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Tony Campana Designated for Assignment
OF Tony Campana was Designated for Assignment (DFA) yesterday by the Cubs, to make room on the MLB 40-man roster for OF Scott Hairston (signed by the Cubs as an Article XX-B MLB free-agent).
The 32-year old Hairston signed a two-year contract that will reportedly pay him $6M ($5M guaranteed plus another $1M in potential perfoemance bonuses).
Because he was an Article XX-B MLB FA post-2012, Hairston will have automatic "no trade" rights through June 15th. He can waive this right, but if he does, he can be traded for cash and/or player contracts with a maximum aggregate value of $50,000.
The Cubs 13th round draft pick out of the U. of Cincinnati in 2008, Campana hit 262/306/300 with 54 SB (5 CS) in 184 MLB games over the previous two seasons (2011-12), and is considered to be one of the fastest players in MLB. He will be 27 in May.
A reminder about how the DFA process will work with regard to Tony Campana:
1. The Cubs have ten days to either trade, release, or send Campana outright to the minors. (He cannot be returned to the 40-man roster because he was replaced on the 40 by another player).
2. Outright Assignment Waivers must be secured by the 10th day, so Campana can be placed on waivers no later than next Monday (2/18), and thus the Cubs will have until 2 PM (Eastern) on Monday 2/18 to trade Campana because the "waiver ride" takes two business days (actually it takes 47 hours, including Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays during Spring Training and the regular season, not including Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays during the off-season). So in this case, the Cubs only have eight days to trade Campana, not ten.
3. The Houston Astros have first priority on Outright Waiver claims at this time. (The previous season's standings are used to determine waiver claim priority during off-season, Spring Training, and up through the first 30 days of the MLB regular season, then the standings as of the morning the players clears waivers are used beginning on the 31st day of the regular season). Whether it is an American League team or National League team making a waiver claim does not matter EXCEPT for Trade Assignment Waivers (required to trade players on the 40-man roster beginning on August 1st up through the conclusion of the MLB regular season), where clubs in the waived player's own league get first priority over clubs in the other league, even if the club in the other league has a worse record than the club in the player's own league.
4. Campana CANNOT elect to be a free-agent if outrighted because he has not accrued at least three years of MLB Servicve Time, he is not a "Super Two" player, and he has not been outrighted previously in his career. He would not be eligible to be an MLB Rule 55 minor league free-agent (6YFA) until post-2014, although he would be eligible for selection in the December 2013 Rule 5 Draft if he is not added back to an MLB 40-man roster in the meantime.
5. If waivers are secured and Campana is outrighted to the minors and then is added back to the Cubs MLB 40-man roster prior to the conclusion of the 2013 MLB regular season, he would burn a minor league option (he presently has two left), even though he was outrighted (not optioned) to the minors. (No minor league option would be spent if he is outrighted to the minors and then is added back to the 40-man roster AFTER the conclusion of the 2013 MLB regular season)
Even though this is the best time of the year to sneak a player through waivers (because most MLB 40-man rosters are full), I think it's fairly likely that Campana will get claimed. I believe the Cubs would have had a much better chance of getting Ian Stewart through waivers (as they did with Blake DeWitt and Manny Corpas about this time last year) than will be the case with Campana.
I believe Campana could have value to a lot of MLB clubs as a "5th outfielder" (pinch-runner & late-inning defensive replacement), so it's possible that the Cubs will be able to trade him to another club before he has to be put on waivers, in exchange for a "second-tier" type prospect who is not on the other club's 40-man roster.
As usual, a nice summary of
As usual, a nice summary of the Campana situation by AZ Phil.
The next panel is that kid in
The next panel is that kid in the riding boots kicking the snot out of his "friend." Part of a Victorian etiquette manual. I believe the lesson was about what to do if you don't have anything nice to say.
i know the guy is a flyball
i know the guy is a flyball pitcher, but im still amazed no one's claimed Shawn Kelley from SEA yet (even at his 900K price tag).
it seems like someone (like...the cubs) would have a place for the guy...especially with the club control left.
low 90s fastball and slider...control on both. setup man upside...
