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|Arizona Cardinals: B+
Round 1, Pick 16: Dominique
Rodgers-Cromartie, CB, Tennessee St.
Round 2, Pick 50: Calais Campbell, DE, Miami
Round 3, Pick 81: Early Doucet, WR, LSU
Round 4, Pick 116: Kenny Iwebema, DE, Iowa
Round 5, Pick 149: Tim Hightower, RB, Richmond
Round 6, Pick 185: Chris Harrington, DE, Texas A&M
Round 7, Pick 225: Brandon Keith, OT, Northern Iowa
A very solid draft from beginning to end. The
Birds shored-up some very big holes on the defense both up front and on
the back end, while making three excellent picks on the offensive side of
the football. Doucet should contribute quickly as an inside receiver.
Hightower, who had 1,924 yards as a senior and zero fumbles in over 700
carries as a collegiate player, and Keith, an Oklahoma transfer with great
feet and athletic ability, are late-round value picks. College Director
Steve Keim and veteran area scouts Jerry Hardaway and David Razzano are
quality football people. Outstanding Pro Director Jim Stanley, a veteran
of over 45 years in the college and professional game retires at the end
of May. He'll be greatly missed.
|Atlanta Falcons: B-
|Round 1, Pick 3: Matt
Ryan, QB, Boston College
Round 1, Pick 21: Sam Baker, OT, USC
Round 2, Pick 37: Curtis Lofton, LB, Oklahoma
Round 3, Pick 68: Chevis Jackson, CB, LSU
Round 3, Pick 84: Harry Douglas, WR, Louisville
Round 3, Pick 98: Thomas DeCoud, S, California
Round 5, Pick 138: Robert James, OLB, Arizona State
Round 5, Pick 154: Kroy Biermann, OLB, Montana
Round 6, Pick 172: Thomas Brown, RB, Georgia
Round 7, Pick 212: Wilrey Fontenot, CB, Arizona
Round 7, Pick 232: Keith Zinger, TE, LSU
For the first time in well over a decade the
Falcons have a first-rate personnel man in Tom Dimitroff, who should
quickly bring the club back to respectability. No less then five players
from this year's draft are expected to be starters by the end of the 2008
season. Mid-round picks Douglas and Decoud are both solid prospects who
should factor quickly. Both Brown and Fontenot are quick, fast and
athletic, but woefully undersized. The Falcons paid particular attention
to character when making their selections. It's not going to happen
overnight, but I see only good things ahead for this club. Late-round
selections (5th through 7th) did not excite me to any degree.
|Baltimore Ravens: A-
Round 1, Pick 18: Joe
Flacco, QB, Delaware
I wouldn't want to throw him to the wolves too
quickly, but I have a distinct feeling that that the apprenticeship of
first selection Joe Flacco might will be a short one. With little depth
behind Willis McGahee, Ray Rice will be looked upon to contribute from the
go. Gooden has top-round skills but, like third-round selection Cousins,
should not be overloaded (worked at one position). After an impressive '05
and '06 season, Zbikowski was very disappointing in '07. Smith was an
impressive pass catcher, but didn't get the football into the end zone
frequently enough. Nakamura is a solid undersized football player, but I
have some serious concerns about his ability to hold up physically at the
pro level. Harper and Patrick were both solid late-round selections.
|Buffalo Bills: C
|Round 1, Pick 11: Leodis
McKelvin, CB, Troy
Round 2, Pick 41: James Hardy, WR, Indiana
Round 3, Pick 72: Chris Ellis, DE, Virginia Tech
Round 4, Pick 114: Reggie Corner, CB, Akron
Round 4, Pick 132: Derek Fine, TE, Kansas
Round 5, Pick 147: Alvin Bowen, OLB, Iowa State
Round 6, Pick 179: Xavier Omon, RB, Buffalo
Round 7, Pick 219: Demetrius Bell, OT, Northwestern State
Round 7, Pick 224: Steve Johnson, WR, Kentucky
Round 7, Pick 251: Kennard Cox, CB, Pittsburgh
The Bills filled a critical need in Round One
and may have solved the No. 2 receiving position with the
selection of Hardy — but I have my doubts. Ellis has pass rush skills and
should contribute quickly on third down. The undersized Corner was a reach
at four as was the one-dimensional TE Fine, who is strictly a pass
catcher. Omon
put up some impressive numbers, and although he lacks top speed he should
make it in a backup role. Bell is a former basketball player and Johnson
is a size/speed athlete who could develop. Bowen should factor on special teams
while developing into a contributing "Sam" or "Will"
backer. There are not enough players with starting or long-range playing potential
in this group.
|Carolina Panthers: A
|Round 1, Pick 13: Jonathan
Stewart, RB, Oregon
Round 1, Pick 19: Jeff Otah, OT, Pittsburgh
Round 3, Pick 67: Charles Godfrey, CB, Iowa
Round 3, Pick 74: Dan Connor, LB, Penn State
Round 5, Pick 141: Gary Barnidge, TE, Louisville
Round 6, Pick 181: Nick Hayden, DT, Wisconsin
Round 7, Pick 221: Hilee Taylor, OLB, North Carolina
Round 7, Pick 241: Geoff Schwartz, OT, Oregon
Round 7, Pick 250: Mackenzy Bernadeau, OG, Bentley
The Panthers addressed some offensive concerns
with the first two selections and got excellent value. Although he
possesses excellent straight speed and size, I was disappointed in
Godfrey's man-cover skills. I'm a big fan of Dan Connor and it wouldn't
surprise me to see him in the starting lineup by the midpoint of his
rookie season. Barnidge was a very underrated TE who is an excellent
receiver. From the late rounds, Hayden is a steady inside player and run
stopper, Taylor a nifty nickel-rusher and Schwartz is a massive, wide body.
All are solid picks, but in my opinion none will contribute significantly
in 2008. The Panthers' seventh selection, Mackenzy Bernadeau from Bentley
College, was injured and missed the second half of the '07 season. But I
really like his game and playing potential. A solid well planned draft
|Chicago Bears: C+
|Round 1, Pick 14: Chris
Williams, OT, Vanderbilt
Round 2, Pick 44: Matt Forte, RB, Tulane
Round 3, Pick 70: Earl Bennett, WR, Vanderbilt
Round 3, Pick 90: Marcus Harrison, DT, Arkansas
Round 4, Pick 120: Craig Steltz, S, LSU
Round 5, Pick 142: Zack Bowman, CB, Nebraska
Round 5, Pick 158: Kellen Davis, TE, Michigan State
Round 7, Pick 208: Ervin Baldwin, DE, Michigan State
Round 7, Pick 222: Chester Adams, OG, Georgia
Round 7, Pick 243: Joey LaRocque, OLB, Oregon State
Round 7, Pick 247: Kirk Barton, OT, Ohio State
Round 7, Pick 248: Marcus Monk, WR, Arkansas
Williams is a highly intelligent, natural
athlete with excellent feet who should become a fixture on the left side
for at least the next decade. Forte is not flashy, but runs extremely hard
and consistently moves the chains. Bennett is a dependable inside
receiving prospect, but I don't see him as any better than a third in the
pro game. Harrison is an excellent run-stopping tackle, but was on the
board at 90, due in part to off-the-field concerns. Steltz is big and smart,
but lacks speed you want on the back end. The first of the fifth-round
picks, Bowman, has size and speed but has not returned 100 percent from a serious
knee injury sustained in '06. Davis has a great body and athletic ability,
but has never done it over the long haul. Barton, Baldwin, and Monk —
who was injured for much of '07 — are all solid seventh round selections who could
factor in time.
|Cincinnati Bengals: D+
|Round 1, Pick 9: Keith
Rivers, LB, USC
Round 2, Pick 46: Jerome Simpson, WR, Coastal Carolina
Round 3, Pick 77: Pat Sims, DT, Auburn
Round 3, Pick 97: Andre Caldwell, WR, Florida
Round 4, Pick 112: Anthony Collins, OT, Kansas
Round 5, Pick 145: Jason Shirley, DT, Fresno State
Round 6, Pick 177: Corey Lynch, S, Appalachian State
Round 6, Pick 207: Matt Sherry, TE, Villanova
Round 7, Pick 244: Angelo Craig, OLB, Cincinnati
Round 7, Pick 246: Mario Urrutia, WR, Louisville
The Bengals selected one of the very best
players in the country in Keith Rivers and followed it with three gutsy
selection in Jerome Simpson, Andre Caldwell and Corey Lynch. But in
between they selected four people that left me shaking my head. Patrick
Sims was very inconsistent, was very sloppy looking physically and has
stability issues that resulted in being taken off a number of team boards. Jason Shirley was
dismissed from the squad during the '07 season. Mario Urrutia was charged
with assault and Anthony Collins was off a number of team boards evidently
due to a shaky
personal interview. Mike Brown is easily the most intellectually gifted
person doing business in the league and the Tobins (Bill and Duke) are
excellent talent evaluators. But after the myriad of problems they have
had over the last decade, what possibly could they be thinking with these
highly questionable selections?
