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Most of the San Juan Mountains are almost snow-free, but on a June 16 glider flight, a reasonable amount of snow was still present in the northern areas. Most high-country lakes have thawed, but Columbine Lake, which sits at 12,685 feet just north of Ophir Pass, was still about 90 percent ice-covered, and the hiking trails to it were snow-packed. The glider from which this view was captured was flying at about 17,000 feet.


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The board of the Olmsted Center for Sight on Tuesday named Tamara Owen as the new president and chief executive officer of the 106-year-old agency dedicated to meeting the needs of the region's blind and visually impaired residents.
Owen, who helped lead the integration of the former Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital, Buffalo General Medical Center and Gates Vascular Institute, has worked in health care operations as a senior executive for more than 20 years. She will begin her tenure at the Olmsted Center on April 8.
"We are confident Tammy will successfully lead our organization into the future, and build upon our organization's legacy and recognition as a regional, national and international leader for people of all ages and degrees of visual impairment," said Patricia Clabeaux, chairwoman of the Olmsted Center's board of directors.
A native of Boston, Mass., Owen began her career with Kaleida in 1990 as a physical therapist. She has held several positions with the company over the years. They include vice president of ambulatory and rehabilitation services; vice president of strategic planning and network development; and president of both DeGraff Memorial Hospital in North Tonawanda and the former Millard Fillmore Gates.


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Three patents related to genome sequencing and analysis for human DNA are at the center of a two-year old court battle between a sequencing giant and a fast-growing upstart. In Illumina Inc. et. al v. Complete Genomics Inc., Illumina contends that the Complete Genomics Analysis (CGA) Platform infringes on three of its patents. Complete Genomics denies this and has counterclaimed that Illumina's patents were invalid and/or unenforceable.
The case is pending in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Both parties have a deadline of today for substantial completion of document production, and a June 22 deadline for the close of fact discovery. Trial has been scheduled for May 13, 2013.
The patents under debate in Illumina v. Complete Genomics were originally issued to Solexa, which Illumina acquired for $600 million in a deal completed in 2007:
Complete Genomics also argued that the only independent method claim of the '597 patent was anticipated as invalid by a stipulation signed by Illumina and other parties to a 2007 patent case focused on ownership, noninfringement, and invalidity of '597 and two other patents. In 2009, a U.S. District Court judge entered the stipulation as part of a judgment in the case Applera Corp.-Applied Biosystems Group vs. Illumina et.al. Illumina maintained it did nothing wrong and appealed the judgment, which was upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
During 2010, '597 was the subject of an ex parte re-examination that ended with the independent method claim unchanged and serving as the basis for additional claims. The examiner reversed an earlier rejection of the claim after inventor Stephen Macevicz, Ph.D.—whose patents were licensed by Illumina's co-plaintiff in the Applera case, Solexa—filed a Rule 131 declaration establishing that the subject matter of the '597 patent was memorialized "by July 9, 1994," years before the stipulation; Complete Genomics contended that the '597 patent is invalid or rendered obvious by an earlier patent by its co-founder and CSO, Radoje Drmanac, Ph.D.
"Stephen Macevicz memorialized his conception of the claimed method almost ten months after the filing date of Dr. Drmanac's U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 08/127,420. Accordingly, Stephen Macevicz is not the first to invent the claimed method in the United States, and Dr. Drmanac has not abandoned, suppressed, or concealed his invention," Complete Genomics argued.
In addition, according to Complete Genomics, Illumina and its co-defendants in the earlier case failed for months to notify the USPTO of the judgment or stipulation during the re-examination and then sought to bury the significance of the stipulation: "They took the stipulation out of chronological order and attached it as the last document attached to the [Information Disclosure Statement]," then made an oblique reference to it in a two-page summary of the IDS.
"Illumina denies that its attorneys 'took the stipulation out of chronological order' and denies 'they made only one oblique reference to the stipulation,'" the company said in a rebuttal filing.
In the Northern California district court, U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte offered Illumina some welcome news by siding with its construction on six of nine terms in the '597 patent where it is at odds with Complete Genomics:
Complete Genomics prevailed, however, on definitions of two terms: Laporte upheld Complete Genomics' construction of "initializing oligonucleotide" as "an oligonucleotide that forms a highly stable duplex with the binding region of the polynucleotide that remains intact during any washing steps of the extension cycles" and of "binding region" as "a known sequence of the polynucleotide to which the initializing oligonucleotide binds."
For a ninth term, "annealing temperatures," Laporte sided partially with Complete Genomics, defining the term as "particular temperatures at which probes that are grouped in a probe set form a duplex." Complete Genomics sought a single-temperature standard, while Illumina sought a range of temperatures, something the judge said would be unworkable.
Illumina finished 2011 with GAAP net income of $86.628 million, or 62 cents per diluted share, down 31% from 2010, despite a 17% year-over-year jump in revenue to $1.056 billion. Complete Genomics, by contrast, ended last year with a $72.3 million net loss, up from $57.7 million in 2010, despite more than doubling its revenue to $19.3 million.
During 2011, Complete Genomics said, it signed orders for about 8,000 genomes with an aggregate revenue potential of $39 million and delivered data to about 90 customers. "We entered 2012 with a strong order book of about 5,800 genomes, representing aggregate revenue potential of approximately $28 million," Clifford Reid, Ph.D., chairman, president, and CEO of Complete Genomics, said in a statement.
Illumina said that during Q4 it enjoyed "record orders" and a book-to-bill ratio—the proportion of orders in-process to orders filled—of 1:2. Illumina has projected 2012 revenue growth of between $1.1 billion and $1.175 billion, including Q1 2012 revenues of between $250 million and $260 million. That's down from $282.5 million in Q1 2011 and flat from the $250 million racked up in Q4 '11; the company typically gets the lowest orders during the first quarter.
During the second half of 2012, Illumina will begin rolling out its recently announced top-of-the-line next-generation sequencer HiSeq 2500, which enables the sequencing of an entire human genome in approximately a day (120 Gb/run). Customers who already have the existing HiSeq 2000 instruments can upgrade them to the 2500 for $50,000.
As exciting as that technology may sound and as important as the Illumina/Complete Genomics case is, there is also the planned rollout later this year of Life Technologies' $1,000 genome machine. The sequencer will sell for between $99,000 and $149,000. If Life Tech changes the sequencing game, as some have predicted, it will likely also touch off another wave of patent infringement litigation, as past generations of sequencing innovations have done. Illumina and Complete Genomics will hardly have the last word on who owns what sequencing IP.
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"For many corn growers, the 2011 growing season came to an end late last week over much of northern Wisconsin," notes University of Wisconsin's corn specialist, Joe Lauer. "Corn in many areas had not reached physiological maturity and was killed prematurely.
"Corn is killed when temperatures are near 32˚ F for a few hours, and when temperatures are near 28˚ F for a few minutes," says Lauer. "A damaging frost can occur when temperatures are slightly above 32˚ F and conditions are optimum for rapid heat loss from the leaves to the atmosphere, such as clear skies, low humidity, no wind. At temperatures between 32˚ to 40˚ F, damage may be quite variable and strongly influenced by small variations in slope or terrain that affect air drainage and thermal radiation, creating small frost pockets.
"Field edges, low-lying areas, and the top leaves on the plant are at greatest risk," notes the Wisconsin specialist. "Greener corn has more frost resistance than yellowing corn.
"Symptoms of frost damage will start to show up about 1 to 2 days after a frost. Frost symptoms are water soaked leaves that eventually turn brown," he says. "Because it is difficult to distinguish living from dead tissue immediately after a frost event, the assessment should be delayed 5 to 7 days.