"Mariners acquired OF Abraham
"Mariners acquired OF Abraham Almonte from the Yankees in exchanged for RHP Shawn Kelley."
...well, that's that.
"According to ESPN's Buster
"According to ESPN's Buster Olney, the Cubs are "on the fringes" of the market for outfielder Michael Bourn."
...i still refuse to believe these rumors...even if he'd "only" cost the cubs a 2nd round pick (aside from the stupid loot/years).
i know theo's spent dumb money before on an overpriced OF'r with low power in boston, but it seems that would be something he'd learn from...or jed would refuse listen to if prodded in that direction.
I think the big X-factor here
I think the big X-factor here that the public can't really comprehend would be the trade market for DeJesus. If you get Bourn, you have an outfield glut, and the only one who you can trade (due to contracts and rules) is DeJesus. Also, if you're going long-term on Bourn, you pretty much have to trade Jackson, and what's his market?
So theoretically, if the Cubs got the price they wanted on Bourn, and they turned DeJesus and Jackson into the pitcher(s) they want, this team could get interesting pretty quick.
But as for Bourn, I'm just sayin nah way mon.
i don't even buy the "1 year
i don't even buy the "1 year scenario" where he takes $13-$15m and becomes trade bait.
he'd be neat trade bait if he doesn't K 100 times by the time you're looking to trade him, but after paying him $7+ for a 1/2 season of his service what kind of return are you gonna get on that at best (especially considering you've given up a 2nd round pick to get him)?
Doubtful, there isn't a team
Doubtful, there isn't a team out there that will give up a high pick to sign him for 1 year. Ditto Lohse. It's gotta be long term but reasonable dollars, which isn't the Boras style. It's interesting to see where this is headed for those two guys (especially Lohse).
Indians sign Bourn.
Indians sign Bourn.
4/48m...bit of a way from
4/48m...bit of a way from that 5-6 years at 15m per he was initially looking.
also, they signed swisher so they were already gonna lose their 2nd round pick.
also, lol he's making less per year than s.victorino. wtf BOS?
I wonder if a discounted
I wonder if a discounted extension of Garza might be more possible now that everybody has seen the way that the new CBA affected the offseasons of Swisher, Bourn, Loshe, etc.
If Garza returns to his old
If Garza returns to his old self this year, the draft pick won't hurt his value too much. If he doesn't, why extend him?
I saw garza was ranked as the
I saw garza was ranked as the 9th best FA next year. Some of those above him will likely sign extensions. If we don't sign him to an extension, there realistically won't be anything better available. So fucking sign his ass if/when he proves himself not to be broken.
only 9th? sounds sketchy...
only 9th? sounds sketchy...
r.cano (2nd), j.ellsbury (OF), c.granderson (OF), s.choo (OF), h.pence (OF), m.garza (SP), josh johnson (SP), t.lincecum (SP), r.madson (CL), j.hanrahan (CL)
those guys are pretty much the 10 best of the "under 35 years old" crop.
cano is the stand out #1 in that crew, but one could put garza in the top-5 without much argument...pending what t.lincecum does this season or how one feels about josh johnson, r.madson, or c.granderson.
adam wainwright (SP) could make that list, easily, depending on what he has coming back from yet another injury-missed season.
I'd definitely take Garza
I'd definitely take Garza over Pence and Choo, and I'd probably take him over Ellsbury, too. I'd be happy to see them extend him at a reasonable price--the team isn't swimming in top of the line starters, and that situation won't resolve itself in a year or two.
Matt's career numbers don't blow me away, though, and I could see draft pick compensation diminishing the overall demand for him as a FA. Best thing for Matt (financially) would be to get traded mid-season. If that happens, the only way the Cubs get good value for him is if there is some sort of extension bargaining window figured in.
And the Indians continue to
And the Indians continue to show they don't know what the fuck they are doing.
It's nice to see the Bourn to
It's nice to see the Bourn to Cubs rumors put to rest, even though I wasn't seriously concerned.
