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NFL free agency tracker: Player moves and analysis
The NFL free-agent period is in its second week, and Sporting News has been tracking all the moves from around the league. Keep it here for the latest news and analysis from our NFL experts, who will continue updating this page through the week.
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Sunday's moves
Jake Long (Ranked No. 6 in Sporting News' Top 50)
LT | Now: Rams [READ MORE] | Previously: Dolphins | Price tag: Four years, up to $36 million
How he fits: Long, the first overall pick in the 2008 NFL Draft, will anchor the Rams' offensive line as their new left tackle. A four-time Pro Bowl selection and an All-Pro in 2010, Long has been slowed by injuries the past two seasons. He missed four games in 2012 because of a triceps tear that required surgery.
Previous moves, analyzed according to Sporting News' Top 50 free agents ranking
1. Mike Wallace
WR | Now: Dolphins [READ MORE] | Previously: Steelers | Price tag: Five years, $60 million
How he fits: Miami needed a bona fide No. 1 big-play threat for second-year quarterback Ryan Tannehill, and Mike Wallace fits the profile. Although re-signed Brian Hartline had a breakout season as a starter, he can't cause cornerback nightmares the same way Wallace can as the league's fastest receiver.
What we'll say in January: There are concerns about a dropoff away from a more established Pittsburgh offense, but with a huge payday in a place he wants to be, Wallace should thrive stretching the field for a budding Dolphins passing game.
Impact (1-10): 8
IYER: Dolphins land Wallace, but defensive moves will have bigger impact
2. Greg Jennings
WR | Now: Vikings [READ MORE] | Previously: Packers | Price tag: Reported five years, $47.5 million ($12 million guaranteed)
How he fits: Acquiring Jennings is a major move for the Vikings, snatching a top wide receiver from the Packers after trading Percy Harvin. Jennings can run any route and will help Christian Ponder's development as a quarterback. It also lessens the need for the Vikings to draft a receiver with one of their two first-round picks, although they still might.
What we'll say in January: When he plays, he produces. If Jennings stays healthy, mark him down for at least 60 catches and 900 yards. Not superstar numbers, but a consistency and professionalism that will help the Vikings' offense. Jennings will miss playing with Aaron Rodgers. But Ponder will love playing with Jennings.
Impact: 9
3. Wes Welker
WR | Now: Broncos [READ MORE] | Previously: Patriots | Price tag: Two years, $12 million
How he fits: Wes Welker will be the Broncos' primary slot receiver, fitting nicely between fine young outside starters Demaryius Thomas and Eric Decker. He should have little trouble making the transition catching passes from one Hall of Fame quarterback, Tom Brady, to another, Peyton Manning. Although Welker will turn 32 in May, it's a "youth movement" for Denver at the position, as he's a huge upgrade over 36-year-old Brandon Stokley. Not only does Denver add another dangerous weapon, it takes one away from New England, a fellow AFC offensive powerhouse.
IYER: Welker addition tips the balance of power in AFC
What we'll say in January: The Broncos saw their playoff run end in stunning fashion to the eventual Super Bowl champion Ravens this past January. With Welker, Manning is armed a lot better to handle a shootout when it counts most. With Baltimore losing many players, New England was the default choice to be the new conference favorite. That pole position now again belongs to Denver.
Impact: 9
4. Cliff Avril
DE | Now: Seahawks [READ MORE] | Previously: Lions | Price tag: Two years, $15 million
How he fits: Seattle's defense is strong at defensive tackle, linebacker, safety and cornerback, but Pete Carroll needed a lot more pass-rush pop from a pure 4-3 defensive end. Cliff Avril, the best such player on the market, was an amazing coup for the Seahawks, considering they already landed another huge former NFC North prize (wide receiver Percy Harvin) to address their biggest offensive need. Avril has produced 20 1/2 sacks over the past two seasons. The only knock, much like 2012 first-rounder Bruce Irvin, he doesn't give Seattle much against the run. Luckily, with players such as Red Bryant and Brandon Mebane they are set in that area, and Avril can allow Irvin to go into a more situational role if needed.
What we'll say in January: The Seahawks got a go-to guy for Russell Wilson and now they have an outstanding end to complement their superb secondary against the pass. Their NFC North rivals, the 49ers are reigning conference champs, but we're quickly starting to buy into the fact Seattle will be the ones playing into February in 2014.
Impact: 8
5. Dashon Goldson
S | Now: Buccaneers [READ MORE] | Previously: 49ers | Price tag: Five years, $41.25 million, $22 million guaranteed
How he fits: Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano likes physical players, and Dashon Goldson is one of the NFL's hardest-hitting safeties. Goldson and Mark Barron give the Buccaneer an elite safety duo, important for a defense that ranked last against the pass last year.
What we'll be saying in January: Goldson will make some highlight-reel hits, but this signing is only worthwhile if the defense makes a major leap. If the Buccaneers have a losing season, we will be saying they overpaid.
Impact: 6
7. Aqib Talib
CB | Now: Patriots [READ MORE] | Previously: Patriots | Price tag: one year, $5 million
How he fits: Re-signing Talib, the team's top corner, was considered a key factor in the Patriots' title hopes for next season. He made the most of his opportunity with New England after he was acquired in a trade with Tampa Bay on Nov. 1. He brought stability and shutdown ability to a struggling Patriots secondary. Talib has the size (6-1, 205) and skills to match up against top receivers—and that's exactly what he'll be asked to do in 2013.
His ability to match up one-on-one takes pressure off the rest of the secondary and allows the team to be more aggressive in blitz packages.
What we'll say in January: There were reports after the season that the Patriots were concerned about Talib's work ethic, so the one-year deal is a big win for them. It should keep him motivated and on the straight and narrow and playing with focus. The Patriots are all but a lock to win the AFC East again, and Talib will be asked to shut down top receivers in the playoffs.
Although the Patriots won't win the Super Bowl, it won't be because of Talib. Come January, the Pats will be making plans to sign him to another oneÂ-year contract, but Talib will be shooting for more.
Impact (1-10): 9
9. Steven Jackson
RB | Now: Falcons [READ MORE] | Previously: Rams | Price tag: Three years, $12 million, $4 million guaranteed
How he fits: Jackson, 29, is slightly younger than the veteran power workhorse he's replacing, the released Michael Turner. The difference is the Falcons are getting him when he's older, and Jackson comes to them with a lot more wear, as Turner was behind LaDainian Tomlinson in San Diego. Is Jackson set to have an Adrian Peterson-like impact for Atlanta? No. But he does the trick of a hard runner who can finish in the red zone, and that's all they need to buoy Matt Ryan and the team's explosive passing game. The Falcons can also keep from overworking Jackson with Jacquizz Rodgers, a fellow Oregon State product, as a good chance of pace. Jackson used to be the Rams' most reliable (and sometimes only) source of offense. Given he's now a complementary player, that makes this signing feel better.
What we'll say in January: Jackson still has more pop left in his legs than Turner, but it's not like he will be the one big-name move that puts the Falcons over the top to get the Super Bowl. They will need several key defensive upgrades through the draft to help make that happen.
Impact: 6
MORE: Fantasy impact of Jackson's move to Atlanta
12. Reggie Bush
RB | Now: Lions [READ MORE] | Previously: Dolphins | Price tag: Four years, $16 million ($4 million bonus)
How he fits: Reggie Bush is not a workhorse back, but most effective as an open-field runner and receiver. He can fill that role with the Lions, combining with Mikel Leshoure (798 yards last season) to give the Lions an effective one-two punch.
