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By Marc Livitz: Despite the fact that last month's May 4 showdown between Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Robert Guerrero dominated the headlines of professional boxing, a certain impromptu press conference which took place that same summer morning in Las Vegas had its own collective share of notoriety. Punch statistics still have yet to be calculated for next Saturday night's WBA welterweight championship bout at the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn, New York between Paulie "Magic Man" Malignaggi (32(7)-4(2) and Adrien "The Problem" Broner (26(22)-0), yet the category for verbal jabs and insults have already run off the page. The two champion fighters have held nothing back in terms of their thoughts for the other and any sort of filter for colorful and shocking verbiage is virtually nonexistent. Adrien Broner fired the first shots at his Brooklyn foe from the podium at the MGM Grand last month by way of informing him that his ex girlfriend was now in good hands. Paulie answered with his typical amount of voracity and was kind enough to let his Cincinnati opponent know that he was handling damaged goods.
The verbal smears continued for upwards of half an hour and many writers expressed their collective disdain for what had taken place. Nevertheless and as is usually the case, there is no such thing as bad publicity and potentially disturbing news is often even better news. Earlier this afternoon, the two boxers participated in what turned out to be an abbreviated media conference call. Adrien took to the phones first and shortly thereafter Malignaggi's voice could be heard and the proverbial slinging of mud began yet again. His outbursts in May put him in some hot water with the executives at Showtime Sports, where Paulie serves as an on-air fight analyst.
The undefeated Broner is seeking to make history of sorts and join the select company of Roy Jones, Jr., Roberto Duran and Robert Guerrero as the only professional fighters to move up two weight classes and win a world title in the first outing within their new respective division.
Selected highlights listed below.
Opening statements from WBC lightweight champion Adrien "The Problem" Broner: "I'm ready to go and this will be a hell of a show. I'm not worrying about jumping weight classes. I know I'm going to do a lot of great things in the sport and I'm going to do it the right way. You're going to see something explosive. He's bringing pillows to a fight and I'll be throwing bricks."
Broner on making the jump to welterweight: "The weight is no problem. I'm originally a welterweight and I just had to lose the pounds to get to 135 (pounds). It's my regular weight. I walk around at about 147 pounds."
Adrien explains why added weight doesn't guarantee knockouts: "In terms of power, you are either born with it or not. Weight doesn't give you more power. Manny Pacquiao was knocking guys out when he was a small guy and he still did it after he got bigger."
"The Problem" on dropping back down to the talent laden light welterweight division in the future: "I'll fight anyone who will fight me. I'm not worried about names or how hard anyone hits. I'll fight anyone who wants to fight Adrien Broner."
The WBC champion's thoughts on Paulie "Magic Man" Malignaggi: "He's a great talker. I'll give him that. He's got some great talent as a commentator. He's a world champion and he wouldn't be there without his fights. I'm not worried. In a year or two, I will be the ruler of boxing. As a fighter, well, I really don't study tape. My coaches do that. I know that if I'm in shape, then I'll be ready. I wouldn't call him a veteran. He is a slippery fighter and he can slip away for a victory if you don't get at him."
Adrien's plans to let the fight live up to the hype and Paulie referring to his face as that of a "Ninja Turtle": "I always say something and do it in the fight. His female doesn't think I look like a Ninja Turtle. Jessica doesn't think so. He admitted that my talking got to him. For me, this is just boxing. He can't get in my head. That's a negative. I'm wining on the (June) 22nd. He could bring a knife, an AK (47) or a 9mm with an extended clip and it won't help him."
Broner's closing statement: "I will make history on June 22. Only a few guys have ever done it (win a title in their first shot after having moved up two divisions) and I'll be another. I'm going to (expletive) Paulie up. He'd better keep practicing his lines because his job with Showtime will be the biggest one he keeps. Hopefully the referee will stop this fight before he gets too bloody so he won't have to wear sunglasses on TV for too long."
WBA welterweight champion Paulie "Magic Man" Malignaggi's thoughts on Broner: "He's a real guy and he has a lot of power. I don't think he made the most intelligent move to jump up to welterweight. He'll end up looking like he stuck his face in a blender. We'll see how bad he really wants it, but he's going to go through a lot of pain before he loses."
Paulie on Broner's fight resume and how to win: "There can't be a real way to pinpoint how to beat him because he's fought such bums. Any of them could have had a chance to beat him. Anyone breathing would have a chance. Essentially a living corpse has a chance. We're just preparing to be very sharp. He's fighting somebody real this time, so I can't really train based on anything I saw in a video of him."
Malignaggi downplays the thoughts on the level of satisfaction in defeating Broner: "The fight of the moment is the most satisfying until you get to the next one. You always need to focus on the task at hand and that has to be the fight that's in front of you."
"Magic Man" discusses his future: "I don't expect to fight much longer, but I will as long as these types of fights are around. I take every year one year at a time."
Paulie's thoughts on Broner's climb up two weight classes and why he chose to fight him: "It's a very ambitious move and he's trying to build a legacy. It was a fight that was offered to me and at first I thought it was too good to be true. This was the one that would pay the most."
Closing statements: "I don't have any final comments. Enough has been said already. I'll just see you all next week."
June 12, 2013
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Kotaku- People who bought Skyrim for the PS3 are pissed. And you can't necessarily blame them.
Bethesda is rubbish. Skyrim on pc isn't much of an improvement over the console versions. All there games suffer from a lot of issues
IMHO... I think PS3 gamers shoud boycott Bethesda for all the crap they had to put up with
The game at launch was a joke, and essentially PS3 owners did not get the same product that was advertised for 360 gamers. Essentially 360 gamers got Skyrim, and PS3 owners got a steaming pile of sh*t for the same price
People were mad about the endings of Me3 (which I understand) ... but in all honesty, a studio doesn't deserve your money.. if they can't do the most important thing right GETTING THE GAME TO WORK PROPERLY!
Had the PS3 version, sold it, and got the PC version on sale... and honestly... I should have pirated it... since I shouldn't give this studio more money.
They should have held of the PS3 version to improve quality, or not realease it and scam PS3 owners out of their money... because the PS3 version is inferior to the PC and 360 versions
This article right here made me hate bethesda: http://ca.ign.com/articles/...
Skyrim on PC is a massive improvement. You get mods.
Sadly, the media buzz and marketing dollars behind a Bethesda game will make sure naive PS3 owners run out to buy the next big Bethesda game because their buds are as naive as they are.
With tactics like that, why even try to make the game as good as it can be on PS3. Look at COD PS3 sales for an example of that.
"because the PS3 version is inferior to the PC and 360 versions " Well isnt that the case with most multi platform games? This next part isnt directed at you but your post gave me a chance to point out how silly some people have sounded lately.
Quoting Sony fans from Wii U articles. If it was more powerful it would run the multi plats without any issue at all and should in fact run them better...
