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The Laurel Hill Project Advisory Committee (PAC) will hold a public meeting to complete its recommendations on the Final Master Plan for the Laurel Hill Adaptive Reuse Area. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 16, at 7:30 p.m., at the South County Secondary School Media Center, 8501 Silverbrook Road, Lorton.
The final plan was developed based upon public comments, more than 30 public meetings and recommendations from previous task forces. Early next year it will be submitted to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors for approval.
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text: Show Hide image Politics 7 February 2013 Nature can't compete with a shiny plastic car Alice O'Keeffe's "Squeezed Middle" column. Sign up for our weekly email * Larry, my two-year-old, and I are making a "hotel for minibeasts". This is one of the improving workshops laid on by the council at our local park. Others include making tunnels out of living willow and building a loggery. According to the leaflet, such activities are beneficial for children as they "encourage risk-taking play and create a sense of connection to the natural world". Whatever that means, I'm all for it. It is freezing and tipping down with rain but Larry and I have donned our waterproofs and headed out to save east London's stag beetle population from otherwise certain destruction. We join a small huddle of soggy mothers and their offspring under a tree and listen while our instructor, a Very Enthusiastic Lady, tells us what to do. "Right, guys, this is our five-star mini - beast hotel!" She waves a nicotine-stained finger towards a wooden pallet, painted bright blue. I'm sure the paint must be toxic to one form of wildlife or another but it seems churlish to quibble. "We're going to fill it up with lots of lovely straw, wool and other natural materials so those minibeasts can keep warm all through the winter." The Very Enthusiastic Lady has several jute bags filled with bunches of lavender, broken plant pots, sheep's wool, straw and dried seed heads. We encourage the children to pick them up and put them into the crate. That takes about two minutes and nobody seems quite sure what to do next. The rain is intensifying from a light drizzle to a steady downpour. "Hey, that's great, guys. Just imagine how warm all those minibeasts will be in there!" Larry looks puzzled. He has no idea what minibeasts are, why they need to be warm or why he should care – if I'm honest, I'm also feeling a little hazy on the details. His eyes brighten momentarily when the Lady produces a large power drill and sets about screwing another pallet on top of the first. "She's like Bob the Builder!" he says, admiringly. One of the other small boys is standing a few yards away, his face pressed to a gap in the perimeter fence. Larry runs over to join him. What are they doing? I peep through the gap. On the other side is a back garden and on the lawn sits . . . a bright red, shiny, toddler-sized plastic car. "Broom, broom," says Larry. "Beep, beep." I glance anxiously at the Very Enthusiastic Lady. Clearly this is not quite the risk-taking, natural-world-connecting play we are supposed to be encouraging. "Come on, boys!" she says valiantly. "Let's put another layer of lavender on top to attract the bees!" But, alas, it's too late – we've lost them. "Don't want to build a hotel, Mummy. I want to play on the broom-broom car." The Lady smiles kindly at me and shrugs, in a so-this-is-exactly-why-we're-all-goingto- hell-in-a-handcart way. She knows when her number's up. As we trudge back home through drizzle rapidly morphing into hail, Larry takes my hand and pats it comfortingly. Never mind. We'll play nature another day. Alice O'Keeffe is an award-winning journalist and former arts editor of the New Statesman. She now works as a freelance writer and looks after two young children. You can find her on Twitter as @AliceOKeeffe. Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 04 February 2013 issue of the New Statesman, The Intervention Trap More


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It is a quiet week for releases. The best choices are oldies — the newly restored "Sorcerer" from director William Friedkin ("The Exorcist," "The French Connection") and a Blu-ray edition of "Get Carter," starring Michael Caine.
The 1977 action-adventure "Sorcerer" is an adaptation of Georges Arnaud's novel, which also inspired the 1953 French classic "The Wages of Fear."
It stars Roy Scheider as one of group of men transporting unstable dynamite through the South American jungle. Something of a flop when it came out, the film went through years of legal entanglements before it was cleared to be restored and seen in its cinematic glory. The taut existential thriller is a classic of the 1970s.
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Woodland, Davis and UC Davis are among 12 cities and agencies fined "mandatory minimum penalties" for violating the state's clean water guidelines.
The fines were issued this week by the executive officer of the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board.
In all, some $663,000 in Administrative Civil Liability Complaints across the Central Valley were issued. None of the fines locally were unexpected. Woodland, for example, is building a new treatment facility to avoid even steeper fines.
Woodland faces $45,000 in penalties for violations of selenium, ammonia, and coliform effluent limits. The 15 violations occurred between April 2011 and June 2012 at the city's Water Pollution Control Facility.
Treated wastewater is discharged to Tule Canal within the Yolo Bypass.
Similar fines were levied earlier in 2011 for very much the same reasons.
The city of Davis faces $3,000 in penalties for a violation of the chlorine effluent limit at its wastewater treatment plant. The violation occurred in the period between August 2010 and September 2012.
Treated municipal wastewater is discharged to either the Willow Slough Bypass or the Conaway Ranch Toe Drain, which are tributaries to the Yolo Bypass.
Meanwhile, UC Davis faces $3,000 in penalties for a violation of ammonia effluent limit at its Main Wastewater Treatment Plant. The violation occurred sometime between October 2010 and August 2012. Treated municipal wastewater is discharged to the South Fork of Putah Creek in Yolo County.