|Cleveland Browns: D-
|Round 4, Pick 104: Beau
Bell, LB, UNLV
Round 4, Pick 111: Martin Rucker, TE, Missouri
Round 6, Pick 190: Ahtyba Rubin, DT, Iowa State
Round 6, Pick 191: Paul Hubbard, WR, Wisconsin
Round 7, Pick 231: Alex Hall, DE, St. Augustine
Beau Bell, who was injured during Senior
Bowl week, represented excellent value in round number four if he is
medically sound. Rucker is a one-dimensional player (pass catcher only)
who was totally unsatisfactory at the point of attack. Rubin is a former
JUCO offensive tackle who has made great progress in just his second
season on defense. But he is going to have to improve his playing a great
deal before he will see the playing field. Hubbard looks very pretty in
a uniform, but has not come close to realizing his
full playing potential as a college athlete partially due to injuries. Hall is an athlete (excellent
spring workout), but is undersized (needs to add 25 lbs) and will require
at the very least a couple of redshirt seasons before he is ready to hit
the field.
|Dallas Cowboys: A
|Round 1, Pick 22: Felix
Jones, RB, Arkansas
Round 1, Pick 25: Mike Jenkins, CB, South Florida
Round 2, Pick 61: Martellus Bennett, TE, Texas A&M
Round 4, Pick 122: Tashard Choice, RB, Georgia Tech
Round 5, Pick 143: Orlando Scandrick, CB, Boise State
Round 6, Pick 167: Erik Walden, DE, Middle Tennessee State
No other owner within the league is as active,
interested and skilled in the personnel area than Jerry Jones. His
selection of Felix Jones with their first selection was not based on
sentiment or loyalty to the university that he once attended, but rather
was the result of a well thought out football decision. In terms of talent,
Mike Jenkins — not McKelvin, Rodgers-Cromartie, Cason or Talib — is the
top corner prospect in the country. Teams were not concerned with his
play on Saturday, but rather his work during the practice week. Bennett is
a work in progress, but has top athletic skills. Choice should develop
into a steady backup player while Scandrick was an excellent selection in
the fifth round (can't coach speed). Dallas is the team to beat in the NFC for 2008.
|Denver Broncos: C+
|Round 1, Pick 12: Ryan
Clady, OT, Boise State
Round 2, Pick 42: Eddie Royal, WR, Virginia Tech
Round 4, Pick 108: Kory Lichtensteiger, C, Bowling Green
Round 4, Pick 119: Jack Williams, CB, Kent
Round 5, Pick 139: Ryan Torain, RB, Arizona State
Round 5, Pick 148: Carlton Powell, DT, Virginia Tech
Round 6, Pick 183: Spencer Larsen, ILB, Arizona
Round 7, Pick 220: Josh Barrett, S, Arizona State
Round 7, Pick 227: Peyton Hillis, FB, Arkansas
Clady needs to improve his overall playing
strength, but should assimilate himself quickly into the Broncos' zone-blocking system. Royal is a little man who was more effective lining up in
the slot. Lichtensteiger is plain and simple a football player. Williams
is an undersized corner who should quickly contribute as a sub-package
defender and returner. Ryan Torain runs hard, showed balance, breaks
tackles and secures the football, but doesn't have top speed and has not
proven to be durable. Powell is not a very physical player, but has
athletic skills and potential. Josh Barrett is a pretty looking athlete
with great speed, but flat-out won't hit a soul. Don't be surprised if
Peyton Hillis gets his wish and lines up at the running back or one-back
|Detroit Lions: B+
|Round 1, Pick 17: Gosder
Cherilus, OT, Boston College
Round 2, Pick 45: Jordon Dizon, LB, Colorado
Round 3, Pick 64: Kevin Smith, RB, Central Florida
Round 3, Pick 87: Andre Fluellen, DT, Florida State
Round 3, Pick 92: Cliff Avril, OLB, Purdue
Round 5, Pick 136: Kenneth Moore, WR, Wake Forest
Round 5, Pick 146: Jerome Felton, FB, Furman
Round 7, Pick 216: Landon Cohen, DT, Ohio
Round 7, Pick 218: Caleb Campbell, S, Army
I don't think Gosder Cherilus was the Lions'
original choice at 17, but when the run began on offensive linemen the
Lions were left with few other options. Dizon is undersized, but all he
does is make plays all over the field. Smith is a first-round talent, but
off-the-field concerns dropped him to the third round. Fluellen, like Dizon,
is undersized and missed some time in '07 due to injury, but is a combative
and disruptive inside player. Kenneth Moore is a very talented, dependable
inside-receiving prospect who is a great fit for their offensive system.
Although not a polished lead blocker, Jerome Felton is a very effective red
zone runner (67 career TDs) and caught the ball extremely well. Caleb
Campbell is a great young man, was smart, instinctive, and could surprise
as a nickel backer.
|Green Bay Packers: C-
|Round 2, Pick 36: Jordy
Nelson, WR, Kansas State
Round 2, Pick 56: Brian Brohm, QB, Louisville
Round 2, Pick 60: Patrick Lee, CB, Auburn
Round 3, Pick 91: Jermichael Finley, TE, Texas
Round 4, Pick 102: Jeremy Thompson, DE, Wake Forest
Round 4, Pick 135: Josh Sitton, OT, Central Florida
Round 5, Pick 150: Breno Giacomini, OT, Louisville
Round 7, Pick 209: Matt Flynn, QB, LSU
Round 7, Pick 217: Brett Swain, WR, San Diego State
Jordy Nelson is game-ready and should become a
favorite of new starter Aaron Rodgers and the fans of the Packers. I've
never been a big fan of Brian Brohm, or for that matter the numerous sure
thing QBs who preceded him at Louisville (Redman, LeFors, Ragone, Nagel).
But I believe Green Bay and Mike McCarthy's offensive scheme might be the best fit for him in the league. Patrick Lee is a one-year wonder
and TE Jermichael Finley is also a novice in terms of playing experience.
Giacomini needs more physical strength, but I like his feet and overall
athletic ability. In my opinion, Flynn has far too many things to fix in
terms of mechanics. Brett Swain has good skills but questionable speed.
Not enough immediate help and failure to address the RB position is a
|Houston Texans: F
Round 1, Pick 26: Duane
Brown, OT, Virginia Tech
Round 3, Pick 79: Antwaun Molden, CB, Eastern Kentucky
Round 3, Pick 89: Steve Slaton, RB, West Virginia
Round 4, Pick 118: Xavier Adibi, OLB, Virginia Tech
Round 5, Pick 151: Frank Okam, DT, Texas
Round 6, Pick 173: Dominique Barber, S, Minnesota
Round 7, Pick 223: Alex Brink, QB, Washington State
This is what you get when coaches run your draft instead of scouts! An entire
year spent preparing and this is the best they can do? Duane Brown is a former TE
who played on the left side for the first time in '07. I just thought he was
soft, didn't finish nor did he show much in the way of toughness. One AFC
club had him slotted in the fifth- to seventh-round range. In round number two the Texans
chose a player who, aside from impressive Combine numbers, did little to
impress in terms of position skills. Slaton has speed, but doesn't have the
strength or size for full-time consideration. Adibi doesn't make plays and lacks playing instincts. Okam has the physical numbers you look for,
but I wonder just how important football is to this individual. Barber is a
tough run-support safety who lacks top speed. And their final selection, Brink,
is a solid backup type prospect. The draft is the life blood to a football
team, and after viewing these selections I believe a major transfusion might
be necessary.
|Indianapolis Colts: C
|Round 2, Pick 59: Mike
Pollak, C, Arizona St.
Round 3, Pick 93: Philip Wheeler, OLB, Georgia Tech
Round 4, Pick 127: Jacob Tamme, TE, Kentucky
Round 5, Pick 161: Marcus Howard, OLB, Georgia
Round 6, Pick 196: Tom Santi, TE, Virginia
Round 6, Pick 201: Steve Justice, C, Wake Forest
Round 6, Pick 202: Mike Hart, RB, Michigan
Round 6, Pick 205: Pierre Garcon, WR/KR, Mount Union
Round 7, Pick 236: Jamey Richard, OC, Buffalo
Pollak is a smart, versatile, steady player, but far from a butt-kicker. Wheeler is a physical player with real instincts, but needs to be protected on the inside in order to be effective. I also felt he was slow to react in pass coverage. Tamme is a smart player with good playing intangibles, but is not going to offer much help at the point of attack. Howard is a Robert Mathis clone and should contribute quickly as a nickel rusher Justice is a good football player, but lacks play strength. And Mike Hart just doesn't have the speed to become a feature back in the NFL. Pierre Garcon is not your typical D-III prospect and Richard is strong, tough and very physical.
|Jacksonville Jaguars: D+
|Round 1, Pick 8: Derrick
Harvey, DE, Florida
Round 2, Pick 52: Quentin Groves, DE, Florida
Round 5, Pick 155: Thomas Williams, OLB, USC
Round 5, Pick 159: Trae Williams, CB, South Florida
Round 7, Pick 213: Chauncey Washington, RB, USC
Harvey has a chance to become something very
special. Second-round selection Quentin Groves is actually equally or more
impressive from an athletic standpoint, but was far too inconsistent in
his overall play. On day number two, the Jaguars drafted three individuals
who will have a difficult time factoring with this football
club. Thomas Williams has good play smarts, but is a limited-area player
and was a non-factor in coverage. Trae Williams is a smart, productive,
experienced player but doesn't have the kind of speed you look for at the
position. Chancey Washington has had both academic and injury problems
during his career. And although I felt he did a lot of things well, he
really doesn't have any area that I would consider exceptional in any way.
