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Sean McDermott has become a punching bag of sorts for local Eagles critics, but his boss did not join the chorus that has increasingly criticized the Eagles defensive coordinator.
"I thought Sean had a heck of a game plan, doggone it," Eagles coach Andy Reid said Monday, a day after the Eagles were humiliated by Tennessee, 37-19. "That's' a good football team right there. For three quarters, we had it right there. It's not all about the offense, it's not all about the defense. Everybody has an opportunity. We have to make sure we secure that up and finish things off."
McDermott's defense surrendered 20 fourth-quarter points to the Titans -- Tennessee's last seven points came courtesy of a pick six off a Kevin Kolb last-second heave -- as quarterback Kerry Collins and receiver Kenny Britt torched the secondary. The unit has had trouble late in games, but previously it did not catch up to the Eagles. This time it did.
"Now it came back to bite us in a big way," Eagles safety Quintin Mikell said, "and basically, our asses were kicked. I think this will be a wake-up call. This is the NFL. All 11 guys on the field have to play together for four quarters."
Mikell was reminded that Peyton Manning and the Colts were next on the slate, along with a number of other playoff-worthy teams with above-average quaterbacks.
"I don't want to even hear that word," Mikell said, referring to "Peyton," who he said was "the best to ever play the game, in my opinion."
Despite the defensive problems, the Eagles are 4-3 heading into a bye week.
"It's a crazy league," Reid said. "We're sitting there 4-3 and we're right there in the hunt in a good way. I know I've got a good football team."
That football team will likely be led by Michael Vick again. Reid said that he expects his quarterback to be healthy enough to start the Nov. 7 Colts game.Vick said after the game that his injured rib cartilage was not 100 percent, but that he wouldn't know for sure until he actually played and took a hit.
Reid said that wide receiver DeSean Jackson has not yet passed the necessary concussion tests and been cleared to return to practice. He did, however, say that Jackson, along with tackle Jason Peters (knee) and defensive tackle Brodrick Bunkley (elbow), "had a pretty good chance" of being ready for the Colts.
Still, Reid said he wasn't sure if Bunkley would be 100 percent even when he comes back. That means Antonio Dixon, who has been one of the defense's recent bright spots, would still see the majority of snaps at defensive tackle.
In other injury news, Reid said that tackle King Dunlap hyperextended his knee and has a bone bruise. The injury, the coach said, could take all of the two weeks off to heal. Dunlap has been filling in for Peters. Reid said that if neither left tackles could go, Todd Herremans would slide over from left guard.


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Lawrence Summers withdrew his bid to be the next Federal Reserve chairman, and America and Russia agreed on a plan to remove Syria's chemical weapons. Industrial production rose in August by the most in six months. The U.S. central bank will reduce its $85 billion in monthly bond-buying by $10 billion this week, according to the median forecast of economists in a Bloomberg News survey.
Equities: The DEC13 E-mini S&P 500 (CME:ESZ13) gapped higher after the weekend's main event of Larry Summers taking himself out of the running to be the next U.S. Fed chairman. Markets interpreted this event as bullish because Summers was seen to be the most hawkish potential Fed chair of the known nominees. This contract broke through previous yearly highs of 1698, and traded up to 1703.75. Now, it is up 13.75 points to 1695.75. The strong economic data pattern overall seems to be supporting the equity markets, and the Summers withdrawal was really a tremendous boost in our opinion. We believe that if the tapering is indeed announced on Wednesday, it will be at $10 billion or less. If it comes in less, we believe the S&P 500 will rally further, but will also be paying very close attention to the Fed's forward guidance. The tapering factor is certainly not the only key element of Wednesday's announcement. Overall, this year the stock market has rewarded investors who have chosen to stay long and not get out at perceived short-term tops.
Bonds: The DEC13 U.S. 30-year bond market (CBOT:ZBZ13) is up 1'09 points this morning, based mainly on the Summers weekend announcement. Again, this was also fuel for bond bulls because Summers was a hawk and now that he is out of the running, the market looks like it is thinking the next Fed chairperson will be likely Janet Yellen, who is famously dovish. The bonds have rallied to our first key level at 131'03, and we would not be surprised to see another leg higher, but the momentum might slow down until we hear what the Fed says on Wednesday.
Commodities: DEC13 gold (COMEX:GCZ13) got an initial boost from the Summers announcement, and is up $10 on the day to $1,318. Gold could not breach our key support level at $1,300, and now could rally back to its next resistance level of $1,336. Overall, we believe gold is in a bearish environment. Over the next year, we would not be surprised to see gold test the $1,200 level. OCT13 WTI crude oil (NYMEX:CLV13) is sticking with its theme of enhanced volatility, and this morning rallied up to $108, but is now down$1.30 to $106.91. $107.36 is our key pivot level, and if crude stays below there, we would not be surprised to see a test of the recent low of $104. Overall, however, we believe the trend is still overall bullish.
Currencies: The major foreign currencies gapped higher this morning on the Summers announcement, as the DEC13 U.S. Dollar Index (NYBOT:DXZ13) gapped lower, and is now trading down 35 ticks to 81.28. The DEC13 Aussie was the big winner overnight, trading up 99 ticks now to 92.94. We would not be surprised to see some consolidation in the Aussie in the short term as it has had a very nice rally recently. The DEC13 euro futures (CME:ECZ13) are up 51 ticks to 1.3361. We believe this contract is headed toward its key resistance level of 1.34, and will potentially break out above there. The next key resistance is 1.3458. We believe the euro could keep its upward momentum over the next several months and ultimately head to our next key target of 1.37.


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Things are listed roughly in the order of decreasing urgency: urgent stuff is on top, long term things are in the bottom.
Ongoing stuff
- Add spambot IPs to [[Category:Spammer]]
- Keep Plot Summary updated
- Keep Descriptive Table of Contents updated
- I'm handling this for now, but it still deserves to be here in case I miss an update or fall off the face of the Internet. Menlo Marseilles 19:56, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- Do detailed Page Annotation
- Copy Rob's posts, and Jamie's posts that contain important information about Erfworld on the GitP forums and these forums to Word of the Titans article for easier reference and in order to save information.
Urgent stuff
- Check all Erfworld-related articles and make sure that they follow Canon/Proposed Canon/Speculation scheme that Rob suggested
- Update other articles with references to the comic archive on erfworld.com (as opposed to that on GitP.com). Use the {{erf}} template.
- Come up with Style Guidelines for Erfwiki (they are still under discussion, but it would be great if you followed them, and helped develop them).
- Import Help sections from media wiki
Long term stuff
- Make Plot Summary more detailed as Rob wants
- Find and add Erfworld cameos to Erf Cameos.
- Please figure out how to make {{Template:ID}} work to help in wikifying script text. Or explain the really easy way to do what needs to be done–Dan Hoeytalk 02:53, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
- There is an issue with panel-by-panel reading skipping over the Text updates. Can anyone fix this? User:Commander I. Heartly Noah
- Along with this, there are no written descriptions of the art for the text updates. We need to create a way to have a panel, with description & text for these updates. It seems we could just do them in the normal way, only they have 1 panel instead of 12 or so. Right? CIHN
Maintenance Tasks
- Regularly check on the list of Wanted Pages to see if there is anything you can contribute.
- 1863 of these found at 09:55, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
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- 20 on June 4, 2009 9:53 (UTC)
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- Keep an eye on Dead-End, Uncategorized, and Unused pages. As well as Unused Categories. Attempt to fix as appropriate.
- I've been whittling down the Uncategorized pile by putting a "Frame Contents" category on the comic Text/Description pages. After that bit of housekeeping, we may want to request a "Comic" namespace and put those pages there so that other articles show up in the "Random Page" function. SteveMB 18:13, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
- We've knocked out the panels, but the Descriptions and Texts for each panel remain; I dunno what to do. Make a new category? Will their Categories appear on the Panel page as well? Will it throw things off? CIHN July 17 2009 - oh, noinclude. of course ...aaaaand... DONE! (June 19) Holy Boop. 1,000 pages.
- OK, it looks like the wiki pages for comic pages/panels are basically done except for minor format/style tweaking and ongoing additions of updates and annotation footnotes. SteveMB 14:21, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
- Uncategorized Pages has been cleaned out again. We'll need to keep an eye out to make sure that the "Frame Contents" category continues to be used correctly with Book 2. --MisterB777 06:09, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
- OK, it looks like the wiki pages for comic pages/panels are basically done except for minor format/style tweaking and ongoing additions of updates and annotation footnotes. SteveMB 14:21, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
- Review pages for advancement from Speculation to Proposed Canon. New information needs to confirm and/or change old theories, promoting or demoting them in turn.
- A lot of old pages were written as Speculation because the authors were overly cautious. We know a lot more than some people think. I'm working my way through all Pages in the Speculation Category to look for advancement. Rob is only checking pages in the Propose dCanon category, so unless this is done, it will remain Speculation forever. --Kreistor 18:39, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
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Skiers now have a valid excuse to book that epic heli-skiing holiday – it's officially good for our health!
