HOW a trading post in the wilderness grew to be New York City is one of the great stories of American history, and in this billowing volume Edwin G. Burrows, a Brooklyn College historian, and Mike Wallace, of the City University of New York, tell it stirringly. The dominant urban center on the North American continent since 1800, the metropolitan region of New York has attracted one of the largest populations in the world. New York's economic institutions eclipsed domestic competitors by the early nineteenth century and foreign competitors after the First World War. The city was, in the words of Walt Whitman, "the great place of the Western Continent, the heart, the brain, the focus, the main spring, the pinnacle, the extremity, the no more beyond of the new world."
New York's wealth lured people from everywhere. The populations of ancient Athens and Rome, early modern London and Paris, twentieth-century Tokyo and Mexico City, were enormous but homogeneous. In contrast, New York was at different times the largest Irish, Jewish, Italian, and black African city in the world. By 1860 nearly half of Manhattan's population was foreign-born, making New York the most polyglot metropolis on the globe. It remains so today.
The city's complexity has frightened not only residents and visitors but historians as well. Although multi-volume histories by Martha Lamb (1877-1896), Benson John Lossing (1884), and James Grant Wilson (1892-1893) celebrated and memorialized the "rise and progress" of the nineteenth-century metropolis, twentieth-century historians have avoided the topic. Chicago and other cities have generated larger and richer bodies of historical study.
Not any more. Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 represents the most comprehensive examination to date of the city's history prior to 1900. Indeed, few historians today attempt synthetic and comprehensive interpretations of this magnitude. The authors weave together the unique details of New York's history with a generation's worth of recent and original scholarship, insightfully reconceptualizing the city's past. With the publication of a second volume (scheduled for 2000, covering the twentieth century, and written by Wallace alone), Gotham may rank in importance with the multi-volume works on Thomas Jefferson by Dumas Malone and on the Civil War by Allan Nevins.
"Globalization" is repeatedly invoked to explain contemporary economic developments. For New York, however, globalization is hardly new. Burrows and Wallace persuasively argue that New York was "crucially shaped by ... an evolving global economy" from its founding, as New Amsterdam, in 1626. At first the settlement was of little import, especially in view of the wealth available to the Dutch from Asian spices, South American sugar, and African slaves. New Amsterdam offered modest profits in the fur trade, particularly in beaver pelts, which were its first significant commodity.
By the eighteenth century sugar and war had transformed New York's economy. By about 1720 a fifth to a quarter of the city's adult males worked as mariners, and half of the ships that used New York's port traveled from or to the Caribbean. During King George's War (1744-1748) and the French and Indian War (1754-1763) the city's economy boomed. Not surprisingly, African slavery grew with it. By 1750 Africans made up more than 20 percent of the settlement's populace, and only Charleston, South Carolina, surpassed New York in the number of slaves and slave owners in a North American city. Legal slavery endured in New York until 1827.
New York's globally dependent economy in no time produced a multicultural city. Amsterdam, New York's original namesake, was a magnet for outcasts of every denomination: Walloons, Huguenots, Baptists, Quakers, Sephardic Jews, and English Calvinists (whom we remember as the Pilgrims). In less than two decades that legacy was apparent in the Dutch settlement of North America. By 1640 the New York region was the most heterogeneous in what would soon become British North America. The Jesuit missionary Isaac Jogues complained about the "confusion of tongues," counting eighteen different languages spoken by New Amsterdam's 400 to 500 inhabitants. For Jogues, the community was "Babel." Outside the city, Swedes, Germans, French, Belgians, Danes, English dissenters, Africans, and Indians lived in scattered settlements and on farms, resisting the comparatively ordered, homogeneous villages of Puritan New England. Half a century later the majority of New York's populace were religious "nonconformists." The absence of a uniform denominationalism and religious orthodoxy continued into the eighteenth century, weakening imperial power and advancing individualism, pluralism, and anti-authoritarianism. The city was ripe for revolution by the 1770s.
After the American Revolution the Napoleonic Wars and American neutrality enabled New York's port to become the continental entrepôt. From about 1790 to 1807 the value of imports entering the city rose from $1.4 million to $7.6 million. By then New York's imports were almost double those of its rival Philadelphia. More noteworthy were exports, whose value increased tenfold, from $2.5 million to $26 million. By the 1820s customs duties collected in New York were so abundant that they subsidized the entire operation of the federal government, excepting interest on the national debt. At mid-century the port of New York accounted for a third of the nation's exports and half of its imports. Most significant, the flow of commodities linked New York to the three economic engines of the century: the manufacturing Midlands of Great Britain, the cotton-producing American South, and the agricultural Midwest, the breadbasket of America. New York, according to the writer George Train in 1857, was "the locomotive of these United States."
NEW YORK'S economic ascendancy was not simply the product of "natural" economic forces. Consider the rise of manufacturing. By 1860 the city's 4,375 factories employed 90,204 workers and led the nation in industrial output. Indeed, more than 10,000 labored in the city's 539 ironworks alone. But why did the republic's industrial core emerge on the little island of Manhattan? As Burrows and Wallace reveal, no single explanation suffices. For instance, banks were reluctant to lend to small manufacturers, limiting entrepreneurial artisans to cheap rental spaces in the warehouse districts. Manufacturers wanted to be near the port and thereby to their distant markets -- and they wanted access to one another. Cabinetmakers located adjacent to sawmills, dealers, and auction houses. Iron foundries made steam boilers for shipyards, tanks for gas companies, and architectural ornaments for builders, all of whom relied on importers, machine shops, and repairmen. Finally, the Manhattan economy was labor-intensive; "people-power" was the main source of energy. Firms found it convenient to set up shop near the low-wage proletariats stacked in the city's tenements.
Elsewhere Gotham exposes the all-too-often hidden and ignored divisions within the city's social groups. By the nineteenth century, for example, New York's elite had split between older Knickerbockers and newer Yankees, between established merchants and emerging industrialists. Similarly, Irish immigrants and their descendants were not a homogeneous impoverished mass. Archbishop John Hughes and fellow conservative Irish Catholics spoke for traditionalists, whereas other Irish were attracted to working-class radicalism, ethnic nationalism, and Tammany Hall's political pragmatism. Even post-Civil War reformers were a mixed bunch, including the purity zealot Anthony Comstock, evangelicals associated with the Salvation Army and the White Cross, proponents of the Social Gospel such as Walter Rauschenbusch and Henry Codman Potter, and settlement-house workers such as Stanton Coit and Lillian Wald.
Much of Gilded Age New York was characterized by furtive working-class revolt and conservative reaction. The Society for the Suppression of Vice and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children were founded to regulate the behavior of the poor and the working-class. Abortion was criminalized. Organized labor was crushed and lost the eight-hour day. Even Henry George's nearly successful mayoral campaign of 1886 served as a wake-up call for Tammany Hall. Over the next decade the political machine consolidated its operations and "became the Friend of the Working Man, but not of workingmen." In 1896 the Populist presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan became the first Democratic nominee since 1848 to lose both New York and Brooklyn.
Armories were a telling symbol of the new industrial order. In the two years following the nationwide railroad strikes of 1877 the Astors, the Stewarts, the Vanderbilts, and the Morgans, among others, raised more than $500,000 to construct the opulent Seventh Regiment Armory. Only six years later lack of interest on the part of that same elite compelled Joseph Pulitzer, the editor of the New York World, to plead with city schoolchildren and the working poor to collect $120,000 to complete the Statue of Liberty. No wonder the physician Elihu Hubbard Smith complained that New Yorkers thought of nothing but "Commerce, News, & Pleasure." For him, "The history of the City of New York is the history of the eager cultivation & rapid increase of the arts of gain."
CRITICS repeatedly proclaim that New York is unrepresentative of the American city, let alone of the United States -- too big, too rich, too extreme in many ways. For Burrows and Wallace, however, New York's story is the nation's. Local history is a prism through which to view the history of the United States. By the 1880s, for example, J. P. Morgan and other financiers were appalled at the growing chaos and unpredictability of the national economy. Unrestrained competition, railroad rate wars, depressions, strikes, and armed battles in the streets did little to attract foreign investment. Morgan's solution, developed in his Wall Street office, was to merge the leading industries into a workable number of large corporations, to be managed, of course, by his fellow investment bankers in New York City. Over the ensuing two decades Morgan pioneered new financial instruments and economic organizations and succeeded in consolidating the republic's economy under the sponsorship of Manhattan's banking elite.
By 1900 New York was the national headquarters for the modern business structure -- the corporation. Indeed, nine of the eleven major trusts that emerged shortly after 1882 (including oil and sugar) were headquartered in New York. As the historian Kenneth T. Jackson has written, "In 1895, the metropolis contained 298 mercantile and manufacturing firms worth more than one million dollars, more than Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco, Baltimore, and St. Louis combined." The deposits in New York banks were equal to the sum of all those in the rest of the United States. The "Wall Street law firm," epitomized by Sullivan and Cromwell, Davis Polk & Wardwell, and Paul Cravath, became a national institution, servicing Morgans, Seligmans, Harrimans, and Schiffs. According to Jackson, by every important measure -- from population to industrial output to bank deposits to wholesale trade -- New York ranked first in the country. And unlike London, Paris, Berlin, Tokyo, or Vienna, New York was not a national or even a state capital.
implicitly demonstrates a persistent pattern in the city's history. New York's pluralist traditions enabled popular, even radical, movements periodically to emerge and flourish, only to be snuffed out by various economic forces. Pre-Revolution egalitarianism and post-Revolution radicalism gave way to Federalist accommodation. Alexander Hamilton and other New Yorkers eliminated confiscatory assaults on private property, replaced rule by self-appointed committees with the rule of law, admitted former Tories to the full privileges of citizenship, and ensured that large institutions like Columbia College and Trinity Church remained under the control of the propertied classes. In 1836 two thirds of the city's workingmen were members of more than fifty confederated unions; before the end of 1837 the unions were wiped out by a national depression. Resurgent unionism after the Civil War met the same fate in the Panic of 1873.
The vast infusion of foreign and domestic capital into New York's money markets contributed to the defeat of the city's multiple democratic movements. European investors, worried about political instability after the French Revolution and the 1830 and 1848 uprisings, sought secure places of investment. As Latin America proved increasingly unstable, investors such as Britain's House of Baring and Europe's House of Rothschild increasingly looked to New York. When the city needed a new water supply, for example, the House of Rothschild, among others, rounded up $12 million in investment to construct the Croton reservoir system.
More important, as the American railroad system became the world's largest, speculators learned that the New York Stock & Exchange Board executed investment orders on short notice. By the 1840s New York brokers were the nation's largest traders in state, federal, bank, canal, insurance, and, of course, railroad securities. No wonder the editor James Watson Webb gloried in the use of armed troops to mow down Astor Place demonstrators in 1849. Such a response to politics in the street was, for Webb, "an excellent advertisement to the Capitalists of the old world, that they might send their property to New York and rely upon the certainty that it would be safe from the clutches of red republicanism, or chartists, or communionists of any description."
The transformation of New York into an investment haven came at a severe price. Not only was the city overcrowded and dirty -- it was deadly. Each year from 1850 to 1860 more than half the city's children under the age of five died. Seventy percent of children two years old or younger expired. In fact, the death rate exceeded the birth rate. By 1865 the richest city in North America had a death rate 50 percent higher than London's or Philadelphia's. The high mortality was hardly surprising, given that New York was literally awash in excrement. In the 1870s the city's 40,000 horses generated 400 tons of manure, 20,000 gallons of urine, and almost 200 carcasses daily. Sadly for city residents, both the horse population and the horse itself grew larger, and the situation worsened: a decade or two later 60,000 horses were dropping 1,250 tons of manure and 60,000 gallons of urine a day -- a dramatic threefold increase.
BURROWS and Wallace do not present only tales of sunshine and shadow. Gotham is filled with engaging vignettes and vivid narratives. The stories of Abraham Lincoln's visits to New York in 1860 and 1861, the description of the draft riots of 1863 (still the deadliest incident of urban disorder in American history), and the portrait of the Coney Island entertainment landscape of the 1880s are among the best short historical accounts readers will find anywhere.
Admittedly, the bombardment of facts may overwhelm some readers. Few, perhaps, will find the eighteenth-century political divisions between the Morris Livingston "landed interest" and the De Lancey "mercantile interest" significant. Others may question the need to know the number of bottles of Madeira, port, and beer consumed at Governor George Clinton's dinner for the French ambassador in 1783. Some may tire of the particulars regarding the proliferation of central heating, indoor plumbing, toilets, gas lights, and cast-iron stoves in elite nineteenth-century homes.
But "God is in the details," as the architect Mies van der Rohe said. On page after page Burrows and Wallace reveal how cultural and social practices Americans now take for granted originated in New York. The city was the birthplace of window shopping, American bohemia, the Associated Press, and the hot dog. New York "domesticated" Christmas, as the writers Washington Irving and Clement Clarke Moore created the Santa Claus we know today. Terms like "confidence man," "chum," "kick the bucket," and "so long" had their first uses in New York. After the birth of the penny press, in the 1830s, New York newspapers enjoyed the world's largest circulations. By 1860 the New Yorker Staats-Zeitung boasted the largest circulation of any German-language newspaper in the world. The beginnings of Delmonico's, Brooks Brothers, Lord & Taylor, HarperCollins, the savings bank, the Chinese laundry, and even the Belmont Stakes (named after August Belmont, of the House of Rothschild) are embedded in New York's ascendancy.
Most people recognize that New York was at the architectural forefront. The first cast-iron building in the nation was erected there in 1848; five years later Elisha Graves Otis displayed the first elevator, or "safety hoister"; and in 1857 the Haughwout Building became the nation's first edifice to incorporate both features. By the 1870s New York claimed to have the world's tallest office buildings (the Western Union Building and the Tribune Tower, both 1875) and North America's largest enclosed space (Grand Central Depot, 1871). Richard Morris Hunt's Studio Building, on Tenth Street, was the first structure in the United States or Europe to be erected expressly for artists. By 1892 McKim, Mead, and White, with 120 draftsmen, was the largest architectural firm in the world. Many may be surprised to learn that when the Academy of Music opened its doors, in 1854, it was the largest opera house in the world. Or that the Mother Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church, unveiled in 1840, was then perhaps the world's largest black-owned Protestant church. Or that the Emigrant Refuge and Hospital, opened on Ward's Island in 1847, was the world's largest medical complex by 1860.
At times Gotham reads like an encyclopedia organized around a chronological narrative. Consider New York's many "firsts." Robert Fulton's Clermont (1807) was the world's first steamboat. Washington Irving's A History of New York (1809), better known as Knickerbocker's History, was the first major American literary work widely read in Europe. James Watson Webb's Native American Democratic Association, founded in 1835, was the nation's first nativist political organization. The first baseball game was played in 1842 on a vacant lot at 27th Street and Madison Avenue. And Jacob Little was the New York stock market's first full-time "operator."
Some specialists will find errors. For example, prostitution was never legal in New York. The authors offer conflicting figures on the African-American population in 1865. Their association of France's Napoleon III with Mayor Fernando Wood is unpersuasive -- indeed, charges of Napoleonic authoritarianism were also leveled at Wood's opponents. Environmental historians may fault Burrows and Wallace for downplaying New York's ongoing exploitation of nature and failing to address the questions raised by William Cronon's Nature's Metropolis (1991) and other recent urban histories.
But these are minor quibbles. New Yorkers a century or two ago, like many today, knew little of their city's past. Consider historic Federal Hall, on Wall Street. It was erected in the eighteenth century as New York's city hall; there the Stamp Act Congress and the Continental Congress met, and George Washington was inaugurated as the first President of the new republic. Twentieth-century Americans revere the site as hallowed ground, a national landmark. For nineteenth-century New Yorkers, however, tradition and history were too easily forgotten:in 1812 the hall was torn down, and in 1842 a new Custom House was built on the site.
In 1856 Harper's lamented that New York was the least appreciated of the world's great cities. "Why should it be loved as a city? It is never the same city for a dozen years together. A man born in New York forty years ago finds nothing, absolutely nothing, of the New York he knew." With Gotham, New Yorkers no longer have such an excuse.
Timothy J. Gilfoyle, a professor of history at Loyola University Chicago, is the author of (1992).
The Atlantic Monthly; February 1999; America's Heart; Volume 283, No. 2; pages 95-98.