Well, you're right, but they
Well, you're right, but they're still rolling out a pretty solid lineup this year. There's probably not a lot to be excited about when you're Cleveland.
Two Cubs honorable mentioned
Two Cubs honorable mentioned
Worst contracts according to Jonah Keri
I didn't get the Marmol
I didn't get the Marmol honorable mention. 1 year left on the deal, and he had a good second half after he started throwing the fastball more. Meh...we'll see I guess?
yes, I agree.
yes, I agree.
He has one year left and he will be traded by the deadline.
Dodgers are going to be interesting this year if they crash and burn.
I guess the Tribe is out of
I guess the Tribe is out of the Tony Campana sweepstakes.
Swisher, Bourn and Stubbs, Michael Brantley for their OF, so Swisher may move to 1B and Reynolds goes from 1B to DH.
Kipnis, ACabrera, Chisenhall and Santana are the rest of their lineup.
Baseball prospectus has the
Baseball prospectus has the Cubs at 77-85, improved by 16 games but still last in the NL Central and getting the 8th or 9th draft pick in the 2014 draft. Astros beat the Marlins for the 1st pick.
WSux also predicted at 77-85. Cardinals, Dbacks at 84 wins and a playoff for the the last wildcard slot to play the Giants. Odd that they predict the Braves at 82 wins and out of the playoffs. Rangers, Redsox get the AL wildcard game.
The Marlins will probably
The Marlins will probably field a bunch of kids and be in the hunt all year, with an average attendance of about 2,000
seems about right on Cubs,
seems about right on Cubs, they're only 2 games back of Brewers and all 3 of those teams seem like they could slot anywhere from 3rd to 5th depending on luck.
interesting AL East
interesting/weird AL East projections, though...
The Jeff Bagwell/Ivan
The Jeff Bagwell/Ivan Rodriguez off season diet-
It's even easier to drop 20
It's even easier to drop 20-30 pounds by smoking crack.
"Scott Baker (elbow) threw 40
"Scott Baker (elbow) threw 40 pitches at around 70 percent effort on Tuesday afternoon in Cubs camp."
"I'm as far along as I'm supposed to be right now," Baker said Tuesday after his workout. "I would say '100 percent' would be pitching in games, and obviously, there are no games to pitch in. That's part of the process is using spring training to prepare for the season."
miguel montero on trevor
miguel montero on trevor bauer...
"He never wanted to listen … Good luck to Carlos Santana."
ahh AHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ahh AHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!OMG! MY SIDES ARE SPLITTING-
"Orioles manager Buck
"Orioles manager Buck Showalter said Rule 5 pick T.J. McFarland stood out among those that threw bullpen sessions Wednesday."
the PR campaign about this kid from the O's continues in high gear...
it was (imo) an odd pick and the noise they make about him is even weirder to me. he throws a high 80s sinker + slider combo with an occasional change. he has been hittable in the minors rather regularly without getting Ks. at best he seems like a #4/5 starter or a middle/long relief option. *shrug*
then again, i'm still trying to figure out why so many people seem to love MIN's scott diamond. keeping the ball down seems to mean a whole lot to some people no matter what kind of stuff they have to go with that skill.
crunch, I've seen McFarland
crunch, I've seen McFarland pitch maybe a half-dozen times in the past few years, and in general, I agree, he's not that much. Best case seems to be a couple Randy Wells type years (Randy of 09/10 ... not the best comparison, as I like McFarland a bit better than I liked Wells before he emerged, and McFarland gets more GB's, but just that level is what I'm referencing).
But I also understand why a manager (not just Buck or the Orioles) might take a shine to him. He has a very good, aggressive demeanor on the mound (there's been minor leaguers that I've seen who noticeably slouch a bit when they get in trouble), and he combines that with throwing strikes. Add in his GB propensity, and those are all factors that will get a team to be intrigued when it's BP sessions.
Been busy, so I completely
Been busy, so I completely missed the Campana situation, but I stated my view before. At the end of the day, at the rate with which the Cubs were adding guys and needing to clear 40 man spots, Campana was going to go at some point, particularly since there are a lot of OF's on the 40 man. He simply doesn't add that much, and I'm not 100% convinced that he's a lock to be plucked (he probably will be, but with so many rosters in place, it's not hard to see teams passing).