Other cities received much more serious penalties. For example, Roseville faces $54,000 in penalties for 18 violations of its coliform effluent limit while Placer County faces $111,000 in penalties for violations of its nitrate, aluminum, chloroform, coliform, total suspended solids, and mercury effluent limits. Placer County also faces 64 separate violations totaling $192,000 in penalties for violations of its biochemical oxygen demand, pH, aluminum, ammonia, dibromochloromethane, dichlorobromomethane, and turbidity effluent limits.
The city of Placerville faces $18,000 in penalties for failure to submit monitoring reports from May 2011 through May 2012.
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Tareka started her journey in injury prevention seven years ago when she became the program coordinator for Safe Kids Austin in Austin, Texas. Working closely with a Level 1 trauma center at her lead agency allowed Tareka to get a close look at how injuries to children profoundly affect families and communities, and how those injuries could be prevented by partnering with local and state agencies, developing strategic plans and mobilizing the community. She brings those same skills and passion to Safe Kids, providing leadership and direction on the development of programs and initiatives local coalitions can use to educate parents and caregivers on how to keep their children safe.


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THE Adver's Win Your Wedding couple Daniel Harper and Leanne Warner spent an afternoon at the Marriott Hotel yesterday to try out the food for the big day.
The couple, of Pasteur Drive, were crowned winners of the £10,000 wedding package competition in September after forking out £3,575 to buy more than 5,500 newspapers in an effort to swing the votes in their favour.
Things have moved quickly for the couple, who met six years ago through colleagues at a private hire taxi company, and although there is still five months before the big day in August, everything has already been organised.
Leanne, 25, said: "Everything apart from the food had been organised, even the honeymoon. I can't believe how organised everything is for the most unorganised people ever."
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The public portion of the council meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. at Willits City Hall where the official agenda is posted. The full meeting is televised live on Willits Community Television. A copy of the agenda and the supplemental information distributed to the council members are posted on the City of Willits web site at thecityofwillits.com/ by selecting the council agenda tab.
1. Conduct a public hearing to review and possibly adopt a planning study updating the city's 2009 to 2014 housing policy and declaring it will have no significant environmental effect.
2. Consent calendar covering three city council meeting minutes, monthly warrants and building inspection report and purchase of three police vehicles from asset forfeiture funds for total of $91,463. .
3. Also in the consent calendar is a resolution accepting the completion of the new Willits sewer plant and the filing of a notice of completion of the C. Overaa and Company contract to build it. Final Overaa contract costs were $13.873 million on an original bid of $11.096 million.
4. Consent: Denial of claim filed against the city by Harold W. Hall for $10,000 for flood damage to his Poplar Avenue residence due to the rise in the creek along Walnut Street during the December storm. City denied the claim due to the flood waters being an act of nature.
5. Consent: Denial of two claims filed for an unstated amount against the city associated with a crash at the intersection of Highway 20 and Blosser Lane. Police reports did not indicate any fault on the city's part and CalTrans is responsible for maintenance and control of Highway 20.
Netha Hill and passenger Gwendolyn Knause filed separate claims for the accident which occurred when another vehicle proceeded into the intersection directly into the path of their vehicle causing a rollover.
6. Consent: Denial of a claim filed by the Kate Black Acupuncture practice for $2,000 in lost revenues due to the loss of a treatment room caused by Central Street project delays and abnormal construction noise.
7. Consent: Denial of a claim filed by Kate Black, Paula Murphy and Diane Smalley about damage to their business during the Central Street project. Staff recommends denial due to lack of proof damages were caused by the project.
8. Introduction of an amended ordinance increasing the city manager's purchasing authority from $10,000 up to $45,000 without requiring city council approval.
9. Adoption of two modified ordinances changing the municipal code for awarding city construction project contracts and eliminating the special demolition fee for demolition recycling
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One in 4 parents said that they have driven without their children buckled in a car seat or booster seat, according to a new car-safety study.
The Buckle Up: Every Ride, Every Time study, conducted by Safe Kids Worldwide as part of a $2 million grant from the General Motors Foundation, was released earlier this week as part of National Child Passenger Safety Week.
While the number of kids dying in car crashes has dropped by 58 percent since 1987, it is still the leading cause of death to children. One-third of the children killed in 2011 -- the most recent data available -- were riding without a child safety seat or a seat belt that could have prevented their deaths, and this latest research indicates the trend may be headed in the wrong direction. Even car accidents that don't result in fatalities can wreak havoc with car insurance rates, not to mention medical needs, unnecessarily complicating a family's life.
The online survey of 1,002 parents and caregivers of children 10 and younger also asked if it was acceptable to a child to ride unrestrained in a car in certain situations. About 21 percent of respondents said it was acceptable to drive with an unrestrained child if they were not driving far, and 16 percent felt it was acceptable to ride unrestrained on an overnight trip.
These findings were particularly disturbing in that 60 percent of crashes involving kids occur on trips that were 10 minutes or less from home, and overnight drives are the time period when children are most likely to be injured in a car crash, says Safe Kids Worldwide.
Do you allow your kids to travel in the car without a seat belt?
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The day before Thanksgiving we got the news that my wife needed to go to KU Med, a NCI-designated Cancer Center, for some tests as her doctor spotted a mass in her liver. Went to Liver Transplant department for more tests early December and was told she had Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma, was non-operable for either transplant or removal of the 5cm tumor that was in both left and right lobes. All liver functions and blood tests looked good. Met with the Interventional Radiologist there and he described the proposed procedure of Selective Internal Radiation Therapy and then Trans Arterial Chemoemobolism. Met with Oncologist who seemed lost and he felt chemo was only possible due to size. Told him that Radiology had already submitted to BCBS so he called Radiologist and acknowledged he was wrong. Insurance approved and we had mapping and stunts inserted last week and are waiting for scheduling.