A whopping 89% of people say they don’t accomplish their daily tasks, so we asked experts how to create a to-do list that you can finish.
If you feel like you never manage to check everything off of your to-do list, you’re not alone. Only 11% of professionals around the world accomplish all the tasks they’d planned to do on an average workday, according to a LinkedIn survey.
Writing down your goals makes you more likely to achieve them, but many of us struggle with a never-ending to-do list: pick up the dry cleaning, finish that presentation, call the dentist, book a flight, order a wedding present . . .
Tracy McCubbin, professional organizer and owner of the Los Angeles-based dClutterfly, says one reason we get frustrated with to-do lists is that we expect to complete everything on them. “It’s something living and breathing as opposed to ‘I’ve checked everything off and I’m done for the rest of my life,'” she explains. In addition to making peace with their unending nature, here are other strategies for taming your to do-list.
Cramming too many things on our to do list can feel overwhelming, so Jason Womack, executive coach and author of Your Best Just Got Better, suggests sticking to the “verbs that make you money and the verbs that make you happy.” Many people fall into the trap of thinking they’re really busy but not accomplishing much, Womack says, so he asks clients what two to five verbs will help them get promoted this year.
In Womack’s case, he makes money by presenting and publishing, so he focuses on verbs like writing, calling and emailing to secure those opportunities, and bringing in those revenue streams enables Womack and his wife Jodi to take off one full month per year, which aids in the happiness department.
“When I ask those two questions after I’ve spent the time, met with my own coaches and mentors, and really committed to my own why, the things that land on my “lists” are better,” he says.
Instead of cramming extra tasks on to your list, consider delegating grocery shopping or cleaning to someone else, and cut yourself some slack if you don’t have time to make pasta from scratch. “If those things keep popping up that you’re not getting to, those items maybe need to go on a someday list,” Rizzo says. You can revisit your someday list at a later date, but don’t let those tasks distract you from more immediate tasks. Ordering your list by deadline (with the most pressing items first) also helps to set priorities.
As far as formats go, there’s no one-size-fits-all answer. Some people enjoy the physical act of handwriting their to-do list. Others want the ability to sync a digital to-do list on multiple devices and access it anywhere. Rizzo likes to break down her lists into separate categories (work, home, travel, etc.) rather than keeping one marathon list, while McCubbin keeps one master list in a notebook she carries in her purse. “I do better when everything’s in one place as opposed to having a compartmentalized life,” McCubbin says.
Once you’ve completed a task, give yourself a pat on the back by crossing it off your list. “I have been known to write things on the list that were not originally there, so I can cross them off and feel that sense of accomplishment,” Rizzo says.
If you want to keep track of what you’ve accomplished, an app called iDoneThis can create a digital digest for you. But don’t let old to-do lists clutter your desk and gather dust. McCubbin says many of her clients replicate their to-do lists on multiple scraps of paper or legal pads all over the house. “People argue against me, but I’m finding lists from five years ago,” she says.
Of course, the tasks you accomplish matter more than the list itself. “It’s not about making a list, it’s about creating the momentum to get your most important things done,” Womack says, “lining up things in order to stay focused and get you to the next milestone.” Use the approach gets you to those milestones–whether it’s a Post-it note, an Evernote file, or a legal pad.
Susan Johnston has covered personal finance and business for publications including the Boston Globe, Entrepreneur.com, and USNews.com.


More than 250 Germantown High School students listened to speeches about mental health and school safety during an assembly that mostly steered clear of politics.
More than 250 Germantown High School students listened to speeches Wednesday, March 14, about mental health and school safety during an assembly that mostly steered clear of politics.
No students walked out of the high school in protest, according to Principal Joel Farren, who said students and school officials worked together to plan the assembly in the high school gym. The event which coincided with students nationwide walking out of class to honor the 17 victims of the school shooting last month in Parkland, Florida, and to protest gun violence.
The assembly featured students speaking about mental health and the need for students to be aware of signs a student may become violent. A mental health expert and a captain from the Germantown Police Department also spoke.
Germantown High School senior Gavin Rangel opened the assembly by telling the student audience that the main purpose of the assembly was to honor victims of school shootings, but he also encouraged students to demand change.
Capt. Mike Snow of the Germantown Police Department said students might notice more officers around school because the department is dedicated to keeping it safe. But, he said, school safety requires the effort of students, staff and faculty as well as police.
Snow said the school has undertaken ALICE training, a lockdown procedure that stands for alert, lockdown, inform, counter and evacuate. He said the training is important because school shootings often end before first responders arrive.
“Oftentimes by the time we get to these scenarios, it's done," he said. "And that's why it's a collaborative effort. That's why the ALICE training is so important.
“We're not going to be easy targets,” Snow said.
Unlike the Germantown High School event, which was organized by students and staff, many walkouts across the nation were completely student-run. Arianna Neal, a senior who helped organize the Germantown event, said the original plan called for students to walk out, but those plans were nixed once students talked with the administration.
Neal described Germantown as "very conservative" and said organizers wanted to bring people together with an assembly instead of dividing them by walking out.
“We felt like we were more unified when usually it's red and blue here. We're very separate in Germantown. It was great to come together,” she said.
“We want change; we want to make sure this (school shootings) never happens again,” Neal added.
A handful of parents called the school concerned about the event, but none said they did not want their children attending the voluntary event, according to Farren.
Some parents asked why students were registering others to vote and what would be included in letters sent to state and U.S. representatives at the assembly.
Students were free to write letters to state and federal senators and representatives with whatever message they chose. Students also could choose to write letters to the family members of those killed at Stoneman Douglas High School.
About 250 of the school's 1,400 students attended the event, about 18 percent of the school population. Students had to sign up to attend the event, and they were free to stay in class if they chose, Farren said.
Rangel said social media helped turn anger at school shootings into a national movement.
He posted a poll on his Instagram account after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting asking students whether they would participate in the March 14 assembly and almost instantaneously saw the assembly begin to take shape.
Rangel's organizing went beyond his circle of friends in Germantown, he said.


GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Vinnie Hinostroza each had a goal and assist, and the Arizona Coyotes beat the Detroit Red Wings 3-1 Saturday night for their sixth straight victory.
The Coyotes have won six in a row for the first time since Feb. 16-28, 2012, and are in contention for a Western Conference wild-card spot with 17 games left in the regular season.
Josh Archibald added his 10th goal of the season for Arizona, and Darcy Kuemper stopped 22 shots for his seventh straight win.
Dylan Larkin scored for Detroit, which has lost five straight. Jimmy Howard finished with 41 saves.
Hinostroza scored with the Coyotes clinging to a one-goal lead, putting in a rebound of his own shot at 4:37 of the third period.
The Red Wings had let up and thought the goal should've been disallowed, but after review it was deemed to be good, and the Coyotes moved out to a 3-1 lead.
The Coyotes, who lost 6-1 to the Red Wings in Detroit last November, struck first on Saturday and outshot the Red Wings 44-23. Ekman-Larsson's cross-ice pass found Archibald on the right wing, and his shot eluded Howard at 5:58 of the first period.
Before the period had ended, Ekman-Larsson registered his second point of the game. His shot from the left wing at 15:40 bounced up and crossed the goal line in midair before rattling out of the net.
Ekman-Larsson has a five-game point streak, with seven points in the span. He left for the dressing room midway through the second period after a mid-ice collision but returned after a few minutes.
The Coyotes were inches from an even bigger lead, but Howard made a glove save on a shot by Hinostroza from close range with 10:51 left in the first.
The Red Wings got on the board at 7:35 of the second period, in the last second of a power play. Larkin stuffed in Niklas Kronwall's pass, cutting the Coyotes' lead to 2-1.
Larkin leads Detroit with 27 goals and 62 points.
NOTES: Former Coyotes center Antoine Vermette, who registered 149 points in 291 career games with Arizona, dropped the ceremonial first puck before the game. ... Ekman-Larsson reached 640 career games with the Coyotes, tied with Keith Tkachuk for sixth in franchise history. ... The Coyotes played their first game this season without center Derek Stepan, who is out four to six weeks with a lower-body injury suffered Thursday against Vancouver. ... Red Wings F Anthony Mantha played in his 200th career NHL game. ... The Detroit bench was issued a bench minor penalty for delay of game early in the third period.
Detroit: At Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday.
Arizona: Hosts Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday.


ABOVE: New book about the Humboldt Broncos hockey team is facing criticism from some of the victims' families.
Family members of players involved in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash are harshly criticizing a new book about the hockey team and are urging people not to buy it.
“The story of our family members is ours to tell, either individually or collectively, as we choose,” read a post on Toby Boulet’s Facebook account on Monday. Boulet’s son, Logan, was one of the players killed in the crash involving the Broncos’ team bus and a semi-truck.
The crash on April 6 claimed 16 lives and injured over a dozen others.
On Sept. 5, Barry Heath, a former Saskatchewan coroner and veterinarian, published his book titled Humble Beginnings of the Humboldt Broncos and the 2017-2018 Team.
It is listed on the Indigo-Chapters website and is shown to be available at multiple locations in Saskatoon.
WATCH: A Saskatchewan author says he had good intentions when he wrote a book about the Humboldt Broncos and the team’s deadly bus crash. Blake Lough reports.
The mother of Ryan Straschnitzki, one of the Broncos who survived the crash but was left paralyzed from the chest down, tweeted her displeasure with the author on Monday as well.
“A man by the name Barry Heath has written a book about the tragedy and nightmare we have all been living,” Christina George-Haugan, the widow of former Broncos coach Darcy Haugan who was killed in the April crash, posted on Facebook on Monday. “He has done this without the support and endorsement of any family involved in this. In fact he was specifically asked not to do this at this time as none of us felt ready for something like that.
According to Boulet, Heath first sent letters to family members four to five weeks after the crash to pitch the book.
In a Facebook post that has since been deleted, Heath said he “followed the proper channels” by also contacting former Broncos president Kevin Garinger and sending him chapters of the book before publishing. He admitted that Garinger did not provide feedback.
Because the families did not agree to participate in the writing of the book, Heath relied on details and interviews already published in various media outlets. Before the post was deleted and his account made private, many commenters criticized him for trying to profit off the tragedy.
Toby Boulet post on Facebook.
Barry Heath comment on Facebook.
“Ask yourselves – have the newspapers and TV and radio stations given support to the families from the profits of the additional papers or advertising they sold? Or did they just keep hounding them for more interviews?” Heath wrote.
According to the author, the book also focuses on the early history of the team, but the table of contents shows at least 16 of the 28 chapters are dedicated to the bus crash and its aftermath.


The FCC has twice again rejected ED STOLZ appeals of rulings involving ENTERCOM.
In one proceeding, the Commission denied a Petition for Reconsideration filed by STOLZ and DEBORAH J. NAIMAN against ENTERCOM's acquisition of CBS RADIO, citing the "new developments" of the designation for hearing of the SINCLAIR-TRIBUNE merger and the conservative MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER's allegations that CBS engaged in "intentional news distortion." The FCC said that the SINCLAIR-TRIBUNE parties were not similarly situated with ENTERCOM and CBS, and that STOLZ' "unadjudicated, unsubstantiated, and conclusory news distortion claim" involved CBS television stations and not radio and involved allegations that came after the radio deal was approved.
In the other, the FCC dismissed STOLZ' Petition for Reconsideration of the denial of his appeal of ENTERCOM's license renewals in SACRAMENTO due to lack of standing. STOLZ appealed the renewals citing the fatal "Hold Your Wee For A Wii" contest at KDND/SACRAMENTO and has battled the renewals after ENTERCOM turned in the KDND license, claiming that the relinquishing of the license should not have allowed the company to avert a hearing on the other stations' license renewals, an argument repeatedly rejected by the Commission.
STOLZ has repeatedly challenged ENTERCOM license proceedings since being ordered in 1996 to go through with the sale of then-KWOD/SACRAMENTO (now KUDL) to ENTERCOM after trying to rescind the deal, a case that STOLZ tried to take to the SUPREME COURT but was denied certiorari.


In commercials, anthropomorphized foods are always on the verge of death. Why is this funny and not macabre? We consult the experts.
Chicken McNuggets gleefully dunking themselves in sauce. Chocolates cowering, fearing for their lives. Pop Tarts springing themselves loose from a toaster and yelling “Freedom!” And last week, Chips Ahoy! reintroduced its Cookie Guy, a mischievous cookie whose antics are cut short by a human’s hand. In a certain kind of ad, these are the tragic spokesmen of snacks: living creatures aware of an impending death-chomp. Their short lives are a hell of fear or resignation.
It is worth wondering: How do ad makers decide that these characters make us laugh and want to buy snacks, rather than totally creeping us out?
Next, there’s the type cursed with self-awareness–the one that knows he is food in a man-eat-food world–but embraces his place without protest. A stick of Slim Jim yells “eat me!” and a bunch of Frosted Mini-Wheats bathe in a hot bowl of milk as a murderous child blows on them. Historical characters, like this pig happily carving itself in an old print ad, are even more perversely gleeful.
And finally, there are the characters that fear their fates. These are the most complex type, the ones that cast us as the bad guys. For the creators of those characters, a major question must be answered early: How will the food face its fate without crossing the line into totally macabre?
Some companies don’t particularly like talking about this.
Consider, for example, the case of the M&M characters. Recent hits include Mr. Yellow in the trunk of a car, as a Russian mobster threatens to chop him up and sprinkle him over ice cream, and Ms. Brown taking out life insurance. Funny, sure. But the potential for creepiness is high, because the M&Ms are portrayed as the size of a small child. Were you to actually eat one of them, you couldn’t just pop it into your mouth, take a bite, and snuff out its life. You’d have to pin it down and gnaw, like a lion eating a gazelle, while the M&M’s cartoony arms and legs flap in agony.
BBDO New York created these ads, but at the request of Mars, maker of M&Ms, passed on discussing this subject. Mars also asked LAIKA/house not to talk specifically about M&Ms (which they didn’t). But Susan Credle would talk; she headed up the M&Ms team at BBDO for years, and is now chief creative officer at Leo Burnett Chicago.
Credle sees only one line not to cross: The food must always look appealing, even if it’s walking and talking and fearing for its life. “If you went too far and started conjuring up blood and guts instead of chocolate-y deliciousness, that’s when I think you’ve gone too far,” she says.
Which is to say, he’s an advocate for being eaten?
But deep down, somewhere in that nut-brain of his, Al knows.