"For fields that only had light frost damage, it is too early to harvest. Growing conditions may improve during September, allowing the crop to mature and produce reasonable grain and silage yields," suggests Lauer.
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Taiko Drum and DanceFebruary 16, 2013 - January 16, 2013
Manoa Campus, Kennedy Theatre on the Mainstage
Feb 8, 9, 15, 16 at 8pm Feb 17 at 2pm
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Taiko and dance collaborations, live sound, and multi-cultural influences converge in this exciting program. Guest artist Kenny Endo is a leading spirit in contemporary taiko. He is Artistic Director of Taiko Center of the Pacific, a school of traditional Japanese drumming in Honolulu, and will be featured in this innovative program as music director, composer and performer.
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Taiko Drum and Dance is supported in part by the Hawai`i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts through appropriations from the Hawai`i State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts, and a grant from the Mayor's Office on Culture and the Arts, the University of Hawai`i Diversity and Equity Initiative and the University of Hawai`i Japan Studies Endowment.
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a word made up by Will Ferrell's character on SNL to describe utter perfection that, ironically, is too perfect to describe.
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A thing that is so wonderful that it is not described acurately by the words delicious, glowing, or divine. Short hand for 'every word of posotive nature in the dictionary at once'.
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A. Embossed tin sheets are not only decorative, they are also practical. Theyll last forever with the occasional coat of fresh paint. There are plenty of patterns available. Patterned tin often was used on ceilings and walls in the mid- to late-19th century and suits a historic or country setting. However, by choosing a suitable pattern and paint combination, you can achieve a stunning retro or even modern style.
To source, ask at your local building store or Google the search words pressed tin panels to locate an outlet near you.
Cut the panels to fit your backsplash area with tin snips; wear protective gloves and sand down the edges, as they are very sharp. Tin panels can be applied to the wall with tiny nails and/or glue. Follow the manufacturers instructions.
Some tin panels comes preprimed; if it is not, then prime with an acrylic primer designed to cover metallic surfaces. You can paint one color; pale shades show off the design details and pick up interesting shadows.
Or to highlight the pattern, as we have done on the kitchen backsplash shown here, we mixed an ocher glaze: 1 cup glazing liquid and 1/4 cup paint. The colored glaze was applied over the cream base coat, then dabbed with a cotton rag, leaving the glaze behind in the grooves. Finish with two coats of acrylic varnish, and allow the paint and varnish to cure and harden for a few days.
Q. We are looking for a color suggestion for our master bedroom walls. We have a black poster bedroom set with silver handles, black and white bedding, white blinds and curtains, and a light hardwood floor. We were thinking red, taupe or gray.
A. Your color choice for the walls depends on the mood you wish to create in the bedroom.
The black-and-white theme can be dramatic, traditional or country when paired with the appropriate backdrop. Try a soft gray or creamy white if you want a sophisticated, classic atmosphere. The silver handles and other accessories will add a modern twist.
Red is a passionate color, a little risque and fun, if thats your style. Whitewashed heritage blue or green would make a stunning rustic setting with a cotton bedspread or duvet in shades and patterns found in nature.
Q. I have a small room to paint and read that you should paint the ceiling and walls the same color to make a room feel bigger. White is the typical color for ceilings. What do you suggest?
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Gordon J. Virag, a former member of the New York Army National Guard who operated two Mobil stations, died Dec. 10 in Las Vegas following a brief illness.
He was 75.
Born in Welland, Ont., Mr. Virag served in the 127th Armored Division from 1959 to 1969.
He also served on the Alden police force from 1965 to 1969, when he went into business for himself, operating service stations for 20 years. His first Mobil sales and service station was at Main Street and Sheridan Drive in Clarence, and later he owned one at Dodge and Hopkins roads in Amherst.
After leaving the automotive and gas station business in 1989, he worked for National Car Rental and later Bandag and Omar Tire before he and his wife, Pia, moved to Las Vegas in 2002, where he continued to work in tire sales.
Mr. Virag also worked as a welder at Buffalo Forge from 1959 to 1969.
He was a naturalized U.S. citizen.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, John and James; two daughters, Karen Nowak and Katharine Wehrmeyer; two brothers, Edward and Larry; and three sisters, Irene Milne, Carolyn Francescangeli and Linda Thompson.
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I am completely satisfied with my purchase of the circa zip folio. It was packaged beautifully. And the folio itself was perfect...except for a minor flaw on the back. I called customer service who immediately apologized, put a new folio in the mail, and directed me on how to return the flawed item. Within 48 hours the new folio arrived. I could not be more pleased with Levenger. Wonderful product. Even better customer service!
Great Folio
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In all my management years I have never had something so luxurious to carry to meetings . Holds everything I need securely. Love the soft leather feel in my hands. Thanks Levenger for your attention to detail and quality products.
Excellent Zipper Folio
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I love my Circa Zip Folio – excellent organizational tool. Currently, I have several foldover notebooks but I wanted something that I could keep all the things I need for meetings without worry that my items will fall out and scatter if dropped. This is especially useful since I am a "visual" and "pencil and paper" person and needed something where I could keep all my information securely. My only recommendation is if this were redesigned, I would recommend letting it be able to hold 1-inch rings so that it would not stress the zipper.
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This is a gift. From purchaser's point of view, I like it. It's beautiful. From a user's prespective, I can't comment as the gift has not been given. Companies much know that a substantial percentage of buyers may be giving their purchase as a gift but they don't give you the choice of that option when reviewing. If they set up the review process to choose "GIFT" they can incorporate software to direct the review to the end user once the gift has been given. Just saying......so as far as reviewing this product, A) the purchase was handled by a phone agent, B) the product was received in good order, C) I hope the receive enjoys it as much as I did purchasing it.
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This folio is an excellent purchase to accompany any circa notebook. Don't forget it comes with a notebook!
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I love this folio, This replaced a staples ARC and i use it the hold my Dell Tablet.
Best Customer Service of 2011
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Levenger's Customer service department has the most knowledgeable, friendly, helpful and courteous service agents of any business that I have dealings with all year (last year as well, maybe of all time!). Not with standing the superior quality of their products. I highly recommend this company, it worth the call to customer service just to brighten your day!
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Perfect for everyday use
By electricpowerman2
I liked the Junior version of this product so much I bought a second one for use exclusively at work!This time the Circa Zip Folio was supplied with a new Circa notebook (with a black cover page instead of the older stock with the green cover page). The paper in the black notebooks has been vastly improved, and I am pleased to report that it now takes fountain pen ink without bleeding and feathering!(If you get paper from the green and black notebooks mixed up over time, a quick way to tell if your paper is fountain-pen friendly or not is to check the fine print at the bottom of the page. If it says "Levenger" it's old paper from a green notebook. If it says "Levenger.com" it's new fountain-pen-friendly paper from a black notebook.)There's even space inside the folio for me to carry around a cheap, conventional A5 notebook for inconsequential scribbles and notes.
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By redizmyculler
I've been using circa for a couple of years now, and have even met others in my church circle who use circa for devotional journals.Have you ever considered making a zipped notebook, probably out of sturdy fabric, that would hold both a circa notebook and a Bible? You wouldn't have to put any religious symbol on the product, just make it wide and thick enough to accommodate a large, heavy reference book. Heck, it could work for a dictionary or thesaurus as well as a Bible. A few capacious pockets, pen loops, and I'll bet you'd have a good seller.
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Gene-expression profiling of tumors may soon become a routine part of how an oncologist decides on the best way to treat an expanding number of malignancies. While many technologies are in early stages of clinical validation, few have made it to the market. As in the early days of 2-D electrophoresis, though, finding meaningful predictive differences in a sea of data remains elusive.