I hope he's back, manning OF in AAA and trying to improve, but at the end of the day, with the rate at which things were going, no big loss.
A fav (Campy) replaced by a
A fav (Campy) replaced by a future fav: Daniel VogelBabe...
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Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.
j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 8
heyward 0-4 :(
Mark Gonzales @MDGonzales
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.


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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
There were tears, hugs and poignant memories. Families, friends and the proverbial brothers and sisters in blue were comforted by messages and acts meant to create a sense of renewal, purpose and hope for eternal remembrance.
More than 150 people – mostly law enforcement officers and families of fallen officers – gathered Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Park Circle Community Center in North Charleston for the annual "Lowcountry Fraternal Order of Police Law Enforcement Memorial."
They met to honor those who died in the line of duty. The Tri-County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 3 hosted.
The Rev. Rob Dewey of Coastal Crisis Police Chaplaincy led the opening prayer and moment of silence followed by the presentation of colors by an honor guard made up of multiple agencies including the Summerville Police Department.
Officers from Dorchester, Berkeley, Charleston, and Colleton counties and those from respective municipalities and agencies attended.
S.C. Highway Patrol Sgt. Bob Beres led the pledge of allegiance and introduced keynote speaker North Charleston Police Department Chief Eddie Driggers.
Driggers said Saturday night he was patrolling and praying for guidance so he could impart words to the families at the memorial.
"Someone on the radio answered," Driggers said. He said he heard a song called "I Refuse," recorded by Josh Wilson.
Driggers said the chorus lyrics are, "I refuse to live like I don't care."
"Those words kept resonating through my mind," Driggers said. "The men and women we are honoring here today gave their all . . . They cared about the people they served. They gave their lives for us because they cared so deeply for us.
"We should do everything in our power to carry their legacy on . . . They are teachers, people we should aspire to be.
"I hope and pray I never have to go to another funeral. I've been to too many for police. I've been to too many gravesides, too many funerals and seen too many grieving families."
Driggers said 900,000 law enforcement officers served in the United States last year. Of those, 120 were killed in the line of duty.
Their lives were not lost but renewed, Driggers said, adding that he hopes those who live here have a renewed spirit for those honored in the memorial.
"We as a family stand behind you and care for you and will continue to care for you."
The names and agencies of all 57 officers who died in the line of duty in the tri-county were then called as officers in parade uniform from various local agencies slowly made their way from the back of the room to place a red rose in a vase at the base of the stage for each of their departed fraternal colleagues.
Officers escorted surviving family members outside where Summerville Police Department's Honor Guard gave a 21-gun salute followed by "Taps" from the Dorchester County Sheriff's Office Honor Guard.
SPD Lt. Doug Wright is a survivor who has lost a family member in the line of duty. Wright also oversees the SPD Honor Guard
"A lot of people don't realize the danger inherent in this job," Wright said. "Summerville has a very good police department. We put a lot of effort into the Honor Guard. We go to any law enforcement funeral in South Carolina to pay our respects."
Charleston County Sheriff Al Cannon sat in the front row during the memorial. He has dealt with numerous incidents in which officers were killed on duty, including the deaths of members of the Summerville Police Department, Berkeley County Sheriff's Office, Moncks Corner Police Department and his own agency.
He said he has responded to such incidents in Summerville, Berkeley County and Moncks Corner to offer assistance.
"We are trained to deal with all sorts of situations," Cannon said. "When it involves one of our own it is a much greater challenge. Being there to provide moral support and advice when asked is real important . . . It takes a whole law enforcement community and the community.
"Police officers are people like anybody else with the same dreams, desires, strong points, weak points."
Cannon said anyone in uniform – police, military, firefighters, EMTs – step forward to serve and the public often takes for granted the order police provide to allow everyone to go about their daily lives.
"Police officers in particular need to recognize what they do does not go unnoticed. Those killed in the line of duty are not forgotten. I've lost several officers over the course of my career. It's a very poignant moment to be with the families of those officers.
