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- 07/07/2014
Hi, I'm not sure if you would be the right person to ask but during the Super Collider Tour (at least at the Warfield in SF) there were videos playing in the background and I was wondering if it's possible to find them or buy them?
Hi Aron, the video snippets you are referring to are played between select songs during Megadeth's current setlist. The clips are from movies that include talk about Megadeth. Entertaining, aren't they?! They are shown on the big screens when the band is either changing instruments or taking a very short pause between songs. As for that particular date at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco, CA on December 18 2013, the video snippets included in the setlist were as follows:
Hangar 18
Wake Up Dead
In My Darkest Hour
Set The World A Fire
Silver Lining Video (from the movie Silver Linings Playbook - 2012)
Sweating Bullets
Devil's Island
She Wolf
Garth Video(from the movie Wayne's World 2 - 1993)
Tornado Of Souls
Symphony Of Destruction
Talk Radio Video (from the movie Talk Radio - 1988)
Peace Sells
Holy Wars
You can check out those clips here:
- 06/23/2014
I'm a girl who playing electric guitar and Megadeth guitarists are always be my inspirer. I want to learn what Megadeth members are thinking about ladies in Metal world?
Hazal, Turkey
Hi Hazal,
The guys love being an inspiration to all aspiring musicians. We need more ladies in Metal!! There has been a resurgence of women stepping into the arena in recent years, and we are all for it! I once heard some DJ on the radio say, "If we didn't have women in rock n' roll, it would just be a bunch of loud, drunk dudes." So play with confidence, practice a ton, and welcome to the fold!
- 06/17/2014
Hey ScorpioN! I have a question for Chris Broderick.
Chris, I adore your work with Megadeth and think that you are an unbelievably amazing guitar player! Your guitar playing inspires me! Anyway, I have a question regarding your first guitar solo on the song Deadly Nightshade (the one that comes after Dave's first solo). Your solo is played under a very cool, harmonized rhythm. How did you approach that solo? What scales did you go to? I'm very interested in the technical aspects of guitar playing.
Thank you! Cheers!
Huge Megadeth fan!
Hey yourself!
What a great question and I love that song! I know a thing or two about poisonous substances, but Chris knows more than I about all that technical guitar playing stuff. As I've said before they won't let me near guitar strings!
Chris said, "Thanks for the compliments, I am glad you liked my solo!!!! The first thing that I heard was a rhythmic sequence. I composed that using some interlaced arpeggio's (i, and V) down in octaves by tapping them. The general tonality would be a harmonic minor but what I wanted to achieve was a cool interval playfulness. From there I went into a pentatonic scale that ascends as kind of an answer to the arpeggio's. To end the solo I use a string skipping minor 7 arp to resolve. I hope this gives you some insight and inspiration. Maybe I can hear what you come up with someday? Thanks again. Chris."
- 06/10/2014
Hey guys, I'm a huge fan of Megadeth. I was watching the From the Vault videos and i realized that before Megadeth appeared on the stage, there used to be a speech like 'stay in your home, remain calm'. Whose speech is this?
Violet from Turkey.
Hi Violet,
The intro music you are referring to is called "Shut Up, Be Happy". This is actually the opening track on Ice T's third album, "The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech...Just Watch What You Say". The music in the background of the song is Black Sabbath's "Black Sabbath" and the voice you hear delivering the spoken word is Jello Biafra, the singer of the Dead Kennedys, who is a self-proclaimed anarchist and member of the Green Party. Here are the lyrics, reprinted courtesy of Sire Records:
We interrupt this program with a special bulletin:
America is now under martial law.
All constitutional rights have been suspended.
Stay in your homes.
Do not attempt to contact love ones, insurance agent or attorney.
Shut up.
Do not attempt to think or depression may occur.
Stay in your homes.
Curfew is at 7 PM sharp after work.
Anyone caught outside of gates of their suveillance sectors after curfew will be shot.
Remain calm, do not panic.
Your neighborhood watch officer will be by to collect urine examples in the morning.
Anyone gaught intefering with the collection of urine examples will be shot.
Stay in your homes, remain calm.
The number one enemy of progress is questions.
National security is more important than individual will.
All sports broadcasts will proceed as normal.
No more than two people may gather anywhere without permission.
Use only the drugs described by your boss or supervisor.
Shut up, be happy.
Obey all orders without question.
The comfort you demanded is now mandatory.
Be happy.
At last everything is done for you
- 06/02/2014
Hi, Scorpion!
I'm a huge Megadeth fan, Dave is one of the most influential figures in my life, in terms of guitar playing, songwriting, and learning about life.
I remember Dave saying that he has written a few love songs for Pam before 'The Hardest Part of Letting Go', so I was wondering which songs are about her? I presume there are some on Youthanasia, Cryptic Writings, Risk, and maybe TWNAH & TSHF.
Hey Joel,
Excellent question! Megadeth and Dave are not known for love songs or ballads, but the occasional love-inspired song has made its way onto albums. To answer your question specifically, "Tears In A Vial" off The System Has Failed was a song for Pam.
- 05/26/2014
I have watched countless hours of AWESOME backstage footage of Megadeth on YouTube from the name "MegadethizeD". A lot of the vids are from the R.I.P. era and whoever filmed them was someone super close to the band. My question, ScorpioN, is, WAS IT YOU?? And if not, who was it?
Thanks- Megadeth Rules...
Hey Cindy,
There is no shortage of Megadeth footage on YouTube, that's for sure!
Any band that has been around for 30+ years is going to have videos from their vaults floating around. To answer your question directly...yes, it was me. I had my own special guy that carried me around at human height so that I could film all the awesomeness that surrounds a Megadeth show.
Thanks for watching!
- 05/19/2014
Hello, ScorpioN!
My question is for Mr Ellefson.
Was he using a pick all the time or some of bass lines were recorded with his fingers?
- Vlad
Hey Vlad,
Great question! David is known for using a pick to play the bass guitar, besides just being a kick-a$^ bass player. He uses a pick for tone, precision, and consistency both playing live and recording, so most all of the bass lines are recorded with a pick. He talks a little more about his decision to use a pick in his autobiography, "My Life With Deth", so you should check it out.
- 05/12/2014
Hello ScorpioN!
I play the electric guitar about a year and I think that I am very good at playing, but sometimes when I look for band looking for guitarist I find only bands looking for bass guitarist. So sometimes I think about playing the bass guitar. So I have a question to David, what is the most important in playing the bass guitar?
Thank you! Greeting from Poland!
Hey Bartek,
I commend you in wanting to diversify your musical talents! If there's a demand for bass players in your area, then by all means see what you can do. David is also a guitar player, so he had some great insight into your question.
"Playing the bass is similar to guitar in some skills but it really is a completely different role. You become the glue between the guitars and drums in a rock band so sometimes you play the guitar lines and others you play more rhythmically with the drums.
It is a fun instrument and in a live setting the bass is an undeniable presence in the room....enjoy! -David Ellefson"
I hope that answers your question Bartek - go for it!
- 05/06/2014
Hey Scorpion,
I wanna know where can i buy Megadeth Thrashing Through The Snow? N why didn't it count in their discography? Cheers
Hey Abdul,
"Thrashing Through The Snow" was a skit they did just for Jimmy Kimmel Live! in December 2013. You can watch it here:
While everyone would love to be able to buy an official version of "Thrashing Through The Snow", it is priceless.
- 04/28/2014
Hello ScorpioN!
