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Cardinals Making Names for Themselves at NFL Combine
Catch Joel Godett's live blog updates from the 2014 NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Joel's talking with Keith Wenning, Willie Snead and Jonathon Newsome over the next two days along with other players from around the country along with experts and beat writers.
Willie Snead was the final of what seemed like a barrage of wide receivers to come to the media center around 4pm. He was also the last of the three Cardinals to make his rounds and he didn't hold back as far as expectations go for himself. Check out the full video of Snead from Lucas Oil Stadium here. Some of the highlights are below.
"I'm going to show them I can run great routes...I'm going to catch every pass in this combine"
"I am one of the best in this draft. I really believe that. I'm just ready to show off tomorrow and show what I can do."
Snead also pointed out that the Browns and Patriots have already spoken to him and that the Browns seemed really interested. Some questions came up about his father, who also played in the league, and Willie said one of his goals is to play longer than his dad's three year stint.
Jon Newsome met with the media earlier this afternoon. Here is a link to the video. Among the things Newsome talked about were his defensive back workouts to help with dropping into coverage. He also discussed the fact that being at the Combine is a dream come true and the obstacles he's gone through in his life up to this point.
Newsome was also asked about his thoughts on LB Michael Sam. Newsome replied that all he sees are "sacks, strip sacks." He said all he sees is a football player and that he would love to have him as a teammate.
Michael Sam's press conference lasted 15 minutes. Almost every member of the media in attendance stopped to take notice. During Sam's presser Arkansas State DT Ryan Carrethers came out to speak to the other four members of the media. I wandered in that direction and asked him about the GoDaddy Bowl. This is what he said.
"[Keith Wenning]'s a great player. I think he made moves when he had to...that explains why he's here."
"Our offense definitely had some troubles and I'm sure [Jonathon Newsome] was one of the main causes for it."
"I'm the one that blocked [the last second field goal to tie]. We were talking in practice that we block field goals all the time. So it was like 'we're going to block it, we're going to block it. We were talking for about 10 minutes on the sideline and we were just ready to go. When they ball hiked it we just fired off of them and we actually tipped it. We hit it. It was an outstanding feeling."
.....for him.
Chatted for a while with Russ Lande, the Director of College Scouting for the CFL's Montreal Alouettes and a former NFL scout. He's also an analyst for the B1G Network and SportsOnEarth.com. He knows the Ball State trio at the Combine well and had this to say about each of them:
On the overall rise of the BSU program:
"They've upgraded Ball State to the point were it's no longer a fluke guy who gets to the NFL Combine. Now it's they regularly have guys who are legitimately NFL prospects so they're going to be coming to the Combine."
On Keith Wenning's prospects at the next level:
"There's a lot of things to like about him. He's a leader. This kid knows how to take command of a team. But when you watch the film he's really impressive. He gets rid of the ball quickly, very accurate thrower, doesn't put the ball into bad spots. I think he has all the tools to play at the next level. I think the two things that NFL teams want to see from him a little bit more are how he's going to adjust to when the DBs are faster, because there are times he'll make some throws where he looks and sort of eyes his guy. You can't do that at the NFL level."
On concerns over Wenning:
"The other thing teams are questioning after the East-West Shrine Game…the arm strength was okay. It wasn't great. That's going to be the big challenge when he gets to the NFL. Does that arm strength translate to starter or is he going to be limited to being a backup."
On if Wenning can start:
"He's right on that border of being just good enough to start, or not good enough. But I tell you what, mentally it's all there and I've always believed most quarterbacks in the NFL succeed or fail based on how strong they are mentally."
On Wenning's draft potential:
"He's going to be drafted. Would it shock me if he went in the fourth? No. I'd be a little surprised if he went in the 7th."
On Willie Snead's prospects:
"Obviously lacking the great size and not being an explosive kid, that's your concern with him. But when you watch him play what you see is a kid who runs good routes, knows how to get open. He seems to have a feel for defenders. He seems to understand when they're on his hip, how to get away a little bit."
On Willie Snead's ability:
"Is he going to be able to do those things at the next level because he lacks explosiveness. He's more of a smooth athlete. He must prove he can get away."
On Willie Snead being able to play special teams:
"If he goes there and balls out on [special] teams during the offseason and training camp, oh he has an opportunity to make a team."
On What Snead has to show in workouts at the Combine:
"He has to have good workouts. It doesn't mean he has to run in the 4.4's, but he has to look good, run decently, under 4.6 would be ideal...Obviously the great thing for him is with Wenning being the guy that he is…generally, players that are on teams with quarterbacks that are highly regarded prospects get drafted a little bit higher than other guys because more people look at them closely because they're watching the film anyway."
On Jon Newsome's position in the NFL
"Can he display that he has a knack for getting to the quarterback. If he does, even if they don't think he's good enough to contribute, they may cut him and put him on the practice squad maybe try to add weight or maybe get him playing better off the ball in space -- whatever it may be so they can find a way to eventually use him as a pass rusher."
On if Newsome can show he can get a quick first step and get to the quarterback:
"If he can prove that he'll have an opportunity to carve out a spot in the NFL."
Spoke to Ravens GM Ozzie Newsome at the podium. Baltimore runs a 3-4 defensive front which would seem to fit the likes of Jonathon Newsome. Ozzie Newsome's reaction to Jon Newsome was two-fold:
1 - "Is he related to me?" I replied no. Ozzie is from Alabama. Jon is from Cleveland.
2 - "We've had these guys. I mean, Peter Boulware way back in '97 was a defensive end at Florida State, [Terrell] Suggs was a [defensive end at Arizona State]. So we've had those guys before. What our coordinator's try to do, what our head coaches try to do is put them in a position where whatever strenghts that they have, they can get a chance to show those strengths in pracitce or on Sundays or Mondays or Thursdays."
Final blog post of the day today...Keith Wenning did come and speak to the media around 3:30pm. No Willie Snead sightings today as he was too busy with, you know, the reason he's here. We'll try to catch up with him Saturday. In the mean time, here's the link to the full video.
