I can Admit that I think the Bandits are a Better Team then the Boston Blazers last night the Bandits and Toronto Rock both lost so some how the Bandits win the Division.... Before the game Rich Kilgour Got his Number Retired and a banner got hung here are about 50,000 pictures from the Event.....





















































































































































































































































































I admit at least that big brawl or scrum or what ever that fight towards the end was one good thing about the game... argh....

I have trouble believing this article..... Well I'm sure it is true using the stats they used but I find it hard to believe... (e:strip), Buffalo Rising, and Skunk Post (never been but I assume local and still around) are 3 sites that quickly come to mind.... I know there are others like there is a blog that is only Buffalo sports and know a lot of the news station people have there own blog but not sure where and I know there is at least another 2 (don't have the names sorry) Buffalo Blog sites..... I think that to figure this out they went by facebook and myspace and then used other sites that maybe they heard about..... That being said I didn't read the article I just read the new piece about the article don't think they have a link to it though......

Updated: April 12, 2011, 7:01 AM

If Buffalo were a person, she would have 26 Facebook friends, 17 Twitter followers and three LinkedIn connections.

That’s according to Men’s Health, which gave the Queen City a D+—and the No. 72 position — in its ranking of the nation’s 100 largest cities based on social media savviness.

The magazine was trying to find America’s Most Socially Networked City.

Some of this area’s most devoted users of social media say Buffalo deserves a higher grade.

“There’s a lot of great people out there who are doing a lot of great things. To see that ranking really disappointed me,” said Jason Mollica, public-relations manager for Carr Marketing Communications, who has sent more than 18,000 Tweets as @JasMollica on Twitter.

Men’s Health said it based its ratings on data that included the number of Facebook users per capita and the percentage of households that visit blogs.

But Nicole Schuman was among those here who questioned the magazine’s ratings and said Buffalo has a large and active social-media community.

“I just feel like we’re right up there with everybody else,” said Schuman, the Web editor for Roswell Park Cancer Institute and president of Buffalo’s Social Media Club.

Men’s Health anointed Washington, D. C., as the Most Socially Networked City, with the nation’s capital joining Atlanta, Denver, Minneapolis and Seattle as A+ social-media cities.

El Paso, Texas, sat at the bottom of the list, with midsized cities from Texas and California receiving the six “F” grades.

The ranking appeared at least as scientific as any of the lists that assign superlatives — from “most livable” to “best sports fans” — to various cities throughout the year.

A researcher collected data on the level of usage of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace, chat rooms, blogs and other social networks.

No matter what Men’s Health found, Schuman and Mollica said Buffalo has a dedicated community on these sites.

If you don’t believe them, check out all of the Tweets that fly around in response to every momentum turn of a Sabres game. Use the hashtag #sabres.

“I think if Men’s Health had gone onto Twitter during a hockey game, they’d see something different,” said Schuman, who is no slouch herself with 24,000 Tweets as@Buffalogal .

A lot of local companies, politicians, nonprofit groups and sports teams have set up shop on these sites to reach potential customers and supporters.

Someone even sends out tweets as the neckwear of the Sabres coach,@LindyRuffsTie .

Buffalo’s Social Media Club is one of the largest in the country, Schuman said.

“We have to get a new space for our meetings, because we’re running out of room,” she said.

Local social-media users regularly get together offline, holding everything from tweet-ups to Foursquare Days, and area companies are hiring social-media experts.

Maybe there’s a perception problem, Mollica said, and this region can work harder to get known as a social-media hub.

“I think it’s sort of a clarion call for us in Buffalo,” he said. “How can we change it? How can we make ourselves better?”

If nothing else, at least we beat Honolulu, at No. 73. We can send a tweet to brag.
swatson@buffnews.com

This Morning I left a bit late but not so late that I would be late for work.... On my walk on the way to work the Sunrise was looking pretty awesome yet far away so you could see how red it looked.. All I could think is how I would like to be on a beach some where and see this...... Just take off and go and stay.... of course at some point going back to work becomes reality the bills won't pay them selves... I think part of it is that lately they have been advertising plane flights to San Juan and Nassau now the 2nd one is a passport but not sure about San Juan....

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Hoping that is enough and not to much all at the same time.... I had a good time even though the bisons lost. The big board is interesting it doesn't look much bigger to me.... The thing is that it is all video board so when they show high lights they are big and look amazing in HD!

"Ask Not what you're country can do for you , ask what you can do for your Country" - JFK and Living Colour great band by the way... The Mentality that it hints at is still destroying this country of ours and I'm guessing it will in the future. We may have different meanings of that " ".. But to me it means that one should do what is good for the country and not themselves that they should give to the country and not take from it.....

1. Bankers knew that they could now give loans out to people who maybe couldn't pay them back. But see They didn't care about what happens when one person can't pay it back and wait what if this happens to everyone else with this type of loan. What would happen then..... All these people did was think about getting rich now. They thought of them selves 1st above the country.......

2. I admit I wasn't in the work force back then so I don't know if this is really true but it used to be that there where more jobs then people..... If you lost a job you just went out and got a new one.... Some of those lost Jobs are things where Technology changes or other factors. But most jobs lost in this country is because some American Company or even company that has a US Division put profits ahead of the country..... They ship jobs off to all kinds of places so the stock holder can get a bigger cut. Now when Americans don't have jobs how are they supposed to buy the stuff you make... But see these companies put there own self being ahead of the country.......

3. The NFL Players and Owners ..... Yes I get that they haven't lost any games yet but they may lose a season... Now most people or some would say the players are right or the owners are right... But again see they are only thinking about what is best for them and not the country..... Yes football is just a sport but it effects so many people in a positive way... Camera men, ushers , food sellers, shovelers , cleaners or anyone who works at the stadium or for the network could lose there job... What about places that show the NFL games on TV that is a huge lose of revenue and are there other sports and other reasons for people to go there yeah sure.... But some people will lose their Business in every city the nfl is in or maybe it will stay open but they won't be able to pay for their house........

4. Of course you all have the Well Fare cheats who and other scam artists who steal from the system or have crafty ways to not work (multipliable kids from multipliable fathers)... Again they think so what I'll do what is good for me with my steak dinners and big TV and nice couch and live off the government ....

These are just a quick few examples. I'm not saying we should think like china where the whole is more important then the individuals to the point where no one has any rights... If you are a bit of trouble you are thrown out and no one cares since the whole is more important. I'm not saying that doing what is good for us is bad. But there needs to be a balance... People have to willing to give up some stuff or at least not take from the country or we will have no country left soon........