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The playoffs are coming, and here's one good thing about that: Since all NFL playoff games are shown nationally, local affiliates can't screw up the coverage.
Last week's Tuesday Morning Quarterback item on local affiliate screw-ups drew so much reader response only a charity auction of a night handcuffed to Jennifer Lopez would have done better. Fans around the country, it seems, are unanimous in hating their local affiliates.
The problem is that local affiliates have a gift for avoiding the hot matchups and airing clunker games. TMQ lives near Washington, D.C. This Sunday the 4 p.m. CBS doubleheader obvious choice was Indianapolis at Miami, a playoff atmosphere game pitting two winning teams fighting for their division crown. What did the nation's capital see? Ravens at the 3-12 Cardinals, one of the worst pairings of the season.
But don't take my word for it. Reader Abbey Castle of Portland protests that in November, rather than show the top-notch Chiefs-at-Raiders pairing, CBS affiliate KOIN aired the 2-7 Seahawks at the winless Chargers. James Kogutkiewicz writes that "Milwaukee Fox affiliate WITI has perfected the dismal art of broadcasting stomach-churning games between schlubs while highly anticipated pairings of Super Bowl contenders go unaired." Shannon Deible is so mad about a 1999 screw-up as to be still steaming: The Fox affiliate for Seattle scheduled Dallas at the Chesapeake Watershed Region Indigenous Persons, which turned out to be a fabulous 41-35 game won on a 76-yard pass in OT. But when kickoff time rolled around, Seattle viewers saw: Crocodile Dundee II. "Thamus" notes the CBS affiliate in Cincinnati endlessly shows naught but the Bengals and Browns. Sometimes Bengals and Browns games air back-to-back, leading Thamus to philosophize, "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"
George Merkle protests that in San Antonio, where few think fondly of Dallas, affiliates insist on airing every Cowboys game, despite the 5-10 Dallas record. Recently San Antonio got a Boys tilt instead of the sparkling Rams-Vikings pairing, and the only time the network broke in to show a play from the latter, what it showed was a field goal. Doug Kornreich decries that Savannah, Ga., gets every awful Falcons game rather than the contending teams. Lee Davis of Atlanta boasts his relief that because Falcons tickets don't sell, the home team is blacked out locally, and Atlanta itself gets to see real games while Savannah suffers. Reader "Marked" notes that a week ago, rather than show the important (and Pennsylvania-relevant) Pittsburgh-at-Giants matchup, Philadelphia's Fox affiliate aired: An infomercial for Web TV. That is, a program urging you to escape from the clutches of the very organization afflicting the program on you.
What's going on here? Each week, local affiliates of CBS and Fox pick the game they will air at 1 p.m. Sunday. Fox and CBS alternate games in the 4 p.m. doubleheader slot, and so every other week a local affiliate gets to make a 4 p.m. choice.
Affiliates always show games involving teams from their city. This makes marketing sense even when the home team is a loser, while for winning home teams, ratings are fabulous. During the week of the ER season premiere, top local ratings in more than a dozen major cities were drawn by home team NFL broadcasts.
But the system breaks down when there is no home team contest to show and local affiliates must pick. You'd think they would look at the standings and select the top pairing. You'd think wrong. Enigmatically, local affiliates often choose matchups that seem "regional" or involve the division of the home team, regardless of whether the game is any damn good. Los Angeles sees the woeful Chargers rather than national pairings of winners. Washington, D.C., sees the inexcusable Cardinals. New York City, the nation's largest TV market and sporting two local teams to confuse programmers, consistently gets the worst nonlocal selection in the country. Because the Jets and Giants both play on most Sundays, often all other action is either blanked out or screwed up. A week ago, "RJT" notes from New York, in the 1 p.m. Sunday slot the Fox affiliate skipped several attractive games to show Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie.
Thus the NFL goes to considerable lengths to establish exciting, winning teams, then denies much of the country the chance to watch them on Sunday. The solution is NFL Sunday Ticket, which for $159 annually allows viewers to pick anything on the card. Many, many Americans would gladly fork over this sum to be set free from the tyranny of the dart-throwing monkeys who run local affiliate programming.
The catch is that NFL Sunday Ticket is available only using DirecTV, the satellite service that millions can't get. TMQ would dearly love to install DirecTV: He could even bill it to Microsoft! But lovely greenhouse-gas-absorbing trees block his home's view of the southwestern sky, where DBS1, the DirecTV satellite, hangs. Other satellite reception barriers afflict other potential customers. Infuriatingly, the NFL runs advertising for Sunday Ticket during regular broadcasts—using networks to promote what networks cannot carry. At least this assures us the Old Economy media will sell the New Economy media the rope from which they will be hanged.
NFL Sunday Ticket is confined to DirecTV because the league signed an exclusive contract with the satellite company in the distant past (1994) when many analysts thought satellites would long be the sole medium for specialized programming. There were also nutty politics behind the deal. Early in the 1990s, Congress thought that it would be horrible if cable offered pay-per-view sports; charges for specific programming were then somehow viewed as un-American. The NFL assured lawmakers it would not sell games via cable, only via satellite. But now we've all switched to thinking there is nothing better for the economy than paying for content that used to be free: Subscription radio is even coming. No one would object if NFL Sunday Ticket were offered by cable today.
The exclusive deal with DirecTV expires after the 2002 season, at which point NFL Sunday Ticket will flood the market on all carriers and all wavelengths: It'll probably come into your car, if not be projected onto your sunglasses. Until then we remain at the mercy of football-illiterate local affiliates.