Increasing progress in validating multiple-gene signatures has reduced the firehose effect. In February 2007, the FDA okayed Agendia's MammaPrint for the prediction of breast cancer returning within 5 to 10 years from initial diagnosis. It became the first multivariate in vitro diagnostic assay to be approved by the agency.
Fifteen percent of stage I breast cancers recur, and among those patients with recurrences, chemotherapy will benefit a minority. Since oncologists can't predict who will respond the most to chemo, standard practice is to prescribe it to all patients. Treatment regimens cost between $15,000 and $30,000 per patient and have serious side effects.
Companies are thus developing gene-signature tests that aid in identifying patients most likely to benefit from treatment for various types of cancers. Thus far insurance providers have been willing to pay for tests because they potentially save on chemotherapy costs.
Agendia, for example, designed its RNA-based test to help clinicians decide on the risks of a particular tumor recurring. MammaPrint is based on a microarray analysis of a panel of 70 genes in a tumor sample. It is indicated for use by physicians as a prognostic tool along with other clinicopathological factors including tumor size and lymph-node involvement.
FDA sanction was based on a study in 302 women up to age 60 at five European centers. The trial confirmed the test was useful in predicting time to distant metastasis in stage 1 and stage 2 disease where tumor size is equal to or less than 50 mm and when the cancer is lymph-node negative.
The firm is currently conducting another study to compare the relative accuracy of MammaPrint to traditional prognostic assessment methods. It intends to enroll 6,000 patients by late 2011, focusing on patients where there is discordant assessment between the two methods. To date over 3,100 patients have been enlisted.
Genomic Health's Oncotype DX Breast Cancer Assay is a 16-gene expression test approved to predict the likelihood of chemotherapy benefit and recurrence risk for patients with early-stage, ER+ breast cancer. It is performed on a tumor sample to get a Recurrence Score, or a number between zero and 100 that shows the chance of the breast cancer returning within 10 years of the original diagnosis. The 16 genes used in the test were selected from three clinical trials that demonstrated their link to breast cancer recurrence.
In 2006, the NCI launched the TAILORx trial to further validate the Oncotype DX Breast Cancer Assay. In October, over 10,000 women had reportedly been enrolled in the study, and final results are expected in 2015. NCI notes that it is the first study to integrate a gene-expression assay into the decision-making process.
The Oncotype DX Colon Cancer Assay is a 12-gene assay approved for the prediction of colon cancer recurrence for patients with stage 2 disease. Genomic Health is also developing tests for ductal carcinoma in situ, colon, lung, and renal cancers, as well as melanoma.
ChipDX offers a colon cancer prognostic tool for research use only. Earlier in December the firm said that the 163-gene signature used in this test stratifies colon cancer patients into high- and low-risk groups for recurrence with greater accuracy than current methods.
Reporting in the December issue of the British Journal of Cancer, the company identified the predictive patterns from 232 stage 1–4 colon cancer patients. Multivariate analysis showed the classifier to be associated with approximately three- to fourfold increased risk of recurrence when tested in 60 stage 2 and 3 patients.
ChipDX has an online platform that performs multigene diagnostic analysis on whole-genome Affymetrix GeneChip data. The firm is reviewing regulatory requirements and potential partners to take it to the market as a diagnostic tool.
In an approach that can potentially obviate the need for tissue tumor samples, Source MDx says it has developed a test for prostate cancer using whole blood to measure RNA transcripts for six cancer- and immune-related genes. The diagnostic combined with PSA testing can significantly improve accuracy compared to PSA testing alone, the company says.
In a two-year prospective study of approximately 500 men conducted by Dana Farber Cancer Research Institute and Source MDx, the six-gene test demonstrated sensitivity and specificity greater than 90% in discriminating prostate cancer patients from healthy normal subjects.
But are physicians likely to use these prognostic tools in making treatment decisions? Earlier this month Genomic Health reported results from a meta-analysis of 912 breast cancer patients. In the study physicians who used Oncotype DX changed their treatment decisions in over one-third of their patients, leading to an overall reduction in chemotherapy use of approximately 28%. The analysis also found that the use of Oncotype DX led to the addition of chemotherapy in approximately 4% of patients who, prior to testing, were considered low risk.
Emily Faucet, senior director of corporate communications at Genomic Health, commented on getting physicians to use the test, "It's challenging, because we are changing a treatment paradigm. But we have been able to generate the level of clinical evidence that's necessary, and that gave physicians the confidence to use the test and payers to reimburse.
"As a result, the test has been in the market for seven years, and more than 10,000 physicians have used it on more than 175,000 early-stage breast cancer patients," Faucet continued. "Right now about 50% of women who qualify for the test get it."
As validation of these genomic analyses tools accrue and insurers remain willing to pay for them, molecular diagnostics and prognostics may soon become a part of standard clinical practice.
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NEW WATERFORD -Council approved a bid from village resident Tim Yarian to purchase its old service department pickup during Tuesday's meeting.
Six bids were received with Yarian bidding $2,950. Other bids were, Abby Yarian, $2,175; Sulli Motors, $1,234; Kunkle Farms, $1,100; and Shawn Millison of Salem, $350.
Council passed a unanimous resolution authorizing Village Administrator Fred Fink to enter into an agreement with the person submitting the highest and best bid.
The deadline for bids was set at Oct. 5.
The village just purchased a new truck that is now in service.
In other business, council approved the final reading on a resolution to reclassify and provide salaries or hourly rates for all village employees. The resolution, passed with a 4-0-1 vote, and repeals any previous measures that may be in conflict with the new resolution.
Councilman Tom Cresanto, a member of the New Waterford Volunteer Fire Department, abstained from the vote.
Also, Fink said there were some complaints about brown water in different areas and the system was flushed twice. He said they found some problems coming from the Creek Road well and it was traced to a water line from the pump to the tower.
"We had to flush it out three to four times daily and treat it with chlorine and back flush the line for several days and it finally cleared up," he said. "The chlorine level is a little on the high side at the tower and in the system, (and) we are slowly cutting the dosage back to the proper level."
The water supply was staying up and the towers were full, he said, adding the wastewater plant was running but one clarifier was still down.
Fink also noted the telemetry system, which provides for water tower level notification, had been repaired and "appears to be working OK."
Trick or treat will be held from 5 to 7 p.m., Oct. 31.
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on December 8, 2012 - 11:22 PM
Have mercy. Please.
Somebody tell Jamestown native Roger Goodell – who is one of us, no less – and the sadists who devise the NFL schedule to give us a break.
It is bad enough that our football team has not sniffed the playoffs since the Clinton presidency. It is tough enough when the December winds come howling off of the lake. It is hard to relax under the cloud of anxiety that comes with a 94-year-old owner, an expiring lease and NFL-lacking Los Angeles lusting for a team.
The league, with Commissioner Goodell at the helm, insists on adding to our misery – and undercutting the Bills' profits – by loading the schedule with December home games. Four of the Bills eight home games this season (including the Toronto tilt) are, you guessed it, in December.
This all but ensures that the games will not sell out, which hurts the team. Games that do not sell out are not televised here, which ticks off fans and deprives advertisers of "eyes." It's a vicious cycle that the NFL seems intent on perpetuating.
If I were a grassy-knoll type, I would suspect the league is back-loading home games in Buffalo as part of a larger conspiracy. Purposely creating "evidence" of dwindling fan support gives the league some cover if the team moves. Maybe the whole thing is a set-up.
For the record, I don't buy the conspiracy theory. But burdening the Bills with December home games only waters the seeds of suspicion.
