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Review By Ed Piotrowski - March 16, 2005
May as well get the bad news out of the way first. Try as I might, I simply could not get SLI to work properly in any mode with this game. Combine comparatively immature drivers for the technology with this game's major CPU limitations and what you see below is what you get. For this test I used the Primeval timedemo, which demos an intense Onslaught match with several players, vehicles and explosions. I ran the benchmark three times at each setting and took the average frame rate. All in-game settings were put to their maximum, except physics detail, which was set to low to try to lower CPU overhead. Sound also was disabled.
You will notice how I used the split-frame rendering mode to obtain my results. The default profile in the 71.81 drivers is for alternate-frame rendering. I was reading Chris Ray's SLI investigation in the forums. He realized a performance increase in the most GPU-intensive situations in UT 2004 by switching the profile to SFR. Obviously this didn't work for me and in fact had quite the opposite reaction.
Using the default AFR profile made no difference in terms of benchmark scores. The differences were often less than 1 frame per second, even at the highest resolution and image quality settings. I wouldn't say the picture is totally bleak, however. In addition to other game tests showing improvements with SLI, you can use the NvSLI Application Optimizer to force UT 2004 to use single GPU rendering even if you have the SLI checkbox enabled in the driver control panel. Set it, reboot and forget it. Scores jump back up to their normal single GPU levels.
I will spare you the particulars of everything this game has going for it. In spite of a rocky launch, Valve Software has been, in my opinion, pretty responsive to fixes, bugs, and performance issues relating to the single-player aspect of this game. I personally don't play any of the multiplayer aspects, but I continue to enjoy the solo campaign.
In this game, I used the popular benchmarking program Fraps to record game performance in a self-created demo. I chose a nice segment of the "Highway 17" level that features a variety of indoor and outdoor scenery. I spent time calculating the best ways to take my run, and then ran through my own demo three times using Fraps' built-in benchmarking capability. All in-game settings were set to the game defaults, which was high except for the reflection setting, which defaulted to "Reflect world."
Some nice improvements here when you up the resolution from 1024 to 1280 and from 1280 to 1600. I highlighted the 1600x1200 results to illustrate this point. While 4xAA/8xAF remains unplayable, that's more a limitation of the 128 MB of video memory and 128-bit memory interface. Imagine the results were I running a pair of PCI-Express 6800 GT or Ultra cards.
Out of sheer curiosity, I decided to run a quick test on this map at 1280 resolution but dropping the AA and AF to 2x and 4x, respectively, with SLI enabled. Scores from the averaged out runs: 35 min and 82 avg. The 35 happened only for a spilt second and was not to be seen in any other parts of the test. I personally find this setting ideal for my tastes - solid IQ and performance all rolled into one, no doubt thanks to the second video card.
Far Cry
Here's the first game that was engineered to take advantage of the GeForce 6-series support for Shader Model 3.0. While it was through a patch, it was nice to see developer hop on-board with this added feature. Tests of this game used the split-frame rendering mode. As with Half-Life 2, I used Fraps to record a demo. I used a portion of the Training level, again featuring indoor and outdoor environments. All in-game options were set to their highest levels, except for shadows, which were set on medium. Hardware audio was disabled as well as it would cause the game to stutter and slow to a crawl.
SLI also is doing its job in this title, albeit somewhat less effectively than in Half-Life 2. This likely is due, however, to some limitations within the game engine. Not only in this level but also other spots in the game give problems for video cards. My former GeForce 6800 GT would occasionally struggle in some areas, that's why you're seeing a bit more consistency in the low frame rate measures at 1024 and 1280.
Using SLI at 1280x1024 and dropping the anti-aliasing to 2x (low) gave scores of 27 min and 45 avg.
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You can't exactly blame Republican critics of Rice; they had legitimate concerns about her role in Benghazi. But some have speculated McCain's long-time friendship with John Kerry–now the most likely candidate for secretary of state–may have also played a role.
McCain has also been very close with fellow Vietnam veteran Hagel, though it's not clear how much that relationship was strained by the 2008 election, when Hagel became a vocal critic of McCain's foreign policy.
Now that McCain has decided to stay on the Armed Services Committee, he will obviously play a role in the next secretary of defense confirmation hearings. As a hawk on Iran and a supporter of U.S. intervention in Syria, McCain could provide crucial cover for Hagel, who is considered soft on Iran and opposed to foreign intervention. Or McCain could do to Hagel what Hagel did to him in 2008. He repeatedly whacked McCain on foreign policy during the election, and promptly joined Obama's national security advisory board once it was over.
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Affliction 2 dubbed Day of Reckoning, scheduled for October, 11-th has just been officially announced. Moreover the main event clash between two heavyweights has also been revealed.
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So here we go - the first genuine stinker of the year. I'm not particularly inclined to spend that much time reviewing it either, seeing as it's taken an unnecessarily-long two hours of my life already.
The dilemma is this: bloke (Vince Vaughn) sees wife of best mate (Kevin James, his wife being somewhat implausibly played by the ever-radiant Winona Ryder) in a romantic clinch with a tattooed Other Man (Channing Tatum) and spends the rest of the film wrangling over whether or not to spill the beans. In the background is a misplaced subplot involving car engine design.
Plus points: Winona Ryder's in it
Minus points: pretty much everything else. Vaughn is all saggy self-parody, James and Jennifer Connolly (as Vaughan's wife) tread water, Queen Latifah flails in a redundant role. The story is unbalanced, the dialogue is stupid (all of the jokes fall flat) and the tone is just a mess. Ron Howard, normally a reliable director, has made a complete pig's breakfast of this - is it a drama? Is it a comedy? Nobody knows, least of all the cast and crew.
