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New Jersey tax, lottery revenues focus of weekend rulings on Truth-O-Meter
By Caryn Shinske
Published on Tuesday, November 20th, 2012 at 7:30 a.m.
Money coming into and going out of New Jersey was the focus of weekend fact-checks on PolitiFact New Jersey's Truth-O-Meter.
In case you missed it, Gov. Chris Christie and a campaign known as Big Gamble NJ each received Mostly True rulings on their respective claims about funding from the federal government and what programs benefit from New Jersey Lottery revenues.
Christie claim
The governor said in an Oct. 30 interview with NBC Nightly News host Brian Williams that New Jersey receives the lowest amount of money for what it sends in federal taxes to Washington, D.C.
The Tax Foundation, a business-backed group, tracked how much the federal government collected through taxes and returned through expenditures to states annually from 1981 to 2005. New Jersey was last among the states for 17 of those 25 years. For 2005, the Garden State received 61 cents for every $1 it sent the federal government.
A report by the Northeast-Midwest Institute, a research organization based in Washington that promotes 18 states in the region, looked at 2009 and ranked New Jersey 48th in the nation for amount of money returned that year.
Big Gamble NJ claim
This campaign on Nov. 13 claimed the state-run lottery sent $930 million to New Jersey classrooms in 2011. The Communication Workers of America, a union representing lottery workers, and the Asian American Retailers Association, a group representing convenience and liquor stores and gas stations, created the Big Gamble NJ campaign to oppose a state plan to contract with a private company to manage the lottery's sales and marketing. Both organizations claim the move would hurt taxpayers and small business.
PolitiFact New Jersey checked the lottery figures with the state and found that about 75 percent of the $930 million went to education costs, with the rest going to social service programs.
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Grades 3-6
Lesson Links
When choosing a place to put their money, people consider how safe their money will be, how easy it is to access and whether it will earn more money. Students explore how well different savings places achieve these objectives.
|Mass Production (Chapter 4 with illustrations on pages 30-32 )Widget ProductionStudents search the web for examples of the many ways in which productivity has been increased over the years.
|Competition (Chapter 6)
Hey Pop!One of the best sounds and smells is fresh popcorn! At the movies, at the circus, or at home, everyone likes to munch on popcorn. What is your favorite brand? Is the most expensive the best?http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM453&page=teacher
Book Synopsis
Greg Kenton, entrepreneur extraordinaire, and Marsha Shaw, his lifelong rival, team up to create a successful comic book business. When the principal bans their product from being sold at school, they end up presenting their case to the local school board.
|Opportunity Cost (Chapter 15)
You Decide!Think about a difficult decision you have had to make. Did it work out? Why or why not? Why do you think decisions and choices are hard to make? We make personal decisions and we make decisions as groups. There is a tool you can use to improve you decision making that will help you reach a better outcome.http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM396&page=teacher
|Productive Resources (Human [Greg and Maura], Capital [copier and stapler]. Natural [maybe the trees used to make the paper which is actually an Intermediate Good]) The Productive Blues (Jeans) Upon completion of this lesson the students will: identify examples of productive resources; categorize productive resources as human resources, capital resources and natural resources; explain that an entrepreneur is a special type of human resource; identify examples of intermediate goods.
Virginia Standards of Learning
2.7 The student will describe the differenced between natural resources (water, soil, wood, and coal), human resourced (people at work) and capital resources (machines, tools and building).
2.9 The student will explain that scarcity (limited resources) required people to make choices about producing and consuming goods and services.
3.7 The student will explain how producers use natural resources, human resources and capital resources to produce goods and services for consumers.
3.8 The student will recognize the concepts of specialization (being an expert in one job, product, or service) and interdependence (depending on other) in the production of good and services.
3.9 The student will identify examples of making an economic choice and will explain the idea of opportunity cost (want is given up when making a choice.)
Recertification Points
Harrisonburg City and Rockingham County Teachers
If you wish to teach a lesson based on Lunch Money and earn recertification points please contact:
Lynne Stover
|Note: The JMU has a set of 30 copies of Lunch Money that may be borrowed of classroom use.

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Canton woman arrested on charges of animal cruelty for second time in a year
CANTON, Ohio - A Canton woman has been arrested for the second time in less than a year on animal cruelty charges.
Canton police said Christina Bour, 27, had five dogs that appeared extremely malnourished, one of which was losing hair because of it.
Three of those dogs were the same ones police said they removed from the same residence on May 31, 2011.
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Fulton County welcomes a group of new firefighters to its department. Family and friends looked on as thirteen men and women graduated Friday night during a ceremony at fire station #11.
The graduation was dedicated to the memory of the nineteen Arizona firefighters who lost their lives fighting a wildfire a couple of weeks ago.
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NICOSIA – Husband of Cypriot MEP Eleni Theorcharous and central prisons' chief psychiatrist Louis Kariolou on Thursday died suddenly while on a flight to Vienna.
The cause of death was uncertain as the plane had to carry out an emergency landing at Budapest.
The shattered MEP and top-ranking member of ruling Disy party already boarded a flight to Budapest.


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How do you sync your photos to your iPhone? (and import them to your computer)
My current situation
My only camera is my iPhone 5. Sure, a real camera would take better shots but I'm not a pro so I don't mind. All of my photos are stored in my iPhoto library. So when I plug in my iPhone I import all of the photos in iPhoto. Oh, and I disabled "Automatic photo import" in iPhoto's preferences so my photos aren't split between Photo Stream events and regular day events
So all of my photos are imported into iPhoto, but my main problem is in the way I sync my photos to my iPhone. I sync my whole iPhoto library to my iPhone (I really don't have THAT much photos and videos) using iTunes. I don't have a lot of free space on my iPhone (even though it's a 64GB model, but whatever. I'm crazy, I guess) so I don't want my photos to be stored twice on my device.
How I import and sync photos
So what I have to do is, every time I import photos, if I have some free time, I will do this:
- Import from my iPhone to iPhoto (And keep the photos on the device)
- In iPhoto, I delete the bad shots and identify faces etc.
- Then, I'll delete the photos from my iPhone
- I'll sync my iPhone with iTunes so everything I did in iPhoto appears on my device
But by doing this, I end up with an empty camera roll on my iPhone so I can't edit photos directly on my phone without duplicating them
And if I don't have a lot of free time, I'll simply:
- Import from my iPhone to iPhoto (And keep the photos on the device)
- Sometimes I will clean up and identify the photos in iPhoto but I won't sync that right away
So my method is sort of messy and I think it would be weird if Apple really wanted us to work this way.


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Oakland Raiders team owner Al Davis has died at the age of 82 and the tributes to one of the league's innovators are already pouring in. The team confirmed the news of his death and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell issued a statement.
Fans over at SB Nation's Silver and Black Pride are reacting to the loss of the only owner many of them have ever known in Raider Nation.
Autumn is the perfect season for Al Davis to make his exit and pass to the next life - for this season has the Autumn Wind and but for Al Davis there would not have been so many of the great deeds on football fields the past 48 years and all the memories for us associated with them.
"The Autumn Wind" is a poem written by NFL Films president Steve Sabol and it's become a theme song of sorts for the Raiders.
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Researchers have determined how key chemicals reactions that turn bio-oil (shown) into gasoline or diesel can be sabotaged by water. The underlying principles can be applied to other processes in biofuels development. [Full Story…]
Researchers found electricity conducting proteins within these bacterial extensions known as nanowires. [Full Story…]
PNNL manager, battery collect tech transfer honors. [Full Story…]
PNNL's new liquid metal alloy material enables sodium-beta batteries to operate at lower temperatures, which could help the batteries store more renewable energy and strengthen the power grid. [Full Story…]
Three PNNL scientists selected for membership in the Washington State Academy of Sciences. [Full Story…]
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Five PNNL researchers have been named to a comprehensive list of the world's most cited scientists. [Full Story…]
Technologies that rival electronic screens, enable new molecular analysis and reduce dependence on fossil fuels received recognition for their innovation today. [Full Story…]
Battery technology developed at PNNL will be installed in two new energy storage projects funded by Washington state that will help improve the power grid and help the region use more renewable energy. [Full Story…]


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December 15, 2008
I swear, digital video recorders have changed my life.
I'm a wedding photographer, and obviously I work a lot of Saturdays. I have recorded Clemson football games like this many times and watch it when I get home. It's so cool to watch entire football games in 1:15-1:30!
he he - I do the same... (and I'm a huge Cowboys fan...) Though this Sunday night - the kids had the TiVo already recording (2 teenagers...) so I did the same on my mac with eyeTV.
I was able to watch the game AND grab some stills/mini-videos of the game...
Who watches live TV anymore??


text: Team owner Mike Genova, announced the supercross and motocross riders for their 2012 program. This year's team includes: Mike Alessi, Jeff Alessi, Tommy Weeck, Jake Canada and Vince Friese. Tony Alessi, also joined the team as Technical Director for the 450 program.Referring to their bikes as "MC450″ or "MC250″ the MotoConcepts program will be running RM-Z 450 Suzukis in the premiere supercross class, while running CRF250 Hondas in the supercross lites class.