Still waiting on Willie Snead to arrive in the media area. In the meantime, spoke with John Elway, the Denver GM. The Broncos drafted Maimi QB Zac Dysert in the seventh round last year, so they're likely out fo the QB market in 2014. But that being said, they certainly know what they want in a later round QB to develop.
"I think you have to see the potential. You have to see the ability, the raw potential of the arm strength, the ability to move around, the ability process information. Those are the three things that you try to find out about a quarterback. Then it's up to us at that point in time to coach them and see if they can mature and see if they can become the player that you want them to become at the position. You've got to have the ability there first and then hopefully we can get it out of ya."
Florida State WR Kelvin Benjamin hails from the Glades area of Florida. He and Willie Snead go back a ways with Snead's father having been the coach at Benjamin's alma mater Glades Central not long ago. Spoke to the national champion WR today:
"I met [Snead's] dad before I got to high school and started playing football. His dad was the head coach there until my coach stepped in there, Jessie Hester. Just seeing Willie at the same level I'm at, it's really exciting. I watched him all season at Ball State making the great catches he was making, the great effort he was doing to put his team in successful positions."
Colts GM Ryan Grigson took the podium. I caught up with him on his way off and asked him about the three Cards at the Combine:
"We like those guys. They all can play. I feel like they all have a place in this league. It just depends on who likes them enough to take them in the draft and afterwards. We just had draft meetings and we talk about all those guys. If some of those guys don't get drafted, it's nice to know they're an hour away. We'll definitely have Ball state blanketed. We always do.
"This past year I actually wanted to go there to see a couple of those guys…but it's hard during the season getting away. I actually wanted to take my one of my kids with me…one of my boys, but its so hard during the season getting out of the office when you have the roster mechanics to deal with every second of the day. But what Coach Lembo has done there is outstanding and there's more and more players coming out of there every year. I wish nothing but the best for [those] guys."
New Mexico State WR Austin Franklin is like Willie Snead. Both are under six feet tall, from non-BCS AQ programs and are both early entries into the draft. Here were his thoughts on the WR class in this draft:
"Its a good draft class. Probably, I wouldn't say number one, but it's probably one of the best. We got a lot of people that came out this year. I told myself when I was playing I was comparing myself to Sammy [Watkins], [Marquise] Lee, and [Brandin] Cooks. I was competing with them. I was showing everybody I could compete with them even though I'm not at a big school. When they left I told myself I didn't want to play against anybody else, because they were my competition
On having to prove yourself being under six feet tall:
"Just showing heart, being confident in yourself. Even though you're not 6-1, 6-2, you have to play like you're that height."
On needing to run good routes in the NFL and how that can set you apart:
"Of course! Now that you're in the pros, route running has to be on pointe."
Eastern Illinois QB Jimmy Garoppolo is one of the hot "under the radar" names among the group at the NFL combine. He played against NIU's Jordan Lynch in the regular season and against Keith Wenning in the Shrine Game. He spoka about both MAC quarterbacks.
"Great guys. I mean both of them are standup guys. Jordan's from the Chicagoland area like me so we get along real well. Keith was on the other side at the East-West game, so I didn't get to meet him too much but we've sat down and had a couple meals together. Both of them…very good quarterbacks.
Specifically on Wenning's skill set:
"He gets the ball out quickly. He's a very quick decision maker and that's really a tribute to him and his knowledge of the game really."
"You know, it's Division I football. There's grew players all around the country and with the Mid-American Conference, kind of the spread offense, the run and gun, there's great quarterbacks. It's great league. We beat a lot of BCS teams every year. We take down a lot of Big Ten teams. We get great kids in this conference who get over looked by bigger schools because it's either we're too slow, or too short, or some knock on us so no one takes us and we end up at a MAC school.
I asked Lynch about working out with Keith Wenning in Indianapolis. That prompted the retort of "are you from Ball State?" With an answer of yes he then replied:
"He's a great kid and he's a true competitor."
Spoke with Michigan WR Jeremy Gallon, who is working out with Keith Wenning at St. Vincent Sports Performance in Indianapolis. His thoughts on Wenning were impressive:
[He's got a] nice touch. Every ball is on the money. Training with him has been a very fun experience for me. He's a good guy. He's a good quarterback.
When asked if Wenning is underrated in the QB class:
"He's good enough in my eyes. If it's one out of 10, I'd give him a 10."
Spoke to Atlanta Falcons GM Tom Dimitroff at the podium. The Falcons drafted a QB to play and develop behind Matt Ryan in the seventh round last year. His thoughts on using later round picks on the QB position:
"Quarterback obliviously is a very interesting position. It's one of the more difficult positions to evaluate. There's so much involved. I had the good fortune of being around Tom Brady in New England, and now Matt Ryan, to get a real good feel of what we're looking for in a quaterback. Leadership aspects of a quarterback, its much more than strong arm and 6-5 height. It's about the entire package. It's very important for us and it's very important, I've seen it before and I think it's very important that you continue to develop a guy thats going to be a legitimate deuce and maybe even more to parlay into a trade opportunities, which obviously NE has done in the past. But the later picks, I think being creative with the later picks, and holding onto those guys is an important part of your scouting process and one of the big topics of conversation right now is where we are with player development in this league and it's going to be a very important part of this league.
Super Bowl Champion coach Pete Carroll took the podium and questions immediatly began about undersized quarterbacks. With Willie Snead in mind, the conversation got shifted to undersized wide receivers. The Seahawks have one in Doug Baldwin at just 5-10. Here's what Carroll said.
