From Friday’s Corrections section of the Buffalo News:
An item in Sunday’s Politics Column may have mistakenly given the impression that blogger Chris Smith was paid by the county executive campaign of Democrat Mark Poloncarz. The article pointed out that the firm running the website to which Smith contributes blogs, WNY Media Network, was paid $3,750 by the Poloncarz campaign for website design and video editing, according to state campaign finance records.
Who’s excited for some Bills football? Follow along with us all night as we watch the preseason opener!
FOURTH QUARTER:
0:00 – Shockingly, the clock runs out before Brown’s two-minute drill gets anywhere. That’s the ballgame. Final: Bears 10, Bills 3.
1:00 – Levi Brown tries the innovative “throw the ball two yards down the center of the field when you have no timeouts” two-minute drill. It’s not going well.
1:41 – The Bears shank the easy field goal! Buffalo’s still in it!
1:46 – On third down, Heard comes straight through the line and nails the QB for Buffalo’s ninth sack of the night. This guy has talent.
1:56 – On first and goal, Robert Eddins again busts through the line and drills the ballcarrier in the backfield. Could this guy be a darkhorse to make the team? I’ve already seen more from him than I’ve ever seen from Aaron Maybin.
3:00 – Big DT Kellen Heard shoves his blocker a few yards into the backfield and disrupts the Bears RB, who is stuffed for a loss. Wow. For all the Michael Jasper hype, Kellen Heard could be the project DT who actually makes the team.
3:45 – The Bears have really dominated this second half on the ground. Another easy first down.
5:29 – Brown actually has time, but throws it directly to a Bears defender. Really bad night for Brown tonight. It’s gonna be tough for him to make this team.
5:38 – Somehow the Bears manage to break into the backfield before Brown can even throw a quick out to the sideline. This line isn’t slowing anyone down.
5:42 – Let’s see if the end of the Buffalo bench can muster up some late offense here. Not off to a good start, as Levi Brown way underthrows his intended target.
5:47 – The Bears kick a field goal. That was a long drive featuring the Bears rushing for some easy yards. Bears 10, Bills 3
6:30 – Undrafted rookie LB Robert Eddins gets a sack on third down. Eddins has been turning up a lot in practice reports; seems like he has some pass rush skills. We’ll see if he can keep playing well.
8:45 – Fourth-and-short…and the Bears go for it. Someone on the Bills D-line gets totally blown up, and the Bears convert.
11:30 – 390-pound DT Michael Jasper on a tackle. For the sake of our blog’s traffic, let’s hope he makes the team.
12:30 – Bears RB Kahlil Bell is murdering the Bills tonight. The Bills third string D can’t seem to stop him.
14:50 – Nesbitt gets another shot and almost gets a first down on a third-and-five despite the whole stadium knowing he was going to run it himself. He could make the team…if Brad Smith gets hurt. Don’t see the need for another Wildcat guy.
15:00 – Brown comes back in at QB. It doesn’t go well.
THIRD QUARTER:
0:20 – Same play, only a little less successful. This is a freaking high school offense right now. Just snap it to the fast guy and watch him run. That’s the end of the quarter. Bears 7, Bills 3 after three quarters.
0:45 – Interesting, as undrafted rookie QB Josh Nesbitt is in the game. Nesbitt lines up in the shotgun and takes off on a designed run, gaining 20 yards.
Not immediately clear how girl was recovered and whether she was harmed.
Despite disappointment, they obey rule during parade on day honoring them.
Every Saturday I will be featuring an obscure architectural element
found in the city, to see if someone can figure out where it is.
We used to run this same sort of post every once in a while, but somehow got away from it.
There
are no clues - just a photo depicting the item. I'm sure that there are
a lot of BRO readers out there who have scoured the city and have seen
just about all that there is to see. Others might learn about some of
the more obscure detailing found in the different neighborhoods. Either
way, I'll keep mixing it up each week to keep you guessing... hopefully.
Good luck...