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Prison report is " shocking' says Don Valley MP
Don Valley MP Caroline Flint has written to the Prisons Minister expressing her concer about the dmning report into Lindholme Prison.
"This report is truly shocking, " she said.
"The inspector describes this prison as a "depressing picture". The impression is of lax security which enables drugs and alcohol to flourish; and a lack of concern over the health of prisoners or to bullying and victimisation by other prisoners and by staff.
"This follows just two months after a critical report on HMP/YOI Moorland – and both prisons are due to be put out to private sector management, with the Government aiming to save considerable sums of money.
– Caroline Flint MP
"As the inspector suggests that a huge amount of work is required to bring the running of this prison up to an acceptable standard, and certain areas are highlighted as under-resourced, I don't see how the Government can proceed with the current privatisation without reassurance that some resources will be directed to resolving this situation immediately."


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text: As we all know, the A's farm system is loaded with minor league talent. My question is how do you judge that talent? I enjoy reading John Sickles minor league blog, Keith Law, Baseball america, etc.... But everyone on the world wide web chimes in and would give their opinion whether they like the player or not. But do they just follow the player via the computer? Or do they go out and watch minor league games and see each player personally. Or are they just making crap up because they don't like the parent clubs. I'm not talking about the pro's like Keith Law or John Sickles, but just baseball fans around the world. I personally like to watch the young guys play personally and then judge their talent. Numbers are great but they do not tell the whole story. IMO, when I go to minor league game, you can tell who are more talented players and have a chance at bigs. Reading all the other websites gives some info, but some of the chuckleheads that chimes in bugs me and makes me wonder, "How the frak do you know??


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Twitvid (Twitter Video Sharing Site) Scores $6.5 Million In Funding
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FlickMob, coming soon is similar to the popular service Turntable.fm, which allows friends to gather to listen to music in an online "room." The..
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Wednesday, Jul 06, 2005
Vitesse sets up arm, plans R&D at Hyderabad centre
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Hyderabad , July 5
VITESSE Semiconductor Corporation, a California-based chip designer, has announced the formation of Indian subsidiary and plans research and development work at its Hyderabad centre.
The Hyderabad centre was carved out of its recent deal with Adaptec, wherein Vitesse acquired technologies and resources worth $1.4 million.
Addressing a press conference here today, the Chief Financial Officer of Vitesse, Mr Yatin D. Mody, said the Indian development team and other resources would help create a 24x7 development cycle for the company.
"Though we would not like to mention any numbers, we are confident of rapidly expanding Indian development and infrastructure. Typically, for a seasoned professional we would have to pay about $125,000 per annum in the US as opposed to about $25,000 in India. This would be advantageous for the company," Mr Mody said.
The Vice-President, Engineering, Vitesse (US), Mr David Sommers, who was earlier with Adaptec, said the Adaptec Indian centre was being consolidated in Bangalore. However, the design and development team that works on integrated circuits and related software to test storage communications markets would join Vitesse.
Employing about 725 people, Vitesse develops software products for communication, optical transport and other applications.
The company revenues slid from about $500 million in 2000 to $220 million last year following a downturn in the semiconductor market.
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YHVH – Conqueror of the Chaos Monsters
The other day, while browsing some Kent Hovind videos on YouTube, I caught an interesting remark. Hovind, a notorious young earth creationist, claimed that dinosaurs lived as recently as 5000 years ago. Our legends of fire-breathing dragons come from our memories of dinosaurs, and that those dinosaurs breathed fire. Now, where did Hovind get these ideas which have no historical or scientific support? I believe it to specifically be a reference to Behemoth and Leviathan, two creatures mentioned in Job 40 and 41. Since Behemoth has biblical reference outside of this passage, I thought I would look into Leviathan, and see what the Bible says about this creature, and various ways in which it can be interpreted. Let's look up some of the Biblical references to Leviathan. Some Bibles interpret the Leviathan of Job 41 to be a crocodile. This was the view taken by my old church when I was growing up. Ken Hovind believes this to be a dinosaur. Let's take a look at the description of this beast as given by YHVH in Job 41:
The Lord (YHVH), in expresses his power and might to Job thusly:
"Can you draw out Levi'athan with a fishhook, or press down his tongue with a cord? Can you put a rope in his nose, or pierce his jaw with a hook? (vs 1,2)
Implying that YHVH can do these things to Leviathan, and poor mortal Job cannot…
The Best of the Blasphemy
It is a slow and sleepy Friday afternoon, so why not watch some videos instead of doing something productive at work? I have never been a fan of the Rational Response Squad's Blasphemy Challenge. What can I say, even as an apostate Christian who believes there are no consequences to blaspheming a non-existant being, I just find the whole thing tacky and disrespectful. But hoping to redeem the idea somewhat, I just spent several days, yes days!, searching for the best blasphemy that YouTube has to offer.
So put your Bible down, go grab some popcorn, make your browser window nice and tiny so boss does not see you, and let's blaspheme together, shall we?
The prize for creativity has to go to this guy. Just the right mix of humor, sarcasm, wit and offensiveness. So help me, I love him:…
My 9/11 Prayer
It is the evening of September 11th, 2007 – the sixth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on American soil by Islamic Jihadists. I am driving home from work, listening to the ceremonies and tributes paid on NPR. I am nearly home. Just as I round the corner to an adjacent street, I see this new message on the church marquee:
You are reading that marquee right. The good folks at Skyline Baptist Church have seen fit to place this threat of eternal fire to the heathen and the promise of eternal paradise to the saint to commemorate this anniversary…
Christian Feelings Toward Death
I am thankful for Justin's article yesterday. It allows us to confront, and even express what our beliefs ultimately boil down to. But I want to here extend this question to Christians. I want to know the 'modern' Christian's view of Death, and the Afterlife. As a Christian, I held the traditional Baptist view of Heaven as eternal paradise for the saved, and Hell as eternal torment for the damned. But since coming online, I am surprised to learn how many differing beliefs there are even amongst Christians.
Justin said in his last article,
Many Christians find it comforting in knowing that death has been conquered, relieving humanity from guilt and fear.
If you are a Christian, I would like to know if Justin's statement is true for you, especially if you are one who believes in eternal damnation for the unsaved.
Like Justin, I am not trying to entrap Christians into engaging in debate (which I really am tired of)…
Noah's Ark – FOUND!!
Well…. maybe…not.
From livescience.com:
Hunt for Noah's Ark Takes on New Dimension
Posted on September 2, 2007 @ 09:47:27 EDT
Author Leonard David
The hunt for evidence that a 980-foot long feature on Mt. Ararat in Turkey might be the remains of Noah's Ark has taken on a new dimension, quite literally.
Satellite Imaging Corporation of Houston, Texas has created a 3D terrain model of the so-called "Mt. Ararat anomaly" – making use of stereo IKONOS satellite image data to create a flyover of the site in remote northeastern Turkey…
Coming to Grips with Christian De-Conversion
I have recently been reading a couple books on addiction, grief and loss. I am doing this because of what I see as the lack of books, support groups, or programs which deal specifically with De-Conversion or Apostasy from Christianity. I have found several books which help one recognize when you are in a dysfunctional or manipulative religious cult of some kind or another, and they have been somewhat helpful. But how does one deal specifically with the loss that accompanies Christian apostasy?
And there is loss. I have been a Christian for my entire life, as far as I can tell. And while I truly am at peace without the threat of eternal damnation looming over humanity, I cannot go that that many years as a devout Christian and not feel a some kind of vacuum left over in my soul.
I don't think that vacuum is the absence of God. Rather it is the loss of my weekly Bible study, the camaraderie, always knowing when your Christian brothers and sisters will be there…


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First Baptist Church Jonesboro, IL
Monday, September 01, 2014
Until we all... Eph. 4:13
Church Staff
MINISTER of MUSIC DIRECTOR
Rick Thomasson is excited about being back at Jonesboro FBC. Rick received his leadership in the gospel ministry in August 1969 from the Lord. He has served churches as Minister of Music in Illinois and Kentucky. He was married to the late Paulette Thomasson for 30 years before she went home to be with the Lord in 2005. They have a son, Nathan, and soon a daughter-in-law, Ashley Lacey. He enjoys music, art, yard gardening, time with his son and family and friends.
Mrs. Jerri Miller, Ministry Assistant, has been with First Baptist Church since 2004. Her duties include writing and publishing bulletins, newsletters and flyers, accounts payable, payroll and contributions accounting. Jerri is married to James, and they have three daughters and two grandchildren. The Millers reside in Tamms.
Mr. Kaj Westermark is our Swedish custodian born in Finland. He has served as custodian since 2008. His wife, Anette, serves as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Cobden, IL and they have one child.


