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Say this for Charlie Manuel:
The World Series hasn't even started yet, and he is already making the type of brazen moves that have marked the first couple of rounds of the playoffs. In starting Pedro Martinez in Game 2 -- a move he announced earlier this morning on his weekly radio appearance in Philadelphia -- he is taking a huge risk. Martinez has never started in the new Yankee Stadium. He has never faced this new Yankees team. He will be pitching in weather that is more than 20 degrees cooler than he faced in his only other start of the postseason.
And Cole Hamels?
Say what you will about his struggles this season, he is still the defending World Series MVP, and he has still shown the ability to dominate at times. The easy call for Manuel would have been to cross his fingers and send Hamels out for Game 2. If he falters? Well, that's on him. But now, if Pedro Martinez stumbles in Game 2 and Hamels thrives in Game 3, the Phillies won't be able to pitch Hamels again until Game 7. And they could be forced into a situation where they bring Cliff Lee back on short rest.
But like most of Manuel's moves, this one has firm roots in logic. The Phillies' likely thinking? Trust -- Martinez has built it this season and throughout his career. Hamels has eroded it with both his performance and his body language on the mound. At the first hint of trouble, lefthander J.A. Happ and righthander Joe Blanton will be ready to fill in for Martinez. And if things really implode, Cliff Lee coming back on short rest for Game 4 is an option, giving Blanton or Happ an extra day to prepare for action in Games 5 and 6.
But the Phillies also could be hedging their bet. If Hamels pitches well in Game 3, they could have the option of bringing him back on short rest for Game 6. But if Martinez pitched well in Game 3, he likely still would have to wait until Game 7 to return to the mound. If both pitch well, the discussion is meaningless. Same goes for both struggling.
As I'm sure Manuel will explain to us later today, this was not an easy decision. The cases for Pedro and against Pedro were equally compelling.
Here is a look at some of the things the Phillies likely considered:
I. The case for Pedro
1) Martinez threw seven scoreless innings in Game 2 of the NLCS against the Dodgers, his only postseason start this season.
2) Cole Hamels has allowed nine hits and three home runs in 15 postseason at-bats against left-handed hitters, not a good omen at Yankee Stadium and its notoriously short right field fence.
3) Hamels hasn't lasted longer than 5 1/3 innings in any of his three postseason starts, and has allowed at least three runs in all three of them.
4) Pitching Martinez in Game 2 will take some pressure off of Hamels, who admitted earlier in this season that he was expecting too much out of himself. Hamels has never pitched a postseason game when trailing in a series, something that could very well happen in the World Series with the Phillies due to face C.C. Sabathia in Game 1.
5) Martinez has displayed the willingness and ability to pitch on both sides of the plate, something that is imperative against a Yankees line-up that needs to be taken out of its comfort zone. Martinez has shown a better ability to pitch a guy like Alex Rodriguez inside, while avoiding the type of mistake that would result in a home run flying out of Yankee Stadium.
6) Martinez has two breaking pitches to supplement his change-up, and has shown a willingness and ability to throw his curveball at any point in the count, which puts him in a position to limit left-handed sluggers like Mark Texeira and Hideki Matsui. Hamels' curve ball is more an accessory than a true out pitch.
7) Starting Martinez will give the Phillies a more balanced rotation. Starting Lee and Hamels in Games 1 and 2 would not only give their opponent back-to-back games against lefty starters, it would open the possibility of throwing lefty starters in Games 4, 5 and 6, should Manuel elect to give rookie J.A. Happ the start in Game 4. New York faced lefthanded starters in back-to-back games 13 times this season, and in three straight games four times. In those instances, when facing a lefty starter for the first time, the Yankees scored 72 runs while hitting .278 and drawing 49 walks. The second day, they scored 74 runs while hitting .303 and drawing 59 walks. And in the four times they played a third straight game against a lefty starter, they scored 26 runs while hitting .327 and drawing 23 walks.
8) Hamels is better suited to start a game on short rest. Although he has not done so in his career, he said earlier this postseason he felt he would be able to. If Martinez falters in Game 2 and Hamels thrives in Game 3, the Phillies could decide to start Hamels in Game 6 on short rest. But if Hamels faltered in Game 2 and Martinez thrived in Game 3, the Phillies would be forced to wait for a potential Game 7 to call on Martinez again.
9) If Martinez struggles early, the Phillies could call on J.A. Happ for long relief, giving the Yankees a much different look. They also have Joe Blanton available to step in.
10) Martinez currently owns a 14-inning consecutive scoreless innings streak in the postseason (Mariano Rivera holds the postseason record with 33 1/3).
11) He has started five postseason games against the Yankees, two in the Bronx, and has lasted six innings in all five. In 14 overall postseason appearances, he is 6-2 with a 3.13 ERA.
II. The case against Pedro
1) His seven scoreless innings came in a pitcher's park, in beautiful weather (mid-80's and sunny), on a day where neither team managed to hit the ball.
2) Lefties hit .276 with 12 extra base hits against him during the regular season. Five of the seven home runs he allowed were hit by lefties.
3) Martinez hasn't thrown more than 87 pitches in a start since Sept. 13.
4) Relegating Hamels to Game 3 could destroy whatever amount of his confidence remains after a shaky regular season and postseason.
5) Martinez went 2-0 with a 1.88 ERA in five regular season starts at Citizens Bank Park, compared with 3-1 with a 5.66 ERA in four starts on the road. Now, he is lined up for two starts on the road.
6) Before his NLCS outing against the Dodgers, Martinez's last postseason experience came in 2004, back when he was still in his prime.
7) In his five postseason starts against the Yankees, he has a 4.27 ERA, not including a relief appearance in which he allowed two runs in one inning. And all five of those starts came when he was in his prime.
8) Regardless of Hamels struggles, he has dominated at times this season. And the Phillies best chance for winning this series could lie in him re-capturing that magic. After allowing 17 runs in 21 1/3 innings in his first four starts of August, Hamels pitched eight scoreless innings against the Pirates. Five days after allowing six runs in six innings against the Nationals on May 30, he pitched a five-hit shutout against the Dodgers. And, of course, there was his start at Yankee Stadium on May 24, when he allowed two runs on eight hits in six innings of the Phillies' 4-3 win.