Local restaurateur Russ Salvatore last week bought the remaining tickets for today's game, lifting the TV blackout. But the NFL could have spared him the trouble if it stopped sacking the team's profits – and chop-blocking its fans – by overloading late-season home games in a smaller-market, cold-weather city with a chronically bad team and a flat-lining economy.
Now that December has rolled around, the Bills' playoff chances are slim or none. Which makes the games less appealing than in, say, October, when hope – however false – still beats in fans' hearts. Beyond that, December home games "reward" the blind faith of fans with the risk of frostbite. The December sell is especially tough in prosperity-challenged Buffalo, where the Bills compete against Santa Claus for disposable dollars. We know who wins that one.
This month is not a one-year exception. It is the fourth season in the past five that at least three home games were played on or after Nov. 30th. The Bills should play no more than two late-season home games, one in Toronto.
The NFL's Brian McCarthy, in an email, said the league is "aware of the Bills' preference for limiting late-season home games ... [but] we are not able to make every team happy every year."
It is bad enough that we have to annually suffer with a lousy team. Worse is a schedule that leaves us out in the cold.
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You know what my favorite part about this past week was? Not just the three wins, but the fact there was only three games. Not that I don't love watching the Thunder play (and win), but man, five games in six days is quite a commitment. KD said it really well after the game Saturday night against the Knicks — this is a very long, short season.
And now let's rank.
1. Russell Westbrook (Last week: 4)
To recap Westbrook's week: He averaged 24.3 points, 6.3 assists and 5.3 rebounds per game. He shot 52 percent from the field. He only turned it over six times total. He carried the Thunder to a tough win in Memphis while KD struggled. He found his jumper, hitting 9-19 from 16-23 feet. He attacked, created, distributed and finished. He basically looked like his old All-Star self again and did it for three straight games. My favorite thing about the Thunder is that this top spot could very well rotate throughout the season between three players. Tells you how good this team is.
2. Kevin Durant (Last week: 1)
The Thunderground Radio crew talked about it on this week's podcast, but KD's having a terrific season, the Thunder are the league's best team right now (they are) and yet Durant really isn't having his name tossed around much in the way-too-early MVP talk. Yeah, he's not scoring 40 a night or even leading the league in scoring. But he might be playing as good as he ever has. He's letting the game flow to him wonderfully, he's rebounding, creating and scoring at an incredibly efficient clip. He's fourth in the league in points per possession, has a PER of 27.22 (fourth) and is playing with that look of a player that is routinely the best player on the floor every night. He's dominating games without dominating the ball.
3. James Harden (Last week: 2)
Against the Hornets and Spurs, Harden went for 24 total points on just 5-18 shooting. He had an impact, but it wasn't the terrific play we'd gotten used to. And so then he just blew up against the Knicks scoring 19 in the first half en route to 24 on 8-12 from the floor. That's kind of the thing that happens when you're in a role like Harden's — scoring can come and go a bit. He's been really consistent so far this season scoring in double-figures every game, but some nights when KD or Westbrook have it cooking, he can step back a bit. Other nights, he can really assert himself. So far, he's doing a wonderful job with both.
4. Nick Collison (Last week: 7)
I was thinking about this ridiculous question than I might actually believe is true: Is Nick Collison the second most valuable player on the team? Not the second best, but in terms of what he contributes to winning, is he behind Durant in value? The answer is no, but the fact I even wondered about it at all speaks to the impact a player that is averaging 5.7 points and 4.0 rebounds a game can have.
5. Serge Ibaka (Last week: 4)
Question: As long as the Thunder keep winning and playing well, is it totally OK with you if Serge Ibaka continues to play less and put up low numbers? I'm kind of thinking it is with me. Because the less he does, the less the Thunder have to pay. Sam Presti could make a case not to give him $10 million (or more) a year if he averages just seven points and six rebounds a game in 24 minutes. The better Ibaka is, the better the Thunder are, but at the same time, it's not all bad if he doesn't have a monster season like some of us (me) were expecting.
6. Kendrick Perkins (Last week: 5)
Perk has blocked a shot in every game so far this season. Last year with the Thunder, he blocked 16 in 17 games. Through 13 so far this season, he has 16. It's not just that he can move better and run faster, but he has some explosiveness to his game and can actually protect the rim.
7. Thabo Sefolosha (Last week: 6)
Thabo went 3-5 from 3 last week. OK, so three of those came in one games. Fun stat though: Against the Knicks the other four starters were +29, +19, +26 and +29. Thabo was a +4.
8. Nazr Mohammed (Last week: 8)
For a brief spell, Mohammed was having himself a few ballgames a couple weeks ago. Not much of that lately, though he's been productive. He only played a total of 39 minutes last week. Kind of hard to make much of an impression.
9. Daequan Cook (Last week: 10)
Is it just me or is Daequan Cook's release the fastest in the league? He'll catch a pass in the corner and I'll think there's no way he's going to have a chance to shoot it, but he fires away over a closing power forward in about 0.00003 seconds. He didn't have a great week shooting the ball as he went just 3-14 from deep, but that's the life of a shooter. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's not.
10. Reggie Jackson (Last week: 9)
Jackson might've gotten us all a bit too excited with his first performance. After that game, all the players and coaches were a little hesitant to heap the praise on Jackson like the fans were. And it seems obvious now: Because he's just a rookie. He had five turnovers against the Knicks and didn't make much of a dent off the bench for OKC. He's doing his job fine, but he's not really having the same impact that he did in his debut.
11. Cole Aldrich (Last week: 11)
A question I'm getting a lot is if the Thunder picked the wrong big man to keep developing. The answer is no for a couple reasons: Aldrich has one more year than Byron Mullens does on his rookie deal; Aldrich fits a better need — OKC doesn't need a jumpshooting big, it needs interior toughness; and Aldrich has, or at least had, a lot more value so he wasn't going to just get dumped for a second rounder and a roster spot. Give him time. He'll find his way into the rotation at some point the next few years.
12. Lazar Hayward (Last week: 12)
I won't lie, I often forget Lazar Hayward is on the team.
13. Royal Ivey (Last week: unranked)
Ivey played six minutes Saturday against the Knicks and was a -12. He didn't take a shot, missed both free throws, didn't have an assists, rebound, steal or block and didn't pick up a foul. Quite the six trillion.
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The Other Baez Helps Cubs Sweep Giants at Fitch Park
Jeffey Baez belted an inside-the-park HR off the CF "Batter's Eye," drilled an RBI single, and walked, Justin Marra hammered a three-run triple, singled, walked, and scored a run, Kevin Encarnacion laced a bases-loaded three-run double, and Yasiel Balaguert blasted a solo HR, as the Cubs swept a Cactus League Extended Spring Training doubleheader from the Giants by scores of 6-3 and 10-7 this morning at Fitch Park in Mesa, AZ.
Joey Rapp (on an EXST rehab) walloped a two-run HR for the Giants in a losing cause.
In 16 Cactus League Extended Spring Training games (43 PA), Jeffrey Baez is hitting 342/419/684 with a team-leading four HR. The 19-year old right-handed hitting Venezuelan OF signed with the Cubs for a reported $350K bonus in July 2010 as a 16-year old, at the beginning of the 2010 International Signing Period. Baez went hitless in seven PA at Extended Spring Training last season before breaking his wrist diving for a ball in right field, and then was sent back to the Cubs Dominican Academy where he hit 291/378/448 in 48 games (202 PA) for DSL Cubs #1.