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|hes hurt some feelings with that
and im a-ok with it. i love everything about him honestly.
|3 weeks 2 days ago
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Resident Advisor, FACT Mag, Cocaine Blunts not quite everyday.
also a very active member of the okayplayer boards.
|4 weeks 11 hours ago
|great day to be a shamrock
just like every other day
|4 weeks 1 day ago
|Flip had his chance
he had 8 points in his last 19 playoff games here and was a -7
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he was scratched in the beginning because he committed a stupid bench penalty a few games before the playoffs started. when babcock couldnt wait any more and called his number, i thought he played really well.
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do you watch games? lacks speed and effort? did you just pick a bottom-6 forward at random?
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|its not coaching? lol
I would say OSU has a decent claim to that based on recent history.
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i agree. the shit gets old, especially when its people hammering Brian's funny stuff into fine grain powder.
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|Movement for me as well
You doing afterparties?
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|who cares?
for one, after the Baylor-TCU fiasco we are going to have auto bids by the time any of these games get scheduled. for another, whats the incentive to show up to the stadium for those games? and finally, how does a shit schedule help a team prepare for the "2nd toughest division in the country" (lol)?
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|if you hate Navy's offense...
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nothing wrong with competing and falling short. people who love the sport tend to find that preferable to snacking on cupcakes. people who just want to gratify their provincialism tend not to. thats why i asked.
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|well im a GT grad in a UM family
thats too heart rending to comprehend. but you are correct. Miss St, VT, UGA, Clemson, and FSU all got touched for 350+ on the ground last year.
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thats the one game i never want to see.
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|i love that stadium
its almost scary on the top row. after we (GT) won there in 2000 i took a picture of the rock with a gold pom wig and GT hat on it. the locals were not amused.
|10 weeks 9 hours ago
|its pathetic
but not for the reason you might think. WF, UVA, BC, and PITT can be safely considered the ACC welcome wagon. we are the best team on their schedule and they get us as home. At Clemson is tough but they avoided FSU, UL, VT, Duke. They only play against 2 of the best 6 teams in the ACC, even though they probably are the 2 best going in.
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honest question.
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i grew up in the city and have a deep hatred of suburbia. but i LOVE Plymouth.
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great analysis
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we are not an official extension of the university. we are members of an independent message board. there is always a line not to cross, but this is nowhere near it, nor does it invite people to cross it.
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|good lord.
Why is it so hard to believe Urbz got his lunch money taken by an elite DC?
|13 weeks 3 days ago
Foster outcoached Meyer that day. Plain and simple.
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|heres the problem
The ACC was BY FAR the best conference when it came to playing OOC. 3 top 15 SRS wins (us over uga, bc over usc, vt over osu) was more than all other conferences combined. ACC also went 10-7 vs power5 teams and 7-6 vs SRS top 50. The Big 10 had a nice bowl season but they went 6-11 vs power5 teams, 4-9 vs top 50, and had 4 losses to bottom 60. ACC inferiority is a lazy and tired narrative.
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|more like 26-30
he's the only other irreplaceable part for a great season besides Walton
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30+ minutes at the point every game unless Spike really has it going. like NC game going.
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i didnt see anything wrong with his shot, and he looks like a handful off the bounce. he's gonna get his looks.
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Paloma returns with a tray of food and finds Noah naked in bed. As they kiss, they discuss how wonderful it is that there are no distractions, but then Paloma gets a call from Roberto. He's been arrested at a club on the wharf and needs someone to bail him out. She tells Noah she has to go help Roberto, much to Noah's irritation and gets out of bed.
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Ethan and Gwen walk in, but Ethan doesn't think he can face everyone right now. Gwen reminds Ethan that he promised he was going to focus on her and their family and wants reassurances that he can put Theresa behind him. Ethan says it's not that easy. Noah and Paloma walk up and tell them they are leaving. Paloma hugs Ethan and says they will get through this together. After Ethan and Gwen head into the living room, Noah tells Paloma he wishes they had a place to be alone together. They say they'll figure it out and the demon elf appears saying he has plans for them.
Noah and Paloma go to the wharf lamenting the fact that they have nowhere to be alone together. The elf pops up and thinks they have much bigger problems than that. Noah gets an idea of where they can be together and steps aside to make a few phone calls.
The elf tells a mystery man that it's time for him to strike. The man walks over to Paloma, grabs her and kisses her. Paloma breaks away and is shocked to see that it's Roberto. He tells her that he's back in Harmony for good because he couldn't keep away from her and she is clearly affected by him. He wants to pick up where they left off and kisses her again just as Noah returns. Noah punches Roberto who falls to the ground. Paloma helps her ex off the ground and tells Noah he's just an old friend. Noah knows exactly who he is and asks what he's doing there. Roberto says his time away made him realize what was important to him and Noah tells him that ship has sailed. Noah wants Paloma to tell him why that is and Paloma stalls a bit, but then tells Roberto that she and Noah are getting married. Roberto begrudgingly congratulates a defensive Noah and Paloma asks Roberto if he'd like to stick around and catch up. He says another time because right now he has to look for a place to live and leaves.
The demon thinks his plan is working perfectly as he sees that Paloma still has feelings for her ex. Noah asks why she didn't tell Roberto right away that they were engaged and wonders if she still has feelings for him. The demon blows a black heart Paloma's way which makes her think about Roberto, but she tells Noah she loves him and he's the only man for her. Noah apologizes for overreacting and is happy he's the only man for her and hugs her, but Paloma doesn't look so convinced. Noah says he talked to Tabitha, and Paloma can rent a room from her until they get married, which the elf thinks is an excellent idea.
Noah and Paloma go to Tabitha's and hear someone in the shower. Noah thinks it's Miguel, but the elf appears and says the house is full of surprises. They go in Paloma's room and hear that the shower has turned off. They yell for Miguel to come in, but are surprised to see a towel clad Roberto enter the room instead. Roberto says Tabitha rented him a room and they will be neighbors.