I have read about the band recording a DVD on their next show in Buenos Aires on May 1st and as I haven't seen any official information I was wondering if it is indeed true.
Thank you!
Hey Sofi,
Wouldn't that be awesome?? We know that the Mega Machine likes to film in South America - the crowds are huge and loud and go all out for the band. However we also know that plans can change at a moment's notice due to unavoidable circumstances (ahem, Uruguay?) - so if a recording does happen, the Megadeth Cyber Army will be the first to know!
- 04/22/2014
I would like to know if the band name Megadeth ever appeared on any album covers with the spelling as Megadeath. A friend of my swears he had a copy of Killing Is My Business... With the Megadeath spelling back in the 80's but has since lost said copy but still insists that it exist. I said if he did have it. It must have been a bootleg or maybe a record company misprint, he gets very mad when I say that and tries to tell me that Dave changed the spelling after Killing wuz released but I have seen the story about how Dave got the name from a pamphlet on the bus ride home after the whole Metallica kicking him out thing and had changed the spelling before Megadeth even did there first show. The answer to this will end a long standing battle between myself and my friend.
Hey Travis,
Your friend has no idea what he's talking about and the battle is over! There positively is no album cover with the spelling "Megadeath"...case settled. I hope you had a good bet riding on this one!
- 04/14/2014
Greetings ScorpioN,
It has been quite a while now since the band has referenced its plans for the Youthanasia anniversary.
Youthanasia is one of my favourites and I am pretty stocked about whatever it is that the band feels like doing to commemorate such great album. Still, I was wondering if is there going to be a re-edition of the album, like those of Peace Sells and Countdown. I have been looking to get a copy of the Youthanasia/Hidden Treasures bundle but since those haven't been out for a long time, they get pretty expensive sometimes. So, my question for the Scorp is precisely related to that "bundle": are there any plans to re-release the Youthanasia/Hidden Treasures special or has the band not yet discussed this subject?
Hey Rafael,
Youthanasia is one of my favorites too! I would really like to see and re-edition, but there's just no telling if that'll happen yet. Anything is possible and there's still lots of time for the Megadeth camp to decide. Make sure to keep an eye on Megadeth.com/news for any updates.
- 04/07/2014
Aside from 'The Who', I can't remember a Super Bowl halftime show worth even watching.... Why wouldn't Goodell and the NFL want an act that were actually real football fans, instead of all these pop culture posers??? Scorp, you gotta pull some Stings, I mean STRINGS, and get Megadeth in there in 2015.......
Joe- PA (U.S.A)
Hey Joe,
That's a very good question. One I would like to know myself. I'm guessing it has something to do with the NFL thinking they want to appeal to the widest audience, and "pop" is short for "popular", so there ya go. Due to my anatomy, trying to pull strings usually ends up as clipping strings. Dave won't let me near his guitar...
- 04/01/2014
Hello ScorpioN,
I've noticed that many of Megadeth's song- and album titles are divided in two, like Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!, Rust In Peace... Polaris and Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
Is there any particular reason why Megadeth does that?
My regards to you, Dave, Chris, David and Shawn,
Hi Lucas,
That is very observant of you but no, there is no particular reason there are two-part titles. I think Dave likes to get the whole thought process about a song or album into the titles, which sometimes you can say in one or two words and sometimes you can't.
Thanks for your question...until next time.
- 03/25/2014
I've been listening to the CTE album a lot recently, but it always seems to me that the song Psychotron and Ashes In Your Mouth do not belong to the collection of songs on that album. The song length, style, dynamics and rhythms are very different to the rest of the album. These two tracks sound like they belong more to the Rust In Peace collection of songs.
Were these 2 songs originally written for the RIP album perhaps?
Ian from Ireland
Hey Ian from Ireland,
When you have a catalog like Megadeth, the collection of bits and pieces, riffs, and lyrics are never-ending. Even for Super Collider, Dave said they had the idea to cover "Cold Sweat" years ago. The songs "Psychotron" and "Ashes In Your Mouth" were written long after the Rust In Peace era, but even Dave told me that it's still possible that to some degree they could have started during those times.
- 03/17/2014
Hey, Guys
My question is, Has there been a particular gig that you have played that will be burnt into your minds as the one gig that ruled them all?
Thanks, Liam D
What a great question Liam! I went to each of the guys to find out what gig stood out to them the most - which is tall order considering the extent of their live show careers. Here's what they had to say...
Dave Mustaine: We keep setting the bar higher for ourselves, as the world starts to get over the BS feuds and just listen to us for our musical merit. If I had to choose from what we have done so far, it is a very broad question: do you mean live, indoor, outdoor, on TV, acoustic, with a guest, with an all-star line-up, in my country, overseas, etc., etc.
I like playing in my front room the best.
Shawn Drover: For me it is The Forum in Montreal - 2005. This was the venue I dreamed of playing as a teenager watching all my favorite bands perform. In my mind I always hoped that one day I would be in a successful band and headline the Forum - luckily for me, it actually did happen (many times since then, as well). So although I have played countless amazing venues/shows over the years, the Montreal Forum will always be a special venue for me.
David Ellefson: Rock in Rio 1991 is still one that stands out as an all time favorite. It was the largest crowd we'd ever played to (140,000 people) and our first time to Brazil and South America. It stands as one of my best concert memories ever!
Chris Broderick: For me, it would be the first Big 4 in Warsaw!!!! We had just met all of the other bands and gotten a good comradery going and the show was around 120 thousand people (further then the eye could see)! It was amazing.
- 03/10/2014
Dear Dave,
I always wondered, where did the idea of Vic Rattlehead come in. How did you think him up?
Hey Tanis,
Dave talked quite a bit about the creation of Vic in his autobiography, "Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir". He said the logo incorporated his feelings about religion and repression and freedom of expression. Vic also has his eyes, ears, and mouth clamped shut, representing "see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil". The creation of Vic is the centerpiece of the song "Skull Beneath The Skin" from Megadeth's first album, "Killing Is My Business ...And Business Is Good!".
Hint: pages 135-136 in Dave's book will fill you in.
- 03/04/2014
Hey ScorpioN!
I have a question for you! I know Dave wrote"All I Want" from Super Collider for his wife, Pam. So the voices in the song belongs to her? Thanks, greetings from Turkey (:
Busra, Turkey
Hey Busra,
Yes, you are correct, the woman's voice in "All I Want" does indeed belong to Dave's wife Pam Mustaine. His daughter, Electra, is also on two songs off "Super Collider" - "Forget To Remember" and "Beginning Of Sorrow".
Thanks for your question!
- 02/25/2014
Hey Scorp! I saw Megadeth in concert last year and I was wondering who does the media/animation for the guys?
Hey Walter!
Anyone who has been to a Megadeth concert in the last year or so would have noticed the GIANT screens and video production now being used during the show. Some of the clips are content from the past (like old music videos) and the rest of the content is from Charlie Terrell in Austin, Texas and John Lorenzi, one of our often-used and kick-ass artists. I think most fans would agree that the foray into a video-based production has added a whole new dimension to the shows!
- 02/18/2014
Hello ScorpioN,
I've noticed that Dave has been favoring the white long sleeves shirt, white wrist bands and blue jeans lately.
Noticed that he wore them in the Rust in Peace Live video and the Countdown to Extinction video.
He also wore the same outfit when Megadeth played in Everett, WA on July 30, 2013 @ the Comcast Arena.
Since then I've seen numerous tour pictures of him wearing the same outfit.