Seems to have gone slower, but decisions have been made and no time to check for alternatives. Have not been given any documentation and the above is from memory and piecing things together using Google. No mention of Proton Beam Irradiation, but KU Med doesn't have it. Other than the Proton Therapy it looks like the same as Anderson would use.
Wife rests most of the day, getting up for 3-5 hours most days. Eats little but likes Smoothies which I slip in some Protein Hemp.
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Sir Bob Geldof has confirmed The Boomtown Rats will be performing at the charity concert in All Cannings on Saturday, May 31.
The band is the headline act at the Concert At The Kings but some wondered if Sir Bob would still be taking to the stage following the tragic death of his 25-year-old daughter, Peaches, last month.
But the organisers have been told the band - best known for its 1979 number 1 single I Don't Like Mondays - will be there.
Richard Baulu, co-organiser and landlord of the Kings Arms pub in All Cannings, said: "We have heard Sir Bob Geldof is back to work and he will definitely be performing at Concert at the Kings.
"It really is fantastic news. Everybody is going to be looking forward to seeing him."
Other bands performing on the main stage are The Troggs, Los Pacaminos with Paul Young, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel and The Straits.
A new element this year is a second stage for young, up and coming bands - Jake Meeking, from Bath, The Greasy Slicks and Funkin Skunks.
Mr Baulu said organisers were hopeful the concert would be a sell out for the first time.
He said: "Tickets are going really fast.
"We have sold over 3,000 out of 4,500 available. There's a great buzz about the concert and it's going to be a fantastic day.
"It's a great line up and the second stage gives another style and dimension and might appeal to other age groups as well.
"We have got some good young talent performing. They will be playing when the bands on the main stage are changing over."
The concert is held in a field at the back of the Kings Arms. There will be about 14 food stalls and new this year is one selling Caribbean food.
The concert, in its third year, is raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support and Above and Beyond, which supports hospitals in Bristol, and projects in All Cannings.
Tickets are available from www.concertatthekings.co.uk or Sound Knowledge in Marlborough and Wadworth Visitor Centre, Devizes.


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text: Hoover picks up first win of season By Tommy R. Atkinson September 28, 2012 Story Share Tradition hung in the air Friday as thick as the autumn fog hovering over Joe Eddie Cowley Field at Herbert Hoover.Before the game, the public address announcer ticked off several awards that the Huskies marching band had won at the recent majorette festival, and a homecoming queen was crowned at halftime.Then it was up to Hoover's football team to come through to complete the night, and it didn't disappoint, holding off Poca for its first victory of the season in a 19-16 decision. A sparse crowd attended the Class AA Cardinal Conference matchup at Falling Rock after rain moved through the Kanawha Valley most of the evening. Senior Cody Farmer returned the opening kickoff 77 yards for a touchdown to spark the Huskies (1-5) and the defense, which forced four turnovers, stood strong.Hoover sophomore linebacker Colton Thomas dragged down Poca junior tailback T.T. Loudin for a 3-yard loss on fourth-and-goal from the 5-yard line with 10.1 seconds left in the game to seal the victory."I felt it just gave everyone a boost of confidence,'' smiled Farmer when talking about his kickoff return. "It got us fired up right away."That's what we wanted, get ahead and get going. We had a great practice week. We got our heads straight. Practices have changed. The fundamentals are getting better and we're working as a team now. We're starting to click.''The Dots (2-4), who have lost three straight, fumbled the ball away on their first two possessions but then took an 8-7 lead on Loudin's 11-yard scoring run at the end of the opening quarter. Poca extended it to 16-9 on junior quarterback Jake Payne's 24-yard TD scamper later in the second period.The Huskies were resilient, though, and closed to 16-13 at halftime when sophomore quarterback Tyler Americo found sophomore wideout Tim Hopkins drifting alone in the end zone for a 13-yard score with 17.3 seconds to go. Hoover freshman defensive back Tristan Hager intercepted Payne at the Huskies' 7-yard line on the Dots first possession of the third quarter.Huskies sophomore tailback Shaun Dotson, who finished with 130 yards, scored six plays later on the ensuing possession, ripping off a 68-yard TD burst as he shed two tacklers along the way to give Hoover the lead for good at 19-16 with 3:46 remaining in the third. Poca forced Hoover to punt on the possession, but the Huskies were given new life on a 15-yard penalty on the Dots for roughing the kicker.After that the Hoover defense took over, forcing Poca to turn the ball over on downs its final three possessions. Huskies senior Joey Forbes turned in five catches for 63 yards."Our kids played their butts off,'' said Hoover coach Tim Meyer. "They just went out there and had fun. It's great to see those kids enjoying themselves and working hard."They played four quarters and I'm proud of them. The coaching staff did a heck of a job. Defensive coordinator Steve Canterbury put together a great game plan and our kids executed. They just played a great ballgame.''Loudin finished with 120 yards while Payne turned in 114 yards, but the Dots couldn't overcome the mistakes. Poca committed seven penalties in the second half after having none in the first half. "We didn't play with any spirit and enthusiasm,'' said Poca veteran coach Bob Lemley. "When it boiled down to it, Hoover wanted it worse than we did. I was disappointed in our execution. We were healthy enough tonight we just didn't play well.''Reach Tommy R. Atkinson at email@example.com">email@example.com or 304-348-4811. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Philanthropist Betty Schoenbaum of Shoney's fortune turns 100 2 Derek Redd: Marshall thinks outside the cable box for broadcasts 3 Former State Police captain now chief in Winfield 4 New leaders begin to emerge for Marshall football 5 Rod Run and Doo Wop brings classic cars, music to Boulevard for 12th year SC recovers, gets past St. Albans Previous Story Prep football roundup: Parkersburg turns back Riverside 38-35 Next Story


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A FORMER soldier died after losing control of his motorbike and hitting a road sign.