Researchers claim the pleasure gained from a skiing holiday is enough to improve a person's overall happiness – even if they only get to the mountains occasionally! So now is the time to solidify that happiness in your life by booking your heli-ski vacation for next season!
Engagement is defined as the manner in which you lose yourself in an activity, and are almost oblivious of all else around you. Therefore, the skiers and boarders who get the most benefits are those who get "into the flow" meaning they focus on their skiing and forget everything else in their lives while on the slopes. So by booking now you get to enjoy the anticipation and motivation of getting in shape, and when you join us next season you reap the benefits of becoming engaged. Furthermore, it's been proven on various occasions that adult playfulness can influence people's happiness, while socially convening around a sporting activity such as skiing has positive psychological outcomes and contributes to overall well-being, sweet! I always knew those mountains at my doorstep were more than just a pretty sight.
Besides the mental euphoria that skiing elicits there are the obvious physical benefits attached too. You can burn upwards of 3000 calories a day skiing! There are three prominent health benefits associated with skiing and snowboarding which every person at every ability experiences:
1) Tones your stomach muscles – who doesn't love abs?
2) Improves your cardiovascular system – i.e. your stamina
3) Helps you lose weight
So in other words, if you enjoy skiing or snowboarding don't deny yourself the "health benefits" and get out and do it! And yes, I am aware that this is simply a way to justify all those hours and paychecks spent on mountaintops, that said I'm sure you all will agree!


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April is National Autism Awareness Month and the UC Davis MIND Institute, an institute respected internationally for its groundbreaking research into therapies for autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders, is holding a series of free, inclusive events in recognition of the month-long observance. The events also mark the 15-year anniversary of the MIND Institute, founded in 1998.
On Saturday, April 27 from noon to 4 p.m. the UC Davis MIND Institute will hold a family-oriented open house. Visit the MIND Institute and see performances by the Star Dancers, I Can Do That!, Dream Achievers, Jordan the Science Wizard, the Latin jazz of Ivan Najera & Friends, magicians, balloon artists, and other special guests.
The event will be emceed by local celebrity Jack Gallagher. Representatives from the MIND Institute and community agencies will be on-site to provide resource information. The public is invited to come create art projects, participate in hands-on activities, ride a train, or jump in a bounce house. Food trucks from Sacramento's FoodMob will sell food, or bring a blanket and a picnic lunch.
- MIND Institute representatives will be on hand at the Sacramento Kings vs. Dallas Maverick's game on Friday, April 5 at Sleep Train Arena, as well as at the Sacramento River Cats vs. the Las Vegas 51s game at Raley Field on Saturday, April 6. A portion of ticket sales from the Sacramento Kings and River Cats games will support the MIND Institute.
- A free poetry reading and art show will be held at the MIND Institute on Monday, April 8, starting at 7 p.m. Enjoy spoken and written poetry from the Sacramento Poetry Center and view the institute's art collection.
- The Minds Behind the MIND presentation: "Autism ― From the Teen Years to Young Adulthood," will be held on Wednesday, April 17, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The presentation will feature a panel of experts and community members who will provide updates on promising research, interventions and experiences for teens with autism aging into adulthood. The MIND Institute Resource Center will be open starting at 4:30 p.m. Autism research study information also will be available.
- Art Spark: A Festival for Children with Special Needs will be held on Sunday, April 21 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Crocker Art Museum, 216 'O' St., Sacramento. Performances at the the inclusive celebration of visual and performing arts will feature the El Dorado Dance Academy, AIM HIGHER, Afia Walking Tree, Francie Dillon with Puppet Art Theater. There will be gallery tours and hands-on fun stations for visitors of all abilities. The event is presented by the Crocker Art Museum's Art Access Committee, I Can Do That!, Short Center South and the MIND Institute.
The MIND Institute is located at 2825 50th St., Sacramento. On-street parking is free of charge. For further information about any of the National Autism Awareness Month events, please visit https://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/mindinstitute/events/index.html


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LONDON (AP) — The Vatican is looking into allegations of "inappropriate behavior" by Cardinal Keith O'Brien, Britain's most senior Catholic cleric, officials said Sunday. The claims came at a sensitive time, as O'Brien and other cardinals prepare for a conclave to choose the next pope.
O'Brien, who heads the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland, was taking advice from lawyers after British newspaper The Observer reported that three priests and a former priest have filed complaints to the Vatican alleging that the cardinal approached them in an inappropriate manner.
The paper did not cite the names of the priests, but it said their allegations date back to the 1980s.
"Cardinal O'Brien contests these claims and is taking legal advice," Peter Kearney, a spokesman for the Scottish Catholic Church, said. He declined to comment further.
A Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said the complaints had been channeled through the office of the papal nuncio — the Vatican's ambassador — in London. "The pope has been informed, and the question is in his hands," Lombardi said.
In the coming weeks, O'Brien, 74, is expected to join a conclave of cardinals at the Vatican to elect the next pontiff, following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. Benedict announced earlier this month that he will step down on Thursday — the first pope to resign in some 600 years.
O'Brien has not been the only cardinal to become embroiled in negative news as the papal election approaches. Across the Atlantic, thousands of people have signed a petition to keep California Cardinal Roger Mahony from the conclave because of revelations he had shielded sexually abusive priests.
Mahony has made it clear he will attend the gathering and that no one can force him to recuse himself.
In comments on the papacy made to the BBC on Friday, O'Brien said the next pope would be free to consider changing church policy on issues that were not "basic dogmatic beliefs." He said he believed that the requirement for priestly celibacy is not "of divine origin" and could be reconsidered.
O'Brien also said it was time to think seriously about having a pope from outside Europe. He said he would be "open to a pope from anywhere if I thought it was the right man, whether it was Europe or Asia or Africa or wherever."
The cardinal is due to retire when he turns 75 in March.


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New Rochelle Avoids New York State Comptroller's "Fiscal Stress" List Old-Fashioned Way: Not Filing Required Paperwork
ALBANY, NY -- New Rochelle avoided being classified as "fiscally stressed" by simply ignoring the deadline set by New York State.
Two dozen communities in New York have been designated as fiscally stressed under State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli's new Fiscal Stress Monitoring System. The list includes eight counties, three cities and 13 towns.
The initial fiscal stress list was based on financial information provided to DiNapoli's office by local communities as of May 31, 2013 and includes only municipalities with fiscal years ending on Dec. 31, 2012. In New York, all counties and towns, 44 cities and 10 villages have a Dec. 31 fiscal year end – a total of 1,043 communities.
There are also 124 local entities that have been designated as "have not filed," meaning they have yet to submit necessary financial information due to the Comptroller's office.
New Rochelle is on the "have not filed" list.
Read the entire announcement here.
List of Non-Filers here.
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New Rochelle Is Fiscally Solvent
That New Rochelle has not yet filed its 2012 fiscal statement with the NYS Comptroller, only indicates that it must still file its 2012 fiscal statement, and nothing else.
The false accusations of New Rochelle suffering fiscal stress are uninformed, partisan hyperbole that should be disregarded unless actual facts prove otherwise.
It is highly likely that New Rochelle is quite solvent. New Rochelle's per capita income and property values are quite high. New Rochelle's budget is balanced and its residents have been able to pay any tax increases of the City, Board of Education and Library. Our residents vote to increase their school and library taxes each year, and regularly reelect City Council Members and the Mayor.
New Rochelle suffers none of the problems that the NYS Comptroller defines as fiscally stressful:
NYS Comptroller DiNapoli's monitoring system evaluates local governments on 23 financial and environmental indicators and creates an overall fiscal condition score. Indicators include cash-on-hand and patterns of operating deficits, together with broader demographic information like population trends and tax assessment growth. The scores are used to classify whether a community is in "significant fiscal stress", "moderate fiscal stress", "susceptible to fiscal stress", or "no designation."
The municipalities found to be in stress share a number of common characteristics, such as low fund balance, a continued pattern of operating deficits and inadequate cash on hand to pay their bills
New Rochelle suffers none of those problems.
Brian, facts say otherwise
Sorry to say it is you who are uninformed, or just carrying the democrat's water. You are a fountain of misinformation as New Rochelle's fund balance is dwindling and every new union contract absorbs more fund balance in retroactive pay. One must look at the undesignated fund balance to see what shape the municipality is in and New Rochelle has been at or below the suggested minimum for years. In case you haven't noticed, New Rochelle empowered a citizens budget committe to find ways to plug a $29 million budgetary shortfall over the next three years. Every budget, presented by the city manager, has stated that New Rochelle suffers from a decreasing tax base. Reassessment has been proposed by the current and past city managers but the democrats won't touch it as it is considered political suicide. Population is increasing in the south end, mostly middle/low income and immigrant population.
The partsan hyperbole comes from Doctor Cavalo's endorsement of Noam Bramson when he states Noam has kept taxes low. This campaign BS is easily exposed when one factors in the refuse fee and library tax.
In the event you attempt to exploit the "independent auditor's report", take into consideration that New Rochelle uses the same firm that has made political donations to many of the New Rochelle democrats.