Best Plays of the Week: Best No. 1. A week ago Warrick Dunn saved Tampa Bay's bacon when he spun out of a tackle in the end zone, avoiding a closing-seconds safety. Last night Dunn once again made the play of the week. Bucs trailing Rams 35-31 with 1:49 remaining and the ball on the Tampa 35, Dunn took a pitch and was hemmed in for what seemed like a killer loss. Again showing presence of mind, Dunn lateraled the ball back to QB Shaun King, whose 15-yard run combined with a roughing penalty against the visitors moved Tampa into position for its last-second win. This 5-foot-8-inch gentleman Dunn knows what he's doing.
Best No. 2. Indianapolis lined up in a four-wide formation on the Marine Mammals 4. Colts RB Edgerrin James went in motion left, resulting in an empty backfield, which normally ensures pass. But Miami MLB Zach Thomas pulled out to follow James, leaving five Colt OLs across from four Dolphin DLs. QB Peyton Manning ran behind this mismatch for an easy six. Coaches often forget that spread-the-field formations leave the defensive center soft for QB runs.
Best No. 3. Green Bay faced third and goal on the Minnesota 5. Brett Favre pump-faked to the right flat and then lobbed over the middle to an open Ahman Green for six. The guy in the right flat was open, too! It's nice to see the old Favre again, even if the old Favre only shows up once a month now.
Best No. 4. In snow and swirling wind that had already closed the Buffalo airport, New England threw for a meager 44 yards during the first 59:29 of play. But in the final 31 seconds of regulation plus overtime, the P-Men were unstoppable, tossing for 112 yards and pulling out an improbable win. What happened? Field conditions had deteriorated so much that DBs couldn't keep their footing, so the Pats began to run short crossing routes on every play; Buffalo DBs fell down trying to hold assignments as the receivers crossed. The Bills made no adjustments to this adjustment: He who adjusts jogs up the tunnel victorious. Lack of redeeming virtue: The wondrous Doug Flutie, playing his final game in Buffalo for salary cap reasons and perhaps his second-last game for age reasons, was denied a storybook finish in the snow as the Bills fumbled twice at the New England goal line and botched a short FG in OT.
Worst Plays of the Week: Worst No. 1. Trailing 17-7 with six minutes left and facing fourth and one at the Kansas City 48, the Broncos had do-or-die but also one of the league's best power running games. Did they power-rush? Play-fake and go for the home run? No, it's a shaggy-looking 2-yard slant in, incomplete, game over.
Worst No. 2. With Dallas leading Jersey/A 13-0 in the third, G-Man Pete Mitchell caught a short pass, appeared to fumble, then fell on the ball; officials ruled him down before the fumble. Cowboys coach Dave Campo challenged the ruling of no fumble. But the Giants had recovered anyway, meaning they would get the ball in exactly the same place regardless of whether the call was upheld or overturned. The pointless challenge cost the Cowboys a timeout much needed in the endgame of a contest they ultimately lost 17-13.
Stats of the Week: Stat No. 1. Randy Moss and Daunte Culpepper make amazing plays, but the Vikings have allowed 73 points in the last two games.
Stat No. 2. The Bears had more punts (nine) than first downs (eight).
Stat No. 3. The Browns had more penalties (seven) than first downs (six).
Stat No. 4. New England and Buffalo have played three straight overtime games. Finals: 13-10, 16-13, 13-10.
Stat No. 5. The Panthers ran up 30 points despite just 169 yards of offense. They gave up more sack yardage (22) than they gained rushing (11 yards on 15 attempts).
Bane of Resplendent Jersey: Detroit is 4-3 at home but 2-0 at the Meadowlands, having beaten both Jersey/A and Jersey/B there this season.
Three Rivers Stadium Farewell: Thirty years, four championships, only one home losing season. Wow. The concrete chunks will be consecrated rubble.
Jerry Rice Nonfarewell: It looks like Rice has played his final home game for San Francisco, which faces yet another crash on the salary cap. Rice appears determined to show 'em by slogging through one extra year with another team; this would be a mistake. Part of the mystique of the great player is to spend his entire career in the same colors, enduring the good and the bad without ever leaving town because something didn't go exactly his way, the memory of his greatness belonging to one city alone. That is why Dan Marino was so, so right to walk off as exclusively a Dolphin though he could have slogged through in one more season as a Viking. That's why other stars such as Jim Kelly, Anthony Munoz, Phil Simms, and Mike Singletary were so, so right to wave farewell as one-team players though they could have caught on somewhere for a final year.
Pause for a moment to contemplate Rice's achievements. He not only leads the NFL in multiple career categories; what's amazing is the percentage by which he leads. Rice has 20 percent more receptions than the next closest player, Cris Carter; 32 percent more receiving yardage than the next closest player, James Lofton; 34 percent more 100-yard receiving games than the next closest player, Don Maynard; a stunning 44 percent more receiving touchdowns than the next closest player, Carter. In most all-time categories in sports, the leader is slightly above the next player. Rice has practically lapped the field.
What a shame it would be to watch Rice spend a listless, superfluous season shagging down-and-outs for the Panthers or Eagles when he could walk away with his name inexorably synonymous with two words: "Wow" and "Niners." Canton-class receivers Lofton, Art Monk, and Andre Reed tried to prolong their careers with one extra season catching dump passes for strange teams, dreaming they were still 24 years old with the glory still ahead of them. Each looked pitiable at the last. Reed is the most recent example. In his final home game of the 1999 season, Reed became No. 2 all-time in receptions: Rather than wave farewell to thundering cheers as a one-team great, he cursed his own club for telling him the truth, that his moment had run its course, and has spent the 2000 season in embarrassment as a third-string nobody for a strange team. Can you even name the team Reed is on right now? Rice should not go out this way. He has records, three Super Bowl rings, the love of fans and purists alike. No football career has come closer to perfection. But the sun also sets.