What we'll say in January: Bush will create difficult matchups for Lions' opponents, who must focus on containing Matthew Stafford and Calvin Johnson. If Bush remains healthy, we'll say he was one of the NFL's best offseason additions.
Impact: 8
13. Paul Kruger
OLB | Now: Browns [READ MORE] | Previously: Ravens | Price tag: Five years, $41 million
How he fits: Going to new defensive coordinator Ray Horton's aggressive 3-4 scheme, the Browns needed an impact edge rusher. Paul Kruger, just 27 and standing at 6-4, 270 pounds, had 13.5 sacks in 20 games last season, including the playoffs. Cleveland intended to spend big money in free agency, and this was a good start. As a bonus, the Browns take him away from AFC North rival and reigning Super Bowl champion Baltimore.
What we'll say in January: Kruger benefited from playing with some great linebackers with the Ravens and had the advantage of playing off Terrell Suggs outside. He's now charged with being the primary attacker, and Horton won't let up in using him. How productive Kruger can continue to be will depend a bit on 2011 second-rounder Jabaal Sheard making a successful 3-4 transition and being a consistent complementary threat. Sheard has produced 15.5 sacks over his first two seasons, but that was as a 4-3 end.
Impact: 8
17. Andy Levitre
G | Now: Titans [READ MORE] | Previously: Bills | Price tag: Five years, $46.8 million
How he fits: Upgrading their line was a priority for the Titans, believing it would help both running back Chris Johnson and quarterback Jake Locker play at a higher level. At 26 years old, Andy Levitre will be spending his prime seasons on a Titans team that needs his talents.
What we'll say in January: If the Titans don't make a dramatic improvement offensively, we'll be saying they paid too much for an interior lineman.
Impact: 6
18. Cary Williams
CB | Now: Eagles [READ MORE] | Previously: Ravens | Price tag: Three years, $17 million, $10.5 million guaranteed
How he fits: Williams is a solid corner who likely will start for the Eagles. He is not as talented as Nnamdi Asomugha or Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, but they did not leave Williams with a tough act to follow.
What we'll say in January: Williams is not an All-Pro, but he should be steady enough to hold his own. In the NFC East, expect Robert Griffin III, Eli Manning, and Tony Romo to find out what Williams is made of.
Impact: 6
21. Sean Smith
CB | Now: Chiefs [READ MORE] | Previously: Dolphins | Price tag: Three years, $18 million, $11 million guaranteed
How he fits: Smith can move into the Chiefs' lineup opposite Brandon Flowers, and the Chiefs also added Dunta Robinson in free agency, who can play both corner and safety. With Wes Welker moving into the AFC West, the Chiefs need all the quality corners they can get. At age 25, Smith is a nice addition.
What we'll say in January: With Flowers, Smith, and safety Eric Berry, the Chiefs should have a top NFL secondary. Considering their quality offseason additions, expect the Chiefs to be much improved in 2013.
Impact: 8
23. Jermon Bushrod
LT | Now: Bears [READ MORE] | Previously: Saints | Price tag: Five years, $35.965 million, $17.7 million guaranteed
How he fits: Jermon Bushrod went to back-to-back Pro Bowls watching over Drew Brees' blindside in New Orleans. Now he'll get the opportunity to do the same in Chicago for Jay Cutler, only without the same kind of reliability from his fellow linemen. Bushrod is easily a better left tackle than J'Marcus Webb, but at 6-5, 315 pounds, he is by no means an elite player despite the all-star status. At least Bushrod knows he'll have the same line coach, as he followed former Saints offensive assistant Aaron Kromer to the Bears. Kromer did a great job developing Bushrod from a '07 fourth-rounder into a solid starter.
What we'll say in January: No matter how well Bushrod plays, there's a good bet that Cutler will still be sacked a lot more than Brees. There's no doubt Brees' footwork and quick release made his pass protectors look better than they were. Bushrod likely won't go to Hawaii from Chicago, but the Bears are just asking for steady play and some added run-blocking pop to help Matt Forte, and that's what they will get.
Impact: 8
25. Glover Quin
S | Now: Lions [READ MORE] | Previously: Texans | Price tag: Five years, amount TBA
How he fits: Another much-needed addition to the Lions' secondary. Not only is he a sure tackler, Glover Quin comes from a winning program in Houston, which will help the Lions' locker room.
What we'll be saying in January: Sometimes, the lesser-known players in free agency make the biggest difference. If Quin stays healthy, hard to see how this pickup is not meaningful for the Lions.
Impact: 7
26. Danny Amendola
WR | Now: Patriots [READ MORE] | Previously: Rams | Price tag: Five years, $31 million
How he fits: What you see is what you get. When the Patriots didn't want to spend what it took to keep Wes Welker from bolting to the Broncos, they turned quickly to Danny Amendola, a fellow sub six-foot receiver best suited for the slot who also happened to be an undrafted player from Texas Tech. It's unreasonable, even if healthy, to assume Amendola can put up the same kind of numbers right away and immediately find the great chemistry Welker had with Brady. Tight ends Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez are now the Patriots' primary target, and it's more reasonable for Amendola to be more like a complementary No. 3.
What we'll say in January: What would you rather have, Brady and Amendola against the Broncos' defense, or Manning and Welker against the Patriots' defense? As Denver and New England look like AFC's top two teams going into 2013, they are destined for the big playoff matchup that eluded them in '12. It's hard to buy that the Patriots, despite investing more overall money in Amendola, won't have a significant dropoff from Welker. If Amendola's health issues persist, it will be a downright bust of a signing.
Impact: 5
IYER: Patriots take great risk in adding Amendola to replace Welker
27. Connor Barwin
DE | Now: Eagles [READ MORE] | Previously: Texans | Price tag: Reported six years, $36 million
How he fits: Barwin cooled off from being the Texans' most productive pass rusher, but he is an explosive athlete with plenty to offer the Eagles.
What we'll say in January: Considering the Eagles were tied for 25th in the league last season in sacks, Barwin should move the needle upward.
Impact: 7
28. Dustin Keller
TE | Now: Dolphins [READ MORE] | Previously: Jets | Price tag: One year, financial terms undisclosed
How he fits: Keller makes up for the Dolphins losing tight end Anthony Fasano in free agency. Although Keller never became the elite tight end the Jets hoped he would, he still had 241 receptions for 2,876 yards and 17 touchdowns during five seasons with the Jets.
What we'll say in January: Working the middle of the field between Mike Wallace and Brian Hartline, and catching passes from Ryan Tannehill, will be a plus for Keller. He is another salary cap casualty the Jets will miss.
Impact: 7
29. Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie
CB | Now: Broncos [READ MORE] | Previously: Eagles | Price tag: One year, $5 million
How he fits: The Broncos needed to improve their secondary depth and also start preparing for a near future without Champ Bailey, who turns 35 in June. Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie was a good buy low for them, as he's coming off a disappointing season in Philadelphia. When the Eagles acquired him as part of the Kevin Kolb trade from Arizona, they were expecting the promising playmaker he was a 2008 first-round pick of the Cardinals. At 6-2, 182 pounds and 27 (his age on April 7) he brings nice size along with a good nose for the ball when he's on his game. The Broncos like what they have in Chris Harris, but he's better off working the slot as a nickel back. They will hope DRC can rediscover his strong, physical coverage skills and in the short term, become a solid starter opposite Bailey.