After Sam and Ivy have sex, they move to the kitchen for a snack and continue their love fest. Noah and Paloma interrupt them when they enter the room while making out themselves. Both couples are a bit uncomfortable and try to cover up that they were getting intimate. Ivy opens a bottle of wine for everyone and Sam says he wants to talk to Noah and Paloma about their upcoming marriage. Sam wants to help them avoid the mistakes he and Ivy made and Ivy agrees. Noah pulls Paloma aside and tells her they will hear their advice and then find some place to be alone. The foursome sits at the table and Ivy tells them that plots and schemes always go wrong and come at a terrible price. She urges them to never lie to each other and Sam tells them to always be each other's champion because love and devotion will get them through anything. Noah asks Sam how he got over what happened to his mother and Ivy thinks that's a fair question. Sam responds that he was angry at Ivy, but she did what she did because of love. He says Grace chose David over him on her own and because of that, she was in London and was killed. He says it wasn't Ivy's fault and the bottom line is they love each other. They all toast to love and Noah says if Sam is in Ivy's corner, then he is too. As the couples sit at the table talking, someone watches from outside.
Noah and Paloma leave the house eagerly wanting to be alone as someone follows them. They go to her bedroom and start to make out. They hear a noise and Paloma panics thinking it's her mother and says they need to go somewhere else so she doesn't catch them. They head to the wharf and try to figure out a place they can be alone together. When they are unsuccessful, they kiss and talk about their future. Noah says nothing will stop him from marrying her, as the mystery person lurks in the shadows.
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For the convenience of our customers, we have Field Offices located across the state.
Yes you do, but you may also chose a doctor of your choice. Once you have chosen a primary healthcare provider, you may not change without prior written approval by the Division or a referral from your health care provider.
The current mailing address for injury reports is:
Please send correspondence to:
The following are considered personal items and not covered:
The following medical treatments are limited:
There are two methods:
Both of these methods will require you to have your Social Security Number, Date of Injury, and Birthdate.
Medical examinations may be requested by either the Division or your employer. The examination is a medical evaluation of your condition. If an assessment of your permanent physical impairment is required, you will receive an impairment rating. However, the doctor providing this examination/assessment will not be taking over your medical care. You should continue to see your primary health care provider.
Failure to attend all medical examinations scheduled by the Division could jeopardize your benefits.
You will receive written notification with whom, where, and when this examination/assessment will take place.
You may qualify for travel reimbursement to attend an independent medical examination.
You may qualify for Temporary Total Disability (TTD) benefits if you are unable to work as a result of your work-related injury; TTD benefits are not allowed for the first three (3) days of disability unless you are off more than eight (8) days. You must apply for TTD benefits using an Application for Temporary Total Disability. A report of injury is not a claim for TTD benefits.
TTD benefits are the equivalent of 2/3 of your gross monthly wage at the time of injury, but cannot exceed the Statewide Average Wage for the quarter you were injured. TTD benefits are not taxable.
TTD Incentive: Monthly benefits may increase by 3% if all of medical care is received entirely in Wyoming, or if the distance from your residence to an in-state health care provider is at least one hundred (100) miles greater than the distance from the employee's residence to an out-of-state medical provider. This also applies if the employer has a contractual agreement withan out-of-state provider.
TTD benefits are paid twice a month with one-half (1/2) of the monthly award paid on or about the 15th of the month and one-half (1/2) paid on or about the 30th of the month. During the time you are on TTD you must:
The Division will reimburse travel expenses for travel to the closest available medical or hospital care needed to treat your work related injury.
If you must travel to obtain medical services, you will be reimbursed at authorized rates published in the current Wyoming Workers' Compensation Rules and Regulations and Fee Schedule.
You must submit a reimbursement voucher and attach the original receipts for meals and lodging. You must also attach verification of your appointment from your healthcare provider.
Travel reimbursement shall NOT be paid for:
After a period of inactivity, cases will automatically close. Upon receipt of new medical reports, the Division reviews the information and determines if it is related to the Workers' Compensation injury. If the decision is made that it is relate, your case is automatically reopened and the current bills paid. If more information is need prior to reopening, the analyst will request the information by letter.
If there is no activity on your case for over 4 years, benefits are terminated unless medical documentation is received substantiates the claim and proved by competent medical authority and to a reasonable degree of medical certainty that the condition is directly related to the original injury and then the case is opened for medical benefits only.
The Division will not pay for annual physicals, yearly rechecks that are done for the sole purpose of keeping your claim active. Annual visits and well checks are not reasonable and necessary medical expenses. It is your responsibility to pay for an evaluation of your physical well being.
You have the right to file a protest or to appeal any disqualifying determination. The appeal must be postmarked within 15 days of the date the determination notice was mailed to your address of record. Your appeal must be in writing requesting a hearing. If a hearing is held, you will need to participate by phone or in person. The hearing will give you and other interested parties the opportunity to present testimony. The hearing officer will later issue a written decision.
Determination - An official decision by the Unemployment Insurance Division regarding the unemployment claim of a person.
Address of Record - The address to which all documents are mailed. You must notify the Unemployment Insurance Division (UID) in writing of any address changes. UID mail, including checks and determinations will not be forwarded by the U.S. Postal Service.
The Division will pay for medical treatment if it is:
You are responsible for giving your case number to everyone providing medical services related to your work injury. If you are billed by a provider, you will need to contact them with your case number so that they will bill us directly.
You choose your primary healthcare provider (doctor of medicine, chiropractic or osteopathy, optometrist, podiatrist, psychologists or advanced practitioner of nursing). Once you choose your primary healthcare provider, you may not change without a referral from your primary healthcare provider or upon receiving a written final determination of approval from the Division after you have submitted a Notice of Change of Healthcare Provider form.
When choosing a healthcare provider you need to keep the following in mind:
Give your case number to everyone providing medical services for the work-related injury or condition. Medical bills cannot be paid without a case number.
Medical care should be obtained in Wyoming if possible.
TTD Incentive: Your monthly benefit may increase by 3% if all of medical care is received entirely in Wyoming. Please contact your analyst for further information.