Touch Football Script: After the item on the 15-play "script" sequence of calls used by offenses such as Denver and San Francisco, several readers wrote in asking for a script they could use in the football that applies to their lives, namely touch football. Here, as a public service, is a touch script:
1) Any crossing pattern.
2) Everybody run a quick out.
3) Everybody go deep.
4) Any crossing pattern.
5) Everybody buttonhook.
6) You run a pump and go; everybody else do something on the other side.
7) Reverse pass by a WR back to the QB. (Technical note: In touch football, all players are WRs.)
8) Any crossing pattern.
9) You go deep, and I'll deliberately underthrow it.
10) Hook-and-ladder left.
11) Quick snap as soon as we get to the line.
12) Any crossing pattern.
13) Act like you're mad because you're not going to get the ball, then I'll hit you.
14) Direct snap to anyone.
15) Quarterback draw on three Mississippi.
Repeat as necessary. Stop as necessary to drink microbrewed strawberry-blond winter-wheat-based spiced dark pale holiday ale.
Great Moments in Coaching: A week ago Chicago enjoyed a rare victory, quarterback Shane Matthews throwing a Bears-record 15 straight completions. As his reward he was benched for Cade McNown, who lost Sunday's game while completing nine in total. McNown is 1-8 as a Bears starter, the benched Matthews 2-2. Chicago coach Dick Jauron has changed starting quarterbacks nine times in the past two seasons. And look how well it's working! The Bears are 10-21 during that span.
Great Moments in Management: Moment No. 1. After the Seattle Seahawks won the AFC West last year, Executive Vice President of Football Operations/General Manager and Head Coach (actual title) Mike Holmgren pronounced himself dissatisfied with merely winning the division and declared he would clean house by waiving DT Sam Adams and unloading RB Ahman Green. This season Seattle is 6-9 and was eliminated by Thanksgiving. Adams signed with Baltimore, which became the NFL's No. 1 defense while the Seattle defense plummeted to No. 31, worst in the league. Last week, Adams made the Pro Bowl. Green, shipped to the Packers for a low draft pick, has run for 1,101 yards, including 161 on Sunday.
Moment No. 2. Since Owner/Megalomaniac Dan Snyder's canny firing of head coach Norv Turner with three weeks remaining and the team having a winning record, the Persons have been outscored 56-16 and eliminated from the playoffs. Proximate cause of the firing was the Owner/Megalomaniac's demand that Jeff George start at QB: George has now lost both Snyder-mandated starts, throwing one touchdown versus three INTs. On the day of the Turner firing, Snyder announced to the press that players greeted his decision with a standing ovation. Actually, players later said, there had been stony silence. How exactly did this guy fake his way through the business world? Redeeming Snyder virtue: By comparison, he makes partner Mort Zuckerman seem stable and emotionally well-developed.
Haiku Corner: Here are reader haiku, the first two on Monday Night Football:
It's not improving.
Dennis, Eric, Melissa,
"Miked Up," too. All blah.
—Kevin Cronin
Why Melissa Stark?
Why not Robin Roberts? Or,
Hey, Cokie Roberts!
—Jenna McKenna
Concussion number
Nine has shaken Aikman's mind
White-faced and sidelined.
Woodson chops Watters
Wet field like a slip-and-slide
Raiders screwed big time.
—Liam Petrescu
TMQ watches
All games, claims, "But I have to."
Curses! Wife outfoxed.
—Nan Kennelly
That last is from TMQ's actual wife, the very trim and very red-headed Nan Kennelly, who has been foiled this fall on requests for Sunday afternoon chores, family outings, etc., because the column gives me a professional obligation to watch the NFL. Why didn't I think of this years ago? Outfoxed, Nan has taken to grumbling that she could have an affair on Sunday afternoons and I would not notice. To which TMQ replies: affair on Sunday afternoons during NFL season? Not with any real man.
Keep submitting verse via "The Fray" titling entries "Football Poetry."
Why Melissa? Jenna McKenna's haiku asks why MNF viewers see the very blond Melissa Stark as the MNF sideline reporter. Few figures, as it were, have caused more NFL chat this year.
When Don Ohlmeyer took over MNF, with so far as anyone could tell the objective of driving ratings down to their lowest ever (that's what has happened), he unceremoniously booted 46-year-old sideline reporter Leslie Visser and replaced her with 26-year-old Stark. Even the barroom demographic was dismayed, for though Visser is a senior citizen by network standards for women, her work is well-regarded among sports nuts. Rumors swirled that Stark had been hired because she had two talents, if you catch my drift.
Instead it's turned out that: 1) Stark is not an airhead, her sideline reports are fine if run-of-the-mill, and 2) she is also not a bimbo—cute but hardly a bombshell. So if we weren't going to get a sex goddess, why can't we have Visser back? TMQ has received dozens of e-mails from fans convinced ABC is using "body shots" of Stark to emphasize her figure, opening the shot low as if the cameraman were kneeling in an erotic position, then slowing panning upward. TMQ has watched carefully for evidence of "body shots" of Stark and can report: They are being used, but they ain't workin'.
On the looks and bod scale, MNF's other new sideline reporter, Eric Dickerson, has more going than Stark. This surely Q-scores well with female viewers and certain XY individuals. But given that MNF's straight male viewers must still at least slightly outnumber its gay male audience, shouldn't the aesthetic emphasis be on the babes, not the studs?