What we'll say in January: The Broncos are giving DRC a chance to reprove himself with a short-term contract. If it all works out, he'll come through as one of the league's best No. 2s and be ready to take over for Bailey as their No. 1 cover man soon. If it doesn't, he'll be desperate to latch to a fourth team as a nickel back in '14.
Impact: 6
31. Keenan Lewis
CB | Now: Saints [READ MORE] | Previously: Steelers | Price tag: Five years, $26.3 million, $10.5 million guaranteed
How he fits: Lewis couldn't pass up a chance to return to the city where he grew up, and reports are he took a bit of a "hometown discount" in choosing New Orleans. The Saints were wise to choose him, because at just 26, he blossomed into a solid all-around cover man for the Steelers. His size (6-0, 208 pounds) was most attractive to help him handle the bigger receivers in the NFC South. After Kansas City landed Sean Smith, it's not surprising he also got signed.
What we'll say in January: The Saints didn't make the playoffs partly because they didn't have coach Sean Payton, but more because their defense was terrible—especially against the pass in now former defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo's zone coverage scheme. Lewis is a good start to get much better in that area behind Rob Ryan's 3-4 front.
Impact: 8
32. Kenny Phillips
S | Now: Eagles [READ MORE] | Previously: Giants | Price tag: One-year contract, terms undisclosed
How he fits: When healthy, Phillips is an impact safety, strong in run support and solid in pass coverage. He has been plagued by knee problems, but the Eagles' secondary was terrible last season, and Phillips is only 26 years old—worth taking a chance on.
What we'll say in January: If Phillips plays 10 games or more, we'll say the Eagles' safety play is much improved. Phillips and newcomer Patrick Chung have the potential to be a solid safety combo.
Impact: 7
33. Brandon Myers
TE | Now: Giants [READ MORE] | Previously: Raiders | Price tag: Undisclosed
How he fits: With Martellus Bennett now in Chicago, the Giants needed a quality pass-catching tight end. Myers, coming off a breakout season in Oakland, appears to be just that. Bennett was targeted by Eli Manning 90 times in 2012, so Myers should get his share of chances.
What we'll say in January: Considering that the Giants got production out of Jake Ballard and Kevin Boss in recent seasons, there's no reason to think that Myers can't step in and do well, considering he appears more talented than either of those two players.
Impact (1-10): 7
35. Dannell Ellerbe
ILB | Now: Dolphins [READ MORE] | Previously: Ravens | Price tag: Five years, $35 million
How he fits: Dannell Ellerbe's addition for Miami was a bit of a surprise—until the team released starting middle linebacker Karlos Dansby after the signing. Ellerbe will make the transition from a 3-4 inside sharing duties with future Hall of Famer Ray Lewis to being the man in Miami. The undrafted find from Georgia, just 27, is up to the task with his range and playmaking ability. Ellerbe busted out with 92 tackles and 4.5 sacks in 2012. He also can hold up well in pass coverage.
What we'll say in January: Ellerbe was too expensive for the Ravens, even though they have taken some linebacker hits this offseason. With the Dolphins, he steps into a lead role, giving them much-needed younger legs on the second level. Ellerbe may not make the Pro Bowl, but he should be a sturdy performer to maintain Miami's interior prowess.
Impact: 9
36. Michael Bennett
DE/DT | Now: Seahawks | Previously: Buccaneers | Price tag: Reported one year, $5 million
How he fits: Bennett gives the Seahawks another pass rusher, joining Cliff Avril. Bennett, 27, collected a career-high nine sacks and three forced fumbles last season. In Seattle, he could move inside and provide pressure from a tackle position in pass-rush situations. Bennett briefly played for the Seahawks as a rookie in 2009 before being claimed off waivers by the Bucs.
What we'll say in January: This was a prudent move that gave the Seahawks needed depth for the end rotation. With Chris Clemons coming off a torn ACL suffered in the playoffs and an unknown for early in the 2013 season, the Seahawks needed to add some pass-rush juice. Mission accomplished, with Avril and Bennett joining second-year player Bruce Irvin. Look for Bennett to put up six or seven sacks rushing from inside and out.
Impact: 6
38. Rashard Mendenhall
RB | Now: Cardinals [READ MORE] | Previously: Steelers | Price tag: One year, $2.5 million
How he fits: The Cardinals will give Rashard Mendenhall, who has experience playing in head coach Bruce Arians' offense from their days together in Pittsburgh, every opportunity to win their feature back job. Arians made it clear he wanted a workhorse runner in Mendenhall's mold and isn't worried about his backs being a big factor in the passing game. After the team released Beanie Wells earlier in the week, it needed a viable veteran option to pair with promising youngster Ryan Williams.
What we'll say in January: Mendenhall wasn't quite the same back coming off major knee injury in 2011 (torn ACL), and he quickly fell out of favor with Mike Tomlin, who looked instead to the likes of Jonathan Dwyer and Issac Redman. Given the Cardinals didn't spend much to get him and have Williams as a fallback, it's on Mendenhall, a 2008 first-rounder, to find his 2010 form—when he rushed for 1,273 yards and 13 touchdowns. If not, Mendenhall will have a hard time finding a home next season.
Impact: 5
BROWN: Ravens face rehab job after free agent damage
40. Chris Houston
CB | Now: Lions [READ MORE] | Previously: Lions | Price tag: Five years, $25 million
How he fits: The Lions' defense was bad last season, but Chris Houston was their best corner and losing him would have been a blow. Look for Detroit to upgrade its secondary through the draft and free agency, but keeping Houston was a good start.
What we'll say in January: We know Detroit can score. But if the Lions are a playoff team in January, it will happen because Houston and his defensive comrades stepped up their games.
Impact: 6
41. Jared Cook
TE | Now: Rams [READ MORE] | Previously: Titans | Price tag: Five years, TBD
How he fits: Jared Cook will become a key intermediate receiving threat for quarterback Sam Bradford. It was clear that coach Jeff Fisher, who coached Cook in Tennessee, loves his potential as an athletic difference-maker at the position. He didn't quite produce that way for the Titans, so it will be on Fisher and offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer—who did good work with similar player Dustin Keller of the Jets—to involve Cook enough to make him succeed. Cook is a big upgrade, however, over Lance Kendricks and sets up as a good complement to young wideouts Chris Givens and Brian Quick.
What we'll say in January: Cook, 25, feels like a boom or bust addition. Either he'll fill the void of Danny Amendola's impending departure with fine numbers working the middle of the field, or he will be the same player he was in Tennessee—a player who shows flashes but struggles to put all of his physical talents (at 6-5, 248 pounds) together.
Impact: 6
BROWN: Chiefs having great offseason under new hierarchy
42. Desmond Bryant
DT | Now: Browns [READ MORE] | Previously: Raiders | Price tag: Five years, $34 million, $15 million guaranteed
How he fits: Desmond Bryant played 4-3 tackle for the Raiders, and in the Browns 3-4 attack scheme, expect defensive coordinator Ray Horton to take full advantage of his versatility. At 6-6, 311 pounds, he has the size that should remind Horton of his ace lineman with the Cardinals, end Calais Campbell (6-8, 300). Then again, Horton might look at Bryant like a Darnell Dockett type—either way, he gives them options. The combination of Bryant and former Ravens outside linebacker Paul Kruger adds much-needed pass-rush pop for Cleveland.