Does Dave choose to wear the same outfit for a special reason or significance?
Or is it simply because that is Dave's favorite tour "uniform" and he has multiple sets of the same outfit?
Or is it because Dave likes to pack extremely light on tour and just washes the same set of clothes after every show?
Nothing wrong with it, I kinda think it's cool because the white shirt makes him stand out on stage which helps the fan all the way in the back see him better.
Thank you for your time!
Seattle, WA
Hey Jed from Seattle,
Dave has been wearing the white shirt and white wristbands for awhile now, but it is not the first time in the band's long performing career that he has chosen those. As a band that's been around for 30 years, you know their styles are going to change. Who can forget the grunge era flannel?? Dave doesn't have a particular reason he's wearing the white shirt, other than that's what he feels like wearing, which is always metal.
- 02/10/2014
Dave and junior.. Looking back when you guys were first starting out it seems the market for metal was flooding with bands and there was no internet. (better music sales) It seems now there's kind of a drought when it comes to marketing up and coming metal bands.. Do you feel lucky to be born in the time you in as a musician? Do you see a good future for metal music?
Hey Jake,
Times have certainly changed haven't they? Both Daves have talked about the old days of "tape-trading" and how bands got the word out about their music. I don't know that there's necessarily a "drought" in marketing for bands, but it's more that customer demands and technology are so different.
No one can predict the future of metal music - but we have some pretty amazing, die-hard fans don't we? Dave has said that when things are bad, people get into metal more...so I guess that's both bad and good? I'm sure both Daves feel lucky to be living their dream and that they get to continue making music for the fans.
Thanks for your question and see you on the Killing Road!
- 02/03/2014
I have a question about sound effects. What instrument or object created the sound at the beginning of and throughout the song "Almost Honest"? It's been bugging me for a while and I have come up empty in my search for the answer.
Kelly Krug
Hey Kelly,
That sound was a small file of a guitar pedal and a wah-wah pedal that was repeated several times at the top of the song. During the "Cryptic Writings" sessions, producer Dann Huff and Dave Mustaine determined that each song needed to be evaluated completely on its own merit. Having unique sounds like that make the songs very memorable, don't ya think?
Thanks for your question Kelly - I love the technical ones!
- 01/27/2014
This is a question for Shawn: I was wondering why you no longer use the whole custom rack you had going when you first joined the band. Is it just too much of a hassle to lug around on tour? Thanks!
~Daanish Chawala
Hi Daanish!
The custom rack was cool to use for a while, but it came with its share of problems. Drummers often like to "tweak" their kit quite a bit and with that Mega-rack, once it's set up, adjusting anything was a major undertaking, which is not a good thing. Add to that the extreme weight of it made it difficult and very costly to bring around the world. The Mega-rack in 2010, may it rest in peace……or rust………
- 01/21/2014
I was watching a video of Dave Mustaine doing a gear run for the making United Abominations and I noticed he was using a prototype line 6 signature head. I'm a huge fan of Dave Mustaine and of course Megadeth and I was wondering what made him not want to continue using line 6 or this particular head?
Thank you very much,
Dear Chris,
Keen eye you have there! The Line 6 was supposed to have been a Marshall amp modeler, and was really a good amp, but there is just nothing like the real thing with Marshalls...
- 01/13/2014
I've be learning the Scorpion on guitar and i'm wondering what was used to make the sound for the intro and the one break in the song.
intro 0:00 - 0:39
Hey Ian,
I'm flattered! I have a simple answer to your question...that sound was made using an an auto-panner and an MXR phaser.
Keep practicing!
- 01/06/2014
Hi Scorpion,
I'm a big fan of Countdown to Extinctions guitar sound and I believe it's a solid sound. I know about the guitars used but what Amps and Effects were used for the distorted tones?
Chirag G. From London England.
Hello Chirag from London, England!
The amps used were Marshalls, but the distorted tones are hard to pin down because the technology was from 20+ years ago. Max Norman might be able to be more specific, so I will ask him the next chance I get.
Thanks for your question!
- 12/30/2013
Dear Scorpion.
My question here is:
Was there any inspiration or backstory for play for blood? (one of the most underrated songs of Megadeth, and one of my favourites).
The lyrics in that song are simply amazing. Thanks for the time you put in answering some questions.
Tomas, Argentina
Dear Tomas,
I'm glad you asked about that song, it's a great one and the underlying theme applies to so many people. It's actually a metaphor for all the crazy gaming cultures and how addictive the games become - ultimately creating a fantasy world where people no longer "play" for fun.
I personally don't play any games due to the lack of opposable thumbs, but I think there's no point unless you play for blood.
- 12/23/2013
Hi my name is Lucio and I wanted to know if on the 20th anniversary of Youthanasia they will play the entire disk as in the cases of CTE and Rust in Peace, or going to to make a selection of the best songs?
Cheers from Argentina!
Hey Lucio,
Megadeth will be kicking off the "Youthanasia 20th Anniversary Tour" in South America towards the end of April 2014. The band will be playing a selection of songs from Youthanasia. So while they might not play the entire album top to bottom, they will definitely be playing songs from that great album while celebrating the 20th Anniversary of its release. We do know that Dave likes to surprise the audience, so you just never know what's going to go down! Thanks for your question Lucio, and we'll see ya on the Killing Road!
- 12/17/2013
Hey Scorp,
My question is for Junior. Who is your favorite bassist, or who made you
pick up the bass? Aside from the infamous "Runnin' With The Devil" line ;)
-Josh Holmes (SC)=
Hey Josh,
You can read all about David's musical influences in his new book, "My Life With Deth". He talks about hard rock from the 1970's and bassists like Gene Simmons catching his ear at the ripe old age of 10. He also mentions Geddy Lee, Phil Lynott, and even a few jazz musicians like Percy Jones and Anthony Jackson.
It's always nice to hear that the musicians we look up to are fans just like us!
- 12/09/2013
Dear Scorpion,
My question is this, why Megadeth never played "Truth Be Told" live?
I know many fans of the band who, like me, would love to hear it live. His chorus ("till the last, truth be told") is very powerful, in my opinion.
I've always loved this song, I've always imagined this choir shouting into a Megadeth show. I'm hopeful that one day included in the setlist! :)
Thank you very much,
Dear Leslie,
I can certainly relate to loving so many more songs than we get to hear live. Megadeth has over 100 songs in their catalog...can you imagine having to pick a small selection of those?? Many fans come to show because they want to hear the well-known tracks, like "Peace Sells" and "Hangar 18". The fact of the matter is that their set time is just not long enough to play some of the lesser known songs. That being said, we know that Dave likes to surprise his fans, so you just never know what he may throw in there!
You're welcome very much,


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The ceremonies at Fort Logan National Cemetery, along Sheridan Boulevard south of U.S. 285, are sponsored annually by District 10, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the VFW Ladies Auxiliary and are held in the open area adjacent to the lake and at the base of the main flagpole. There will be a VFW honor guard representing many of the metro area posts to present the colors as well as the flags from their posts.
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If Lambert painted this group portrait from life, he must have done so in Paris after he arrived there on 3 February 1901 and before April 1902 when Hugh Ramsay left Paris for London. The image of Ramsay closely follows Lambert's c.1901 full-face portrait of his friend. Ambrose Patterson returned to Paris from abroad in 1901, when he studied at the Académies Colarossi and Delécluze with Lambert and Ramsay, and lived in a studio in the same building as Ramsay. If painted in Paris, the figure on the right is likely to be one of Lambert's Parisian acquaintances, and given the book in his hand he may be a writer, and probably Arthur Adams.