Thomas Robert Simpson, 26, was travelling towards Padiham on the A678 Burnley Road at Altham, yesterday morning, when the accident happened outside the Walton Arms.
Police said the former Duke of Lancaster Regiment soldier lost control, came off the bike and smashed into a traffic sign.
Ambulance crews were called to the scene by police just before 8am but Mr Simpson, from the Ewood area of Blackburn, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A family tribute said: "Thomas was a bright and articulate young man who was well-loved by his family and he loved them all very much too.
"He had an insatiable thirst for life and will be sadly missed."
Sgt Jon Allwright from the road policing unit said Burnley Road had been closed between its junctions with Altham Lane and Simonstone Lane until 10.15am to allow accident investigation work to take place.
He said: "This is a tragic accident and a horrific start to 2013.
"We deployed a specially trained family liaison officer who is supporting the family and next of kin at this time and our condolences and thoughts are with them."
Hyndburn Council leader Coun Miles Parkinson, who represents the Altham ward, said he was saddened by the news.
He said: "Any loss of life, especially at this time of year, is desperately sad.
"My thoughts are with the family."
Coun Parkinson said there had been problems on the road in the past, but not at that location.
He said: "Further up the road can be dangerous and when it is wet and icy there can be accidents.
"There have previously been some very serious incidents but it is unusual it has happened in the village.
"I am sure the police will investigate and find out why this happened but that will be no consolation to the family."
Landlord of the Walton Arms, Gary Taylor, said he was not used to accidents happening outside the pub.
He said: "We have been here 15 years now and there has only been one accident near the pub in that time, although I think that resulted in a death.
"Then there was a problem with the road but that has been fixed now."
In October, 2008, a motorcyclist was killed after his bike hit a lamppost on the road.
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A FUN TIME By John Oehser - Colts.com
Manning Enjoying Working with Young Players in Summer School
INDIANAPOLIS - The sun shone, footballs flew. On the Colts' two practice fields, players worked in shorts and shirts.
This is the off-season to Colts quarterback Peyton Manning, an important time.
A time for learning.
A time for tweaking.
A time for getting to know young teammates.
And most importantly, a time for continuing to get better.
It feels good, Manning said Thursday morning after a summer-school session at the teams practice facility.
Its always good to get with these young guys. It keeps the older guys like (wide receivers) Marvin (Harrison) and Reggie (Wayne) working hard. I always like this time of year. Youve got a lot of young players who love football and are kind of wide-eyed and have big smiles on their faces. Its a fun time. . . .
Our off-season work has been good. Well finish up next week and head into training camp from there, but it has been a good off-season so far.
And for Manning, its a time to be used wisely.
Thats why the two-time National Football League Most Valuable Player the Super Bowl MVP this past season has spent extra time this off-season working with several young players who may be critical to the offense next season.
Two of the players are rookie wide receivers Anthony Gonzalez and Roy Hall.
Gonzalez, the Colts first-round selection in this past Aprils NFL Draft, is expected to take former receiver Brandon Stokleys slot receiver position in the offense while Hall (6-feet-3, 240 pounds) a fifth-round selection has rare size for an NFL receiver.
Both are exciting players, Manning said.
And he said both could contribute. And soon.
Obviously, you kind of know what youre going to get from Gonzalez, Manning said. He made a lot of plays in college. Youve seen him. Roy Hall is probably one of the biggest targets Ive had at receiver. He didnt play a lot in college, but theres a lot of growth potential there. Its exciting to see how these guys can get better.
Manning said he has watched film with Gonzalez to show the rookie how Stokley approached the offense.
Obviously, the coaches are doing the main teaching, but there are a lot of little intricacies of our offense about a certain route and a certain adjustment, Manning said. This is the time to do it, because when training camp gets here, the heads really start spinning.
This is what we call our teaching time. I do think its important to spend some time with the young guys one on one and try to give them the ins and outs of the offense.
Such an approach is hardly new to Manning, Colts Head Coach Tony Dungy said, and its not limited to new receivers, either.
Peyton likes new people, Dungy said. Hes taken to these new guys, just like he did some of our new guys last year, and hell do that all the time. He understands thats what football is all about bringing people in and getting them ready to go so when we need them, theyre ready.
We had that situation last year, not necessarily with the receivers, but with some of our offensive linemen, tight ends and with (then-rookie running back) Joseph Addai. You want to get those guys ready to go as quickly as possibly. He (Manning) believes in that and hes going to help those guys as much as he can.
The work, Manning said, has continued with Addai this off-season and with reserve running back DeDe Dorsey.
Addai, who led NFL rookies in rushing last season, has been working to improve as a pass receiver.