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Mississippi Ranks 45th in National Education StudyBy Rhonda Miller | Published 14 Jan 2012 12:35am |
Mississippi earned a grade of C-minus on Education Week's Quality Counts report. MPB's Rhonda Miller has more on the state's gap between high education standards and low achievement.
A theater festival in the auditorium at Central Elementary in Gulfport is the easy part of getting students to enjoy school. But Principal Denise Bush says the joy of learning has to start earlier if Mississippi is going to meet rigorous testing standards now in place.
"The state of Mississippi is one of the very few states who has not made kindergarten mandatory. If students had a Pre-K program to attend, followed up by kindergarten, I think their foundation would be a whole lot stronger, and I think we would do better as a state overall," says Bush.
The state earned an "A" for high standards, but an "F" in achievement in kindergarten-through-12th grade in Education Week's Quality Counts report.
State Department of Education spokesman Pete Smith said the rigorous new standards put schools on the path to achievement.
"Once our students go through a cycle, if you will, with this more challenging curricula, you will start seeing the other categories Quality Counts ranked Mississippi and other states in, improving," Smith says."We have tremendous amount of improvement to do, but we are making progress and headed in the right direction.
That progress could be a lifeline for the state. Cynthia Walker has been a teacher and principal for nearly 30 years and knows the value of education.
"When some of our industry leaders are talking to our economic development drivers to say we're thinking of Mississippi, but we're worried about the education quality for our employees' children and our future workforce, we begin to say but this district is the best in Mississippi or whatever, they remind us, yeah, but that's the top of the bottom," says Walker.
While Mississippi ranks 45th in the nation in the Quality Counts report, South Dakota was at the very bottom of the list and Maryland came out on top.
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Side Effects is well worth risking.
An unconventional parenting setup in a highly standard rom-com.
Photos by Katharine ShilcuttCrispy-skinned salmon atop cauliflower and ramps at Becco.I first visited New York City 17 years ago, for one day. I saw Times Square, the United Nations building, stayed in a ratty hotel, ate at a TGI Friday's and had my pocket cut, my wallet and camera stolen fro ... More >>


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Before you get too excited over the democracy-seeking throngs in the streets of Kiev, look around. A year earlier a similar-seeming popular movement took place a thousand miles away in the Republic of Georgia. The results there should give pause to anyone who expects the former Soviet empire to be awakening to an era of prosperity and transparency.
Georgia's so-called Rose Revolution, a bloodless coup, was the toast of the West: A handsome, American-schooled young leader named Mikhail Saakashvili, supported by an international democracy lobby and undergirded by the second-biggest per capita U.S. foreign aid program in the world, would shine freedom's light on a benighted piece of the globe, the Caucasus region. To help, a wealthy maverick jetted in from Russia intent on cutting Georgia's economic shackles with a bold round of privatizations.
The story was too good to be true. At the first Rose anniversary, Georgia knows mostly thorns. Rusty old Russian Ladas swerve around gaping potholes on the main airport road to Tbilisi, the capital, while city dwellers grasp for every extra hour of heat, power and running water. Privatization has amounted to attempts to resettle existing accounts among powerful insiders. If the door to prosperity has swung open in this country of 5 million, so far only one opportunist is venturing in: Badri Patarkatsishvili.
At age 51, Badri (as he is widely known) is a bushy-moustached operator with a reputation for getting things done. He had success late in the former regime of Eduard Shevardnadze, during a time when Saakashvili, then justice minister, raised concerns about the influence of "gangster, oligarch capital." It was the beginning of an extended dance between Georgia's young democratic hope and its tainted Daddy Warbucks. Badri, while proud of his humble Jewish roots in Tbilisi–he got into auto repair as a teen in Soviet times–has leveraged ties to Russian oligarchs to amass a fortune that speaks loudly even under a reformist government.
Those Russian ties were cemented in the 1990s after he became the business partner of auto tycoon Boris Berezovsky and then Roman Abramovich, by helping handle the 1997 privatization of Sibneft oil company (sold to Berezovsky for an estimated $100 million, but later found to be worth billions). Abramovich had Badri manage a $3 billion investment in Russian Aluminum soon after.
Badri had landed in Tbilisi from Moscow in 2000–on the run. Around that time Russian President Vladimir Putin cut off the special access Badri and Berezovsky had exploited in Boris Yeltsin's Kremlin. Berezovsky fled to London. Badri "had run out of places to go," explains Richard Miles, U.S. ambassador to Georgia. Months after settling in Tbilisi, Badri was charged in absentia along with Berezovsky by the Russian prosecutor general's office with committing fraud and embezzlement totaling $13 million at Russia's largest car manufacturer, Avtovaz. Both dispute the charges.
Berezovsky is never far behind: Georgian border guards looked the other way last December when Berezovsky flew under an alias on a U.K. passport to visit Badri and his wife in Tbilisi.
Badri in 2002 managed to buy a famed public building, the Wedding Palace, a state-owned Soviet secular cathedral for marriage ceremonies, and make it one of his homes. Tbilisi's new tycoon also got a foothold in Georgian media by acquiring a company that carried a TV broadcasting license–which could have been revoked according to Georgian law because the company hadn't broadcast in more than a year, says Genadi Uchumbegashvili, director of Internews Georgia, an organization that pushes for broader media ownership.
For decades it has been easy to finger powerful business operators cutting corners in this backward region, but such shenanigans are not supposed to be part of Saakashvili's Georgia. The 36-year-old president had studied at Columbia University and practiced law in Manhattan. He spent a stretch under the tutelage of busybody billionaire George Soros, who bankrolled a Saakashvili presidential campaign and subsequent popular putsch with a reported $42 million. (Enough $20s and $50s will get lots of Georgians marching and waving flags in the streets). Indeed, Saakashvili and his kindergarten cabinet–one-third are under 35–have projected a fresh face of government, drawing headlines for prosecuting a handful of crooked officials and tackling the bribe-laden police force.
"We not only had high-profile cases but we changed the role of [corruption] in society," says Saakashvili in an interview. "And now the focus is on the economy."
The clock is ticking on his promise of 11% real economic growth by 2007 (2004 is projected at 6%). Georgia's inflation rate of 10% has offset pension increases of $8 per month. Yes, nearly 400 companies are on the block, including ports and electric generating plants. But proceeds to the government are expected to total only $500 million, and even then offers have been scarce.
The Western press has reported on take-charge Kakha Bendukidze, who ran Russia's largest heavy machinery company before trying his hand as Georgia's privatization czar (he still carries a Russian passport). Since his arrival in June Bendukidze, a portly and pensive man who closes his eyes for long periods when he speaks, has told foreign investors, "Everything can be sold, except conscience." He might want to work on the rest of his pitch. He recently advised potential U.S. and British bidders that most of the country's assets aren't worth much.
And in reality it's an economy replete with the kind of dodgy arrangements better suited to a character like Badri. Georgian officials extract 3% of corporate revenue in bribes, nearly twice as much as in Russia, says a 2004 report by the International Monetary Fund. Georgia ranks 128 out of 133 countries surveyed for corruption by Transparency International. Half of Georgia lives at or below the poverty level. Justice-starved courts hew to a political agenda. Kidnappings for ransom also occur. After spending $275 million over four years on modernizing Tbilisi's electricity distribution plant, AES Corp. pulled out of Georgia in 2003 after its financial manager there was slain following electricity tariff increases. "The conditions here make [potential] Western investors think twice, with long pauses in between," says S. Enders Wimbush, chairman of the America-Georgia Business Council and formerly director of Radio Liberty in Munich.
Yet Badri is at home. Between 2000 and 2003, before Saakashvili's rise, he spent tens of millions of dollars amalgamating widely divergent Georgian assets that included a professional soccer club, a shopping center, a controlling stake in the Borjomi mineral water company, a Black Sea resort and at least one casino. In 2002, as Georgia's politics heated up, Badri's roll-up of newspapers and TV stations into his Imedi media umbrella harked back to the days when, as chairman of Berezovsky's TV6 station in Moscow, he helped exert political pressure on adversaries.
Imedi's TV and radio transmitters are powerful enough to interfere with rivals' broadcasts on neighboring frequencies. "Competitors think the powerful transmitters were installed deliberately to create technical problems for them. The aggrieved regularly appeal to the National Regulatory Commission for Communications, but so far they have failed to succeed," says a European Commission-funded study. Now Badri is angling for deals in soon-to-be-privatized telecom.
But Badri plays public benefactor. He kicked in $2.25 million to cover 80% of the costs of Georgia's Olympics squad in Athens and gave gold medalists a $100,000 purse (Georgia won two). And he made a $1 million three-year loan to Tbilisi's city council (with interest of 5%) in frigid January 2004 to cover natural gas bills from Russia.
Badri's latest deal: a $1 billion investment over six years to develop Georgia's largest oil port, in the Black Sea coastal town of Qulevi. Building a new oil port in such a disadvantaged country might seem heroic. "Everything possible will be done for its construction to finish successfully," gushed the president at a ceremony marking the first $150 million investment in the Qulevi terminal. He vowed later to keep close watch so that Badri doesn't get harassed by tax collectors.
Badri and Saakashvili share a displeasure with the Kremlin, which has refused to close its army bases in Georgia, the birthplace of Josef Stalin but a sovereign state since 1991.
Russia also provides protection for two secessionist regions on Georgia's northern border–Abkhazia and South Ossetia–where smuggling and armed conflict persist. A 2004 study by the Transnational Crime & Corruption Center in Georgia found that at the Abkhazia border in 2002 some 800 detained illegals carried with them 55,000 ammunition cartridges, 19 kilos of explosives and 10 kilos of drugs. Russian "peacekeeping" forces in South Ossetia (close by the mass slaying of Beslan schoolchildren last fall) take $10 bribes to let an estimated 150 light trucks a day move into Tbilisi carrying contraband cigarettes, wheat and fuel, together worth $100 million annually.
Despite, or because of, the trouble spots, the U.S. has lavished foreign aid on tiny Georgia, spending $1.3 billion over the last decade. The U.S. government is also spending $64 million to train and equip 2,000 Georgian border guards to establish an antiterrorism force (some of whom have cut their teeth in postwar Iraq). U.S. military equipment bound for Afghanistan is sent via Georgia's ports.
Georgia is key to the Bush Administration's emphasis on diversifying energy supplies away from the Middle East. Beginning in 2005 Caspian Sea oil from Azerbaijan will snake westward through Georgia (bypassing Russia) to a Turkish port on the Mediterranean. By 2007 a consortium led by BP (and including Unocal and ConocoPhillips as partners) should have fully running the $3.2 billion, 1,100-mile pipeline (the world's longest) taking 1 million barrels a day. Big plus: The pipeline will also generate about $50 million in transit fees annually, or 6% of Georgia's current GDP, during its projected 40-year life span.
Small problem: The pipeline design runs through Georgia's pristine Borjomi mountain gorge, where an oil spill could pollute the quality and damage the reputation of Georgia's third-largest export–Borjomi mineral water, adored in Tbilisi and Moscow the way Parisians cherish Evian, the same Borjomi water now controlled by Badri Patarkatsishvili. In 2003 he took his stake in the Georgian Glass & Mineral Water Co. through his London-based Salford investment arm (a piece of which is owned by Berezovsky). Internal Salford paperwork estimates the stigma from the pipeline's location could amount to $50 million in lost sales.
BP was on site for just one week in Borjomi before Saakashvili's environment minister ordered construction to stop. In October the two parties agreed to concessions from BP totaling–surprise!–at least $50 million. "There were contentious issues, and ultimately much more funds were provided," says Saakashvili, who denies any special handling to suit Badri. On the record BP says the money will go to extra maintenance, security and the funding of social and economic programs. It is unclear what role the Borjomi water company, which extracts water from the land, will have in the programs.
Badri's Qulevi port, meantime, is another reach into the Caspian oil riches. The first stage is set to be completed by the end of 2005, with a goal of handling 200,000 barrels of fuel and crude oil a day with shipments delivered to the port by rail from the Caspian. If Qulevi can crank it up to 300,000 barrels, it would overtake the country's two biggest oil ports, Batumi and Poti.
"The new pipeline will take much of the crude, and our existing port capacity already exceeds demand," says Jemal Inaishvili, a former director of Poti port. "I don't know the real motivation."
For Saakashvili one factor is that Batumi, Georgia's largest oil terminal, is situated in a formerly secessionist territory where rebels blew up bridges and cut off oil exports for a week earlier in 2004. A more competitive Qulevi terminal would also exert pressure on Batumi's private owners, a British consortium that paid an estimated $14 million for the terminal in 1995 and now faces criticism from Tbilisi that the bid–supposedly at one-eighth of fair value–did not follow current Georgian laws. Batumi officials say they followed the law at the time.
Badri's endgame? At least partly to make it harder for Russia to wield its main weapon, energy, in regions of economic competition. In some ways Georgians are still under the thumb of Russian energy: In 2003 the Kremlin-controlled electricity monopoly, Unified Energy Systems, bought a controlling stake in the utility in Tbilisi. The Qulevi terminal, at least, could provide Romania, Bulgaria and Belarus a welcome alternative to the tightfisted pricing of Russian fuel, says Mamuka Tsereteli, a professor of international relations at American University in Washington, D.C. who has consulted with companies in the Georgian transport sectors. (Governments that rile Putin usually risk steep price increases or having the tap turned off entirely, as happened in Belarus and Lithuania.) "At $45, $50 a barrel it could work, but what about at $20?" asks Tsereteli.
"I must admit the investment carries a certain risk," Badri told a journalist on his payroll at Georgian Imedi TV in mid-October 2004. "However, my position is that if we do not do it, who will?"
Much the same line came from his Salford men when asked about Badri's curious welcome amid the new president's anticorruption drive. "What matters is that he's the biggest investor in Georgia," demurs an associate in Tbilisi. (Badri himself didn't grant an interview despite repeated requests.)
Alternatively it might be asked: If one man–indeed, if this man–has such an in on the spoils of the new Georgia, who else would want to be part of the mix? For his part, Saakashvili acknowledges he's aware of appearances in seeking investment in Georgia. He tells us, "We want to make sure any money is clean money."