When your blue smoke & mirrors clears, it is evident that Noam couldn't risk having New Rochelle on the Cpmtroller's Fisically Stress List especially after Comptroller Dnapoli's report that the New Rochelle Industrial Development Agency was among the worst in New York State giving away over $30,000 in tax abatements to create one new job.
Honest debate requires facts and while you are entitled to your opinion, you're not entitled to your facts.
It's only money
That's funny, Anthony.
Sussman "carrying" the democrats water? Huh? The guy is clearly a reservoir.
Imagine if it gets out in a
Imagine if it gets out in a very public manner that Noam Bramson purposely requested the City of New Rochelle not file the paper work with the NY State Comptroller so he can avoid the Negative Press associated with the Sanctions from Dinapoli's office.
League of Women Voters Candidates discussion
" Mayor Bramson can you tell us how New Rochelle is being sanctioned by NY State for fiscal instability while you seem to be touting yourself as the answer for Westchester County Executive."
I believe Mr. Astorino has quite the smoking gun. Bramson not filling to hood wink County Voters on his wonder record...
I have no idea why the 2012
I have no idea why the 2012 fiscal report has yet to be filed with the NYS Comptroller, therefore, unlike yourself and some others at TOTS, I am not jumping to conclusions.
I am also unsure, which entity is supposed to file that 2012 fiscal report. I assume that entity is most likely the City Manager, but it might be the City Council. If our Mayor is involved, it is as one of seven equal Members of the City Council.
Outside of TOTS and the NR Republican Committee, this is hardly an issue among New Rochelle's voters. It will be of no interest to the vast majority of Westchester's voters.
If Astorino is expecting to be reelected based on the issues of concern at TOTS, he is certain not to be reelected. Westchester's voters have other concerns, mainly that our county's services be maintained or improved, and that our county government doesn't act biased against minorities - issues that work against Astorino.
Certainly it should be in
Certainly it should be in your opinion no issue for Westchester Voters. Why would they consider Noam Bramsons real record for how New Rochelle is actually doing under his watch, rather than the Jeremy Sherber Spin you are all in portrayal of.
The facts are the facts.
New Rochelle is in some form of Financial Stress.
They settled with the Police because the Police union understood the leverage of Protesting Bramson during his election period. Thus a deal. Glad for the Police glad they had the ability to force the little guys hand in the matter.
Now we have New Rochelle not filing on time and I am jumping to the conclusion as I know the beast I speak about. Again Pay no attention to the guy behind the curtain the Wizard of New Rochelle has spoken.
A Galletta - Your Opinions Are Not Actual Facts
Actually, the Democratic Council Members were pushing for city-wide reassessment for a number of years, and only stopped doing so within the last two years. The last Councilmember to continue to do so, and until her retirement, was Marianne Sussman. Throughout that time I was advocating against city-wide reassessment because I thought it would harm the poorer South End, while benefitting the wealthier North End.
While I agree that our city government's costs have been increasing, I dispute that they are unable to pay for it. That allegation of yours is false. Our city government is quite solvent, and will continue to be so. However, to keep solvent, based on the current paradigm, our government must raise taxes, or cut services, or reduce the city's civil service and appointed-official payrolls, or a combination of those.
Obviously, new paradigms must be established at some point, in New Rochelle, NY State and the US government. I have ideas that could make our government more affordable, while increasing services and maintaining or increasing our civil service, but I will describe that at another time and/or venue. It would be a distraction from our current conversation, so I am not putting my suggestions here.
Our city government is not the ones who raise our library or school taxes, as each are independent entities, which I am sure you realize. And our citizens vote to increase their library and school taxes each year, which you also know is true. So you are at best, mistaken, when you blame higher school or library taxes on the our Mayor or the other members of our City Council.
You are making a false declaration when you write that I "attempt to exploit the independent auditor's report". I've never read it, so I cannot exploit it.
In fact you have completely missed my entire point, which is "That New Rochelle has not yet filed its 2012 fiscal statement with the NYS Comptroller, only indicates that it must still file its 2012 fiscal statement, and nothing else." That statement of mine is completely logical, factual, absent any partisan bias.
It is only when NR files its 2012 fiscal statement with Mr DiNapoli, that we will find out what the NYS Comptroller thinks of New Rochelle's fiscal status.
Whereas, I am referring to actual facts, it is you are stating your opinions as if they are facts. I am engaging in an honest debate, whereas you are being disingenuous, although perhaps you do not realize it.
Brian erroneous again
Brian, you are soooo off base I don't know where to start but I will address your falsehoods with facts. Check the city council minutes, available at the NRPL, and you will find that the democrats supported countywide reassessment because it was estimated to cost well in excess of $2 million to reassess on their own. We do agree that reassessment "would harm the poorer South End, while benefitting the wealthier North End". The FACTS about reassessment are that 1/3 will go up, 1/3 will go down and 1/3 will remain the same. The newer more expensive homes will be reduced, the older homes, especially those in the South End many occupied by fixed-income seniors who can least afford any increase, will increase and the middle-class will remain the same. The other FACT about reassessment is that the main benefit is that certioraris will be reduced, creating a more stable tax base. The final FACT is that after spending over $2 million the total amount of taxes collected will NOT increase so NR will spend millions to gain ZERO tax dollars.
You claim that my "allegation" that NR is "not solvent" is uninformed. I never used the word solvent so I must presume you are referring to my statement about NR facing a $29 million budgetary shortfall. Ask Mayor Bramson why he commenced, attended and helped write a report delivered to City Council by the NR Citizens Panel on Sustainable Budgets? Better yet, ask Noam for a copy of the report that addresses a $29 million shortfall over a 3 year period. As far as solvent goes, NR has drastically reduced the ranks of the NR Police Department, NR Fire Department & the NR Department of Public Works. I believe the city has seven Parks & Recreation employees to maintain all NR Parks, ball fields etc. NR has borrowed (issued bonds) to pay for retirement costs, not only because interest rates are at historical lows, but also because the fund balance would be nearly depleted had they paid when due so they kicked the can down the road. Take NR out of the above paragraph and apply it to Any Business USA; does that appear to describe a business that is solvent?
Why you included school & library taxes in your response is beyond me as I never referenced them but I have no problem focusing on them. You state, "Our city government is not the ones who raise our library or school taxes, as each are independent entities". That is true in a solvent community but here in NR the FACTS tell a different story. The library, at the suggestion of City Manager Peter Korn, decided to include a referendum on the annual budget vote to create a new Library Tax. Until that time, library funding was mandated in the NR City Charter. TWICE, the citizens of NR defeated the new tax, the first vote by a two to one margin. The democratic council was hell-bent on railroading the new tax through so they ignored the will of the people and removed library funding from the charter weeks before the third vote telling citizens that if they defeated the referendum a third time the library would close. The referendum for a new Library Tax passed on the third vote as a result of city council extortion.
Now my favorite subject, NR school taxes. The NR City Council with 30-year tax abatements to Avalon alone raised the NR school budget by $3 million, the cost of educating Avalon students. Higher budgets.... Higher school taxes as a result of corporate welfare doled out by city council. Once again you are not only wrong but present nothing to substantiate your "claims".
I made no false declaration when I wrote that you "attempt to exploit the independent auditor's report" as I never wrote that. I did write "In the event you ATTEMPT to exploit.....". You need to read more closely or read responses a couple of times before responding.
I realize why NR didn't file the requested information to the comptroller's office by the specified date and it's very simple. Noam couldn't chance having NR labeled a distressed city while running for County Executive. I don't know what your occupation is but how many times do you believe you could miss a deadline and still be gainfully employed? It is simply a political strategy not to file because anyone that is familiar with City Manager Chuck Strome realizes he doesn't miss state deadlines.
You claim you were "referring to actual facts" when you offered nothing but conjecture & opinion. I have factually refuted all of your insinuations.
I must finally apologize, as I understood our exchange to be a debate of beliefs grounded somewhat on fact while you define our exchange as "conversation" which is nothing more than gossip & innuendo, something I have no interest in continuing.
Bramson hasn't filed the
Bramson hasn't filed the report because it will hurt him on election day. Brian, as usual, is at the Kool-Aid trough. It is abundantly clear that Bramson's tactics involve deception, silencing people like Bob Cox, and trashing the opposition. He has nothing of substance to bring to the table.
Obviously, it is John
Obviously, it is John Imburgia, who is either ignorant of what he is talking about or is knowingly make false statements for partisan or personal reasons. That is proven by John's lack of facts, as well as by his tendency towards personal attacks on other Posters.
When one posts personal attacks on other Posters, it is obviously because the 'personal insulter' is desperate to prove his/her argument, but has no demonstrable proof. Instead and out of pure desperation, such a person declines to the immature level of a child accusing another child of having cooties.
If John Imburgia was actually able to state facts, he wouldn't need to do insult me, nor would he state his make-believe, unproven, biased assumptions. But John is unable prove what he is trying to, because the facts do not support him.
Mayor Bramson has only one of seven votes on the City Council. Additionally, the City Manager runs New Rochelle. Despite John Imburgia's false declarations, it is not Mayor Bramson's job to file the financial report with the NYS Comptroller.