9) Hamels performed well against the Yankee in May, allowing three runs in six innings.
10) If the Phillies elect to start Cliff Lee in Games 4 and 7 on three days rest, Hamels might only get one start this World Series. Then again, depending on your perspective, that could be considered a positive.
The Yankees have yet to announce their rotation. But C.C. Sabathia and A.J. Burnett have both had success pitching on short rest in their careers. The Phillies have also said that they would be willing to pitch Cliff Lee on three days rest. I don't expect them to announce their intention to do so - or not do so - until after the first couple games of the series. Here is a look at two potential pitching match-ups, one with Cliff Lee on short rest and one without:
Match-ups, Without Lee on Short Rest
Game 1 - LHP Cliff Lee at LHP C.C. Sabathia
Game 2 - RHP Pedro Martinez at RHP A.J. Burnett
Game 3 - LHP Andy Pettitte at LHP Cole Hamels
Game 4 - LHP C.C. Sabathia at RHP Joe Blanton
Game 5 - RHP A.J. Burnett at LHP Cliff Lee
Game 6 - RHP Pedro Martinez at LHP Andy Pettitte/RHP Chad Gaudin
Game 7 - LHP Cole Hamels at LHP C.C. Sabathia
Match-ups, With Lee on Short Rest
Game 1 - LHP Cliff Lee at LHP C.C. Sabathia
Game 2 - RHP Pedro Martinez at RHP A.J. Burnett
Game 3 - LHP Andy Pettitte at LHP Cole Hamels
Game 4 - LHP C.C. Sabathia at LHP Cliff Lee
Game 5 - RHP A.J. Burnett at RHP Joe Blanton
Game 6 - RHP Pedro Martinez at LHP Andy Pettitte/RHP Chad Gaudin
Game 7 - LHP Cliff Lee at LHP C.C. Sabathia


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Friday, Feb. 25, 2011
It's taken more than a century, but the auto industry is about to come full circle. Introduced in the 1890s, electric vehicles (EVs) soon eclipsed gasoline cars in popularity. By the end of the decade, EVs outsold gasoline cars 10 to 1. The trend did not hold. Henry Ford's gaspowered Model T appeared in 1908, igniting the century-long reign of the internal combustion engine. But, according to James Billmaier '77, EVs are poised to dominate once more—this time for the long haul.
Billmaier, a Silicon Valley veteran with three decades of experience in the computer systems and software industries, is the author of JOLT! (Advantage, 2010), a primer on the coming dominance of the electric car. An unabashed EVs enthusiast, Billmaier does have a stake in the outcome he prophesizes; he's a founding partner of Charge Northwest, a company focused on hardware, software, and consulting solutions for charging EVs. But he is also a reliable guide for consumers seeking answers before deciding to invest in the first wave of the new generation of EVs—the plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt or all-electric Nissan LEAF— or those to follow.
One of the strengths of JOLT! is in dispelling myths that threaten to slow the adoption of EVs. Billmaier raises, and deftly dispatches, nagging questions: Won't EVs merely swap emissions at the tailpipe for emissions from a (likely coal-fired) smokestack? Aren't EVs much more expensive than gas-powered cars? Will an EV leave me stranded roadside? Won't EVs overload the electricity grid? The answer in each case, writes Billmaier, is a resounding "No." Take just one: cost. After the (for now) higher upfront cost, which is offset by government tax incentives, EVs are cheaper to maintain—with 70 percent fewer parts than gas-powered cars, and no smog checks or oil changes either—and cheaper to drive each mile. At $3 a gallon for gas and 10.2 cents per kilowatthour for electricity (the average U.S. price), "a highly efficient gas-powered car getting 30 miles to the gallon costs around 10 cents per mile; an EV running on electricity costs just 2.5 cents per mile," writes Billmaier. And it's a cost differential that will only grow as oil becomes scarcer and batteries cheaper over the next couple of decades.
Billmaier is confident that within the next 20 years all of us will be driving electric cars. "Electric vehicles are our future no matter who builds them," he says—but he also believes smart incentives can speed their adoption in the United States and ensure we don't cede market advantage to competitors such as China. In the last chapter, Billmaier outlines the "JOLT Program for America," a policy framework for government, business, and consumers that aims to have 100 million electric cars on the road by 2020. Get the incentives right, Billmaier believes, and the market will flip. He predicts electric cars will make up 60 percent of all new car sales by 2030.
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A Deutsche Boerse AG unit lost a U.S. Supreme Court appeal that sought the right to offer options based on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
The justices today turned away an appeal by Deutsche Boerse's International Securities Exchange LLC of a court order that barred the company from creating a market for the options without a license. Deutsche Boerse is the operator of the Frankfurt stock exchange.
The rebuff is a victory for McGraw-Hill Cos., whose S&P Dow Jones unit maintains the indexes, and CBOE Holdings Inc., whose Chicago Board Options Exchange offers index options under an exclusive licensing agreement with S&P Dow Jones.
McGraw Hill and CBOE won an Illinois state court ruling barring International Securities Exchange from using the indexes to create an index-options market without a license.
At the Supreme Court, International Securities Exchange argued unsuccessfully that federal copyright law barred the claim by McGraw Hill and CBOE.
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Aaron Garbut, Art Director at Rockstar North, explained with excitement the growth process behind GTA Online.
Haven't played in a while, but I have faith in Rockstars creative minds to reel me back in soon enough
GTA online suffers from the same issues that seem to plague ambitious open ended games.It promises great things but never seems to deliver them.
I would likely give it another go if R* could deliver on the idea but I have my doubts.
If it was broken then it should never have been released in the first place. Is this what we should expect now from games ? its not right.