|Kansas City Chiefs: A+
|Round 1, Pick 5: Glenn
Dorsey, DT, LSU
Round 1, Pick 15: Branden Albert, OG, Virginia
Round 2, Pick 35: Brandon Flowers, CB, Virginia Tech
Round 3, Pick 73: Jamaal Charles, RB, Texas
Round 3, Pick 76: Brad Cottam, TE, Tennessee
Round 3, Pick 82: DaJuan Morgan, S, North Carolina State
Round 4, Pick 105: William Franklin, WR, Missouri
Round 5, Pick 140: Brandon Carr, CB, Grand Valley State
Round 6, Pick 170: Barry Richardson, OT, Clemson
Round 6, Pick 182: Kevin Robinson, WR, Utah State
Round 7, Pick 210: Brian Johnston, DE, Gardner Webb
Round 7, Pick 239: Mike Merritt, TE, Central Florida
In what may have been his swan song
with the organization, Carl Peterson, with the help of Bill Kuharich and
head coach Herman Edwards, may well have orchestrated the greatest draft in
the team's history! Both first selections will become starters right about the
time they arrive at baggage claim in Kansas City. Brandon Flowers (an
excellent sub-package prospect) is a skilled corner, but his lack of size
and speed are major concerns. Jamaal Charles has excellent run skills, but
is going to have to improve both as a pass receiver and on pass
protection. Cottam is a skilled receiving TE, but will need stay healthy
.And he might be too tall to leverage inline. DaJaun Morgan is a top in-the-box safety and
potential vertical threat Will Franklin has far more
ability then he has shown to this point. Late-round selections were all
interesting and well-planned choices.
|Miami Dolphins: B+
|Round 1, Pick 1: Jake
Long, OT, Michigan
Round 2, Pick 32: Phillip Merling, DE, Clemson
Round 2, Pick 57: Chad Henne, QB, Michigan
Round 3, Pick 66: Kendall Langford, DE, Hampton
Round 4, Pick 110: Shawn Murphy, OG, Utah State
Round 6, Pick 176: Jalen Parmele, RB, Toledo
Round 6, Pick 195: Donald Thomas, OG, Connecticut
Round 6, Pick 204: Lex Hilliard, RB, Montana
Round 7, Pick 245: Lionel Dotson, DT, Arizona
The Dolphins have many holes to fill on both
sides of the ball, but they took a major step in doing so with a solid draft.
All successful Parcells-built clubs have had a signature solid offensive
front. And by drafting Jake Long, Shawn Murphy and Donald Thomas, he once
again showed his commitment to that goal. Both Parmele and Hilliard are
tough north-south runners who move the chains. Merling has good playing
potential, but needs to improve his overall play strength. Look for him to
eventually play down inside in sub-packages. Henne should develop into a
steady starter within the league, but is not nearly ready to challenge for a
starting position within the league. Dotson is a wide body who played
hard, but lacks a degree of quickness, range, and stamina.
|Minnesota Vikings: F
|Round 2, Pick 43: Tyrell
Johnson, S, Arkansas St.
Round 5, Pick 137: John David Booty, QB, USC
Round 5, Pick 152: Letroy Guion, DT, Florida State
Round 6, Pick 187: John Sullivan, C, Notre Dame
Round 6, Pick 193: Jaymar Johnson, WR, Jackson State
First selection Tyrell Johnson has a great feel
for the game and was one of the most impressive players I saw during the
2007 season. Booty looks like a backup player within the league
who, when called upon, can get you through a game and contribute in a backup role. Letroy Guion has potential, but after three years at Florida State
had zero sacks in his career. Jaymar Johnson is undersized (his small-boned frame really concerns me) and doesn't appear to have top vertical
speed (quicker then fast). The In my opinion, the Vikings selected only one player with a real chance of competing
for significant playing time.
|New England Patriots: C-
|Round 1, Pick 10: Jerod
Mayo, LB, Tennessee
Round 2, Pick 62: Terrence Wheatley, CB, Colorado
Round 3, Pick 78: Shawn Crable, OLB, Michigan
Round 3, Pick 94: Kevin O'Connell, QB, San Diego State
Round 4, Pick 129: Jonathan Wilhite, CB, Auburn
Round 5, Pick 153: Matt Slater, WR, UCLA
Round 6, Pick 197: Bo Ruud, OLB, Nebraska
Jarod Mayo is going to have to get stronger
when meeting pressure, but I believe he will become one of the top three
players from this year's draft. Wheatley will pass 2007 top selection Meriweather quickly in the Patriots system. Crable
could prove to be an effective nickel rusher and is far from a dead card
as a "Sam." Kevin O'Connell is an excellent developmental QB
prospect, but I think he needs to work on what I feel was an awkward
throwing delivery. The latter part of the draft was a total farce. Slater
is an undersized receiver who returned three kickoffs for touchdowns in '07,
but in five seasons at UCLA had zero pass receptions. Ruud has a pro body
and blood lines, but I question his love for the game and his heart.
|New Orleans Saints: D-
|Round 1, Pick 7: Sedrick
Ellis, DT, USC
Round 2, Pick 40: Tracy Porter, CB, Indiana
Round 5, Pick 144: DeMario Pressley, DT, North Carolina State
Round 5, Pick 164: Carl Nicks, OT, Nebraska
Round 6, Pick 178: Taylor Mehlhaff, K, Wisconsin
Round 7, Pick 237: Adrian Arrington, WR, Michigan
Sedrick Ellis is a disruptive force on the
nose, but in no way shape or form is the second coming of Tommy Harris. In
my opinion, he was far better at nose than at a 3-technique. Tracy Porter
is an athletic cover corner, but is both undersized and non-combative
the run. DeMario Pressley was injured for much of the '07 season and did
not distinguish himself at Senior Bowl workouts. Carl Nicks has real
talent and is the best run-blocker in this year's draft. But there were many
reasons why he was still available at the 164th pick in the draft.
Mehlhaff could win the kicking job by default, while Arrington has
the size to match up favorably, but lacks the speed to threaten
|New York Giants: C+
|Round 1, Pick 31: Kenny
Phillips, S, Miami
Round 2, Pick 63: Terrell Thomas, CB, USC
Round 3, Pick 95: Mario Manningham, WR, Michigan
Round 4, Pick 123: Bryan Kehl, OLB, BYU
Round 5, Pick 165: Jonathan Goff, OLB, Vanderbilt
Round 6, Pick 198: Andre Woodson, QB, Kentucky
Round 6, Pick 199: Robert Henderson, DE, Southern Mississippi
Sitting at No. 31 overall, the defending Super Bowl Champion Giants
appear to have upgraded themselves in the secondary with
the selection of Kenny Phillips and Terrell Thomas. Phillips is a downhill player, but was also effective defending the pass. Thomas lacks racehorse speed and didn't appear to make plays on the football down the
field. But he is experienced, instinctive and is a good athlete. Manningham
was worth the gamble at the end of the third (multiple drug-test failures and
seems to be a slow processor). Kehl is a good football player who can run
and shows good instincts and intelligence. Goff is a heady, experienced performer, but is
going to have to improve his skills to play to a championship
level. In the sixth, Woodson was a good pick, but there are a lot of things
to fix with his game. But I have one final question. Just how many QBs are they
going to bring to camp?
|New York Jets: F
|Round 1, Pick 6: Vernon
Gholston, DE, Ohio State
Round 1, Pick 30: Dustin Keller, TE, Purdue
Round 4, Pick 113: Dwight Lowery, CB, San Jose State
Round 5, Pick 162: Erik Ainge, QB, Tennessee
Round 6, Pick 171: Marcus Henry, WR, Kansas
Round 6, Pick 211: Nate Garner, OT, Arkansas
Well, I'm not going to sugarcoat this one.
Vernon Gholston is a coach killer who lacks tenacity and the playing
character necessary to become a productive player in the NFL. Always
remember that leopards don't change their spots. I really liked
Dustin Keller's receiving skills and athletic ability, but management's claim
that he is going to develop into a complete tight end is completely
without merit. I like Dwight Lowery's feet, hands, and physical stature.
like sixth-round selection Marcus Henry, he just doesn't have the speed to
become a frontline corner in the NFL. Ainge is an experienced hand with
intelligence and size, but I question his throwing accuracy and arm
strength (too many throws into the sidelines appeared to lose interest).