The format of the painting is similar to that of Lambert's mythological painting Death of Adonis c.1901 (cat.14),but it also resembles – with its frieze-like arrangement of figures and its central figure holding a bowl as if making an oblation – Rogier van der Weyden's Christian altarpiece Braque family triptych c.1450, which Lambert would have seen in the Louvre. It is probable that
Lambert intended the image to be a symbolic homage to the arts, with Patterson and Ramsay signifying classical and modern culture, the outer figures art and writing, and his wife Amy eternal female creativity.
Sarah Engledow has suggested that in form and composition the painting resembles a decorative piece destined to hang over a door in a large, high-ceilinged house, and that it refers to the expatriate experience, teaming a medieval European castle with an Australian sheep and tree stump. She suggests that the figures wear various expressions of playfulness, pensiveness and gravity, and that their mixture of attitudes and outfits creates a puzzle that simultaneously intrigues and excludes (Engledow 2005, p.26).


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It's like how Katie and I listened to "Jagged Little Pill" (the album, not just the song) recently, and realized that we are finally old enough to at least partially understand the angst and anger that went in to those songs. When we were teenagers, we only thought we got it. But now we've lived some (albeit only 30 years), and we've been hurt and hurt others, so some of that anger Alanis exhibited in those songs is a little more credible for us these days.
The lyrics from "A Long December" that I keep coming back to wouldn't have meant a damn thing to me years ago when the song first came out, or even earlier this year. But events in the last six or eight months have made it so that I hear the song a little bit differently than I once did. These lines have been playing in my head in a different order than they appear in the song, but I guess there's a reason for that.
It's December 13. I spent most of my day doing a little work and then researching different ways I might be able to better my life through education. Not too long ago, I'm sure I would have had different plans for this day. But things change. And the person who needs to hear these words that I can't get out of my head probably won't even read them. No matter. I'll just put the vibe out there anyway.
I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower,
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Rudy's Grand Illusion
When Rudy Giuliani looks back to September 11, he relies not upon the memory of the day itself, but on his memory of the telling of the tale, which he has recounted over and over. That is always the way for people who have lived through a complicated, high-adrenaline event. We sort it out in our minds, assigning order to the confusing rush of images. But there are invariably other realitiessights and sounds and irrefutable facts that we failed to notice at the time, or that we edit out later to give some order to the story in our own minds.
His vision filtered by the years of retelling, Giuliani remembers an order beneath the chaos of falling debris and jumping victims. The city's emergency services were functioning as they were meant to, with him at the helm. "The line of authority is clear," he told the 9-11 Commission. "The mayor is in charge. In the same way the president of the United States is commander in chief, the mayor is in charge. That's why people elect the mayor, so they get the choice of whether they get a strong captain or a weak captain or a lieutenant or whatever." Praised for heading toward danger rather than away from it, Giuliani replied, "That was my job. I was mayor. Part of my job description was to coordinate and supervise emergencies. The agencies that were the primary responders were all agencies that worked for the mayor. We had a format for how we did it, and part of that included my being there, so that I could coordinate and make sure everybody was working together."
Rudy Giuliani's performance on 9-11 is legendary, but for most people, the story boils down to one image: the mayor walking north from the disaster, covered with dust. Afterward, in his greatest achievement, he was able to give voice to all the things the rest of us needed and wanted to hear. He articulated our grief, shored up our confidence, and insisted on a level- headed response that gave no berth to intolerance. We resist knowing anything moreabout the eight-year history of error and indifference that preceded that moment, or the toxic disengagement that followed it.
From the book GRAND ILLUSION: The Untold Story of Rudy Giuliani and 9/11 by Wayne Barrett and Dan Collins.
Copyright 2006 by Wayne Barrett and Dan Collins.
Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
We also actually know very little about what the mayor really did before he stood up, covered in the remnants of the World Trade Center, and began to speak to the world. Giuliani has been allowed to be his own solitary storyteller, and his unexamined 102 minutes transformed him into an international brand of public courage.
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Shortly after the second plane slammed into the twin towers, Giuliani's car pulled up slightly northeast of 7 WTC, where his extremely expensive and ultra- sophisticated Emergency Operations Center was perched high up above many large tanks of combustible fuel. Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik, who was waiting to meet him, decided it was too dangerous to bring the mayor up to the command center he had so carefully and expensively built. Instead, Kerik pointed out a nearby office building at 75 Barclay Street and said they were "taking people out and setting up a command post" there.
"Is this going to be our main command post?" Giuliani asked Kerik in his own account of the day's events, and Kerik said yes. Then the mayor wanted to know where the fire department was set up. Kerik told him that the top chiefs had their command post two blocks away, on West Street, and the two men headed over there.
Looking back with serene hindsight, it's easy to see what the mayor's most important mission should have been at that critical moment. He needed to make sure the proud and fractious police and fire departments were working together. The fire officials were clearly at the center of the action. Chief of Department Pete Ganci, First Deputy Commissioner Bill Feehan, and search-and-rescue chief Ray Downey had begun the day in the North Tower. Then, looking for a location with a better view of the fires, they set up an impromptu command post on the far side of the eight-lane West Street, where they would manage the total incident, working with the board that locates all department resources involved in fighting a fire.
When Giuliani arrived at 9:20, Ganci and the chiefs told the mayor that "they had already gotten some people out above the plane," that they'd been "lucky enough to have a stairway that they could come down." Giuliani thought the chiefs were talking about a stairway in the North Tower, where, in fact, none were ever passable. But he may have misunderstood the chiefs, and they may have been talking about Stairway A in the South Tower, the single passageway to survival that, in the end, only 18 people found. Neither fire dispatch nor 911, which handled countless calls from people stuck above the South Tower fire, were ever told about an open stairway, though the chiefs apparently knew about one.
"What should I tell people? What should I say?" Giuliani asked.
"The message has to be: 'Get in a stairway and come down. Do not stay there,' " the mayor recalled Ganci saying. Of course, the city's emergency operators never stopped giving precisely the opposite advice.
Kerik and Ganci talked briefly. It was the only time the two leaders of these often dueling departments would speak that day. Uncomfortable about the exposed location, Kerik then said, "Mayor, we've got to get you out of here and set up a command post." Hector Santiago, a member of Kerik's detail, heard the false alarm of a third plane over the radio and yelled, "Boss, we have to go. There's a third plane coming. We're underneath the building. We have to go." With chunks of the towers falling on West Street, Giuliani urged Ganci to move the command post. They exchanged God-bless-you's.
Then the mayor, Kerik, Deputy Police Commissioner Garry McCarthy, and other top cops all left. The chief of the department, Joe Esposito, was on his way to the fire command post when Giuliani left. Informed by radio that the group was leaving just as he approached, Esposito, the highest-ranking uniformed officer, was also diverted to Barclay Street. Joe Dunne, the first deputy police commissioner, arrived shortly after Giuliani departed and was told to turn around and join the mayor. Deputy Mayor Joe Lhota, who also met Giuliani on Barclay and went to West Street with him, said, "There were no police officials at the command post when we got there and none when we left."
After presiding over endless turf battles between the two proud departments, Giuliani knew how critical police-fire cooperation was, and he knew it wouldn't happen automatically. Yet in his book Leadership, Giuliani wrote: "I turned north and headed to the Police Department command post." In his 9-11 Commission testimony, he said, "I then walked up with, at this point, the police commissioner, the deputy police commissioner, and the chief of the department. I was really brought into 75 Barclay and told this would be our command post."