"Look back to the history. There are great football players who are 5-8 playing out there and guys that are 6-3 playing out there. There's a lot fewer of the tall guys, cause it's hard to be really tall and fast. So it all goes back to the makeup of the player. I'm watching [Clemson's] Sammy Watkins take the stage and he gets measured today. I think he's 6-1, 211 lbs. Okay, what separates that guy? What makes him such a great football player. It's all the other elements. It's not his height. It's speed, it's all the other stuff that's part of his makeup. His gifts and also the experiences he's had, the coaching he's had, the opportunity to play with great players…he had a great quarterback going through college. All of those things make the guy what they are. So to think that there's only certain packages and only certain standards, you're going to make mistakes that way."
Sounds a little like Willie Snead along with Sammy Watkins too.
Spoke with ESPN's Jon Clayton about the prospects of players drafted in the later rounds come April. Below are some of his thoughts. His full interview will air next Thursday at 4pm on Cardinal Talk (102.9FM/1340AM).
On late round QB's:
"Once you get to the fifth round, what everybody does is take one or two main qualities…and then try to build on it. What you want to try to do is you realize, you can have the guy for four years, but you've got to see where the upside is. But if there's one unique, or one or two unique things that that player can do, than you ant to try to translate that in and make him a draft choice."
The proliferation of young QB's in the NFL:
"Teams are taking younger QB's and if they show some promise keeping them as the backup or keeping them as the third with the idea of developing them into a backup." So there's more opportunities now for guys taken in the lower rounds getting the chance to become a backup."
On the rising success of slot receivers in the NFL:
"They're actually having a better chance right now than they've ever had," Clayton said while referencing Seattle's Doug Baldwin and Denver's Wes Welker.
"More teams are adopting the college spread systems and because of that it's creating opportunities for, not possessions guys, but slot guys. If you can get open and beat a cornerback internally, there's a great future. Now, you might have to bounce around to a couple teams, but once you find that right team…"
Ball State's football team will have three participants at the National Football League Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind.
Jonathan Newsome, Willie Snead and Keith Wenning will all be participating in the NFL Combine and be given a chance to showcase their skills for coaches and administrators from all NFL teams.
Ball State's Joel Godett will be in attendance and update the Cardinals participation in the event daily on www.ballstatesports.com.
Snead and Wenning's positions will work out Sunday, while Newsome's position group will go Monday.
The entire combine will be televised by NFL Network, starting at 9 a.m. ET every day from Saturday to Tuesday, and www.NFL.com will be live-streaming the event as well.
Newsome, who was a three-time Mid-American Conference West Division Defensive Player of the Week in 2013, started 12 games last fall and 22 in his two seasons at Ball State after transferring from Ohio State. Newsome ranked sixth for the Cardinals with 64 total tackles, while leading the team with 11 tackles for loss and eight sacks on the season. He was named to the All-MAC First Team after being honored on the All-MAC Second Team in 2012.
Snead, a junior wide receiver on Ball State's 2013 football team, completed the 2013 season with Ball State single-season records in receptions (106), receiving yards (1,516) and receiving touchdowns (15). His 1,516 receiving yards in the 2013 season ranked third in the nation. Snead completed his Ball State career ranked second in receiving yards (2,991), second in passes caught (223), second in touchdown catches (26) and first in 100-yard receiving games (13). Snead was named to the 2013 All-Mid-American Conference First Team and was a semifinalist for the Fred Biletnikoff Award this past season.
Wenning, senior quarterback who was named Ball State's John Magnabosco Award winner as the team's most valuable players on offense this past fall, set Ball State single-season school records for passing yards (4,148), pass attempts (498), pass completions (319) and touchdown passes (35) in 2013. In addition, the All-Mid-American Conference Second-Team selection, also set career records for the Cardinals for passing yards (11,402), pass attempts (1,642), pass completions (1,035) and touchdown passes (92).
Ball State, under the direction of head coach Pete Lembo, tallied a 10-3 overall record in 2013 and competed in the GoDaddy Bowl. It marked a second consecutive season the Cardinals competed in a bowl game and only the second time in school history for bowl appearances in back-to-back bowl seasons.


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on December 29, 2012 - 10:12 PM
On a November night in 2011, a crowd of men gathered inside a motorcycle club on Buffalo's East Side to watch a title fight on pay-per-view television. They also enjoyed the entertainment of strippers, and some employed the services of prostitutes at the party.
Five off-duty New York State troopers were among the revelers that night while as many as 10 scantily clad women pranced around a stripper pole in a corner of the New Brotherhood Motorcycle Club or danced in front of men near the unlicensed bar where liquor was served.
One of the off-duty troopers organized the "giant stag party."
Two paid for private lap dances and sex acts.
A fourth sporadically checked for weapons at the door.
The fifth just got drunk.
What happened that night led to a months-long state investigation that has rocked the State Police.
It also ended the careers of four of the troopers, and cast a taint on the fifth.
State Police brass trying to get to the bottom of what happened that night looked at what the troopers did and what they did not do inside the former church hall, as well as what they said and what they did not say afterward.
They heard from a prominent pastor and political leader in Buffalo who talked about the respect one of the troopers had earned in the community.
The party also brought attention and scrutiny to the New Brotherhood Motorcycle Club, whose members included several police officers and firefighters.
Titus Z. Taggart, an 18-year State Police veteran, attracted the most attention earlier this year when he was fired and also criminally charged for his role in organizing the party.
But revelations that other troopers had roles in the scandal are now coming to light because of one of them, Frederick Franklin Jr., is going to court to try to get his job back.
The 18-year-veteran was fired after a disciplinary hearing in August, and a transcript of the hearing is included in his court filing this month.
The testimony from troopers and others who were inside the hall that night provides an eyewitness account of a party that one State Police official likened to "a bomb that has blown up over all of us," bringing discredit to the force.
State got tipoff
Uncovering what happened at the party started with a tip that Taggart was promoting parties where money was being exchanged for sex.
The tipster had been at an earlier party Taggart had organized, and he spotted and then confronted a young woman he knew who was dancing for money. He alerted state police about Taggart's upcoming party on Nov. 12.
That night, an investigator for the Internal Affairs Bureau kept watch outside the club and snapped photographs of those entering and leaving the Miller Avenue building.