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The Maxway store in the Bi-Lo shopping center was burglarized in the early morning hours of Sunday, April 1, according to Pageland police.
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Relay Day will be held from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Saturday, March 31 in the meeting room at the Chesterfield County Library on Main Street in Chesterfield.
The 11th annual Message in the Park will be held Saturday, April 7 from noon to 2 p.m. at the Pageland Community Center and Conbraco Park.
Annual Pageland Chamber of Commerce Women In Business Luncheon will be at noon Tuesday, April 24. It will be held in a new location this year, the Pageland First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall.
We go back only 16 years to find this week's "Where Are They Now?" athlete. Matt Hutto played football and baseball for the Eagles and was named all-conference in baseball his senior year. As a junior Matt was selected to attend Boys State. He attended the University of South Carolina at Lancaster for two years.
After losing two of three games last week, the New Heights baseball team saw their record dip to 3-5 on the year.
Playing in a junior varsity tournament at Arrow Wood Park in Cheraw on Saturday, March 24 the Hawks won 7-6 over Anson Middle School. All games lasted only three innings.
Central High School golfers made a very good showing last Monday and Tuesday at the Beechwood Country Club in Sumter. The Eagles tied for third place with Irmo High School of Columbia with both teams shooting a two-day team score of 464.
The New Heights girls suffered their first softball loss of the season last Friday at Andrew Jackson by a score of 10-0 in five innings. The Lady Hawks had opened the season winning their first five games. No statistics were available for this game.
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How Did Air America Greet the Zarqawi Story? (Updated)
Air America Radio seemed rather unimpressed by the Zarqawi story out of Iraq this morning. I caught some of the opening minutes of the Stephanie Miller show today. They were playing clips of the Rose Garden Bush remarks and just mocking his accent. "He's extra-twangy today," mocked Miller. The show's impressionist started doing Bush in a William Buckley-esque Connecticut accent, implying the Texas talk is all phony.
Then they began joking "we're auditioning for a new boogey-man," as if Zarqawi was a phantom in a closet. (A caller later suggested Simon Cowell host the boogey-man auditions.) By 9:15, the show shifted back to automatic pilot, mocking Gary Bauer's appearance on Fox with John Gibson on opposition to "gay marriage." (They also mocked Tony Perkins on the same subject on Hardball.)
Miller also suggested at one point that perhaps the picture of Zarqawi's corpse might reveal "smoke from dry ice," as if the U.S. was suspiciously delaying their victory for ultimate political gain?
UPDATE: I popped in the car to get lunch and sample some Al Franken on Air America. It's good to know he still knows who the Real Enemy is. At 12:45 he was interviewing Joseph Minton, the author of "Sweet Jesus, I Hate Bill O'Reilly." (Apparently, O'Reilly has mangled the history of a World War II atrocity in interviews with Gen. Wesley Clark.)
For the 1 PM hour, Franken promised to discuss the corruptibility of congressional appopriations committees with David Sirota, and then on to the "wonderful wise-ass poetry of Calvin Trillin," who pens political verse for The Nation magazine.
UPDATE 2: On the commute home, I tuned in Randi Rhodes at 6 PM Eastern. Hoo boy. She was saying Zarqawi was our boy, someone we protected in the no-fly zone from Saddam Hussein, and then used as an excuse for war. A few minutes later, she complained it was a "sick, psychotic" day for news, and said the rulers of America were "imperialistic, hegemonistic....dictators."
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I know it's a few days old but I haven't seen anyone post it. How does this even happen? http://twitter.com/#!/MiguelTorresMMA
The UFC announced last night that Anthony Perosh has suffered an injury, and will pull out of his UFC 131 fight with Krzysztof Soszynski. Replacing Perosh against Soszynski will be Igor Pokrajac (23-8, 2-3 UFC), who most recently TKOd Todd Brown at UFC on Versus 3. UFC 131 coverage
Injuries continue to plague the UFC on Versus 3 card, scheduled for March 3rd in Louisville, Kentucky. Rafael Natal and Franscisco Rivera have both pulled out of their respective bouts with Alessio Sakara and Takeya Mizugaki, according to recent reports from MMA Junkie and Versus.com. There have not yet been any updates concerning replacement opponents for Sakara and Mizugaki. The event has already seen Mark Scanlon, Maiquel Falcao, Matt Riddle, Alexandre Ferreira, and Paulo Thiago all bow out of scheduled bouts. UFC on Versus 3 coverage
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Report: Franzen (concussion) to miss Olympics | ProHockeyTalk
The only mildly positive thing about this is that Gustav Nyquist may be his replacement for Team Sweden.
PHOTOS: Jimmy Howard's USA mask will feature huge eagle on top - CBSSports.com
Best mask by far.
Detroit Red Wings to play outdoors again next season? One hockey writer thinks it could happen | MLive.com
Now this I would not mind.
Rapping Red Wings: Uninspiring Effort Leaves Concerns About Detroit's Mental State | The Detroit Sports Site |
What is the current state of the Red Wings?
While coaching peers come and go, Red Wings' Mike Babcock carries on | The Detroit News
And I wouldn't mind Babcock remaining for the foreseeable future.
NHL News
Avs sign Varlamov to five-year, $29.5 million extension | ProHockeyTalk
So much for assault charges.
Ben Scrivens sets NHL record for most saves in a shutout with 59 - SBNation.com
Congrats to Scrivens.
Varlamov contract extension shows NHL teams still overvalue goaltending | Post-to-Post
I don't mind the cap hit ($5.9 million AAV) as much as I dislike the term. Giving a goaltender anything over 3 years is risky. Of any hockey player, netminders have the shortest shelf life.
Who could come to the rescue if there's a Team USA injury? | For The Win
Justin Abdelkader and Danny DeKeyser.
Ben Bishop, Vezina Trophy frontrunner | Puck Daddy - Yahoo Sports
Jimmy For Vezina Gustavsson For Vezina.
Dallas in 'early stages of talks and planning' for game at Cowboys Stadium | ProHockeyTalk
Of course. Jerry couldn't afford to pass up a financial opportunity like this one.
Your Call: What should Oilers do with suddenly-hot Scrivens? | TSN
Should the Oilers re-sign him or should they trade him?
Pekka Rinne's absence makes clear the value of good goaltending - CBSSports.com
Nashville has struggled tremendously without Rinne.
Wayne Gretzky the fifth-most athletic American, according to Teens Digest | Puck Daddy - Yahoo Sports
I am assuming that they are referring to "American" as both the U.S. and Canada, because Gretzky is Canadian. Also, Shaun White was #3 on the list. I can think of dozens of athletes who are more athletic than he is. You can check out the whole list here.
Steen riding five-game point streak, but still 'expecting more of myself' | ProHockeyTalk
Now if he can just carry that streak into the Olympics...
TradeCentre: Thursday's reports from around the NHL | TSN
The latest trade rumors from around the NHL.
Hurricanes assign G Cam Ward to AHL affiliate for conditioning stint after missing 13 games - The Hockey News
Ward has been dealing with a lower-body injury.
For 50,000 at Yankee Stadium, NHL's outdoor games far from out-of-style - SBNation.com
I just don't want it to become something that is too commonplace.
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The last few years, Bader Field has become one of Atlantic City's most popular locations for festivals, concerts and other outdoor shows during the summer months - and on June 1st, a festival called VetRock will help raise money for U.S. veterans.
Michael Merlino, VetRock Event Producer, said, "I think it is time that we welcome them home in a proper way." Merlino is an accountant by day, but for the past few months he's been organizing a massive concert called VetRock to honor Vietnam veterans who weren't welcomed home with open arms as soldiers are today.
Merlino explained, "So what we came up with; Saturday June 1st at Bader Field in Atlantic City, we're doing the welcome home you never received." VetRock will feature a lineup of bands from the Vietnam era such as Mark Farner, the lead singer of Grand Funk Railroad, and keynote speaker and war hero, Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North, who will address the crowd half way through the festival.
Vetrock producers say Atlantic City officials have been supportive of the festival. Merlino told NBC40, "I can't tell you enough about what Atlantic City Mayor Langford and City Council, they've been behind this, they understand what it's all about. To see them step up has been phenomenal."
Other Atlantic City officials say concerts at Bader Field have been attracting new kinds of tourists to the city. President of the Atlantic City Convention and Visitor Authority, Jeffrey Vasser, says having an event at Boardwalk Hall or having events set in different casinos is great but having an outdoor festival at Bader Field expands their ability to market Atlantic City as a different type of entertainment destination.
Officials at local motels, which were severely damaged during Hurricane Sandy, say they look forward to these kinds of concerts at Bader Field.
Sam Silk, an associate of the Knight's Inn in Atlantic City, said, "During concerts this usually sells out - this motel and most of the motels on the strip. It's very good for business."
All proceeds from VetRock will go towards helping U.S. Veterans in honor of Vietnam veterans.
Children under the age of 10 and permanently disabled veterans will be allowed into the show for free.
Anyone else looking to buy a ticket can get one for 25 dollars by following the link here.
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Because lord only knows I don't feel like talking about basketball any more, I've decided to go for a new look.
I've been reading with just my left eye for a couple of years, which is a little blurry and less than ideal so I broke down and bought some reading glasses. First thing I found out is that reading glasses aren't like real glasses and you can't take them apart. Getting the unnecessary right lens out took a hammer and lots of cursing but it worked just great. But it looked weird.
I tried not to notice, but people do double takes when they see your glasses only have one lens in them. It suggests you've been fighting or can't afford new glasses. It also got me to thinking and I realized that what I really needed was . . . a monocle!
It just arrived in the mail today. They're not as easy to wear as I thought, and you have to screw your face up to make it stay in. It's that face screwing thing that makes monocle wearers always look like they just got done torturing small animals in the lab (or prisoners in the basement). I think mine looks better than that but trust me, I don't usually look quite this deranged:
Not this early in the day, anyway. And, since it's a reading monocle, it makes my right eye look huge but, in my opinion, in a sexy sort of way (symmetrical features are so 20th Century....).
It won't help me watch basketball, but suddenly the NBA's not all that appealing to me. Mostly I'm posting this for feedback. No, I have no intention of ever wearing this in public but really, does it look that weird? The whiteness is the flash reflecting back in the bathroom mirror, and not the souls of the damned circling round me.
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The Soil
Nothing resonates more deeply than the truth, and when channeled through the voices of 3 young acapella singers, who collectively call themselves The Soil, you can't help but agree that there is no musical instrument more powerful than the human voice.
The Soil is a three-member acapella singing group whose music can best be described as 'Kasi Soul'.
Made up of Ntsika Fana Ngxanga, Luphindo Ngxanga, and Buhlebendalo Mda (four if you count the Creator), The Soil strives to fuse their voices to deliver melodic and harmonious messages that are aimed at uplifting and healing souls all around the world.
The Soil claim they are simply channels of the songs that they believe come to them from a sacred place where they just serve as mediums that help carry the message through.