All injury related medical bills must be sent directly to the Division by the provider. If you receive a bill, ask the provider to submit the bill directly to the Division.
Once you choose a primary health care provider, you may not change without prior written approval by the Division or a referral from your health care provider
If you move out of the State of Wyoming, it is your responsibility to find a healthcare provider that will accept you as a patient and bill Wyoming Workers' Compensation
Generally, the Division will pay for medical treatment if it is:
If you disagree with any Final Determination letter, you may submit a written request for a hearing by the due date on the Final Determination letter. Include your name, 9-digit case number, current address, what you are objecting to, and a request for hearing. Remember to sign and date your request.
Unemployment Insurance is a benefit available to persons out of work through no fault of their own. It replaces part of the income you lose when you become unemployed. Wyoming benefits are financed entirely by covered employers.
Unemployment Insurance (UI) or Unemployment Compensation - A program under which a person who is unemployed through no fault of his or her own, is paid weekly benefits based upon his or her past wages in employment covered by state or federal laws.
Unemployment - Any week in which you perform no services and receive no wages or perform less than full-time work and wages payable for that week are less than your weekly benefit amount.
Benefits - The monetary amount paid to an unemployed or partially unemployed worker.
You can file for Unemployment Insurance if you are partially or totally unemployed.
Unemployment Insurance (UI) or Unemployment Compensation - A program under which a person, who is unemployed through no fault of his or her own, is paid weekly benefits based upon his or her past wages in employment covered by state or federal laws.
Unemployment - Any week in which you perform no services and receive no wages, or work less than full-time and wages payable for that week are less than your weekly benefit amount.
Unemployment Insurance is available if you have earned sufficient wage credits and are unemployed through no fault of your own.
You are required to be able, available, and actively seeking work for each week you file a claim for payment.
Unemployment - Any week in which you perform no services and receive no wages or perform less than full-time work if wages payable for that week are less than your weekly benefit amount.
Wage Credits - Wages earned by a person working in employment which is covered by state unemployment compensation laws.
You can file a new claim by calling the Wyoming Claims Center at +1 (307) 473-3789. If living outside of Wyoming you can call +1 (866) 729-7799 toll free. You can also file over the Internet. If you are trying to file a claim against another state, you can call the UI Help Line at +1 (307) 235-3264 to get the phone number and contact information for that state.
When you apply you will need:
Unemployment Insurance - A program under which a person, who is unemployed through no fault of his or her own, is paid weekly benefits based upon his or her past wages in employment covered by state or federal laws.
You will be required to certify you are eligible for each week of unemployment. You can receive benefits for each eligible week that you claim until your return to work, your benefits are exhausted, or you have reached the end of your benefit year. Each of these weeks is called a benefit week.
You may claim your benefits by filling out the payorder which is sent to you every two weeks, or you may choose to claim your benefits using either the voice response system or the Internet continued claims system. Claims are filed bi-weekly. They need to be filed no later than the Friday following the week-ending date on the payorder. They cannot be filed until the Sunday after the week-ending date. Thus, you have a period from Sunday through the next Friday to file a timely payorder.
Exhausted Benefits - This results when all of the benefits for which you are eligible have been paid.
Benefit Year - Your benefit year ends one year from the effective date of your claim.
Benefit Week - A calendar week which starts at 12:01 am Sunday and ends 12:00 midnight the following Saturday.
Payorder - The payorder is sent to you every two weeks. To claim unemployment compensation for the next two weeks, this payorder must be returned, unless you file by phone or Internet.
Voice Response System - Phone service which allows you to file your continuing claims by calling +1 (307) 473-3789. The system will note for which weeks you may file. Then you will be asked to respond to questions corresponding to those on the payorder.
Internet Claims Filing - Unemployment Insurance continued claims can be filed via the web.
The amount of unemployment benefits varies. It is dependent on how much you have earned in your base period. The maximum weekly benefit amount from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015 is $475. The minimum weekly benefit for this same time period is $34. These numbers can change each year; they are determined by a formula in the Wyoming statutes. The formula is based on the average weekly wage in Wyoming and is recalculated each year.
Base Period - The first four of the last five completed calendar quarters before the beginning of your claim.
Weekly Benefit Amount - The amount payable to a claimant for a compensable week of total unemployment.
Full benefits can be paid no longer than 26 weeks during your benefit year. If you have weeks with reduced benefits because of other income, benefits could last as long as a year. The actual number of weeks depends on your base period earnings and the maximum allowed by Wyoming statutes.
The ReliaCard is a reloadable, prepaid card issued by U.S. Bank. The ReliaCard provides an electronic option for receiving your unemployment insurance benefit payments. Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, Unemployment Insurance Division will electronically deposit your authorized unemployment insurance benefit payments onto a ReliaCard for you. It is not a credit card, but works similarly to other debit cards.
Once funds are added to the card account, it can be used to make purchases and make online, phone or mail-order purchases. You can also get cash back with purchases at participating merchants or withdraw cash at ATMs, banks or credit unions. The amounts of purchases or cash withdrawals are automatically deducted from the available balance on the card.
Some of the main benefits:
For security reasons, the card will arrive in a plain, white, window envelope.
The card comes with:
You must call Cardholder Services at 855-233-8371 or visit www.usbankreliacard.com to activate the card and choose your PIN. You cannot use the card until it has been activated. Be sure to sign your name on the back of your card in ink. Your card is not valid unless it's signed.
No. Future payments will be deposited automatically onto the initial card.
The card works much like other prepaid or debit cards. You can use it online, over the phone, at grocery stores, retail stores, restaurants, medical offices, etc. It is important to know your account balance before making purchases.
Select "Credit" or "Debit" to make a purchase. Select "Debit" to get 'cash back' with your purchase. (You will have to enter your PIN.)