Which brings us to Robin Roberts, formerly an ESPN football commando and now vanished into hosting Wide World of Sports. Jenna McKenna is wise to speak well of her. Roberts is nonyoung, unexceptional in appearance, and hands-down one of TV's best sportscasters. TMQ and about 48 million guys in barrooms would vote for Roberts any day.
Ridiculous K2 Survival Gear ? Victory: For the Flaming Thumbtacks at Browns (Release 2.0) game, played in snow, Cleveland coach Chris Palmer came out in a heavy parka, mega-gloves, a ski mask, and a fur-collar hood so tightly cinched his eyes were barely visible. Palmer looked like he was preparing to go EVA to fix the Jupiter ship antenna in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Tennessee coach Jeff Fisher wore a turtleneck sweater, a medium-weight jacket, no gloves, and nothing on his head. TMQ doesn't have to tell you who won.
All-Undrafted All-Pros: Last week this column featured its All-Waivers All-Pros. Now that the official Pro Bowl roster is out, TMQ adds an All-Undrafted component. Among the 84 players selected are eight who were never drafted and had to talk their way into tryouts: Darren Bennett (San Diego), Jeff Garcia (San Francisco), Larry Izzo (Miami), Chad Lewis (Philadelphia), Keith Mitchell (New Orleans), Scott Player (Arizona), Rod Smith (Denver), and Kurt Warner (St. Louis). Congratulations to these undaunted gentlemen.
Big Week for Harvard Except … Harvard grad Matt Birk made the Pro Bowl for Minnesota while Crimson alum Isaiah Kacyvenski intercepted a pass for Seattle. Harvard did much better in the NFL than the Supreme Court.
Stop Me Before I Blitz Again! Leading 24-14 late in the third, Tampa had the Rams facing third and nine, down and distance favoring the defense. It's a blitz! Specifically an actual zone blitz (meaning a DL drops into coverage in the area the blitzer came from), not the "zone blitz!" announcers have begun to cry out whenever they see anyone rush the QB. In this actual zone blitz, 285-pound Bucs DE Chidi Ahanotu ended up covering Marshall Faulk, the league's leading TD scorer, deep to the end zone. Ahanotu almost stayed with him! Only almost. A 27-yard Faulk touchdown catch pulled St. Louis back into the game.
Hidden Indicator of the Week: On Sunday there were six late or overtime field-goal attempts to win or tie. Eerie symmetry: Two were good, two were bad, and two were blocked. This is the kind of hidden indicator that is essential to an insider's understanding of the sport. Unfortunately, Tuesday Morning Quarterback has no idea what it means.
Running Items Department
Obscure College Playoff Scores: Georgia Southern 27, Montana 25 (Division I-AA championship). Mount Union 10, St. John's of Minnesota 7 (Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, Division III championship).
Most Embarrassing Dennis Miller Moment: Suspended out of respect for Al Gore, visiting associate lecturer in public affairs, Towson State University.
But with yet another fabulous game last night, MNF is having its best season ever in terms of football and its worst season ever in terms of ratings. This can't possibly be in any way whatsoever related to Miller, can it? Last night as Warrick Dunn ran into the end zone, Miller said, "That's a classic move by Marshall Faulk." Al Michaels quickly covered for him.
New York Times Final-Score Score: Once again the Paper of Record goes 0-15 in its quixotic attempt to predict an exact final score, bringing the New York Times Final-Score Score to 0-233 for the season. Reader Brad Hammill's generic final score—Home Team 20, Visiting Team 14—also whiffs, bringing this item to 0-148 since inception.
Reader Animadversions: Vigilant readers caught spelling the WR as "Chris" Carter and calling the Flaming Thumbtacks FB "Leon" Neal. One decorously protested in haiku:
TMQ misnames.
Carter's Cris should be h-less
Neal is Lorenzo.
TMQ Trivia Challenge: Last week's question:
Of the following, which is not an actual record for NFL futility:
Most consecutive games lost, Tampa Bay, 26.
Most consecutive home games lost, Dallas, 14.
Fewest yards gained in agame, -7, Seattle.
Most interceptions in a season, 42, George Blanda, Houston.
Most sacks allowed in a season, Philadelphia, 104.
Most fumbles in a game, 10, San Francisco.
Many entrants refused to believe that Seattle had spent an entire game going exclusively backward or that the Eagles had surrendered 104 sacks, six and a half per game! True, too true. Many refused to believe Blanda once threw 42 INTs. Too true, and he did it in a 14-game season, averaging three picks per game. This season's most-picked gentleman, Vinny Testaverde, has 22 INTs through 15 games, an average of 1.5 per game.
Turns out every futility stat is true, too true. Jamie DeVriend of Tampa, Fla., wins by realizing it was a trick question. Now this week's Challenge:
Controversy surrounds the Pro Bowl fullback selection, which often goes not to true fullbacks such as Howard Griffith of Denver but to RBs or H-backs. This year the NFC "fullback" is Mike Alstott of Tampa Bay, strictly a runner in the Bucs offense and a notoriously mediocre blocker. The AFC "fullback" is Richie Anderson of the Jets, who plays almost exclusively as a motion receiver.
But sometimes the slot goes to real FBs whose role is to lead-block where others follow. Once there was a Pro Bowl fullback selected exclusively for blocking: He made it to Hawaii despite not having a single carry during the season. Name this gentleman.
Submit your answers via The Fray slugging them "Trivia Answer." And remember to include your e-mail in case the Supreme Court orders TMQ to stop reading entries and declare you the winner.
P.S.: Tuesday Morning Quarterback will appear on Wednesday morning next week.