What we'll say in January: Bryant was one of the most underrated players on the market going into free agency, and playing for Horton should help him hit another gear with his All-Pro potential. Now that he's gotten paid, the Browns will hope Bryant will have the same hunger he had as an undrafted player out of Harvard. His recent arrest (Feb. 24) is a bit of an off-field concern, but his promise on the field (at just 27) was too hard to ignore.
Impact: 7
46. Shonn Greene
RB | Now: Titans [READ MORE] | Previously: Jets | Price tag: Three years, $10 million
How he fits: When Chris Johnson needs a blow, Shonn Greene gives the Titans a viable alternative to pick up yardage between the tackles. This is the most effective role for Greene, who does not have the speed or elusiveness to be a true No. 1 back.
What we'll say in January: The Titans' running game should be much improved, and Greene will be one of the reasons. He usually does his best work late in the season.
Impact: 6
47. Louis Delmas, S
WR | Now: Lions [READ MORE] | Previously: Lions | Price tag: TBD
How he fits: Re-signing Delmas strengthens the Lions' secondary, bringing back a veteran who knows the system. Delmas and free-agent acquisition Glover Quin should work well together as a safety tandem.
What we'll say in January: If the Lions improve their pass rush, this secondary will be an asset. Delmas is not a premier safety, but staying in Detroit was a good move for him—and for the Lions.
Impact: 6
Other notable free agents
Tony Gonzalez
TE | Now: Falcons [READ MORE] | Previously: Falcons | Price tag: TBD (probably around $7 million)
How he fits: Tony Gonzalez is a still one of the top tight ends in football, leading the Falcons in receptions last season with 93, good for 930 yards and eight touchdowns. He has great chemistry with quarterback Matt Ryan and combines with wide receivers Julio Jones and Roddy White to give the Falcons a dynamic trio.
What we'll say in January: Gonzalez continues to look ageless at 37, and he remains one of the best at his position. He'll likely be back in the playoffs, again trying to reach his first Super Bowl.
Impact: 9
Martellus Bennett
TE | Now: Bears [READ MORE] | Previously: Giants | Price tag: Four years, $20 million
How he fits: Jay Cutler needs weapons he can rely on other than Brandon Marshall. With Martellus Bennett, who had 55 receptions last season, expect the tight end to become a bigger part of the Bears offense under new coach Marc Trestman.
What we'll say in January: Bennett makes the Bears more efficient in the red zone, and opponents are paying for double-teaming Marshall. Would not be shocking to see Bennett have his best season.
Impact: 7
Other roster moves and rumors
— Wide receiver Brandon Lloyd was released by the New England Patriots on Saturday. The team reportedly had been trying to work out a restructured contract with him. [READ MORE]
— The New York Giants made a couple of second-tier signings Saturday, adding wide receiver Louis Murphy and linebacker Dan Connor to one-year deals, according to media reports. [READ MORE]
— Although the Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens have lost several key players during free agency, they've enhanced their defensive line by signing Chris Canty and Marcus Spears, who has 89 starts over his NFL career. [READ MORE]
— The Miami Dolphins add another piece to their passing game, signing former Rams wide receiver Brandon Gibson. [READ MORE]
— The Philadelphia Eagles acquire wide receiver Arrelious Benn from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a sixth-round pick in this year's draft and a conditional pick in 2014. [READ MORE]
— No surprise: Kevin Kolb cut by the Arizona Cardinals. [READ MORE]
— New York Jets sign running back Mike Goodson and fullback Lex Hilliard. [READ MORE]
— Colts release safety Tom Zbikowski after flurry of signings. [READ MORE]
— Patriots re-sign Kyle Arrington, sign veteran safety Adrian Wilson and lose Danny Woodhead to Chargers. [READ MORE]
— Free-agent left tackle Jake Long, rumored much of the week to be on the verge of signing with the Rams, is leaving St. Louis without reaching a deal. [READ MORE]
— Kick returner extraordinaire Leon Washington signs with the New England Patriots. The team announces the move Thursday (per The Boston Globe). Washington has eight career kickoff return touchdowns, including one last season for the Seattle Seahawks.
— The San Francisco 49ers sign free-agent linebacker and special teams standout Dan Skuta (Bengals) to a two-year contract. [READ MORE]
— The Tampa Bay Buccaneers sign two free agents, linebacker Jonathan Casillas and wide receiver Kevin Ogletree. They also retain three of their own players, including running back LeGarrette Blount. [READ MORE]
— Kick returner Darius Reynaud re-ups with the Tennessee Titans on a one-year contract. [READ MORE]
— Linebacker Jasper Brinkley (Vikings) joins the Arizona Cardinals after agreeing to a three-year contract. [READ MORE]
— The Seattle Seahawks add another pass rusher after agreeing to a reported one-year, $5 million contract with former Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive lineman Michael Bennett. Bennett played briefly with the Seahawks as a rookie in 2009.
— The New York Giants sign former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive back/special teams ace Ryan Mundy and bring back cornerback Aaron Ross, who spent last season with the Jacksonville Jaguars. [READ MORE]
— The Kansas City Chiefs say goodbye to the underperforming Matt Cassel, who then washes ashore in Minnesota. [READ MORE]
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Long-term solutions overdue for harbor dredging
As the bill moves to the state House, the Business Journal supports quick action. The word "emergency" is not an exaggeration, but neither are the concerns of Democrats in regard to "raiding" the trust fund. Long-term solutions are overdue for a recurring issue.
The Business Journal reported in February that lake levels have dropped to historic levels, unprecedented since 1918 when records first were taken. The impact on state commerce is most often related to tourism and recreational boating, but dredging is essential to shipping and cargo handling.
Michigan statistical information in regard to maritime trade is almost as difficult to find as the funding. The Senate last week reviewed a 2009 report indicating the Great Lakes generate $2 billion in recreational boating, and commercial and fishery impacts were valued at $4 billion annually.
A state report released in 2003 shows $3.4 billion in revenue to firms providing transport and cargo-handling services and was tied to 150,000 jobs. Without this resource, those companies would not exist in Michigan. It is a primary shipping method for Michigan grains, iron ore, coal, salt, cement and steel, as well as general cargo from overseas. It is significant to note, too, that rail use costs to move such goods were 44 percent greater in 2003 and rail emissions were 47 percent higher than marine costs and emissions.
Given the funding battle to resurface and rebuild Michigan roads, Great Lakes shipping could be considered salvation from further deterioration.
Once again Michigan is in an "emergency" situation to protect its most obvious resource. That must change. It isn't a new issue, either. Constant bickering between the state and federal governments for dredging funds is decades old. The Business Journal notes that some federal funds have been approved for limited harbor dredging in Muskegon — Michigan's deepest water port. Dredging, however, is a constant necessity and must be seen to be as important as road repair. State legislators cannot continue to ignore such maintenance.
John Allis, chief of the Great Lakes Hydraulics and Hydrology office, noted in the February Business Journal story: "Lake Michigan-Huron's water levels have also been below average for the past 14 years, which is the longest period of sustained below-average levels since 1918 for that lake."
It is necessary that Michigan has a long-term strategy to pay for keeping harbors open and deep enough for recreational and commercial vessels to move between docks and the open lakes.