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Main dish
Roasted Rosemary and Garlic-Infused Leg of Lamb
This recipe adapted from "Clodagh's Kitchen Diaries" by Clodagh McKenna (Kyle, $27.95) is quick, simple and flavorful. Serve it with a zippy mint sauce made by whisking together 5 tablespoons minced fresh mint, 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar, 2 teaspoons sugar and 1 tablespoon hot water. Complete the meal with roasted potatoes and pan-fried asparagus. Lamb's earthy sweetness is particularly well suited to the subtle flavors in a pinot noir from Oregon.
41/2-pound leg of spring lamb, at room temperature
Small bunch rosemary
3 garlic cloves, sliced
Olive oil
Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
Heat the oven to 400 degrees.
Put the lamb in a roasting pan and score the fat, then make several deep cuts across the top with a sharp knife. Push small pieces of rosemary, each about 2 inches long, and a slice of garlic into each incision. Rub a small amount of olive oil over the skin and season with salt and pepper.
Roast the lamb for 20 minutes. Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees and roast for an additional 1 hour for rare, 11/4 hours for medium or 11/2 hours for well done.
Set the lamb aside on a cutting board, tented with foil, for 15 minutes before carving. Makes 6 servings.
Per serving: 399 calories, 55% fat, 23 gm fat (10.9 sat fat, 9.5 gm mono fat) 145 mg cholesterol, 43.8 gm protein, 0 gm carbohydrates, 0 gm fiber, 108 mg sodium.