Our City Manager is non-partisan, and for reasons of his own, is the one responsible for not yet filing the financial report. Any criticism regarding management of New Rochelle should be directed at our City Manager.
The desperate candidate for County Executive is Rob Astorino, who, most voters realize, has only damaged our county; and who in desperation, relies on such falsehoods and innuendo as is posted by John Imburgia.
Anthony Galletta did a
Anthony Galletta did a wonderful job of laying out the facts and I see no reason to repeat them. I am merely agreeing with Mr. Galletta as, even if I didn't have documentation to prove my point, my personal experience and vast knowledge of NR after spending over 50 years there is enough. It is clear in my mind that Noam Bramson uses deception, he trashes the opposition, and he silences people like Bob Cox. You don't have to agree me Brian. Just watch the debates between him and Ron Tocci back when Bramson ran for the Assembly, and the debate between Bramson and St. Paul.
Bob Cox himself ran a story about he was cut off from getting info from NR and linked it to Bramson's bid for CE. As far as deception goes, Avalon was deceptive, and if Bramson has nothing to be ashamed of, then the report would be filed. You are complaining to the wrong person. I am merely echoing what has been clearly pointed out by others. Your buddy buddy with Bramson, ask him to file the report and then the case will be closed.
Your untrue fantasies diminish what you wish to advocate
Regarding New Rochelle not yet filing a fiscal report with the NYS Comptroller, Anthony Galletta laid out weird, untrue fantasies, which you confuse as facts, because you are desperate, or you are unable to distinguish between facts and opinions.
You and Anthony Galletta will never prove, nor successfully advocate, unless you use actual facts. Your insistent reliance on depending on untrue fantasies, only weakens and diminishes what you wish to prove.
Obviously, opinions should not to be confused with facts, and I realize why City Hall and the BOE might be bothered by some of the opinionated postings of weird fantasies-unsupported-by-fact, of some readers here.
I do think NR City Hall is mistaken in freezing out TOTS, as TOTS is one of the main sources of information in New Rochelle, and is probably widely read throughout NR.
New Rochelle has been lacking in sources of news since the death of our local newspaper the Standard-Star. In my opinion, the Journal News is worthless garbage, only good for reading of school activities, marriages and obituaries, and completely incapable of doing any investigative reporting.
In my opinion, NR City Hall and the NR BOE should provide TOTS the same information they provide the Journal News, WVOX and Cablevision Channel 12. I believe that would be consistent with the 1st and 14th Amendments of the US Constitution, as well as the correct thing to do.
Brian, With all due respect,
With all due respect, Anthony Galletta has proven his points numerous times on this website with undisputable facts and figures. Now, as far as I am concerned, the simple way to resolve this issue is for you to stop arguing with me, and to go over to City Hall and ask them to file the report. You might, and I hope you do, prove everyone wrong.
Next thing you can do, is to tell them to stop withholding info from Bob Cox. If they are on the up and up, they will have nothing to fear.
After you do that, Advise Noam and Chuck that TOTS allows people to publish their own stories. If they have facts that dispute anything that is published on here, then tell them to post them.
Lastly, don't single me out. Complain to Robert Cox for publishing that story about TOTS being cut off, complaining to the people of the east end you see that Echo Bay is a losing proposition, complain to the middle class taxpayers who are struggling to get by while Bramson builds housing for young professionals with taxpayer dollars, complain to the people who are paying more in property taxes so the owners of Avalon and Forest City Ratner can make huge profits, and complain to the guy in the city yard who exposed the stealing that was going on over there and Bramson and Strome didn't even thank him. They were more concerned about protecting their image than admitting they had a crook on the payroll for over 10 years.
I am sorry to say, but there is no point trying to communicate with you until you take the blinders off.
I will say Brian, I do agree
I will say Brian, I do agree with you 100% about the JN and TOTS. TOTS should never have been cut off and in my opinion, Robert Cox should still be on WVOX. The only questions I have for you is, why do you think the City stopped giving TOTS info? Why do you think Bob Cox isn't on WVOX anymore? And why hasn't the City filed the report?
NR City, BOE & WVOX & TOTS & Bob Cox
I think TOTS has been frozen out of City Hall news, partly because of the wild, unproven accusations that commenters post here. I think Bob Cox is being blamed for that, although he merely provides a virtual soap box, that anyone can comment on.
Unlike the Journal News, Bob Cox is interested in investigative reporting, which sometimes reveals things that the government is uncomfortable with - this is especially true of the NR BOE, which unfortunately has been embarrassed by pedophiles. Of course, investigative reporting doesn't always provide clear insights, and can appear to be partisan and biased, whether it is or not.
Obviously, all governments would rather not advertise internal conflicts, so all governments tend to circle the wagon, as do all corporations.
I understand why all governments favor certain media, while denying information to other media.
However, I think its not in the governments' own interests, especially in New Rochelle, where our City's Chief Executive and Administrator, the City Manager, is undemocratically appointed, rather than elected, and therefore is morally compelled to avoid any appearances of partisan politics. Our governments' freezing out the news media certainly flies in the face of democracy, free speech, and freedom of the press.
I have no idea, as to how or why WVOX makes its policy decisions. As WVOX is a privately owned business, William and David O'Shaughnessy, probably have much responsibility for its decisions.
I really don't know why New Rochelle hasn't filed the year 2012 financial report with the NYS Comptroller, nor when they will. I'd like to see NR do it, and wish they had done so already. My point is that any delay was the responsibility of either the City Manager, his Commissioners, or the City Council. My other point is that the Mayor only has one of seven votes on the City Council.
But I will venture a guess, based on my own intuition and analysis of recent news posted at TOTS. The City of New Rochelle recently agreed to a union contract with the NRPD, which included retroactive, current and future raises for the NRPD civil servants. Until that retroactive agreement was completed, the City of New Rochelle was unable to actually determine how much it spent in 2012. If so, it might have been impossible for NR to accurately calculate its 2012 finances. Hopefully, that was the source of delay, and a 2012 financial report will soon be forthcoming. My guess is that it will show NR to be financially solvent, as in the past.
So I guess basically what you
So I guess basically what you are saying is that NR doesn't want any negative publicity and therefore wishes to curtail the freedom of speech of others. People have an absolute right to express their opinions, good or bad, and the City of NR is trying to take away that right.
I guarantee one thing, if anything published on TOTS could in anyway be proven to false, the City would file a lawsuit against TOTS so fast it would make your head spin. The fact that TOTS has endured these last 4 years is an indication that there is a lot, if not complete truth, to the things that are being reported on this website. By cutting off TOTS, NR has demonstrated that it doesn't want the truth to get to the public. And Bramson, whether he is elected ceremonially or at large, should be absolutely outraged at the City's desire to curtail the free speech of others.
NY Times v Sullivan / Hustler v Falwell
I am saying no government, whether municipal, state, federal or that of foreign governments, like the reporting of information that might put a government or its officials in a bad light.
And all governments like when reporting puts them in a good light.
Corporations have similar perspectives.
This is all about public relations, especially when it originates with the City Manager, who being appointed doesn't have to worry about his own election.
But you are mistaken regarding why TOTS hasn't been sued regarding any possible issues of inaccurate reporting. Let me make it clear, I think there is no media whose reporting is always accurate, neither TOTS, nor the USA's greatest newspaper the NY Times.
Regarding the limits of law suits for liable and slander in the USA by news media, I highly suggest that you read the following US Supreme Court decisions:
NY Times v Sullivan 376 US 254 (1964)
Hustler Magazine and Larry C. Flynt v Jerry Falwell 485 U.S. 46 (1988)
In NYT v Sullivan, the US Supreme Court determined that a news media cannot be successfully sued for liable or slander for inaccurate reporting that news media believed to be accurate at the time of reporting.
In Hustler et al v Falwell, the US Supreme Court determined that a news media cannot be successfully sued for liable or slander for inaccurate reporting that was clearly made in jest. Hustler had reported that Falwell's first sexual encounter was with his mother in an outhouse.
In the less democratic UK, the news media can be successfully sued for liable or slander, based on the slightest inaccuracy whether unintentional or made in jest. But here, the US Supreme Court has intepreted the 1st Amendement as to make it quite difficult for news media or humorous publications to be successfully sued for liable or slander.
If any lawyers reading this, have any comments that will contradict or enlighten us, regarding news media being sued for liable or slander, I encourage you to comment here.
I think you mean "Libel."
I think you mean "Libel."
Thanks for the spelling correction
Thanks for the spelling correction, which puts my statement into better context and accuracy.
This is a great week to be considering old and new US Supreme Court decisions.
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You can substitute "a guess, based on my own intuition and analysis" for facts if you want but how can you criticize other people on this basis and then do it yourself. Don't confuse your guesses with my first-hand knowledge.
1. Talk of the Sound being cut off is a specific, identifiable event -- Feb 2013. This had nothing do with comments made by others. I think I would have a better insight into this matter as I was directly involved.
I have already explained why Talk of the Sound was cut off by Chuck and Carroll -- they were upset about the Assistant Police Commissioner stories I ran, all of which were entirely accurate and played a large role in swaying 5 votes, including THREE Dems, to reject the APC plan. Chuck was also upset about the Garbage Truck story because I said, accurately, that I was lied to by people in City Hall. Chuck does not like it when people working for him lie and then are called liars. In his mind, that is unfair.