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Call him the smash-within-a-"Smash": a stage veteran but TV newbie, Andy Mientus joined the cast of NBC's musical melodrama for the second season and has already emerged as one of the most intriguing faces on the show. Mientus delivers his backstory from Broadway to broadcast, and offers a little sneak at the road ahead for his character Kyle.
Tell me a little about what this experience has been like for you, and how fast everything happened.
I'd never even done a one-line guest star on TV before and I'd been auditioning a whole lot, getting nice feedback, but nothing really happening. So getting a role this, a major series regular on a show that I loved, was not really something that I honestly saw happening for me so easily. I got the audition and I was like, 'Okay, well, I'll go and do my best,' but I was already thinking about who was going to get it over me. You learn who the other guys are when you've been in the city long enough.
But then I got a callback and then got another and then got a screen test and then got the call that I was cast. It was incredibly thrilling and daunting, but luckily everyone was really, really welcoming and sweet and supportive and gave me tons of advice but not in a condescending way and was really patient with me, like learning the medium. So the whole experience was really educational, and I keep saying it's sort of ideal. This transition to television has been a goal of mine for so long and so to be able to do it with this show that has roots in theater and kind of a lot of familiar faces from theater just sort of helped me through.
Did you know your share of real-life Kyles? Where was your learning curve on exactly who this guy is?
I knew that Kyle was a struggling young writer trying to get his work out there and for me, that's really accessible because a lot of my theater work was for these new up-and-coming young writers who were doing little concerts downtown and readings of their work in apartments, doing these festival shows. I made a lot of friends who were doing that thing, and I, myself, was starting to dabble in writing new musicals.
And then in terms of his personal life, it was not so hard for me because as seen in the first few couple of episodes, he's very star-struck by the important people that he was meeting, and he's incredulous about what's actually happening to him. He can't believe that people are taking him seriously. And for me, working on this show, coming into TV for the first time and having these scenes with these actors that I've watched and admired and sort of realizing that millions of people are going to see this. It's not so hard to tap into that sort of wonder.
What's coming up for you on the show?
Jimmy and Kyle got this major exposure by having their song sung by Veronica Moore on television. And so you'll see the aftermath of that and what that attention does to sort of heighten their profile and get their musical, 'Hit List,' which is the real thing that they're working on into a real production. So you're going to see it go from this little idea on paper, on the cocktail napkin and things to a real production, albeit a small one, a little off-off-Broadway fringe production, and then, onward from there without giving too much away.
How soon do we get to see another musical performance by you?
You're going to have to wait a little while. I luckily got to sing on the show, but I don't play a performer. The opportunities for Kyle to sing are few and far between because he's not in a show. I don't know if he can actually sing in real life. I know that we saw his sort of inner monologue in song in an episode, his sort of-like-fantasy sequence.
How is the friendship between Kyle and Karen going to evolve over time?
It becomes very complicated because they do like each other, and she's really the only person for now who takes me seriously and wants to do what she can to help them. And Kyle cares about his work so deeply – probably more than he cares about his own personal life – so Karen's very important to him in that way. She's very useful to him, but we saw a moment where he starts to see her infringing on his personal life - his relationship with Jimmy and with their writing partnership possibly as a writer – with some cool ideas, so he's sort of threatened by her but also really needs her.
If you could pick any sort of dream production number that you'd love to do yourself which one would it be?
Jeremy [Jordan] and I have been sort of fantasizing about doing 'Rent' together somewhere, because we think we'd just be really good casting. I did the show a couple of years ago already. I don't think he's ever done it, but we were sort of fantasizing about doing it together. That would be sort of ideal for me.
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CORVALLIS - An Oregon State University professor of geosciences has received a Fulbright Senior Specialists grant to travel to Cork, Ireland, this fall to study, lecture and consult about marine and coastal mapping issues.
Dawn Wright will spend the fall working with the Irish Marine and Coastal Resources Centre at the University College Cork in southern Ireland, where she will lecture and present a series of workshops.
Wright also will deliver the keynote address on geographic information systems and cyber-infrastructure at the Irish National Conference on Geographic Information, which will be held in Dublin. While in Ireland, she hopes to forge a partnership between the OSU/State of Oregon Ocean-Coastal Management Program/Ecotrust and the Marine Irish Digital Atlas at University College Cork.
The OSU professor will lead a workshop detailing an international effort Wright is directing to develop a streamlined approach to collecting and handling complex, multidimensional marine science data. She is a leading expert in the use of geographic information systems applied to marine and coastal regions.
Wright also will advise and consult with faculty and graduate students at University College Cork.
The Fulbright Senior Specialists Program offers two- to six-week grants to leading U.S. academics to support curricular and faculty development at academic institutions around the world.
Dawn Wright, 541-737-1229
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Can anyone tell me what sources, in literature, film, etc. inspired the Bard class for Dungeons & Dragons? I'm familiar with the Celtic Bards of history and legend, but the modern D&D Bard seems to carry a set of assumptions unrelated to what I know of history: A jack of all trades both in spells and skills, a bit of a scoundrel or scofflaw, a wandering ladies' man, and so forth.
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One hundred ice children are melting in the heat of the Beijing sun. They are made of the ice of the Himalayan glaciers, which are the source of Asia's major rivers, from the Yangtze to the Ganges. The glaciers in the Greater Himalayan are melting faster than anywhere else in the world. Their disappearance threatens the water supply of more than a billion people.
Greenpeace China and India collected meltwater from the Himalayan glaciers, which we then gave to ice sculptors. One hundred days later, the statues were simultaneously unveiled in Beijing and Delhi.
Beijing's 100 ice children were shown in Ditan Park, the Temple of the Earth where the emperor once prayed for fair weather and good harvests. Individually handcrafted, each ice child is unique, with different gestures. But they began to melt almost immediately – a stark reminder of the fragility of our future, and our children's future, without immediate action on climate change.
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President Barack Obama has finally done it. He officially became an active participant in the Twitter Nation, if only to push a button Monday to send out a tweet for the first time.
The President and the First Lady were visiting the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C. at the time and decided to announce it to the Twittersphere, thanks in part to a regular tweeter at the organization. The employee typed the message, and the president pushed a button to send it out to the masses.
Let the record show that the first official tweet sent by an American president was:
President Obama and the First Lady are here visiting our disaster operation center right now.
And there was much rejoicing at the Red Cross headquarters. The tweet writer was ecstatic:
President Obama pushed the button on the last tweet. It was his first ever tweet!
In what may be a minor breach of Twittiquete, the President sent his second tweet a short time later when he hit send on ABC White House coorespondent Jake Tapper's re-tweet of the Red Cross's original message.
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Florida gets $100M from Wetlands Reserve Program
The Obama administration on Thursday will pump $100 million into a little-known program that is going a long way toward redefining Everglades restoration.
The money won't go to build reservoirs. It will go to ranchers.
In exchange, the ranchers will give up development rights to as much as 24,000 acres — some 37 square miles — in four counties northwest of Lake Okeechobee and preserve them under permanent conservation easements. Plans call for eventually converting what is often marginal pastureland back into wetland, where it will provide habitat for wildlife and absorb damaging pollutants that now trickle into Lake Okeechobee and the Everglades.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, scheduled to announce the largest outlay Florida has received under the Wetlands Reserve Program during a Thursday press conference in Palm Beach County, said the effort underlined his agency's commitment to restoring the Northern Everglades and boasted benefits for industry and environment alike.