In two DSL seasons (2011-12), Baez hit a combined 286/363/424, with 8 HR & 64 RBI, 22 doubles, 60 SB (19 CS), 97 runs scored, and 17 outfield assists (playing all three OF slots, but mainly CF) in 116 games (497 PA). He had a brief six-game trial with the AZL Cubs after the conclusion of the DSL season last August, and was likely ticketed for the AZL Cubs this season. But don't be surprised if the "other" Baez skips the AZL, joining fellow Venezuelan teenaged hot-shot Carlos Penalver on what should be a very interesting Boise Hawks team.
Here are the abridged box scores from the two games (Cubs players only):
1. Jeffrey Baez, CF: 2-3 (HR, BB, 1B, 2-3, R, 2 RBI)
2a. Carlos Penalver, SS: 2-3 (1B, 5-3, 1B)
2b. Alberto Mineo, C: 0-1 (F-9)
3. Yasiel Balaguert, DH #1: 1-4 (F-8, F-8, F-9, HR, R, RBI)
4. Reggie Golden, LF: 1-4 (P-5, F-8, 1B, K)
5. Trevor Gretzky, 1B: 0-2 (K, BB, 4-6-3 DP)
6. Garrett Schlecht, RF: 0-3 (K, K, F-7)
7. Brad Zapenas, 2B: 1-1 (1B, BB, BB, 3 R)
8. Mark Malave, 3B: 2-3 (1B, F-9, 2B, R, RBI)
9. Erick Castillo, C-DH: 2-2 (F-7 SF, 1B, 1B, 2 RBI)
10a. SLOT WAS SKIPPED FIRST TIME THRU BATTING ORDER
10b. Frandy de la Rosa, DH-SS: 0-2 (F-9, 6-3)
1. Erick Leal: 2.1 IP, 6 H, 2 R (2 ER), 2 BB, 3 K, 1 PO, 55 pitches (31 strikes), 1/2 GO/FO
NOTE: Top of 3rd inning was stopped with one out when Leal reached his pre-planned max pitch limit for the game
2. Larry Suarez: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 8 pitches (8 strikes), 0/1 GO/FO
3. Loiger Padron: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R (1 ER), 3 BB, 2 K, 2 HBP, 41 pitches (19 strikes), 3/1 GO/FO
4. Ethan Elias: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 25 pitches (15 strikes), 1/0 GO/FO
P Erick Leal - E-1 (errant pick-off attempt at 1st base allowed baserunner to advance to 2nd)
Erick Castillo: 0-2 CS
1. Kevin Encarnacion, CF: 1-3 (K, 2B, F-8, 3 RBI)
2. Danny Lockhart, 2B: 1-2 (BB, 2B, 6-4-3 DP, R)
3. Jesse Hodges, 3B: 0-2 (HBP, 6-3, F-9, R)
4. Jacob Rogers, 1B: 1-3 (1B, 3-U, K, R, RBI)
5. Rony Rodriguez, C: 1-2 (2B, HBP, 5-3, 2 RBI)
6. Xavier Batista, LF-DH: 0-2 (K, F-9, HBP, R)
7. Jose Dore, RF: 0-1 (BB, P-5, BB, 2 R)
8. Dong-Yub Kim, DH-LF: 0-2 (E-5, P-6, BB, 2 R)
9. Francisco Sanchez, SS: 0-2 (K, P-6, BB, R, RBI)
10. Justin Marra, DH #2: 2-2 (BB, 1B, 3B, R, 3 RBI)
1. Paul Blackburn: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R (2 ER), 0 BB, 5 K, 1 HBP, 1 HR, 57 pitches (36 strikes), 2/2 GO/FO
2. Anthony Prieto: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 2 WP, 36 pitches (20 strikes)
3. Hunter Ackerman: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 31 pitches (20 strikes), 3/1 GO/FO
4. Tyler Bremer: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 39 pitches (26 strikes), 4/1 GO/FO
1. CF Kevin Encarnacion, - E-8 (missed catch allowed batter to reach base safely)
2. C Rony Rodriguez - E-2 (overthrow on SB attempt at 2nd base allowed runner at 3rd base to score)
Rony Rodriguez: 0-2 CS, 1 E (see above)
WEATHER: Sunny & breezy with temperatures in the 90's
Per the Tribune: "Pitching
Per the Tribune: "Pitching in an extended spring game in poor conditions at the Brewers' Maryvale, Ariz., complex, the Cubs' Josh Conway was lost for the season with a stress fracture in his elbow."
Thanks, AZ Phil.
Thanks, AZ Phil.
Stupid, stupid, stupid incompetent/cheap Brewers -- skimping on the grounds keeping crew because it's the weekend? Oh, you mean you might still need the same effort to maintain a safe playing surface on a weekend game as you do during the week? Who knew? No reason to protect the investment teams make in their players on the weekend too, y'know. ~sarcasm font~
Did I mention stupid?
garza goes 66 pitches through
garza goes 66 pitches through 3.1ip for AA Tenn
3.1ip 3h 2bb 2k (0er)
wow Brendan Harris is still
wow Brendan Harris is still in league
They continue to hit. That is
They continue to hit. That is a good thing. Didn't see much of that in April!
i.stewart finally gets a
i.stewart finally gets a start in iowa...
0-3 (2k), 1bb
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Gio perfect thru 5 vs Cubs
Dinner serves first hit in 6
Dinner serves first hit in 6
Somewhere Sandy smiles
Maples starting for Kane
Maples starting for Kane County - 1 K in scoreless in 1st inning.
I have no idea how the Cubs
I have no idea how the Cubs managed to win that game. Wow.
It's like the Bizarro World
It's like the Bizarro World Cubs - Cubs are third in the league in stolen bases. THIRD. CUBS. IN THE LEAGUE. IN STOLEN BASES.
I'm not making this up.
O & B, are you tricking us?
O & B, are you tricking us? Seems impossible. Although, I have seen Fonzie swipe a couple recently. I think Rizzo, however, should leave the SB attempts to others.
they've been stealing a lot
they've been stealing a lot more once the early losses started piling up...especially with guys you don't expect to attempt steals. so far, only rizzo has been "paying" for it negatively. the fact he has 7 steal attempts is kinda crazy.
And Cardinals are last with
And Cardinals are last with 11. Now compare their records. Despite the double steal attempt today leading to a run, steals are really overrated.
cubs have won at least 2 of
cubs have won at least 2 of their 15 wins in this short season because of what the steal set up adding runs by my count...it might be 3 or more, but i know of at least 2.
OAK is stealing a lot of bases this year, too...sending more than a few guys that have "no business" trying to steal bases.
it seems more than a few teams are trying to take advantage of pitchers not paying attention to the runner. if you're good at noticing it (y.molina) then it can pay off if things go right afterwards.
...i dunno about keeping a.rizzo's pace of stealing, though...more than a few, even successful steals, have been ill advised even if they caught the pitcher/catcher/manager off guard.
And how many were lost due to
And how many were lost due to CSs? Impossible to know but it's a real issue. You can't say SBs won games without taking into account that CSs could have lost them.
one you can quantify, the
one you can quantify, the other you can't...
technically, you can't quantify either, but one has a known outcome.
taking a chance to steal a base when compared to the world at large may point to one direction, a negative, but technically no one should ever play the lottery or gamble a single cent in a casino because you probably won't get a positive outcome.
Well people have quantified
Well people have quantified steals and shown that for the most part they are a waste unless you have a very good % in terms of chance to score a run in any given situation. Gambling is a pretty good comparison because if you really need money you're a moron to gamble or play the lottery. Just take out a lighter and burn the money.