Apr. 9 5:40 PM PT6:40 PM MT7:40 PM CT8:40 PM ET0:40 GMT8:40 5:40 PM MST6:40 PM CST7:40 PM EST4:40 UAE (+1)02:4020:40 ET7:40 PM CT23:40 - Bobby Portis scored 11 points Tuesday on 4-of-9 shooting as the Washington Wizards fell to the Boston Celtics 116-110. Portis pulled down eight rebounds and dished out four assists, accumulating a plus-minus of +9 in his 22:46 on the floor. He tacked on one steal. Portis went 1 of 3 from behind the arc.
Apr. 7 6:17 PM PT7:17 PM MT8:17 PM CT9:17 PM ET1:17 GMT9:17 6:17 PM MST7:17 PM CST8:17 PM EST5:17 UAE (+1)03:1721:17 ET8:17 PM CT0:17 - Bobby Portis scored 11 points Sunday on 4-of-14 shooting as the Washington Wizards lost to the New York Knicks 113-110. Portis grabbed 10 rebounds and did not have an assist, accumulating a plus-minus of 0 in his 24:00 on the floor. Portis went 2 of 5 from 3-point range.
Apr. 5 5:39 PM PT6:39 PM MT7:39 PM CT8:39 PM ET0:39 GMT8:39 5:39 PM MST6:39 PM CST7:39 PM EST4:39 UAE (+1)02:3920:39 ET7:39 PM CT23:39 - Bobby Portis scored 16 points Friday on 6-of-14 shooting as the Washington Wizards lost to the San Antonio Spurs 129-112. Portis grabbed nine rebounds and dished out two assists, tallying a plus-minus of -4 in his 37:07 of playing time. Portis went 2 of 6 from behind the arc.
Apr. 3 5:35 PM PT6:35 PM MT7:35 PM CT8:35 PM ET0:35 GMT8:35 5:35 PM MST6:35 PM CST7:35 PM EST4:35 UAE (+1)02:3520:35 ET7:35 PM CT23:35 - Bobby Portis scored 20 points Wednesday on 9-of-18 shooting as the Washington Wizards fell to the Chicago Bulls 115-114. Portis pulled down 10 rebounds and added an assist, accumulating a plus-minus of +5 in his 24:00 of playing time. He added two blocks and two steals. Portis went 1 of 4 from behind the arc.
Mar. 31 6:33 PM PT7:33 PM MT8:33 PM CT9:33 PM ET1:33 GMT9:33 6:33 PM MST7:33 PM CST8:33 PM EST5:33 UAE (+1)03:3321:33 ET8:33 PM CT0:33 - Bobby Portis scored two points Sunday, going 1 of 9 from the field, as the Washington Wizards topped the Denver Nuggets 95-90. Portis grabbed nine rebounds and did not have an assist, tallying a plus-minus of +1 in his 22:05 on the floor.
Mar. 29 7:53 PM PT8:53 PM MT9:53 PM CT10:53 PM ET2:53 GMT10:53 7:53 PM MST8:53 PM CST9:53 PM EST6:53 UAE (+1)03:5322:53 ET8:53 PM CT1:53 - Bobby Portis scored 28 points Friday on 11-of-22 shooting as the Washington Wizards fell to the Utah Jazz 128-124. Portis pulled down 13 rebounds and dished out four assists, accumulating a plus-minus of +2 in his 38:41 on the floor. He added one block and four steals. Portis went 6 of 12 from 3-point range.
Mar. 27 9:25 PM PT10:25 PM MT11:25 PM CT12:25 AM ET4:25 GMT12:25 9:25 PM MST10:25 PM CST11:25 PM EST8:25 UAE05:250:25 ET10:25 PM CT3:25 - Bobby Portis scored 10 points Tuesday, going 3 of 8 from the field, as the Washington Wizards fell to the Los Angeles Lakers 124-106. Portis pulled down seven rebounds and had four assists, tallying a plus-minus of -3 in his 25:21 of playing time. He added one block and one steal.
Mar. 27 8:42 PM PT9:42 PM MT10:42 PM CT11:42 PM ET3:42 GMT11:42 8:42 PM MST9:42 PM CST10:42 PM EST7:42 UAE (+1)04:4223:42 ET9:42 PM CT2:42 - Bobby Portis scored six points Wednesday on 2-of-8 shooting as the Washington Wizards defeated the Phoenix Suns 124-121. Portis pulled down nine rebounds and had two assists, accumulating a plus-minus of -7 in his 22:33 of playing time. He added one steal.
Mar. 23 5:47 PM PT6:47 PM MT7:47 PM CT8:47 PM ET0:47 GMT8:47 5:47 PM MST6:47 PM CST7:47 PM EST4:47 UAE (+1)01:4720:47 ET6:47 PM CT23:47 - Bobby Portis scored 14 points Saturday on 6-of-15 shooting as the Washington Wizards lost to the Miami Heat 113-108. Portis grabbed 11 rebounds and added an assist, accumulating a plus-minus of +1 in his 30:32 on the floor. Portis went 1 of 2 from 3-point range.
Mar. 21 5:25 PM PT6:25 PM MT7:25 PM CT8:25 PM ET0:25 GMT8:25 5:25 PM MST6:25 PM CST7:25 PM EST4:25 UAE (+1)01:2520:25 ET6:25 PM CT23:25 - Bobby Portis scored 18 points Thursday on 6-of-11 shooting as the Washington Wizards lost to the Denver Nuggets 113-108. Portis pulled down eight rebounds and added an assist, tallying a plus-minus of +11 in his 35:52 of playing time. Portis went 3 of 6 from 3-point range.
Mar. 20 6:56 PM PT7:56 PM MT8:56 PM CT9:56 PM ET1:56 GMT9:56 6:56 PM MST7:56 PM CST8:56 PM EST5:56 UAE (+1)02:5621:56 ET7:56 PM CT0:56 - Bobby Portis scored 15 points Wednesday on 6-of-17 shooting as the Washington Wizards fell to the Chicago Bulls 126-120 in overtime. Portis grabbed five rebounds and had three assists, tallying a plus-minus of -4 in his 37:46 on the floor. He added two blocks. Portis went 1 of 6 from 3-point range.
Mar. 18 5:30 PM PT6:30 PM MT7:30 PM CT8:30 PM ET0:30 GMT8:30 5:30 PM MST6:30 PM CST7:30 PM EST4:30 UAE (+1)01:3020:30 ET6:30 PM CT23:30 - Bobby Portis scored 11 points Monday, going 4 of 9 from the field, as the Washington Wizards fell to the Utah Jazz 116-95. Portis grabbed five rebounds and did not have an assist, accumulating a plus-minus of -12 in his 19:09 on the floor. Portis went 3 of 6 from 3-point range.
Mar. 16 5:45 PM PT6:45 PM MT7:45 PM CT8:45 PM ET0:45 GMT8:45 5:45 PM MST6:45 PM CST7:45 PM EST4:45 UAE (+1)01:4520:45 ET6:45 PM CT23:45 - Bobby Portis scored 18 points Saturday, going 7 of 11 from the field, as the Washington Wizards defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 135-128. Portis pulled down six rebounds and had two assists, accumulating a plus-minus of +7 in his 23:18 on the floor. He added one block and one steal. Portis went 3 of 5 from 3-point range.
Mar. 15 5:41 PM PT6:41 PM MT7:41 PM CT8:41 PM ET0:41 GMT8:41 5:41 PM MST6:41 PM CST7:41 PM EST4:41 UAE (+1)01:4120:41 ET6:41 PM CT23:41 - Bobby Portis scored three points Friday on 1-of-7 shooting as the Washington Wizards lost to the Charlotte Hornets 116-110. Portis grabbed four rebounds and added an assist, accumulating a plus-minus of 0 in his 24:00 on the floor. He added one steal.
Mar. 13 5:20 PM PT6:20 PM MT7:20 PM CT8:20 PM ET0:20 GMT8:20 5:20 PM MST6:20 PM CST7:20 PM EST4:20 UAE (+1)01:2020:20 ET6:20 PM CT23:20 - Bobby Portis scored six points Wednesday, going 3 of 11 from the field, as the Washington Wizards defeated the Orlando Magic 100-90. Portis grabbed six rebounds and added an assist, accumulating a plus-minus of -8 in his 22:36 of playing time.
Mar. 11 5:42 PM PT6:42 PM MT7:42 PM CT8:42 PM ET0:42 GMT8:42 5:42 PM MST6:42 PM CST7:42 PM EST4:42 UAE (+1)01:4220:42 ET6:42 PM CT23:42 - Bobby Portis scored 17 points Monday, going 6 of 12 from the field, as the Washington Wizards topped the Sacramento Kings 121-115. Portis pulled down 13 rebounds and added an assist, tallying a plus-minus of +7 in his 33:19 on the floor. He added one block and three steals. Portis went 1 of 2 from 3-point range.
Mar. 9 7:01 PM PT8:01 PM MT9:01 PM CT10:01 PM ET3:01 GMT11:01 8:01 PM MST9:01 PM CST10:01 PM EST7:01 UAE (+1)04:0122:01 ET9:01 PM CT2:01 - Bobby Portis scored 21 points Saturday, going 9 of 18 from the field, as the Washington Wizards lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves 135-130 in overtime. Portis pulled down 12 rebounds and added an assist, tallying a plus-minus of +3 in his 30:31 of playing time. He added one block. Portis went 3 of 6 from 3-point range.
Mar. 8 5:33 PM PT6:33 PM MT7:33 PM CT8:33 PM ET1:33 GMT9:33 6:33 PM MST7:33 PM CST8:33 PM EST5:33 UAE (+1)02:3320:33 ET7:33 PM CT0:33 - Bobby Portis scored 23 points Friday, going 10 of 16 from the field, as the Washington Wizards fell to the Charlotte Hornets 112-111. Portis pulled down nine rebounds and had three assists, accumulating a plus-minus of -5 in his 25:15 of playing time. He added one block. Portis went 3 of 4 from 3-point range.
Mar. 6 5:44 PM PT6:44 PM MT7:44 PM CT8:44 PM ET1:44 GMT9:44 6:44 PM MST7:44 PM CST8:44 PM EST5:44 UAE (+1)02:4420:44 ET7:44 PM CT0:44 - Bobby Portis scored 12 points Wednesday, going 4 of 12 from the field, as the Washington Wizards defeated the Dallas Mavericks 132-123. Portis grabbed eight rebounds and did not have an assist, accumulating a plus-minus of -8 in his 21:42 of playing time. Portis went 2 of 5 from behind the arc.
Mar. 3 4:32 PM PT5:32 PM MT6:32 PM CT7:32 PM ET0:32 GMT8:32 5:32 PM MST6:32 PM CST7:32 PM EST4:32 UAE (+1)01:3219:32 ET6:32 PM CT23:32 - Bobby Portis scored 26 points Sunday on 10-of-18 shooting as the Washington Wizards defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 135-121. Portis pulled down 12 rebounds and did not have an assist, tallying a plus-minus of +17 in his 28:18 of playing time. Portis went 3 of 6 from behind the arc.
Mar. 1 6:41 PM PT7:41 PM MT8:41 PM CT9:41 PM ET2:41 GMT10:41 7:41 PM MST8:41 PM CST9:41 PM EST6:41 UAE (+1)03:4121:41 ET8:41 PM CT1:41 - Bobby Portis scored seven points Friday on 2-of-8 shooting as the Washington Wizards fell to the Boston Celtics 107-96. Portis grabbed 11 rebounds and did not have an assist, accumulating a plus-minus of -14 in his 27:43 of playing time.
Feb. 27 6:21 PM PT7:21 PM MT8:21 PM CT9:21 PM ET2:21 GMT10:21 7:21 PM MST8:21 PM CST9:21 PM EST6:21 UAE (+1)03:2121:21 ET8:21 PM CT1:21 - Bobby Portis scored 10 points Wednesday, going 4 of 12 from the field, as the Washington Wizards topped the Brooklyn Nets 125-116. Portis grabbed 12 rebounds and added an assist, accumulating a plus-minus of +5 in his 26:11 on the floor. He added two steals.
Feb. 23 6:18 PM PT7:18 PM MT8:18 PM CT9:18 PM ET2:18 GMT10:18 7:18 PM MST8:18 PM CST9:18 PM EST6:18 UAE (+1)03:1821:18 ET8:18 PM CT1:18 - Bobby Portis scored seven points Saturday, going 3 of 7 from the field, as the Washington Wizards fell to the Indiana Pacers 119-112. Portis pulled down four rebounds and dished out two assists, tallying a plus-minus of -4 in his 16:54 on the floor. Portis went 1 of 2 from 3-point range.
Feb. 22 5:46 PM PT6:46 PM MT7:46 PM CT8:46 PM ET1:46 GMT9:46 6:46 PM MST7:46 PM CST8:46 PM EST5:46 UAE (+1)02:4620:46 ET7:46 PM CT0:46 - Bobby Portis scored 12 points Friday, going 6 of 15 from the field, as the Washington Wizards fell to the Charlotte Hornets 123-110. Portis grabbed 12 rebounds and added an assist, accumulating a plus-minus of -13 in his 31:17 on the floor. He added four steals.
Feb. 13 6:38 PM PT7:38 PM MT8:38 PM CT9:38 PM ET2:38 GMT10:38 7:38 PM MST8:38 PM CST9:38 PM EST6:38 UAE (+1)03:3821:38 ET8:38 PM CT0:38 - Bobby Portis scored 12 points Wednesday on 5-of-10 shooting as the Washington Wizards lost to the Toronto Raptors 129-120. Portis pulled down six rebounds and added an assist, accumulating a plus-minus of -4 in his 28:24 of playing time. He added one block and one steal. Portis went 2 of 4 from behind the arc.
Feb. 11 5:46 PM PT6:46 PM MT7:46 PM CT8:46 PM ET1:46 GMT9:46 6:46 PM MST7:46 PM CST8:46 PM EST5:46 UAE (+1)02:4620:46 ET7:46 PM CT23:46 - Bobby Portis scored 24 points Monday, going 9 of 17 from the field, as the Washington Wizards fell to the Detroit Pistons 121-112. Portis pulled down five rebounds and added an assist, accumulating a plus-minus of +4 in his 31:30 on the floor. He tacked on two steals. Portis went 6 of 10 from 3-point range.
Feb. 9 6:42 PM PT7:42 PM MT8:42 PM CT9:42 PM ET2:42 GMT10:42 7:42 PM MST8:42 PM CST9:42 PM EST6:42 UAE (+1)03:4221:42 ET8:42 PM CT0:42 - Bobby Portis scored 10 points Saturday, going 4 of 11 from the field, as the Washington Wizards topped the Chicago Bulls 134-125. Portis grabbed 12 rebounds and dished out four assists, accumulating a plus-minus of +8 in his 29:23 on the floor. He added two blocks.
Feb. 8 5:31 PM PT6:31 PM MT7:31 PM CT8:31 PM ET1:31 GMT9:31 6:31 PM MST7:31 PM CST8:31 PM EST5:31 UAE (+1)02:3120:31 ET7:31 PM CT23:31 - Bobby Portis scored 30 points Friday on 12-of-18 shooting as the Washington Wizards defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 119-106. Portis pulled down six rebounds and had two assists, accumulating a plus-minus of +19 in his 27:28 on the floor. He tacked on one steal. Portis went 4 of 6 from behind the arc.
Feb. 2 5:34 PM PT6:34 PM MT7:34 PM CT8:34 PM ET1:34 GMT9:34 6:34 PM MST7:34 PM CST8:34 PM EST5:34 UAE (+1)02:3420:34 ET7:34 PM CT23:34 - Bobby Portis scored 33 points Saturday on 13-of-23 shooting as the Chicago Bulls lost to the Charlotte Hornets 125-118. Portis pulled down nine rebounds and did not have an assist, tallying a plus-minus of +1 in his 33:52 of playing time. He tacked on two steals. Portis went 4 of 8 from 3-point range.
Jan. 30 6:12 PM PT7:12 PM MT8:12 PM CT9:12 PM ET2:12 GMT10:12 7:12 PM MST8:12 PM CST9:12 PM EST6:12 UAE (+1)03:1221:12 ET8:12 PM CT0:12 - Bobby Portis scored 26 points Wednesday, going 10 of 17 from the field, as the Chicago Bulls defeated the Miami Heat 105-89. Portis grabbed four rebounds and dished out two assists, tallying a plus-minus of +5 in his 24:29 of playing time. He added one block. Portis went 2 of 3 from behind the arc.
Jan. 29 6:21 PM PT7:21 PM MT8:21 PM CT9:21 PM ET2:21 GMT10:21 7:21 PM MST8:21 PM CST9:21 PM EST6:21 UAE (+1)03:2121:21 ET8:21 PM CT0:21 - Bobby Portis scored 12 points Tuesday on 5-of-8 shooting as the Chicago Bulls lost to the Brooklyn Nets 122-117. Portis grabbed five rebounds and added an assist, accumulating a plus-minus of +3 in his 23:31 of playing time. He tacked on one steal.
Jan. 27 2:07 PM PT3:07 PM MT4:07 PM CT5:07 PM ET22:07 GMT6:07 3:07 PM MST4:07 PM CST5:07 PM EST2:07 UAE (+1)23:0717:07 ET4:07 PM CT20:07 - Bobby Portis scored nine points Sunday, going 4 of 11 from the field, as the Chicago Bulls lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers 104-101. Portis pulled down two rebounds and added an assist, accumulating a plus-minus of -9 in his 19:13 on the floor. Portis went 1 of 3 from behind the arc.
Jan. 25 6:47 PM PT7:47 PM MT8:47 PM CT9:47 PM ET2:47 GMT10:47 7:47 PM MST8:47 PM CST9:47 PM EST6:47 UAE (+1)03:4721:47 ET8:47 PM CT0:47 - Bobby Portis scored 18 points Friday, going 9 of 20 from the field, as the Chicago Bulls fell to the Los Angeles Clippers 106-101. Portis grabbed 14 rebounds and added an assist, tallying a plus-minus of -2 in his 33:40 of playing time.
Jan. 23 7:23 PM PT8:23 PM MT9:23 PM CT10:23 PM ET3:23 GMT11:23 8:23 PM MST9:23 PM CST10:23 PM EST7:23 UAE (+1)04:2322:23 ET9:23 PM CT1:23 - Bobby Portis scored nine points Wednesday on 3-of-12 shooting as the Chicago Bulls lost to the Atlanta Hawks 121-101. Portis pulled down seven rebounds and had two assists, tallying a plus-minus of -7 in his 33:14 of playing time. Portis went 1 of 4 from behind the arc.
Jan. 21 11:36 AM PT12:36 PM MT1:36 PM CT2:36 PM ET19:36 GMT3:36 12:36 PM MST1:36 PM CST2:36 PM EST23:36 UAE20:3614:36 ET1:36 PM CT17:36 - Bobby Portis scored 15 points Monday, going 6 of 10 from the field, as the Chicago Bulls topped the Cleveland Cavaliers 104-88. Portis grabbed five rebounds and added an assist, accumulating a plus-minus of +7 in his 18:38 of playing time. He added one steal. Portis went 3 of 6 from behind the arc.
Jan. 19 6:39 PM PT7:39 PM MT8:39 PM CT9:39 PM ET2:39 GMT10:39 7:39 PM MST8:39 PM CST9:39 PM EST6:39 UAE (+1)03:3921:39 ET8:39 PM CT0:39 - Bobby Portis scored 21 points Saturday on 8-of-12 shooting as the Chicago Bulls lost to the Miami Heat 117-103. Portis grabbed six rebounds and had two assists, tallying a plus-minus of -12 in his 24:05 on the floor. He added one steal. Portis went 2 of 3 from 3-point range.
Jan. 17 7:24 PM PT8:24 PM MT9:24 PM CT10:24 PM ET3:24 GMT11:24 8:24 PM MST9:24 PM CST10:24 PM EST7:24 UAE (+1)04:2422:24 ET9:24 PM CT1:24 - Bobby Portis scored 10 points Thursday, going 4 of 13 from the field, as the Chicago Bulls lost to the Denver Nuggets 135-105. Portis grabbed 13 rebounds and dished out four assists, accumulating a plus-minus of -25 in his 27:49 of playing time. Portis went 1 of 2 from behind the arc.
Jan. 16 9:14 PM PT10:14 PM MT11:14 PM CT12:14 AM ET5:14 GMT13:14 10:14 PM MST11:14 PM CST12:14 AM EST9:14 UAE06:140:14 ET11:14 PM CT3:14 - Bobby Portis scored two points Tuesday, going 1 of 11 from the field, as the Chicago Bulls fell to the Los Angeles Lakers 107-100. Portis pulled down seven rebounds and dished out three assists, accumulating a plus-minus of -4 in his 16:53 on the floor.
Jan. 12 9:20 PM PT10:20 PM MT11:20 PM CT12:20 AM ET5:20 GMT13:20 10:20 PM MST11:20 PM CST12:20 AM EST9:20 UAE06:200:20 ET11:20 PM CT3:20 - Bobby Portis scored 16 points Friday, going 4 of 7 from the field, as the Chicago Bulls lost to the Golden State Warriors 146-109. Portis grabbed four rebounds and added an assist, tallying a plus-minus of -23 in his 16:58 on the floor. He added two steals. Portis went 1 of 1 from 3-point range.
Jan. 12 11:36 AM PT12:36 PM MT1:36 PM CT2:36 PM ET19:36 GMT3:36 12:36 PM MST1:36 PM CST2:36 PM EST23:36 UAE20:3614:36 ET1:36 PM CT17:36 - Portis (elbow) said he'll be back in the lineup Tuesday against the Lakers.
Analysis: Portis is just three games into a comeback from a knee injury and has been a force off the bench, scoring between 15 and 17 points in each of those contests despite only getting around 17-19 minutes of time.
Jan. 9 8:28 PM PT9:28 PM MT10:28 PM CT11:28 PM ET4:28 GMT12:28 9:28 PM MST10:28 PM CST11:28 PM EST8:28 UAE05:2823:28 ET10:28 PM CT2:28 - Bobby Portis scored 15 points Wednesday on 6-of-12 shooting as the Chicago Bulls fell to the Portland Trail Blazers 124-112. Portis pulled down six rebounds and did not have an assist, tallying a plus-minus of -14 in his 18:56 of playing time. Portis went 3 of 6 from 3-point range.
Jan. 6 2:07 PM PT3:07 PM MT4:07 PM CT5:07 PM ET22:07 GMT6:07 3:07 PM MST4:07 PM CST5:07 PM EST2:07 UAE (+1)23:0717:07 ET4:07 PM CT20:07 - Bobby Portis scored 17 points Sunday, going 6 of 11 from the field, as the Chicago Bulls lost to the Brooklyn Nets 117-100. Portis grabbed five rebounds and did not have an assist, tallying a plus-minus of -10 in his 19:42 of playing time. Portis went 3 of 4 from behind the arc.
Dec. 20 10:37 AM PT11:37 AM MT12:37 PM CT1:37 PM ET18:37 GMT2:37 11:37 AM MST12:37 PM CST1:37 PM EST22:37 UAE19:3713:37 ET12:37 PM CT16:37 - Portis (sprained right ankle) will play Sunday after he sat out Friday's game against Indiana.
Analysis: He averaged 13 points and 6.4 rebounds in five December games after returning from a lengthy absence caused by a sprained knee.
Dec. 19 6:56 PM PT7:56 PM MT8:56 PM CT9:56 PM ET2:56 GMT10:56 7:56 PM MST8:56 PM CST9:56 PM EST6:56 UAE (+1)03:5621:56 ET8:56 PM CT0:56 - Bobby Portis scored 16 points Wednesday, going 6 of 18 from the field, as the Chicago Bulls fell to the Brooklyn Nets 96-93. Portis grabbed 11 rebounds and added an assist, tallying a plus-minus of -4 in his 24:14 on the floor. He added one block and one steal.
Dec. 17 6:45 PM PT7:45 PM MT8:45 PM CT9:45 PM ET2:45 GMT10:45 7:45 PM MST8:45 PM CST9:45 PM EST6:45 UAE (+1)03:4521:45 ET8:45 PM CT0:45 - Bobby Portis scored 16 points Monday, going 7 of 14 from the field, as the Chicago Bulls lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder 121-96. Portis grabbed two rebounds and did not have an assist, accumulating a plus-minus of -11 in his 22:50 on the floor. Portis went 1 of 4 from behind the arc.
Dec. 15 7:09 PM PT8:09 PM MT9:09 PM CT10:09 PM ET3:09 GMT11:09 8:09 PM MST9:09 PM CST10:09 PM EST7:09 UAE (+1)04:0922:09 ET9:09 PM CT1:09 - Bobby Portis scored nine points Saturday on 4-of-12 shooting as the Chicago Bulls topped the San Antonio Spurs 98-93. Portis pulled down four rebounds and did not have an assist, tallying a plus-minus of -11 in his 19:04 on the floor. He added one block.
Dec. 13 8:19 PM PT9:19 PM MT10:19 PM CT11:19 PM ET4:19 GMT12:19 9:19 PM MST10:19 PM CST11:19 PM EST8:19 UAE05:1923:19 ET10:19 PM CT2:19 - Bobby Portis scored 15 points Thursday, going 6 of 11 from the field, as the Chicago Bulls fell to the Orlando Magic 97-91. Portis pulled down seven rebounds and added an assist, accumulating a plus-minus of +4 in his 21:58 of playing time. He tacked on one steal. Portis went 1 of 2 from behind the arc.
Dec. 10 6:35 PM PT7:35 PM MT8:35 PM CT9:35 PM ET2:35 GMT10:35 7:35 PM MST8:35 PM CST9:35 PM EST6:35 UAE (+1)03:3521:35 ET8:35 PM CT0:35 - Bobby Portis scored nine points Monday on 3-of-8 shooting as the Chicago Bulls lost to the Sacramento Kings 108-89. Portis grabbed eight rebounds and added an assist, tallying a plus-minus of -9 in his 18:38 on the floor. He added one block. Portis went 1 of 2 from 3-point range.
Oct. 24 6:58 PM PT7:58 PM MT8:58 PM CT9:58 PM ET1:58 GMT9:58 6:58 PM MST7:58 PM CST8:58 PM EST5:58 UAE (+1)03:5821:58 ET8:58 PM CT0:58 - Bobby Portis scored four points Wednesday, going 2 of 5 from the field, as the Chicago Bulls topped the Charlotte Hornets 112-110. Portis pulled down seven rebounds and added an assist, accumulating a plus-minus of -7 in his 19:48 on the floor. He added one block.
Oct. 24 8:39 PM PT9:39 PM MT10:39 PM CT11:39 PM ET3:39 GMT11:39 8:39 PM MST9:39 PM CST10:39 PM EST7:39 UAE (+1)05:3923:39 ET10:39 PM CT2:39 - Portis (sprained MCL) will return Monday against the Kings.
Analysis: Portis started the season's first four games, averaging 10.5 points and 10.0 rebounds, before getting injured on Oct. 26.
Oct. 22 7:36 PM PT8:36 PM MT9:36 PM CT10:36 PM ET2:36 GMT10:36 7:36 PM MST8:36 PM CST9:36 PM EST6:36 UAE (+1)04:3622:36 ET9:36 PM CT1:36 - Bobby Portis scored 12 points Monday, going 5 of 9 from the field, as the Chicago Bulls fell to the Dallas Mavericks 115-109. Portis grabbed eight rebounds and did not have an assist, tallying a plus-minus of -1 in his 30:33 on the floor. He added two blocks.
Oct. 20 7:00 PM PT8:00 PM MT9:00 PM CT10:00 PM ET2:00 GMT10:00 7:00 PM MST8:00 PM CST9:00 PM EST6:00 UAE (+1)04:0022:00 ET9:00 PM CT1:00 - Bobby Portis scored six points Saturday, going 2 of 12 from the field, as the Chicago Bulls fell to the Detroit Pistons 118-116. Portis grabbed 14 rebounds and had five assists, tallying a plus-minus of +9 in his 29:21 on the floor. He added one steal.
Oct. 18 6:49 PM PT7:49 PM MT8:49 PM CT9:49 PM ET1:49 GMT9:49 6:49 PM MST7:49 PM CST8:49 PM EST5:49 UAE (+1)03:4921:49 ET8:49 PM CT0:49 - Bobby Portis scored 20 points Thursday on 8-of-15 shooting as the Chicago Bulls fell to the Philadelphia 76ers 127-108. Portis grabbed 11 rebounds and dished out two assists, accumulating a plus-minus of -3 in his 33:06 on the floor. He added one block and one steal. Portis went 3 of 6 from behind the arc.
Oct. 12 6:40 PM PT7:40 PM MT8:40 PM CT9:40 PM ET1:40 GMT9:40 6:40 PM MST7:40 PM CST8:40 PM EST5:40 UAE (+1)03:4021:40 ET8:40 PM CT0:40 - Bobby Portis scored 10 points Friday on 5-of-12 shooting as the Chicago Bulls lost to the Denver Nuggets 98-93. Portis grabbed seven rebounds and added an assist, accumulating a plus-minus of -19 in his 18:38 of playing time. He added one steal.
Oct. 10 6:49 PM PT7:49 PM MT8:49 PM CT9:49 PM ET1:49 GMT9:49 6:49 PM MST7:49 PM CST8:49 PM EST5:49 UAE (+1)03:4921:49 ET8:49 PM CT0:49 - Bobby Portis scored 20 points Wednesday on 8-of-11 shooting as the Chicago Bulls topped the Indiana Pacers 104-89. Portis pulled down six rebounds and had two assists, tallying a plus-minus of +22 in his 21:37 of playing time. He added one block and two steals. Portis went 3 of 5 from 3-point range.
Oct. 8 5:39 PM PT6:39 PM MT7:39 PM CT8:39 PM ET0:39 GMT8:39 5:39 PM MST6:39 PM CST7:39 PM EST4:39 UAE (+1)02:3920:39 ET7:39 PM CT23:39 - Bobby Portis scored 17 points Monday, going 6 of 10 from the field, as the Chicago Bulls fell to the Charlotte Hornets 110-104. Portis grabbed eight rebounds and added an assist, accumulating a plus-minus of +6 in his 25:42 on the floor. He added one steal. Portis went 1 of 3 from behind the arc.
Oct. 3 6:55 PM PT7:55 PM MT8:55 PM CT9:55 PM ET1:55 GMT9:55 6:55 PM MST7:55 PM CST8:55 PM EST5:55 UAE (+1)03:5521:55 ET8:55 PM CT0:55 - Bobby Portis scored 17 points Wednesday, going 7 of 15 from the field, as the Chicago Bulls fell to the Milwaukee Bucks 116-82. Portis grabbed three rebounds and did not have an assist, accumulating a plus-minus of -14 in his 26:40 of playing time. Portis went 1 of 7 from behind the arc.
Sep. 30 5:39 PM PT6:39 PM MT7:39 PM CT8:39 PM ET0:39 GMT8:39 5:39 PM MST6:39 PM CST7:39 PM EST4:39 UAE (+1)02:3920:39 ET7:39 PM CT23:39 - Bobby Portis scored 21 points Sunday on 10-of-19 shooting as the Chicago Bulls defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 128-116. Portis pulled down five rebounds and did not have an assist, accumulating a plus-minus of +2 in his 19:28 on the floor. He tacked on two steals.