"It puts money into the pockets of land owners and takes land that might otherwise not be particularly productive and puts it to better use,'' Vilsack said an interview from his Washington office before the announcement.
Keith Fountain, The Nature Conservancy's director of land acquisition in Florida, said the USDA program is quietly preserving vast swaths of open land, an accomplishment of "historical significance in terms of Everglades restoration.''
Last year, the program paid $89 million to acquire development rights for 26,000 acres along Fisheating Creek, the last remaining natural tributary into Lake Okeechobee. That deal with four big Highlands County land owners — a mix of corporations and old ranching families that included Westby Corp., the Doyle Carlton family, the H.L. Clark family and Blue Head Ranch — created the largest contiguous conservation easement in the program's history.
The additional $100 million — the largest chunk ever for a state from the program — will broaden the effort to not-yet-named large land owners in Glades, Hendry, Highlands and Okeechobee counties with a target of another 24,000 acres. Together with the previous development rights buy, that represents a major boost from a federal agency that has been mostly quiet during more than a decade of Everglades restoration debate and planning.
Fountain, whose group has championed the wetlands program, said it is proving so popular with land owners that there are more applications than funds.
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Love this red velvet recipe? Try my Red Velvet Oreo Truffle Bars and Red Velvet Oreo Chocolate Cake too!
This is a simple recipe for a red velvet fudge pie that is perfect for celebrations of all sorts! Now I love all things "mini" but opted to make a full-size pie this time around, but I do think these would be quite cute in "mini" sizes for easy party eating. This recipe uses a red velvet cake mix but you can use this recipe here if you'd rather not use a cake mix. I appreciate having a few simple recipes in my back pocket that are quick to make and don't require having too many ingredients on hand. This is definitely one of my favorites.
If you're a novice baker, this recipe is also a winner because it's pretty difficult to "mess up". You follow the cake mix instructions on the back and then add a pour-over chocolate fudge glaze. Simple yet oh so delicious! If you're a red velvet lover then you must try it! And then you must go try this recipe for red velvet oreo truffle bars! I like red velvet around here, can you tell? Enough chatter, here's the recipe! I hope you enjoy it with friends + family!
Red Velvet Fudge Pie
- 1 box red velvet cake mix
- 3 eggs
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup butter
- 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 14- ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 refrigerated pie crusts or homemade, your choice
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and roll out pie crusts into pie pans.
- Prepare cake mix according to instructions on back (Duncan Hines calls for 3 eggs, 1-1/4 cup water, and 1/3 cup oil). Mix well and pour into 2 refrigerated pie crusts in pans.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes or until crusts are golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. If crusts begin to brown before pie is done, cover loosely with aluminum foil.
- In medium saucepan, combine butter, 10 ounces of chocolate chips (reserve some for garnish) and sweetened condensed milk. Stir (medium heat) until smooth and pour over pies.
- Garnish with extra chocolate chips!
- Let cool and enjoy!
If you want to try another one of my favorite pies, try the famous Angus Barn Chocolate Chess Pie!


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CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. -- For Croton resident, Steve Cony, his life changed forever when his father died when he was three.
Cony, along with Rabbi Jennifer Jaech, is the author of "He's All I Have: Nurturing A Young Child Through The Loss Of A Loved One." Cony and Jaech are hosting a book signing and discussion at Temple Israel of Northern Westchester in Croton-on-Hudson at noon on April 20.
After his father died, Cony's family never brought him up. Cony's companion was Monny, a kewpie doll his father bought for him when he was two.
Cony decided to team up with Jaech, the rabbi at Temple Israel, to give the perspective of a clergyperson on grief. The book alternates between Cony's life story with Jaech offering advice.
"The book has gotten a great response," Cony said. "Women have said they need two boxes of Kleenex when they read it. People are fascinated by it."
Writing the book also has helped Cony deal with the death of his father.
"I would run upstairs and show my wife what I had written and I would usually have tears in my eyes," Cony said. "This was a phenomenally cathartic experience."
Cony's father was a humorist who wrote comedy for comedians like Jack Benny and Red Skeleton. Cony became a writer and would give speeches to business managers about how they can use a sense of humor as leverage in their work. He later worked in advertising and as a graph designer.
"I try to find out his good traits and package them inside of me," Cony said.
If he could talk to his dad today, Cony said he would simply ask one question.
"Dad, how am I doing?" Cony said.
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Intel Refutes "Post-PC" Talk, Introduces Ivy Bridge and Ultrabooks
In a keynote that officially launched Intel's third-generation Core processors and its latest generation of Ultrabooks, Tom Kilroy, senior vice president and general manager for Intel, refuted talk that we are entering a "post PC" era. In that keynote, and a later press conference hosted by Kirk Skaugen, general manager of the PC client group, the company gave more details on the new thin and light computers, and placed a big emphasis on hybrid designs and touch screens.
Kilroy's keynote started with discussions of smartphones and tablets, and the opening video was streamed from an Intel-based smartphone. (Other demonstrations from SoundHound, Fruit Ninja, and a karaoke company streamed using the company's Wireless Display (WiDi) technology.)
The real focus of the talk, however, was the PC market, and in particular on Ultrabooks. Although they were introduced at this show a year earlier, they are expected to make a much bigger splash this year.
Above: Tom Kilroy, senior vice president and general manager of Intel
"Are we in a post PC-era?" Kilroy asked, somewhat rhetorically. He cited a survey showing that 66 percent of college students around the world would say a PC is "most important" in their daily life compared with a smartphone or a tablet. Mobile phone users still prefer to do many things on their PCs.
Kilroy opened up the stage to show more than 50 new Ultrabook designs, out of more than 110 designs the company says will be available from every major computer maker, seller, and retailer.
In the later press conference, Skaugen clarified that there are more than 110 designs for Ultrabooks based on the third-generation Core architecture (Ivy Bridge), up from 21 for the second-generation (Sandy Bridge), with 35 designs available now. Among the total designs include 10 convertible notebooks and over 30 with touch screens, though most of those are new designs for Ivy Bridge expected to be on the market in time for the holiday season.
Above: Kirk Shaugen, general manager of Intel's PC client group
Both Kilroy and Skaugen talked about Intel's investments in the ecosystem to build thin and light notebooks. This new generation, Kilroy said, is improved over previous laptops, with a lot of advancements to the components that make up a system. In current Ultrabooks, the thickness of the display is typically down to 3.0mm from 5.0mm, the keyboard thickness is down 30 percent, and batteries are 65 percent thinner than on older designs.
In the press conference, Skaugen held up a chassis made of a new composite plastic material that will provide the thinness and durability of the cases used in the previous generation of Ultrabooks, but with a 50 percent lower chassis cost.
The new generation of Ultrabooks is powered by Intel's latest Core processors, known as Ivy Bridge. This, of course, has been in the works for a long time, and the dual-core versions of the chips—the ones destined for Ultrabooks and most other notebooks—just started shipping last week.
They described the new Ultrabooks as more responsive, with faster performance both from the processors and with the addition of USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt features; better for mobile with connected standby and often better battery life; better protected with features such as Intel's anti-theft and identity protection initiatives; and more stylish with thinner designs. They both also mentioned the introductions of Ultrabooks for business with the company's VPro technology, typically used by IT departments for better manageability.