Stealing has a lot of variables but for the times when it both works AND actually leads to a run you can point to a ton of instances when it removes someone from scoring position and gives an out. There's really only a few people I want stealing (Rizzo isn't one of them).
We have an abnormally low avg with RISP and Cardinals have an abnormally large one. That means a lot more than steals.
I don't see how sabremetrics
I don't see how sabremetrics play a role in this at all. Overall, I'll take a running team any day over a station to station team. You answered your own argument with your RISP comparison. If the Cubs' RISP was even close to normal, they'd have a considerably better record than they do. Stolen bases has nothing to do with RISP. They are in completely different silos.
beyond that, the game changes
beyond that, the game changes for the hitter, the pitcher, and defensive alignment if the opposing team(s) know you might have steal in play.
when you're opening up gaps in the infield in order to hold a runner there's a better chance good things can happen whether someone actually steals or not.
this is before getting "into the pitcher's head" or other more vague variables.
the threat of a steal changes how the opposing team plays the game beyond the sb/cs...even if there's no sb attempted.
i.stewart gets his first hit
i.stewart gets his first hit since april 29th (though he didn't play may 2-8)...pinch hit 2rbi triple.
Chris Sale perfect thru six..
Chris Sale perfect thru six...and Sox have given him no support.
mike trout single up the
mike trout single up the middle one out 7
Crunch'd, Jacos with the
Crunch'd, Jacos with the assist.
Hi Phil, ever since I left
Hi Phil, ever since I left these guys are hitting. I am sure your enjoying that. Your updates have been great!
a.rizzo gets a 7 year $41m
a.rizzo gets a 7 year $41m extension (through 2019)
" The Cubs have reached agreement with Rizzo on a seven-year, $41 million contract through 2019, according to major-league sources. The deal also includes two $14.5 million club options, sources said.
Thus, the total value over nine years could be $68 million; Rizzo would not receive a $2 million buyout if both options are exercised. Escalators could further increase the size of the package to $73 million, sources said."
fwiw, he was easily gonna be a "super-two" guy for arb purposes.
If he becomes a consistent 30
If he becomes a consistent 30 HR guy with solid defense, I won't mind at all.
You know, as long as his other stats aren't Carlos Pena-esque.
I like. This is the new
I like. This is the new standard operating procedure since Longo. Now Castro, Soler, Rizzo signed through 2020. Nobody else is close to an extension other than Samardzija.
In a way, it's the new free
In a way, it's the new free agency. It's crazy to pay a guy with virtually no track record that kind of money, but it is going to be how it's done for awhile. Instead of risking a monster year, the Cubs are wrapping him up at a reasonable rate and hoping he pans out. Seems kind of crazy, but it's going to be the norm, if it already isn't.
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Soler likely to return Sunday, Maddon says
Right now, I'd like to see the Mets first, Giants 2nd.
I believe that since most of the team from last years' NLCS is on the squad this year, they will really amp their game up even more to kick their ass in payback for 2015.
The Giants just do not have the depth in years past, and I think all things equal - and at Wrigley - they could handle them.
I do not want to see the Cards, period. Or their fans, media, or Joe Buck.
I don't want to play Braves in the first round. Any friggin team in the league can win 3 of 5..I hate the first round. Furthermore, I wanted to play the Marlins in 2003 and the Mets over Dodgers last year.
With that said in reverse order:
3. Cardinals: It will be devastating to lose in the first round, but even worse to their main rival. It is increased incentive for the Cardinals, especially after last year. Cards would have nothing to lose, Cubs have everything to lose.
2. Giants: Rotation in the playoffs scare me a bit, but what a lousy team.
1. Mets--because of the losses in the rotation
2. Giants--because they're not the team they were BUT they maybe have bullshit even-year magic?
3. Cardinals--because rivalry and not making the playoffs hurts them more than losing in the NLDS plus getting eliminated by them in the playoffs would make for horrible sports commentary next throughout next season.
Who's asking?
CLE/DET rained out last night already, possible rain-outs in New York (vs. Baltimore), Boston(vs. Toronto) and Philly(vs. Mets) this weekend too.
Not only games involving playoff spots that would need to be played, but any that involve home field advantage.
I got the first one! Second one I'm not even sure what even/odd betting is.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.
A couple of Cub related puzzles.
Can't teach height and thinness
Hopefully Pirates don't call up A. Lincoln.
j.buchanan going friday...should be...baseball...or something like it.
Wow. I didn't know they could do that.
Nice for Willson, not so much for Addy.
Game is officially called...also officially a tie.
Stats count, no make-up date of course.
Yeah -- seeing the weather -- I hope KB and Rizz are inside, wrapped in blankets and drinking hot chocolate.


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Her name does not often appear in the headlines. She doesn't play a glamorous position. Her job is to help her teammates succeed.
But ask sophomore setter Kayla Weller about her supporting role, and she will say that is just the way she likes it.
"She is the type of person who puts everyone before herself," sophomore Shannon Craighead said. "For a setter that is important because it is not about you scoring the points, it's about setting up your teammates. She finds joy in watching other people be happy."
"I think her attitude really sets her apart," junior Erika White added. "She is always poitive all the time. She is always celebrating someone else's points. You'll never her see her celebrate one of her own kills as much as when someone else pounds the ball down on one of her sets."
Weller has had plenty of opportunities to celebrate with her teammates this season. The Hatters have recorded over 1400 kills, the highest team total since 2002. Weller has assisted on 1,348 of those kills, breaking the school's all-time single-season assists record. Appropriately, the record came in the same match Stetson clinched a postseason berth for the first time in 18 years, a 3-1 victory over Florida Gulf Coast on Saturday.
"Breaking the record would not of been possible without the support of every one of my teammates," Weller said. "The team has been doing amazing this season and I'm glad it is showing with all the records being broken. The real accomplishment is going to be coming out in the conference tournament and showing everyone how far we have come."
Head Coach Tim Loesch says Weller has been valuable to the team in so many different ways.
"She is outgoing, she loves to be loud out on the court and she loves to compete," Loesch said. "Most of the girls are that way most of the time, but she is kind of that way all of the time. She keeps that going and is very consistent with her effort and enthusiansm, and it definitely rubs off on the other players. As a coach, you want those types of players on the court, whatever position it is.
"She has also grown more and more consistent as a setter," Loesch added. "She came in this season in great condition and has continued to work on her fitness, her blocking, and her vertical jump - things that may go unnoticed but definitely have an impact on our team. She has also improved from a strategic standpoint and executes our game plan very reliably."
Weller and the Hatters will return to action this weekend when Stetson (18-13, 9-7 A-Sun) visits Lipscomb (19-7, 13-3) and Northern Kentucky (11-18, 6-10) in the final two matches of the regular season. Friday's match will be carried live on ESPN3 at 7:30 p.m. ET. The Hatters and Norse will square off at 3 p.m. ET Saturday.
The Hatters know they will be either the no. 4 or no. 5 seed for next week's A-Sun tournament, but they do not yet know who they will play. If FGCU wins one its final two matches (also at NKU and Lipscomb), the Hatters and Eagles will meet in the quarterfinals.
One thing is for sure, Weller will keep her teammates encouraged the whole time.
"She is always in the best mood," junior Morgan Pautsch said. "You can always count on her to make you laugh. She is absolutely hilarious and I love her to death. You see her cheering on the court and it makes you excited and want to cheer even louder. She is so supportive of everyone."


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This is a Devil's Advocate post.
I must confess that for the past month our budget has flown out the window. I have not even done the math to see the damage yet. I'm avoiding it because I know it will be ugly.