You must know your available balance (the teller will not have access to this information) and ask for a cash withdrawal in the amount you wish to withdraw. Note: you may need to provide your driver's license to verify your identity
No. You can get cash back with purchases at merchants throughout the United States such as grocery and convenience stores. Cash can also be obtained from any ATM or over the counter at any Visa bank or credit union.
Yes & No. The card can be used to make signature-based purchases without a PIN. However, a PIN must be used for PIN-based purchases and for cash withdrawals at ATMs. You must choose your own PIN by calling Cardholder Services at 855-233-8371 or visiting www.usbankreliacard.com after you receive your card. For security reasons it is important that you pick a PIN that only you would know, and not share the PIN or the card with anyone.
You must contact Cardholder Services at 855-233-8371 or visit www.usbankreliacard.com to reset your PIN.
Yes. You can go to any bank or credit union and ask the teller for a cash withdrawal.
Yes. You can use the ReliaCard Mobile Banking app to check your account balance, view your most recent transactions or search for the nearest in-network ATM location. Search for "U.S. Bank ReliaCard" in the App Store or Google Play.
If you need to make a purchase for more than the amount you have on your card, you will need to use two forms of payment. Tell the cashier how much you want taken from the balance on your card — the cashier cannot determine your available balance. Then, pay the remaining balance with cash, check, credit card or check card.
Usually a purchase that exceeds the available balance will not be approved. In very limited circumstances, if you do not have sufficient funds when the final amount clears, it may result in a negative balance; however you will not be charged an overdraft fee. You can check your balance online, using the ReliaCard Mobile App or by calling Cardholder Services 24/7.
No, you will not be able to pay with your card using the pay-at-the-pump option. You can still purchase gas at stations that allow you to pay inside with a cashier. Payments made this way will post to your card account automatically.
No. For privacy reasons, U.S. Bank does not share card account numbers or transaction details. However, for reconciliation purposes, Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, Unemployment Insurance Division does have access to the amount and date of deposits to individual cards.
No. Only the state can deposit funds to the card.
No. The account does not earn interest.
You can view account activity online with any of the following browsers:
For security reasons, you should never share your Personal Identification Number (PIN) or allow anyone else to use your card.
When you file an unemployment insurance claim online, you will be automatically enrolled in the ReliaCard Visa program. Once your claim is set-up, a card will be sent to you.
No. Only the person receiving payments on the card will receive a card.
Yes, at www.usbankreliacard.com. The following functions can be performed online:
Monthly statements can be viewed online 24/7 at www.usbankreliacard.com.
Contact Cardholder Services at 855-233-8371 or visit www.usbankreliacard.com to report an address change. Also contact the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, Unemployment Division to ensure information about your claim is accurate.
For questions about your claim, such as when you will receive the next deposit to the card, or the amount of a deposit to the card, contact the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, Unemployment Division. For all other questions about the card, you may log into your account at www.usbankreliacard.com or contact Cardholder Services 24 hours a day, toll-free at 855-233-8371.
You must call Cardholder Services at 855-233-8371 to report a lost or stolen card. A new card will be issued and any remaining balance will be transferred to the new card. You may not be responsible for any fraudulent activity that occurs on your card provided that you report the card missing in a timely manner, and have not shared your card or PIN number with anyone.
No. You must direct all ReliaCard questions to Cardholder Services at 855-233-8371, or utilize the website, www.usbankreliacard.com, for inquiries.
The following can be done through customer service:
1 Successful identity verification required. To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, Federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person who opens an account. If necessary, we may also ask to see your driver's license or other identifying documents.
2 Some fees may apply. See card packet for full list of fees.
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Disqualification - A condition, as defined in the Wyoming Statutes, which may disqualify a claimant from receiving benefits.
You cannot receive unemployment insurance benefits and Temporary Total Disability payments from workers' compensation at the same time. If you had a continuous period of sickness or injury which resulted in temporary total disability and you received compensation under the Wyoming Workers' Compensation law, (and you are under no other carrier), you may claim Unemployment Insurance using earnings from employment prior to your injury date.
To request this wage credit freeze, an injured worker must file Unemployment Insurance:
Wage credit freeze - If you had a continuous period of sickness or injury resulting in a temporary total compensation under the Workers' Safety and Compensation law, you may be able to claim unemployment benefits based on earnings prior to your injury date.
You can be disqualified for a number of reasons. These include, among others:
Disqualified - A condition, as defined in the Wyoming Statutes, which may disqualify a claimant from receiving benefits.
Fraud - The willful misrepresentation or nondisclosure of a material fact by a claimant for the purpose of obtaining benefits to which the person is not entitled.
Weekly unemployment claims for payment are filed every two weeks (bi-weekly). You can file for weekly benefits by calling +1 (307) 473-3789 and using the Voice Response (IVR) system. You can also file over the Internet. Filing over the Internet is the recommended way to file your claim. Claims can also be filed by mailing a payorder to the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, Unemployment Insurance Division, P.O. Box 2468, Casper, Wyoming 82601 or Faxing it to +1 (307) 473-3726. To be timely, your bi-weekly claim must be filed sometime between Sunday and Friday of the week following the second week on the claim.
Payorder - The payorder is a document that is sent to you every two weeks. The payorder indicates the two weeks that you will be filing for. To claim unemployment compensation for the next two weeks, this payorder must be returned, unless you file by phone or Internet.
If you have an interrupted claim for some reason other than employment and you are not in current filing status, you need to file a reopened claim. This can be done by phone or over the Internet.
Be sure to indicate "No" on your continued claim payorder form question #2 (Were you able and available for work?), as these scenarios suggest you were not able or available for work and therefore are not eligible for benefits these weeks.
Reopened Claim - A claim filed after a break in filing for weeks during a benefit year. This break could be caused by illness, a disqualification, vacation, or failure to report for any reason other than employment. It is not a break resulting from other employment.
If you earned wages totaling more than your weekly benefit amount for two consecutive weeks you are considered employed. If you become unemployed again after the two weeks, you will need to file an additional claim. At that time you will have a new last employer and must provide separation information on that employment. This claim is still a part of the benefit year which you have already established. This can be done by phone or over the Internet.