Garner is a massive wide-body guy who came on during his first season as a
|Oakland Raiders: B+
|Round 1, Pick 4: Darren
McFadden, RB, Arkansas
Round 4, Pick 100: Tyvon Branch, CB, Connecticut
Round 4, Pick 125: Arman Shields, WR, Richmond
Round 6, Pick 169: Trevor Scott, DE, Buffalo
Round 7, Pick 226: Chaz Schilens, WR, San Diego State
The Raiders only had five selections in this year's draft, but the common denominator in each of these selections
speed, speed, and more speed. Did I mention the fact that the Raiders also
drafted the very best player in the country in Darren McFadden? The
first of their two fourth-round selections, Tyvon Branch, is tight in the
hips and doesn't have good ball skills. But he's big, strong, tough,
physical, and very fast. And he is also a dangerous kick returner. The second
fourth, Arman Shields, was injured in game three (14 catches), and missed the
remainder of the season. If he had stayed healthy, this impressive athlete
likely would have been selected in the top two rounds. Despite also being
injured for part of the season, Chez Schilens then put up the best
workout numbers in the country during the spring. Trevor Scott is a converted
TE who needs
better strength, but I loved his energy, playing tools and toughness.
|Philadelphia Eagles: D-
|Round 2, Pick 47: Trevor
Laws, DT, Philadelphia
Round 2, Pick 49: DeSean Jackson, WR, California
Round 3, Pick 80: Bryan Smith, OLB, McNeese State
Round 4, Pick 109: Mike McGlynn, OG, Pittsburgh
Round 4, Pick 117: Quintin Demps, S, UTEP
Round 4, Pick 131: Jack Ikegwuonu, CB, Wisconsin
Round 6, Pick 184: Michael Gibson, OG, California
Round 6, Pick 200: Joe Mays, ILB, North Dakota State
Round 6, Pick 203: Andrew Studebaker, DE, Wheaton
Round 7, Pick 230: King Dunlap, OT, Auburn
You have to love Trevor Laws' tenacity and
playing character, but I have a feeling he is going to have problems with
big people inside. He gets covered up and doesn't play big. DeSean Jackson
is talented, but remember where you heard this — little guys don't
hold up physically in the NFL. Does anyone recall the name Jacquez
Green? Quintin Demps has all of the tools you look for, but the next
person he hits will be the first one. Jack Ikegwuonu has real talent, but
is coming off a knee injury and is facing some criminal charges for allegedly
breaking into an apartment with his twin brother while attempting to steal
an X-box console. Based on his play, I would have to question King Dunlap's
playing character. Studebaker is a talented D-III player, but he broke his
foot and missed the remainder of the season. Mike Gibson is a
versatile player with savvy, but lacks functional playing strength. I like
Mike McGlynn's chances of contributing as an inside player.
|Pittsburgh Steelers: B-
|Round 1, Pick 23: Rashard
Mendenhall, RB, Illinois
Round 2, Pick 53: Limas Sweed, WR, Texas
Round 3, Pick 88: Bruce Davis, DE, UCLA
Round 4, Pick 130: Tony Hills, OT, Texas
Round 5, Pick 156: Dennis Dixon, QB, Oregon
Round 6, Pick 188: Mike Humpal, OLB, Iowa
Round 6, Pick 194: Ryan Mundy, S, West Virginia
Rashard Mendenhall still on the board at the
23rd spot was a very pleasant surprise to both Steelers officials and fans.
In Limas Sweed the Steelers feel they may have found a Plaxico
Burress-type inside receiver. Bruce Davis is the prototype 3-4 outside
backer that the Steelers covert. Tony Hills is a very talented athlete,
but has battled injuries throughout his entire college career. I don't
like Dixon's throwing mechanics and see little chance of him playing
beyond this level. Mike Humpal is a very solid football player with
outstanding playing instincts. Ryan Mundy is a local product who has both
intelligence and outstanding playing instincts and will eventually run the
show on the back end.
|San Diego Chargers: F
|Round 1, Pick 27: Antoine
Cason, CB, Arizona
Round 3, Pick 69: Jacob Hester, FB, LSU
Round 5, Pick 166: Marcus Thomas, RB, UTEP
Round 6, Pick 192: DeJuan Tribble, CB, Boston College
Round 7, Pick 234: Corey Clark, OT, Texas A&M
Cason is a playmaker at the corner position,
but doesn't have top speed to play over the top or the burst to close on
the underneath throws. He is a possible safety projection, but then again, I
didn't think he was a particularly good tackler. Hester is a strong inside
runner with a lot of heart, but when he lined up at the fullback position
he didn't adjust effectively as a lead or iso-blocker. Marcus
Thomas actually played better as a freshman and sophomore than he did as a senior.
He has some inside power but lacks the speed to bounce plays to the
outside. DeJaun Tribble is both small and slow — not a good combination for
the cornerback position. Corey Clark is not pretty, but is a big man who was an effective short-area
when he maintained good pad level.
|San Francisco 49ers: D-
|Round 1, Pick 29: Kentwan
Balmer, DT, North Carolina
Round 2, Pick 39: Chilo Rachal, OG, USC
Round 3, Pick 75: Reggie Smith, S, Oklahoma
Round 4, Pick 107: Cody Wallace, C, Texas A&M
Round 6, Pick 174: Josh Morgan, WR, Virginia Tech
Round 7, Pick 214: Larry Grant, OLB, Ohio State
Kentwan Balmer really came on in 2007 to put together a very solid season while establishing himself as the consensus number three DT in the country. But don't drink the Kool-Aid just yet with this player. He has limited range and showed virtually no pass rush skills. Rachal has a lot of talent, but has missed time due to injury, thus slowing his progress and skill development. Reggie Smith is a talented player who has been projected inside not because of his rare skills, but rather because he doesn't have the speed to play out on a wing. I liked Cody Wallace's toughness and overall playing character, but he lacks a degree of strength and was not a supple athlete. Larry Grant is a run-around guy, but has not played to near the level of efficiency people had predicted as the top JUCO player in the country.
|Seattle Seahawks: B
|Round 1, Pick 28: Lawrence
Jackson, DE, USC
Round 2, Pick 38: John Carlson, TE, Notre Dame
Round 4, Pick 121: Red Bryant, DT, Texas A&M
Round 5, Pick 163: Owen Schmitt, FB, West Virginia
Round 6, Pick 189: Tyler Schmitt, LS, San Diego State
Round 7, Pick 233: Justin Forsett, RB, California
Round 7, Pick 235: Brandon Coutu, K, Georgia
It sure wasn't a high-profile, glitzy draft,
but Mike Holmgren and his staff got exactly what he was looking for in his
final season as head coach with the Seahawks. Every player drafted is a
steady, game-ready performer who will contribute to winning football games
from the go. Lawrence Jackson has played a lot of football, but really came
on in his senior season. John Carlson is the best blocking TE in the
country who is a highly
dependable underneath and check-down receiver, but isn't a true up-the-seam threat. Joe Bryant has had some
medical concerns, but when he keeps his pads down he is a very dependable
lane-restricting inside player. Fans of the Seahawks are going to love Justin
Schmidt, an unselfish, throwback-type performer who is really going to
contribute in the running game.
|St. Louis Rams: A
|Round 1, Pick 2: Chris
Long, DE, Virginia
Round 2, Pick 33: Donnie Avery, WR, Houston
Round 3, Pick 65: John Greco, OT, Toledo
Round 4, Pick 101: Justin King, CB, Penn State
Round 4, Pick 128: Keenan Burton, WR, Kentucky
Round 5, Pick 157: Roy Schuening, OG, Oregon State
Round 7, Pick 228: Chris Chamberlain, ILB, Tulsa
Round 7, Pick 252: David Vobora, OLB, Idaho
The Rams had what I believe to be the best
draft in the club's recent history. Chris Long is the type of individual
who can do so many things that contribute to winning football games.
All weekend long I heard pundits characterize the Rams' second selection,
Donnie Avery, as
an undersized player with limited route-running skills, so I guess it must have been
another guy who showed up at this year's Senior Bowl and put on a show.
John Greco is a great fit for the Rams at the LOG position. I loved his
toughness, strength, feet and balance. Justin King has a great deal of
speed and athletic potential, but isn't close to where he needs to be in
terms of consistency. Burton, Schuening, Chamberlain and Vobora were all
excellent picks in the rounds they were selected.
|Tampa Bay Buccaneers: D
|Round 1, Pick 20: Aqib
Talib, CB, Kansas
Round 2, Pick 58: Dexter Jackson, WR/KR, Appalachian St.
Round 3, Pick 83: Jeremy Zuttah, OG, Rutgers
Round 4, Pick 115: Dre Moore, DT, Maryland
Round 5, Pick 160: Josh Johnson, QB, San Diego
Round 6, Pick 175: Geno Hayes, OLB, Florida State
Round 7, Pick 238: Cory Boyd, RB, South Carolina
Talib is a very talented zone-defender with
anticipation and ball skills, but has off-the-field concerns and doesn't
appear to be an
easy guy to work with day-in and day-out. In my opinion, the Bucs over-drafted both Jackson and Zuttah. Jackson is not yet an adept receiver (far
too many drops). And despite Zuttah being very impressive in his pro
workout, he was
just an adequate player at his college ROT position. Dre' Moore is a short
area run-stopper on the inside while QB Joshua Johnson is an athlete who
put up some very good numbers at a lower level of play. Geno Hayes is
acutely undersized but is a very good athlete and productive player. Cory
Boyd has a past, but has matured over the past two seasons. That said,
overall he's just an ordinary back
|Tennessee Titans: C-
|Round 1, Pick 24: Chris
Johnson, RB, East Carolina
Round 2, Pick 54: Jason Jones, DE, Eastern Michigan
Round 3, Pick 85: Craig Stevens, TE, California
Round 4, Pick 103: William Hayes, DE, Winston-Salem State
Round 4, Pick 126: Lavelle Hawkins, WR, California
Round 4, Pick 134: Stanford Keglar, OLB, Purdue
Round 7, Pick 229: Cary Williams, CB, Washburn
Chris Johnson is a multi-talented back with
rare speed and outstanding receiving skills. I really like what he brings
to the table, and if used properly he will give the Titans a player with
special skills. Jason Jones played particularly well in the postseason
all-star games, but I am not sold yet on his overall playing skills and
potential. The pundits who thought that the Titans over-drafted William Hayes
obviously did not make a school visit or attend the workout this spring at
Wake Forest. This guy can flat-out play. Hawkins is a skilled receiver and
route runner, but lacks top speed to separate. Stanford Kegler has size
and athletic ability but missed far too many tackles in the open field.