The investigation initially focused on Taggart, but after running checks on the license plates and looking at photos, investigators realized other off-duty troopers attended the party.
One photo showed three of the troopers leaving the club: Franklin, Michael Petritz and Jeremy C. Smith. Troooper Mark Hufnagel also attended.
Taggart was fired in June. He pleaded guilty earlier this month in Erie County Court to promoting prostitution.
Franklin was fired after his hearing.
Petritz and Smith resigned, a State Police spokeswoman said. Both had admitted to paying for sex acts.
Hufnagel remains a trooper, although Franklin's court papers indicate he was suspended for 60 days. Others who attended said he was highly intoxicated.
One trooper's defense
Franklin's disciplinary hearing was conducted before a three-member board composed of high-ranking State Police superiors.
Franklin testified. So did Petritz and Smith. Taggart did not appear.
Kevin P. Bruen, a lawyer for the State Police, laid out the accusations against Franklin.
"This case is not about Fred Franklin organizing or promoting strip parties," he said. "This case is about him knowing that the strippers were providing extras and failing to act until the last possible moment when Trooper Taggart was stopped at the border."
Richard T. Sullivan represented Franklin at the hearing and argued that the trooper was "guilty of one thing: going to a party."
"Fred Franklin attended a party with his girlfriend, and unfortunately at that party, Trooper Taggart engaged in illegal activities. Nobody disputes that," Sullivan said. "There is not a single witness … that said Fred Franklin had anything to do with the illegal activities that were going on at that party."
But State Police officials saw it differently. Bruen, the State Police lawyer, argued that Franklin knew what was happening at the party.
"Trooper Franklin knew what Trooper Taggart had going on because of the absurd lengths that Trooper Franklin went to distance himself from this conduct," Bruen said.
'Explanations' backfire
So what were those "absurd lengths?"
At the hearing, Franklin called the pole for dancers a "support pole" for the building.
Blue tarps divided a balcony into two areas where strippers provided private sex acts. Franklin testified the tarps were placed there because of roof damage.
Bruen scoffed at his explanation. "I am not Bob the Builder, but I suspect tarps protecting roof damage go on top of the roof, not inside in the shape of two rooms," Bruen said.
"He knew what was happening upstairs based on the fact that he's a smart guy, 18-year trooper," Bruen said. "Any one of us would have known, walked in, had a very bad feeling about this set up immediately. What's going on upstairs? Why are there chicks and dudes going upstairs?
"At some point, you gotta put on your big boy pants. You've got to put on your trooper hat," Bruen said.
And then there was the testimony of Cary Akine, who told the board he attended the party with his friend Hufnagel.
"Basically, strippers showed up and then different gentlemen showed up," Akine said.
The strippers and men climbed the stairs to the second-floor area divided by tarps.
Akine said he asked Franklin what was going on up there. "He said, 'You don't want to know,' " Akine told the board.
Defending the club
But when it came time for him to testify at his disciplinary hearing, Franklin said that Taggart told him the dancers were offering lap dances upstairs.
Franklin insisted he did not know Taggart had arranged for partygoers to pay for sex behind the tarps.
"I didn't pay attention to what was going on," he told the board, saying he sat with his girlfriend at the club's front door most of the night, occasionally checking for weapons. "I was just naive."
Troopers Petritz and Smith both testified that they did not tell Franklin that Taggart arranged for women to go upstairs with them.
Franklin also defended the motorcycle club to which he belonged.
The New Brotherhood Motorcycle Club was made up of African-American police officers, firefighters and others who shared a passion for riding motorcycles, he said.
Club members cleaned up the neighborhood, participated in parades and talked to youngsters in the area, he said. To defray expenses, members rented the building for birthday parties, baby showers and other events. The rental fee was $150.
"It's … a place where people in the neighborhood that couldn't afford to go to Chuck E. Cheese's and have a birthday party for their kids or, if people wanted to get together, [and] they couldn't afford to rent out Salvatore's or something like that. ...This was a place where anyone in the neighborhood … [could] rent the building for a reasonable cost," he said.
Franklin also found the club a comfortable place to socialize. "We weren't worried about running into people that I arrested or that are drug dealers," he said. "It just was a place where upstanding African-Americans can go without the threat of something happening."
But the club was also a place where Titus Taggart threw parties with prostitutes.
'A mobile strip club'
A Taggart party "can best be described as a mobile strip club," Bruen told the hearing board. Some were held at the motorcycle club.
At the November party, Taggart walked around with dollar bills in his hand making change for the men in attendance so they could tip the dancers. Bruen described how Taggart's parties operated:
Taggart would find a venue and print tickets and fliers. He usually promoted the parties around a sporting event. At the Nov. 12 party, the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez fight was being screened.
Partygoers would pay for a ticket to enter.
Taggart used his extensive contacts with strippers in the region to arrange for their appearances.
Taggart paid $150 to the motorcycle club for use of the hall. He kept the money raised by selling tickets. The club kept whatever it made selling alcohol. And the dancers and prostitutes kept the money they collected.
The board also heard how Taggart crossed the border with women.
The informant who tipped troopers off to the Nov. 12 party told investigators that Taggart was bringing young women from Canada into Western New York for parties.
So troopers placed a GPS device on Taggart's personal car, said Capt. Kevin M. Reilly of the Internal Affairs Bureau at the disciplinary hearing. State Police worked with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to track his border crossings.
State Police detected Taggart crossing the border in January and asked U.S. border officials to conduct a more thorough inspection. His car was searched. He was interviewed, and so was the woman who accompanied him, a woman flagged as a possible money smuggler and prostitute.
Both were separately released hours later.
But federal officials downloaded all the data from Taggart's phone, including some 2,000 pages of text messages. And some were between Taggart and Franklin, Reilly said.
Some texts dealt with details of the party at the motorcycle club.
"Also pretty obvious from the texts, he was kind of a friend of Trooper Taggart," Reilly said of Franklin. "I believe he had knowledge of what was going on at the parties."