2. The failure to file the paperwork with the OSC for the stress test has nothing to do with the NRPD contract. The City had always budgeted based on projected percentage increases. I believe they were using 1.5%. The City has lots of such budgeted or projected expenses not just police contracts so by your theory they would NEVER be able to determine how much was spent in a given year. Further, the issue is not whether the City is SOLVENT but whether it is "stressed" according to the OSC formula.
I cannot get an answer from the City on this issue but based on my experience, if the analysis would result in a positive view of the City's finances, Noam and Chuck would have run to Albany barefoot to submit the paperwork. That they did not file raises a legitimate question as to why this is the case. They should explain themselves and end the mystery.
Facts v Knowledge v Opinions v Beliefs v Hearsay v Wild Guesses
Bob - When I I do not have the actual facts but am asked to explain something I am unsure of, I usually preface my statement by stating "I presume", "in my opinion", "my belief is", "I think that". etc., or use other words to indicate I am guessing rather than that I know.
How I phrase something, relates to the statement of veracity one explicitly or implicitly agrees to in an affirmation. I try to state something is either based on knowledge (facts), belief (opinion or assumption) or information (hearsay or something derived from other sources). If you look at what I wrote, I made it clear I had no direct knowledge and was venturing a guess because I was asked to explain what I had no facts for. As such I have made it clear that I have given opinion rather than known facts.
What I am critical of, is when anyone states their opinions while declaring or implying them to be facts, such as in regards to why NR has not yet filed its fiscal statement with the NYS Comptroller. I thought I was clear on this, but it was worth restating, so I am glad you asked.
As you have direct knowledge as to when and why TOTS was cut off, you are in a better position to explain the situation than am I. But it was I, whom John Imburgia asked to explain, and I tried to be helpful by stating I had no facts but was providing my belief / opinion.
I have no reason to doubt the explanation you have provided, that the City of NR cut you off because of controversies involving NRPD Commissioner Carroll, and of the the Assistant Police Commissioner, and of the garbage truck story. In my opinion, NR was wrong in cutting TOTS off from information, especially based on that issue.
But I thought TOTS was also being cut of by the NR Board of Education. Was I mistaken about that? If the NR BOE has cut TOTS off, I doubt that was due to Commissioner Carroll. Based on what I have read at TOTS, I thought that ostracism was due to reportings on pedophiles and other weird behavior at NR public schools, as reported by TOTS. Do you agree with that belief, and if not would you clarify the situation with the NR BOE cutting TOTS off?
The information provided by the NYS Comptroller is that they determine if a municipality is 'fiscally stressed' based on that municipality's 'solvency'. As such, the issue that needs to be discussed at TOTS, is whether NR is fiscally solvent, which means is NR able to pay its budget? If NR is able to pay its bills, and will continue to be able to do so into the future, then it is clear that NR is solvent and not fiscally stressed.
As NR has yet to filed its 2012 fiscal report, none of us know the facts, and can only venture opinions and guesses, something I have repeatedly pointed out.
Anyone who declares as fact, that NR is fiscally sressed, is a person who is factually insolvent, absent a knowledgeable basis for framing their opinion as if it was fact. Such false declarations of fact comes off as petty and partisan, or alternatively not knowing the difference between fact and opinion.
I have made it clear, I do not know the factual basis as to why NR has not yet filed its fiscal report with the NYS Comptroller. I have also stated I do not know which NR entity(s) or public official(s) is responsible for filing the that fiscal report.
It is obvious to me, however, that the Mayor is one of seven persons on the City Council, all with equal votes. I doubt the Mayor, alone, is responsible for the filing of such fisal reports, if responsible at all. I presume to guess that the responsible entity is the office of the City Manager. But if the responsible entity is the City Council, it is equally shared by the seven members of the City Council.
Perhaps the two Republican Councilmen, Al Tarantino and Lou Trangucci, can provide clarity as to whether the fiscal report is to be created and sent to the NYS Comptroller by the City Council or City Manager, and as to which of those two entities are causing the delay.
TOTS has always been cut off by NR BOE
As I mentioned in my original article, I give Schools Superintendent Richard Organisciak credit for at least being a consistent thug. It has always been his position that TOTS is not to receive press releases or otherwise be treated as a media outlet.
On FOIL, the City has been better and the NRPD was excellent on FOIL, up until 4 months ago when things abruptly ended.
On FOIL, the Board of Ed has for four years illegally denied my FOIL requests.
Again, no heroes here as the silence from both the City Council and Board of Education has been bipartisan.
Brian Bamboozled
Brian, you can attempt to muddy the waters because you have NO FACTS. The FACT is that Mayor Bramson proposed, commenced, attended and help write a citizens budget report based on the FACT that New Rochelle IS facing a $29 MILLION SHORTFALL. If you believe any community facing that magnitude shortfall is solvent well then the Wizard behind the curtain has you bamboozled.
New Rochelle is unstressed fiscally
I have no idea what your point is, but apparently it is you who are muddying the waters, not me.
Are you jumping to the conclusion that the NYS Comptroller is waiting for a "citizens budget report"? I truly doubt that, as it sounds completely absurd.
Although I am unsure which entity produces financial reports for the NYS Comptroller, it is probably either the City Manager and his Commissioners, and/or the City Council's seven members. It is amazing that no one has documented here, who is responsible for filing the 2012 financial report.
Regarding your claim of a "$29 million 'shortfall'", if your allegation is true, what you would truthfully indicate, is that New Rochelle remains highly solvent, and will make up the alleged shortfall, by increasing taxes and/or borrowing money at today's amazingly low interest rates and/or will reduce its staff in size. Despite you're allegations, all of that indicates New Rochelle is unstressed fiscally.
Brian uninformed
Brian, you are probably the only person in New Rochelle who knows nothing about the citizens budget committee, their report and the $29 million shortfall that was the reason for their existance. To say that the shortfall is an "allegation" on my part proves how uninformed you are. It's easy for someone who doesn't own a home or pay property taxes to blow it off and say New Rochelle will just raise taxes, borrow at low rates or cut staff. Strome has cut staff to the bone, borrowing money acomplishes nothiing more then kicking the can down the road while compounding the shortfall and raising taxes is the liberal democratic mantra. If the criteria for solvency is the ability to raise taxes, no community would be stressed!
See link below for location of Brian's reply to Anthony
The column width is too small here for readability, so I have posted my reply to Anthony Galletta's reply, above, the following link:
with my reply entitled:
'Which City Entity Reports Finances to NYS Comptroller?'
I wonder who started that
I wonder who started that "rumor" about the $29 million and where they got that figure from?
Which City Entity Reports Finances to NYS Comptroller?
The following is my reply to Tony Galletta's reply entitled, 'Brian uninformed, and found at the link:
Anthony, you are confused as to the issue at hand. The question is: within our municipal corporation, which governmental entity(s) are legally responsible for filing the official City of New Rochelle 2012 financial report with the NYS Comptroller?
I have read undocumented assertions at TOTS, that it is solely the responsibility of our Mayor, and now you are stating its the sole responsibility of an appointed citizens committee. I question whether there is a factual basis for either allegation.
I am trying to find out the actual facts as to who is responsible for filing the 2012 fiscal report with the state Comptroller, but I have read nothing here providing facts and have only read here of questionable accusations and assumptions
Probably most people in New Rochelle have neither heard of the citizens committee nor its findings. More importantly, the NYS Comptroller probably does not consider the findings of the citizens committee you refer to.
You seem confused, in alleging that a citizens committee's findings have anything to do with what information the NYS Comptroller seeks in determining our city's financial health.
What you refer to as a shortfall, is merely that part of the budget that the City of New Rochelle will adapt its budget to, through the various devices a financially healthy city can choose from.


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In a slight departure from the network's usual reality series, the Chicago-based show will be shot in various Chicago locations through Aug. 10, according to the Chicago Film Office.
Most recently, shooting took place in Wicker Park, but has since wrapped up. Other neighborhoods that have served as location, and will probably be revisited in addition to new areas, include Hyde Park, Lincoln Park, River North and the downtown area.
Rick Moskal, director of the Chicago Film Office, said residents have been told in advance about the production but hopes to balance the needs of the production with the concerns of the community.
"Film production, whether it's MTV's 'Underemployed' or 'Boss,' all come with a number of production vehicles, trucks, crew and equipment," Moskal said. "That's the normal course, so there is a disruptive element. But residents have been given notice in order to mitigate any disruptions."
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Cached beneath slippery, seaweed-covered rocks in Boston Harbor, with a 10-foot tide quickly encroaching on our hide and a bitter 25-knot wind chilling us to the bone, we tossed a commemorative tea bag into the salt and set strings of decoys.
Cached beneath slippery, seaweed-covered rocks in Boston Harbor, with a 10-foot tide quickly encroaching on our hide and a bitter 25-knot wind chilling us to the bone, we tossed a commemorative tea bag into the salt and set strings of decoys.