Pocket-lint has managed to get its hands on a pre-release (beta) version of the forthcoming firmware update for the Humax HD-Fox T2 (which will also arrive for the HDR-Fox T2) and has had a play with the company's brand spanking new TV Portal feature. Through it, the Freeview HD set-top-box gains access to Internet content, such as BBC iPlayer, Sky Player and Wikipedia.
The patch essentially allows the Humax STB to convert any regular set to a Smart TV, as long as the box is connected to the Internet via an Ethernet cable or an external, Humax-branded Wi-Fi dongle - support for which also comes with this patch. It's highly probable that owners will have done this already though, as it has doubled as a DLNA-friendly multi-media streamer for some time.
A recent over-the-air official update already brought recording functionality to the box, when connected to a USB memory stick or external hard drive (obviously the PVR version, HDR-Fox T2 didn't need this upgrade) but it was the 'net content portal that customers have been yearning for since the release of the box back in the summer of 2010.
The beta version of 1.02.03 should in no way be considered the final build, but it does offer five different applications at this time. A press of the previously-unused TV Portal button on the remote control brings up a menu screen featuring access to BBC iPlayer, Sky Player, Internet Radio (which we suspect was built by Humax itself) Wikipededia via the Wiki@TV app, and Flickr. More are on their way, and Humax has plans to expand as agreements are struck. Perhaps even before the new firmware is made public.
Anybody who's used BBC iPlayer on TV equivalent services, such as Samsung's Internet@TV, will recognise the app here instantly. It's identical to the front end used by the corporation on a swathe of different devices, and it's welcome to see HD content sit alongside standard definition video in this instance.
On Ethernet, everything starts and streams nigh-on instantly, high-def or no, but we didn't have a dongle to hand (oo-er missus) to check out the Wi-Fi option.
Sky Player is similar, and runs in much the same way as it does on numerous other platforms. Of course, there's no HD content, and it can cost a fair penny if you don't already subscribe to Sky. But those who do will be pleased to get the service in another format and room.
Wiki@TV is fairly basic, to be honest. While it gives the raw information from Wikipedia on a subject you've searched for, there's not much else to it. And, on the beta version of the software at least, it looks a bit clunky.
Flickr is better presented and is, again, in much the same format as on connected TVs and other devices. You can search and look at pictures - handy if you keep your holiday snaps on the online service.
But it's the Internet Radio portal that we're, strangely, most impressed by. Simple, clean design and an extensive list of stations is all we really need, and we can see that this might get more use that any of the rest of the initial TV Portal apps, even though it's not actually TV as such.
As well as access to Internet content, the 1.02.03 brings with it a few fixes, including a resolution for an issue with audio drop out on HD programmes, and HDMI to DVI improvements. An auto delete feature is added to the recording capabilities, and multiple folders can now be selected for copy/move/delete.
Trailer Booking is added (both the BBC and Channel 4 currently broadcast info for Trailer Booking) and SMS input is now supported. And finally, an option has been added to the installation wizard to allow for power saving in standby.
Naturally, as a pre-release beta, it's craggy and temperamental, but that won't be the case with the final build (which is due "very soon", Pocket-lint understands) and what 1.02.03 brings to the table is such a veritable feast that it elevates the Humax HD-Fox T2 some way above its Freeview HD set-top-box roots.