A role model in Buffalo
One of the tragedies of the scandal is that Franklin was considered a role model in the community. The 1988 City Honors graduate earned a band scholarship to Mount Union College in Ohio, where he played percussion instruments and football. He transferred to Buffalo State College, but left before graduating in order to attend the New York State Police Academy.
As a trooper, he pointed out at the hearing, he won the award for making the most DWI arrests on the Thruway in 2011.
"It just really hurts because I've been an asset and a stand-up person my whole life," Franklin told the board. "And to be involved or accused and to look really bad, it just really hurts."
In fact, the hearing board noted that Franklin had 18 years of "positive service."
The Rev. Darius G. Pridgen, pastor of True Bethel Baptist Church and the Ellicott Council Member, also spoke on Franklin's behalf at the hearing. "There's always a respect level when Fred comes in ... ," Pridgen said.
Franklin pleaded with the board not to recommend his dismissal, to not look at him the same way people viewed Taggart. "It hurts me to be in this position as a father, as a trooper, and just as a man," Franklin said. "It's hard for me to put in words like how much you need to know that what he did was not what I did."
Board urges dismissal
In the end, though, the board found Franklin guilty of misconduct for being aware that sexual services were provided and alcohol sold without a license but failing to take proper police action. Franklin also "went to extreme and oftentimes ridiculous lengths to distance himself from his association with Titus Taggart and his involvement with the motorcycle club," the board concluded.
"A reasonable person, especially a trooper with over 18 years of police experience, would surmise that the area was being used for sexual favors," the board said.
Franklin's unwillingness to accept responsibility, failure to show remorse and his claim of naivete fall "well below the standards required by a seasoned member of the New York State Police," the board said. "To permit him to return to duty would send a message that lying to avoid responsibility is an acceptable means of escaping consequences for one's actions," the board concluded. State Police Superintendent Joseph D'Amico accepted the board's recommendation and fired Franklin.
Franklin has appealed his dismissal in State Supreme Court.
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U.S. 30 expansion drive falls short again
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LISBON — The latest effort to obtain funding for the proposed expansion of U.S. Route 30 again fell short of getting the state support needed for the long-stalled project to move forwar....
Another bad idea. Remember how route 11 was going to save the county and provide jobs. The only jobs provided were the construction jobs. Route 30 is a very scenic highway until you reach Canton where it turns into a monstrosity with trucks calling the rules. We have a scenic rivers act to protect the rivers, we need a scenic highway act too. At least we have another 4 years.
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text: In the tradition of Michael Pollan, Joan Gussow, and Verlyn Klinkenborg's The Rural Life, This Common Ground is an inspirational evocation of a life lived close to the earth, written by the head farmer at one of the country's first community-supported farms. By reflecting on four seasons of activity at his beloved Quail Hill Farm in eastern Long Island, Scott Chaskey offers stirring insight into the connections between land and the human family. Whether writing about the voice of a small wren nesting in the lemon balm or a meadow of oats, millet, and peas rising to silver and green after a fresh rain, this poet-farmer's contagious sense of wonder brings us back to our bond with the soil.


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This is a team that started 0-2?
The Bishop England football team made short work of North Charleston, 38-0, on Thursday night for its third consecutive win. Senior Nick Shiver had three touchdowns, including a 96-yard interception return for a score in the second quarter.
"We're young, and it's been a huge learning experience," coach John Cantey said. "We have a really strong offensive line, and we're going to rely on them."
Bishop England (3-2) found the end zone on its first four offensive possessions en route to a 35-0 halftime lead. Shiver made the second quarter his own with a 48-yard scoring run to start the period and then the long interception return on the ensuing Cougars (0-5) possession to stop their longest drive of the night.
"He's a heck of an athlete and a heck of a kid," Cantey said. After watching then-senior DeAngelo Stephenson receive the majority of the carries last season at tailback, Shiver is in the spotlight. "He knows it's his turn now," Cantey added.
The Battling Bishops tried to work out their passing kinks early. Senior quarterback Reed Fosberry tossed a 17-yard touchdown to Boo Baird and then a 37-yard touchdown on the next possession to Shiver for a quick 14-0 lead. Fullback C.J. Michel added a goal line score late in the first quarter.
Bishop England tallied 201 yards in the first half to North Charleston's 87 before favoring its bench players the rest of the game. The Cougars fumbled four times in the first quarter.
Matthew Mellin booted a 35-yard field goal for the only score of the second half. Cantey said after the game he was proud of his team for posting a shutout and credited a "bend, don't break mentality."
Bishop England will look to improve to 3-0 in region play next week when it hosts Battery Creek.
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NEW YORK – Gliere's Symphony No. 3, which the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra will be tackling tonight at Carnegie Hall, is big. That's one reason the orchestra was accepted for Carnegie Hall's prestigious Spring for Music Festival.
But there is something bigger than that symphony.
That is the wave of Buffalonians following the BPO to New York City to cheer it on, the way fans cheer on the Bills and the Sabres.
"I couldn't believe it," said David Sullivan of Salt Lake City, Utah. Sullivan is a fan of Gliere, a Russian composer whose Symphony No. 3 is rarely performed.
He flew to Buffalo from Utah last weekend to attend the BPO's performances of Gliere's symphony at Kleinhans Music Hall, even thanking BPO Music Director JoAnn Falletta for programming the seldom-heard piece. He will also be there at Carnegie Hall.
Sullivan was amazed to see signs at the Buffalo airport wishing the BPO good luck. He said it was unusual to see the kind of support that the BPO sees from the Buffalo community. "In Salt Lake City," he said, "we still have people who walk out during 'The Rite of Spring.' "
More than 2,200 tickets had been sold by Tuesday night, when BPO fans and donors rallied at a cocktail party at the headquarters of CNN Studios on Columbus Circle in Manhattan.