Additional Claim - An additional claim is filed after a break in unemployment claims because of intervening employment within the benefit year.
Unemployment Insurance benefits are considered taxable income for Federal Income Tax purposes. You have the option of having 10% of your benefits withheld and sent to the Internal Revenue Service. You may change your choice on this option once in your benefit year. You are responsible for any taxes owed on these benefits.
You will be issued a Form 1099G at the end of January showing the amount of benefits paid to you. The 1099G is not reduced by any repayments you may have made for overpaid benefits. Therefore, if you repaid any benefits, you must maintain your record of payments, such as receipts and canceled checks, to make adjustments to your taxable income and as documentation for the Internal Revenue Service when you file your tax return. Contact the Unemployment Insurance Division if you did not keep receipts and need assistance in furnishing documentation for tax purposes.
If you are paid benefits in which taxes were withheld and you are later determined ineligible for those benefits, the taxes withheld will be included as part of that overpayment and must be repaid to the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, Unemployment Insurance Division. Taxes withheld are considered part of the benefit payment.
Benefit year - Your benefit year ends one year from the effective date of your claim.
Overpayment - An amount of benefits paid to an individual to which the individual is not legally entitled.
Yes. You will need to report your earnings each week and continue to search for other work. Report earnings the week earned, not the week the pay is received. Report the gross amount earned (the total before any deductions, including tips) from each employer (see example below). Earnings reported are verified with employers to ensure proper benefit payments. Your weekly benefit amount will be reduced when your earnings exceed half of your weekly benefit amount. You will not be paid benefits for that week if your earnings equal or exceed your weekly benefit amount or if you work 35 or more hours that week. If you fail to report earnings or other compensations properly you could be disqualified from receiving benefits for 52 weeks. Failure to report earnings could result in an overpayment and any benefits received could be a collectible debt plus penalties owed back to the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, Unemployment Insurance Division plus penalties. If you request that your hours be reduced, this may be considered a voluntary quit which may disqualify you from receiving benefits.
5 hours worked
Rate of pay $8.00 per hour
Gross amount earned $40.00
Yes, if you reside in Wyoming now but most (or all) of your wages are from another state or states, you may file an interstate claim. Another state will be the liable state.
Or, if you have wages in two or more states (or the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands), you may request the wages be combined by transferring them to the state in which you file your claim. This is called a combined wage claim.
Interstate Claim - A claim filed after you have moved to a new state against the state where you had earned wages.
Liable State - The state against which a worker files a claim for compensation.
Combined Wage Claim - A claim filed in one state against wage credits in two or more states.
Benefits are paid out based on your responses on your bi-weekly continued claim at the time of that filing. Audits are completed after benefits are paid out. If an investigation later reveals that the responses were incorrect, you will be in overpayment. Failure to respond to any audit can result in overpayment.
State statutes require that a claimant make at least 2 employer contacts each week. Your Claimant Guidebook informs you that you must keep written record of 1) date of contact, 2) employer's name, 3) physical, mailing or internet address and phone number, 4) position applied for, and 5) results of the contact. Your work search record can be requested at any time. Keep this information well documented and handy.
Offset means that the agency keeps your benefits to apply to an overpayment.
Unfortunately, DWS is not able to process electronic payments. At this time, we must ask you to mail in a check or money order to: Wyoming DWS, PO Box 2760, Casper WY 82602.
A crossmatch audit compares wages reported paid by an employer to the earnings you provided when filing your bi weekly continued claim. If it is found that you misreported your earnings, an overpayment will be established and you will be required to repay the benefits you collected.
According to state statute, a penalty is charged on all fraudulent overpayments. The penalty as assessed at 5% of the outstanding balance every 6 months.
The monthly statement shows the outstanding penalty balance. It is not a new penalty each month.
The agency will accept monthly payments if you can not pay in full. Simply use your monthly statement remittance coupon and envelope to send in your monthly payment.
Wyoming is a member of IRORA which is an organization of states that work together to recover overpayments through offset. If another state has notified us that you have an overpayment there, we are required to offset for them.
Wyoming law does allow waiver of overpayments in certain situations. You must request a hardship waiver within 15 days of the overpayment notice date. Next, you must complete the application within the allowed time and meet the criteria set by law. According to state law, overpayments caused by fraud can not be waived.
Of course, DWS hopes that all individuals who benefitted from receiving unemployment will voluntarily repay, should an overpayment occur. If you disregard notices and refuse to pay, collection efforts include small claims or circuit court. Once judgment has been obtained, your wages or bank accounts can be garnished. Liens can also be filed on your property.
At the time the decision which denied you benefits was made, you were sent a Notice of Action on Claim. That notice provided you information on your protest rights and how to go about protesting. If you did not do so within the time allowed by law, the decision has become final and the overpayment is a collectable debt you will have to repay.
Wyoming law states that your PIN is your electronic signature and has the same force and effect as a written signature. You are responsible for any claims that were filed using your PIN.
Wyoming law states that you must report your hours and wages when you EARN it – not when you are paid. If you start a job, you MUST report your earnings when you actually do the work. Remember the question on the payorder asks "Did you work this week?" not did you get paid.
As stated in your Claimant Guidebook, you must keep your address with the agency correct. Our mail is not forwarded, so if you move you must notify DWS in writing to update your address.
Audits can happen even after you are not filing. You will want to keep your address updated. If an audit is mailed to your address of record and the audit is not completed or returned by you, you may be in overpayment for failing to respond to the audit.
The receipt you get after making a payment or after an offset includes only the Unemployment Benefit portion of your overpayment. The statement shows the total owed for benefits overpayment, penalty, court costs and Federal Additional Compensation (FAC).
DWS can offset your benefits to apply only to your overpayment balance. We can not offset your benefits to apply to penalty, court costs, or FAC. We ask you to mail in a check to pay off those balances.