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By Natalia Melikova
El Lissitzky was an influential Russian artist, designer and architect in the early 20th century in the Soviet Union. While his architectural designs of horizontal skyscrapers on paper are well known, it was not until 2007 that an existing building was discovered in Moscow, the only one in the world. Like the Melnikov House, Lissiztky's Ogonyok Printing Plant is a valuable cultural landmark and threatened by construction. In this case, the construction is of the "Lumiere" elite residential complex for the Cinematographers Union by Inteko. The construction site's proximity to the protected zone of Ogonyok and the nearby Zhurgaz Journalist residential building (also a landmark) threatens the integrity of the structures much like those at the Melnikov House.
A suspicious fire.
Ogonyok suffered a suspicious fire (fire outbreaks in 3 separate places on the roof) making matters worse on a rainy day in October of 2008. After arriving at the scene, firefighters refused to put out the fire, despite residents' pleas, claiming that they could not enter the Ogonyok property because it was a closed territory (owned by the FSB). A camera crew was called and upon its arrival the fire was quickly extinguished. The roof of the building burned for a needless extra hour as a result of the delay in extinguishing the fire.
Lacking a roof, the abandoned building was further damaged by rain and snow, finally receiving a temporary roof only in spring 2013. Demolition officially was not possible because of the landmark status Ogonyok received in August 2008, an inconvenient fact for the Lumiere development, which received its building permit in April 2008. The fire coincidentally occurred on the very day a fence was put up around the plot of land allocated for the Lumiere development signalling the beginning of construction work. In 2009 there was an attempt to remove Ogonyok from the list of monuments that was stopped thanks to activism by the architecture community. Click here to see the video of the fire and here for the letter to FSB.
A historical and architectural landmark.
The blueprints of Ogonyok were uncovered in archives in 2007 as plans were being put together to build on the neighboring plot of land. Upon the rediscovery of a building by Lissitzky in the heart of Moscow, Ogonyok was included into the Register of Cultural Heritage of the City of Moscow on 26 July 2007, and on 21 August 2008 it was recognized by Moskomnasledie (the committee for cultural heritage of the city of Moscow) as a historical and architectural landmark. An important detail to note is the official address in the 2008 document designating "Printing Plant "Ogonyok", 1927, architect El Lissiztky" as a landmark (Moscow, 1st Samotechny Lane bldg. 17).
The building received the status of a regional landmark of historic and cultural significance on 04 December 2012 (an upgrade from city landmark status in 2008). However, the amount of destruction to Ogonyok that has occurred in recent months is particularly surprising since the change in status was thought as a big victory for Ogonyok, as demonstrated by all the positive words from Department of Culture officials:
Photo (left): 11 July 2013 confirmation that the protected address of 17 c1 includes both wings which appear in some document as 17 c1 and c2. Photo (right): realized portion of Lissitzky's design (in red)
Current state.
Work is well underway at Ogonyok, yet it can be clearly seen that none of it would qualify as "restoration". When this irresponsible and unaccounted-for work is completed and the building has lost its authenticity and original fabric, it is feared the monument status can be reevaluated and removed. At the round-the-clock pace that "restoration" activities are currently being conducted, there is little time left to stop the destruction of Ogonyok before it can no longer be considered the last work by the great El Lissitzky.
For more background information, see the biography of El Lissitzky and his involvement in designing the Ogonyok Printing Plant (text earlier published by MOSKONSTRUCT).
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LETTER: OIN settlement bad deal for New York
The Oneida Nation Agreement is now the "deal of the century." Turning Stone will only pay a 25 percent tax on slots while other casinos will pay up to 47 percent. The tribe will pay nothing on table games while new casinos will pay 10 percent taxes. There is not anything in the bill that will help Vernon Downs. In fact, six of the current nine racinos will not be able to bid on a class III casino. The current operating casinos will have to change names and may only be allowed certain games.
There will be an over-saturation of gaming with the addition of four upstate casinos and two VLT establishments on Long Island.
The better way to go is migrate the nine racinos to full casinos than in the next round bid out for full casino resorts.
Pennsylvania and every other state that had racinos have first migrated from racinos to casinos.
The threat of putting in more VLT establishments if referendum fails is likened to "political blackmail."
Saratoga, Tioga and Monticello will face competition in the bidding process and have no guarantee they will become full casinos. All nine current racinos may never become full casinos.
There will not be a new casino in NYS for at least two years. A migrating racino would be open in six months June 2014.
This delay will cost the state over $500 million and jobs.
There is not a NYC casino the largest population center in the state. This fact will cause an over saturation of gaming upstate.
I stand with the citizens of Verona and Vernon as they continue a lawsuit against Oneida Nation.
-- Gary A. Greenberg, New Baltimore.
Greenberg is a longtime minority shareholder in Vernon Downs
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NEW YORK (AP) — Cable TV operator Charter Communications intensified its pursuit of the much larger Time Warner Cable and vowed Monday to bring an offer directly to shareholders if needed after getting rebuffed by Time Warner's management.
Time Warner Cable called the move "a non-starter."
There has been months of speculation over a cable company buying Time Warner Cable, the nation's No. 2 cable TV provider behind Comcast Corp. Monday's pronouncement by Charter represents its most public overture yet, even as financial terms haven't changed significantly. Although there is no formal proposal on the table, Charter said it is willing to make a cash-and-stock offer that could be worth up to $38 billion.
The developments come as broadcast and pay-TV channels demand higher fees from cable TV operators to include those channels in customers' cable lineups. Last summer, Time Warner Cable had to drop CBS for about a month because of a fee dispute. The cable company lost more than 300,000 video subscribers in the third quarter partly because of that.