Now before all the fanboys get pissed and message me, I know what I said about it should be superior if the PS3 was indeed stronger than 360 part is complete BS but it was you guys making the same claims in Wii U articles and I just wanted to give it back to you, so you could see how stupid you sound.
Good Idea, boycott Bethesda and force them to go even more Xbox exclusive.
I think inferior multiplats on the PS3 has nothing to do with power but the fact that the PS3's architecture is foreign to the PC's architecture. Porting from the PC's that they develope the game on is a smoother process on the 360 and Wii U because the architecture is more similar to PC. PS3 ports need more time and money that some developers don't want to put in hence why theres some ports that are identical and why some are bad.
Wii U should have little trouble with games being ported so what ports you see on the Wii U should be somewhere near the best that they can get out of the Wii U.
That said, Sony and Nintendo fans that are arguing about the graphics on the Wii U should remember that graphics isn't what makes Nintendo consoles good.
You're kidding, right?
Skyrim on PC allows you mods. That opens up an infinite amount of possibilities.
y glad there is mods nexus for that crap or i wouldnt have bother to play it more than 20 hours
Skyrim broke my hard drive. It froze while auto saving, I had to do a hard reset because the console wouldn't turn off.
When I turned it back on I heard a couple of strange 'clicks', then the PS3 opening screen went into slow-mo and couldn't fully load up.
Had to get a new hard drive, lost everything.
It's that before Skyrim, the most broken game I'd ever played was Fallout 3
I agree. I have it on 360 and it's great but not without it's issues. The problems on PS3 are completely unacceptable. And even though PC players are saying that you can get mods, that means that Bethesda knowingly released an unfinished product because they know PC gamers will improve it for them.
sold my copy months ago. last game i buy from them
Sold my copy, too. I had a lot of missions that I couldn't even finish because it was so buggy.
@Jaybronee - Yeah it's funny, but before the last PS3 patch I had quests that wouldn't leave my log even though I had done them, and after the patch I promptly ran into a quest I can't finish. The game actually got worse after the patch. Bravo Bethesda.
Geez, there's people who don't like Capcom, square enix, Bioware, Valve, EA, Ubisoft, Id software, Infinity ward, and now Bethesda.
If none of these companyies existed we wouldn't be able to have someithing to play in the meanwhile.
A little sympathy!
Everyone loves Naughty Dog, Guerrilla Games, Sucker Punch, Rockstar, Criterion Games, ThatGameCompany and DICE though.
People don't like Valve?
No. Everybody loves Valve.
I will give no sympathy for crappy products created by lazy devs who've been remaking the same title for more than a decade. They should know it well enough by now!
i have naughty dog
quantic dream
japan studios
frictional games
Why sympathise with shoddy development that shows they willingly released a buggy product and spent less (if any) time testing the game. At the minute Bethesda is at the very low end of my respect. Releasing a very buggy, if not broken game, is not on at all
edit: @MySwordIsHeavenly. I do not hate Valve either. I do hate the following of Valve. People treat Valve as if they are gods.
well,if you where a developer and introduced to something total different to develop for,it would be hard okay?I mean,ps3 has had 100 and 100's of shitty versions of video games.Xbox is just like the pc to develop for almost.Very easy,i think next gen,sony will make it easier.Besides,in your eyes around 30 percent of developers are "shitty devs".
Dude Bethsda is firmly latched on microsofts money nipple
Without Bethesda true open world 3D RPG's don't exist.
If you don't like their games don't buy em, its that simple. I platinum'd Skyrim on PS3 in 280 hours, with a shit eating grin on my face 80% of the time. If i had spent my $60 on Uncharted 3 instead, I would have to have replayed it 18.66 times to get the value that I got from Skyrim.
Since Skyrim played virtually bug free for me I am led to assume that most gamers are just a bunch of fat doughy whiny ass haters that aren't satisfied with anything.
Or you were the lucky one. How would you feel if the game that gave you a shit eating grin was almost unplayable?
You shouldn't assume so much.
"Without Bethesda true open world 3D RPG's don't exist. "
harder plz....troll HARDER
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I agree. If you don't like them, don't buy them. For me, I'll be first in line when the next Bethesda game comes out as Oblivion, Fallout 3 and Skyrim. In the 30+ years I've been gaming, I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt that these three games are among the best I've ever played. And I have no qualms about buying them on my PS3 either as my experience has been nearly flawless. There was issues with the PS3 at version of Skyrim at launch (even though they didn't effect myself personally) that affected a minority of players and two weeks from launch it was patched. Since then they've continued to find improvements to support their product.
And as for Dawnguard, I waited a year for the Shivering Isles for Oblivion, I'm not overly concerned I haven't played Dawnguard yet.
To me, it's just people bitching for the sake of bitching. Whenever anything becomes popular, it almost instantly becomes cool to hate it. We saw it happen with Mass Effect, with GTA, with COD, with Skyrim..on and on it goes. Thankfully, the internet whining hasn't influenced my opinion regrading these fantastic games in the slightest, and never will. I always trust the opinion of professional game reviewers over kids on the internet. If I had paid any attention to the internet chatter I would have missed some of the best games this gen has to offer.
Disagree with that all you want. It won't stop me from continuing to play Skyrim to death, it won't stop me from buying Dawnguard on the PS3, it won't stop me from continuing to support Bethesda for providing truly excellent, unique open world RPG's.
"Without Bethesda true open world 3D RPG's don't exist."
They also invented the lightbulb, gotta give credit where credit is due :b
I never said they invented open world 3D rpg, but give me one example of a open world 3d rpg that isn't made by bethesda. Don't say rockstar because you can't mod weapons or talk to npc's in their games. Just one example. If it has a zone every 500ft then its not open world either.
"but give me one example of a open world 3d rpg that isn't made by bethesda."
Dragon's Dogma, Dragon Age: Origins I & 2, Demon's Souls, The Witcher series, Two Worlds I & II, etc, etc...
280 hours for the platinum?? It only took me around 80+ hours, and I wasn't even trying to get the platinum.
what other games are like Fallout and Skyrim? all other games are so simple by comparison, and have much smaller game worlds.
Also keep shitty instruction set's far away! Cell won't be here next gen.
And if MS really makes the next xbox a modified windows. It will be impossible for ps4 to have a better port of any game.
There biggest weapon against sony is actually windows.
Almost same code for xbox and pc = win.
Sony will be helpless if they don't use gaikai seeing how xbox 720 will be cross platform.
Xbox ports will just be better by default next gen even if sony used sensible pc parts.
Firstly, PC version of Skyrim is way better than consoles. I know because I've played the 360 and pc version. The load times are extremely fast on pc compared with consoles and the graphics and frame rate can be improved considerably. Open worlds games where the layer can do any quest at any time are not easy to make without a huge amount of bugs. I noticed very little bugs on the PC version and I've played over 300 hours. PS3 is a difficult console to develop for. Every dev have said this. Sure linear corridor games like Uncharted and Killzone are a lot easier but Skyrim is on a different scale. So play your linear games on PS3 and get your open world games on PC and stop whining.