I'm sorry to have to argue against a few of you bit I think gta and R* get too much flack on forums. If they'd offered me an unfinished product in May last year or the September before that, I'd have snatched at the chance. I'd have played whatever story mode they had so far and played at just that until Online was launched. Imagine if they'd delayed launch until now, or whenever they release a patch that has everything you want fixed or added. I'd like destructible buildings and earthquakes but I'm not gonna boycott the game until it's on. For playability GTA can't be beaten. And now R* have a totally progressive game. They want you to play it for years not months. Don't sweat it, you won't have to wait til GTA 6 to see all those things in the game and working. I've not even read this article but I just thought I'd get my piece in.


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At the Checkers' team-building paintball event two weeks ago, Woods lost an important personal item. It was a medal he wore, given to him by his late grandfather, which had been blessed by the Pope. Given Woods' attachment to the item, it was a situation teammates had heard about and understood.
Enter Malhotra, the longtime NHL veteran who's playing with the Checkers on a pro tryout contract as he attempts to prove that he can still play at the highest level. Without telling Woods, Malhotra, who had known the rookie forward for a little over two weeks, bought a metal detector, drove to the paintball field and searched.
When unable to find the medal, Malhotra told Woods about it, and the two returned to the field to look again on Wednesday. Together, they found it.
Even prior to the incident, teammates and coaches had already made it well known that Malhotra, who had no previous attachments to the Checkers or any of its players in any way, was a great teammate.
This was something else entirely.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The Atlanta Hawks have signed forward Cartier Martin to a second 10-day contract.
The deal was announced Tuesday before the Hawks faced the Bulls in Chicago.
Martin started the season with the Hawks but was waived on Jan. 7. He then signed two 10-day contracts with the Bulls, and played six games, but wasn't kept by Chicago for the remainder of the season. Atlanta then signed him to a 10-day contract on Feb. 1.
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Catholic elementary schools are an essential part of the life of our Diocese. We all are grateful for those who built, staffed and promoted Catholic schools for over 100 years. I am grateful to the parents, Catholic and non-Catholic, who have seen the value of Catholic elementary schools and sent their children to receive formation and education in our schools. To the pastors and parishioners, the principals and teachers, those who provide staff support and those who provide material and financial support, we all owe a debt of gratitude.
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So this week I had a craving for BACON. I am really not a huge meat lover but whatever – it's a pregnancy craving so you just eat it. I threw some bacon on a cookie sheet, hit 400 degrees and set the timer for 20 minutes. I hear the timer buzzing but I had to tend to a child. OPPS. I let the bacon cook a wee bit too long, leaving us with burnt bacon for dinner and an oven that was covered in bacon juice (grease, yuck).
If your pregnant nose is anything like my pregnant nose you can smell a dirty diaper 3 houses down. So burnt bacon and pregnant nose = not a good combo.
Fast forward to today. I threw in a frozen pizza for lunch and the whole house was engulfed in the smell of burnt bacon. So this evening I thought, why not try out this self cleaning feature that I have never used on my oven. It looked easy enough – close the oven door – make sure all cookie sheets and what not are removed and then hit "Self Clean". The oven prompted me that the door would lock and then a 4 hour timer started. So I continued on my merry way to pick up the kids thinking I'd come home, the oven would be cleaned and the house wouldn't reek of burnt bacon next time I attempted to cook something.
Well, I came home and immediately walking thru the garage into the kitchen I noticed a funky smell. As we approached closer to the kitchen, it intensified. Pregnant nose goes into over drive. The house smells like burnt bleach – not that I ever have had the honor of smelling that, but thats the best way to describe the fumes. We're talking YUCK.
This can't be good for my baby, me, or my in-utero baby. We left the house, hung out with my sister and returned home to a lesser of a smell, but still stinky. I've opened windows turned on fans and moved my self and the kiddo upstairs.
Googling, I can't find much danger in the self cleaning oven fumes during pregnancy. I do see you have to be extra cautious when using spray oven cleaner while pregnant. Regardless, the fumes the self cleaning oven has produced – I don't think would be safe for anyone! Though I did read that the first few time you use the self cleaning feature there is a layer of something that burns off while cleaning. I don't think i'll be taking my chances again – this place STINKS! Plus, my oven isn't THAT clean!
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TELL CITY – A pageant for 2- to 8-year-old kids will be added to this year's Schweizer Fest schedule. This pageant will be held Aug. 5 in the Evangelical United Church of Christ. This pageant is open to boys and girls from Perry and Spencer counties and from Hancock County, Ky.
Applications can be picked up at Cinderella's, 922 Main St. Tell City. Age groups will be decided once all applications are turned in. Deadline for applications for both pageants is today by 4 p.m., no exceptions.
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NEW DELHI, INDIA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/15/13 -- Convergence India 2013 - Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, today announced that Aadhar Digital Vision Ltd. (ADV), a Chennai-based multi-system operator (MSO), is relying on the Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) architecture to provide revenue security for its new digital cable TV service. ADV is a large consortium of cable TV operators that is working to digitize sizeable pockets of Chennai, as well as other cities in Tamil Nadu.
"As we move into this exciting new digitalization era, we needed a partner that could provide us with a scalable revenue security solution that can grow as we add new services and content offerings," said P. Basker, managing director, ADV. "Verimatrix is an ideal partner for us as their VCAS solution not only exceeds our technology requirements, but also because its team of experts shares our commitment to customer service and innovation."
The consortium is relying on VCAS for DVB to secure its premium linear content library and associated revenue for broadcast services over its newly digitized cable network. The cardless conditional access solution enables ADV to combine standards-based and proven Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) technology for broadcast distribution with the interactivity of IP-based networks using a single security system.
ADV plans to provide nearly 500 digital quality channels to its subscribers via DVB-C set top boxes (STB). Deploying Verimatrix's proven cardless security solution within the STB offers ADV hardware-level security without the logistics associated with the management of physical cards. The solution is also extremely scalable, and will enable ADV to easily add both multi-screen and hybrid DVB-OTT services in the future.
"VCAS for DVB is an ideal foundation for ADV as they prepare for a multi-screen future," said Steve Oetegenn, chief sales and marketing officer, Verimatrix. "Our unique VCAS for DVB solution provides best-in-class conditional access for one-way networks, thereby helping ADV protect their existing network investments while they prepare for the future and create a competitive advantage."
