to some of the articles and other items mentioned on the show:

    • Notre Dame beat USC on Saturday night to finish the regular season 12-0.
    • In August, ESPN?s Rick Reilly told the Fighting Irish to ?go back a grade.?
    • In the New York Times, Greg Bishop writes about the power of the Notre Dame brand.
    • Notre Dame?s undefeated season has been good for ratings and merchandise sales, writes Howard Bloom in Sports Business News.
    • Notre Dame is joining the ACC, but not in football and hockey.
    • Fighting Irish senior Manti Te?o wrote a letter to the parents of a dying 12-year-old girl.
    • Notre Dame has been criticized for its handling of sexual assault allegations against football players.
    • Radio announcer Allen Pinkett was suspended for saying that Notre Dame needs more criminals.
    • Grinnell College guard Jack Taylor scored 138 points in a 179-104 win over Faith Baptist Bible.
    • Associate head coach David Arseneault Jr. holds the NCAA single game assist record (34).
    • Video of Taylor?s 138-point effort, with commentary by Grinnell students Rob Storrick and Daniel Nellis.
    • Basketball Prospectus? Kevin Pelton breaks down the 138-point performance.
    • CBS Sports? Gregg Doyel says running up the score was ?a bully move? and Deadspin?s Barry Petchesky calls the record ?empty and artificial.?
    • Head coach David Arseneault?s system explained.
    • An advanced statistical analysis of the system, by Thomas L. Moore, Benjamin Johannsen, and Eric Ohrn.
    • Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey is a founder and co-chair of the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference.
    • Michael Lewis? 2009 New York Times Magazine story on Morey, Shane Battier, and advanced metrics in the NBA.
    • In the Economist, Morey wrote about Jeremy Lin and compared NBA teams to ?elephant mothers.?
    • The Rockets signed Lin for $25 million this July after waiving him in December 2011.
    • Stefan discussed Royce White?s anxiety disorder on NPR.
    • Jonathan Hock documented White?s draft day experience on Grantland and discussed it on ?Hang Up and Listen.? (Fast-forward to the 47:45 mark.)

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    Transcript of interview with Rockets general manager Daryl Morey.

    JOSH: The Houston Rockets are, in my professional opinion, the most interesting team in the world. This offseason they signed Jeremy Lin to an offer sheet the Knicks didn?t dare to match. They traded for Oklahoma City guard James Harden when the Thunder couldn?t afford to pay him. And they drafted Royce White, who has struggled with an anxiety disorder and has yet to play this year. The man behind all those moves is Rockets general manager Daryl Morey. Daryl came into sports from a background in consulting and also worked for STATS, Inc. before moving to a career in the NBA. Now, in addition to running the Rockets, he?s the co-chair of the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. Daryl Morey, thanks for coming on the show.

    DARYL MOREY: Thanks for having me on.

    JOSH: Sure thing, and after buttering you up I?m going to reverse pivot here and note that you?re the guy who cut Jeremy Lin right before he went to the Knicks and Linsanity commenced. You noted on Twitter last February that you made a mistake, and that you didn?t know he was that good and that nobody else knew he was that good either. You then re-signed Lin this offseason, paying $25.1 million over three years to rectify that initial mistake. So can you walk us through each of these decisions and explain how Lin shows what analytics can and can?t tell us about basketball players.

    DARYL MOREY: Yeah, Jeremy, obviously someone we were always very interested [in], we thought could be a good player just not nearly as good as he is. You know, Golden State actually should probably get the most credit at the NBA level. After all 30 teams had a chance to draft him and sign him, Golden State gave him the biggest commitment in terms of a guaranteed contract. They waived him, and when they did waive him we pounced on him last year. And after playing very well for us during our preseason and in our abbreviated camp last year, we waived him because we had two very good guards ahead of him in Lowry and Dragic, and we were bringing in the center Dalembert. All that said, if we had known he could be as good as he is, then we would have done some painful things and maneuvered to try and make sure we could keep him at that time.

    STEFAN: And Daryl, putting Lin in a broader context, you made a point in a piece you wrote for the Economist?very impressive, the Economist?earlier this year in which you compared baseball to basketball. You said that baseball teams have freedom, the ability to select dozens and dozens of players and nurture them for several years, and have them come through their system, and then determine whether they are ready for the major-league level. In basketball, you said the NBA is more like ?elephant mothers,? who give birth to very few babies and have to gestate them for almost two years. How has analytics helped get beyond that reality and how does that reality figure into your day-to-day thinking about basketball talent?