The "our" was the police and the mayor. Yet the fire department was responsible for managing the city response to any firea series of interagency directives that Giuliani had signed only a few months earlier said so. Giuliani's role at that moment was to do everything he could to put police and fire commanders at the same post, not participate in setting up a police command post at Barclay that would be separate from Ganci's. If the mayor felt that he needed to go to Barclayfor reasons of safety or to get hard phone lines and hold a press conferencewhy did he bring all of the top police commanders with him? Why did he never raise the subject of a joint response while at West Street? And since Ganci said he was moving his post, why was there no discussion of a new joint location that would include some of the top police decision makers?
Everyone agrees that a critical problem that day was that the police and fire departments could not communicate; that's one of the reasons the lack of inter- operable radios became such a focus of fury. If the top brass of the two departments were at each other's sides, they could have told each other whatever they learned from their separate radio systems. Many of the command and control issues that might have saved lives could clearly have been better dealt with had Giuliani stopped, taken a deep breath, and pushed Kerik and Ganci to fully and effectively join forces. Insisting that Kerik, McCarthy, Esposito, or Dunne stay at the incident post would have established a joint operation.
Even Fire Commissioner Tom Von Essen, who also left West Street to join the mayor, said later: "There should be a representative from the Police Department there; there should be a high-level chief from the Fire Department there. They should be controlling the operation from that command post. That day the police did not hook up with the Fire Department. I don't know why."
The National Institute of Standards and Technology found that "functional unified operations were diminished as a result of the two departments' command posts being separated." In fact, said NIST, there's no record that "any senior police department personnel" were assigned "to provide liaison or assist" with Ganci's incident post. The longtime head of Giuliani's emergency management office, Jerry Hauer, pointed out the most dire consequence of the split command posts: "Had there been a senior police liaison at the command post, information about what the police were observing in the air could have been relayed to the ground." He, the 9-11 Commission, and NIST agree that at a joint post, the fire chiefs would have gotten the warnings of collapse issued by police helicopters that they otherwise missed.
Giuliani had the opportunity to make that kind of unified direction happenand, by his own description, the obligation to make it happenbut he didn't. In his first detailed post9-11 television interview he recalled that he "walked away" from Ganci's post "and took my people with me." But they were not just "his" people, meaning his City Hall deputies. Included in his entourage was the entire police command.
In that same September 22 interview, Giuliani offered a different explanation for his initial decision to go to the FDNY post on West Street: "I wanted to join the Fire Department and the Police Department together at one command post, so I asked where the Fire Department command post was." He had inadvertently described what he should have done, indeed what his own protocol required him to do. But obviously, that story didn't fit the facts. So by the time he appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show on September 27, he remembered things differently. "And then when I got there," he said, "I wanted to make sure that the police department had a command post so that we could communicate with the White House, and the fire department had one so they could actually focus their attention on fighting the fire and the rescue."
By the time he wrote Leadership in 2002, he'd come up with a detailed rationale. He said the separation of command posts was "absolutely necessary" because "the Fire Department had to lead the rescue and evacuation," while the Police Department "had to protect the rest of the city." Since the departments were "performing different tasks," he argued, they had to have different command posts. Of course, the departments have some different duties in virtually all emergencies, but that reasoning flew in the face of not only all modern understanding of how to coordinate responses to epic catastrophes, but also all the plans Giuliani'sown government had put in place. If it were true that different emergency functions required a separation of command, there would have been no rationale for a coordinating Office of Emergency Management. Everybody could just do their own thing. Unified command is now such accepted wisdom that the Department of Homeland Security requires it.
And of course, as the mayor well knew, the police department was deeply in- volved in the rescue and evacuation on 9-11. That's why 23 cops died. Five emergency service units were sent in to climb the steps just like firefighters, as were other plainclothes and patrol cops. Kerik recounts in his book how "our ESU guys were pulling on their masks and marching off toward the buildings" just like the "brave firefighters."
The real, and obvious, explanation for why Giuliani left things as they were at West Street was that he was as unnerved as everyone else. The fire and police departments were acting on long-held instinct by staying apart, and the mayor shied away from interfering with men who were busy making life-and-death decisions. It was as human a response as his calming and compassionate statements later that day. But it was also a mistake with consequences, and if New York and the nation actually examined Giuliani's unified-command dysfunction that day, both might be better prepared the next time. Unfortunately, admitting all this would not square with Time's salute: "When the day of infamy came, Giuliani seized it as if he had been waiting for it all his life, taking on half a dozen critical roles and performing each masterfully. Improvising on the fly, he became 'America's homeland-security boss,' as well as its 'gutsy decision-maker' and 'crisis manager.' "
There was another reason for the Barclay command post, and Kerik hasn't been as shy as the mayor about mentioning it: security. "I was worried about the mayor and making sure we didn't put him in harm's way," he said later. Kerik's "immediate problem" was finding space "far enough removed that the mayor wasn't in danger." As sensible as protecting Giuliani was, it's a far different explanation from the mayor's rationale for the two posts.
Whatever the mix of reasons, Giuliani has never been forced to explain, by investigators or reporters, how he squares the two-post decision with his own rules for how the police and fire departments were supposed to behave. John Farmer, the 9-11 Commission's top investigator for the city response chapter of its report, says Giuliani can't. "I don't know if he thought of it that day, but yes, it was not consistent with the protocol he established," Farmer says. "I think what he would tell you is that he thought coordination was occurring. He had Kerik with him, and the reality of these situations is that the coordination has to be not just two guys at the top; it has to be more integrated." Asked if Giuliani should be held accountable for this and other disarray that day, Farmer said, "Of course, the answer is yes. If you're the top official, you're accountable."
The 9-11 Commission members reached conclusions similar to Farmer's, but so quietly that no one noticed. The commission report never described Giuliani's step-by-step actions that day, though it chronicles just about everyone else's, and it certainly never mentioned his role in creating two posts. But when it reached its ultimate conclusion that the fire department was not "responsible for the management of the City's response as the Mayor's directive would have required," the very next line was "the command posts were in different locations." Thus, the commission's best example of the violation of the mayor's directive was the mayor's own action.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology added: "Unified command was hampered by the fire department and police department setting up separate command posts." It also found that the governing fire department protocol that dayissued in 1997 when Von Essen was commissionersaid that at a fire like this, "the departments act as 'one organization' and are managed as such." Instead of "several posts operating independently," the department circular provides that "the operation is directed from only one command post." Daniel Nigro, the only top fire chief at West Street to survive, said, "I think there should have been one command post. It should be run according to the incident command system, and that system puts one person in command and all the other agencies are there and they work from a single location."
Ray Kelly, the police commissioner who preceded and followed the Giuliani years, said in an interview, "Sure, the separate command post was a violation of the protocols. The radios would have been no problem if they had been at the same command post, if they'd been face-to-face. The Office of Emergency Management was supposed to make that happen under the protocols, but Jerry Hauer wasn't there any-more. OEM had the power to direct that to happen. Giuliani had the power to direct that to happen."
The mayor's main mission, as he has put it in repeated accounts, was to gather the information he needed to tell a television and radio audience what they should do, especially people in jeopardy. By the time he talked directly to an audience, however, both towers had collapsed, and the message Ganci asked him to give occupants was moot. The mayor was, in the end, just one more dispatcher who failed to relay useful information. He said he went to Barclay for hard phone lines, but once he got there, his most pressing concern was reaching the vice president and that went nowheresomeone's phone line went dead, although it's unclear whether it was Giuliani's or Dick Cheney's.