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See earlier threads: December 2009, November 2009
Note: Will be working on a project that'll hopefully make it easier to track all the recruiting news on CGB. Stay tuned on this!
Ego Ferguson, DE (Chatham, VA)
Defensive lineman Ego Ferguson Jr. of Hargrave (Va.) Prep may visit $C on Jan. 15, according to his father. Ego Ferguson Sr. has been in regular contact with Gamecock recruiter Jay Graham and said he and his son are planning to come in for the Gamecocks' big recruiting weekend, either on an official or unofficial visit. Ferguson has taken official visits to LSU, Notre Dame and Cal. He will go to Oklahoma on Jan. 22, and his fifth official visit is going to be fUCLA unless he switches to $C. Ferguson has cut Maryland from his list, which includes North Carolina, Miami and Florida State.
Anthony Jefferson (HT chowder)
Oregon, Cal, and UCLA. Has yet to visit UCLA, and favours Oregon thusfar. Those facts lead me to believe he won't be a bear."I'm going to UCLA [Jan. 15]," Jefferson said. "That will be my last visit and I should be ready to make my decision after that visit. Oregon and Cal were great trips and these are now the only three schools I'm looking at.
"Oregon and Cal have already come in for home visits and coach [Rick] Neuheisal and coach [Carnell] Lake will be coming over Tuesday night. Right now, I would say Oregon stands out most to me and I really like them a lot but I'm going in to this last visit open-minded and looking forward to making my decision at the end of the month."
Toney Hurd Jr (Texas A&M)
announced at the Under Armour game
Ricky Seale (solarise)
Four-star running back Ricky Seale has been taking his time deciding between 'Furd and Cal. But a recent development has the Bears in the backseat, with an unlikely school emerging as a front-runner. Escondido's Seale says he has moved SDSU ahead of Cal, and that he will pick between 'Furd and the Aztecs.
Trajuan Briggs might be the lone RB in the 2010.
Owa Odighizuwa, DE (Portland, OR) (solarise)
ESPN On the trail is showing that that Oregon, Oregon State, $C, and fUCLA are his top four choices.
MoragaBear from BearInsider reports that top 4 for Owa could change.
Davon Dunn, WR
Todd Kaufmann / Bleacherreport.com is reporting that Davon Dunn has verbally committed to Fresno State. No confirmation yet.
Ryan Murphy, ATH (Oakland, CA)
Murphy making name for himself
Athlete Ryan Murphy (Oakland, Calif./Oakland Tech) was a relative unknown prior to an explosive showing at the Nike combine in Oakland last May. Murphy clocked a 4.42 40 time, jumped 35 inches in the vertical and threw the power ball 38 feet.
His 113.04 SPARQ Rating was one of the best for any defensive back tested all spring and a big year on the field this past season has sent his recruitment flying through the roof.
"Things have been going great for me," Murphy said. "We had a good year winning our league and made it to the Silver Bowl, but lost in the finals there. I was named first team all-city at running back, but most schools are recruiting me for safety than running back, although some are saying athlete.
"I've already taken official visits to Arizona State and Washington State and was supposed to visit Oregon State last weekend but had to re-schedule it. All of those schools have offered along with Fresno State and I think fUCLA and Cal are pretty close too."
Murphy broke down his visits and talked about what trips he plans to take in January.
"ASU was the first weekend of December and I liked it a lot. The coaches showed me a lot of love and I was comfortable with the area and the campus. The next weekend I went to Washington State and that was my best visit so far.
"I was pretty overwhelmed by everything and loved the small college town feel there. Everyone I met was so down to earth and friendly and it just felt like a real family there. I'm going to Oregon State (Jan. 15) and I'm trying to choose between fUCLA and Fresno State for (Jan. 8).
"I like fUCLA a lot, but they haven't offered yet. If they offered, I would probably visit there for sure, and I still might but I'm just trying to figure that out right now. I told the coaches I would let them know by (Thursday) what I'm doing so I have to figure it out pretty soon here."
De'Shawn Beck, ATH (Los Angeles, CA)
Big honor for Beck
This was a strong year for talent in the Los Angeles city section and Crenshaw (Los Angeles, Calif.) was easily the dominant program in the area. So it was a mild surprise when Jordan (Los Angeles, Calif.) athlete Deshawn Beck was named City Player of the Year.
Beck was a dual-threat quarterback and put up huge numbers this past season. He rushed for 2,031 yards and nine touchdowns, threw for 1,166 yards and six touchdowns and added 14 catches for 181 yards and two more scores at receiver.
"It was pretty much unanimous," Jordan coach Elijah Asante said. "Deshawn is just a phenomenal player and when you look at the numbers he has put over the last three years, it's mind blowing. He was all-state the last two years and will likely be again this year and I can't imagine the city producing too many three-time all-state selections."
With his production on the field and reputation as arguably the fastest player in the city, you would think schools would be beating down Beck's door. Unfortunately, that's not the case.
"All the schools are waiting on his grades to pick up," Asante said. "Arizona and New Mexico State offered early and Washington, Cal and Idaho are all talking like they'll offer as soon as his grades are in after this semester.
"He retook the SAT again as well and we're waiting for those results. I really think he'll make it. He's working hard and is very focused. He's in the same boat right now as James (Boyd) was last year and James was able to make it so I think Deshawn can make it as well."
Current recruits (HT solarise)
Josh Harper has been named Player of the Year by The Record (video).
Chris Martin & Ego Ferguson have been named to the US Army 2010 Player of the Year Award watch list. (NYC Hoops / Rivals)
Austin Hinder, QB (Steamboat Springs, CO)
Austin Hinder has been named a finalist for the Joe Montana High School QB of the Year Award.
Austin Hinder (Steamboat Springs High School – Steamboat Springs, CO)
The 6'5", 215 lbs QB finished the 2009 High School season with 2205 yards passing, and 25 TD's (6 INT's). He also rushed for an additional 700 yards and 15 rushing TD's. He carries a 104 passer rating. A three year varsity starter, Hinder is rated the #5 QB by Scout.com, #5 QB by Max Preps, #7 QB by Rivals.com. At the 2008 Army National Combine, he was recognized as the top QB prospect in the country. He is the grandson of NFL Coaching legend Jim Hanifan. He will complete his high school career (13-1 as senior) by playing in the 2010 U.S. Army All-American Bowl, before starting his college football career at Cal.


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Washington Redskins
Barry Cofield - #96 - NT
|6' 4"/ 318 lbs.
|Cleveland Heights, OH
|Years played
|2006, 4th round, 27th pick by Giants
Redskins re-sign C Rabach
The team announced Monday the re-signing of C Casey Rabach to a contract extension. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Redskins may be powerless to get Bradford
The Redskins appear to have set their sights on Oklahoma QB Sam Bradford, but it's looking more unlikely that they will be able to get him.
Redskins sign ex-Vikings OL Hicks
The Vikings lost another key free agent Saturday when versatile OL Artis Hicks agreed to a deal with the Redskins. Terms of the deal were not immediately available.
NFC East team needs
Regardless of whether RB Clinton Portis is still in Washington next season, the Redskins need new blood at running back. PFW concludes its analysis of team needs with the NFC East.
Redskins clean house: Griffin, Randle El, Thomas, Smoot, Betts, others gone
The Redskins are prepared to release a host of big-name players, all over the age of 30, according to multiple reports. Among the expected cuts are DT Cornelius Griffin, WR Antwaan Randle El, ORG Randy Thomas, RB Ladell Betts, CB ...
Redskins OLT Samuels will announce retirement Thursday
Chris Samuels, the Redskins' six-time Pro Bowl tackle, will announce his retirement on Thursday following a serious neck injury last season.
Redskins OT Samuels to retire
According a report in the Washington Post, Redskins OLT Chris Samuels is expected to announce his retirement in a news conference this week at Redskins Park.
Redskins open up QB position to questions
Head coach Mike Shanahan gave some glimpses into how his team might look next season but offered few concrete answers, especially at QB.
Shanahan: Redskins have options at tight end
One of the positions the Redskins have some offensive depth is at tight end, and Mike Shanahan is open to the idea of getting Chris Cooley and Fred Davis on the field at the same time.
Kyle Shanahan, not Mike, will call Redskins' plays
Although Mike Shanahan mostly spoke in generalities at the Combine about his team's specific plans next season, he did reveal one interesting nugget.
Shanahan: 'Let's not talk about' Portis
Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan didn't reveal much in his Combine talk with the media, personnel-wise, but his silence on RB Clinton Portis leads to speculation he won't return.
Redskins' Westbrook arrested for DUI
Redskins CB Byron Westbrook was arrested early Friday and charged with driving under the influence, according to a spokeswoman for the Charles County (Md.) Sheriff's Department.
Redskins name Wright, not Romanowski, as strength coach
The Redskins today named Ray Wright as their head strength and conditioning coach.
Redskins hire McCardell to coach receivers
The Redskins announced Tuesday that they have named Keenan McCardell as the team's wide receivers coach.
Zorn says Campbell can be very good
Former Redskins head coach Jim Zorn told PFW he thinks QB Jason Campbell still can become a Pro Bowl-level quarterback — if he gets more help from the rest of the offense.
A person familiar with the negotiations says Cofield has agreed to a 6-year, $36 million deal with the Washington Redskins. In the deal $12.5 million is guaranteed, according to the person who spoke to The Associated Press on Wednesday on condition of anonymity because free agent contracts can't be signed until Friday.||||||| Cofield has been a steady presence up front for the New York Giants for five seasons, although he'll have to make the transition to nose tackle in the Redskins' 3-4 defense. Cofield essentially replaces Albert Haynesworth, whom the Redskins are expected to cut or trade.
Playing on the Giants' star-studded defensive line, Cofield could easily get lost in the crowd. While Cofield has made his share of plays in helping the Giants take over the NFL's No. 1 ranking on defense, he is also the guy in the middle of the line who allows the other guys to excel.||||||| Cofield has two sacks and has come up with a unique "Don't tase me, bro" dance. The former Northwestern star holds his fist in the air and then holds it against his side and twitches as if the volts were pulsing through his body. Teammate Justin Tuck loves the move, as well as what Cofield is doing on the field.
Cofield has said he is not upset that the Giants nearly traded him to the Super Bowl champion Saints.||||||| Cofield said he understands the NFL is a business. General manager Jerry Reese has assured Cofield he is not on the trading block, it's just that the Saints made a great offer, according to the Newark Star-Ledger. "To me, there's a difference between being on the trading block and accepting an offer they felt like they couldn't refuse," Cofield told the newspaper. "I was told I wasn't being shopped around and that I was still going to be the guy here."