A failed Melbourne businessman who styles himself on Wall Street character Gordon Gekko has become a partner with a state government agency in a luxury ski resort project, even though he owes more than $61 million in bad debts.
Government and regulatory authorities have granted access to public land at Mount Hotham for a major new hotel that is backed by still-bankrupt developer Anton Joseph Wilson.
Wall Street character Gordon Gekko, played by Michael Douglas, and bankrupt developer Anton Wilson.
Despite being disqualified from managing a corporation, Mr Wilson has apparently taken a lead role in the $26 million project that is being billed as the largest commercial development on the mountain in 20 years.
Mr Wilson, who has adopted Gekko's slicked-back hairstyle, distinctive dress sense and even, according to sources, his signature catchphrase "greed is good", is responsible for a string of property developments and investment schemes where tens of millions of dollars have been lost.
"He's always had this thing about Gordon Gekko," a source said. "The monogrammed cuffed shirts, the hair, the attitude. Anton took on this whole persona. He thinks it's all a big game."
In a nod to his idol, Mr Wilson renamed several of his previous failed ventures after fictional businesses in the movie Wall Street and its sequel Money Never Sleeps just days before they were put into external administration in 2015.
Poster for the hit 1987 film.
Two of the collapsing companies in his Mider property group were named after Anacott Steel and Teldar Paper, stocks that Michael Douglas' character manipulated as part of an insider-trading scam and hostile takeover in the hit 1987 film.
Others were rebranded Churchill Scwartz [sic] and Keller Zabel, the investment banks portrayed in the sequel.
This apparent mimicking of Gekko was raised in the Supreme Court during a lawsuit relating to the businesses, where Mr Wilson's actions were branded by a former business partner's lawyer as "having a little laugh".
"[He's] saying, 'Look, I can do what I want. I'm the Gordon Gekko of the Supreme Court, I'll slick my hair back and do what I want,' and we would say, your honour, it's beyond the pale," barrister Martin Garrett said.
In a 2016 decision awarding $7.4 million against him, Justice Ross Robson found he did not "accept the credit of Mr Wilson", his actions had been misleading and he had breached his fiduciary duties.
In September 2017, Mr Wilson was declared bankrupt with debts of more than $61 million but only $8700 in the bank and no other assets.
Among his creditors were underworld-linked mediator and debt collector Mick Gatto and his business partner John Khoury.
Documents filed during Mr Wilson's bankruptcy lists his residential address as a backpackers' hostel in Sydney and his postal address as a caravan park in Geelong.
However, until recently, his family home was a five-bedroom Victorian terrace in Middle Park owned by his wife, Melinda Jane Wilson. She sold the property earlier this year for $5.57 million.
Ms Wilson's current registered address is a five-bedroom house in Hawthorn with a pool and theatre room.
Despite Mr Wilson's history and status as an undischarged bankrupt, in March the 48-year-old was announced as the developer of the $26 million ski lodge project at the popular winter destination.
"The new development, called Davenport Central, will be undertaken by Mider, a Melbourne-based development group owned by Mr Anton Wilson in a joint venture with Davenport Central Pty Ltd representing Asgaard Ski Club Inc," a media statement announced in late March 2018.
"It'll be the biggest single private development ever at Mount Hotham," Davenport Central director and club member Ron Mason said at the time.
Among the shareholders in the joint venture is the government-backed Mt Hotham Alpine Management Board, while public land for the development has been provided on a 75-year lease by the Department of the Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP).
However, none of the parties has been able to describe what due diligence, if any, was done on Mr Wilson or whether they were aware of his background in advance of the deal.
Mr Wilson did not respond to a series of questions sent to him at his request.
When contacted by The Age, Davenport Central director and Asgaard treasurer Peter Malone said the media release was "wrong" and "unauthorised".
"Mr Wilson's got nothing to do with it," he said. "If you're looking for a story, there's no story."
Peter Malone (second from left), MP Danielle Green (second from right) and Anton Wilson (far right) at the Davenport Central launch.
Mr Malone said they were partnered with the company Mider@MtHotham Pty, which was owned by "a lady" but he couldn't provide her name.
Corporate records show the company was registered after Mr Wilson's bankruptcy by his wife, Melinda, who is the director and ultimate owner. Ms Wilson has also been a director in a number of his other ventures.
Sources close to the project say Mr Wilson has taken a lead role in the development, which is due to break ground in October.
Mr Malone's claims that Mr Wilson was not involved have also been refuted by evidence that shows Mr Wilson was a major player at the project's official launch party.
Anton Wilson at the Davenport Central launch in March 2018.
"[Davenport Central] ... will be great for the mountain and just encourage people to spur on and try and emulate Anton, Ron and Peter's work," Labor MP and Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism Danielle Green said in a video of the event.
Mr Wilson and Mr Malone also appeared in photos along with Ms Green in front of a Davenport Central publicity poster emblazoned with the Mider logo.
Advertising for the project also refers to Mr Wilson as a "director" of Mider, despite his being disqualified by his bankruptcy.
DELWP spokesman Michael Pollock said Environment Minister Lily D'Ambrosio granted permission to the Mount Hotham board to negotiate the lease, but the department would not comment on whether it was aware of Mr Wilson's involvement.
"The minister is not a party to the lease, and neither the minister nor the department have been involved with any of the lease negotiations between the board and the tenant," Mr Pollock said.
The Mount Hotham board has refused to answer questions about what due diligence checks were performed on the project or whether it was aware of Mr Wilson's history.
"[The board] was not involved in applying for or securing finance for the proposed development," spokeswoman Anita Coia said in response to questions about its involvement.
Labor MP Danielle Green did not respond to a request for comment.
Since the March launch party, two other companies controlled formerly by Mr Wilson and now by Ms Wilson have been placed into external administration owing millions of dollars.
Law firm Aitken Partners said they are representing more than 50 investors embroiled in the schemes.
"Our clients have suffered serious losses but we've had some success in obtaining information despite attempts by Mr Wilson to frustrate our clients' endeavours," senior associate Nahum Ayliffe said.
"Our clients have instructed us to report Mr Wilson to the Australian Securities and Investment Commission."