Verimatrix is demonstrating its robust revenue security solutions at Convergence India 2013, 16-18 January in New Delhi. Visit booth #C-64 to learn how the VCAS architecture addresses current and future business and technical challenges. Verimatrix will also be hosting a Multi-network Solutions in the Real World Forum on 17 Jan. 2013 from 14:30 - 16:00 hours in Hall 18 on the Upper Floor. To sign up to attend the Forum, please visit www.verimatrix.com/CI2013
About ADV
Aadhar Digital Vision Pvt. Ltd. was incorporated on 21-05-2012 under the Companies Act 1956 at Chennai. It is an initiative of North Chennai Cable Operators with the objective to develop the cable TV industry in the district by providing the high end technology to the subscribers and to protect the life of the cable TV operators. For more information visit www.aadhardigital.com.
About Verimatrix
Verimatrix specializes in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services around the globe. The award-winning and independently audited Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) and ViewRight® solutions enable cable, satellite, terrestrial, IPTV and OTT operators to cost-effectively extend their networks and enable new business models. As the established leader in cardless security solutions, the company has leveraged its innovative 3-Dimensional Security approach to provide a harmonized rights platform for premium content delivery to a range of devices over new hybrid network combinations.
Maintaining close relationships with major studios, broadcasters, standards organizations and its unmatched partner ecosystem enables Verimatrix to provide a unique perspective on video business issues beyond content security as operators introduce new services to take advantage of the proliferation of connected devices. Verimatrix is an ISO 9001:2008 certified company. For more information, please visit www.verimatrix.com, our Pay TV Views blog and follow us at @verimatrixinc, Facebook and LinkedIn to join the conversation.
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Viewing recommendations for this weekend, for those of you over-saturated with South Carolina-LSU and Stanford-Notre Dame coverage. *See what we did there?
• Best THIS IS STILL A RIVALRY, CONSARNIT. The Red River Shootout, we would argue, has not lost any of its luster with Texas and Oklahoma both slipping out of the AP top 10. (We would also argue that it'll always be the "Shootout" and never the "Rivalry.") First of all, to complain that a Nos. 13 vs. 15 matchup is any sort of letdown is to forget how brief this season is in general, and how weird this week's slate of games is in particular. Ranked-on-ranked action isn't easy to come by this Saturday. Savor what is there. Second of all, don't tell grownups that the Longhorns and Sooners might want to beat the snot out of each other that much less just because both teams have been dinged with a loss. Is it nastier when the stakes are higher? We're not actually sure. Texas is still Texas, Oklahoma is still Oklahoma, fried bubblegum on a stick is still fried bubblegum on a stick and the RRS remains a destination game and appointment television.
• Best reason to eat French fries on a sandwich for brunch. Louisville at Pittsburgh, in one of those curious 11 a.m. ET kickoffs we can never quite perk up for.
• Best rivalry game you've never heard of, Week 7 edition. Nevada at UNLV, renewing the Battle for the Fremont Cannon. In general, this blog wants to always come down on the side of teams trading weapons as traveling trophies, be they cannons or axes or boots full of live bees. It's one of our few guiding principles, and we stand by it.
• Best odds. We have constructed a sterling new knock-knock joke for this particular ACC matchup. We hope you like it. Ready?
Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Virginia Tech.
Virginia Tech who?
Virginia Tech is favored by 10 points at home against Duke!
• Pointiest potential pointsplosion. As mentioned yesterday, we are currently en route to Shreveport to take in No. 22 Texas A&M versus No. 23 Louisiana Tech. These teams field two top-10 scoring offenses, and the last time we went to a game featuring a couple of those we got Baylor-West Virginia in Week 5. The graphical geniuses at Good Bull Hunting have a gorgeous visual preview of the game up, if you like your facts delivered with artful flair.
• Grisliest potential blowout. Boston College feels disrespected now? Before the Eagles even take the field? Against a Seminoles squad averaging more than 45 points per game and presumably sulking over a loss to NC State and looking to lash out? Welp!
• Best undercard game. Actual Good-Looking Football Teams Utah State and San Jose State meet in their first WAC game of the season at 4 p.m. ET. The game will be streamed on ESPN3.
• Trappiest trap game: We're not liking the looks of this Akron-at-Ohio matchup. The Bobcats still have the best overall chance of going undefeated, but the way they've played the past two weeks against UMass and Buffalo ... we just wonder. Honestly, the non-AQ team with the best chance to emerge undefeated out of Week 7 might be UTSA. RUNNER-UP, trappiest trap game: Fresno State at Boise State. Enjoy defending Robbie Rouse and Derek Carr at the same time, Broncos!
• Best nightcap. We're blessed this Saturday with that most soothing of lullabies, the 11:59 p.m. Hawaii kickoff, with the Warriors hosting New Mexico in a little late-night MWCtion. (The pronunciation of this term needs some work.) However, the 10:30 Cal-Washington State game cannot be discounted, for reasons we will outline below, right now:
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CRESTVIEW � Deborah Reynolds-Nash has seen the cost of living rise in her 57 years.
CRESTVIEW � Deborah Reynolds-Nash has seen the cost of living rise in her 57 years.
The Crestview woman has noticed the increasing costs of household products.
"Ever since they've (the children) been little, I've used Scott tissue," she said. "The tissue rolls are not as big as they used to be, and they're shorter than what they used to be. Everything's been cut down but the price."
Then there's dishwashing detergent.
"They cut the ounces down and the bottle looks real cute but it's smaller � and you're paying more," she said.
Small grocery bill spikes paled in comparison to the house insurance, which increased $200 per month this year, taking half her income, she said.
And last week, she noticed the rising cost in her electricity bill � almost twice as much to power her three-bedroom, two-bath home. That was a shock, she said, because she frequently used her fireplace throughout the cold weather.
Payment in pennies
"I normally pay my bills ... I have a list of everything I have to pay. I calculate the light bill to be about $140 (on average). That's what I had a credit union check for. But when I got the light bill, it was $225."
So she took matters into her own hands.
That meant getting $173 in pennies from Eglin Federal Credit Union and $50 in pennies from the local teachers credit union, and footing the rest of the bill with cash on hand.