Our version of the American Revolution was re-enacted last week, but instead of demonstrating our distain of the British as indignant colonists did during the Boston Tea Party of Dec. 16, 1773, we focused our sights on sea ducks - Old Squaw, American eider and scoters - and black brant that traditionally winter on the 30-mile-long bay as they have over the ages.
In the pre-dawn, with the city skyline and bridges illuminated in the distance, not far from where the U.S. Constitution is moored, we pursued our quarry on tidal lands that rim the Boston Harbor Islands, a National Park Service Area. We were perfectly within our rights to do so.
What foresight the colonists had, protecting the public's right to hunt, fish and boat on intertidal flats, answering a question that dogs us today, especially on the West Coast. Who owns the sea and the shore?
Imagine, more than 370 years ago, the right to enter private property up to mean high tide was accomplished by the Colonial Ordinances of 1641-47, which specifically reserved for the public the right to use tidelands for three purposes - fishing, fowling and navigation.
Our group included three Italian bird collectors from Malta, Stockton native Dr. Taylor Thompson and his son, Warren, and Adam Smith, who has guided and operated trawlers off the New England coast for more than 40 years. Our challenge was to take unique specimens that aren't found in other parts of the world.
"This is urban hunting," said Thompson, who is head of Thoracic Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and a professor at Harvard Medical School. "We're so close to approximately 4 million people, freeways and buildings, yet we have the right to hunt."
What if the same rights were granted in San Francisco Bay and Tomales Bay, and not squelched by local city and county ordinances, or the National Park Service? Somehow, the ethics and sensibilities of the colonists so long ago didn't pioneer west.
As the sun finally shined through the dense overcast - at 27 degrees at least it wasn't snowing - formations of eiders, massive mollusk eating birds that weigh about 6 pounds, broke through the mist, flying swiftly and directly between the waves along indentations of the shoreline. Winter shows no terror for an eider, which originates from Hudson Bay and Labrador.
The large duck produces the down used by the European world for pillows and garments and skins used by natives for clothes and blankets. For our purposes, the showy drake, with its iridescent black crown and sea green and white head, would be destined for the taxidermist.
The next select targets were Old Squaw, a species some politically correct folks insist on calling a "long-tailed duck."
"This noisy wintery duck gabs and calls continuously," Smith said. "We'll hear them before we see them when we float into them."
He positioned our flat-bottomed boat upwind of the chubby, white birds accented with a unique eight-inch long black tail and pinkish-orange bill. As we came into range the Old Squaw rose quickly and flew low to the water, in irregular formations, with an amazing series of acrobatic twists and turns, showing breasts and backs alternately.
Their flight is so swift and erratic when buffeted by the wind, they were very difficult to shoot.
In hand, the Old Squaw was perhaps the finest duck I have ever had to privilege to take in more than 50 years of hunting. No wonder collectors from around the globe come here.
Mission completed, with two prized birds taken during 11 hours on the harbor, the cross- country flight to be with friends and experience an urban hunt was beyond compare.
Then it was time for a wild-game dinner, a walk along the Freedom Trail, a visit to the Museum of Fine Art and a holiday concert by the Boston Pops, all in three days.
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Source: Bolland likely out for Game 1
The big question for the Blackhawks going into their first-round playoff series with Minnesota is the status of center Dave Bolland.
Bolland missed the last three games of the regular season after suffering what is believed to be a groin injury three minutes into last Monday's game at Vancouver.
Hawks coach Joel Quenneville has waffled on Bolland's status for the playoff opener, but a source told the Daily Herald that Bolland probably won't be ready for Game 1.
Even if Bolland is OK to play, there is no guarantee he will jump back into the second line between Patrick Kane and Patrick Sharp, especially with how well Michal Handzus has played there in the last week.
Bolland had an inconsistent regular season with 7 goals and 7 assists in 35 games and is a team-worst minus-7. But the playoffs have always been Bolland's time to shine.
"We've had our fair share of injuries on that line this year," Kane said. "I thought myself, Handzus and Sharp played really well the other night (in Edmonton) and had some chemistry."
Kane isn't ready to count out Bolland just yet.
"We've seen it before when he has come back from injuries and had some good games and really helped us out, so maybe he can do it again this year," Kane said. "We'll see what happens. He's a big part of our lineup. He can play in pretty much any situation and play any role you give him, whether it's s shut-down role or offensive role."
Hawks coach Joel Quenneville has admitted it's possible Handzus could start the playoffs between Kane and Sharp.
"Handzus has played pretty good with those guys," Quenneville said. "It gives us another option as we go along here. Sometimes you find out things as you go along."
The X factor:
Trying to pick a player who is going to be the X factor for the Hawks in the first round against Minnesota isn't easy.
There are quite a few candidates starting with rookie left winger Brandon Saad, who goes into the postseason as part of the Hawks' first line with Jonathan Toews and Marian Hossa.
"You kind of keep an eye on everybody," Joel Quenneville said when asked if he had any concerns about Saad in the playoffs. "Over the course of the year you watch for tendencies where it looks like fatigue might be creeping into their game. We watch everyone, be it Saad or our top guys."
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The Hawks finished the season 26-2-1 when scoring first.
"It's a big part of the game," Patrick Kane said. "You always want to get out to a lead, especially in our building. The way the crowd is in the national anthem and the first few shifts, they're very into the game. If you can use that to your advantage by getting one early it should scare teams off a little bit."
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Minnesota won't have Dany Heatley to start the playoffs. Heatley underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder and remains out indefinitely.
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The other day, a headline came across my email: "N.D. keeps stimulus funds in reserve." The story, in the Bismarck Tribune, says that due to the uncertain times, North Dakota transportation officials have decided to hold back about $78 million of the state's $170 million in stimulus funds in case federal funding comes in short in 2010.
Good idea? Maybe. But wasn't the $787 billion stimulus bill supposed to help get America back on its feet? The article goes on to say that some states, such as Maine, had spent 100% of its stimulus dollars to date while others, like Nevada, has used only 35%. How is America going to get out of the economic doldrums if states don't spend the money the way it was intended to be spent?
From the article: "Because our economy is in fairly good shape, we didn't want to have a huge bubble of projects this year and then go back down to who knows how much next year," said Scott Zainhofsky, a planning and programming engineer for the Dept. of Transportation.
I have an idea. If North Dakota is in good enough shape that the state doesn't need this money right away to "stimulate" the economy, then perhaps the unused portion can go back to the federal government so it can be used in an area that really needs it.


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Telecommunications service provider, Optus, plans to expand 4G into Adelaide and Canberra next year as it continues to boost its coverage into Sydney, Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane.
In 2013, the company will continue to improve on its 4G coverage and extend the current 50 LTE sites in Brisbane to 100 LTE sites, Optus Networks managing director, Guenther Ottendorfer, said.
It revealed plans to accelerate its 4G LTE rollout in Adelaide by mid next year, as well as a TD-LTE rollout in Canberra by March/April 2013.
Ottendorfer claimed that the company is also focused on 3G plus over 2012. Ottendorfer was recapping its 4G 2012 milestones at a press event in Sydney.
"4G for us has been an incredible race. We have in a very short time frame implemented a 4G LTE network here, but our journey this year was not all about 4G and doing something for our existing customer base," he said.
Ottendorfer said Optus' recent 4G coverage launch in Newcastle has seen great interest from its customers.
In Sydney, Optus recently integrated 400 sites in a weekend on the upgraded network. To date, more than 3000 sites have been upgraded on 3G plus.
Optus plans on extending this service across Adelaide, Wollongong, as well as parts of Queensland metropolitan areas.
"We have increased in building coverage in metropolitan areas of more than 87 per cent – that was in the beginning of November this year. We will continue to do so over the next 12 months to more than 95 per cent," he said.
In addition to that, Optus will be announcing a collaborative effort with a small start-up company, Connectem, in the coming days.
Both the companies are working together on a trial for a Cloud-based mobile packet core technology.
"What we are trying to do is to see if Cloud technologies can help us to get packet core capacity in times when we really need them. It will be a world first," Ottendorfer added.
Guests were also invited to test some of the devices that are part of Optus' 4G range, which included mobile vendors such as HTC, Nokia and Samsung.


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Game One:
Farmingdale State 13
Maritime College 5
Game Two:
Farmingdale State 16
Maritime College 3
In the second meeting of the season between these two baseball teams, Farmingdale State (4-7, 3-2 Skyline) came away with two more wins against Maritime (1-11, 0-8 Skyline) after a conference double-header in Throggs Neck, NY on Sunday afternoon. The Rams hit two home-runs in game two, scoring a combined 11 runs in the fourth and fifth innings. Sophomore Stephen Corvetti (Rockville Centre, NY/Southside) hit the first home-run of the game in the third inning, before freshman Rich Santoro (Massapequa, NY/Massapequa) hit a grand slam in the fourth inning to give the Rams an 11-2 lead. In the second game, freshman pitcher Josh Deitch (Melville, NY/Hills East) threw a complete game, striking out 13 batters in the 16-3 victory.