Not a great group in terms of talent, but the Titans are the best coaching
staff in the league and do a great job of bringing along young players.
|Washington Redskins: C
|Round 2, Pick 34: Devin
Thomas, WR, Michigan St.
Round 2, Pick 48: Fred Davis, TE, USC
Round 2, Pick 51: Malcolm Kelly, WR, Oklahoma
Round 3, Pick 96: Chad Rinehart, OT, Northern Iowa
Round 4, Pick 124: Justin Tryon, CB, Arizona State
Round 6, Pick 168: Durant Brooks, P, Georgia Tech
Round 6, Pick 180: Kareem Moore, S, Nicholls State
Round 6, Pick 186: Colt Brennan, QB, Hawaii
Round 7, Pick 242: Robert Jackson, DE, Kansas State
Round 7, Pick 249: Chris Horton, S, UCLA
The rest of the league might not have valued
the receivers in this year's draft, but by the midpoint of the second
round the Redskins had put a major dent in the top of most clubs' draft
boards. Both receivers have some holes, but both have size, good skills and
I believe will become solid receivers within the league. Fred Davis is a
receiving TE who is an up-the-seam threat, but he still hasn't shown the consistency
necessary to function at the point of attack. Chad Rinehart is very tough
and was technically very sound, but he is very much an overachiever. I liked
Justin Tyron's toughness, but when he gets up tomorrow, he's still going
to be a little guy. I really liked punter Durant Brooks and also believe
John Sullivan represented excellent value in round six. Safeties Kareem
Moore and Chris Horton lack speed. And Brennan is at best a clipboard
carrier in the professional game.
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1 King, 3 Queen, 2 Double, 1 huge home spa, 3 bathrooms, sleeps 15
- Heating, cooling, ventilation and electricity ;
- 51'' plasma television HD with Videotron PVR-HD and subscription ;
- Unlimited professional-grade internet at 25MB/s ;
- Unlimited local calls ;
- 1 master bedroom with two Double beds and ensuite full bathroom ;
- 1 huge and luxurious home spa ;
- 1 big bedroom with King bed and large storage ;
- 2 bedrooms with Queen bed ;
- 1 huge kitchen all equipped ;
- 1 huge dining space with dining table for ten (10) seated guests ;
- extra dining table available as possible upgrade for more guests ;
- 1 kitchen countertop for five (5) seated guests ;
- 1 presidential office space with four (4) seats ;
- 1 Double bed in the open space ;
- 3 Twin air mattresses provided ;
- overall, up to fifteen (15) sleeping guests ;
- overall, up to thirty three (33) seated guests ;
- extra unit available as possible upgrade for more space.
South-West orientation with sunlight all year round.
- extra indoor natural light provided by top quality LED lights achieving -85% reduction in power consumption ;
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House Rules: No smoking, partying or night disturbance allowed. We will require a proof of ID, proof of residence, a signed contract and a refundable security deposit before checkin. Quebec taxes (19%) included in the quoted price.
Please always contact us for exact quotes. Extra fees apply for more than eight (8) guests. Extra unit required for more than fourteen (14) guests. Published rates do not apply for special events and vacation periods like Grand Prix, Canada Day, Osheaga Festival, Labour Day, Christmas, New Year, etc. We can only be reached using the Travelmob chatting interface. Travelmob does not allow to comunicate by phone/email before booking.
I spent about 5 days in the place with 7 members of my family. There was ample room for all of us. We especially enjoyed having dinner on the deck one evening.
The upper floor is air conditioned but that does not help those on the lower floor deal with the heat.
Kitchen had everything required to put on a dinner including sufficient plates, cutlery, glasses, chairs, etc.
One word of warning is that if you have difficulty with stairs then this is not the place for you.
Communications between us and the owner were ok. Would have preferred a little more contact but in the end there was enough to make the arrangement work.
All in all, if I had a large group of people I would not hesitate using the facility again. Of course, Montreal is great no matter how big or small the group of travellers.
The water temperature in the bathrooms drove us nut, sometimes it's too cold/hot in the bathrooms. We couldn't enjoy our showers. It was winter, so we never get the temperature correct when taking showers. It's no private driveway for parking, needed to look for parking spot on the street.
Great time. Highly recommend this house. Some of things specified in listing were a bit different. Front door entrance only had 1 key which became an issue a few times. Kitchen area was perfect. AC stopped working due to some sort of electrical malfunction with unit and bbq had no grates to bbq with so the outside was not used which i had planned on using most of the days but it rained so not a big deal. Hostess was very nice and i would stay here again over most places. Thank you Yuris!! Only thing is something needs to be figured out with deposit that protects both renter and owner. Exchange of cash and wite leaves you feeling a bit uneasy. Still waiting to hear back about when it will be sent. Communication was not easy to maintain also.
We went up to Montreal for a guys weekend in January and were set up in the 2 floor apartment on Saint Urbain Street. The place had plenty of space for 10 of us: clean beds, sheets, towels, and kitchenware.
The only critique that we would have was that one of the showers had a clogged drain, but understood that if was unable to be fixed on short notice. Also, we cooked one night we were there and some of the kitchenware was not properly cleaned from the last user. We are a fairly low maintenance group and neither issue detracted from our stay. The location was great and easy to get to all of the places we needed. We walked most places and used a cab when we needed to. Overall, it was a great stay and we certainly go back.
The communication between myself and travelmob and Yuris was a bit confusing to start. I expected to work everything through the travelmob staff, but there were separate contracts and security deposits that were completed with Yuris rental company. It all worked out, but it made more a lot of extra communication. My suggestion would be for travelmob and the rental companies to be on the same page and work through one communication vehicle instead of dealing with two.
All in all, it was well done and we would visit again using both parties. Thank you for all of your efforts.


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I have to carry a lot of keys. 1 home, 3 apartments, 4 cars, and 2 campuses worth. I am beginning to hate it. Yes I do have to carry them all, long story short. I have many more keys that I do not carry on my person regularly.
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Meaning: God is my strength
Attributes: Wisdom, divine messages, communication, mothers, children, new beginnings
Colour: White
Symbols: lilies, trumpet
Direction: East
Element: water
Crystals: clear quartz, apophyllite, diamond
Although the Bible clearly refers to Gabriel as 'he', many believe that Gabriel's energy has a feminine quality. I will refer throughout to 'she'; please go with what feels right for you.
Archangel Gabriel is the Messenger of God, communicating divine guidance and wisdom. Ask Gabriel for help whenever you are faced with a difficult decision, feel that you are at a crossroads in your life, or need assistance as to the wisest course of action.
Because Gabriel is associated with communication, you can call upon her for all matters where speaking your truth in a clear and loving way is important, or where you have lost a connection to a loved one.
Gabriel is also concerned with new beginnings; again when you feel you are at a crossroads you can invoke her assistance, or when you have a new project to undertake, a house move, or to bless a marriage or even a new work contract.
Gabriel has long been associated with pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering and children; invoke Gabriel's assistance in all matters involving these. She is also associated with the moon and the night, and bringing your concerns to her during the hours of darkness or even outside beneath the stars may be particularly effective.
This is a famous Christmas carol with words translated from the old Basque by Sabine Baring-Gould; I have fond memories of singing this in my primary school choir!
The angel Gabriel from heaven came,
his wings as drifted snow, his eyes as flame;
"All hail," said he, "thou lowly maiden Mary,
most highly favoured lady," Gloria!
"For know a blessed Mother thou shalt be,
all generations laud and honour thee,
thy Son shall be Emmanuel, by seers foretold,
most highly favoured lady," Gloria!
Then gentle Mary meekly bowed her head,
"To me be as it pleaseth God," she said,
"my soul shall laud and magnify his holy Name."
Most highly favoured lady, Gloria!
Of her, Emmanuel, the Christ, was born
in Bethlehem, all on a Christmas morn,
and Christian folk throughout the world will ever say–
"Most highly favoured lady," Gloria!
O Blessed Archangel Gabriel, we beseech thee, do thou intercede for us at the throne of divine Mercy in our present necessities, that as thou didst announce to Mary the mystery of the Incarnation, so through thy prayers and patronage in heaven we may obtain the benefits of the same, and sing the praise of God forever in the land of the living. Amen.
The following are blessings that I have written myself:
O Gabriel, who was entrusted to bring good news to those who were not ready to hear it,
Open the hearts and minds of those who are not yet ready for this baby,
So that they may remember that this child exists because of divine love,
And carries the light of that love within them.