"One had a son who was 2 years old at the time. Now he has a child of his own. It brings back memories."
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The next level of camel toe. That is to say, that the camel toe is popping out so far, that it is no longer in the same league as ordinary camel toe.
"Dude, did you just see that chick's camel toe?"
"....That was like....Moose Hoof, or somethin..."
"....That was like....Moose Hoof, or somethin..."
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when a women over 30 stone loses her trousers inside her crevis
its the same as camel toe but much more extreme
its the same as camel toe but much more extreme
Look at that 30 stoner sporting that dirty moose hoof
by mike1791 March 28, 2008
a moosehoof is when a bitch is so fat and loose that her vagina is in the shape off a moosehoof. this moosehoof is so pronounced it can be seen through clothing. if sum1 has a moosehoof it is best to show all ur friends then say "moosehoof" while coughing to make them laugh
Did you see that fatass's moosehoof? it was soggy like two day old cereal
by henri fez January 15, 2004
Moosehoof is the same thing as cameltoe, Moosehoof is a cameltoe that is too large to be a cameltoe and it has the appearance of a moose's hoof. There is usually sweat inbetween where the "toes" meet. Moosehoof is most commonly seen on fat chicks in sweat pants.
"Thats fat slut's cameltoe was poppin outta her panties, its more like moosehooof. damn that bitch was nast.
by SAmm January 12, 2004
Same as Mooseknuckle or Cameltoe, frequently used in the great nrthwest!
Did you see the moosehoof on that broad?
by Anonymous June 09, 2003
same as camel toe but for a man that wears way too tight of pants.
(I would say worse than a camel toe dude)
HOLY SHIT, Did you see that fag in the spandex shorts? His moose hoof was hanging out the bottom!!
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Community Resource Forum is a 501c3 nonprofit that began when Kenneth L. Scott convened a meeting of case managers from several non-profits and several community stakeholders, to conduct a vendor style expo for a site in Northeast Detroit. They saw that there was a need in our underserved communities for resources, that residents in those communities, were simply not privy, due to a lack of education, finance, technology and a host of other factors. They realized that by conducting that forum, that there was a need for them and that need could be met.
Shortly after the Forum's founding in October 2010, it established its mission: To empower, stabilize and transform our communities by supplying resources that contribute to the resident's quality of life via education, finance, health, housing, jobs, law, public safety, senior and veteran services, thus enhancing community awareness and increasing accessibility. It has since become a monthly series of expos and workshops with the aforementioned components, being the cornerstone of the forums.
Community Resource Forum works to collaborate with residents, block clubs, neighborhood associations, churches, schools, social networks, civic and community organizations, in order to connect them to the services of various nonprofits, for profits and government departments on one date, at one time, under one roof at their "No Family Left Behind" events.
As a result, Community Resource Forum will conduct monthly "No Family Left Behind" events throughout the year. The goal is to rotate these forums in different communities within the targeted cities of Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park. Scott said, "As we continue to increase our penetration into these communities and continue to align ourselves with various resources, our hope is that the underserved become better served by having accessibility to these resources".
We are bringing together over 50 service providers, nonprofits, for-profits and governmental agencies and departments; and conducting over 20 workshops that will help enhance community awareness and increase accessibility to resources that these communities would not be ordinarily be privy.
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Three universal keys behind the open source Web Application Frameworks movement
Open source frameworks create 'super' web-based apps
If you wanted to assemble the world's finest fruit basket, you wouldn't pick all your produce from the same orchard. You would gather the best from multiple sources: Washington apples, oranges from Florida, and pineapples from Hawaii.
Applying the same philosophy, many programmers and developers are now combining the best coding from multiple open source Web Application Frameworks (WAF) in order to create their own custom-made websites, content management systems (CMS), and other web-based apps and services. Call it cherry picking at its finest.
These "chimera" applications, in essence possessing the DNA of more than one WAF, represent a popular alternative to using proprietary coding or even an open source CMS to program one's web-based app or website.
Fewer restrictions
There are three universal keys behind the open source WAF movement: better control and customization, lack of overhead, and interoperability with other open source software.