Joe Bono (Selden, NY/St. Anthony�s) improved his record to 2-2 on the mound in game one, throwing all seven innings, striking out nine and walking only two. Sophomore Nick Barone (North Babylon, NY/North Babylon) hit two triples on the day, batting in six runs.
Farmingdale State travels to Centenary on Tuesday, April 12th for a conference double-header starting at 1:00pm.


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- Activate the Engine Core teleporter.
- Reach the bridge of the alien ship.
- Disable the Death Ray.
- Defeat the Alien Captain.
- Secure the bridge.
- Defeat the attacking alien ship.
- Alien Power Cell (M)
- Alien Biogel (M)
- Alien Epoxy (M)
- Alien Squid Food (M)
- Alien Worm Food (M)
- Large Alien Crystal (M)
- Small Alien Crystal (M)
- Alien Atomizer (M)
- Alien Disintegrator (M)
- Tesla Armor (M)
- Frag Mine (x6)
- Plasma Mine (x4)
- Plasma Grenade (x4)
- Gatling Laser
- Pulse Grenade (x3)
- Microfusion Cell (M)
- Energy Cell (M)
- Plasma Rifle
- Plasma Pistol
- Atomic Pulverizer
- Drone Cannon
- Destabilizer
- Combat Armor
- Metal Armor
- Med-X
- Psycho
- Alien Log #9
- Alien Log #10
- Alien Log #18
- Alien Log #20
- Alien Log #23
- Alien Log #24
EditPart 1
First things first -- find the lone switch in the red-glowing room you find yourself in after the spacewalk, and press it. This will decompress the chamber you're in, which will allow you to go through the door ahead. Do not remove your Spacesuit until you're in the next room and the door is sealed! Once you're through into the subsequent room, hit another switch to turn on the teleportation device. This will link the engineering core to the top tier of the ship, and your friends will come and greet you, one after the other, as they come through the teleport link. And if you're curious about the door to your left that's locked, Sally will come through and unlock it once everyone is through the teleportation device. Be sure to scour the containers in this room for more of the standard types of goods you've been finding before running down the corridor to the adjacent room.
An impressive site can be seen in this next room. There's glass lining much of the floor, and through it, you can observe the nuclear-ravaged Earth below. And there seems to be an extra bright spot on the surface. What is that!? Well, a hologram of an alien head will show up, either yelling at you or threatening you (or both) in its native alien language before disappearing. At this point, Somah will talk to you and let you know that she thinks progress is being made, that we've managed to get under the aliens' skin. And then, Sally busts out of the adjacent room, and you're able to proceed. Unfortunately, the teleportation device in this room has been disabled, and Sally lets you know that you're probably going to have to find the other end of it to activate it manually, so that everyone can join you.
Head through the door marked Weapons Lab, which should be right next to you (feel free to grab things like Large Alien Crystals and search the containers en route). Your time spent on the first floor of the weapons lab will be brief. Push your way down the corridor and begin to head leftward. There are containers to your left you can loot, and enemies on a balcony above to snipe away at. When you're satiated with new items and have spilled the blood of more aliens, you can then head down the corridor underneath the balcony where the aliens were shooting at you from. There are doors on your right and on your left, where everything from Alien Epoxy to Alien Biogel can be found, and even an Atomic Pulverizer, if you look hard enough.. But ultimately, you're going to want to head down the path ahead and to your right. Swing rightward again and you'll find a multi-tiered staircase leading up to the floor above. You may run into one or more enemies en route to the stairs, so keep your firearm at the ready.
Once at the top of the stairs, the corridor you encounter is of a completely linear variety. No matter which way you decide to explore, you'll still be led in the same direction, which is towards the balcony the cloaked alien was firing from you on earlier. If you didn't kill the alien from below, you're going to have to kill him now at close range, so keep that in mind moving forward. To your left is a healing station, so use that, and then hit the nearby switch. This will eliminate the barrier directly below the balcony so that the two sides of the first floor are connected. This will also unleash a few Guardian Drones from various teleportation devices on the first floor. Eliminate them from your heightened position, and now, you may want to grab one of their powerful Drone Cannons, which is a cumbersome weapon with a weird firing arc and the ability to damage you in addition to enemies, but one that is much-needed to deal with the more difficult enemies you'll be encountering more and more of as we move forward.
Descend the stairs. The door to your left leads back to the part of this floor we've already explored, so ignore it. There are containers to pillage full of the usual items as you move forward, and the rooms on your right and left are the teleportation rooms where enemies earlier came from. Ignore those too, and move forward to the room directly ahead, where you can swing rightward to continue. In here, there's a container to your right containing more alien goods, but ignore it until you deal with the alien foes sniping at you from a platform above and to your left. Try to lure them down the staircase on the left to engage you on even ground, and then rapidly lay into them to eliminate the threat they pose. Now you can safely loot the container on the left before scaling the staircase upward and proceeding through the weapons laboratory.
EditPart 2
If you were curious why this was called a weapons laboratory, your exploration at this point will give you some answers. There are a few hostile aliens in your vicinity, as well as their pesky drone robots, but overall, you won't see a whole lot of resistance here. The isolated laboratory on your right has some prototype robots within, but you can actually ignore that room entirely if you so desire. Instead, examine all of the control panels in the recessed section directly in front of the door you used to access this area. Something notable can be found here -- Alien Log #24. Once you've acquired that, proceed forward and begin working your way leftward. What will no doubt catch your attention at this point are the tables along the top wall lined to the brim with Earth-based goods. Stock up on whatever you need here. The most valuable stuff you'll find is some Tesla Armor, Frag Mines, Plasma Mines, a Gatling Laser, Microfusion Cells, Energy Cells, and perhaps most importantly of all, more rounds for your Alien Blaster in the form of Alien Power Cells.
After pillaging the aliens' looted pillage (see what I did there?), you're free to explore the rest of the weapons laboratory. As you continue to move through, you're likely to run into the last vestiges of alien resistance here, so have your firearm-of-choice at the ready. You could simply move forward and up some stairs at the end of a brief corridor to reach a door that leads to the Experimentation Lab, but before you do that, explore the wing of the lab on your left. There's little to do here (though there are more containers to grab items from), but you can find some switches here that will open up teleporters below. Go ahead and do this, and then take potshots at the aliens and captured Raiders that appear, which will help you bolster your experience. Also, be sure to grab the well-hidden Destablizer from a shelf on the right side of the room (if you're facing the teleporters below). That's an incredibly powerful weapon. Bring it with you to the next lab.
As soon as you enter this next lab, grab the Alien Worm Food from the table on your left, and then proceed rightward. Here, you're likely to run into Alien Workers, non-hostile foes we mentioned earlier in the walkthrough. Dispose of them if you want, but rest assured you will receive paltry experience and negative karma for each kill. You'll encounter an alien dinner table here (for lack of a better term). In the next isolated room, you'll find some bizarre-looking apparatuses that the aliens likely use to conduct experiments on their unsuspecting captured victims. If you explore this room, you'll find some containers to loot, and something perhaps even more important -- Alien Log #20 on the wall in this room closest to the "dinner table" in the previous room. You can also find a Wastelander corpse in this room containing Psycho and Med-X.
While facing the "dinner table," move leftward to proceed through the laboratory. This will bring you to a room-lined corridor, with rooms on both sides. The first room on your right contains some Alien Biogel for you to grab. The first room on your left contains some Alien Epoxy for you to acquire. And the subsequent room on your left contains more Alien Biogel, as well as a healing device for your use. After exploring those three rooms, head to the end of the corridor and swing rightward to reach the next room.
We're nearing the end of our journey through the experimentation lab. In this room, you may run into some hostile aliens, but chances are better that you'll run into a few Alien Workers who want nothing to do with you, and they will run away as a result. There's little to see in this room, though there are a few important things to do here nonetheless. First off, explore the wall on the right to find Alien Log #9. Then, examine the generator mechanism in the middle of the room, which is powering the force fields surrounding the doors leading out of the room. You should know what to do with these generators -- hit the switch to raise the three coolant mechanisms, and then examine each of those. Give yourself some space from the generator, and watch it explode sky-high thereafter.
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With the door now unsealed, you can head forward down another corridor, opening a container on your left. From here, you'll have an option as to whether to go right or left. Going right will lead to the next location on the map, marked Biological Research. But first, head left to an isolated operating room. En route, you'll run into enemies called Abominations. These guys are a lot easier to kill than they seem, but their agility makes them hard to hit, so use VATS to increase your precision. In the operating room, you'll find more (dead) Abominations, and more importantly, Alien Log #10. After acquiring that, loot the nearby containers for any goods you may want, and then backtrack to the entrance to Biological Research to proceed with our mission.
This area is a relatively manageable one to get through, and will prove to be fairly short as well. Initially, you can go down a corridor to reach a large, wide-open room, but there's little to initially see or do here. Ignore all of the staircases leading up as you arc leftward around this entire room. When you reach the very last staircase in the far corner of the room, take that one up, and have your firearm ready to deal with a few Abominations that will run forward to greet you. Again, there's little else to see or do up here either, though you'll want to deviate in a specific corner of the raised section of the room to grab Alien Log #18, the only log to find here in the biology lab.