The ticket sales are close to a record for Spring for Music, an annual festival at Carnegie Hall that features orchestras from across America playing unusual repertoire. Carnegie Hall seats 2,800, so hopes are glimmering for a possible full house.
For those who cannot attend the performance this evening, New York's classical music station WQXR will be broadcasting the concert live and streaming it live online.
Ange Fatta, who led the recent successful endowment campaign for the orchestra, stood happily amid the festivities Tuesday. The BPO has had a balanced budget for seven out of the last eight years, and the orchestra's return to Carnegie Hall seems to echo that success.
"We're in good shape," Fatta said. "But the orchestra field is tenuous, and we can't get cocky. We can't relax."
"However," he added with a smile, "tonight and tomorrow, it's OK to be relaxed."
The crowd at the CNN party included Buffalonians from across the board. Andras and Connie Vari, a Hungarian-American couple, had gone to the BPO's minifestival of Hungarian music and now were in New York. "We're so proud of the orchestra," said Connie Vari. "There are so many people here from Buffalo."
Their early-morning Jet Blue flight had been full of Buffalonians bound for Carnegie Hall, and so was the flight after that. The planned influx of Buffalonians was noted last weekend in the New York Times, which opined that Buffalo deserved a kind of civic achievement award.
Most Buffalonians seemed at home in the Big Apple. Many have been to Carnegie Hall many times, and more than a few had been here for the orchestra's last appearance in the hall, in 2004.
Joyce Wilson recalled how emotional that last concert was.
"I remember how JoAnn Falletta, after the concert, was greeting people," she said. She recalled Falletta giving an impromptu talk. "She was so overwhelmed," she said. "She was more than crying. She was sobbing."
Falletta was beaming at the CNN party in the company's cafeteria, which has a stunning view overlooking the trees and greenery in Central Park.
She saluted the musicians' hard work. "This symphony is rarely performed, and we can see why," she joked, as the crowd of about 150 people burst out laughing.
More seriously, she greeted the supporters who filled the room. "It means a great deal that we represent people who care about the orchestra," she said. "I can't tell you how it's going to feel when we look out tomorrow night and see you there."
One of the people in the crowd was her husband, Robert Alemany. An accomplished clarinetist, Alemany will be playing in the orchestra tonight. The Gliere symphony requires extra musicians, one reason it is seldom performed.
Such are the symphony's difficulties that some of the musicians would discuss them only off the record. Alemany was modest discussing his part in the music.
"Some of the other parts are more difficult," he said. "Mine isn't overwhelming. It's satisfying to play. I'm a big fan of the piece. When you play a piece in the orchestra, it's a different experience from what you have in the audience. It's like being in the middle of a great stereo system."
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Broadway Theater – Tony Award NominationsDresden Shumaker
Early last week the American Theatre Wing announced the Tony Award Nominations for the 66th ceremony to be broadcast on June 9th.
This is a fantastic year for theatre on Broadway and many outstanding shows have been nominated. Many theatre critics are also clamouring that some great shows have been shut out or snubbed. Bette Midler's performance in I'll Eat You Last was considered a shoe in for a nomination for and yet it did not make the list.
There were some beautiful victories within the nominations. Cicely Tyson, who returned to Broadway for the first time in 30 years, earned her first ever Tony nomination for "Best Actress in a Play" for the revival of Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful. The Trip to Bountiful was produced by New York Knick All-Star center, Tyson Chandler and his wife Kimberly. Chandler is now the first NBA star to have received a Tony nomination.
Tom Hanks has also received his first ever Tony award nomination for his performance in Nora Ephram's Lucky Guys. The LA Times is reporting that Lucky Guy has already turned a profit. This is a pretty amazing achievement considering the show opened just over a month ago on April 1st.
There are many familiar names within the list of nominees this year as Broadway continues to be a welcoming home for many film and tv stars to show off their acting chops. Here is the list of nominees for best actor and actress in a lead role in a play. You can read the complete list of Tony Award nominees on their website.
Tom Hanks for Lucky Guy
Nathan Lane for The Nance
Tracy Letts for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
David Hyde Pierce for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Tom Sturridge for Orphans
Laurie Metcalf for The Other Place
Amy Morton for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Kristine Nielsen for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Holland Taylor for Ann
Cicely Tyson for The Trip to Bountiful
If you are looking to take your family to a Tony Award nominated show there are many choices. I talked to Holly Fink, who runs Culture Mom Media in NYC, about which shows she suggests are best for families. Here is what she suggests:
"Kinky Boots, which has the most nominations of any show is a great show for older kids (12 and up). Matilda is good for kids of all ages. Direct from London, it's an adaptation of the novel by Roald Dahl and has opened to rave reviews. Up for revival, Annie is also great for kids of all ages, Pippin is quintessential Fosse and I'm planning to take my kids for musical theater 101 and Cinderella is a full on Broadway extravaganza."
No word yet on who will be the host for the ceremony this year. Who do you think should host the big show?
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Election campaigns sorely need reform
Now that the election and inauguration are over, all we will hear about over the next few years is deficit reduction ceremonies. After going through one of the worst campaigns I can remember, I have a suggestion for both parties. Let's do away with both national conventions, and scale down the parties at the inauguration. The amount of money saved on security and other items would be astronomical.
While we're at it, let's put a cap on super PAC spending so we don't have to watch lie after lie every 10 minutes on our local channels. Keep the debates so the people can hear the candidates' positions, but the rest is just for the Washington elites and bigwigs in each party. Enough is enough.
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June 9, 2012, will mark the 200th anniversary of the Tribune Chronicle and its predecessor newspapers. The general public often takes the newspaper for granted, not taking it seriously, and even feeling disdain for it. But through it, we receive information, share information and discuss among ourselves the value of the information. The best papers are part of the conscience and character of a community.
Years ago, a friend declared that she was canceling her subscription to the newspaper because she was outraged with an editorial comment. I replied that she might have clarified her point to the general public if she had written a letter to the editor stating how she disagreed with the editorial stance. She was not inclined to do that. The newspaper provides a forum for the community. She missed an opportunity to participate in that forum.