Be with this little life,
And give strength to his mother who carries him,
That she may face the world with courage and love. Amen.
Gabriel, who blesses all of us who are entrusted with new life,
Please hear me.
I'm so excited and yet afraid.
This is all so unknown to me.
I love my baby so much.
Keep us safe, and guide me,
So that I can be the mum that I am meant to be.
O Gabriel, Angel of the Spring,
Bless this young life.
Guide their feet on the path
That they may notice the divine messages that you place before them,
Taking the route that is for their highest good,
Coming from a place of eternal love.
This is a good visualization to use whenever you feel that things are stagnating, or you are 'stuck' and need guidance as to how to move forward.
Find somewhere quiet where you will be undisturbed and breathe deeply. Picture before you a white, swirling mist. Within the mist a light grows, radiant and bright. From within the light an angel steps forth. It is Gabriel.
She hands you a lily. Notice the type, colour, scent. Enjoy the beauty of the flower.
Now Gabriel blows her horn. Is the sound loud or soft? Is she heralding great news or playing sweet music? As the sound dies away listen to her message for you.
n.b. Lilies can symbolize purity, innocence, renewal, birth, new beginnings, passion, divinity, motherhood and remembrance. Consider what the lily in your visualization means for you.
As noted above, Archangel Gabriel is most associated with the Annunciation, the declaration to Mary that she was to bear the Christ child. Gabriel is also the angel who reveals both the birth of John the Baptist and the Qur'an to Mohammed, and so this angel is seen as the messenger of God. Because of this Gabriel is also associated with all issues around communication.
Gabriel also has associations with pregnancy, childbirth and children, and so some believe that Gabriel has a feminine energy. There is a Jewish tradition in which Gabriel is believed to teach children in the womb all the wisdom of life; when we are born she seals our mouths with a finger so we forget, and spend our lives in a quest to remember that wisdom.
Gabriel is one of the Archangels that are most popularly focused upon in New Age spirituality. In the Old Testament, Gabriel taught Daniel the meanings of his dreams and visions, and this has lead some to associate Gabriel with clairvoyance and dream interpretation.
Gabriel is invoked in the Wiccan Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram as one of the Guardians of the Quarters, along with Michael, Uriel and Raphael.


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By Matthew Lee and Bradley Klapper ,AP Sunday, October 14, 2012, 12:03 am TWN
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, addressing criticism of the Obama administration's handling of a deadly attack on U.S. Consulate in Libya, on Friday defended the need for American diplomats and aid workers in the Arab world's young democracies, even amid a growing threat from al-Qaida spinoffs.
"We will not retreat," she said in a speech at a Washington think tank.
"We will never prevent every act of violence or terrorism, or achieve perfect security," Clinton said. "Our people can't live in bunkers and do their jobs. But it is our solemn responsibility to constantly improve, to reduce the risks our people face and make sure they have the resources they need to do their jobs."
Her address at the Center for Strategic and International Studies comes as Republicans seized on the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, as a sign of what they say is the administration's weak foreign policy, intelligence failures and a laissez-faire attitude toward security at diplomatic missions in hot spots. She spoke a day after a Yemeni security official at the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, was assassinated on his way to work.
With only weeks before the Nov. 6 presidential election, the outrage has crystallized around Vice President Joe Biden for claiming in Thursday's debate with Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan that "we weren't told" about requests for extra security at the consulate where assailants killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.
Congressional hearings this week revealed that the State Department was aware of, and rejected, several requests for increased security in Benghazi. Spokesman for both the State Department and the White House took pains Friday to make clear that Biden's "we" referred to the White House, where such requests would not go.
Clinton said she wanted to find out exactly what happened in Benghazi more than anyone, but did not go into the specifics of the consulate's security. Instead, she focused on the larger question of why the U.S. diplomats were stationed in the largely lawless Libyan city.
"Diplomacy, by its very nature, is often practiced in dangerous places," she said.
Twenty-one months into the Arab Spring, Clinton stressed that the promise of new democracies in an area of the world long dominated by autocratic rulers has not been lost. She said the U.S. needed to keep fostering the elected governments and free citizens who, she hoped, would define the region's future.
"For the United States, supporting democratic transitions is not a matter of idealism. It is a strategic necessity," she said. "We will not pull back our support for emerging democracies when the going gets tough. That would be a costly strategic mistake that would undermine both our interests and our values."
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Alleged Pierson Burglar Busted
The Montcalm County Sheriff's deputies arrest a 17 year old Pierson man, and will charge him with helping to break into the Pierson Trading Post in Pierson.
Investigators for Sheriff's Department and the Michigan State Police arrested Jheramyah Harold Fridline of Pierson. He's held on a $1,000.00 bond.
They also suspect a 15 year old Pierson youth and the Prosecutor is considering charges..
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The RPC-memory specification problem was proposed by Broy and Lamport as a case study in the formal design of distributed and concurrent systems. As a realistic example typical for operating systems and hardware design, the RPC-memory problem was used as the basis for comparing various approaches to formal specification, refinement, and verification. Preliminary solutions were discussed during a workshop at Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany, in September 1994. Then an extensive discussion took place between the referees and authors. Finally 15 thoroughly revised papers were accepted for inclusion in this volume in full detail together with the problem statement and a synopsis.
This volume contains the proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control (HSCC 2000), which was held on March 23-25, 2000, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The proceedings of the rst two workshops in this series were published by Springer-Verlag, in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, as volumes 1386 and 1569. The focus of the Hybrid Systems workshop series is on modeling, control, synthesis, design, and veri cation of hybrid systems. A hybrid system is a th- reticalmodelforacomputercontrolledengineeringsystem,withadynamicsthat evolvesbothinadiscretestatesetandinafamilyofcontinuousstatespaces.- brid systems researchis motivated by, for example, controlof electro-mechanical systems(robots),air tra ccontrol,controlofautomatedfreeways,andchemical process control. The research area of hybrid systems overlaps both with c- puter science and with control theory. The workshop series is intended to foster the interaction between researchers from these elds in addressing problems in this new domain. The scientic program of the workshop consisted of four invited talks and 32 contributed talks. The following researcherspresented invited talks: K. Butts (Ford Research, USA), N. Leveson (MIT, USA), A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli (U. California,Berkeley,USA), and B. Williams (MIT, USA). The contributed talks were based on the papers in these proceedings. The program committee, chaired by the editors, selected the 32 contributed papers out of 71 submitted papers. The editors are grateful to the members of theprogramcommitteefortheir generoushelpinthereviewingandtheselection process.
This volume contains the proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control (HSCC99) to be held March 29- 31, 1999, in the village Berg en Dal near Nijmegen, The Netherlands. The rst workshop of this series was held in April 1998 at the University of California at Berkeley. The series follows meetings that were initiated by Anil Nerode at Cornell University. The proceedings of those meetings were published in the Springer-Verlag LNCS Series, Volumes 736, 999, 1066, 1201, and 1273. The p- ceedings of the rst workshop of the new series was published in LNCS 1386. The focus of the workshop is on modeling, control, synthesis, design, and ve- cation of hybrid systems. A hybrid system is a theoretical model for a computer controlled engineering system, with a dynamics that evolves both in a discrete state set and in a family of continuous state spaces. Research is motivated by, for example, control of electro-mechanical systems (robots), air tra c control, control of automated freeways, and chemical process control. The emerging - search area of hybrid systems overlaps both with computer science and with control theory. The interaction between researchers from these elds is expected to be fruitfull for the development of the area of hybrid systems.
This book presents a fundamental mathematical and logical approach to soft ware and systems engineering. Considering the large number of books de scribing mathematical approaches to program development, it is important to explain what we consider to be the specific contribution of our book, to identify our goals, and to characterize our intended target audience. Most books dealing with the mathematics and logics of programming and system development are mainly devoted to programming in the small. This is in contrast to our book where the emphasis is on modular system development with the help of component specifications with precisely identified interfaces and refinement concepts. Our book aims at systems development carried out in a systematic way, based on a clear mathematical theory. We do not claim that this book presents a full-blown engineering method. In fact, this is certainly not a book for the application-driven software engi neer looking for a practical method for system development in an industrial context. It is much rather a book for the computer scientist and the scientifi cally interested engineer who looks for basic principles of system development and, moreover, its mathematical foundations. It is also a book for method builders interested in a proper mathematical foundation on which they can build a practical development method and industrial-strength support tools.
Formal methods for the specification and verification of hardware and software systems are becoming more and more important as systems increase in size and complexity. The aim of the book is to illustrate progress in formal methods, based on Petri net formalisms. It contains a collection of examples arising from different fields, such as flexible manufacturing, telecommunication and workflow management systems. The book covers the main phases in the life cycle of design and implementation of a system, i.e., specification, model checking techniques for verification, analysis of properties, code generation, and execution of models. These techniques and their tool support are discussed in detail including practical issues. Amongst others, fundamental concepts such as composition, abstraction, and reusability of models, model verification, and verification of properties are systematically introduced.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on System Configuration Management, SCM-8, held in conjunction with ECOOP´98 in Brussels, Belgium, in July 1998. The volume presents 17 revised full papers carefully reviewed and selected for presentation; also included is a tutorial lecture; approximately half of the papers come from industry. The book is divided into sections on industrial experience, experimental systems, product data management and system configuration management, formal approaches, cooperative systems, and Web-based applications.