Originally I didn't have any problems with Skyrim other than mild slow down yet I was content with that. It wasn't until the supposed fix that my game really started breaking. Now everytime I get in the water my game freezes, and generally locks up too often. This is just sad.
Bethesda should let PS3 owners get this DLC for free, just for putting up with all this crap. How can they possibly expect us to PAY for broken DLC....that game way later than on PS3.....and the basic game was broken forever as well? It better be Free as that would at least make it up a little.
"Good Idea, boycott Bethesda and force them to go even more Xbox exclusive."
I would be TOTALLY in favor of making room for dev who can make the PS3 shine. Anyone that thinks the PS3 gamer market is not attractive to ANY developer is either a fanboy or a complete moron.
Yeah, all these Bethesda issues makes the PS3 look bad, which is shocking since Bethesda seems to be the only ones having real issues.
Don't know. Game seems to run fine on my 360. Trololol
So where is it?
If sony cant figure it out then its about time to start looking at the problems the ps3 has caused as many devs havd stated that it has issues with ram and reading from a disc at any decent speed. Sony would be screwed if they didnt put a hard drive on there console like the ps2.
I believe the slow reading speed has mostly been overcome with the newer BluRay discs/drives.
Issue appears to be mostly ram related. The split ram usually ends up hurting the PS3 when it comes to open-world games. Then again, Bethesda's hands aren't clean either since the games could've been make less ram-hungry.
I still believe that if you say you'll put a game on multiple platforms, your team should be comprised of individuals who can help get that job done as best as possible.
Yeah, if the console has some issues. Why weren't they doing decent research to work out how they could resolve the problems, without causing such a drastic delay? All they've done is shown how incompetent they are in dealing with tasks.
"Why weren't they doing decent research to work out how they could resolve the problems, without causing such a drastic delay?"
You answered your own question , more research = time & delays , failing to acknowledge that is nothing short of irrational & is not logical in any sense.
However Bethesda had no right releasing the game in the condition it was in and should have delayed the PS3 version if it had these problems, till it was ready for release.
Failing that scrap the whole thing and save the customer some money.
have you seen ps3 exclusives? the last of us? and multiplats better on ps3 ?
me2, oblivion, portal 2, batman aa ect?
you have no idea what your talking about.
final fantasy 13 and ff13 xiii2 la noire marvel vs capcom 3 burnout battlefield 3 to name a few if anything i wouldnt be suprised the xbox is holding this game back and m$ has paid them off i wont buy bethesda games have no reason. im waiting for final fanatsy vs 13 and ni no kuni to be released .
ok so youve got 4 multiplats that are barley better on ps3, two of them came out 1 year later than the 360 version... There are tons that are better on the 360 by a wider margin too.
Maybe skyrim would be as good on ps3 if they waited till november 2012 to release it, but then im sure people with ps3 would complain more about it.
Going multiplatform for any game series is hard, imo. You're talking about porting your code and optimizing it so that it works properly.
Game studios all have their specialties and focus in game creation, whether you like it or not. The engines that they make follow the same logic - in the vein that development becomes easier for them in a specific architecture for a specific game that they build.
Bethesda's problem lies in that. Their open world games track every single change within the environment, and this method of development hurts ps3 because of its vastly different architecture. A code revise hurts their engine as well, because they've gone multiplat - its easier and non-consuming when your engine is already set and unified (to accept assets) for all games. A change might not translate well to other development veins.
You should have minded when you bought the product, then. Or at least given it some thought. For all of this crap thrown around, at least give a moment to think about the problems that the devs have before playing around and discounting them.
IMO, the game was really going to be troublesome for PS3 - Bethesda's known to be a studio with games that allow a lot of modding, which translates to games that can be fooled around by the player. PS3 is a closed source system, and rarely (if any) do they allow mods or even condone it.
@stonecold....you must be joking. Omg so what's your life like. Hmm I wonder, so you live in a basement?
Mass Effect, Portal 2 and Batman AA are certainly not better on ps3. Two of them are Running on an engine designed for the 360.
It's not easy to take someone's code and immediately know what needs fixing. Every game engine is different and achieve their results with different methods. The reason ps3 exclusives look good is because they were build on engines built from the ground up with ps3 tech in mind, trying to then do this on someone else's engine might take some time as you have to work out how everything works.
i think this just proves bugthesda devs have NO IDEA how to properly use the PS3's ram. If you can't figure out how to split up static vs dynamic world objects between ddr/xd ram should not be developing games.
If the game works then why doesnt the dlc?
Because it requires even more RAM on top of base game.
@Hsx9 I'm not in no way protecting ps3, im not saying ps3 is better than xbox. In fact I own both, and they both have they're pros and cons, that I'm sure we can agree with. I was only saying that when a topic like this comes up, some fanboy has something stupid to say. I'd go as far to say the same thing if it was a xbox related page.
Exactly, why doesn't it work. Fallout 3 dlcs worked fine. Problem is their crappy code, not the goddamn split memory pool as so many people love to say due to there xbox fanboyism. Bethesda cleary sucks at coding, as their games have suffered from it in the past. A few months ago before patch 1.5, bethesda said themselves it had nothing to do with the split memory pool. So please everybody remember true facts before your fanboyism comes out. Read this. http://www.lazygamer.net/ps...
Just because someone mentions the PS3's split memory issue does not mean they are an xbox fanboy, they can very well be a PC fanboy as well, or they could just be criticising the PS3's hardware. However it seems to me like you are the fanboy that is getting defensive about his console.
I found nowhere on the internet this claim you made:
"A few months ago before patch 1.5, bethesda said themselves it had nothing to do with the split memory pool."
Perhaps you can link us to that quote. Also keep in mind, Fallout uses an older engine than Skyrim and less detailed textures, so there will obviously be a difference in development.
So far Bathesda has said they are working with Sony, meaning if it is possible to release on PS3, it's going to come out. If Sony can't help them, then it's obviously not the developers fault entirely.
bethesda just don't fuck up Fallout 4, if you do. i will never buy a bethesda game again.
It sounds like you are already committed to buying their next buggy game!
And why wouldn't he be? Fallout 3 was one of the greatest games this generation, even with the problems with the DLC being really buggy.
@ vickers - I thought Fallout 3 was one of the most overrated games this generation.
haha yea sure mystic, anything not a sony exclusive is overrated and all of sonys exclusives are underrated right.
The so called awesome developers and can't even get a dlc to work on PS3 ...
ok this is the last time im getting my hopes up so dont screw it up


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The first weekend of 2014 brings boats, brides and beatboxers to Columbus along with monster trucks and music -- and a Gallery Hop, of course. Here are some of the best bets for weekend activities.