    DARYL MOREY: Well, I do think that is the reality. I?ll give an example of a baseball GM I was talking to. They do get to be like salmon, where they can, you know, spawn thousands and thousands of fish and wait for the ones that make it back. He was excited in telling me about a guy who was playing for like a junior college that no one maybe knew about and was doing these amazing things ? and he probably wouldn?t pan out, but we?re excited to take a shot at him. We got 60 rounds, why not use a pick on him. To your point, we don?t have that. We have 15 sort of precious spots where we have to take our bets on who is going to pan out. And what goes into that is a lot of things, which is not only what we see with our eyes but also, how do we compare them to players who have come before? And the reality is Jeremy is unlike really any player that has come before. Many, many players play at his level in college?which was extremely good?against poor competition. And it?s our job to sort of sift through those. But data is only useful when it applies to, you know, there?s someone currently in the NBA that has either succeeded or failed, that looks like that player in the past. And Jeremy is very unique, so data was helpful, but not extraordinarily helpful, in figuring out whether or not he was someone we should have invested all our resources into and put all our eggs into, you know, that one sort of baby elephant mother basket, as I wrote. And we initially cut him because we felt like there were better ones for us to look at, and obviously that turned out to be wrong.

    MIKE: Sometimes the things you realize are about evaluating a player. But in the Lin case ? it seemed like you realized something about contract structure that no one else realized. I was critical of the media, saying, how come no one picked up on the fact that there was this poison pill that really would be so much harder for the Knicks to swallow than the Rockets? Were you sitting there at some point, saying, maybe to your cohorts in the Houston office, Guys, I don?t think that everyone else is realizing what we?re realizing about structuring this contract.

    DARYL MOREY: Yeah, his contract structure came into play in both things. So in his release, the other thing we looked at was that he would be a free agent months from now and for us he wasn?t going to play. So, for us, it felt like we would be investing a spot in a guy who is going to be a free agent. Take the flip side, Chandler Parsons, someone we decided to invest in but we had a four-year deal for him. So if you?ve got a long runway, it?s better to choose an investment in something like that. On the other side, when you?re trying to create an edge in your sport, there?s a couple ways to do it. One is, you know hopefully forecasting which players are going to be good, better than your competition, or figuring out how they fit into your context better than the competition. But another way, yeah, is finding hopefully areas within the collective bargaining agreement where you can take advantage. And really all our moves this summer were about that latter one. Jeremy Lin and Omer Asik, both guys who we really believe in, both playing well to this point, they were to your point, a contract artifact where we could structure in such a way that for us, it was a flat eight-million contract, but for the team who held them it was a ballooned contract, and that was, that was something that made it harder for them to keep him than for us to sign them. And then Harden obviously, you know I don?t think Oklahoma City makes that trade unless the collective bargaining agreement was making it very tough for them to keep all their stars at the financial level that they were looking for.

    JOSH: So, your strategy before any of these deals was to pursue kind of what the Celtics did before they got Kevin Garnett and kind of clear some room. You amnestied a great player for you, Luis Scola, and what the amnesty does is it allows you to release a player without having their usually large salary apply towards the cap. It seems like this worked out for you as well as it?s worked out for any NBA team. My question is, is this a good thing for the NBA that the Thunder kind of had to get rid of James Harden and that a team like yourself was able to kind of swoop in just due to the rules of the salary cap?

    DARYL MOREY: I?ll get to that answer in a second but I would just say that, in general, what you?re on is our general strategy which is to try and take hopefully smart, fairly significant gambles. Not once, not twice, but as many times as possible. So, Omer Asik, the gamble was, how can he play into a bigger role? We thought that was a good gamble. Jeremy Lin, it was, can he play at that all-star level that he did for only a short amount of time. We felt like it was a good gamble at eight million a year because he doesn?t even have to play at an all-star level to live up to that. Harden was someone, you know, is he worth the gamble moving into the number one role from the number three role? Royce White, big gamble. And we feel like, you need to take these gambles. You?re not going to hit all the time because it?s a competition of 30. You?re really not trying to be above average. You?re trying to be the best of 30. So you need to be taking these gambles all the time. And whether or not it?s good for the league, that Oklahoma City felt like they had to move James Harden, you know frankly is not my really my concern. I?m just trying to do the best for the Rockets and wherever there?s opportunity, we?re going to chase it down and try to help our club.

    STEFAN: You mentioned Royce White in your list of gambles and you deservedly got a lot of praise for the due diligence and the willingness to draft a player in the first round who had some very serious issues with his anxiety disorder in college, at Iowa State where they became manageable thanks to what was a very rigorous program and close monitoring of him, and he had trouble before that. What influenced you first to pick Royce, basketball and non-basketball, and if you?re willing to talk about the current state of the situation that would be great and sort of enlighten us about what the Rockets? thinking is long-term.

    DARYL MOREY: Basketball is sort of an interesting sport that, you know, the top player on your team makes so much more of an impact than the top player in any other sport. Any other of the major team sports, I should say. There?s no other sport where LeBron James can have a team winning three out of four games or 60 games out of 80, and then when he leaves, that basically the same team wins 20 games out of 80. That kind of a swing just shows you the impact. You need these elite talents to win in this league. We think Royce is an elite talent?top five talent in this last draft, which was very deep. Obviously if we?re getting him at 16 in the draft, there?s going to be something wrong, or something that?s a gamble with the player, and really you?re just choosing the gamble. Maybe they?ve got an injury history. Maybe they?ve got a particular part of their game that could be an Achilles? heel that would make them fail. Maybe they?ve never gone against that level of competition. So there?s going to be something wrong, so you?re really just picking among things that are potentially going to derail that player and which ones you?re most comfortable with. Royce was someone who played every game at Iowa State, played it well. So even with his issues, he showed that he is very functional. We knew going in that potentially there could be issues and right now obviously things are bumpy at this point, I?d say, but you know it takes a little time for him to get going at the various stops he?s had in his career to this point. We?re trying to work things through with Royce, and hopeful that we can. That?s sort of the current state.