"I took it (the package of pennies) home, unwrapped it and took it back to pay my light bill, and they refused to pay it," she said.
That surprised Reynolds, who noted that Crestview's Gulf Power Company office has a sign that says cash, money order and checks are acceptable payment methods.
"I had no idea, no earthly idea that they would not take my money," she said, adding she brought reading material to pass the time while a clerk counted the change.
Jeff Rogers, Gulf Power's corporate communications manager, said that wasn't an option due to the amount.
�As a courtesy to the other customers, we ask that customers have large amounts of change rolled up," he said.
Life changes � new challenges
Reynolds said much has changed since 2007, when her husband, Charles, died.
"Life was good before he died ... I didn't have things to worry about. But now that it's me, I have to watch every cent. "
Reynolds worked in sewing factories and cosmetology prior to experiencing sickness that required her to have a bone marrow transplant. Most recently, she worked in laundry services on Eglin Air Force Base, she said.
Now, her working days are over, and that makes paying bills a problem. She draws Social Security disability benefits and smaller VA benefits because she and her husband divorced each other before remarrying for just a few more years before he died.
Tricare helps, but with doctors as close as Crestview and as far away as Pensacola, Birmingham, Ala., and North Carolina, travel expenses, on top of everything else, are concerns.
Today's her deadline to pay the power bill in an acceptable payment method, and she'll do that, she said. But if it's not one thing, it's another.
"Soon as I think I'm getting over something, something else comes up" with her health, she said.
"Bills � that's where my money goes."
Staff Writer Matthew Brown contributed to this report.
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LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Defense lawyers for four suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri said Friday prosecutors have no valid evidence against the alleged bombers and have presented no possible motive for the truck bombing that killed him and 22 others.
The defense comments came at a news conference after the second day of the trial at a U.N.-backed tribunal on the outskirts of The Hague.
Lawyers for the four suspects, whom prosecutors say are supporters of the Shiite group Hezbollah, are scheduled to make opening statements Monday.
The suspects themselves are being tried in their absence at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, because they haven't been arrested nearly nine years after a huge truck bomb was detonated Feb. 14, 2005, on a seaside road in Beirut.
But their court-appointed lawyers signaled they will mount a robust defense against a prosecution case built largely around records for mobile phones allegedly used by the plotters to plan and execute a bombing which sent shockwaves through Lebanon.
Prosecutors are relying on a web of timings and locations of calls they say were made by the bombers as they tracked Hariri in the months, weeks, days and minutes before his assassination.
But the records don't include taped conversations or even text messages, said Antoine Korkmaz, who is representing the alleged mastermind Mustafa Badreddine.
"There is not a shred of evidence," he told reporters.
Vincent Courcelle-Labrousse, a French lawyer representing suspect Hassan Oneissi, added that prosecutors had presented no possible motive during their opening statement that took a day and a half.
"It is quite surprising to see ... this crime, for the time being, seems bereft of any motive," he said. "The prosecutor has put forward no reason" for the bombing. "I am struck that after nine years you do not have the wherewithal to explain that."
Hezbollah denies involvement in the murder and the group's leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, has denounced the court as a conspiracy by his archenemies — the U.S. and Israel.
Hariri, who also held Saudi citizenship, was one of Lebanon's most influential Sunni leaders, with wide connections in the Arab world and international community.
Syria initially was suspected of involvement in the assassination, since Hariri had been seeking to weaken its domination of Lebanon. Syria has denied any role, but the killing galvanized opposition to Damascus and led to huge street demonstrations, dubbed the "Cedar Revolution," which helped put an end to Syria's 29-year military presence in its smaller neighbor.
Earlier Friday, lawyers representing victims of the bombing said the trial could help break a cycle of impunity for political slayings in Lebanon.
Lawyer Mohammad Mattar told judges their court "can restore the faith of the Lebanese people in justice."
Among nine victims in court was Hariri's son, Saad, himself also a former prime minister.
Hariri "sits here not as a politician or former head of state, but as a son who lost a father," British lawyer Peter Haynes said.
Other victims included a mother whose son, one of Hariri's bodyguards, was killed in the blast, and workers from nearby office buildings injured when the explosion blew out windows. In total, 65 victims will be represented in the case; 16 who were injured and 49 whose family members were killed.
Prosecutors wrapped up their opening statement by detailing the movements of the alleged assassins based on what investigators say are their mobile phone records in the final minutes of Hariri's life. Prosecutors claim a flurry of calls were made by the plotters just before the truck bomb exploded and then the phones went silent.
Lebanon has a history of political assassinations for which no one has ever been held accountable.
Victims' lawyer Nada Abdelsater-Abusamra told judges that the tribunal could change that lawlessness "by ending impunity and restoring basic human rights to the people of Lebanon."


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The 11 Nerdiest Marriage Proposals Of All Time
Call us crazy, but we believe when a man is down on one knee to pop the question, he should prop his laptop against the other leg. And he better be recording my reaction for Youtube fame. Because nothing says "Will you marry me?" quite like an internet meme!
You may call these proposals geeky, but we think they're thoughtful, creative and, most of all, romantic. Well, most of them. Put down your cynicism and put on your glasses — here are the 11 nerdiest ways guys have asked their ladies to marry them.


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BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Seth Curry scored 19 of his 22 points in the first half as No. 6 Duke opened a 20-point lead and sent Virginia Tech to its ninth consecutive loss, 88-56 on Thursday night.
Rasheed Sulaimon added 17 points and Mason Plumlee had 13 points and 12 rebounds for the Blue Devils (23-3, 10-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) as they moved coach Mike Krzyzewski into sole possession of third place on the career list for victories at one school with 877.
He was tied with Adolph Rupp of Kentucky and is now two behind North Carolina's Dean Smith. Syracuse's Jim Boeheim leads with 910 victories.
Erick Green, the nation's leading scorer with a 25.3 average coming in, led the Hokies (11-15, 2-11) with 22 points. C.J. Barksdale had a career-best 14 points and Cadarian Raines added 10, but no one else scored more than five as the Hokies shot just 43 percent and made only 1 of 16 3-point attempts.