Right after the Cheney call disconnected, the South Tower collapsed. No one in the police department had apparently considered how Giuliani and, by then, a very large entourage would get out of the building in an emergency. So when the tower knocked out windows and drove rubble and ash into their first-floor safe haven, the group ran through the basement until they found a way into a neighboring building and out onto the street. They walked up Broadway and then Church, finally hooking up with cameras and press, searching again for a command post, with Giuliani pointing everyone north.
Even the mayor eventually acknowledged that it might have been a mistake that his entire 25-member inner circle, including three deputy mayors, the police, fire, and Office of Emergency Management commissioners, was marching with him on this hazardous pilgrimage, a vulnerability that hardly reflected strategic thinking. This time, Giuliani's preference for the comfort of a huge entourage had disconnected the city's management and its fighting force at a crucial moment.
The only time this confounding management choice took the form of a critical media question was on Fox the day after Giuliani's commission testimony in 2004, when John Gibson asked Hauer's successor at OEM, Richie Sheirer, about it. Gibson referred to "the worry" about how the Giuliani entourage had operated, questioning whether it was "fortuitous" that a single "chunk of concrete" hadn't fallen "on Rudy Giuliani, you, or somebody else," causing "the whole thing" to have "fallen apart." Gibson appeared to be questioning the wisdom of the fact that "all of the leaders of the city's emergency structure got together and had this little command center that moved around." Sheirer's answer was pure bluster. "No, there was nothing fortuitous about it," he said. "It was well planned. Our succession plan for the highest levels of government, the mayor and people like me, is very well in place and embedded. That was implemented to the degree that it needed to be."
Kerik was actually a prime example of this managerial dysfunction all morning. For the 102 minutes when the city most needed a police commissioner orchestrating an overall response with an embattled fire department, Kerik became Giuliani's body guard, just as he had been in the 1993 mayoral campaign. His own account of what he did that morning contained no indication that he was actually managing the police response to this emergency. The command center at 1 Police Plaza wasn't opened until 9:45, an hour after the attack, a decision that led the independent consultants commissioned by the Bloomberg administration, McKinsey & Company, to raise questions about why it was "underused."
McKinsey also criticized the "number and continual movement of command posts," and the absence of any "clearly identifiable, main command post," errors associated with the top brass including Kerik, who, unlike Von Essen, is an operational chief. "Many leaders of the Department," the independent consultant found, "indicated that they operated primarily from instinct and experience during an emergency rather than according to a prioritized or structured set of objectives." Only 45 percent of the 557 cops who were surveyed by McKinsey said they "received clear instructions regarding my role on 9-11," with 34 percent saying they didn't and the rest undecided. A meager 24 percent said they were "confident" that the police department had adequate emergency plans. Remarkably, 89 percent had no training in building collapse, 84 percent had none in counterterrorism, 73 percent none in fire rescue/evacuation, and 70 percent none in bio/chem. Of the few who had training in any of these areas, less than a third found it "useful."
The McKinsey report faulted virtually everything Kerik did that day without naming him or anyone else in top management, criticizing a "perceived lack of a strong operational leader commanding the response" and the "absence of clear command structure and direction on 9-11."
Instead of dealing with any of these complex tactical issues on 9-11, Kerik's decisionsat 7 WTC, West Street, Barclay, and the basementall revolved around the mayor's safety. Chris Marley, the building engineer at Barclay who guided the Giuliani group out, said, "Kerik had his arm around the mayor to protect him." Kerik was later asked what his priorities were that day and he told NPR, "Well, the first thing to do was to get the mayor out of there and get to a secure site." With Kerik, Esposito, Dunne, and McCarthy guarding him at points, Giuliani was protected by the highest-ranking detail in the history of the New York City Police Department. Yet not once did he look around and ask the question: Who's running the shop?
"I don't know de facto who was in charge," Kelly said. "The police commissioner was the head of the organization. I don't know who was directing. I literally don't."
Kerik was with the mayor because Giuliani wanted him to be. "I need the police and fire commissioners with me," Giuliani said when he summoned Von Essen. He also reached out to Richie Sheirerthe third member of the team who would be at his side for every 9-11 press briefing, then go with him to Giuliani Partners. All three had no real management credentials until Giuliani promoted them. Von Essen and Kerik went from the lowest ranks of their departments to the very top without ever passing a promotional exam. Giuliani had begun his mayoralty with a circle of managers, like Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and OEM's Hauer, who had track records elsewhere. He was ending it with a cult of personality. When he chose Kerik over the seasoned professional Dunne, he told reporters that the decision had come to him in a moment of personal inspiration. Not surprisingly, all Kerik could think about in a moment of great crisis was protecting the leader, even if it meant leaving a void in the department he was charged with commanding.
Despite all these missteps, Giuliani was depicted almost immediately as the calmest man in the eye of the worst stormdecisive, self-sufficient, ironhearted. "It was so well orchestrated that you would have thought he had prepared for it forever," his lifelong secretary Beth Petrone-Hatton told Time. His own Time comments set the subsequent television interview tone: "There were times I was afraid. Everybody was. But the concentration was on. If I don't do what I have to do, everything falls apart. Something I learned a long time ago, from my father, is that the more emotional things get, the calmer you have to become to figure your way out. Those things have become a matter of instinct for me at 57 years old. I didn't have to invent them." He told CNN, "When it's an emergency, I'm very, very calm and very deliberate."
If Giuliani had actually been doing all the things he now sees himself as having done that dayprioritizing, making strategic decisions about deployment of personnel, command centers, and communicationsit would have been a superhuman performance. But actually, in those first hours, Giuliani was doing what most of us, in his place, would have donestruggling, stumbling, and even making a weighty mistake, in the case of the two command posts. His decision to try to get on the air as quickly as possible was sensible, as was his hunt for phones and, later, an alternative command center. But as unforgettable a visual as he was, roaming the canyons of Lower Manhattan, he did not do one thing in those 102 minutes that had any impact.
And it isn't just his own story that he has hyped. Giuliani has repeatedly contended that 25,000 people were rescued, though government investigators determined that there were actually 15,000 survivors and that most of these people were able to make their own way to safety. While these facts do nothing to dim the magnificent bravery of the firefighters, police officers, and other responders who saved many lives that day, they do turn Giuliani's claim into just one more self-serving boast.
The centerpiece of Giuliani's experience on 9-11, his dust-covered march uptown, was truly important to the city and the nation. His ordeal was not about management or even leadershipit was the sight of the mayor sharing that terrible experience with so many other fleeing New Yorkers. The symbol of the city was on the ground with his constituents, dirty and determined, conscious of the fact that there were many others who had been less fortunate. He did not have to save any lives to be important that day. Imagine how different our memories of Hurricane Katrina would be if Mayor Ray Nagin had been out in the water with the dispossessed, splashing his way toward the Convention Center.
We rely on our leaders to behave well in such a moment, to set an example of calm and compassion. But we do not expect them to manage the intricacies of the rescue operation. For that, we hope there are men and women throughout the government who have been preparing and training just so that if a crisis comes, they can operate on instinct, yet automatically make the proper decisions. If the mayor of New York had made sure that the city's emergency headquarters was securely located and had put in place communications and command systems that worked, he would have been of greater service on 9-11even if he had spent the whole day cowering under his desk.