A growing segment of the market have begun teaching Systems Analysis and Design using an object-oriented approach. This new approach has been widely recognized as the future of the analysis and design market by students and instructors. Building on the well renowned Systems Analysis and Design in a Changing World, Third Edition by John Satzinger, Robert Jackson and Stephen Burd, the authors have recreated this object-oriented text for anyone looking for this new approach. All texts are accompanied by a free 120-day trial version of Microsoft Project 2003 to give students a hands-on experience with this new software.
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The Information and communication technology (ICT) industry is said to account for 2% of the worldwide carbon emissions a fraction that continues to grow with the relentless push for more and more sophisticated computing equipment, c- munications infrastructure, and mobile devices. While computers evolved in the directionofhigherandhigherperformanceformostofthelatterhalfofthe20thc- tury, the late 1990s and early 2000ssaw a new emergingfundamentalconcern that has begun to shape our day-to-day thinking in system design power dissipation. As we elaborate in Chapter 1, a variety of factors colluded to raise power-ef?ciency as a ?rst class design concern in the designers mind, with profound consequences all over the ?eld: semiconductor process design, circuit design, design automation tools, system and application software, all the way to large data centers. Power-ef?cient System Design originated from a desire to capture and highlight the exciting developments in the rapidly evolving ?eld of power and energy op- mization in electronic and computer based systems. Tremendous progress has been made in the last two decades, and the topic continues to be a fascinating research area. To develop a clearer focus, we have concentrated on the relatively higher level of design abstraction that is loosely called the system level. In addition to the ext- sive coverage of traditional power reduction targets such as CPU and memory, the book is distinguished by detailed coverage of relatively modern power optimization ideas focussing on components such as compilers, operating systems, servers, data centers, and graphics processors.
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Convicted "Sunday rapist", Johannes Steyn, has been sentenced to five life terms by the High Court in Alberton, east of Johannesburg.
The judge said she could not see Steyn rehabilitated as he did not show any remorse for his actions. Yesterday, he was convicted on more than 30 charges, including the murder of teenager Louise de Waal. Steyn has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder, 11 of rape, ten of sexual assault, ten of kidnapping, one of attempted sexual assault and one of attempted kidnapping. Witnesses have denied Steyn's claims that they were with him on the days some of the crimes were committed.
A former colleague of the man dubbed the "Sunday rapist" has testified about an explicit letter he sent her while in prison. In the letter Johannes Steyn confessed to the kidnapping and rape of teenager Louise de Waal. He also described himself as a psychopath and monster. The woman was called as a witness in the pre-sentence hearing of Steyn.
Yesterday, he was found guilty of over 30 charges related to murder kidnapping and rape. Portions of the 23 page letter were read in court. In it, he detailed how de Waal's kidnapping took place. He further said de Waal was too old and that he was looking for a younger victim. Explicit detail caused mutterings from the gallery. Steyn noted that his family didn't know the real Jaco.


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List of people involved in the Olympus scandal
A number of individuals whose backgrounds are important to the understanding of the Olympus scandal, which was precipitated on 14 October 2011 when the company's British-born chief executive, Michael Woodford was suddenly ousted as chief executive of Olympus Corporation. He had been only two weeks into the job when he exposed "one of the biggest and longest-running loss-hiding arrangements in Japanese corporate history", according to the Wall Street Journal.[1] The US$2.2 billion deal in 2008 to acquire British medical equipment maker Gyrus Group, and the US$687 million paid to a middle-man were questioned. After initial denials, the company admitted that prior acquisitions had been used to cover investment losses. As regulators and police on three continents begin to investigate and trace the movement of the money, there was speculation that organised crime was involved in the missing millions. Olympus defended itself against allegations of impropriety, citing its Audit Board's view that "no dishonesty or illegality is found in the transaction itself, nor any breach of obligation to good management or any systematic errors by the directors recognised."
The whistleblower[edit]
Michael C. Woodford[edit]
According to the Olympus website, Woodford, a graduate of Millbank College of Commerce, joined KeyMed, a U.K. medical-equipment unit of Olympus, in 1981. He became Managing Director by the age of 30. In 2008 he became Executive Managing Director of Olympus Europa Holding GmbH and a member of the Olympus board of directors.[2] In February 2011, he was appointed President of Olympus Corporation. On 30 September 2011 Woodford was appointed Chief Executive Officer, the appointment taking effect on 1 October.[3] However, after he started agitating within the top Olympus executives about suspicious acquisitions, he was fired from his position as President and CEO on 14 October 2011; he remained a board director.[4]
Other Olympus insiders[edit]
Tsuyoshi Kikukawa[edit]
Kikukawa, Tsuyoshi "Tom" (菊川剛), born on 27 February 1941, was educated at Keio University, where he graduated in Political Science, Dept. of Law in March 1963.[5] His management style is regarded as a 'Western', and is credited with having considerably changed the corporate culture of Olympus.
Kikukawa joined Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. (as Olympus Corporation was then known) in October 1964. In June 1993, he became Managing Director responsible for Public Relations & Advertising Dept. and DI Project and was made director and member of the main board.[5] Kikukawa spent considerable time in the United States, where he foresaw the demand for the digital SLR. He is credited with the company's strategy in digital photography – he fought for commitment by Olympus to enter the market in high-resolution photographic products. As a result of his efforts, Olympus released an 810,000-pixel digital camera for the mass market in 1996, when the resolution of rivals' offerings was less than half. The very next year, Olympus hit the market with a 1.41 million pixel camera. By 2001, the company's annual turnover from digital photography was in excess of ¥100 billion.[6] In recognition of the success in digital photography that he championed within the firm, Kikukawa was promoted to managing director in 1998 and president in April 2001.[5][6]
In February 2011, Kikukawa handed the title of president to Michael Woodford, while remaining as board chairman and CEO. Kikukawa remained chairman when Woodford was promoted to CEO on 30 September 2011. Kikukawa re-assumed the titles of president and CEO two weeks later when Woodford was ousted. Kikukawa resigned as chairman, president, and CEO on 26 October 2011.[7] Ahead of the much-awaited board meeting on 25 November, Kikukawa announced his resignation from the board.[8] In 2013, he was sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for 5 years. The lenient sentence was because Kikukawa was not shown to have initiated or personally benefited from the scheme.[9]
Shuichi Takayama[edit]
Takayama, Shuichi Ph.D. (高山修一) became the chief executive officer and president of Olympus Corporation on the resignation of Tsuyoshi Kikukawa as a result of the Olympus scandal and occupied executive or directorate-level positions in other Olympus subsidiaries. He joined the Company in April 1970 and previously served as Director of Human Resources, Managing Executive Officer, Senior Managing Executive Officer and Manager of Life & Industrial System Company [10] He resigned all his positions and left the company at an extraordinary general meeting in April 2012 [11]
Hisashi Mori[edit]
Mori, Hisashi (森久 志)[12] was Executive Vice President of Olympus Corporation until his resignation in November 2011. Mori joined Olympus in April 1981. He became General Manager, Finance Division since July 2001, and headed General Corporate Planning Office since April 2002; he was made General Manager of Corporate Planning Headquarters at Olympus Corporation in April 2005.
Mori served as a main board director of Olympus Corporation from June 2006[13] until his resignation in November 2011 due to the scandal.[8] Mr. Mori served as a part-time director of ITX Corporation from June 2003 to June 2005, and was its full-time director since June 2007.[13] In 2013, he was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison, suspended for 4 years.
Hideo Yamada[edit]
Yamada, Hideo (山田秀雄)[12] was Executive Managing Officer and Executive Officer of Olympus. He was a Standing Corporate Auditor of Olympus Corporation until November 2011.[14] Yamada, who enjoyed observer status on the board, resigned.[8] In 2013, he was sentenced to 3 years in prison, suspended for 5 years.
Third parties[edit]
Hajime Sagawa[edit]
Sagawa, Hajime "Jim" (佐川 肇) is a graduate of Keio University.[15]
In 1978, he met his future wife in Tokyo, where she was teaching English and met him when she went to a concert where his band was playing; at the time he worked at Nomura Research Institute. They married a year later, and moved to New York soon afterwards. Sagawa worked for four years at Nomura Securities International in the early 1980s;[15] he was employed at Drexel Burnham Lambert, and later became head of mergers and acquisitions at Sanyo Securities America in the 1980s.[16] Sagawa spent six years at Paine Webber from 1991 until he was laid off in 1996, when he cofounded his own brokerage firm, Axes America, in 1997 according to securities filings.[15] SEC filings from 2002 through 2005 show his firm's revenue never exceeded $445,000, all paid by offshore entities owned by the members of Axes. In 2006 Axes signed its first contract with Olympus, and received fees of $3.2 million; fees in 2007 amounted to $7.7 million and $24.2 million in 2008, most of which was from Olympus. Finra records show that Sagawa became sole owner of the firm in 2007.[15]
Sagawa and his wife divorced "by mutual agreement" in early November 2011. Through the divorce settlement, Sagawa received $1.5 million in assets, while his wife received $9.9 million, including the $2.5 million marital home in Boca Raton[15] which was transferred to his wife for $10. After the scandal broke, he vacated a luxury mansion in the Cayman Islands, and his current address is unknown.[17][18] He was neither indicted nor arrested.