Its a real credit to Joe for being here this whole off-season, Manning said. I think thats where hes really trying to expand his game by putting him in the slot or putting him out wide. Hes worked on his route-running. To me, thats important. The running part, hes got that in pretty good shape, but hes saying, 'How can I get better?
Hes working in the slot. Its been a huge part of our passing game this past year. Hopefully, that can continue especially with Joe and hopefully, DeDe. You like to get those kinds of matchups with them on linebackers who probably arent as good a cover guys as safeties and corners. Thats been a good match-up for us.
Dorsey, who was acquired by the Colts off waivers just before last season, spent most of his rookie season as the teams third running back, playing mostly on kickoff returns. But Dungy and Colts President Bill Polian each have said recently they expect Dorsey can be the back-up running back, a key position in an offense that used two backs Addai and Dominic Rhodes extensively last season.
I had a couple of goals coming into this summer school session, Manning said. One of them was to get real comfortable with DeDe as far as handoffs. Every drill I do with Joe, and I go right back to DeDe. Thats how Ive always done that. When I was with (former Colts running back) Edgerrin (James), Id try to get comfortable with Dominic. At this point, DeDe is probably the guy who were going to count on to spell Joe and give us that change of tempo.
Whats impressive is he did not use last year as a red-shirt year. He wasnt wasting his time. He wasnt sleeping in meetings. Hes very comfortable with the offense. He used the time last year. He was listening. Hes caught on to what were doing.
Hes more comfortable and thats really the only way you can play football: if you know what to do, and let your natural ability take over. Thats impressive, and I feel very good about where he and I are right now.
One week remains in the Colts summer school session, and next week, they will hold four more organized team activities OTAs, as they are known around the league at the practice facility. Manning said he enjoys the time because often its when unknown players begin to show signs of contributing the following season, and because of the enthusiasm of young players.
You kind of help these guys, Manning said. You want to give them every chance you can to make the team. Obviously, its a business. You know everybody wont, but you want to give them all the chance.
This off-season, theres an added challenge. The Colts lost several key veteran players from last season, and Manning said replacing the leadership of players such as Rhodes and Brandon Stokley isnt an automatic process.
Thats a real challenge and I dont think it can be rushed, Manning said. Losing Brandon Stokley, Dominic Rhodes, (linebacker) Cato June, (cornerback) Nick Harper, (defensive tackle) Montae Reagor, (safety) Mike Doss, (cornerback) Jason David thats a lot of plays, but a lot of leadership. Nick and Jason were great leaders over there on defense. Cato was one of the team leaders, kind of our enthusiasm leader. Brandon loved football, loved to work and Dominic was high on life. Youre certainly going to miss those guys. They brought a lot of energy and a lot of enthusiasm and I dont know if you can get that back in a four-week summer school period. Thats going to take some time and its going to take those things to happen to give some of these young guys the confidence to step up in that leadership role. Rookies are rookies, but if youre a second-year player, theres no difference between being a second-year player and a 12-year player. If youre a starter and youre called on to make some plays and to be a leader, we need you to do so.


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Gambling in America
From Sin City to Atlantic City, from high-end resorts to offshore cruises, gamblers have more choices than ever before to get their hit
It's Saturday night in Uncasville, Connecticut, a little town in the middle of nowhere. Common wisdom holds that the place should be dead. And it is. Until you proceed down a new four-lane road, buffered by dense forest and illuminated by a long parade of headlights. At the end of the road resides a natural, flowing river, beautifully landscaped foliage, and a hard-angled building that shimmers like an enormous multifaceted diamond. You've arrived at Mohegan Sun, a casino that serves as a three-dimensional exemplar of everything that gambling wants to be in the twenty-first century: sleek, efficient, alluring and immensely profitable.
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The casino feels comfortably crowded. Blackjack action is lively, craps tables swell with high-betting exuberance, and the poker room is SRO. Considering all of this, you might be only mildly shocked to note that Mohegan Sun is one of the most successful casinos in the world. What's truly shocking, however, is that the most successful casino in the world, Foxwoods Resort and Casino, is only 15 minutes away. Suddenly, northern Connecticut is the place to be on a Saturday night. A spokesman for the Sun -- which has just completed a $1 billion expansion to become the largest casino in North America and, it's been said, the world -- attributes the casino's success to blessed proximity and only one nearby competitor: "There are 22 million people within an hour-and-a-half drive of us [an estimated one-third of them have gambled at one of the two casinos during the last year]. And our property can compete with anything in the world."
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In a broader sense, the figures speak volumes about what many Americans like to do with their free time and extra income: gamble. Even in the wake of 9/11, Vegas slowed down for little more than a hiccup before regaining its footing and climbing back. The American Gaming Association reports that casinos attracted 53.2 million visitors in 2000, and gaming stocks rose more than 40 percent, on average, in the past year. Forty-seven states have some kind of legalized gambling (including lotteries and bingo) and 30 states allow casinos of some sort to operate.
Even though casino gaming remains controversial, it holds a special allure for legislators during cash-sensitive times like these. Considering that commercial casinos (including riverboats) grossed an estimated $28 billion in taxable revenue during 2001 (up from $26.8 billion in 2000), the allure is downright magnetic. Steve Rittvo, president of the Innovation Group in New Orleans, a company that does feasibility studies for the casino industry, routinely articulates the appeal of gaming. "Budget deficits, border wars -- states watching dollars crossing to other states -- and the success of Native American casinos have all led lawmakers to seriously look at gaming opportunities," says Rittvo. "[When it's legalized] gaming becomes part of a city's entertainment mix. Gaming subsidizes tourist marketing. It generates more money, more jobs, more air travel. It's getting to the point where not having casino gambling can be a liability." Punctuating the point, state and federal revenues from taxation from all gambling enterprises reached $27 billion last year.