Giuliani has never acknowledged a single failing in his own performance. Yet he did nothing before September 11 to alleviate the effects of a terror attack. He embodied his city's lack of preparation on West Street that morning. And he did not do anything later that matched the moments of grace and resolve he gave us the day we needed him most. What we have left is this: At a moment when the public needed a hero, Rudy Giuliani stepped forward. When he assured New York that things would come out all right, he was blessedly believable. It was a fine thing. But it was not nearly as much as we, at the time, imagined.
The original version of this article omitted the name of co-author Dan Collins.
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Socialist multiparty republic.
The Seychelles were uninhabited when the British East India Company arrived on the archipelago in 1609. Thereafter, they became a favorite pirate haven. The French claimed the islands in 1756 and administered them as part of the colony of Mauritius. The British gained control of the islands through the Treaty of Paris (1814) and changed the islands' name from the French Séchelles to the Anglicized Seychelles.
The islands became self-governing in 1975 and independent on June 29, 1976. They have remained a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Their first president, James Mancham, was overthrown in 1977 by the prime minister, France-Albert René. At first René created a Socialist state with a one-party system, but later he reintroduced a multiparty system as well as various reforms.
To increase revenue, in 1996 the government quietly initiated an Economic Citizenship Program that provides foreigners with the opportunity to obtain a Seychelles passport upon payment of $25,000. A new law in late 1995 had granted immunity from criminal prosecution to anyone investing $10 million in the country.
In April 2004, President France-Albert René stepped down after 27 years in power. His vice president, James Michel, who had also served in the government for 27 years, assumed the presidency. In July 2006, Michel won reelection with 53.7% of the vote.
In presidential elections held May 19–21, 2011 incumbent James Michel (People's Party) won his third term with 55% of the vote against Wavel Ramkalawan's (Seychelles National Party) 41%. Voter turnout was 84% over a three-day period, which allowed for voters on outlying islands to participate.
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Chapter 13
Moses sends twelve spies to search the land of Canaan—Ten of them bring an evil report, telling only of the strength of the inhabitants.
1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
3 And Moses by the commandment of the Lord sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
6 Of the tribe of Judah,
7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.
9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
16 These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the
17 ¶And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up
18 And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;
20 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.
21 ¶So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob,
22 And they
23 And they came unto the
24 The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.
25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
26 ¶And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it
28 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are
29 The
30 And
31 But the
32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
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The Utica Comets: a long-term fit or a short-term solution?
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June 17 2013 12:47PM
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Last week the Canucks finalized an agreement with Utica, New York to place an American Hockey League team in the Mohawk Valley. On Friday the deal and the team's logo and jersey was officially unveiled at a Press Conference in Utica.
Geographically speaking, Utica is far from an ideal spot for Vancouver's top farm team. But in agreeing to a deal with Utica the Canucks come out net winners on balance. First of all, the club avoided having their AHL affiliate franchise go dormant and dodged a player development nightmare in doing so. Secondly, the club will be in a better position next year - even in Utica - then they were this past season when they reportedly clashed with their Chicago Wolves affiliate over a variety of issues.
Still as more details about the deal emerge, we're interested in looking forward. What does the affiliation deal between Utica, New York and the Vancouver Canucks tell us about the teams future plans and the future of professional hockey in the Mohawk Valley? We'll get into it after the jump.
On Friday, the parameters of the deal between Utica, Mohawk Valley Gardens (MVG), and the Canucks remained murky and in truth that's still the case.
We know that it's a six year agreement, the length of which - surprise, surprise - precisely mirrors the time remaining on the deal between the Calgary Flames, Fraser Valley Sports and Entertainment (FVSE), and the city of Abbotsford. MVG President, former National Hockey League puckstopper Robert Esche, confirmed to the Utica Observer Dispatch that the agreement has "an escape clause," though he vaguely added that the clause "is heavily weighted in MVG's favor and something the Canucks would be very reluctant to exercise." Meanwhile Elliott Pap fleshed out this topic further, passing along that "According to [Canucks Assistant General Manager Laurence Gilman, there are mutual outs for both parties at various points throughout the term" of the deal.
In that same Vancouver Sun piece, Laurence Gilman was explicit about Vancouver's long-term vision for their AHL franchise:
"When we began this endeavour, our original intent was to have our farm team play in B.C. as an extension of our brand," Gilman said from Utica. "When that wasn't available, we began to explore other options and we went through an exhaustive search looking at potential locations."
In addition to the above Laurence Gilman quote, it surfaced this weekend that the Canucks had previously pursued the possibility of locating their AHL affiliate club in Seattle before settling on Utica. Interestingly their need to find a suitable location for their AHL affiliate franchise was overruled by the NHL's long overdue Phoenix Coyotes backup plan.
Taken together, I think we can safely conclude that cumbersome out-clauses aside, it's clear the Canucks will eventually look Westward with their AHL affiliate. If the length of their agreement withthe MVG and the city of Utica implies what I think it does, Abbotsford very probably remains the organization's first choice.
There's one more part about the deal that we don't quite understand yet and that's how much of the financial risk the Canucks will bear. In advance of the deal's announcement, it was speculated that the Canucks were looking for a generous package from potential AHL destinations, and it was reported that the club sought one million from Peoria.
It's not uncommon for American Hockey League teams to run at a loss, though Comets season ticket sales in Utica got off to a strong start this weekend. Still, it's not clear at the time of this writing whether or not the Canucks worked out some sort of deal whereby any losses sustained by the Comets would be covered by either some layer of government or a third party organization.
Laurence Gilman, for example, noted to the Vancouver Sun that, "the Canucks won't "bear the risk" financially if the Comets don't generate enough revenue to meet obligations." Elsewhere Gilman is paraphrased by the Utica Observer-Dispatch that "there is no clause in the deal that would call for the city of Utica to make up financially for any operating losses." While it superficially sounds like Gilman is contradicting himself, the fact is, those statements are in no way incompatible. It seems possible that the Canucks won't "bear the risk" in this agreement and also that the city of Utica isn't responsible to cover a possible operating deficit.
I have no theory on what's actually going on with this, beyond a sense that if public funds were being committed in this manner, we'd almost certainly have more information about such an agreement. For example, we know that New York State is committing five million dollars in funding to upgrade the Utica Memorial Auditorium ("The Aud"). According to New York Governor Cuomo's office, upgrades will include:
Infrastructure improvements include enhancing the arena's façade, HVAC updates, and electrical system upgrades. Additionally, the resources will be used to construct new locker rooms—both home and away, a work out facility, medical facility, players' lounge, upgrades to food service areas, a new video scoreboard and hospitality club boxes.
Nowhere in the release from the Governor's Press Office does it touch on the state guaranteeing to cover any losses. As such, I'd suspect that if the Canucks are in fact protected from covering any deficit in the club's operating budget, that it would be done through a private agreement with some type of third party. But that's just a suspicion based on the reasoning I've laid out. I suppose we'll have to keep our ears to the ground for more details.
What are your thoughts on the Utica Comets agreement? Are you excited to see how the Canucks manage an AHL affiliate team, now that they're in full control of the hockey operations?
I don't believe there is any guaranteed revenue coming to the Canucks by any local governments in Utica or the State of New York. While not going into the full details Frank DuRoss one of the local investors here in Utica explained how the agreement works in a radio interview today.