While an editorial may be upsetting on occasion, it may provide a different point of view than yours, and thereby possibly give you a different perspective to consider. A good newspaper keeps its news reporting unbiased and separate from its editorial stance.
On another occasion, I attended a wedding in another community. During the reception, I was in conversation with a lawyer friend. I stated that I had thought about writing an article about the importance of newspapers. The lawyer, who is an avid computer wonk, responded, "You had better do it soon. Next year may be too late!"
Later, I had an opportunity to talk with a newspaper publisher I know. I recounted this conversation. He said he understood. "The future is always challenging and newspapers may take a different form someday," he said. "Nearly every newspaper already has a web site. For years to come, however," my friend continued, "newspapers will be about as we know them now, as long as they are well managed, accountable, provide good writing, help expand horizons and deliver the information their readers want."
When I was a kid, there wasn't a TV in our home. I learned about local and world affairs by cutting out stories and photos from newspapers. The 1938 hurricane, the flight of the Hindenburg zeppelin over Brockton, Massachusetts, (where we lived) and Ted Williams' home runs come to mind. Later, being too young for service during World War II, I followed the action with clippings of stories and maps about far away places where family and neighbors went during the war. I still have those scrapbooks. I learned to rely upon newspapers, and took from them what I judged to be important.
Young people today are growing up with TV, radio, and the Internet, which means they are learning to depend on electronics for news, knowledge, entertainment and inspiration. Whatever the format, people will always need news. Newspapers, however, can inform people in a more effective way about vital issues of government, education, finance, safety, and civic and athletic events. They can celebrate notable personalities; provide a record of marriages, births, and deaths and they can make known where the best buys and sales can be found. It is all there, but the aggressive "Extra! Extra! Read all about it!" is gone. Today, the reader must take the initiative to buy the paper.
TV is capitalizing on the newspapers' strong suit: in-depth coverage. But, in their four stories per hour, the TV news magazines often do not have the timeliness and urgency of newspaper reporting. They sometimes report feature stories that happened months or even years earlier. With use of the Freedom of Information Act when needed, newspaper reporters can bring all the vital budgetary and government program information to the public's eye, usually within a day or two.
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Deputies: Man shot in chest by masked men
UPDATED 7:48 AM EDT Mar 11, 2013
A Valley Falls man is in the hospital after being shot in the chest.
According to the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office, a couple were returning to their home on Wilson Court just after 10:15 Friday night, when they were approached by two men wearing ski masks and hoodies.
One of the suspects shot the male victim in the chest before both suspects fled.
A K-9 unit is attempting to track the suspects.
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quote: Apple's products don't compete on any rational considerations, like price, quality, features, reliability, non-explosion
quote: That's because they don't really get viruses
quote: And since you also continue to compare the iPhone to "top end" Android handsets (for price comparison), I challenge you to find one high end Android device that hasn't received an OS update.
quote: and you're a prime example of just how appalling a human being can be.
quote: If that's the best you can do...oh wait, it is. Because you haven't the slightest grounds to support any pro-Apple theories at all.
quote: The internet is littered with the piss-poor designs, pathetic quality, unreliability, ridiculous overpricing, and even self-immolation of Apple products.
quote: There is no possible way any company in the world would get away with what Apple gets away with if it wasn't Apple
quote: .it has to do with the fact that you people are all hardwired to think the same. And act the same...and buy the same...
quote: If the SG3 comes out and is better, sorts Androids freezing problems, battery life issues, and finally catches up with the IPhone 4S on the hardware front, then I will have no problem changing my recommendation and opinion on the current best phone.
quote: Yes just like Windows was "inferior" because it was "less secure".
quote: As far as benchmarks go, that's funny. When Apple loses in benchmarks you guys go "It's about the experience, not numbers". When you have a lead in benchmarks, suddenly Apple is a performance crown company.
quote: I thought things like speed and benchmarks were for "enthusiasts who obsess with tweaking hardware" while you guys focused on the "experience and look and feel"? My how times have changed :)
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I am watching the face-off between the Postal Service and the federal government over Saturday delivery with grim amusement. When I carried mail, I came to know that the Postal Service administration considered itself also the FBI, CIA and Department of Homeland Security combined. It has a culture all its own and feels it answers to no one outside of the organization. Rep. Brian Higgins has recently found that out.
The Postal Service is doing a lot of poor-mouthing about finances, but its administrators, at least in Buffalo, were happily voting themselves performance bonuses, among other things, at the time I left. The withdrawal of Saturday service is just an attempt to break the laborers' unions in favor of the administrators' unions. Yes, the postmasters and others have their own unions, and all of this is internecine warfare within the culture, with the customers, and public service, as the losers.
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I don't think it is the same thing:
1) Not a blindside hit
2) Head was not targeted
3) Kronwall (and the team) was severely punished in the game - he was thrown out - Cooke went unpenalized
I wasn't referring to the legality of the hit, I was responding to the poster's comment about the 'respect' factor. In that way, it doesn't matter HOW he hit him or the conse
That said, you're omitting the ways it IS the same:
1. Havlat has his head is on the puck, not the play
2. Havlat is extended
3. Everyone knows Kronwall blows people up at the blue line all the time.
Punishment aside, its a part of the game and will not change. It will still happen, but the consequence will just be different.
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The 10 Myths of Retirement Planning
Retirement planning requires a clear-eyed analysis of future needs and income. Yet many individuals view retirement through rose-colored glasses.
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Myth #1: You will not need as much money during retirement as you do now.
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The general rule of thumb says that you will need approximately 70% of your pre-retirement income in order to maintain a lifestyle similar to that which you currently have. This may be true if you live your current lifestyle. However, when you retire, you will have more free time for travel, leisure activities, hobbies, and other things you might like to do during your retirement years.
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Myth #4: Social Security will provide enough income for my retirement years.
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Myth #5: I have my pension plan to provide for my retirement income and will not need any additional savings.