I read that off A Penny Closer today and it's something we see quite often – ignoring your problems. Now, you might jump to your feet and scream "ignoring your problems won't make them go away!" or something else equally petulant, but before you do that I want you to hear me out. I think there are very good reasons to ignore your problems and that is the subject of this edition of Devil's Advocate.
Now, fortunately for Melissa, she has done one thing right – she has found a reasonable explanation for her busted budget and she has a reason for ignoring it. The reason for her budget being busted is because she recently moved. While the ideal situation would've been to budget for the move, recognize that you'd be eating out more and slipping, but let's be honest with ourselves… we rarely plan in that manner. However, just because the budget is busted doesn't mean you should panic. In fact, in this particular case, ignoring it wasn't a bad idea because moving is stressful and there are a lot of other issues you have to deal with, the least of which is whether you overspent a few dollars this month on dinner. It was important she ignored the budget problem for a little while in order to focus on other issues and it's equally important that she set a timeline to resolving the problem.
So, let me outline the reasons why I think you can ignore your problems temporarily.
You Only Have So Much Energy
You know how people tell you to make a list, prioritize, and then work from the highest priorities first? Well, this reason is the motivation for that strategy. You only have 24 hours in a day and you have however many problems you have. In all likelihood, you cannot solve them all so you are forced to ignore (or at least mitigate) some of them in order to solve the higher priority issues. In Melissa's case, it was more important that she focus on the move and less important for her to focus on cutting coupons, cooking regularly, and all the other things she mentioned in her post. In fact, to focus on coupon cutting while dealing with something as financially more impactful, such as moving, would be a mistake (think: penny-wise pound-foolish type thinking).
Prioritization Enables You To Ignore Problems!
If you properly prioritize all of you action items, it enables you to intelligently "ignore" some of the items you're in charge of. By identifying which tasks or issues or problems are more important, you can be sure that you are ignoring the items than you can ignore and focusing on the ones that require immediate attention. While we often don't make a list (and we don't check it twice), having even a mental picture of priorities is enough to help you make decisions.
Allow Yourself Time To Regroup
A budget is a budget is a budget right? It is, unless you're stressed out about moving all of your life's possessions into another home. A budget is simple, unless you're selling your house and conducting the largest business transaction of your life. A budget is really easy to do, unless you're dealing with one of the more stressful events in your life. Everything is harder when you add on stress and mistakes are made when people are stressed out. Messing up your budget because you ate out a little more often than usual is something you can correct in the next week or month. Messing up your budget and then making a manageable situation worse because you're stressed out… that might be a little trickier. So, allowing your self time to regroup, the proverbial "count to ten" mantra, may mean you have to set one on the back burner for a while and that's OK.
Time Heals All Wounds
This is not related to Melissa's budget busting issue but if you ever have any emotional difficulties with someone, you'll find that ignoring it for a little while will mellow out feelings. I'm ten years away from high school, with the reunion coming up in ten months, and I can't recall one ill feeling I have towards any of my high school classmates. While I find it difficult to believe I didn't have a problem with any of the four hundred classmates, the fact is I can't recall a single thing – so that has to speak to this point, right?
Ultimately, the point is you can ignore your problems but only temporarily. Melissa' problem is relatively simple: it's a budget and she didn't accidentally spend thousands and thousands of dollars on a whim. However, the crucial part is that she's now taking steps to resolve it. So, if you ever feel overwhelmed or under-prepared to tackle a problem, consider sitting it on the sidelines for a couple days (unless it's due in a couple days!).{ 3 comments, please add your thoughts now! }


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The airport posted the information on its official Twitter feed Tuesday evening. The Tweet did not give any other details. A telephone call to the airport went straight to voicemail.
Airport officials also tweeted that passengers on inbound flights currently on the ground would be bused to offsite hotels as transportation became available.
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quote: Many businesses use Software that is often decades old. It still works and fits the needs of the customer.
quote: This also doesn't include businesses that might have custom software, but hopefully they are starting to move to a web browser based software.
quote: ... I don't see a reason why people wouldn't be able to use tablets (or specifically Windows RT) as their desktop replacement at home
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LOCKPORT – A Niagara Falls man, whose attorney thought he had left for Atlanta, turned himself in Wednesday, and Thursday he pleaded guilty before Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas to a reduced charge of attempted second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.
Thomas J. Pryor Jr., 20, of Center Avenue, is to be sentenced April 12. Farkas promised him a one-year sentence, but he also must plead guilty in Niagara Falls City Court March 6 to a misdemeanor stemming from a domestic violence case. Thus, Farkas said Pryor's total term is likely to be two years.
Pryor, along with DeMario D. Crittenden, 33, of 16th Street, and Levester J. Rose, 34, of Dudley Avenue, were arrested on cocaine and weapons charges Dec. 3, 2011, after a vehicle stop at 22nd Street and Willow Avenue. Crittenden and Rose pleaded guilty Monday.
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Is Your Political Donation Deductible?
It is the height of election season, and campaign spending is setting new records. As in previous cycles, most of the giving has come from individuals.
For those people, tax questions abound. For example, which donations to political causes and campaigns are tax-deductible? Which ones will be disclosed on the Internet—or reported to the Internal Revenue Service—and which will remain secret? Which could trigger a 35% gift tax?
A crazy quilt of federal tax and election laws makes simple answers elusive. "At best the rules are opaque, and at worst they're misleading," says Ellen Aprill, a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles who studies the area.
The best approach, say experts, is to know the rudiments of this tricky area in order to identify the most effective donation strategies and avoid a few traps. Tax preparers lament that too many of their clients don't understand what is allowed and what isn't.
"I wind up tossing out a lot of deductions people think they're entitled to," says Don Williamson, an accountant in the Washington area who also heads the Kogod Tax Center at American University.
So far, the total disclosed spending on federal elections during this cycle already has topped a record $1 billion, more than double the amount at the same point in the 2008 cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan nonprofit that tracks the data. Some 850,000 people have contributed $200 or more, and at least 200,000 others are expected to, according to the CRP.
A CRP spokesman notes that the totals don't include large amounts of undisclosed spending by corporations, unions and individuals on federal elections, or sums spent on state elections.
Murky Rules
The main body of rules governing political donations is federal election law, a murky amalgamation of statutes that is interpreted and administered by the Federal Election Commission. It was enacted in the 1970s and revised since then, especially in the 2002 law sponsored by Sens. John McCain (R., Ariz.) and Russ Feingold (D., Wis.).
FEC rules apply to direct contributions to campaigns and parties and, in different ways, to political action committees, or PACs. They also govern so-called super PACs, which aren't supposed to coordinate with candidates, or contribute to them.
In general, donations to these organizations must be disclosed to the FEC, which publishes the information on its website. Donation amounts are often limited and aren't tax-deductible.
The other main body of law governing political giving is the one for nonprofit organizations, which is even more opaque at points. Several categories of nonprofits, including charities, "social welfare" groups and trade associations, are allowed to engage in political activities. But their tax treatment varies, and different types of groups are permitted to engage in politics in different ways.
For example, "public charities" such as the Heritage Foundation and the Nature Conservancy can't support or oppose candidates, but they can work to educate the public and can take positions on ballot initiatives. Contributions to them are usually tax-deductible as charitable gifts by individuals.
The rules are different for social-welfare nonprofits such as the Sierra Club, the Christian Coalition and Common Cause. Groups in this category can be far more politically active, but taxpayers' gifts to them aren't deductible.
As a result, many nonprofits come in pairs—one that is largely for education, and one that is more politically active. For example, there is the activist National Rifle Association (nondeductible) and the educational NRA Foundation (deductible). Or the American Civil Liberties Union (nondeductible) and the ACLU Foundation (deductible).