Akio Nakagawa[edit]
Nakagawa, Akio (中川 昭夫) was head of equities at Paine Webber in Japan in the early 1990s. According to former colleagues, he worked in tandem with Hajime Sagawa, and performed "portfolio reshuffling" for his Japanese corporate clients, and had long-standing relationship with Olympus.[19] A former Paine Webber banker attested that Nakagawa and Sagawa were handlers for Olympus, and they made use of Bermuda-based funds valued at "hundreds of millions of dollars" to manage its balance sheet using Japanese accounting loopholes.[20] Nakagawa and Sagawa were also colleagues at Drexel Burnham Lambert and PaineWebber.[19] After Nakagawa left Wall Street firms in 1998, he once again joined with Hajime Sagawa, in Axes America.[19] After the Olympus scandal broke, Nakagawa was traced by Reuters reporters to a "luxury apartment block in Hong Kong".[21] He was neither indicted nor arrested.
Akinobu and Nobumasa Yokoo[edit]
Yokoo, Nobumasa (横尾 宣政) is a former investment banker with Nomura. He and some other Nomura executives were caught up in a racketeering scandal involving a corporate racketeer named Koiki Ryuichi, and was forced to resign in June 1998 after it the affair became public; some Nomura executives were arrested.[16] Having founded Global Company in the late 1990s, Yokoo persuaded Olympus to invest ¥30 billion in their venture capital fund in 2000. He also introduced three small, unprofitable companies in which he was shareholder and executive. News Chef, a maker of microwave cookware, Altis and Humalabo were acquired by Olympus for ¥73.4 billion from Cayman Island-based funds between 2007 and 2010.[22] According to its listing in Japan's corporate registry dated 28 July 2011, Nobumasa is president of Global Chef.[23] He was neither indicted nor arrested.
In 2003, Yokoo Akinobu (横尾 昭信), Nobumasa's older brother, was chief financial officer of ITX, an information technology group Olympus acquired in 2003.[24] Akinobu became a group executive officer after Olympus became majority owners.[25] Akinobu was an Olympus executive officer between 2005 and 2009. He was never on the board. [23] Akinobu is also president of Jalux, a company that provides parts and services to the aviation industry.[24] He was neither indicted nor arrested.
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It's always time to raise money in Sacramento, but political fundraising picks up at the end of the legislative session. Nineteen parties are scheduled just today, with another 18 tomorrow. Is there any hope for campaign finance reform? On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, the Inspector General's report describes CIA interrogators menacing suspects with guns and power drills and threatening to rape their wives and kill their children. Did Bush Administration officials authorize torture? What's next for the CIA, the FBI and efforts to protect America's national security?
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It's been a while since we've had a Nargis sighting and not that this quite counts but here she is on the cover of Hello! in a Gucci dress.
Left: Gucci, Resort 2013
Right: Nargis Fakhri on Hello! India
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Good that you mentioned her name.. Just couldnt recognise who she was..photoshopped thoroughly.
Same here – looks like a different person. And I thought Anil Kapoor was posing with Kim Kardashian on that cover!
That doesn't look like her face anymore. Does it.
Hey! That's the same dress that Blake Lively wore in US Vogue!!
Btw this is weird! She wore this dress in the gown form here http://www.highheelconfidential.com/in-gucci-nargis-fakhri-at-the-gucci-store-launch-in-delhi/ (and infact looked much better in person). Did she like it so much that she wore it again for the cover?


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Nancy Drew games on Mac require OS X 10.5.8 Leopard or higher to run.
The following OS X versions (and up) can run our games:
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To find out what OS X you have, click the Apple menu > About This Mac. The OS X is given as a three-part number, e.g. 10.4.11. For help with this, check Apple Support.
If you are running OS X Tiger 10.4 or earlier, you will not be able to play our games on Mac. If you are unable to launch the game installer please check your OS X. If you do not have OS X 10.5.8 or later, you will need to purchase a Mac OS X upgrade to play our games. OS X upgrades are available at the Apple Store for $29 or less depending on your system needs.
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Can I use OS X Yosemite, version 10.10.3?
I purchased and played "Sea of Darkness' yesterday and now the program crashes on launch. Any ideas?
Hi Reese-
I had the same problem and am operating with Yosemite. Wondering if tech support offered any helpful advice?
Are all games able to be played on a mac? Or is it only some of the newer ones?
How long does the game take to download because I have purchased it however it has been 30 minutes and the game has only downloaded 0.1/2.3 GB
I'm thinking of purchasing "Shadow at Water's Edge" (Game 1 of 3 available for Mac!) on Steam. On 'Requirements', it only lists Mac OSX, Mountain Lion, and Snow Leopard. Will it possibly work on El Capitan (Apple's new 'operating system') or will I never get to play any Nancy Drew games..? (Considering that barely are for Mac and nothing else will run).
I have been trying to install Labyrinth of Lies on my MacBook Pro. The download was successful but for some reason the installer wont open when I click on it. My operating system is Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.8, is this possibly too old? If not, what else can I do about this?
Apple hasn't changed the requirements for OS X in a number of years, many of these Macs are now seven to eight years old.
I'm trying to install an old disc of Treasure in the Royal Tower on my Mac. I have an updated version of Yosemite but when I put the cd in, I just get a dozen or so different folders all saying that they can't be opened because I don't have an application that will open any of them.


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Have a few days off and I'm heading over there....just curious as to whether or not there are any migrators showing up, or if the birds that are there are shell-shocked beyond belief.
...not changing my mind one way or the other...I'm going hell or highwater (oh, please...let there be high water! :mrgreen: ); work has been a bear lately, and I need to get out.
...I'm just curious is all. Thanks in advance.


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The crisis in ICT education : an academic perspective
Koppi, Tony, Naghdy, Fazel, Chicharo, Joe, Sheard, Judy, Edwards, Sylvia L., & Wilson, David (2008) The crisis in ICT education : an academic perspective. In ASCILITE, Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC.
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A national Discipline-Based Initiative project for ICT, funded by the ALTC, has sought to identify the issues and challenges facing the sector. The crisis in ICT education spans high schools, universities and industry. The demand for skilled ICT graduates is increasing yet enrolments are declining. Several factors contribute to this decline including the perceived quality of teaching and a poor perception of the ICT profession amongst the general public. This paper reports on a consultation process with the academic community. Academic concerns include the capacity of the sector to survive the downturn, and improving relationships with industry which should benefit students, academics and industry. An outcome of the consultation process has been the formation of the Australian Council of Deans of ICT (ACDICT) which will have broad responsibility for addressing the issues affecting ICT higher education.
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The UI allows drag-and-drop ingest and provides quick access to all relevant clip information. An accelerated copy feature combines read, verify, and write functions in one operation and leverages the full bandwidth of your hardware to enable copying large amounts of files efficiently and securely. When offloading, Silverstack identifies all relevant metadata and stores it into a clip library. For quality check, Silverstack allows playback of source material of selected cameras natively with all format-specific color filtering applied. A powerful reporting center enables you to create customized PDF shooting reports with thumbnails, metadata, and statistical summaries for production and post-production.
Silverstack also supports importing metadata from the iPad app MovieSlate. You can tag clips, mark circled takes, add custom comments, and enter scene and take names on an iPad during shooting, and easily transfer this information to Silverstack where it automatically consolidates with all other clip related metadata. The complete metadata library helps filter and select relevant clips directly in Silverstack and allows exporting clip information via PDF or CSV.
Silverstack requires an Intel Mac with OS X 10.7.x or higher.
|System Requirements
|Intel Mac, Mac OS X 10.7.x or higher
|Number of Licenses Included
1x license for use on one computer
You can deactivate the license on the original computer and move it to a different computer


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Examiner whitewashes Richard Berman's anti-worker record
Blog ››› ››› JAMISON FOSER
Today's Examiner features an op-ed by Richard Berman titled "Employee Free Choice Act may backfire on unions." At the bottom of the column, the Examiner identifies Berman:
Richard Berman is executive director of the Center for Union Facts, a non-profit 501(c3) union watchdog organization. Learn more at www.unionfacts.com.
Now, you might think from that identification, and the column headline, that Richard Berman's opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act is motivated by a desire to look out for the well-being of the nation's labor unions.
In fact, Berman is an anti-union activist and lobbyist who does the bidding of big business via front groups he creates with warm-and-fuzzy sounding names like "The Center for Consumer Freedom" and "The Employee Freedom Action Committee."
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington has much more about Berman on their Berman Exposed web page, including this summary:
Richard Berman has been a regular front man for business and industry in campaigns against consumer safety and environmental groups. Through his public affairs firm, Berman and Company, Berman has fought unions, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, PETA and other watchdog groups in their efforts to raise awareness about obesity, the minimum wage, the dangers of smoking, mad cow disease, drunk driving, and other causes. Berman runs at least 15 industry-funded front groups and projects, such as the Center for Union Facts and holds 16 "positions" in those organizations.
Each year, Berman, using his front groups to spread misinformation, spends millions of dollars distracting the public with misleading ads.
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- Economy, Labor Unions
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