Duke finished 12 for 17 on 3-pointers and shot 53.6 percent (30 of 56) overall.
CALIFORNIA 48, No. 23 OREGON 46
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Justin Cobbs' jumper with 0.7 seconds to play gave California the win.
Cobbs took his shot after the Golden Bears (17-9, 9-5 Pac-12) ran nearly all of the final 26 seconds off the clock. Cobbs finished with 14 points and Allen Crabbe had 12 for Cal, which has won four straight.
Arsalan Kazemi had 11 points and a season-high 18 rebounds for the Ducks (21-6, 10-4), who lost their 11th straight game to the Bears. Carlos Emory scored 13 points for Oregon, which hasn't beaten Cal since Feb. 9, 2008.
Oregon is tied with Arizona for the Pac-12 lead, while third-place Cal continued its climb with its sixth win in seven games.


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SEATTLE (AP) — A repeat drunk driver who plowed his pickup into a Seattle family earlier this year, killing two grandparents and badly hurting a mother and her newborn son, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of vehicular homicide and vehicular assault.
Mark Mullan, 51, faces a recommended term of 18 years in prison when he is sentenced in King County Superior Court next month.
Mullan, a journeyman electrician with five prior drunken driving arrests, had a blood-alcohol content about three times the legal limit when he hit the family as they crossed a street in the Wedgwood neighborhood in broad daylight March 25. He was on probation from a recent case, his license was suspended, and he was supposed to have installed an ignition interlock device in his truck.
New grandparents Judy and Dennis Schulte, retired teachers from Kokomo, Ind., who had recently moved to Seattle, were killed. Their daughter-in-law, Karina Ulriksen-Schulte and her son, Elias, were injured. Ulriksen-Schulte suffered a broken pelvis and head injury, and her injuries caused a stroke that has limited her speech. But her husband, Dan Schulte, said she is walking and talking more, is almost ready to come home from a rehabilitation center, and sees their son almost every day.
Elias, who was 10 days old at the time, sustained skull fractures. He has had one major brain surgery and is due to have another when he turns 1, to relieve pressure caused by fluid on his brain. He is mostly acting like a normal baby, Schulte said, but there are concerns about his vision.
While he would have preferred to see Mullan sentenced to life in prison, Schulte told reporters after the court hearing that the plea would allow the family to focus on recovery as well as the legacy of his parents.
"While nothing can undo the damage to our family," Schulte said, with his sister by his side, "we're relieved he has decided to accept responsibility for his actions."
The case prompted calls for tougher DUI laws. The family has sued the city, alleging it failed to monitor Mullan.
Schulte sat in the courtroom behind Mullan as the defendant looked down, frowning and sobbing briefly as he repeated "guilty" five times, including to a charge of violating the ignition interlock device law. Mullan dabbed his mouth with a tissue as he regained his composure.
Judge Ken Comstock read Mullan's statements about the offenses as described in the plea agreement. "While I was driving I hit four people who were legally crossing the street," the judge read before asking whether the statement was true.
"Yes, it is," Mullan responded.
King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg noted that the Legislature's decision to toughen vehicular homicide laws in 2012 provided for a longer prison term for Mullan, and he said keeping Mullan off the roads for 18 years was the best his office could do.
Some 150 people a year are killed by drunken drivers in Washington, and Satterberg credited Schulte for promoting the "ongoing cultural change we need in this state to make people think twice before they drink and drive." In July, Schulte joined Gov. Jay Inslee as he signed a law requiring that anyone suspected of a second impaired driving offense face mandatory arrest and have an interlock device installed on their vehicle within five days of being charged.
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Known by his alias, "Oliver Stone," John Carr is the most wanted man in America. With two pulls of the trigger, the men who destroyed Stone's life and kept him in the shadows were finally silenced.
But his freedom comes at a steep price: The assassinations he carried out prompt the highest levels of the U.S. government to unleash a massive manhunt. Yet behind the scenes, master spy Macklin Hayes is playing a very personal game of cat and mouse. He, more than anyone else, wants John Carr dead. With their friend and unofficial leader in hiding, the members of the Camel Club risk everything to save him. As the hunters close in, Stone's flight from the demons of his past will take him from the power corridors of Washington, D.C., to the coal-mining town of Divine, Virginia – and into a world every bit as bloody and lethal as the one he left behind.
CHAPTER 1The Chesapeake Bay is America's largest estuary. Nearly two hundred miles long, its watershed covers an area of sixty-five thousand utopian square miles with more than a hundred and fifty rivers and streams barreling into it. It's also the home of myriad bird and aquatic life, and a haven for legions of recreational boaters. The bay is indeed a creation of remarkable beauty, except when you happen to be swimming in the middle of the damn thing during a thunderstorm in the veiled darkness of early morning.
Oliver Stone cracked the surface of the water and gulped in the thick salty air, a thirsty man in the center of a trillion-ton ocean. The long dive had caused him to go farther down than was particularly healthy. Yet when you throw yourself off a thirty-foot cliff into an angry ocean, you should be thankful just to have a heartbeat. As he treaded water he looked around to gauge his bearings. Nothing he saw was too appealing right now. With each streak of lightning sparking to earth, he eyed the three-story-high cliff he'd been standing on. He'd been in the bay less than a minute yet the chill was already drizzling into his bones despite the full-body wet suit he wore underneath his clothes. He stripped off his waterlogged pants, shirt and shoes and then kicked off swimming east. He didn't have much time to get this done.
Twenty minutes later he cut toward shore, all four limbs cement. He used to be able to swim all day, but he wasn't twenty anymore. Hell, he wasn't even fifty anymore. Now he just wanted land; he was tired of impersonating a fish.
He pointed himself at a cleft in the rock and shot toward it. He slogged free of the breakers and jogged toward a large boulder where he snagged the cloth bag he'd previously hidden. Tugging off his wet suit, he toweled dry and changed into fresh clothes and a pair of tennis shoes. The sodden articles were pushed into the bag, tied to a rock and hurled into the storm-swept bay where they'd join his decades-old sniper rifle and long-range scope. He was officially retired from the killing profession. He hoped he would live to enjoy the experience. Right now it was barely even money on that score.