Wyoming law states that a penalty is assessed every 6 months on fraudulent overpayments. This happens even when you are making payments. But remember, you penalty is assessed on a lower balance because you are making payments.
Make sure you list Wyoming DWS as a creditor on your filing. We will file a proof of claim.
Employers are required to report when they hire a new employee. We use that database to audit when claimants are hired. Our audit helps verify that you correctly reported any earnings you earn when first hired.
The BPC unit will provide Benefit Verification letters to you to show the amount of benefits which have been paid. This letter will be sent to you and you can send copies to those who request it. You also have your monetary determination letter you received when you opened your claim.
Provide a copy of the obituary or death certificate to BPC. The claim will be updated to show the claimant is deceased so no additional payments will be sent.
Notices are sent to keep you informed about your claim. READ ALL DOCUMENTS THOROUGHLY and if you have questions, contact the claims center.
To be eligible for unemployment, Wyoming laws require that you be legal to work in the United States. Provide a copy of your registration card by fax or mail as soon as you open your claim.
To receive a new PIN, you must send in a written request. Do not wait to file your continued claim payorder if you don't have your PIN. There is a specific window of time to file and if you miss that time, benefits can't be paid. Send in a written request to get a new PIN.
Benefit Payment Control (BPC) Contact Information:
(a.) Yes.
(b.) Yes.
(c.) Yes. However, if commissions are earned per the wage agreement, all such commissions must be paid. Applicable Statute W.S. 27-4-507
(a.) Yes, only if the employer has provided the employee full opportunity to use earned vacation days or has not refused a request to use it.
(c.) Yes. Applicable Statute W.S. 27-4-507, and Attorneys General Opinion Number 53.
Not under state statute.
The deceased employee's heirs or next of kin shall be paid within five working days. What penalties apply if an employer does not properly pay:
Effective March 12, 1996, state law was amended to repeal overtime provisions for females working in certain industries. Applicable Statutes:
State law provides time and one-half overtime pay for all laborers, workmen, or mechanics employed upon any public works project of the state of Wyoming, or of any county, city, town, or of any political subdivision thereof for work in excess of eight hours in a day, or 40 hours in one week; however, an employee may agree to work more than 8 hours in a day or more than 40 hours in any week, provided the employee shall be paid at the rate of one and one-half times the regularly established hourly rate from all work in excess of forty hours in any one week. Applicable Statute W.S. 16-6-110.
With regard to unused sick days and personal days, an employer may provide that these will not be paid upon cessation of employment. An employer may also provide that no such payment will be made if an employee resigns without giving at least ten (10) days' written notice or before his or her anniversary date. With regard to unused vacation days, an employer may not provide that this will not be paid upon cessation of employment if the employee has earned the vacation according to the time frame set forth in the employer's policy. This would allow an employer to prove that vacation pay will not be earned (or paid) before an employee's anniversary date. Applicable Statute W.S. 27-4-507, and Attorneys General Opinion Number 53.
Within five working days of the date of termination. Applicable Statute W.S. 27-4-104(a), as amended.
All employers are required to pay the agreed upon wage or benefit. No advance notice of a change in wage agreement is required, but such changed may not be retroactive. The form of communicating a change in rate or manner of pay is not mandated by law, however, an employer and empoyee may agree to a wage payment arrangement that is other than semimonthly. Applicable Statutes W.S. 27-4-507 and W.S. 27-4-102.
There is no requirement that some employers make timely payment of regular paychecks. For persons, firms or corporations engaged in the operation of any railroad, mine, refinery and work incidental to prospecting for, or the production of, oil and gas, or other factory, mill or workshop, within the state of Wyoming, payment is required on or before the first day of each month, when the wages are earned during the first half of the preceding month ending with the fifteenth day thereof; and on or before the fifteenth day of each month when the wages are earned during the last half of the preceding month. Applicable Statute W.S. 27-4-101.
No. However, there is nothing prohibiting an employer of depositing wages due in an account in any financial institution authorized by the United States or any state if the employee has voluntarily authorized such request. Applicable Statute W.S. 27-4-101(b).
There is no requirement for timely payment of wages if a payday falls on a weekend or holiday. For employers who fall under the requirement to make wage payments semimonthly, if the first or the fifteenth of the month occurs on a day which is not a working day, the last preceding working day shall be the payday for all personnel who are paid at one location. Applicable Statute W.S. 27-4-101(a).
For most employers, there is no timely payment requirement of regular wage payments. For persons, firms or corporations engaged in the operation of any railroad, mine, refinery and work incidental to prospecting for, or the production of, oil and gas, or other factory, mill, or workshop, within the state of Wyoming, shall, on or before the first day of each month, pay the employees the wages earned by them during the first half of the preceding month ending with the fifteenth day thereof, and on or before the fifteenth day of each month pay the employees thereof the wages earned by them during the last half of the preceding month.
$5.15 per hour.
There is no minimum payment set by state law. The maximum payment is defined under W.S. 40-14-505.
File an online Claim for Wages. The application will assist you with filing a claim for wages against your employer. If you lose your connection, or need to complete your application some other time, you will be assigned a pin number that will allow you to do this. Once your claim has been submitted, you will not be able to edit your information without contacting the Labor Standards office directly at +1 (307) 777-7261.


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According to the Italian site Tuttojuve.com, Juventus' Guiseppe Marotta will travel to London on Thursday to meet with Arsenal, Spurs and West Ham with a view to selling Mirko Vucinic and Fabio Quagiarella as silly season gets under way.
Of course, all three clubs are known to be in the market for a forward so it makes for quite a good story.
Marotta is said to want €12m for Vucinic but would accept €10m with Spurs said to be more interested in his signature than the other two. West Ham are said to be interested in taking Quagiarella on loan to the end of the season, an option which does not suit Juventus who want cash so they can invest in other players. Quite where Arsenal fit in to the equation other than as a club being used to drive up the price is not clear.