The first weekend of 2014 brings boats, brides and beatboxers to Columbus along with monster trucks and music -- and a Gallery Hop, of course.
Here are some of the best bets for weekend activities.
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--Ohio RV & Boat Show
See more than 500 new RVs and boats on display and learn about camping, fishing, ATV tours and other outdoor experiences at the Ohio RV & Boat Show opening Saturday at the Ohio Expo Center. The show runs 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and Jan. 11, noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday and Jan. 12 and noon to 9 p.m. Wednesday through Friday next week. Cost is $10 for general admission, $2 for youth 6-12, free for kids 5 and under. A portion of the proceeds from each ticket goes to the Ohio Wildlife Center. Get details at 614-833-1198 or www.ohiorvandboatshow.com
-- Dinosaur show
The traveling exhibition Return of the Dinosaurs offers an interactive experience with the help of 50 animatronic dinosaurs as well as dinosaur crafts and coloring, movies, rides and other activities. Hours are 1 to 8 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the Lausche Building at the Ohio Expo Center. Admission is $18 for 13 and older, $12 for ages 2-12. Details at http://returnofthedino.com/ticketscolumbus.html
The plague-stricken Dark Ages didn�t get any darker than when the body collector shouted �Bring out your dead!� Enjoy the moment of pure Monty Python when Shadowbox Live revisits Spamalot. Showtimes: 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday (and Sundays through Feb. 2) at 503 S. Front St. Tickets cost $30, or $20 for students, senior citizens and active military personnel. Call 614-416-7625 or visit www.shadowboxlive.org
-- Last days of Wildlights
This is the final weekend for the Columbus Zoo's Wildlights exhibit, which includes an animated light show on the lake, presented every half-hour from 5:30 p.m. until closing time (9 p.m. daily, 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays). Zoo admission rates apply: $14.99 for adults, $10.99 for age 60 and older, $9.99 for ages 2 to 9, free for children younger than 2. Parking is $8. Zoo members get in free. Details at 614-645-3400 or www.columbuszoo.org
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--Monster Jam
Monster trucks will roar around Nationwide Arena on Friday and Saturday as the Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam event returns to town. The 12-foot-tall trucks -- including Grave Digger, Iron Man, and Bad News -- will run on a track full of obstacles to jump over or smash through. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Friday and 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $17 to $54. Details at 614-246-2000 or www.nationwidearena.com
--Wild Women Swing the Blues
Singers Eileen Howard and Jennifer Milligan return to Columbus, joined by French guitarist Pascal Fouquet, for " Wild Women Swing the Blues," an evening of blues, ballads and a celebration of life, love, and female mood swings in a preview of their upcoming New York show. Showtime is 8 p.m. Friday at the Short North Stage, 1187 N. High St. Tickets are $15, or $18 on Friday. Contact: 614-725-4042, www.shortnorthstage.org
--Ohio Beatbox Battle
Think you know beat-boxing? The mouthy hip-hop craft incorporates myriad genres (even dubstep). Watch the pros spit � figuratively and literally � at the Ohio Beatbox Battle on Friday in Skully's Music-Diner, 1151 N. High St. The free show begins at 9 p.m. Get details at 614-291-8856 or www.skullys.org
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--Winter hike
The Metro Parks district kicks off its annual winter hike series on Saturday at Blacklick Woods, 6975 E. Livingston Ave., Reynoldsburg. The hike begins at 10 a.m., and hikers can choose from either two- and four-mile hikes. Each hike boasts a campfire coupled with hot beverages and food at the end. Contact: 614-508-8111, www.metroparks.net
--Bridal show
A wide variety of wedding-related exhibitors, from dress salons to florists to caterers, will greet visitors to the The Columbus Bride Show this weekend at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. There will be bridal fashion shows at noon and 3 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday, and Randy Fenoli of the TLC TV show �Say Yes to the Dress� will have a presentation at 1 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $12 or $14 at the door. Details at www.columbusbride.com
--Gallery Hop
It's the first Saturday of the month, which means it's time for the Short North Gallery Hop. Official hours are 4 to 10 p.m., but many shops open earlier � and many bars and restaurants close much later. This month, the Roy G Biv Gallery, 997 N. High St., will hold a reception at 7 p.m. for central Ohio artists Kyle Franklin and Greg Ponchak. Details at www.shortnorth.org
The local neo-funk band Mojoflo, which is touting a new EP and an upcoming trip South in March to play during Mardi Gras, plays a free concert at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Hollywood Casino Columbus, 200 Georgesville Rd. Get details at 614-308-3333 or www.hollywoodcolumbus.com
-- Trailer Trash
At midnight Saturday, the Drexel Theatre, 2254 E. Main St., will present " Trailer Trash," a program of historic movie trailers and clips, plus a few commercials and concession-stand teasers. Admission is a $5 suggested donation. Contact: 614-231-1050, www.drexel.net
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--Paper show
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March 14—The small, round cheese-topped item on their plate looked and smelled like a mini-pizza. And the 19 students sitting at cafeteria tables at Gloria M. Sabater Elementary School ate it up, just like it was pizza.
But it wasn't pizza, it was actually eggplant parmesan. When told what it was, students said they'd still like to have it for lunch.
"Mmmmm. This is good," said Robert Phillips, 9, as he circled the "happy face" on his rating sheet and added "Great Food!" in the comments section.
"I want more!" wrote Abigail Tollinchi, also 9.
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Sony's Howard Stringer started the process of downplaying the security fail by telling Bloomberg that it really wasn't that big of a deal. "Nobody's system is 100 percent secure," he told Bloomberg, "This is a hiccup in the road to a network future." Apparently, exposing personal information - including credit card data - of nearly 80 million people the world over is a 'hiccup'.
Talking to The Wall Street Journal, Stringer continued the downplaying by addressing the state of Sony's security before the attack. "It was generally perceived to be very good," he said, "You have to understand that [Sony Online Entertainment] has been in business for 10 years and PlayStation Network has been in business for five years without any breaches of magnitude. We have no reason to believe that our security was not good."
This line of reasoning makes no sense. Just because nobody hacked you before, doesn't mean your security was up to snuff. It's all part of the PR offensive; mention how many years the PSN functioned without leaking 80 million users' data as many times as possible, and maybe it'll distract from the fact that, you know, 80 million people just saw their personal information compromised by criminals.
As far as I see it, the fact that this much data has been stolen clearly means Sony's security wasn't good enough, and I would hope that the CEO of Sony would be able to acknowledge that. This doesn't instill me with confidence for the future.


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Skip to comments.The Crusaders' last stand: Pot of gold worth £300,000 found in fortress
Posted on 07/11/2012 6:56:15 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
A pot of gold from the Crusades worth up to $500,000 has been found buried in an ancient Roman fortress in Israel.