By combining, Charter and Time Warner Cable could increase their negotiating powers with the TV channels — and perhaps reduce the fee increases they pass on to customers.
The cable companies could also develop better apps for customers to watch channels on phones and tablet computers, as they try to retain customers who are increasingly watching video on the Internet.
Charter Communications Inc., which is based in Stamford, Conn., said it is prepared to bring the offer directly to shareholders after determining there is "no genuine intent" from Time Warner Cable's management to engage in merger talks. But Charter said it was open to continued talks with New York-based Time Warner Cable first.
Charter said it has made repeated overtures to Time Warner Cable for more than six months. In December, Charter was planning an offer of less than $135 per share, including $83 per share in cash, according to published reports at the time. That values Time Warner Cable at up to $38 billion. In Monday's letter, Charter said it was willing to pay in the low $130s per share, including about $83 in cash.
Time Warner Cable's stock closed at $132.40 on Monday and rose 1.7 percent to $134.65 in after-hours trading. Shares have risen 35 percent over the past 12 months, much of it because of expectations of a deal.
Because the latest offer price is close to the current trading price, it's not likely that Time Warner Cable management or its shareholders will accept it, Stifel analyst Christopher King said. King said he does not expect Time Warner to accept anything less than $150 per share.
In a letter to Time Warner Cable CEO Robert Marcus that Charter released Monday, Charter CEO Thomas Rutledge said that instead of engaging in discussions, Time Warner "came back with a verbal offer at an unrealistic price expectation."
In a statement late Monday, Marcus said the latest overture from Charter substantially undervalues Time Warner Cable. He said the company told Charter on Dec. 27 that its board would be open to a deal at $160 per share, including $100 in cash and the rest in Charter stock.
"We gave Charter our bottom line, but rather than pursuing this path, Charter has chosen to go public with its third low-ball offer trying to pressure TWC's Board into selling the company at a grossly inadequate price," he said.
Time Warner Cable Inc. spun off from media company Time Warner Inc. five years ago. It has about 11.4 million residential TV subscribers as of Sept. 30, while Charter has 4.2 million. Their service territories have little, if any, overlap, so regulatory objections aren't likely.
Marcus took over as Time Warner Cable's CEO on Jan. 1. He told an investor conference last month that the company's current debt level is "prudent," even as other cable TV companies are reportedly examining adding debt to acquire it. His comments suggested that it would be difficult for Charter to come up with an attractive offer to buy the company.
Consolidation talk has percolated throughout the cable TV world ever since billionaire John Malone's Liberty Media Corp. took a 27 percent stake in Charter for $2.6 billion in May. TV distributors are seen banding together to gain more leverage at the bargaining table against media companies that are driving up fees for their TV networks.
Charter's shares added 1.3 percent to $136 in extended trading. They have gained 71 percent over the past year and closed at $134.22 Monday.


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Real-time strategy games are such a dominant genre on the PC, it seems like it's only a matter of time before someone figures out a way to make them just as playable on a console. This year we're seeing a couple of promising attempts. Ubisoft's EndWar adds intuitive voice commands into the mix, which works great, provided nobody else is home to hear you shouting at your TV. Sega is opting for a different approach with Stormrise, a real-time strategy game for both PC and consoles under development from Creative Assembly (the team behind the Total War franchise).
Stormrise is a post-apocalyptic strategy game where units wrestle for control of key points within shattered cityscape ruins. A system called "Whip Select" is used to hop from one unit to another. Here's how it works: The left analog stick changes the point of view. Clicking in on the right thumbstick beams a laser-like pointer out of the current unit. By moving the right stick, you swing the pointer around, highlighting different units. When the unit you want is highlighted, you simply let go of the right thumbstick and the camera whooshes over to that unit, giving you control of it.
It sounds a little complicated, but in practice, it's very fast. When you want to switch units you click in on the stick, glance around to the unit you want, and let go. During pitched battles you can very quickly hop around the battlefield giving commands. You can also perform a "Quick whip," where you push in the stick and flick it in a particular direction -- the game will automatically take you to the closest unit in the vicinity. Sega tells us that the controls are so good that even the PC quality assurance testers prefer to use the controller instead of the mouse and keyboard. We'll reserve judgment until we can play with it ourselves, but certainly watching an experienced player use the whip-select control scheme made it look like an elegant and easy-to-use system.
Selecting units from the battlefield level is handy because the maps are very unusual for real-time games. Instead of being locked on a plane, the maps for Stormrise have areas with a lot of verticality. It's just as easy to select units a couple of stories above your head, crouched on a freeway onramp, as it is to select ones down the road lurking in a crater. Stormrise promises to feature lots of tunnels, ramps, and ruins with plenty of opportunities to rain death from above or snipe from the rooftops.
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The backstory has it that humanity brought about a massive environmental catastrophe that ripped the planet to shreds. The "Echelon," representing the technological powers that got us into this mess, built underground bunkers and hid in stasis until the environment settled down again. When they resurfaced they discovered the "Sai," mutated humans who managed to survive in the harsh climate. Naturally the Echelon focus on technological weapons, such as exoskeletons and giant robots, while the Sai use genetically mutated warriors and mind-controlled hulking creatures to do their bidding.
Neither faction is "good" or "evil," and in fact, the two often work together. Apparently a complicated story is in the works involving the two sides alternatively waging a conflict and working together against a common enemy.