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Myth #7: All of my assets are in safe vehicles for long-term accumulation and do not need to be watched closely.
The fact is that all investments need to be watched. And that is true whether you are invested in more volatile but higher-long-term-growth stocks, or less volatile but lower-returning fixed-income investments. The loss of purchasing power can be a devastating risk to deal with because it happens gradually over a long period of time and many times goes unnoticed year to year. The only thing you know is that things seem to get a little bit tighter each year, but you still try to make it. By the time you realize you need to make major adjustments, it is almost too late.
Myth #8: I can always use the equity in my home to add to my retirement income.
While it is possible that this could occur, it is unlikely that this will add much to your retirement income, especially without making you extremely uncomfortable. Some areas of the country have seen price drops in homes at various time periods. In addition, other costs to maintain your home such as property taxes, repair costs, etc., will tend to increase. If you do use your home to supplement your retirement income, remember to take advantage of all the tax breaks available to you, especially when downsizing.
Myth #9: If need be, my family can always help me out.
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Myth #10: Money is everything when it comes to retirement planning.
Nothing could be further from the truth! While money is important, it is the lifestyle decisions that are really the most important concerns for your retirement years. Money is important in that it is needed in order to finance the lifestyle decisions you make. For that reason, it is important to plan as early as possible for funding the lifestyle you would like to lead.
Robert from FL posted over 5 years ago:
At retirement(year end),how to convert a 401k lump sum to a Roth IRA avoiding taxes?
George from TX posted over 5 years ago:
I don't understand the benefit ... the costs outweigh the benefits as I understand it.
1. You liquidate current IRA accounts ... which means you pay the IRS this year on your total IRA amount as "normal income".
2. You can invest the remainder in a Roth IRA, where future growth is "tax free".
Oops ... #1 forces me into approx. 50% tax bracket for the conversion year ... meaning I have to double my remaining investment to "break even" ... then, in theory, I've lost the inflation rate or "opportunity cost" in economic terminology.
Additionally, as a "retired" person, I make quarterly withdrawals from these IRA accounts - supplementing Social Security for living expenses.
Roth accounts seem to be a great idea for young people ... BUT not so good an idea for those of us who are retired.
Am I missing something?
Richard from NJ posted over 5 years ago:
I would like to hear the particulars of this posting
Paul from MD posted over 5 years ago:
You are absolutely right, Robert. I am 68 and work part time. New money I put in a Roth; but I have not touched my IRA because of the tax bite. When I start withdrawing my income will be less and the tax bite smaller.
Dan from FL posted over 5 years ago:
(63) I have the same opinion. I looked at converting and found no benefit other than estate planning. I think a Roth is treated differently and would benefit our heirs, possibly?
Suzane from NV posted over 5 years ago:
Conversion does not need to be all or nothing as I understand it. I am converting a portion of my IRA to Roth so that I will have a liquid source of funds free from AMT preference. Also, with Medicare cost brackets changing and cost for higher income rising I am trying to think about future MAGI levels. At least for a change we know what AMT will be doing for two years instead of just one.
Kevin from CO posted over 5 years ago:
I think Robert's sceanrio is an interesting one. The ROTH IRA seems to make more sense for those of us in the "planning for retirement phase". I am 51 and just converted a fair portion of my investments into a ROTH. With increased pressure on taxes, the conversion seemed wise. I now have 15+ years to contribute to it and let it grow. That being said, I am going to write the IRS a nice check this year. OUCH! Time is on my side, now I just need to invest wisely. AAII is helping me with that.
Hudson from IA posted over 5 years ago:
(34) All these comments make good sense and provide some nice perspective. I did convert all of two previous 401ks simply because I knew this was the last time I could spread them over two years. I considered doing it slowly over time, but I expect my tax bracket to increase as my income (hopefully) increases. As a younger person I made the switch, but were I near retirement I would not get too excited about a conversion unless I had a GREAT reason to do it.
Stanley from NV posted over 5 years ago:
The ROTH IRA should be maximized each year with the thought of leaving it to love ones who will benefit the most from the investment or to charity but never left to the local,state or federal governmental bodies.....
Nathan from OH posted over 4 years ago:
This is my first post so hope I can ask a question not related to the issue above?
When we start withdrawing from our investments for retirement, is it better to draw down IRAs first or non-deferred accounts?
Anthony Diana from NY posted over 3 years ago:
I make withdrawals first from my Non- IRA Accounts first, since the taxes are already paid. Once I reached 70 and 1/2 I had to take MRD's out every year or face a 50% fine from the Government. I take these withdrawal out of my Money Market IRA so that it will not effect my equity portion of my IRAs. If possible, it's usually better to wait till after you retire to withdraw from IRAs so you can pay less taxes. I did not convert to Roth IRAs, since you would have to pay up-front taxes!
Steve from PA posted about 1 year ago:
I have some issue with Myth#1. Some people say 70% some say 100% but I think they all suffer from thinking one size fits all. I would think, or hope, that most members here are investing for retirement and try to reduce or elimate debt. If you are living on $100,000 a year but are investing $20,000 a year and making mortgage payments of $30,000 a year you are really lviing on $50,000. Instead of using a percentage why not look at your current spending, remove anything you won't be paying in retirement, add in any new expenses and increase for inflation?
I also think it is a shame that there are no new or current articles dealing with retirement on the site. Retirement is one of, if not the largest reason to be investing. It would seem from the comments that a good article on IRA conversions would help a lot of the members.
Don Bain from OR posted 9 months ago:
I agree with Steve. With so many of us crossing the threshold of retirement age, and retirement/estate planning being a big important topic which necessarily overlaps with investing, AAII should be providing a lot more on these topics. AAII should even offer a whole section in print and on line covering such issues.
Personally, the idea of devoting my time, attention & energy to baby sitting a portfolio of individual stocks and other asset class investments is about as appealing as cleaning the house daily. It's not a hobby or shouldn't be another job!