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With the depth of the Jays farm system and the constant ups and downs of many of these prospects I thought it would be a good idea to create an updated version of our top prospects list. I want to keep it reletively short by naming just 15 while there are many whom are all in the same 10-20- and even 30 range. These rankings are all in my opinion as I've based them off of mostly potential as well as how long the've proven there abilities for (MLB readiness). So without further ado let's get right to it.
1) 3B Brett Lawrie(AAA, 21YO)- .354AVG, 15HR, 52RBI MLB Comparison: Mike Schmidt
2) C Travis D'Arnaud(AA, 22YO)- .320AVG, 12HR, 42RBI MLB Comparison: Alex Avila
3) CF Anthony Gose(AA, 20YO)- .254AVG, 9HR, 39RBI MLB Comparison: Jacoby Ellsbury
4) Rp Henderson Alvarez(AA, 21YO)- 69.1IP, 48SO, 2.86ERA MLB Comparsion: Pedro Martinez
5) Rp Deck McGuire(HiA, 22YO)- 98.2IP, 94SO, 2.92ERA MLB Comparison: Jeff Niemann
6) Cf Jake Marisnick(LoA, 20YO)- .309AVG, 10HR, 60RBI MLB Comparison: Hunter Pence
7) Rp Noah Syndergaard(Rk, 18YO)- 22.0IP, 28SO, 1.64ERA MLB Comparison: Josh Beckett
8) Rp Zach Stewart(AA, 24YO)- 86.0IP, 66SO, 4.47ERA MLB Comparison: Nick Masset
9) Rp Drew Hutchison(HiA, 20YO)- 27.1IP, 23SO, 3.95ERA MLB Comparison: James Shields
10) Rp Aaron Sanchez(Rk, 19YO)- 20.2IP, 21SO, 7.84ERA MLB Comparison: Clay Buchholz
11) C A.J Jimenez(HiA, 21YO)- .303AVG, 3HR, 26RBI MLB Comparison: Ramon Hernandez
12) Lp Justin Nicolino(SS, 19YO)- 34.0IP, 47SO, 1.32ERA MLB Comparison: Wandy Rodriguez
13) SS Adeiny Hechavarria(AA, 22YO)- .221BA, 6HR, 32RBI MLB Comparison: Alcides Escobar
14) Rp Nestor Molina(HiA, 22YO)- 93.1IP, 101SO, 2.51ERA MLB Comparison: Shaun Marcum
15) 1B Mike MCcade(AA, 22YO)- .299AVG, 14HR, 64RBI MLB Comparison: Nick Johnson


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Yesterday we looked at the non-playoff teams out East. Today we will head back to the Western Conference teams that look like they are out of the running already.
Currently the Denver Nuggets and Houston Rockets are tied for the 7th and 8th playoffs spots. Hovering around .500 are the Portland Trailblazers, Utah Jazz and Minnesota Timberwolves. We have to assume these teams will looking to add a piece or two to improve their playoff odds but things can change before the deadline (a Mo Williams and other pieces for Gerald Wallace could make sense for instance).
I'll list their salary for this season so we can see if the Clips have the contracts to match up in a trade scenario. In the comments you can discuss the pros and cons of each available player, what offer to make and other factors. I took out some players that aren't available due to free agency rules or players with great contracts that simply won't be moved for what the Clips can offer.
Keep in mind the Clippers only tangible trade pieces will still be Randy Foye, Ryan Gomes, Eric Bledsoe, Brian Cook, Trey Thompkins andTravis Leslie. Alternatively they have a 3.8 million trade exception they can use. We will work with the assumption that Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan, Caron Butler, Kenyon Martin, Reggie Evans and Mo Williams are not being traded. Chauncey Billups isn't eligible for trade either as an amnestied player.
Portland Trailblazers
Potential Wingmen - Gerald Wallace (10.6 million), Wesley Mathews (6.1 million), Jamal Crawford (5 million)
Utah Jazz
Potential Wingmen - Raja Bell (3.24 million), CJ Miles (3.7 million)
Minnesota Timberwolves
Potential Wingmen - Martell Webster (5.2 million), Wayne Ellington (1.2 million)
Potential Wingmen - Dorell Wright (3.8 million), Brandon Rush (2.9 million)
Potential Wingmen - Jared Dudley (4.25 million), Josh Childress (6 million), Grant Hill (6.5 million)
Potential Wingmen - Marcus Thornton (7.1 million), Francisco Garcia (6.1 million)
Potential Wingmen - Trevor Ariza (6.8 million), Marco Belinelli (3.4 million)