On the opposite side of the second floor from where Alien Log #18 was found, you can proceed through a door into a completely vacant room. Other than more Alien Workers, you shouldn't encounter many enemies here, though you can scour shelves and the like for valuables like Alien Power Cells if you so desire. Press the switch next to the sealed door on the far end of the room to open it, and then proceed to the final, still enemy-less room in this sector of the Mothership Zeta. You can continue straight across to a (rare) active teleportation device that leads to another section of the ship. But if you want to collect more items, such as Large Alien Crystals, Small Alien Crystals, Alien Epoxy and Alien Biogel, be certain you descend the staircase you reach to explore an isolated area chock full of items such as those. Then, head back upstairs and head forward to the aforementioned teleportation device.
When you arrive in this next area, head forward and then to the right, proceeding down a corridor there. There are doors flanking your arrival location on both sides, but they can be ignored completely, as there's nothing of interest whatsoever in either of them. There is a door on the left side of the corridor before the corridor itself bends leftward, however, that you'll want to open and loot. Alien Epoxy, Alien Biogel and more can be found within. Then, wrap around to the large room at the end of the corridor. A healing mechanism is on the right side of the room, and you'll encounter hostile resistance here in addition to many more Alien Workers that, as usual, don't want to fight with you. Deal with them however you want.
Hereafter, the journey through the rest of this area will be completely uneventful in every sense of the word. Use the staircases on your right to reach a lower tier, dealing with more alien adversaries in addition to pesky gun turrets. Then, run through either door you encounter, as they both ultimately reconnect and lead to an identical area. From there, it's a matter of running down completely linear corridors and down several staircases to reach the Death Ray Control Room. En route, you can deviate slightly to collect more items if you want, but you're probably drowning in items at this point, so you may want to simply proceed down the linear path laid before you and go through into the next area.
EditPart 4
In this location, we'll be able to undertake one of our mission's primary objectives, which is to disable the aliens' death ray that's been aimed at Earth for however long. Simply run forward through the linear passageway until you reach the control room for the death ray. You'll run into some hostile aliens here, so the first thing you're going to want to do is defend yourself, eliminating all of the threats you find there. Then, take a look around and see what's laid before you. There are four control units in front of the death ray itself that control the unit. The two on the left control the power, and the two on the right control where it's pointing. Ignore the two on the right completely and deal with only the leftmost switch on the left side. Each time you press it, a generator will pop up in one corner of the room, and you'll be able to disable it as you've done to so many other generators, by examining the cooling devices and subsequently watching the generator explode.
There are four generators to destroy here, and they'll pop up in clockwise order starting with the one directly on your left. As long as you don't hit the right switch on the left side, the device will never fire, so you don't have to rush around to destroy the generators. Once one is destroyed, repeat the process and destroy the next one, and so on and so forth. After two of the four generators are destroyed, alien reinforcements will show up on the scene, so be ready to rebuff them. Then, when that final wave of aliens is destroyed, you can go about eliminating the other two generators. Once the fourth and final generator is obliterated, the sealed door to the left of the entrance to the room will open up. The teleportation device on the other side will bring you to the ship's living quarters.
The living quarters, as if it comes as any surprise to you, is going to be chock full of pesky aliens. So, you're going to need to come into this situation relatively prepared for the incredibly difficult onslaught you're going to have to survive. Expect to run into basic alien enemies equipped with all manner of weapons, as well as plenty of cloaked aliens and gun turrets. In addition, they've setup these green plasma weapons all over the place. They create impassable barriers and must be shot continuously to be destroyed, but keep your distance when you do so, since the explosion can damage you (as well as the aliens, meaning you can use these devices to your advantage). For starters, simply head forward in either direction from the teleportation device, since the paths soon thereafter meet up. Then, go rightward, where you'll run into your first of these pesky barriers.
Beyond the location of the initial barrier and the aliens and Abominations you'll have to do battle with thereafter is the first wide open room you'll encounter. And this room is rife with those same barrier weapons, as well as a slew of aliens to defeat. Keep a very close eye on your health during these encounters -- you may want to use Med-X, Buffout and Psycho to give yourself an extra boost here, because this is one hell of a battle you've walked into. You can ignore the rooms down below completely if you want, and can take either staircase leading downward at the far end of the room once you've defeated the enemy contingent here. Make sure you're healed and your firearm is reloaded as you go down the stairs, because your encounters here are just beginning. You may also want to loot the containers in the previous area for more goods, as well.
Once down the stairs, you can either go right or left. If you want to cut right to the chase, you should go right and ignore the left path completely, but if you want to see everything and kill as many enemies as possible for valuable experience, then continue to the left first. The linear pathway you ultimately find yourself on will lead, eventually, to a dead end, where you'll run into a familiar character (or characters). En route, expect to deal with more of those pesky barriers and plenty of aliens and gun turrets. After doing that, you can then head rightward to the previous junction. This pathway will prove to be the most difficult one yet, rife with gun turrets and covered with disabled robots and aliens galore.
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There are rooms on the right that you could explore -- in fact, if you want Alien Log # 23, you're going to have to do just that (it's in an identical state of storage as all of the others). As you clear enemies and just barely squeak by here, you'll encounter a healing apparatus on your left, and then a staircase leading upward. Keep in mind that while you traverse these areas, you'll be dealing with more of those plasma barriers as well. From here, things are pretty linear. That initial staircase leads to a linear pathway and then two more staircases leading upward. Here, you'll encounter Abominations and any aliens you've yet to dispatch. Otherwise, there's little to see or do. What you're seeking out is the teleportation device that leads to the ship's bridge. It's time to end Mothership Zeta's reign of terror once and for all.
Doing so is easier than you think, though things can get a bit confusing up here. For starters run forward from the teleportation device, look left, and enter the bridge. Here, about a half-dozen aliens or so will be occupying the space, in addition to the alien captain you have to kill to proceed. Thankfully, the captain is no better-armed or stronger in any respect to the lesser aliens around him, so you can kill him as you would any other alien. When he's downed, a hologram of an alien head, colored orange, will appear before you. Identical to the hologram we found earlier, this appears to be either the aliens' leader, or perhaps the captain of another ship. And speaking of another ship...
...we're going to undertake some ship-to-ship combat that will require speed and precision. But first, you have to wait for your friends to show up, which will happen automatically a minute or two after the final alien on the bridge is downed. Once they arrive, they'll each man a generator station, two on each side of the bridge, allowing you to use the death ray on our ship on another alien ship that's come in. Since you've basically ransacked the entire ship and left virtually no aliens left behind, the aliens find it easier to destroy Mothership Zeta than have to board it and deal with you manually. So, they turn their own death ray on you, and you'll need to go back and forth with that ship in order to down it before they down you.
Getting the death ray to work properly can be a little tricky. You can control the power of the beam on the left control panels, and then fire it once it's charged with the center control panel. Expect intermittent visits from still-alive aliens roving around the ship, who will appear in a last minute attempt to do you in. But all-in-all, as long as you continue to fire at the other mothership and down it before it downs you, the mission will end in victory. Congratulations! Mothership Zeta has been successfully conquered, and is now under the control of your friends. You can return to the Capital Wasteland now, with all of your new loot and plunder. And better yet, you can use a beacon at a static location on the surface to return whenever you so desire!


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Mission Matters
Center stage
Deborah Lohse, 1 Jul 2015
Introducing the Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship—fueled by a $25 million gift by Jeff Miller '73, MBA '76 and Karen Miller.
Taste for Yourself
Harold Gutmann, 1 Jul 2015
Taste for yourself what flavors Cuban food on the island. Listen to stories from the street. Walk the rows of a farm. You might learn a few things that textbooks and statistics and crafted political messages don't reveal. "That is the whole reason behind experiential learning," says Greg Baker, who led a group of 14 undergraduates to western Cuba in September.
Malala and Kailash
Steven Boyd Saum, 1 Jul 2015
Malala and Kailash shared the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education." Their portraits by photographer Michael Collopy, a fellow with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, now grace the walls of Victor B. and Julia Botto Vari Hall, as part of Collopy's Architects of Peace series.
One Shining Moment
SCM Staff, 1 Jul 2015
The State of the University 2015: Ambitious plans are afoot—including a dramatic campus expansion.
Art Start
SCM Staff, 1 Jul 2015
Construction on the lovely and state-of-the-art Edward M. Dowd Art and Art History Building has begun.
Take a Deep Breath
Jeff Gire, 1 Jul 2015
SCU clears the air. Campus is now tobacco-free.
Jeff Gire, 1 Jul 2015
Lights, turf, action: improvements to SCU's baseball and softball stadiums
Big Kicks
Jeff Gire, 1 Jul 2015
A $7.7 million gift from Mary Stevens '84 and husband Mark builds a new training center for Bronco soccer.
Atom and Molecules
SCM Staff, 1 Jul 2015
Chemist to chemist: welcoming Deborah C. Tahmassebi as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences—and thanking W. Atom Yee for a decade at the helm.
Dean Biz
SCM Staff, 1 Jul 2015
Caryn Beck-Dudley takes the wheel as dean of the Leavey School of Business.


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