The coins were buried by Christian soldiers of the order of the Knights Hospitalier as the Crusaders faced an unstoppable attack by a huge Muslim army. The knights were annihilated in April 1265.
The coins - worth a fortune even in 1265 when they were thought to have been buried - were deliberately hidden inside a broken jug to prevent them being discovered.
The fortress was destroyed in April 1265 by forces of Mamluks who overwhelmed the Crusaders - and the treasure only survived due to the quick thinking of one of the defenders.
'It was in a small juglet, and it was partly broken,' Oren Tal of the University of Tel Aviv told Fox News. 'The idea was to put something broken in the ground and fill it with sand, in order to hide the gold coins within. If by chance somebody were to find the juglet, he wont excavate it, he wont look inside it to find the gold coins. Once we started to sift it, the gold came out.'
The Roman fortress in Apollonia National Park has yielded a huge number of archaeological treasures - but scientists excavating layer from the thirteenth century were stunned to unearth a literal pot of gold.
The clay container had more than 100 gold dinals from the time when the Crusaders occupied the fortress, originally built by the Romans.
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Last stand: The coins were buried by Christian soldiers of the order of the Knights Hospitalier as the Crusaders faced an unstoppable attack by a huge Muslim army
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Interesting. Actually presents the Crusades in context, rather than as an unprovoked attack by evil Christians on peaceful Muslims.
Thy would have done a lot better [and probably survived a lot longer] if they had allied with the Mongols of Hulegu Quan, instead of giving food, shelter and passage to the Mamelukes who sold them on the 'we're all brothers of the book crap'.
"Under Al-Hakim in the early 11th century, thousands of churches were destroyed throughout the ancient Christian heartland of the Middle East, and when the Seljuk Turks captured Jerusalem in 1077, just 22 years before it fell to the Crusaders, they too massacred some three thousand inhabitants.
All these Islamic attacks on the West occurred before the First Crusade. Some scholars even argue that the very idea of 'holy war' was learned from the example of Islam on the march."
The KEY statement for understanding WHY there were crusades against Muslim pigs. And in 1000 years NOTHING has changed as Timbuktu, Egypt and OTHER places currently indicate.
The Knights Hospitaler are still in existence. Do they get their money back?
Good point! I hope they ask for it. They could donate a few coins to the Depat. of Antiquities in gratitude for keeping the horde safe all these years.
Seriously, isn't that gold beautiful? It is easy to see why gold has always been prized.
Really good and accurate info on the Crusades at the link. It's a shame that the page is also filled with links to a lot of Hollywood garbage.
"It is easy to see why gold has always been prized."
I'm waiting for the usual Freepers to show up and say gold is just a useless, worthless relic of the barbaric past.
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The gold belongs to Israel now, correct?
I wonder if they received the nobama DNC email telling everyone to donage their wedding gifts, graduation gifts and so forth to his campaign? Surely, they will comply so as to help nobama.
THE most courageous of the Crusaders.
Maltese Cross, symbol of the Hospitallers.
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Calmentor encourages and supports volunteer partnerships between small businesses and larger A&E firms in transportation projects.
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Incorporating Brown and Teal For a Living Room That is Modern and Appealing
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Today, modern decor is refreshing and attractive. Two decades ago, most people would never dream of decorating a living room in shades of brown and teal; now, it's one of the most appealing looks you can have if you love a clean, modern decor. In this article, you will find many useful tips for incorporating these two colors for a look that is vibrant and beautiful.
Starting point: Walls
In order to prevent your living room from looking closed in or small, you want to use a light, neutral shade for the walls. Consider light sand, a pale, soft aqua or a muted caramel color. To add further interest and appeal, paint baseboards and trim in a contrasting shade such as bold aqua or dark chocolate brown.
If you're feeling particularly creative, consider texturing the walls through various techniques such as stamping, ragging or rag-rolling to add a wallpaper-like finish that is original and eye-catching.
Choosing the furniture
To achieve balance in this style of decorating, it's best to choose furnishings that are scaled to a larger size. Tables, entertainment centers, chairs and sofas should all be the same deep brown shade if possible. Leather furnishings work especially well in this decor, and add rich texture.
Accessories are where the fun begins
Once walls are completed and furnishings are chosen, it's time to start adding colorful accents. Choose 3 shades of teal; a pale shade, a medium shade, and one that is dark and bold. The medium shade will be the dominant teal color for the room, while the others help balance things out.
When shopping for accents, let anything teal catch your eye and consider if it will work with your decorating theme. Throw pillows, picture frames, vases, window treatments, candles, tapestries - all of these things will add color and visual appeal to the room.
Vary patterns for further appeal
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For those who love modern, contemporary rooms, this look is ultra-chic and absolutely beautiful. Incorporate hues of dark, chocolate brown and shades of teal for a rich look with bright splashes of color that bring the room alive! Decorate with accessories that are unique and capture the attention of the eye. Once you see the finished results, you will want to show your living room off to everyone you know!
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Midland Base is recruiting members & leaders and wants to ring in the coming of Halo 4 with the creation of a new Squeaky Sheep of Doom and "Sucks to be the Leader" game type!
This contest is long, and it will take true effort on behalf of contestants, so the rewards are HUGE.
Up front, here's what you can win:
- EVERYONE who submits a QUALIFYING entry will receive the "Squeaky Sheep of Doom" award http://www.midlandbase.com/SqueakyDoom.png worth 500 XP and 5000 credits at www.halounity.com if you are participating at Halo Unity.
- The WINNER will receive a code for ONE YEAR of XBox Live Gold.
(You DO NOT need to be a member of Halo Unity to win the grand prize of one year of XBL Gold, that is open to all Midland Base members!).
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We want to celebrate Halo 4, recruit new members, recruit new leaders, and get a Squeaky Sheep of Doom map and "Sucks to be the Leader" game type for Halo 4!
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Here's the basics to participate: Join and become an active member of our group and remain active at least through the end of the contest. Maintain your eligibility to submit an entry. Between the release of Halo 4 and the contest submission deadline, submit a qualifying map / game type combination.
Here's a fly through of our current Squeaky Sheep of Doom map:
You can get the current map and game type we use in Reach on my file share: http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/haloreach/kegler73/fileshare
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2. Sign ups END on 06 NOV 12 at 23:59:59 U.S. Central Standard Time.
3. Map / game type combinations must be submitted by 23:59:59 U.S. CST of 11 DEC 12. All participants submitting a qualified entry will receive the Squeaky Sheep of Doom award here as soon as we determine the entry is a qualified map / game type combination.
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5. In order to submit a map / game type combination the participant must hold the rank of Private in our group.
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7. Participants are disqualified if they have to be booted from our game night party, receive a temp. ban from our forums, or get designated as MIA from our group at any point from 01 SEP 12 through the conclusion of the contest on 21 DEC 12. Prior to announcing the winner it will be checked to verify the winner wasn't designated MIA in our SEP, OCT, NOV, or DEC activity scans.