Bourne Town were punished for mistakes in a home defeat to Lutterworth Town on Saturday.
Wakes boss Rob Middleton felt they were "hard done by" as the Leicestershire side stayed one point clear at the top of the table.
Bourne trailed 3-0 at half-time then Zak Munton's penalty was saved before the top scorer got a consolation on 75 minutes.
Middleton said: "Overall, I wasn't too disappointed by the performance as the lads put in plenty of effort.
"Two goals in the first half were avoidable from our point of view.
"We should have dealt with a ball behind the back four and the opener was a gift to them.
"The second goal was frustrating because we had spoken previously about defending set-pieces into the box.
"I felt our line was too high and I wanted to give ourselves 10 or 15 yards to attack the ball instead of heading it when we are running back towards goal.
"That wasn't put into practice and it cost us a goal.
"All of a sudden, we were 2-0 down but we weren't getting played off the park.
"You have to give them credit for the third goal as he took a good touch, used his strength and slotted in a nice finish.
"We were punished for our own mistakes and our concentration levels need to be better.
"We must be stronger defensively, simple as that.
"We showed a bit of naivety and against the top teams, we don't have enough threat going forward.
"We dug in and we didn't disgrace ourselves on Saturday.
"I still believe we are moving in the right direction.
"The results hasn't really done any damage but we need to hold onto our current position.
"We are probably going to Burton Park Wanderers at the wrong time as their form has improved by picking up results."


Galen Gruman, a technology journalist, wants to save Windows XP. He has set up a "Save XP" petition (SaveXP.com) in protest at Microsoft dropping Windows XP at the end of June. This will leave consumers with little choice but to buy Vista or switch to Mac or Linux.


ZANU PF national political commissar Engelbert Rugeje has roped in the ruling party’s Chitepo School of Ideology to conduct a healing and reconciliation workshop for all winning and losing candidates in the just-ended party primary elections, as part of measures to unite them ahead of this year’s polls.
The workshop will take place at the party headquarters in Harare on Tuesday and Wednesday.
“Provincial chairpersons are requested to invite all their respective winning and losing contestants in the said primary elections to attend this very important meeting scheduled to be addressed by His Excellency the President and First Secretary of Zanu PF on Wednesday 30 May 2018,” Rugeje said in a letter addressed to the ruling party’s provincial chairpersons.
The workshop comes at a time several Zanu PF losing candidates and their supporters have threatened to vote opposition candidates in protest over alleged rigging and imposition of candidates. The party members also accused their leaders of failing to rein-in violent members.
In a related development, four suspected Zanu PF activists are set to appear at the Bindura Magistrates Court today on allegations of robbing several tonnes of foodstuff meant to be doled out to party members in Mazowe West during primary elections held last month.
The stolen goods include rice and mealie-meal belonging to the party’s losing candidate, Tafadzwa Musarara.
The accused — Boyd Fungulani, Shingirai Chisango, Lens Faranando and Jonah Ngwenya — are believed to be sympathetic to the winning candidate and sitting legislator Kazembe Kazembe.
According to summons dated May 23 and seen by NewsDay, the alleged incident happened on April 28 at Dandamera shopping centre in Concession and the State has lined up six witnesses to testify in the case.


The Ottawa Senators are in danger of having their first non-sellout of a playoff game in a decade.
A glance at the club’s Ticketmaster website late Wednesday showed more than 1,000 tickets were unsold for Thursday, when the Senators open the second round of the playoffs against the New York Rangers.
There are 18,572 seats at the Canadian Tire Centre.
Many of the available tickets for Thursday’s game were in the corners of the upper bowl, seats that carry a $96 price tag.
The last time the Senators failed to sell out a playoff game was in 2007.
The Senators also fell short of filling the building twice during the 2003 playoffs and once in 2002.
The Senators sold out all three games in the opening round of the playoffs against Boston. Game 1 drew a crowd of 18,702, while 18,629 showed up for Game 2 and 19,209 were in the seats for Game 5.
Despite the number of tickets that were available late Wednesday, the organizations remains opmistic that there will be a strong walk-up crowd.


The Historic Tappen Park Community Partnership will host "Illuminate Stapleton" in the park this weekend, which features light based installations from seven local artists and more. The festival aims to highlight the neighborhood and its residents amidst a wave of redevelopment on the North Shore of Staten Island.
STAPLETON — A new festival hopes to shine a light on Stapleton and its residents amidst a wave of redevelopment that's headed to the neighborhood.
The Historic Tappen Park Community Partnership will put on the first "Illuminate Stapleton" festival this weekend, featuring light-based art from locals, a photography exhibit highlighting residents, an art market and more.
"With all of the redevelopment happening, the residents and businesses are feeling changed and pushed out," said Kamillah Hanks, president and CEO of the group. "What we decided to do is take a closer look at our community assets and create an event and a district-wide marketing campaign.
"We're highlighting our history, we're anticipating our future and we’ll also be defining who we are so that anybody coming in knows that this is an established community."
The festival — which the group is putting on after winning a neighborhood challenge grant from the city's Economic Development Corporation — kicks off on Friday with the opening of the "I am Stapleton" exhibit by Mike Shane, who photographed portraits of long-term residents of the neighborhood.
"That's how we illuminate our people," Hanks said. "They are people who helped shape our neighborhood.
On Saturday and Sunday, Tappen Park will be taken over by seven local artists who created light-based pieces based on the neighborhood.
"We wanted people to focus their ideas around Stapleton and shedding light on either a geographical area or a group of people or an idea," said Christian Penn of the Projectivity Movement, who helped with programming for the event.
"They really did a good job of how and what they were going to be illuminating and creating."
Pieces include a lit sign of Stapleon that also works as speakers for a phone; past images of the neighborhood projected on buildings; and a model of a Victorian home similar to ones found in the area lit from the inside, Penn said.
The park will also have local bands including Yeti, Kadre and Dolltits and an artist market.
Aside from the park, several other businesses around the neighborhood will host events during the festival including 5050 Skatepark, the Stapleton Library and more.
"Illuminate Stapleton" starts with a free opening reception of "I am Stapleton" on Friday at 8 p.m. at Edgewater Hall, 691 Bay St. On Saturday and Sunday, the festival will have light based installations inside Tappen Park from 5 to 11 p.m. For a full list of events visit their Facebook page.


At this time of year you are very likely to see hedge cutters at work on the hedges lining our roads.
This is the best time of year to trim back the hedges as all the leaves are off and the berries have been eaten by the birds.
It is an important job to keep the hedges trimmed because it enables better visability for road users.
Farmers also trim the hedges lining their fields, because if they left them to grow bigger and bigger they would lose valuable land.
Some hedge work can be done by hand using chainsaws and other equipment, but the bigger jobs require big machinery. And so contractors are often brought in to do the job as they have the specialist equipment required.
In the past it was a major job to collect up hedge cuttings, which then had to be chipped or burnt to be disposed of.
These days most hedges are trimmed with a flail cutter so there is nothing to pick up as the chippings fall back down into the hedge and fertilise it.
Hedge cutting is regulated by the European Commission and must be completed by March 1.