Marotta is also said to be interested in speaking with Manchester United regarding signing of out-of-favour winger Nani.
The Italian site are quite clear that the Juve president will be meeting with Arsenal, but, as you can see, it's hard to understand why.
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Carrie Underwood gets political on Twitter
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Carrie Underwood has found her voice on Twitter.
The country music star and former "American Idol" champion admitted 3½ years ago she was afraid to join Twitter, but since deciding to take the leap in 2011 she's embraced the social media tool in ways that go beyond fan engagement.
Recently she used Twitter to oppose the "Ag Gag" bill in Tennessee, reaching out directly to Gov. Bill Haslam with a boldly worded message saying if he signed it "he needs to expect me at his front door."
It was the first time she's taken a political stand so publicly, and it seemed to have an impact. Haslam contacted Underwood to discuss the issue and went on to veto the bill that opponents claimed would have stopped investigation into animal abuse on farms.
"He really just wanted to hear everybody's point of view, which I really respected," Underwood said in a recent interview.
Neil Gaiman returns for new 'Sandman'
PHILADELPHIA — The Sandman is returning to Vertigo comics under the influence of writer Neil Gaiman.
Shelly Bond, executive editor of the imprint of DC Entertainment, said this week that Gaiman is working with artist J.H. Williams III to tell stories of Morpheus' world before he was captured. Titled "The Sandman: Overture," the new series will appear bi-monthly starting Oct. 30 in comic shops and digitally, too.
Gaiman last penned stories in the realm of the Endless more than a decade ago. His telling of Sandman has sold more than 7 million copies in nine languages by combining epic story with mythology in a comic medium.
Late film critic Ebert honored for columns
HARTFORD, Conn. — Late movie critic Roger Ebert has been honored by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.
Ebert, who worked at the Chicago Sun-Times for more than 40 years, took first place for online columns or blogs on large websites in the NSNC's annual column contest. The group held its annual conference last weekend in Hartford, Conn.
Ebert died earlier this year at age 70, after a long battle with cancer. The day before his April 4 death, he wrote in a post on his blog that he was taking a break from his schedule of almost-daily movie reviewing because cancer had recurred.
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- Nonimmigrant Consular Processing: At many U.S. embassies and consulates, individuals seeking a nonimmigrant visa must use the DS-160 Nonimmigrant Visas Electronic Application. Most importantly, you need to prove that you have a residence outside of the United States and that you do not intend to permanently leave that residence.
- Immigrant Consular Processing: Individuals outside of the U.S. who wish to immigrate to the U.S. should go to their U.S. embassy or consulate to apply for an immigrant visa (U.S. green card).
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EMT, patient critical after Calif. ambulance rollover
Police are investigating if the driver of a sedan ran a red light before crashing into an ambulance early Monday morning
By EMS1 Staff
SIGNAL HILL, Calif. — Four people, including two EMTs, were injured when a C.A.R.E. ambulance overturned after colliding with a Lincoln Town Car early Monday morning.
The ambulance was transporting a patient without lights and sirens when the accident occurred at 4:36 a.m., KTLA.com reports.
Two EMS workers, the patient who was trapped in the ambulance and the driver of the sedan were all injured and taken to Long Beach Memorial Hospital. The patient and an EMT are said to be in critical condition.
Police are investigating if the driver of the sedan ran a red light before the crash.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014 1:43:39 AM those vanbulances are deathtraps......................just saying
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Perry Swindall just couldn't stay away from the football field.
Swindall had left the coaching ranks after two seasons at LaFayette (Ga.) and relocated his family to Oxford to be able to watch his son, Evan, play for Ole Miss.
But after a year away, Swindall began to get that coaching "itch" again.
Instead of heading up an area high school football program, however, Swindall has taken over the reigns of the Oxford Middle School program because, as he put it, he feels like he still has more to give. (June 28, 2011, Page 7)


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Lists the preconfigured alarms available for the vCenter Server system.
Alarm Name
Monitors whether a virtual machine cannot migrate or relocate, or is orphaned.
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ROMULUS (AP) — The Detroit Red Wings are confident they will beat the San Jose Sharks for a third straight time and force a Game 7.
The Red Wings arrived home Monday after avoiding elimination in San Jose, and Detroit coach Mike Babcock was asked if he hoped to get back on the team plane one more time.
"We're getting on it," Babcock said.
The Red Wings must beat the Sharks on tonight in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinal series to make a trip back to San Jose necessary on Thursday.
Detroit general manager Ken Holland seemed to like Babcock's boast.
"That's what's got us to this point," Holland said. "When we were down 3-0, nobody wanted to go home.
"We plan to be flying back for Game 7."
The Sharks, of course, want to force the Red Wings to make other plans.
"You try to eliminate teams when you have a chance to," San Jose forward Joe Thornton said. "So we're going to go in there and try to eliminate them. That's the game plan."
San Jose's chances to end Detroit's comeback will probably improve if Patrick Marleau and Thornton, its top two scorers during the regular season, lead the way.
Marleau is pointless through five games and Thornton has been held to a one assist since the Sharks surged to a 3-0 series lead in the second-round rematch.
Former Sharks player and current analyst Jeremy Roenick called Marleau "gutless" on national television after Game 5, but Marleau refused to fire back.
"I can't control what people say or anything like that," Marleau said.
Marleau, who had two goals and five points in the first round against Los Angeles, defended his play against Detroit.
"I think I've done some really good things," he said "They haven't showed up on the score sheet, but there's another game to play."
The Red Wings hope there are two more games, giving them an opportunity to do something for the first time in their storied history.
Detroit has never won a series after losing the first three games, but only three NHL teams have: Philadelphia last year, the New York Islanders in 1975, and Toronto in 1942. The defending champion Chicago Blackhawks won three straight to force a Game 7 in Vancouver in the first round this year, but then lost to the top-seeded Canucks.