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[quote]Check out our video, a Tour of Midland Base, and get to learn all about us and hear music from Halo 4.
Do you like Halo? Do you like LIKING Halo? Do you need to be a part of a Halo group that feels the same way?
Then Midland Base is the place for you! We're a group of mature gamers that specialize in making Halo what it was meant to be! While we love to just sit back and play Halo, we first make sure that we create a comfortable environment for all of our members. Imagine, if you can, Halo without flame wars, ****, name calling, betrayals for weapons, or players going AFK through the match. Instead, we have laughs, good sportsmanship, comraderie, and lively debate. Check out our mission statement here.
Still not sold? Here are some other features of our group:
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We have four gamenights a week here's our schedule
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What Midland Base rules should I be aware of before joining?
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Included on the lists of historical highway markers and Virginia Landmarks Register are 33 sites of literary interest. Landmarks have been incorporated in this site's list if the state mentions in their official descriptions noteworthy literary contributions pertinent to the site or if landmark's main inhabitant is widely recognized as a literary figure in some way. This therefore includes such statesmen as Thomas Jefferson, whose tombstone notes two of his writings and the building of University of Virginia but not his presidency, George Washington, whose Farewell Address is included in most major American literature anthologies and James Madison, who is recognized as the Father of the U.S. Constitution. I have not included sites pertaining to James Monroe and Woodrow Wilson, presidents well-known for their political decrees or speeches, as both the Monroe Doctrine and the Fourteen Points are important historical, but not literary, documents.
Some sites require little explanation for their inclusion, such as Edgar Allan Poe's dormitory room at the University of Virginia or John Dos Passos' home in Westmoreland County, where he lived and worked for at least part of every year since 1949 until his death in 1970. Others have more interesting circumstances. Rokeby in Loudoun County, for instance, is on the list due to its supposed housing of central American documents like the Constitution, Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation during the British storming of Washington in 1814. The Charles Irving Thornton Tombstone in Cumberland County is included on the Virginia Landmarks Register and this list for one particular reason: Prolific novelist Charles Dickens wrote the inscription on the headstone. Each site on the list links to a page describing its location, which Virginia commemoration it received and a description of its significance.
In order to provide a closer look at what constitutes a literary landmark, 13 of these sites have been visited and evaluated. These particular sites are a diverse bunch demonstrating presentations of different kinds of literary figures, publications or actions. They are marked within their pages with the following icon on their main page photos:
On these pages, click on the icon in order to view the critical evaluation of the site. For a list of these sites, click here.
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Number: 111-4
Date: January 23, 2009
House Ways and Means Reports Out Favorably H.R. 598, to provide for a portion of the Economic Recovery Package Relating to Revenue Measures, Unemployment, and Health
On January 22, 2009, H.R. 598, to provide for a portion of the economic recovery package relating to revenue measures, unemployment, and health, was reported out of the House Ways and Means Committee by a party-line vote of 24 to 13. This bill, as reported, includes one-time payments to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries and a number of provisions relating to Health Information Technology (HIT).
The legislation is expected to be combined with other components of the economic recovery package from other House Committees into H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for consideration by the full House of Representatives.
As reported by the Committee, H.R. 598 includes the following provisions of interest to SSA.
One-Time Emergency Payment to SSI Recipients
• Would direct the Commissioner, within 120 days of enactment, to make a one-time stimulus payment to SSI recipients who had been eligible for a cash payment in the month of enactment or in either of the two preceding months. Recipients not receiving an SSI cash payment in the month of enactment would be eligible only if nonpayment status was due solely to exceeding the applicable income limit.
• Would allow for payments to be made to individuals who are retroactively found eligible for SSI during the specified months, but no payments would be made beyond calendar year 2009. In addition, no payments would be made to recipients who reside in Medicaid-funded treatment facilities.
• Would provide that individual SSI recipients would receive an amount based upon the average current SSI payment for individuals, while couples would receive the average aggregate amount paid to couples.
• Would authorize that the one-time payments could be withheld to recover prior SSI overpayments, but they would not be used to offset any underpayment due to an SSI recipient.
• Would provide that the payment shall not be taken into account as income or taken into account for resources for the month of receipt and the following 6 months, for purposes of determining the eligibility for Federal benefits or federally funded State or local assistance.
• Would provide appropriations as may be necessary to carry out the SSI stimulus payment provisions.
Promotion of Health Information Technology
• Would establish:
• The Office of the National Coordinator for HIT in the Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) and a Chief Privacy Officer in the Office of the National Coordinator;
• An HIT Policy Committee to make policy recommendations to the National Coordinator;
• An HIT Standards Committee to make recommendations to the National Coordinator on the standards, implementation specifications, and certification criteria for the electronic exchange of information; and,
• Requirements for application and use by Federal agencies of the standards and implementation specifications adopted by the National Coordinator.
• Would appropriate $250,000,000 to the National Coordinator to do all of the aforementioned.
• Would establish that the HIT Federal partners listed in the Executive Order issued August 22, 2006, must use adopted standards and implementation specifications when spending on HIT. (NOTE: SSA is not listed as a Federal partner in this Executive Order.)
• Would establish that the August 22, 2006, Executive Order agencies must require that private entities use Federal standards and implementation specifications when contracting/entering into agreements.
• Would authorize HHS to use resources to assist healthcare providers with adopting, implementing, and effectively using electronic health record technology. HHS would establish an HIT Research Center and regional extension centers to assist in doing this.
Other Amendment of Interest
• An amendment that would have allowed individuals the option to opt-out of Medicare Part A was rejected by voice vote.
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Rescuing "The Motor City"
The city of Detroit is in deep fiscal trouble. Gov. Rick Snyder may well appoint an Emergency Manager to help prevent a municipal bankruptcy, a state of affairs The Motor City was explicitly warned of almost 11 years ago by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
The Mackinac Center published a 28-page edition of Michigan Privatization Report declaring that Detroit needed a "budget boost," recommending bold privatization initiatives to help fuel the city's renaissance engine. While city officials did not embrace our ideas at the time, it is never too late to do so. Below you will find a series of articles about Detroit, its budget and ideas for reform.
Our Michigan Privatization Report is excerpted below. The following link to several blog posts and articles from the past ten years on this topic.
- Detroit Exhausts Its Options, 11/18/2011
- Cost of Benefits is Sinking Detroit, 11/16/2011
- Occupiers vs. Detroit's Recovery, 10/19/2011
- Can Detroit's Problems Be Corrected by an Emergency Financial Manager?, 12/05/2005
- Detroit Violates Uniform Budget and Accounting Act, 06/11/2001
- Come Fly With Me: Will Detroit City Airport Get Dose of Fiscal Sanity?, 10/07/2009
Stay Engaged
Privatization: The Motor City's Renaissance Engine (Winter 2001, Michigan Privatization Report)
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac never could have guessed that the small fort he established in 1701 along the strait between Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie would become home to millions of people — including people like Henry Ford, whose vision transformed the entire world.