Mainstream hotel chains, not necessarily famous for gambling in the way that Bally Park Place or MGM Mirage might be, are getting in on the act as well. Hyatt Gaming Management Inc., for example, owns or manages several casinos in the United States, Canada and South America. Its casino building process is as intensely strategized as any hotel construction. "We like to be in areas that are less than competitive, where we can provide a product unique to the region," says Larry Lewin, president and chief executive officer of Hyatt Gaming, explaining why Hyatt has avoided the Las Vegas Strip and focused instead on Middle America. This approach obviously works, as the Hyatt gaming empire generated more than $600 million in adjusted gross gaming revenues last year.
Not only are Americans gambling more than ever, they are doing it in increasingly varied ways: on Indian reservations, aboard riverboats, inside state-monitored casinos, at the track, on the Internet and over the telephone. We're betting on sports, horses, dogs and table games that range from classic (blackjack) to newfangled (Caribbean stud) to, let's be honest here, just plain dumb (casino war). What we're not yet doing is regularly watching gaming on TV, though that may change in the near future. Poker star and casino consultant Lyle Berman is taking gambling to the next level by turning it into a spectator sport. This past Memorial Day, Berman launched the first leg of what's been dubbed the World Poker Tour.
His plan is to videotape 13 poker tournaments around the world (employing a technique that allows viewers to see players' cards), boil the matches down to 60 or 120 minutes of compelling television, and broadcast the events every week. He maintains that there has already been interest from four media outlets. Berman is so bullish on the concept that he vows to broadcast the show himself if he does not have a deal by mid-January. "In a few years we will have this running four hours a week, just like the PGA," predicts Berman, speaking by telephone from his debut tournament at the Bellagio. "TV studios don't want one event" -- like the World Series of Poker -- "they want continuity. They want 13 weeks. My company has put up the money for this [somewhere in the vicinity of $3 million], and now is the perfect time. Poker is legal in many states. We estimate something like 50 million people play the game. It won't be long before we broadcast live or with a 10-minute tape delay. Almost every tournament will be open to outside players -- anybody with the entry fee. I see this as being like bowling or tennis. We're trying to elevate poker to a sport. It's not gambling, per se. It's a sport with big prize money."
Regardless of what Berman wants to call it, the boom in casino gambling -- including poker and blackjack and everything in between -- can be largely attributed to Native Americans. In 2000, Indian casinos accounted for an estimated $10.4 billion slice of the U.S. gambling pie and they likely represent the fastest growing segment. They owe much of their success to the tax breaks accorded them. For instance, while the slot machine revenues at Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun are taxed at 25 percent -- accounting for around $333 million in state revenues annually -- table game proceeds are exempt from taxation.
In the wake of laws recently passed in New York, Indian-owned casinos have been proposed for the Catskills, Niagara Falls and Buffalo. Berman himself, who partially lives off the management of Indian casinos, is working on five separate projects.
But if the explosion of Indian casinos has helped people like Berman, it's created a hardship for other entrepreneurs, such as the guys behind California's 113 card rooms, who must compete with nearly 50 Indian-owned casinos in the state. The card rooms, seemingly quaint operations that foreshadowed Indian gaming by decades, grossed a total of $949.3 million in 2000 (compared to around $5 billion raked in by California's Indian operations), and are only permitted, by state law, to offer games where players do not go up against the house. It's led to the invention of No Bust Blackjack and a retooled version of Pai Gow Poker, both of which are designed to stay within the law. Despite those counterintuitive innovations, however, poker remains what the card games are best known for, and when you consider that poker ranks among the least profitable games in any Vegas casino, that can be a problem for the bottom line in a region where Indian-owned casinos seem ubiquitous.
Some of the California card rooms are lobbying for the same games of chance that make casinos so profitable. "We hope to go in the direction where we can have slot machines and Vegas-style blackjack games in the card rooms," says Al Underwood, a spokesman for Hustler Casino, the California card room owned by Larry Flynt, a notorious sucker at poker who's known to spread the biggest games, even when he is the worst player at the table. "If the Indian gaming establishments have them, we should have them as well. Our position is that this is reverse discrimination. There have been so many opportunities created for the Indian reservations that they now have an unfair business advantage. We are a viable, growing product line. People drive 300 miles to enjoy this kind of gaming in Las Vegas. The state ought to want its money to stay in California and be taxed at the full rate."
There are more than 200 Indian-owned casinos in the United States and the number is regularly growing as tribes recognize something beautiful in the bottomless profits. "Indian gaming continues to proliferate around the country," says Jason Ader, a senior managing director at Bear Stearns and the leader of the firm's gaming, lodging and leisure team. "It's difficult to stop." Berman acknowledges that there are good reasons for the boom: "It takes fewer dollars to open an Indian casino [than one in more competitive markets], and the Indian casinos are prospering. They are adding hotel rooms and becoming full-blown resorts. And if your Indian casino happens to be a monopoly or a pseudo monopoly" -- because there's no other legalized gambling in the area -- "well, then it's the easiest business in the world to run."