In the press conference, Skaugen repeated some of the Ivy Bridge benchmarks: The machine is up to 22 percent faster than the previous Sandy Bridge generation with up to a twofold increase in graphics and media performance. (As always, your mileage may vary.) The new generation of machines all can resume in less than seven seconds (many are much faster) and all Ultrabooks offer at least five hours of battery life, though most offer eight hours or more.
He and Navin Shenoy, general manager of the mobile client group, gave some performance demos. Some stressed improved graphics, including one that showed Diablo III, FIFA 12, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, League of Legends, Microsoft Flight, and others using the new processor graphics. Most of the demos, however, compared the new Ultrabooks to three year old machines running a Core 2 Duo. Not surprisingly, the new machine started five times faster from sleep (thanks to non-volatile flash memory), and was notably faster at compressing media files (using Quicksync) and at copying files (using Thunderbolt). They also ran nine HD videos simultaneously using PowerDVD.
Skaugen compared the system with a Core 2 Duo, as there are 500 million systems that are three years or older currently in use, and suggested these customers should upgrade.
Demos of Ultrabooks
The most interesting part of the talk showed off new Ultrabooks. Both hybrids and conventional laptops are using touch screens and Intel announced a new investment with touch screen makers TPK, Wintek, HannsTouch, and Cando to "jump start" the manufacturing of 13-inch and larger touch panels. Such screens exist, Kilroy said, but Intel expects demand to be three to five times current forecasts, so Intel is investing to improve the supply.
In his keynote, Kilroy brought up several people to show off new designs.
Jim Wong, president of Acer, came on stage to show touch screens, both on an 11.6-inch tablet and an upcoming Ultrabook, on which he highlighted a new thermal system designed to keep the laptop thin but cool in your lap.
Above: Acer President Jim Wong
Jonney Shih, chairman of Asus, showed off a couple of hybrid designs. One looked like a standard hybrid—essentially a tablet where you snap on a keyboard to turn it into a more typical clamshell-designed notebook. Another, the company's new "Taichi" concept, looks like a standard thin notebook except that the top cover actually contains another display so you can use it as a tablet when it is closed. You can have separate applications on the main and cover display. Shin said this would let the kids watch video on one screen while the parents used productivity applications as a traditional notebook. I'm skeptical of that, but the machine did look very neat, although the demo didn't go that well on stage.
Above: Acer Chairman Joney Shih
There is plenty to be done with Ultrabooks in the future, and Kilroy showed demos of other tasks. These included sensors that would lock the computer when you are away from it and sound an alarm if it is moved; face recognition for logging in, both to the computer and to webpages; and posting to Facebook using Nuance's Dragon software, both in English and in Mandarin. (A Taiwanese pop star demoed that.)
In Skaugen's press conference, Toshiba's Taro Hiyama showed off a thin convertible notebook, designed in conjunction with Intel, on which the keypad slides up to switch to a tablet mode. Toshiba also showed a new version of its Portege Ultrabook and a new 21:9 wide-screen Ultrabook.
Above: Toshiba's Taro Hiyama
Skaugen talked about a number of other hybrid designs, including a "flip" design from Samsung, a swiveling case from computer manufacturer Inventec, a clamshell that lies completely flat from manufacturer Foxconn, and Lenovo's Yoga design that flips all the way over.
Smartphones and Tablets
Kilroy noted the huge growth of the mobile Internet market. He showed Gartner statistics on mobile computing, which revealed smartphones are growing at 19 percent per year, tablets at 33 percent, and notebooks at 17 percent through 2016. He said that tablets account for three times the Internet traffic that smartphones do, and notebooks account for seven times the traffic of tablets.
Ninety percent of smartphone use is compute, which is an Intel strength. He talked about the advantages of Intel-based smartphones, like being able to do full HD video capture and playback and capturing ten pictures in under a second. It has industry-leading browser performance, with no competitive battery life.
He stressed the upcoming generation of Windows 8 tablets, which will have all day battery life and connected standby. Intel has more than 20 design wins for Windows 8 tablets. The big difference between Intel-based tablets and other choices (in other words, WinRT tablets based on ARM-based processors) is that Intel tablets can run not only the new Metro-style applications, but also the millions of existing desktop apps. He showed off Windows 8 tablets running a number of applications, both those designed for the new Metro interface and existing applications such as QuickBooks. He concluded, "It just works."


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Tweeting your way to better community relations
Using social media has helped humanize police and improve relations with their communities
By Michele Coppola
Tech Beat Magazine
When Officer Matthew Droge of the Riley County Police Department (RCPD) burned a hole in his pants with a road flare while on duty, he let the public know about it through the department's Twitter site. This friendly, open approach to using social media has helped humanize police and improve relations with the community.
Droge, a professional photographer, joined the department in 2010 as a beat officer on the swing and midnight shifts. He took over social media in 2012 and became the department's public information officer in early 2013. He remains on the bike patrol unit and patrols whenever he is available and during special events.
The Riley County Police Department, with approximately 102 sworn officers, serves a population of about 73,000 and is headquartered in Manhattan, Kan., which is also the home of Kansas State University with its 23,000 students.
"A main reason we use Twitter is public relations and to open a line of communication between the community and the police department," Droge says. "Someone can tweet us a question and a police officer will answer them directly. They have direct access, which is the most important part, especially since we have a high number of college-age students in the community and that is how they communicate."
"It also shows that police officers are human," he adds. "We try to keep humor in our tweets and do question-and-answer sessions that are sometimes not necessarily related to law enforcement and done in a casual way so people can interact with us."
The police department had a Twitter account before Droge's arrival, but rarely used it. Since Droge took over social media, the number of followers on the RCPD Twitter account has increased from 50 to more than 4,000. The department also uses Facebook and Pinterest, but currently its main social media vehicle is Twitter.
The department uses Twitter to notify citizens about crime alerts, road closings, accidents, community events and dangerous weather conditions, and to ask for citizens' help in solving crimes. Police can post an unidentified suspect's photo and ask for the public's help in identifying the individual. Droge says citizens' tips have led to solving several cases, the majority of which involve theft.
The department holds regular Twitter question-andanswer sessions for the public, and periodic "TweetAlongs," during which everything that happens during a patrol officer's shift is tweeted as it occurs, including the time a fellow officer's soda cup broke.
RCPD: The bottom of a soda cup just broke. There is soda everywhere.... Parking tickets smell like CocaCola now.
"Everything we do is tweeted, whether it is embarrassing or not. That has helped in community relations, especially with the college crowd," Droge says.
Droge and two colleagues who also tweet for the department, Officer Trevor Wilkey and Sgt. Scott Hagemeister, often use humor and a casual tone in their messages, and it has paid off. The site has attracted followers for its entertainment value as well as for its valuable information, and has resulted in lighthearted exchanges such as the following:
If I declare a donut emergency does that mean you have to deliver donuts to me? I have bacon to trade.
RCPD: Watching our figures... Sorry. And we don't share donuts. Sorry.
Droge's enthusiasm for Twitter has earned him the nickname "Twitter Cop" from some of the site's followers.
"A few people referred to the person tweeting as the Twitter Cop, which came from the community and which is incredibly positive for us because the community is participating," he says.
Although the department uses Twitter to ask for the public's help in solving crimes, it does not encourage users to submit tips through Twitter because of security concerns.