Control of the battlefield in both single-player and multiplayer is determined by occupying nodes on the map that collect the game's only resource (tentatively called "Gigawatts"). When you capture a node, it'll automatically begin collecting power for you. However, you can also upgrade it, with turrets or other defenses. These defenses cost energy, and it's even possible to upgrade a turret to the point where it actually uses more energy than it accumulates. Deciding which nodes to leave undefended and which nodes to upgrade is an important part of the strategy.
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During the past several years, fuel efficiency has become a major selling point for car makers and a vital goal for an industry facing stricter government rules regarding fuel consumption and cutting emission of harmful pollutants.
Today's best traditional economy cars typically travel up to around 40 miles per gallon while hybrids like the Toyota Prius get about 50 mpg. But how would drivers feel about a car that goes 261 miles on a gallon of gasoline?
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and flowers from my colleagues in the office
and this whizzy coffee machine from two of the lovely lecturers
who also took me out for lunch at this restaurant - really delicious oriental food - my favourite kind of meal with lots of different tastes to try.
But I was absolutely stunned when my lovely knitting friend/student, Maura, arrived with a present from all the students and I opened it to discover this box
Hmmm, that bird looks familiar, I thought
then I turned it over and saw a message saying "Lucy's Locket"
but even then I didn't guess that this beauty would be inside
My very own Lucy's Locket made by the lovely Emma Pebble!!
I have been wanting one of these ever since Emma first posted about them but didn't dream I would get one.
But clever Maura had remembered a conversation we had had back in February when she had asked me what I would most like for Valentine's Day from Mr Locket and I had replied that what I would MOST want was one of Emma's lockets but that I would probably get a CD instead. So when the students had a collection for me Maura decided to make my wishes come true! And I am so delighted that she did - and amazed that she and Emma managed to keep it secret for so long!
I also received this beautiful Chinese lipstick case as one of the students had wanted me to have something from her home country.
And lots of the students sent me really lovely emails saying how much they would miss me and how much they had appreciated my help which was really rewarding. Although I had only been in the post for 7 months I started at the same time as this batch of students so everything had been new for us all.
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Penguins notebook: Crosby to return to practice Friday
NEWARK, N.J. — Two of the Penguins' most important players could return to the lineup Saturday in the regular-season finale against Carolina. Their most important player will practice Friday.
Sidney Crosby still hasn't been cleared for contact but will participate in practice at Southpointe.
He hasn't played since breaking his jaw March 30 against the New York Islanders but, after having more dental surgery Thursday, was cleared for practice.
Right wing James Neal (concussion) and defenseman Paul Martin (broken hand bone) participated in Thursday's morning skate at Prudential Center.
Neither played against the Devils, but both are close to being cleared for game action.
Martin, who has been out since March 28, expects to play Saturday.
"I think that's the plan," Martin said. "I was hoping for (Thursday). But now it looks like probably Saturday. No guarantee. It would depend. But I feel good enough. It would be good to get a game in (before the playoffs)."
Neal also skated with the team and, along with Martin, remained on the ice working with strength and conditioning coach Mike Kadar for an additional 30 minutes. Neal has been out since April 5.
Coach Dan Bylsma would love to get Martin and Neal — to say nothing of all the injured Penguins — game action Saturday as opposed to throwing them in Wednesday, when the postseason begins at Consol Energy Center. But medical rulings come first.
"To get back in and play is better than to wait until Game 1 of the playoffs," Bylsma said. "Having said that, we can't rush players in. We can't and aren't going to do that."
Martin, initially ruled out for six weeks, is eager to play.
"I feel great," he said. "I'd like to say we're ahead of schedule by the way things are going. But it's up to the docs."
Baby won't keep Fleury out
The birth of his first child, Estelle, will not force goalie Marc-Andre Fleury to miss a Stanley Cup playoff game. If the baby is not born before Saturday, Fleury's wife, Veronique, will have labor induced.
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Defenseman Brooks Orpik sustained a lower-body injury Tuesday against Buffalo and did not return. He did not make the trip to New Jersey. Bylsma said Orpik is "day to day."
Center Joe Vitale did not make the trip and, like Orpik, is listed as day to day with a lower-body injury.
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5 Random Injustices In Baseball For The Last 27 Years
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I am hoping that baseball decides to use more INSTANT REPLAY in the near future as it would aid the umpires from making calls that everyone in this planet knows are wrong except for them. In four of the injustices I am talking about here it might have changed the landscape of the outcome. The reason I am writing about these is that it is important to never forget the history of the game. Baseball has changed so much in the past 25-30 years and should continue to evolve with the modern times. We have so much technology and resources at our disposal, that we should be able to cut down on the amount of injustices that occur because of Human Error. We Will count these errors back from #5 to #1 in amount of craziness.
#5 Cabrera/Rhodes are walked intentionally as to not break Oh's single season HR Record:
After hitting 3 Homeruns on opening day of the 1993 off of Dwight Gooden, Rhodes only hit 11 Homers for the rest of his MLB Career. This doesn't mean the guy couldn't rake. He would go on to hit 474 HRs in the Japanese League (NPBL.) In 2001, he had tied Sadaharu Oh's single season record of 55 (set in the 1964 season) with a week left to play. He was intentionally walked for the rest of the year by the Japanese pitchers. Are you kidding me? That is some of the weakest sauce I have ever heard about. That would be like the Major League Baseball pitchers all intentionally walking Ichiro when he broke George Sisler's hits record in 2004, by giving him a free pass to have him stick at 257 base knocks. Subsequently Alex Cabrera (formerly of the Arizona Diamondbacks) had the exact same thing happen to him as Rhodes in 2002. Where is the integrity? That would never fly over in North America. This of course would not be affected by Instant Replay.