Contributions to nonprofits don't have to be disclosed to the public, but the IRS has to be told about nondeductible gifts over $5,000, according to an IRS spokesman.
The bottom line: There are many ways to give politically to candidates and causes, depending on how much you value deductibility, disclosure or avoiding potential tangles with the IRS. Here are more details about common types of political contributions.
Donations to campaigns, parties and certain PACs. Campaigns and parties are largely free to coordinate with one another. PACs are free to coordinate with other PACs but are severely limited in what they can donate to campaigns.
Donations by individuals of $200 or more in a year must be publicly disclosed to the FEC within as little as 20 days, depending the point in the election cycle. The FEC publishes on its website the donor's name, address, occupation and amount given.
Individuals may give up to $2,500 per election to a campaign, up to $5,000 a year to a PAC, and up to $30,800 a year to a national party committee. None of these contributions is tax-deductible, and they aren't reported to the IRS.
In general, campaigns, parties and PACs in this category can't accept contributions from nonprofits, corporations or unions—only from individuals and other PACs. These aren't the only limits; others are available at www.FEC.gov.
Examples of groups in this category include the Romney campaign, the Democratic National Committee, labor-related groups like SEIU COPE, and corporate-related PACs like the Honeywell Political Action Committee.
Donations to super PACs. The law says these groups may only make "independent expenditures" that aren't coordinated with spending by a candidate or political party, and they can't contribute to candidates. Groups that fit this bill include American Crossroads, which supports conservative candidates, and Priorities USA Action, which supports liberal ones.
Under two 2010 court decisions, such groups may accept unlimited amounts of money from individuals, unions or corporations, and their spending isn't restricted.
Donors to these PACs are public, but the giver's identity might be difficult to determine. People can route contributions through a company such as an LLC, or they can give to a social-welfare nonprofit that funnels gifts to them.
For example, the nonprofit FreedomWorks has given $2 million in this election cycle from anonymous donors to the super PAC FreedomWorks for America, which supports fiscal conservatives in federal elections. A legal adviser to FreedomWorks said the donation was for "overhead and start-up costs."
Contributions to these groups aren't tax-deductible and aren't reported to the IRS.
Donations to social-welfare nonprofits. These organizations, often called "c4s" because they are governed by tax code section 501(c)(4), are supposed to promote social welfare. That means they are allowed to lobby and may participate in campaigns and elections, but they can't contribute to candidates. Examples of c4 groups include Crossroads GPS, which supports conservative causes, and Priorities USA, which supports liberal ones.
Donations to c4 groups by individuals aren't tax-deductible and aren't disclosed to the public, but gifts of $5,000 or more must be disclosed to the IRS. In addition, many nonprofit experts say that under the law, donations to c4 groups are subject to gift tax. The current top gift tax rate is 35% if the donor has used up his lifetime exemption of $5.12 million; otherwise the gift uses part of the exemption if it's above $13,000 in a year.
Donors to groups in this category should be aware that some of them are highly controversial and have attracted congressional scrutiny. IRS rules about permitted political activities are vague, and critics say the format is open to abuse by groups that gather funds from anonymous donors on the left or right for hard-hitting political ads or to give to organizations such as super PACs. In other words, such groups are PACs in all but name.
Recent court decisions in effect have allowed corporations and unions to make unlimited donations to these groups. Although a c4's spending must be disclosed to the IRS, filings are often delayed, and some groups have a short life.
Earlier this month, top IRS official Steven Miller told lawmakers the agency is examining more than 70 c4 groups. He added that 1,600 others had applied for c4 status, but that for a number of them the "level of political activity is an issue." Experts expect this controversy will continue.
Dues to a nonprofit group such as a trade association. Many trade groups engage in political activity. Examples of these groups, which fall under section 501(c)(6) of the tax code, include the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Realtors, the American Petroleum Institute and the American Medical Association.
The good news is that membership dues paid to these groups are deductible by individuals or businesses, except for the portion applying to political spending. In general the groups notify members about the percentage of the dues payment that is disallowed.
For example, individual dues to the Chamber of Commerce are 45% deductible because of its lobbying, according to its website.
Such groups don't have to disclose their membership lists. Many trade groups also have PACs or super PACs that conduct political activities. For example, the National Association of Realtors has both the National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee and the National Association of Realtors Congressional Fund, a super PAC.
Donations to a nonprofit public charity. Not all charities are schools, hospitals or churches. They also include politically tilted groups under 501(c)(3) of the tax code whose primary function is to win the hearts and minds of the public with education. Some examples include the American Enterprise Institute, which aims to "expand liberty and strengthen free enterprise," and the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental action group.
Such groups can engage in policy discussion or support ballot initiatives without jeopardizing their tax-exemption. But they can't support or oppose candidates directly.
Donations to these groups are generally deductible if the groups send a letter confirming the gift and the amount. The group needn't report donations to the IRS unless the gift is 2% of total contributions or $5,000, whichever is greater, so most donors can be anonymous if desired.
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Lisa Jones was recently named the Lowcountry Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure's marketing and events manager. Jones will be responsible for overseeing the organization's marketing communications department, including event planning for the 20th annual Susan G. Komen Lowcountry Race for the Cure.
Jones worked as the affiliate coordinator for the Komen Lowcountry Affiliate for the past three years. In her previous role, she was the "go to" person for anyone in need of breast health and screening resources and coordinated where they could receive help. She also managed the affiliate's website, social media presence, finances and office duties. A Komen volunteer originally recommended Jones to the organization and she immediately became inspired by the grassroots network surrounding the affiliate, providing education, screening and treatment programs to those most in need. Before joining the affiliate, Jones gained experience in working and volunteering with other nonprofits with their event planning and fundraising efforts.
"I am a breast cancer survivor of a year," says Jones. "It never crossed my mind that I would be diagnosed with the same disease as the men and women I help daily. Fortunately, as one of my doctors said, 'I should be the poster child for early detection.' I was passionate before about breast cancer, but now it's a mission – I'll forever be committed to finding the cure."
Originally from Raleigh, N.C., Jones moved to Mount Pleasant with her husband and two children in 1993. She is an artist and enjoys college football and reading in her spare time.
Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure started as one local 5K (3.1 miles) race and has grown to be a national series of 110+ races in cities around the globe. The Komen Race for the Cure is one of the nation's top 5K races and would not be possible without the 75,000-plus volunteers and respective race committees who help put this event together. The local Race is South Carolina's largest 5K race. To learn more, visit KomenLowcountry.org or call the race hotline at 843-556-3343.
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It's been a good year for comedian Charlie Day. His film Horrible Bosses is a hit at the box office, and he's going to be a dad.
"We've got a kid due in December," Day, 35, confirmed to PEOPLE at a Maxim and FX party at San Diego Comic-Con Friday night. "We're five months along, and she's feeling great. We're excited."
Day and his wife Mary Elizabeth Ellis, 32, who stars alongside the actor as "The Waitress" on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, consciously decided to expand their family, says the comedian.
"We decided now is the time, and we were fortunate that it happened," he says.
The duo shares the small screen with another real life couple, Kaitlin Olson and Rob McElhenney, who themselves became first-time parents to son Axel Lee last September. According to Day, their costars have been generous with the parenting tips.
"People are always willing to give you free advice when you have a baby on the way, so we've gotten more than our fair share – and honestly, we're gonna need it!" he says with a laugh.
Thankfully, the parents-to-be will be on shooting hiatus when their first child is due to make its arrival.
"It's going to time out perfectly," Day explains. "We live in L.A., [so] my East Coast family and her Southern family may have to come see us this Christmas."
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