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Updated June 25, 2013: Crews began demolition of the Interstate 44 service plaza at Vinita, Oklahoma Tuesday morning.
The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority had said the 1957 structure was in dis-repair and changes needed to be made.
A new $14 million facility, paid for with Oklahoma toll money, will host a McDonalds and Subway, visitor's center, wifi-café and new convenience stores.
The service plaza may be best known as holding the former largest McDonald's in the world.
Updated June 3, 2013: Renovations at the Vinita Service Plaza begin Tuesday June 4. The service plaza, which includes what was once the largest McDonald's in the world, has crossed over the Interstate 44 corridor since 1957. But without any major reconstruction since then the historic plaza has come upon some disrepair.
Authorities believe it will take about a year for the renovations to be completed.
In the meantime, this means drivers will not have access to that rest stop for fuel, food and restrooms - and there will be no service plazas on the Interstate from Tulsa to the Oklahoma/Missouri border.
Drivers need to plan accordingly.
News release from the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) announced scheduled renovations on the Vinita Service Plaza will begin June 4, 2013.
The estimated yearlong renovations will include enhanced restrooms, a McDonald's and Subway restaurant, a larger convenience store, and gas station with regular and diesel fuel. All current tenants of the Plaza will be closed during renovations.
The Turnpike, however, will remain open to traffic. OTA will work diligently to keep access to the turnpike as unaffected as possible. Motorists and tourists are encouraged to take alternative exits and explore other Oklahoma cities for their fuel and food needs.
"We encourage travelers and motorists to explore Oklahoma," said Tim Stewart, executive director of Oklahoma Turnpike Authority. "This will be done fast. It will be done right. In the meantime, there will be other great Oklahoma options for those traveling through the area."
There will be no OTA service plazas available from the Oklahoma/Missouri border to Tulsa. Motorists and travelers should use exits 238, 240A, 248, 255, 283, 289,302, 312 313 and 329, between Tulsa and the Oklahoma, Missouri state line for their food, fuel and rest stop needs.
For more information about this project and the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, please visit www.pikepass.com
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Reported March 28, 2013 by Liz Holliday: A historic roadside attraction off of the Will Roger's Turnpike has multi-million dollar renovations ahead. The McDonald's Service Plaza in Vinita was built in 1957 and was one of the first of its kind.
It's located on a bridge that crosses over the Interstate 44 corridor. In the 60's it was the biggest McDonald's in the world.
But without any major reconstruction since then the historic plaza on the Will Rogers Turnpike has come upon some disrepair.
"It was in desperate need of repair, total rebuild," says Jack Damrill of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority. "We needed to look at all of our options up here on the Will Roger's Turnpike, as far as our services were concerned."
According to the Turnpike Authority much needed amenities from an extended parking lot, wireless café and a new Subway restaurant will be added.
"We are trying to create a place that is inviting to people," says Damrill. "It's an iconic structure and we hope to really provide a place that when people come in and stop will say 'wow, that was fabulous - that was a nice stop.'"
The authority says the $14 million demolition and rebuild will mean the center will be closed for up to a year, leaving the millions of annual visitors forced to find food elsewhere and leave the highway down to one lane during the process.
"Coming upon it, it's wonderful," says Carol Ann Dilbartolomeo, a tourist from Canada. "It's a good idea to have something that services both sides of the highway. Inside it's seen it's better days. Yeah, it's probably time for a redo."
The Authority says the archway and bridge will remain intact as part of the renovation but that new modern entryways will be built. The hope being to rebuild the structure and making the plaza a great destination for travelers.
The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority Construction says construction is due to start this summer and should take a little over a year to complete.
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LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) – Lubbock County's Emergency Management Coordinator canceled plans for warming centers late Friday afternoon. Clinton Thetford says South Plains Electric Cooperative customers lost power east of Shallowater just before noon. According to the Lubbock chapter of the Red Cross, it was 1,000 customers without power. The Red Cross was on standby to help Emergency Management.
Furnaces and electric heaters do not work without electricity; with high winds and temperatures in the 30's and 40's there was concern for public safety.
At 3:30 PM Thetford says he got word from SPEC that they found the problem. It was a short in the power line that runs east & west along 1294, 8 miles long east of Shallowater.
Theftford says SPEC planned on having the problem solved by 4:00 PM. In the event that power is not restored, Thetford says the county is prepared to quickly resume plans for two warming centers.
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• Phoenix Integrated Surgical Residency - 5 years
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• Southern Illinois University School of Medicine - Microsurgery Fellowship
• Board Certified Surgery - 1983
• Board Certified Plastic Surgery - 1986
• Fellow American College of Surgeons
• Past Chief of Plastic Surgery Banner Good Samaritan Hospital, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Maricopa Medical Center, Scottsdale Healthcare Shea
• Past President Maricopa County Plastic Surgery Society
• Charter Member and Past President Arizona Society of Plastic And Reconstructive Surgeons
• Examiner American Board of Plastic Surgery
• Arizona Representative American Society of Plastic Surgeons Council of State Affairs
• Past Chairman, Membership Committee, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• Membership Application Review Committee, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
• Instructor American Society of Plastic Surgeons/Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation Instructional Course Program
• Adjunct Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery Mayo Medical School
• Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine
• Faculty Mayo Arizona Plastic Surgery Residency Program
• Medical Panel Member with the Arizona Institute for Breast Health (AIBH). AIBH is an all Volunteer Multi-disciplinary panel of Breast Cancer Specialists that provide a second opinion for treatment options to women recently diagnosed with breast cancer, completely free of charge. Specialties at the Institute include; Breast Radiologists, Pathologists, Breast Surgeons, Reconstructive Plastic Surgeons, Medical Oncologists, and Radiation Oncologists . www.aibh.org 480-860-4200
• Medical Director, Board of Directors Sustainable Outreach Solutions Non-Profit organization for Global Surgery and Engineering projects
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• Board of Directors, Jason Schechterle Beyond the Flames Foundation www.BeyondTheFlames.com
• Chairman, Committee on Continuing Medical Education, Arizona Society of Plastic Surgeons
• Outstanding Intern Phoenix Integrated Surgical Residency
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• Twice awarded University of Arizona College of Medicine Dean's List for excellence in teaching in the Clinical Sciences awarded to the top 6 of 480 Clinical Faculty Members who teach at the Phoenix Campus
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• Listed in: Guide to America's Top Surgeons, America's Top Rated Physicians, Guide to Top Doctors, America's Most Compassionate Doctors
• Has been listed in PHOENIX Magazine Annual Top Doctors issue 11 times as voted by peers
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• Rescue 911 - episode about a little girl kicked in the face by a horse. Dr. Leighton reconstructed her face.
• Multiple News Segments about Dr. Leighton and his burn patients including retired Phoenix Police Officer Jason Schechterle who was severely burned when his stopped Police Cruiser was struck from behind by a cab traveling over 100 MPH causing Officer Schechterle's Cruiser gas tank to explode severely burning him. After 52 operations he has returned to work as a motivational speaker.
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SB Nation "NHL Mock Expansion Draft" - Part Two: Name the Clubs
Despite lacking a sure-fire vote-gobbler like Hartford, the Mock Expansion Draft rolls into its second phase: the new Winnipeg and Quebec franchises need names. Head over to the above link and leave your suggestions in the comment section. Should no doubt make for interesting reading.


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For the second night, questions from a local community about the proposed pipeline to move natural gas to CF Industries' Port Neal plant. Northern Natural Gas is planning a 6.5 mile pipeline to support CF's expansion.
The pipeline will run from Dakota County, Nebraska, under the Missouri River, to the Port Neal complex in south of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa. Above ground, two new compressor stations will be built.
But, a few landowners worry about the noise from the compressor stations, and the safety of the whole pipeline.
Company officials say they first have to get a variety of permits to build, and operate the line, but they also point out they are regulated by federal, state, and local agencies.
"You should know that our facilities are designed so we don't have any worst case scenarios. For instance, the compressor stations that we're building have remote shutoffs and automatic shutoff, which means if there's any presence of anomaly in pressure that they'll self shutoff so there'll be a reduction in gas into the facility," said Mike Loeffler, Northern Natural Gas Company.
Northern Natural Gas will take the input from Wednesday night's meeting, and a meeting Tuesday night in South Sioux City, Nebraska and adjust the plans if needed.
A formal filing to regulators is planed for the end of June.


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April 25, 2014
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Prom is expensive. That's why Khai Nguyen, owner of Koi Nails in Ellicott City, Md., has had such success with the salon's $30 prom package.
March 31, 2014
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April 27, 2012
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August 18, 2011
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Recently, Groupon's New York City website featured a $25 Hot Lavender Cream Manicure at Sweet Lily Natural Nail Spa for just $12. When the day was over, Sweet Lily had sold 1,661 Groupons, far surpassing its 200-purchase minimum.
In the world of salon and spa brochures, what separates the good from the great? While there is no one-size-fits-all formula, here are nine tips for better brochures to get you going in the right direction.
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Phil Daniels Joins 'School Of The Legends'Posted by on February 9, 2012 – 12:45 pm
As awesome as this picture is, I don't think we're found the next franchise quarterback.
Former Redskins defensive lineman Phillip Daniels has only been out of the NFL for a year, but he's already back to football, lined up in a three-point stance behind the keyboard.
Daniels played in 82 games over six seasons in Washington, providing brute strength and consistency at the 4-3 defensive end position. He has remained vocal in his support of the Burgundy and Gold in retirement, and now joins the more than 2,300 active and retired players on the NFLPA's "School of the Legends" online forum, to share his analysis and expertise.
Good morning everybody. Have a great Tuesday. If you have not please join my Legends page at sotl.com/phillipdaniels—
Phillip Daniels (@PhilDaniels93) February 07, 2012
The Redskins were very active on "School of the Legends" last year, with former safety Vernon Fox providing weekly updates on the team, and linebacker Rocky McIntosh winning the award for "Player Correspondent of the Year":
"Our team was thrilled by the work Rocky did this year for us as a player correspondent, and he was an easy choice to receive this award," said David Byerley, CEO of School of the Legends. "Our website is fun and meant to connect players with fans by giving them a behind-the-scenes perspective of the game we love."
Which is precisely what Daniels has done since getting on board, addressing Redskins offseason rumors and covering Redskins-related news:
Tell me one thing: #Redskins beat the Giants twice which means they are inconsistent. #RedskinNation …. Next Year!!!!—
Phillip Daniels (@PhilDaniels93) February 06, 2012
#SO to everybody in the #DMV. To all my #Redskins fans of #RedskinNation. #HTTR #RedskinsNation #Skins—
Phillip Daniels (@PhilDaniels93) February 04, 2012
Daniels was a good player and a better guy, with a candid, honest approach. Make sure you give him a follow on Twitter (@PhilDaniels93), and support his newest venture on "School of the Legends."
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By 007 on Feb 9, 2012 | Reply
From all I read, DANIELS is a genuinely good guy, and an inspirational leader both while he was a REDSKIN and in the community at large.
Too bad father time caught up with him on the field, but it's good to see the REDSKINS slowly building a cadre of players of his mind-set on the current roster.
Best wishes PHILLIP, and thank you for the effort you gave the team and its fans while in D.C.