Indeed, Detroit has nearly three hundred glorious years of history to look back upon with pride, but it is the city's future that is the focus of this issue of Michigan Privatization Report. And that future is in some doubt ...
- Privatization: The Motor City's Renaissance Engine
- Motor City Needs Budget Boost: Privatizing Detroit City Services
- The Conventions of Privatization: Selling Cobo Center
- Detroit Could Collect Savings From Privatized Garbage Pick-Up
- For Whom The Private "Belle" Tolls
- Water Privatization Can Help Detroit From Drowning in Debt
- Privatization Should Drive Detroit Transportation
- The Power to Privatize
- Looking Over Private Inspections
Detroit Exhausts Its Options
Michael D. LaFaive, 11/18/2011
There is an old saw that goes "politicians will do the right thing, but only after they have exhausted every other option."
For years the Mackinac Center analysts and scholars have tried to persuade pols to do the right thing at the state and local level. We've had many successes, but cities like Detroit often acted allergic to sound, free-market policy ideas. That may be changing because Detroit is running out of money and thus, running out of options.
A Nov. 17 report in the Detroit Free Press indicates that Mayor Bing is interested in privatizing management of the city's transportation and lighting departments. That's a tepid start to be sure, but one that would move the city in the right direction. In 2000 the Center recommended full privatization of these departments and much more in its special, Detroit-specific issue of Michigan Privatization Report. Some of its ideas and possible savings from that report deserve to be repeated.
- The city should contract out for the operation of its busing system. Possible savings: $60 million annually. (Through 2010 the operating subsidy ranged from $70 million to $75 million).
- Sell Detroit's electrical power system to an investor-owned utility. Estimated revenue from private sale in 2000: $301 million to $501 million.
- Sell Cobo Conference/Exhibition Center. When we published our 2000 MPR, Cobo was receiving operating subsidies exceeding $15 million. A 1991 issue of Detroiter magazine — 20 years ago — estimated a sales price of $50 million. At that price a private owner might pay $1.9 million in property taxes each year.
- Sell the water system for between $1.775 billion and $2.285 billion or just contract out for its management ($47.2 million in annual savings).
- Contract out for garbage collection. Savings: $6.4 million annually.
- Privatize inspections for mechanical, electrical, plumbing or building permits and licenses. We estimated in 2000 that the possible savings for privatizing these positions could top $5.1 million.
- Sell Bell Isle: $370 million in one-time revenue and up to $13.8 million in new revenue. In addition, the city would be relieved of its [then] annual appropriation to Island care of $6.6 million.
If Detroit had only contracted out for operation of their busing, water, garbage and inspections in 2000 and saved only half of what the Center estimated could be realized, the city would have been roughly $592 million to the good over the following decade. Imagine if it had sold assets, too, or saved the full amount of our conservative estimates?
Moreover, what if the city had gone further and embraced other bold ideas such as selling its city airport, contacting with Wayne County for police services or ending the People Mover service? Doing so could have meant that the city would have enough to pay its bills, shed debt, improve services, cut taxes and look for 250,000 people to move to the city instead of away from it.
That is why the mayor and others need to act now and boldly. The future will come swiftly. Governments should be solvent when it does.
Cost of Benefits is Sinking Detroit
James M. Hohman, 11/16/2011
According to the Detroit Free Press, the city will run out of cash in April 2012, and the largest culprit is the growing cost of employee benefits.
It reports:
"Since 2008, health insurance costs for Detroit employees and retirees have jumped 62% to $186 million a year, city records show. During the same period, the city's contribution to pensions increased from $50 million to $120 million."
Government employment benefits strain budgets around the state. Bringing the cost of these benefits in line with private-sector averages would save taxpayers in Michigan $5.7 billion annually.
The state is already helping local governments stave off bankruptcy. Earlier this year, the Legislature passed a bill that limits the amount that government entities in Michigan can spend on health insurance. The bill is set well above private-sector rates, but it's a step in the right direction that could save the local governments up to $1 billion if implemented properly.
There are also new incentives to cap local government retirement benefits at 10 percent of an employee's compensation, as well as the new emergency manager law.
Detroit's dire straits are indicative of the problem of overly generous benefits. There is more to do to keep local governments away from bankruptcy, and to ensure residents that government services require no more of their money than is necessary.
Occupiers vs. Detroit's Recovery
Paul Kersey, 10/19/2011
The movement to occupy Detroit has attracted about 50 hardy souls to Grand Circus Park, where they have pitched tents and are awaiting … something. What exactly is supposed to change in Detroit is entirely unclear. The occupiers of Wall Street have this much going for them — things have been done in the banks and stock markets that progressives object to. What exactly has Detroit done except implement the progressive vision as far as it practically could?
The city might get different results if its people tried a different approach.
The tents are a form of avoidance. Detroit once housed a million more people than it currently does. Many of the houses where those Detroiters once lived have been destroyed, but many — certainly enough to house 50 occupiers — stand vacant. Those houses could probably be bought or rented cheaply. It's all part of one city, so why not express a real, lasting commitment to the Detroit and get a solid roof over your head in the process?
Could it be because the occupiers, deep down, know they don't have any remedies for Detroit's suffering? Or could it be because they don't want to confront the reality of Detroit's neighborhoods, where their ethic of government-driven wealth-spreading has suffocated honest commerce, strangled economic opportunities and forced hundreds of thousands into an awful choice: crime, dependency or flight.
The terrible decline of Detroit's auto industry, a history of lousy race relations, complacency bred from decades of prosperity — these explain Detroit's choices, but do not make them wise. As the occupiers sit in their tents and fulminate against the powers-that-be, Detroiters themselves, both in the city and in the suburbs, can choose another way. They can let go of their alienation, return to the values of a free society, get over their failed romance with big unions and big government, reopen trade, create new opportunities and rebuild their city.
Over the long haul, the only way that the bone-deep divisions between races, between city and suburbs, can ever be overcome is for people throughout metro Detroit to work and trade together, voluntarily and as individuals.
Detroit's recovery will not begin with some splashy new development. That will come, but it will be more of a tipping point than a first cause. Nor will some grand governmental scheme for spreading wealth around get the city moving again. No, if Detroit recovers, it will start with hundreds of little projects: homes repaired, small businesses started, charter public schools opened. And the occupiers will have little if anything to do with it — unless they decide to emerge from their tents, grab some tools and get to work rebuilding a city.
Can Detroit's Problems Be Corrected by an Emergency Financial Manager?
Louis H. Schimmel, Jr., 12/05/2005
Michigan Public Act 72 of 1990, as amended, provides for the appointment of an Emergency Financial Manager if it is determined that a serious financial problem exists in a municipality or school district. The appointment of an EFM for the city of Detroit is often discussed as a possible solution for dealing with the city's continual mismanagement and financial mess.