Michelle Mumford is now back to her healthy self after recovering from anorexia.
A Whitnash woman who has overcome anorexia is sharing her story to help prevent others from going down the same path.
February is National Eating Disorder Awareness month (NEDA) - and Michelle Mumford, who spent around six months at Warwick Hospital recovering after nearly losing her life to anorexia, has started writing a blog to help encourage others who think they may be at risk to seek help.
Michelle first realised she had an eating disorder at the age of 18 while at university.
It started out as low self-esteem and trying to be “perfect” - but when she began to diet and exercise more, she lost weight and felt good about it.
She said: “I finally felt as though I was doing something right.
“But it was downhill from there. The more weight I lost, the more I wanted to lose.
Michelle was losing around half a stone a week, then became incredibly weak, would pass out regularly and was unable to take in what little food she did try to eat. Realising that her body was rapidly deteriorating, Michelle admitted herself to an inpatient unit at Warwick Hospital - and it took six months for her to recover.
She said: “I soon learnt that eating disorders are not about food or weight, they develop as a way to show that you are struggling. They come from a need to control something when all other areas in your life are out of control.


Tue., Feb. 8, 2011, 1:47 p.m.
Just 23 percent said “no” to that in the statewide survey, and 3 percent said they didn’t know.
The statewide survey queried adults in 525 randomly selected Idaho households, included cell phone as well as land-line respondents, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 5 percent.
It also asked how strongly Idahoans agreed that the state “should allow the sale and manufacture of marijuana for medical purposes.” Those results were less overwhelming, with 46 percent agreeing and 46 percent disagreeing.
The survey has queried Idahoans about their views on state policy every year for more than 20 years, but the last one was taken in 2007, as budget cuts nixed the survey for the past two years. The new survey, conducted between Nov. 18 and Jan. 8, is the 20th one taken.
Trail said he’s working now to make sure his medical marijuana legislation, HB 19, gets a hearing. The bill, entitled the Idaho Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act, is pending in the House Health and Welfare Committee.
Though neighboring Washington, Montana, Oregon and Nevada all have legalized medical marijuana, the substance is fully criminalized in Idaho, with possession - even traces - classified as a misdemeanor carrying a penalty of up to a year in jail and/or a fine of up to $1,000. Anyone under 18 caught with any amount of marijuana also will lose their driver’s license for a year, and possession of three ounces or more is a felony, carrying up to a five-year prison sentence and fines of up to $10,000.
Trail said those neighboring states all enacted their medical marijuana laws by initiative, and he said that’s why they’ve led to problems. He said by going through the legislative process with his bill, which is modeled after a similar, restrictive measure from New Jersey, Idaho can make sure sufficient controls are in place on the use of medical marijuana, which the bill would allow only by prescription for debilitating or terminal illnesses and only up to 2 ounces per patient every 28 days.
Trail said New Jersey and Maryland both enacted their medical marijuana laws through the Legislature, rather than by initiative. “They have far fewer problems - you never see them in the headlines,” he said.
In other findings, the BSU survey also found that Idaho now has more independents than Republicans - the first time that result has been found since the survey began. It found that 39 percent of respondents identified their political affiliation as independent; 34 percent chose Republican; and 22 percent said they’re Democrats.
The survey also found that just 49 percent of Idahoans say the state is headed in the right direction - the lowest result ever found by the survey, which saw 70 percent choose that answer in 2004. “It could be a reflection of the tough times,” said BSU professor Stephanie Witt.
In other results, jobs were named the “most important issue” facing the state, at 33 percent, followed by education, 24 percent, and the economy, 17 percent. Fifty-six percent said their household has been “personally impacted by cuts in state programs and services;” 75 percent said budget cuts have affected the quality of children’s education; and 59 percent don’t think the state is investing enough in higher education. However, respondents were divided on whether to raise taxes; 53 percent supported raising the sales tax to support the K-12 public school budget; but only 39 percent favored raising the sales tax a penny to “close the budget gap,” and 41 percent were “strongly” opposed to that.
Published: Feb. 8, 2011, 1:47 p.m.


In South Korea, one of the leading nations for crypto investing, young adults seeking financial freedom are falling into the craze with volatile results.
NAMYANGJU, South Korea — Jumping on a national frenzy over cryptocurrencies, 24-year-old Juwon Park scraped together some of her savings and in December gambled $2,500 on the investment trend sweeping South Korea.
Park, a former Google intern who is now a business writer, had been riveted by a man on television who bragged that he transformed $80 into $23 million — all by trading in the virtual currency. It sounded too good to be true. And for Park, and other South Koreans like her pining for financial independence, it has been.
"I didn't want a fortune," she said last month on the first day of the Lunar New Year, a family-centric holiday celebrated across Asia.
"I just wanted enough to give me that glimmer of hope,” she said. "Now it's gone."
As cryptocurrencies move from the fringes of the internet to mainstream investing, South Korea — a country known for being an early adopter of technology — stands as the most crypto-friendly country in the world, with at least 2 million digital-currency investors.
The rapidly rising prices of many cryptocurrencies, particularly bitcoin, led to a digital gold rush that young South Koreans were well-placed to join. The country has embraced cryptocurrency so quickly that the government was forced to enact legislation to safeguard consumers and prevent illegal activity.
But as prices began to plunge, Koreans like Park were taken for a ride.
Park, who had been looking forward to one day moving out of her parents' home outside eastern Seoul and paying for graduate school, watched her initial investment grow to as much as $3,200 in a matter of weeks before plunging suddenly in mid-January.
Her cryptocurrency accounts' most recent worth: about $750.
A swift downturn hammered crypto markets around the world in the beginning of 2018, spooking investors who have favored the digital cash as an alternative to — and potentially a replacement for — government-issued money. In recent months, countries have sought to regulate the hundreds of cryptocurrencies that have been created, which include the popular bitcoin as well as so-called alt-coins like Ethereum Classic and Ripple.
Cryptocurrencies can be used like debit cards to buy goods and services electronically, but their values can fluctuate based on supply, demand and even hype — a seductive proposition for some investors. But the South Korean government has been so worried about the use of cryptocurrencies in illicit activities, such as money laundering, that it threatened to ban its trading outright.
A broader regulatory policy is still being devised, the government said last month. Some early initiatives have already been implemented to root out nefarious activity: Foreigners have been prohibited from taking part in South Korea's domestic exchanges, and anonymous accounts have been outlawed.
South Korea is not the only country to embrace cryptocurrencies. Recent studies show that American millennials have become more open to investing in cryptocurrencies over traditional government stocks or bonds. The obsession in South Korea, however, has become a next-level phenomenon with the proliferation of brick-and-mortar crypto investment offices, meetup groups and mobile apps.
When the South Korean government said it would move to regulate the market, more than 200,000 people signed an online petition in January asking lawmakers not to take away their "happy dream" of investing.
South Korea's currency, the won, falls just behind the Japanese yen and the U.S. dollar in terms of market share for all bitcoin transactions worldwide, according to currency tracker CryptoCompare. Bitcoin, known as a "peer-to-peer electronic cash system," was created in 2009 and available for less than a penny. It experienced a record surge to $19,000 per bitcoin in December before the market tumbled in January.
"It's a global trend," said Elaine Ramirez, a Seoul-based tech journalist who writes about the crypto market, and South Koreans are "indulging in being at the forefront of it."
"On a macroeconomic level, it's a way to gain greater opportunities when economic growth has been sluggish," she added, "and young adults see it as an escape from chronically high youth unemployment rates."
Park studied for several years in the United States, where she broadened her English. Her dreams are not all that different from those of her middle-class American counterparts who hope to acquire their own homes and secure their financial futures. In South Korea, cryptocurrency mania has taken hold of students, housewives and grandparents.
Park had convinced her mother, Agnes Kang, a retired schoolteacher, to invest in cryptocurrency. Kang invested the equivalent of $25,000 — and lost nearly half of it before deciding to pull out completely in early January.
Park, having seen a significant portion of her investment wither away, said she has so little left in her Ripple and Ethereum Classic accounts that she doesn't even bother checking on them regularly. She deleted one of her apps "for my sanity."
"I am hoping that [after] this whole government regulation, once it gets sorted out, the price will normalize," she said.
During a Lunar New Year lunch, she shared her frustrations with her parents and her younger brother, who has also tried his hand at crypto investing.
The broader decline has stoked fears that bitcoin skeptics were right to call its rise a bubble.
"The only money that's truly yours is the money you sweat to earn," Kang told her children in Korean over plates of fried egg and vegetables and spicy kimchi.
"I wasn't expecting 100 million won to fall from the sky," Park told her family.
"For me, because prices were rising so quickly, I thought they'd keep rising once I bought in," she continued. "Then I realized I'd been too greedy."
In this rural part of Gyeonggi Province, where the skyscrapers of Seoul are tucked away in the distance like a glittering mirage, Park's financial hopes are closely tied to the volatile whims of an internet market — a stark contrast from the cow farms and sweet-potato sellers that surround her. She longs for the opportunities and escapism of the city, to which she commutes three hours a day for her job.
Her parents can still rely on a national pension fund for their retirement. But what about her future?
"I want to move out someday and get my own place in Seoul," she said.
South Korea, which consistently ranks as having the fastest internet speed in the world, offers a perfect launching pad for investing, said cryptocurrency adviser Jeong SoonHyeong, who started a Seoul meetup group three years ago that has grown from 14 members to more than 1,500.
South Koreans' tendency to seek new, dynamic things, "and the IT infrastructure, and the state of the economy have resulted in a craze for investing in cryptocurrencies," Jeong said.
That same explosive level of interest has yet to cross into the mainstream in America, said Christian Catalini, an assistant professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management who focuses on cryptocurrencies.
He estimates that a few thousand people in the United States are investing in the nascent crypto market, relegated to mainly tech-savvy early adopters and others in the Silicon Valley-minded crowd. While U.S. lawmakers and federal agencies have started looking into illicit digital currency activities and so-called initial coin offerings, any tangible move toward regulatory oversight remains unclear.
The head of England's central bank said Friday that he will call for more regulation in the United Kingdom to bring the era of cryptocurrency "anarchy" to an end.
Back in South Korea, Park remains tepid on digital currencies. She once described it as a "life jacket" for young adults, but now she thinks she's "swimming hopelessly."
On Lunar New Year, amid a day of relaxing with her family, she was tempted to check one of her cryptocurrency accounts. The worth had gone up, she told her family with a laugh — to just over $1.


Walt Disney World Resort hosted hundreds of media representatives last week for a preview of new elements in attractions, entertainment and dining.
The announcements ranged from a sneak peek at new theme park attractions such as Frozen Ever After and Soarin’ at Epcot, to a preview of the innovative nighttime experiences at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, to expanded dining options at Disney Springs, to exciting new adventures on the high seas with Disney Cruise Line.
“Thanks to the imagination and hard work of Disney Cast Members, we’re awakening summer with spectacular new things to see and do throughout our theme parks, resorts and other Disney experiences,” said George A. Kalogridis, president of Walt Disney World Resort.
Along with a wide-ranging list of construction jobs created to bring these new offerings to life, Disney has added 6,000 operational jobs, from attractions hosts to food and beverage to skilled mechanical jobs and management positions.