#4 The Infield Fly of the Atlanta Braves vs St.Louis Cardinals in 2012 NL Wild Card Game:
This should all be fresh in our memory banks. With 2 on and only one out, Andrelton Simmons hit a fly ball that went 75 feet into the outfield grass. The Left-Field Umpire Sam Holbrook called an Infield fly rule extremely late. This was a brutal call that could have been reversed from an Instant Replay Review. Everyone watching the game could plainly see the ball carried far enough for the rule to not be applicable. While technically, to the truest definition, MLB hid behind the rulebook that the SS could have made the play, this rule has never been enforced like it was on this night. Regardless of that fact, the call was late. The fans littered debris onto the field causing a 19 minute delay. Instead of facing bases loaded and one out with a 6-3 deficit for the Braves, there were now 2 out and runners on 1st and 2nd. The game ended the same score and we are all left to wonder what if?
#3 The Perfect Game Missed Out by Jim Joyce that cost Armando Galarraga a Perfect Game
June the 2nd of 2010, Armando Galarraga induced a ground ball to first base and covered on the play to what should have been the 27th out in a perfect game pitched. Jim Joyce called the runner safe and would later apologize saying he called the play wrong. Galarraga retired the next batter and had to settle for a one hitter. This play is the biggest calling card for MLB Baseball to implement INSTANT REPLAY on a more frequent basis. Have a 5th Umpire watching the game in private both and let there be a horn or something to signify a call to watch the play again from a monitor. It would take about as much time to go through as what the managers often do to criticize the umpires for botching a play. Jim Joyce is regarded as one of the best umpires in the game today, and is widely respected by the MLB Players, yet he has to forever be remembered as the ump who cost a pitcher a Perfecto. Galaragga showed the utmost sportsmanship in the handling of the matter and so did Joyce by owning it. The two agreed to, and have since co-authored a book here . Jim Leyland also was a class act, calling the play just a human error and forgive-able. It was nice lesson but it can be avoided in the future
#2 Jeffrey Maier's Homerun Grab 1996 (Orioles vs Yankees ALCS)
It was Game #1 of the 1996 ALCS. The Yankees trailed the game 4-3 versus the Baltimore Orioles. Derek Jeter pasted a ball in to the Right Field Area. Tony Tarasco had settled under it, but was unable to come up with the out, as 11-year-old Jeffrey Maier extended his hands over the fence and deflected the ball over the wall for a Jeter HR. In today's game, all Homeruns are reviewable and this play would have been reversed immediately due to fan interference, instead the game was tied 4-4 before the Yankees went onto win the game in the Bottom of the 11th. The Yankees won the ALCS 4 games to 1. What might have happened had the correct call been made?
#1 The 1985 World Series (Cardinals vs Royals Game #6) missed out at 1st Base Todd Worrell
It was the bottom of the ninth inning of Game #6 in the 1985 World Series. The Cardinals were up 3 games to 2 and 1-0 in the game. The very first batter Jorge Orta bounced a ball to Jack Clark, who threw it to Closer Todd Worrell covering 1st. The replays showed that the Worrell clearly touched the base before the Orta did, but the umpire (Don Denkinger) called him safe. The Royals went onto rally for a 2-1 win in that inning and then complete the 3-1 games comeback by defeating the Cardinals in Game #7 too. To be fair to the Royals, the umps also botched a call in the 4th inning when Frank White stole secondly cleanly, only to be called out before the next batter singled. However, that play was not as conclusive as the Don Denkinger miss. That guy was also the Crew Chief and refused to reverse the call. Later on, he would apologize for the incident. It came at the worst possible time as it was the World Series. The Cardinals later forgave Denkinger and even invited him to old Busch Stadium as a sign of goodwill for the 15 year anniversary for the team going to the WS.
Honorable mentions go out to: Robinson Cano missed tag in the 2012 ALCS Game #2 versus Detroit and the Joe Mauer double non-double versus the Yankees in the 2009 ALDS.
in conclusion, it is absolutely absurd that the MLB will not adopt a policy to take advantage of modern technology. The NFL has been modifying rules almost on an annual basis to further bring along the game. As a fan, I would never complain about waiting a few extra minutes to have the call be made right. Having been an umpire in my youth for 10 years, I also can only imagine the guilt that riddles these fine men as they make mistakes on the grandest of stages. We should be helping them as much as we can. There is still going to be a ton of calls that are made them over the course of a year, that have a human element, but lets at least correct all of the new wrongs that may occur in going forward.
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Last week's real estate story, "Condo aversion: Craig's Barracks West a cautionary tale," included a photo caption referencing Pavilions at Pantops as a "condo" community. However, unlike Carriage Hill, Barracks West, or Hessian Hills, which were discussed in the story, Pavilions at Pantops is not a condominium community, as all townhomes are owned fee-simple with the homeowner owning the underlying land. "This is why new home sales at Pavilions at Pantops are brisk," says Charlie Armstrong, one of the developers. "Pavilions does not suffer from 'condo aversion,'" he says, "because it is not a condo."Read more on: condos
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Of course Town-houses are not condos and a court order is not an ultimatum.
So back to meat and taters, of course a town house is a condo...sorta, er, well, mostly.
Toni H....there is a world of difference between a condominium and a townhouse. I've owned both, and "never the twain shall meet". Fee simple ownership in a townhouse is far preferable, and without the constraints of the conditions, covenants and restrictions of the shared space or common areas inherent in condo ownership (usually anything outside of your interior walls). So a town house is NOT a condo, not even "sorta" and certainly not "mostly".
Party walls, shared roof, HOA rules, dues....Kinda Sorta
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