To see last Saturday's stumper, click here.
Congrats to lou27md for identifying the location of this mural depicting Joseph Calasanctius. Here is the mural as it appears at the site:
Biology professor analyzed samples from Bennett Beach.
Less than three years after splitting from the Episcopal Church, St. Bartholomew's in the Town of Tonawanda has become a pivotal congregation within the Anglican Church in North America — a rival to the Episcopal Church that grew from a rift over the ordination of a gay bishop.
By Hannya Boulos - Buffalo ReformED:
After initial turnaround plans to receive School Improvement Grant (SIG) funding were denied by the New York State Education Department, The Buffalo Public School District has been given until August 31st to submit improvement plans or SURR plans for 7 of its persistently lowest achieving schools.
Although the district has until January 1 to submit plans to be considered for state funding, the district MUST submit to the state a school improvement plan by August 31st, regardless of the financial incentive. It is expected that the SURR plans will identify ways that the district will make a stronger application for the School Improvement Grant.
The district and its administration have gravely mishandled the turnaround process for failing schools, switching their proposed plans to the Educational Partner Organization model at the last minute, making for the submission of incomplete and ineffective plans.
Students at these 7 persistently low achieving schools will be faced with a subpar education for another year, rather than benefit from the improved programs and additional funding that could have been implemented in the upcoming school year had the turnaround plans been sound and submitted on time.
Commissioner John King has expressed disappointment with the failings of the adults in the district to provide a plan to improve our worst schools. These failings are made evident in the case of Lafayette High School, for which the district received a 300,000 year long planning grant, and still did not present adequate turnaround plans.
The district is responsible for delivering the educational programs that were designed by the state or the federal government, yet it blames the state only when those programs fail to work, while simultaneously accepting the majority of its budget from State funding. With less than a month until the start of the new year, the district can no longer delay the turnaround process, and the State can longer push back deadlines. Adults continue to let outside interests dominate, leaving parents and students hanging in the balance.
There is an immediate need for strong leadership, unity, and direct action to effectively implement federal turnaround models. Every student can learn, every school can be improved, and Buffalo can be a high performing district.
Yesterday, the Bills sent WR Lee Evans to Baltimore for a fourth-round draft pick. While some people were certainly in favor of the trade (including BLD’s own Josh Baker, visit site to read more]
Mayor shifts focus to surveillance devices.
The Herd's Valentino Pascucci hopes for another shot in the majors, but time is not on his side.
NFL Pre-Season Week 1: Buffalo Bills (0-0) at Chicago Bears (0-0)
Venue: Soldier Field – Chicago, Ill.
Date/Time: Saturday, August 13 - 8 p.m. EST
TV: WKBW 7 (Buffalo), WFLD 31 (Chicago), Online at NFL.com (must buy preseason package), Replay Sunday at 7 EST on NFL Network
Radio: WGRF 96.9 FM (Buffalo), WBBM 780 AM (Chicago)
Playing Time for Starters: Chan Gailey has indicated the starters will play roughly a quarter, with some of the older/more injury prone players like Shawne Merriman playing a bit less than that. New offensive line starters Kraig Urbik and Erik Pears might play a bit more. The Chicago starters might not play more than a series or two.
What to watch for (Bills):
- The wide receiver situation. With Lee Evans traded to Baltimore, the competition for playing time at receiver should be pretty fierce. Roscoe Parrish won’t play, so we should see a lot of David Nelson, Donald Jones, Naaman Roosevelt, Buster Davis, and Marcus Easley tonight. Any one of those guys could play his way into a starting role (or play his way to the unemployment line) in the next few weeks.
Fifteen speakers at hearing voice conflicting opinions on school superintendent.
Rascal Flatts took over Darien Lake on Friday, bringing its pop-rock-country hybrid to an audience that appeared to be near capacity.
Bills fans will be eager to see the improvements the team has made entering year two under Chan Gailey as Buffalo faces the Bears in the preseason opener. But in this unusual offseason there are al...