Stone carefully picked his way up the rocky path to a dirt trail. Ten minutes later he reached a fringe of woods where shallow-rooted pines leaned away from the punishing sea wind. A twenty-minute jog after that carried him to the batch of ramshackle buildings, most closer to falling down than not. The cloud-encrusted light was just beginning to topple the darkness as he slid through the window of the smallest hut. It was no more than a lean-to, really, though it did have such luxuries as a door and a floor. He checked his watch. He had ten minutes at most. Already dog-tired, he once more pulled off his clothes then slipped into the tiny shower with rusted piping that only delivered a thin stream of lukewarm water, like a fountain on its last dying spurt. Still, he scrubbed hard, wiping away the stink and briny clutch of the angry bay—wiping away evidence, actually. He was on auto now, his mind too numb to lead the way. That would change. The head games were about to start. He could already envision the boots coming for him.
Stone was listening for the knock on the door; it came as he was dressing.
"Hey man, you ready?" called the voice. It shot through the thin plywood door like a cat's paw into a mouse hole.
In answer Stone smacked one hand hard against the ragged plank floor as he slipped on his shoes, shrugged into a frayed coat, tugged a John Deere cap low over his head and put on his thick glasses. He ran a hand over the bristly gray beard he'd grown over the past six months, then opened the door and nodded at the short, squat man facing him. The fellow had a beer keg frame and a lazy right eye along with teeth yellowed by too many Winstons and double-pop Maxwell House coffees. This was clearly not café latte land. The top of his head was covered by a Green Bay Packers knit cap. He wore faded farmer's bibs, dirty work boots and a threadbare, grease-stained coat along with an easy smile.
"Cold one this morning," the man said, rubbing his chunky nose and slipping a lit cigarette from between his lips.
Tell me about it, Stone thought.
"But it's supposed to warm up." He drank from an offi cial NASCAR tankard of java, letting some dribble down his chin when he pulled it back.
Stone nodded as his bearded face drooped and his normally attentive eyes grew vacant behind the smudged lenses. As he walked behind the other man Stone's left leg bent outward with a chicken-wing limp that stooped him into being several inches shorter.
They were loading an old banged-up, bald-tired Ford F-150 with firewood when the police car and black sedans slid into the driveway, propelling pebbly gravel in all directions like fired BBs. The trim, muscled men who climbed out of the rides wore blue slickers with "FBI" stenciled on the back in gold lettering and pistols with fourteen-round clips in their belt holsters. Three of them walked up to Stone and his buddy, while a chubby uniformed sheriff with polished black boots and a Stetson hustled to catch up.
"What's the deal, Virgil?" Green Bay asked the uniform. "Some sonofabitch break outta prison again? I'm telling you, you boys oughta start shooting to kill again and screw the pissant liberals."
Virgil shook his head, worry lines rising on his forehead. "No prison. Man's dead, Leroy."
"What man?"
One of the FBI slickers snapped, "Let me see some ID."
Another said, "Where were you and your friend an hour ago?"
Leroy looked from one Fibbie to the next. Then he stared over at the uniform. "Virgil, what the hell's going on?"
"Like I said, a man's dead. Important man. His name's—"
With a slash of his hand, a slicker cut him off. "ID. Now!"
Leroy quickly slid a thin wallet out of his bib's pocket and handed over his license. While one of the agents punched the number into a handheld computer he'd slipped from his windbreaker, another agent held out his hand to Stone.
Stone didn't move. He just stared back with a vacuous expression, his lips gumming and his bum leg doing an exaggerated deep knee bend. He looked confused, which was all part of the act.
"He ain't got no license," Leroy said. "He ain't got nothing of nothing. Hell, can't even talk, just grunts."
The FBI agents closed around Stone. "He work for you?"
"Yessir. Four months now. Good worker, strong back. Don't ask for much money—room and board is all, really. But he got a bad leg and not too much upstairs. He's mostly what you call unemployable."
The agents looked down at the protruding angle of Stone's leg then back up at his bespectacled face and bushy beard.
One of them asked, "What's your name?"
Stone grunted and made several jerky motions with his hand, like he was showing off a bastardized martial art for the federal men.
"Sign language, least I think it is, or some such," Leroy volunteered wearily. "Don't know sign language myself so's I don't know his real name. Just call him 'Hey man.' Then I show him what needs doing. That seems to work. It ain't like we're doing heart surgery up here, just throwing shit in a truck mostly."
A slicker said, "Tell him to lift up his pants leg on his bum wheel."
"What for?"
"Just tell him!"
Leroy motioned to Stone to do so by drawing up his own pants leg.
Stone bent down and, with improvised difficulty, mimicked Leroy's action.
The men all stared down at the ugly scar marching across the kneecap.
"Damn!" said Leroy. "No wonder he can't walk good."
The same FBI slicker motioned with his hand for Stone to roll his pants leg back down. "Okay, fine."
Stone never thought he'd be thankful for the old bayonet wound a North Vietnamese soldier had given him. It looked a lot worse than it actually was because the surgeon had had to fix Stone up on the floor of the jungle in the middle of an artillery barrage. Understandably the doctor's hands had not been at their steadiest.
Sheriff Virgil said, "Leroy and me grew up here together. He was the center and I was the quarterback on the high school football team that won the county championship forty years ago. He's not riding around killing anybody. And that feller there, easy to see he's not the sharpshooting type."
The FBI agent tossed back Leroy's license and looked at his fellow feds. "Clean," he muttered in a disappointed tone.
"Where you headed?" another slicker said as he glanced at the half-loaded truck.
"Same place I'm always headed this time of the morning this time of the year. We take us some wood down to folks who ain't got time to chop their own, and sell it before the cold weather sets in. Then we get down to the marina and work on the boat. Maybe take it out if the seas clear up."
"You got a boat?" one agent said sharply.
Leroy looked over at Virgil with a comical expression. "Yeah, got me a big-ass yacht." He pointed behind him. "We like to take us a ride in that there Chesapeake Bay and maybe catch us a few crabs. I hear tell they like that shit round these parts."