"We ask for information through social media but tell the public to provide information through calling the department or through Crimestoppers, which has security protection. We don't want that sensitive information on a public forum," Droge says.
"One thing we do which is unconventional for some of our officers is if I know, for example, that an officer is in a certain area doing radar, we will tweet that an officer is doing radar checks at a particular location," he adds. "It's better that we tweet it rather than someone else. In the end we get the same result of people slowing down. I call that a win. We are out to make our community a safer place to live."
He says response from the community to the Twitter site has been largely positive.
"Every once in a while we get negative feedback, someone complains that tax dollars are being used to pay people to tweet, but tweeting does not take up much of my day and the benefits are most definitely worth it."
He says the key to the successful use of Twitter is to simply use it frequently enough to encourage followers, and to keep up with changes as social media evolves.
"It offers some level of transparency that we should have and the community appreciates it. Our goal is to interact with and be in the community as much as we can."
For more information, contact Officer Matthew Droge at (785) 537-2112, ext. 3048 or firstname.lastname@example.com. To view the Riley County Police Department Twitter site, go to https:/twitter.com/RileyCountyPD.
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Explore parallax which causes each of your eyes to produce slightly different images. Then imagine yourself an alien and try to predict which images each of your four eyes see.
Observe robins and report their sightings online. Share and review the sightings with other students/classrooms to track hemispheric migratory patterns.
Track bald eagle migration. Report your sightings and observations to the bald eagle tracking map.
You have two minutes to correctly arrange five images showing the positions of the continents during different geologic periods. Can you do it?
Learn about the economics of operating a chemical factory as you try to optimize the process of a simulated Haber-Bosch process ammonia fertilizer plant. Try to maximize profitability by using your knowledge of chemistry to fine-tune the reaction: adjusting temperature and pressure in the reaction chamber, switching the type of catalyst, and adjusting the rate that the product (ammonia) and impurities are removed.
What are convergent boundaries? Examine how collisions of oceanic and continental plates can create volcanoes, island arcs and earthquakes.
What happens as boundaries diverge? Watch a continental rift, volcanoes and lakes form as two continental plates move apart.
Delve into the structure of the Earth to learn what causes earthquakes, volcanoes, and more.
Test your knowledge of the earth's layers and the shifts that create mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes. Take this 30-question test, review your answers, and print out your assessment.
Find out your or your students' understanding of astronomy. Afterwards you can see how others answered the questions.
Explore the effect of concave and convex mirrors. Combine concave and convex mirrors to design a fun house mirror that will create the distorted pictures of Melissa and Sam.
Test your knowledge of major events (formation of the solar system, first appearance of water, etc.) in geologic history. Afterwards put the events in the correct order on the timeline.
Track gray whale migration. Use live data to observe migration patterns.
Observe hummingbirds and report their sightings online. Share and review the sightings with other students/classrooms to track hemispheric migratory patterns.
Identify the three major kinds of rocks. Learn some of the key characteristics that help you tell them apart.
Notice how magazines print photos using dots made up of percentages of only three colors and black. Try your hand at using percentages of cyan, magenta and yellow to match the magazine color displayed.
Use a simulation to operate an elevator and see its motion. Examine the graphs that describe the motion you produce.
Observe monarch butterflies and report their sightings online. Share and review the sightings with other students/classrooms to track hemispheric migratory patterns.
Identify real-world cases of boundary interactions and predict the most likely future geologic outcomes. In the lightning round, unscramble four geologic terms
Place the names of fifteen tectonic plates on the map. Then identify the type of boundary (convergent, divergent or transform) between several of these plates.
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Re: London complicity clue
As long as we're looking at the Supertramp album and other odd pop connections to 9/11, I thought I'd remind everyone of this bizarre, and very ugly comic I found in the Netherlands, which thanks the "Ministry of Defense" (MoD) which is the UK's DoD:
Here are some particular flukes I found (American Airlines? The WTC?) followed by the comic in its entirety:


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Killzone 2 PS3 (Pre-owned) Description
Two years after the Helghast assault on Vekta, the ISA is taking the fight to the enemyâs home world of Helghan. In Killzone 2 on PlayStation 3 the ISA goal is direct: capture the Helghast leader, Emperor Visari, and bring the Helghast war machine to a halt. Assuming the role of Sev, a battle-hardened veteran and a member of the special forces unit known as the Legion, Killzone 2 players will lead a group of highly trained soldiers on a mission to take out the Helghast threat. For Sev and his squad, the invasion of Helghan is just the beginning. Tasked with securing Pyrrhus, the Capital City, the Killzone 2's Alpha Squad quickly discover that the Helghast are a formidable enemy on their home planet. Not only have they adjusted to the planetâs hostile conditions, they have also harnessed a source of power they can now use against the ISA. In Killzone 2 on PS3, Sev discovers his squad isnât just fighting enemy forces â their fiercest opponent may be the planet itself.
Throughout the campaign, Killzone 2 PS3 players will encounter lifelike and adaptable artificial intelligence (A.I.) from Killzone 2's enemies as well as fellow soldiers, destructible environments, and stunningly detailed scenery. Additionally, in Killzone 2 for PlayStation 3, players will be tasked with utilising a host of new weapons and vehicles in the war to stop the Helghast. Featuring an extensive single-player campaign and thrilling multi-player mode, Killzone 2 for PS3 delivers a host of new gameplay elements and an intense storyline that will once again drive gamers to join the ranks of the ISA and fight the Helghast… this time on the enemyâs home planet!
Killzone 2 on PS3 Features:
- Realistic, highly atmospheric environments: In Killzone 2 on PS3, environments respond dynamically to the violent conditions on the planet Helghan.
- Witness the devastating effects of Helghanâs climate: Weather and conditions in Killzone 2 for PS3 force you and your enemies to adapt to new tactics.
- New and unique weapons and vehicles for Killzone 2: In addition to trusty Killzone classics like the M82-G and the StA-52 LA.
- Face off against fearsome enemies: Killzone 2's foes have learned to wield the hostility of Helghan itself against their opponents.
- A jaw-dropping next-gen spectacle: Between Killzone 2âs unique visual style, the power of PS3, the use of EDGE tools, and the proprietary technology developed by Guerrilla, Killzone 2 for PlayStation 3 promises to impress players with its benchmark visuals, smooth character animation, detailed, effect-laden environments, and real-time cutscenes.
- Experience a beautifully lit world: Killzone 2 on PlayStation 3 is brought to life by deferred rendering technology. Multiple shadows casting light sources bring out the highly detailed environments and character animations.
- True next-gen audio: Killzone 2 players are further immersed in the world of Killzone 2 on PS3, supporting 7.1 surround and location-specific audio with wave tracing. Players in Killzone 2 for Playstation 3 will not only notice the difference between indoor and outdoor but also experience sound and music that are dynamic and contextual.
- Studio grade special effects: PS3 Killzone 2 provides unprecedented visual fidelity. With full screen anti-aliasing, motion blur, internal lens reflections, and depth-based colour grading, Killzone 2 players will experience a picture that is sharp, smooth, and full of detail.
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What is the Internet of Everything?
Today, there are more things connected to the internet than there are people in the world. In the very near future, pretty much everything you can imagine will wake up. We're leading the next step in the evolution of the internet and helping to change the way we work, live, play and learn.