Malcolm Smith, City Councilman Daniel Halloran, two high-ranking city Republican Party officials and the mayor and deputy mayor of suburban Spring Valley were arrested in a multi-pronged federal probe.

WSJ: Corruption case reverberates from NYC to Albany

Malcolm Smith, City Councilman Daniel Halloran, two high-ranking city Republican Party officials and the mayor and deputy mayor of suburban Spring Valley were arrested as part of a federal investigation, watchdog groups insisted that Albany's "pay-to-play" culture must go.

WSJ: Advocates call for reforms after NY scandal

Malcolm is also wary of Ramil Guliyev of Azerbaijan and Germany's Daniel Schnelting while fellow Brit Jeffrey Lawal Balogun's season's best is just shy of Malcolm's top time this year.

BBC: Christian Malcolm banks on major experience in Euros

My apologies, in advance, to Daniel Pink whom I deeply admire, and to Malcolm Gladwell and many researchers yet I have a different take, in part, on how we are motivated.

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