    JOSH: So Daryl, you kind of first came to prominence in the national media in Michael Lewis? New York Times Magazine article about Shane Battier and about how you recognized him as a guy whose contribution to a team was not shown in conventional statistics. Do you think that Shane Battier was the reason that the Heat won the championship, their acquisition of him, did he make an outsized contribution that that we wouldn?t see in the numbers?

    STEFAN: And therefore, do you get credit for the Heat?s championship?

    DARYL MOREY: I do think Shane was a big part of their championship, and frankly even Shane would be the first to say the biggest parts of their championship were LeBron and Dwyane and Bosh. I mean, those were the three guys that everything hinges around and the other players need to fit around those guys and I think Shane?s a fantastic fit and I was really happy for him for the title. He was just here and showing us his ring. A better person you couldn?t find to win a title. And really his talents fit perfectly with a team like the Heat that?s really close to winning. And we didn?t want to move him but he really didn?t fit the phase we were in at the time and he understood that.

    STEFAN: Daryl, the point of that article was largely that it?s difficult to measure the contribution that each individual player makes to such a team sport as basketball. Do you think in the three years since Michael Lewis wrote that piece and in which you stated that someone created the box score and he should be shot, do you think we?re closer at better understanding?do you feel like you?re closer at better untangling?what makes a successful basketball player?

    DARYL MOREY: Yeah, I mean we obviously invest heavily in answering that question and really answering the question, what players will get us a higher probability of winning the title? And three years down the road I don?t feel like we have all the answers, but I do think the public domain information has gotten better. A lot of the public domain stuff has been stagnated by the fact that teams are hiring away a lot of the best people that were out there. So it?s sort of, it?s an interesting thing, the development of basketball analytics and the best work is going on within the teams I think. And not just us, there are other teams that are working hard on this as well. Whereas baseball, it?s very clear the history there that the best work is always done external to the teams until recently.

    STEFAN: Well, can you give us one or two examples of how you think the thinking has evolved? What do we know now that we didn?t know five years ago?

    DARYL MOREY: Great question?hard for me to answer sometimes without revealing too much. You know, I think things like the evolution of understanding the value of like, the corner three-point shot, has been something that?s become pretty public domain and into the coaching world that wasn?t there five years ago.

    MIKE: By the way, the huge genius insight is: It?s closer.

    DARYL MOREY: Yeah, isn?t that amazing? Honestly whenever you find these insights and apply them and you explain it to someone, they?ll be like, Well, OK, thanks. So it?s better if it?s closer. Or if you put it in the hoop more than the other guy. That?s your insight. Good Daryl, thanks. How much did you work on that? You work on so many things, you don?t know what?s going to pan out. When you find the one that pans out, at the end of the day, often it turns out to be fairly obvious, to your point.

    MIKE: You?ve been self-critical saying your teams are good, pretty good, they make the playoffs, but they don?t go far in the playoffs and they?re never bad enough to get a top draft pick. It?s actually not optimal strategy as a way to run a basketball team. But I think there may be a secret there and, you?re right in terms of wins and losses, but the Rockets have been really, really profitable as you?ve pursued your strategy. That?s somewhat because of you but that?s also because of how many luxury suites and things like that are going on. But is that the unremarked upon secret that allows Daryl Morey to keep doing what he?s doing?

    DARYL MOREY: Well, we really don?t feel like we?ve accomplished much yet. I mean, I would say if we can turn the corner and get back to being a championship contender, and we haven?t been since Yao [Ming] and Tracy [McGrady] both went down, if we can turn that corner without having to go through a season where we?re really bad, or you know, losing more games than we win?which we haven?t done?that will be the first time that?s done. Now I don?t know if anyone should hold a parade for us because, to your point, the way that it?s been done in the past is a team, either by design or by just because it happens when you lose a star, you know, dropping down and getting a top-five pick, which is really where all these talents that you need to win the title come. We were pursuing a strategy that frankly didn?t have a lot of history, which is, stay competitive and try to turn the corner at the same time. Definitely has a degree of difficulty but, you know, we feel like we?ve got a guy to build around now in James Harden. He did happen to go in the top five in the draft which is where most of these guys go. And, usually these guys don?t move when they?re age 23. So time will tell if we?re right, if James is the guy to build around. But we really think he is, and you know we?ve still got a lot of work to do. We?ve got to add at least one more top-level talent and then fill around that. That?s the overwhelming evidence if you look to the history of the NBA as what it takes to win.

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