The local investors formed a corporation named Mohawk Valley Garden to operate the Utica Comets. Vancouver will manage the hockey side of the operation by providing all of the players and coaching staff. Mohawk Valley Garden (MVG) will run all of the business side of the Utica Comets. MVG will pay the Vancouver X amount of dollars per year for the affiliation agreement. That is what isolates Vancouver from any operating loss - assuming the affiliation agreement covers all of the cost of the hockey side of the operation.
So it is up to MVG to generate enough revenue to cover the cost of the affiliation agreement with Vancouver plus what ever operating cost the Comets have locally.
So when you think about it Vancouver now controls 100% of the hockey operation and how their prospects are developed. Something they didn't have in Chicago....plus they are not burdened with having to manage the business side of an AHL team. From the Utica perspective the local owners who are closer to the community get to run the business side without having to manage the hockey side of the equation. Sounds like a win-win type of arrangement.
Informative, thanks for sharing with us! I wonder ultimately how the team will do considering the major league affiliation though. Like in Abbotsford, Canucks and the fans of various teams throughout NY state aren't exactly compatible. I don't know if you can say there's any bad blood remaining between the NYR and Vancouver, but I still wonder how interested people will be to watch the farm team of Vancouver prospects.
@UticaHockey wonderfully informative thank you (and sort of what I was picking around the edges of in my reasoning in this piece).
What radio station did this occur on? I'll contract the producers and ask for a podcast.
Here is a link that was posted on the Utica Comets Facebook page today.
so the canucks are eating the biggest cost with the player salaries. they will be operating at a lose then.
^They are not eating the cost. MVG will pay the Canucks an affiliate agreement amount to cover the costs of players/coaches salaries.
really? that seems like bad deal for MVG
Informative, thanks for sharing with us! I wonder ultimately how the team will do considering the major league affiliation though. Like in Abbotsford, Canucks and the fans of various teams throughout NY state aren't exactly compatible. I don't know if you can say there's any bad blood remaining between the NYR and Vancouver, but I still wonder how interested people will be to watch the farm team of Vancouver prospects.
There are a lot of Rangers fans in the Utica area but we are a 4.5 hour drive from NYC. We are actually much closer to Buffalo (3 Hrs) so there are a lot of Sabres fans here mixed in with Devils, Islanders and Bruins.
If you were putting a Vancouver farm team in one of the NYC suburbs than it might be an issue but not so much up where we are. I expect the Utica fans to embrace this team as their own and the Comets name has a lot of history here.
An eastern team would have been nice in that you can follow the players easier on TV when they get called up to the big club but we do get CKWS out of Kingston, ON on our local cable system so we do get Hockey Night in Canada.


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- 3/4 cup chopped sweet onion
- 3/4 cup chopped green pepper
- 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced
- 1 chipotle pepper in adobo sauce, minced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 cups seeded chopped tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon chipotle hot pepper sauce
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro
- 1 teaspoon Liquid Smoke, optional
- 6 beef tenderloin steaks (1-1/2 inches thick and 6 ounces each)
- 2 teaspoons steak seasoning
- In a Dutch oven, saute the onion, green pepper, jalapeno and chipotle pepper in oil until tender. Add the tomatoes, pepper sauce, sugar, salt, chili powder and cumin. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes or until thickened, stirring frequently.
- Remove from the heat; stir in cilantro and Liquid Smoke if desired.
- Meanwhile, sprinkle steaks with steak seasoning. Grill, over medium heat for 7-8 minutes on each side or until meat reaches desired doneness (for medium-rare, a thermometer should read 145°; medium, 160°; well-done, 170°). Serve with sauce. Yield: 6 servings.
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You Become Someone, By Doing Something.
Just.. Epic.
Wow, I don't think anyone predicted that. Cavendish being the winner but then falling asleep? Wow. So if the personality comes out when he sleeps, how does he not look like Gaara? I'd think he'd get a few circles under his eyes from sleep loss. I mean, considering he fell asleep in the middle of a match he probably doesn't get much sleep, so Hakuba must come out every time he does sleep. I wonder if he even realizes when he is switching...
Aggravate, Anger, and Piss off
The first thing I thought off.. How can you be defeated when you are asleep ?
The other thing was;
Why was Hakuba not there when Rebecca was the last (wo)man standing?
Because if Cavendish wasnt asleep.. He would have standed up (he wasnt injured or something?), And If he was asleep Hakuba would be there?
You Become Someone, By Doing Something.
Just.. Epic.
Aggravate, Anger, and Piss off
I believe Cavendish went back to sleep because having Hakuba out leaves a toll on his body. Surely that boost in strength strains his body and as a result he is forced to sleep it off? Lol
Looks like Doffy is underestimating them again. I also suspect that the finals will be 3vs1, although if it is indeed Sabo, that would totally hurt his potential power level, unless he simply teamed up for the heck of it.
If Luffy undoes the "toy transformation" and all the toys join the SH revolution I honestly cannot see a situation that keeps Doffy and Issho competitive. Sure they're both power houses, but they would be vastly outnumbered and I''m sure they would be overrun.
Wow! A rare ass-pullish chapter from Oda. I mean, the plot generally works out to favor certain characters, but it's usually not this obvious. A foreshadowing that Cavendish was capable of something like this might have been in order--a random character recognizing and fearing for his life in front of him, something. Also bit of a wasted opportunity, as Rebecca should have been deflecting Hakuba's rapid attacks onto her opponents to devestating effect until he fell back asleep. But sure why not.
More disappointing though was to see Doflamingo do a complete personality 180 turn from intelligent, calculating, "I won't underestimate them" villain into a cackling, tied-up-victim taunting, "They could never [insert underestimation here]" final boss :-/
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As for Cavendish, you are right. Oda could have played that a lot better then he did. Still, it is a cool plot point.
Aggravate, Anger, and Piss off
An alright chapter I suppose. Still trying to wrap my head around all this Cavendish-Hakuba dynamic. I'm curious if it's a DF ability or just a personality characteristic. Also, I think Bastille alluded to why Hakuba didn't win, namely that the toll on Cavendish isn't suited for this type of fighting. In other words, Cavendish "utilizes" this power like pre-time skip Luffy used Gear Third, but unlike Luffy, Hakuba has a side affect of causing Cavendish to fall asleep for some period of time. Idk but that's how I'm rationalizing it right now.
Can't wait for the SHs to truly shock Doflamingo and his cocky personality. Can't wait for the new SH bounties either. With so much happening and likely to happen in this arc, I will be flabbergasted if Issho doesn't issue new bounties for half the characters present in this arc. Furthermore, it irked me that Doflamingo considered Kinemon a SH. No I say...NO!
And has Violet pulled a double-double cross?!
Did anyone else notice how several if not all of the remaining combatants realized what was about to happen to Cavendish when Hakuba awoke? Pages 11-13 in particular show the combatants attempting to strike Hakuba before he KO slashed them. Considering the level of several of these combatants and the fact that they fell victim to the attack should speak towards Rebecca's ability to perceive AND dodge the attack. Interesting if Hakuba has some alterior motive for allowing Rebecca to stand as survivor of the block....


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Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department will introduce a new pet each day through December 24. Each pet featured in the "12 Strays of Christmas" comes with the special adoption fee of just $12. These pets will be featured on our web site and Facebook page.
The $12 adoption fee includes spay/neuter, vaccinations, microchip, follow up call with an Adoption Counselor to make sure your new pet is adjusting well, a goodie bag with coupons and some toys from Petco.
If you are interested in making one of these adorable animals a member of your family, contact 311 or visit our web site www.cabq.gov/pets