The same can be said for riverboats, novel gambling venues that began to spring up in the 1990s. City fathers, strapped for cash, figured that tax-generating gambling wouldn't be so objectionable if it took place on a vessel that needed to be boarded at a specific time and floated along a predetermined waterway. The idea was that this would prevent people from simply wandering on board and treating the boat in the same impulsive way that they might treat a bricks-and-mortar casino.
That worked, at the beginning. Slowly, however, those rules loosened to the point where the boats and barges now stay put, in the manner of any casino that you might find in Vegas or Atlantic City. "Riverboats are one more way of making people comfortable with the idea of gambling," says Steve Rittvo, pointing out that Pennsylvania seems likely to set sail within the next couple years. "Nationally, riverboats generated $9.3 billion" in 2001. Though the money is largely derived from locals, some of the more elaborate operations attract folks from out of state. "Mississippi is somewhat of a destination resort; people fly in from Atlanta," says Rittvo. "Shreveport [Louisiana] draws from Dallas. The riverboats started out local and are becoming increasingly regional."
The longer standing forms of gambling on water are cruise ships and the so-called cruises to nowhere -- boat trips that head into international seas for the sole purpose of firing up casino games. Neither of these operations are the terrific moneymakers you'd imagine. According to Ader, gaming accounts for less than 5 percent of mainstream cruise-line revenues -- even though the audience is completely captive. It seems that the Carnivals and Crystal Cruises of the world simply don't push gaming.
As for cruises to nowhere -- which nationally generated an estimated $318.8 million in 1999 -- they have other problems. The first issue, for all but the most patient among us, is the very concept: you motor three miles from the shoreline to international waters, where gaming is unregulated. "Traveling to that point is a slow process," says Rittvo, who sounds impatient even as he discusses this. "It takes an hour to reach international waters. So you go on a five-hour cruise and spend only three hours gambling. But that's not the worst part of it. The worst part of it is when you are in the middle of a hot run at the craps table and they say they're going back." On top of that, the cruise-to-nowhere lines charge admissions (unlike casinos) and bad weather can cancel a cruise or make it miserable. Even in Florida, where it more or less works because of the plethora of retirees, net gaming revenues are only $150 million, Rittvo estimates, and last year a major cruise operator, Renaissance Cruises, filed for Chapter 11.
When people think of gambling, they usually don't think of being on a boat. Given their druthers, they don't even think of being on an Indian reservation. They think of Nevada in general and Las Vegas in particular. With its $10 billion in action each year, the state accounts for some 10 percent of the entire nation's gambling.
By all accounts Vegas is going through another transformation, having shifted from a naughty place to a family place and back again (see "Las Vegas Update," page 85). Newspaper headlines scream Sin Is In and visitors see that kids are gone. The greatest example of Vegas excess can be found at the MGM Grand's three-year-old Mansion, a $210 million, 29-suite edifice that caters only to the highest rollers.
Originally built to compete with the Bellagio's luxe villas (back when the hotel was run by Steve Wynn), the Mansion's design was partially inspired by a visit that nowMGM Mirage chairman J. Terrence Lanni made to Tuscany. This is reflected in the Italian tiles that cover some of the floors here and an ancient-looking fountain in the parking lot where MGM limos idle in wait of guests' whims.
Step out of your limo, clear the gates, and you come across a large courtyard filled with the kinds of flowers that you don't usually see growing in Las Vegas -- tulips, orchids and lemon trees. Mozart plays in the background, and, miracle of miracles, you are not perspiring even though the outdoor temperature is nearly 100 degrees. Though you feel as if you're outside, the Mansion's courtyard is actually a big room, bubbled inside glass, and perfectly climate controlled.
For guests who might brave a trip to the outdoor pool, strategically placed misters prevent elite players from getting too sweaty. Guests are assigned butlers and chefs, selected to correspond with precisely the kind of food that may be desired. For instance, when a Japanese gambler announced that he'd like a plate of fugu sashimi upon arriving, a chef was recruited who is licensed to prepare the potentially lethal blowfish. The Mansion comes equipped with fine old wines such as a 1966 Chateau Latour and an '86 Chateau Margaux, the humidors are stocked with Cohibas and Montecristos, beds are made with Frette linens, the robes are silk, and the bathroom floors are heated. A screening room, furnished with plush club chairs, is available for guests' use, and private rooms can be reserved for workouts and spa treatments.
Finally, lest anyone forget what they're really here for, there is a casino attached to the Mansion, situated far from the clanging of slot machines, decorated in soothing earth tones, and populated by people who are just like you.
There are those, however, who complain that Las Vegas has gotten too big, too corporate, and strayed too far from the Benny Binion ideal of "good whiskey and a good gamble." For them, Reno and neighboring Sparks -- the former is billed as the "biggest little city in the world" -- resemble a bastion of cozy sanity. You won't find Bellagio-style sophistication or a trace of The Venetian's faux gilding in Reno, but you will find a resolutely western town with 25 casinos, 15,965 hotel rooms, more cowboys than you can shake a six-shooter at, and a sense of low-rise intimacy that has long ago been skyscrapered out of Vegas. Top hotels there include the El Dorado, run by the family of Don Carano. This past February, Reno's gambling revenues topped $67 million, an increase of more than 10 percent over January (and a 4.4 percent rise from February 2001, the first such increase in nearly a year).