"Cut the crap, Leroy, before you get yourself in trouble," Virgil said quickly. "This is serious."
"I believe it is," Leroy shot back. "But if a man's dead, you best not waste any more time jawing with us. 'Cause we ain't know nuthin' 'bout nuthin'."
"You see anybody pass this way this morning?"
"Not one car till you folks come tearing up. And we both been up before full light."
Stone limped over to the truck and started throwing wood in the cargo bed.
The agents looked at each other. One of them mumbled, "Let's roll."
A few seconds later they were gone.
Leroy walked over to the truck and started tossing wood in. "Wonder what man be dead?" he said, really to himself. "Important man, they say. Lot of important men in this world. But they die just like the rest of us. God's way of making life fair."
Stone let out a long, loud grunt.
Leroy looked over at him and grinned. "Hey man, now that's the smartest thing I heard all damn morning."
When the day's work was over, Stone pantomimed to Leroy that he was heading on. Leroy seemed to take it well. "Surprised you lasted long as you did. Good luck." He peeled off a few faded twenties and handed them over. Stone took the money, patted the man's back and limped off.
After packing his duffel, Stone set out on foot and hitchhiked to D.C. in the back of a truck, the driver unwilling to let the scruffy Stone ride with him in the warmth of the truck's cab. Stone didn't mind. It would give him time to think. And he had a lot to think about. He had just killed two of the most prominent men in the country on the same day, literally hours apart, using the rifle he'd earlier chucked into the ocean before taking the dive off the cliffs.
The truck dropped him off near the Foggy Bottom area of the capital and Stone set out for his old home at Mt. Zion Cemetery.
He had a letter to deliver.
And something to pick up.
And then it would be time to hit the road.
His alter ego John Carr was finally dead.
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Several towns in New England and even the University of Notre Dame have claimed to inspire the poet's greatest work, "Trees." The well-known verse begins, "I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree."
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots closed out their draft Saturday with a pair of defensive players, including a third player from Rutgers.
With the 226th pick, New England grabbed Illinois defensive end Michael Buchanan, a tall athletic sack master. He had 14 sacks in 46 career games and 26 tackles for loss.
Strong and quick to the ball, Buchanan goes 6-foot-6 and weighs 250 pounds.
With their final pick, at 235, the Patriots took their third Rutgers product: linebacker Steve Beauharnais.
At 6-1, 240 pounds, Beauharnais had a strong showing at the Combine to back up a solid career.
He finished with 83 tackles on the Scarlet Knights last year, third on the team.
The Patriots took a wide receiver with the 102nd pick. New England took Josh Boyce of Texas Christian University with the fifth pick of the fourth round, a selection it acquired from the Minnesota Vikings in a trade on Thursday.
Boyce is considered an intriguing pick. At 5-foot-11, 206 pounds, he is extremely strong and has great hands. He was also very impressive at the NFL Combine, where he was considered one of the best performers in his group.
He ran a 4.38 seconds 40, had 22 bench press reps, ran a 6.68 seconds 3 cone drill and a 4.10 seconds short shuttle.
He had 22 career touchdown passes with 2,532 yards.
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Friday night, the Patriots appeared to address all their off-season concerns one-by-one.
They needed another pass rusher, so the Patriots took Jamie Collins, a sack machine from Southern Mississippi, with the 52nd pick — one they got from the Vikings.
Needing a wide receiver who they hope can open up the offense, they used the 59th pick to take Aaron Dobson of Marshall, a highlight-reel receiver who caught 24 career touchdowns.
Their pass defense ranked 29th of 32 teams last year, so the Patriots looked to shore up the secondary by taking cornerback Logan Ryan from Rutgers — a physical defender who has great ball skills — with the 83rd pick.
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When the night was over, Coach Bill Belichick had a satisfied look.
"I think we were about to improve our team tonight with the four players we selected," said Belichick, wearing a navy blue Watertown Police Department hoodie that had the Patriots' logo on it as well. "We'll see how it all comes together, but I think we got good value for our picks, good players. They have a lot of things going for them. We'll see how it all works out."
Of course, nothing is certain about the NFL draft. First-round picks sometimes fade quickly into oblivion. Seventh-round picks sometimes become Pro Bowl players.
Belichick knows this, but he also knows what he likes.
He interviewed each of the four players the Patriots drafted Friday night. And while he dismissed the importance of those interviews — saying they are just a piece of a puzzle that has a lot of pieces — he also got an insight into the intelligence and personality of the players.
The Patriots have a complex system, offensively and defensively, and not everyone can get it. Just ask Chad Ochocinco, a longtime Belichick favorite who was banished after one year because he couldn't grasp the offense.
The Patriots drafted athletes. Collins was a quarterback in high school, played safety as a freshman, linebacker the next two years and, essentially, defensive end last year.
He had 10 sacks last year, 20 tackles for losses. For his career he had 21 sacks. Collins also displayed a perseverance Belichick loves. His team didn't win a game last year, but that didn't stop him from playing his best.
"It's motivation and adversity," said Collins. "Everybody has to deal with adversity. I felt I had to play hard every game because we were losing."
Dobson — joining Troy Brown and Randy Moss as former Marshall receivers with the Patriots — was an outstanding high school basketball player who visited Northeastern University in Boston as a basketball recruit.
He scored 24 career touchdowns and, according to team stats, didn't drop a pass in 92 targets as a senior.
Asked about the possibility of playing with Tom Brady, he audibly gasped and said, "Oh man, you can't beat that. He's the best quarterback in the league."
Asked about drafting two defensive backs from the same school, Belichick said the Rutgers defense was outstanding and they were a big part of it.
Based on Ryan's conference call, the Patriots got an extremely intelligent and confident cornerback.
While Harmon admitted to being surprised he went in the third round — no one had any video clips on him — Ryan said he was ready for his name to be called by the Patriots.
"The Patriots were one of the teams that worked me out and I knew that they needed a corner," he said. "I felt like I was the guy for them all along. They have a great Rutgers connection but beyond that, I'm a smart, versatile player and can do well in that organization. I think I was the perfect fit."
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