If it were ever determined by the state that an EFM should be appointed for the city of Detroit, under current law the EFM would not have all of the necessary tools to be successful. There are four major problems that would have to be resolved by amending Act 72 prior to the appointment of an EFM.
The changes needed are as follows:
Under current law, the EFM can be sued personally. Given that actions by an EFM will almost certainly be controversial, and harassing lawsuits are likely, it is essential that an EFM's personal assets be protected. Making the EFM an employee of the state treasury department with access to the legal staff of the attorney general would make the present lack of indemnification for an EFM largely moot. Harassing lawsuits by local bargaining units or other affected entities or individuals would be defended by the state – an entity that has the depth of financial resources to discourage the filing of frivolous lawsuits.
The present Act lists the powers of an EFM, which are extensive but are not all-inclusive. This can allow the governing body to impede the overall effort of the EFM to deal with the municipality's fiscal crisis. The Act should state that the EFM replaces and takes on the powers of the governing body (mayor and council or school board.)
Charter provisions, especially in old charters, can prevent or make it difficult for an EFM to make necessary structural changes to address financial problems. The EFM should have the power to review charter provisions that frustrate the process of cleaning up and streamlining a municipality's financial functions.
Presently, most labor contracts provide for mandatory continuation of an expired contract until a new one is negotiated. This means municipalities have no opportunity to take advantage of lower-cost service providers. Additionally, in the case of public safety unions, municipalities must adhere to the provisions of Act 312, which mandates that when a municipality and union cannot agree on the terms of a new contract they must go to binding arbitration. In most cases, it takes nearly two years or longer to complete the process, and the legal costs are substantial. Furthermore, municipalities rarely reduce costs by going through the Act 312 process but rather, at best, limit the amount of increased expenses. Act 312 should be repealed in its entirety.
Making the above changes to Act 72 would be essential for an EFM to have the necessary tools to deal with the city of Detroit's management and fiscal problems.
If Michigan is sincerely interested in keeping and attracting new business it needs to face rather than ignore the issue of the state's excessively high, non-competitive municipal labor costs. High labor costs for municipalities result in high municipal taxes, which in turn make municipalities unattractive and create major fiscal problems.
Currently the auto, airlines and other private sector industries are being forced to deal with their high labor costs in order to stay in business and become competitive. However, Michigan municipalities are handcuffed from dealing with their high labor costs by labor contracts that cannot be terminated. Such contracts prevent the possibility of purchasing municipal services at the lowest possible cost. Unlike the private sector, municipalities can't move their operations to a market with lower labor costs. Also, unlike the private sector, municipalities can't go out of business or declare bankruptcy and reorganize to reduce pension, health care, and labor costs.
Michigan needs to remove the shackles preventing the purchase of municipal services at the lowest cost — not only for the few municipalities that fall into the position of having an EFM – but for all Michigan municipalities. Repealing Act 312 would be a giant step in the right direction.
Detroit Violates Uniform Budget and Accounting Act
Michael D. LaFaive, 06/11/2001
The Mackinac Center for Public Policy recently confirmed with officials at the Michigan Department of Treasury that the city of Detroit was delinquent in filing its annual audit for 2000.
Failure to file the audit violates the state's Uniform Budget and Accounting Act. According to a provision of another law, the local Government Fiscal Responsibility Act, the city's delinquency should automatically trigger a review by the state treasurer.
In a Jan. 2 letter to [then] state treasurer Mark Murray, this author pointed out that the city was delinquent in filing its audit and asked whether the state would be conducting a review of the city's finances as provided by law. On Feb. 1, Murray confirmed that Detroit "has failed to timely file its audit for FY ending 2000."
Murray also stated, however, that his office would not be conducting a review of Detroit's finances even though it is required to do so under Public Act 72 of 1990. "Missing the audit deadline is not as clear an indication of a financial problem as are some other triggers provided" in the law, Murray wrote. "Hence, in the case of a late audit, we would only proceed with a formal preliminary review if there were other indicators of financial problems present."
But the Mackinac Center disagreed with Murray's characterization of the law. "Public Act 72 offers the state treasurer no explicit discretion in this matter. The conditions that constitute city financial problems are clearly spelled out, and one of those is failure to file an audit as required," he said.
The state should adhere to the laws of its own creation and investigate Detroit's financial situation in greater detail-using P.A. 72 as its guide. Such an investigation would give the city an added incentive to keep its books in order and mitigate against charges that the state enforces P.A. 72 in an arbitrary and lackadaisical way.
Come Fly With Me: Will Detroit City Airport Get Dose of Fiscal Sanity?
Michael D. LaFaive, 10/07/2009
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing has recommended outsourcing the management of the Coleman A. Young International Airport to save money, as recommended by the Mackinac Center back in 1998. When we did so the city had recently provided the airport with a $1.9 million subsidy. In 2007 (the latest year for which data is available), the subsidy was down to $900,000, but the city's ability to afford any subsidy has collapsed altogether.
Bing is not the first mayor to consider privatizing the airport's management. In 2008, Kwame Kilpatrick actually identified a potential contractor called Avport. While outsourcing has merit, at this point, the city should investigate just completely unloading the airport with an outright sale.
Our 1998 description of the airport's problems is worth reprinting:
Forty minutes up the road, Detroit City Airport's woes do not involve congestion but rather a lack of it. City Airport, which last year received a $1.9 million subsidy out of Detroit's general fund, has a low volume of commercial traffic due to its small runway size, poor location in a densely populated area, and proximity to Detroit Metro. This lack of usage led to a 19 percent drop in airport revenue from 1996 to 1997. At the same time, operating costs increased 12 percent and employee salaries and benefits shot up 17.8 percent and 71 percent respectively.
In addition, the airport is in a weak cash position. A strong cash position would allow the airport to meet salary obligations and other operating expenses, expand, and generally maintain the airport. The airport has not bled off its cash overnight. In 1979 the airport balance sheet showed a cash position of $505,543 dollars. Editor's Note: Budget numbers are presented without adjusting for inflation.
The city still had a financially viable airport. Today is a much different story. The airport's 1997 balance sheet shows a cash position of only $59,593, which was not enough to cover the $147,142 in salaries and wages paid to airport employees during the first month of fiscal year 1997.
Furthermore, despite the $1.9 million subsidy, the airport's accumulated deficit has leapt from $1,598,987 to $2,249,452 in one fiscal year. The accumulated deficit is simply the difference between the airport's assets and liabilities. Technically speaking, the airport would be bankrupt if it were not for the city's cash transfers (more than $3 million in the last two years). The airport is in trouble. How long will Detroit's taxpayers be required to subsidize its existence?
Now, as in 1998, we could not ask a better question ourselves.
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