Still recovering from a 9/11 drop-off, Reno is repositioning itself as more than just a gambling hub. "We are trying to change the image of Reno from a small, cowboy hick town, with a few casinos, to America's adventure center," says Gordon Forrester, the accounting supervisor for Reno Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority. Expressing hope that a newly expanded convention center (it's gone from 240,000 square feet to a half million) will bring business travelers who can spread the word, Forrester adds, "We have skiing, hiking, mountain biking and lots of golf courses" -- not to mention a cool climate that makes it a pleasure to play those links from May through September.
In Las Vegas, casino hosts like Steve Cyr, who works primarily for the Hard Rock, outhustle one another to land the big whales -- guys like Larry Flynt, Kerry Packer and game-show magnate Roger King, all of whom bet more than $1 million per trip.
Cyr estimates that the whales get 7 percent coddling (meaning if you're a million-dollar player, the casino will give you $70,000 in perks and freebies). "We give out Rolexes like they're candy bars," brags Cyr, whose hosting exploits will be collected in the forthcoming book Whale Hunting in the Desert by Deke Castleman and Dave Berns. "I'll eat 10 or 15 percent of a guy's losses and might give him $50,000 just to walk through the door. But I know that his first bet with us is going to be $10,000 and that he is at a disadvantage from the second he enters the casino. Nobody has an advantage over the house. Yet you get these smart guys, playing games with the percentages against them, and they think they are above the game." How far does Cyr go to land a big player? "I'll cancel people's reservations and set them up at my hotel. I'll give them Super Bowl seats on the 50-yard line, send them cars [not limos, cars, to keep, as gifts], hijack them from other casinos and take them across the street to Club Paradise. It's host wars out there."
Whether you're a whale or a minnow, one thing that makes Vegas the gambler's Mecca is its sport betting. Las Vegas ranks as the only place in America where you can legally lay down money on the team of your choice, make wild proposition bets, and watch Charles Barkley place $600,000 in Super Bowl wagers without so much as a marker. However, despite its popularity, sports betting accounts for less than 2 percent of the total take in Nevada. Joe Lupo, a veteran sports book manager at the Stardust, says, "There is a lot more competition out there, with the Internet and offshore wagering. Individuals are feeling more comfortable wagering from home. They are finding it less necessary to make trips here for sport betting."
The major threat to casino-backed sports betting -- and a smaller threat to casino gambling in general -- is the Internet. With offshore locations willing to take more action than the casinos and asking none of those pesky tax-related questions when wagers exceed $10,000, no wonder Bear Stearns expects online gaming to grow into a $5 billion industry by 2003. And that thinking is resonating on the Strip. MGM and Harrah's have hedged their bets by dipping toes into Internet wagering with recent launchings of play-for-fun sites.
However, do not take that to mean that Internet gambling has cleared all its hurdles. Legislators are doing what they can to make offshore gaming unpopular in the United States. One potentially effective way is to stymie methods of payment. "Legislation [being debated] in the House of Representatives says that debt to a credit card company that is the result of an illegal Internet wager is unrecoverable to the company," states Frank Fahrenkopf, the president and chief executive officer of the American Gaming Association.
Considering that he heads a trade organization for the commercial hotel-casino industry, it is no surprise that Fahrenkopf does not sound especially bummed while relaying the above information, pointing out that American Express and Discover have stopped taking charges from the offshore operations, and adding that Citibank is prepared to follow suit. "Prohibition never works," Fahrenkopf continues. "But if you force the credit card companies to police the Internet, they will not want to be involved." Asked for his take on the Internet-betting boom, Fahrenkopf replies, "Officially we are opposed to Internet gambling because we don't believe the technology exists today to regulate and control it with law enforcement oversight. You have these places in third world countries with no regulations. You need regulatory control or you cannot have legitimate gaming."
If it is not 100 percent legal to gamble online in the United States, it's also unlikely that you'll go to jail for doing it. While the risk of being ripped off by some fly-by-night operator is always there, the discounts and anonymity are too much for some gamblers to turn away from. One big advantage of betting online is that not only can you bet higher than some of the casinos will allow -- even if it means clicking from site to site to get down your wagers (particularly on sports) -- but you can also bet a lot lower. Ultimatebet.com, for example, offers inexpensive poker games that casinos could never afford to put on. "Sport betting came on the Internet before poker," marvels Greg Pierson, CEO of ieLogic, the company that writes software for Ultimatebet. "Now the online sport books have created so much interest, there's got to be hundreds of millions of dollars bet on the Web. For the future of online, I see a continual addition of games and variety."
Lupo, the Stardust manager, considers online consequences and acknowledges an upside for Vegas. "Offshore has taken a lot of professional business away from Vegas. However, that's not the worst business to lose. Our handle has gone down to 1993 levels, but the revenues have not decreased. Right there that tells you the money we are losing to online operators is smart money [from professional bettors]."
Indeed, sport-betting handle for the 2001 fiscal year in Nevada was $2.1 billion, down $400 million from the previous 12 months. "The last time handle dipped below 2.2 billion was in 1993," says Lupo, adding that if motions to do away with NCAA betting come to fruition, sports betting will deteriorate further. "And this year will be even lower than $2.1 billion, but that will be because of 9/11. On the other hand we set a revenue record from 19992000 with $117 million. In 20002001 it dipped down to $112 million, which is the second best ever. I fear that our handle will continue to drop" -- and then it might not be the pros who are fleeing to online bookies. In a what-can-you-do tone of voice, Lupo adds, "From an operational standpoint we've tried everything to stimulate business. We put up more prop bets and are more aggressive with our betting menu. But you can only give away so much and take bets on so many things."
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