Developers who prefer not to comprehensively code all aspects of their product may be perfectly comfortable using proprietary software to create their web-based product. However, this shortcut comes with a price: a lack of freedom to customize these pre-programmed solutions and the overhead involved in changing whatever actually can be modified. This is true even of a free, open source CMS, which saves on costs but still is regimented in its application structure and how it operates.
On the other hand, open source WAFs, such as the recently launched PHP-based Joomla Framework, allow programmers more finely tuned control of their websites or web-based applications. This allows them to refine, tweak, and reconfigure while still leveraging the framework's tools.
But perhaps the most exciting trend in this space is the ability of developers to actually combine individual tools or coding from multiple open source frameworks or libraries (provided they operate in the same language) in order to create and optimize a hybrid solution that best meets the programmer's objectives.
For instance, as a developer, one might leverage application and router packages from Joomla, session management capabilities from fellow WAF provider, Symfony, a database package from another competing provider like Doctrine, and a logging solution from yet another, perhaps Monolog. Not only does the programmer avoid spending laborious hours writing code for these processes, but also these packages all seamlessly work together, despite originating from different sources.
In fact, certain PHP-based open source framework providers who also offer content management systems—this includes major players Joomla and Drupal—are either beginning to or plan to adopt and incorporate code from other PHP-based frameworks. Doing so will allow them to build a better all-around product to offer users.
Learning from the open source community
The large-scale interoperability of open source WAFs has led to an array of integration success stories. For instance, Joomla recently became the first PHP language-based framework provider to provide code that allows users to connect with the API (application programming interface) of web-based hosting solution GitHub.
Among the great advantages to leveraging open source frameworks is the knowledge and skill sets developers can glean simply by studying their coding and learning how programmers implemented different bits and pieces to create their final product.
It's also important to observe how support from the open source community makes such web-based apps and services possible. Nothing is proprietary here—there is no "secret sauce" that can't be shared.
It's this kind of collaborative environment that fosters creativity and innovation among today's programmers—more and more of whom are leveraging best-of-breed solutions while freeing themselves of the constraints of closed-source solutions and traditional open source CMSs.
Such progress calls for a celebratory fruit basket… as long as the contents inside are the best of the best and ripe for the picking.
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Thanks for sharing your insight, and knowledge, on web application frameworks Michael. Great read!
Great article Michael. Hybrid approach has huge benefits when it comes to saving time and using the best solution. Solutions based on integration of the most preferable features are usually higher in quality and efficient in use.
Just my two cents:
To me the thought is both exciting and scary - as an engineer I am excited by the possibilities this opens up. But I can see a purely business person see technology they don't understand and therefore costs.
Should this approach give one hope for improved content?


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on January 16, 2013 - 6:38 PM
, updated January 16, 2013 at 10:55 PM
Lancaster School Superintendent Edward J. Myszka will retire at the end of the school year after 46 years as a teacher and administrator with the district, the last six as superintendent.
Myszka, 69, a Lancaster native and the first district alumnus to serve as superintendent, will retire effective June 30, saying in a statement posted on the district website that he looks forward to "new adventures and writing new pages in my life."
District officials have not yet announced plans for the search for Myszka's successor.
"I have always loved Lancaster schools and will continue to be a staunch supporter and fan," Myszka said in his statement to the community.
The Lancaster High School graduate served the district as a business teacher at the high school, chairman of the business department and, for 27 years, assistant superintendent of business and support services.
Myszka has served as superintendent since July 2007, when he was named to replace Thomas J. Markle by a School Board that valued Myszka's long history with – and detailed knowledge of – the district.
As superintendent, Myszka confronted the same central challenge as his peers in other area school districts: how to craft a budget that accounts for rising costs for employee health care and retirement benefits, flat-lining enrollment and declining state aid – without raising taxes to the point that voters would reject the spending plan.
Myszka announced his retirement at Monday night's School Board meeting, after informing senior district staff of his plans that afternoon, said Patricia M. Burgio, the district's communications director.
His decision came six months after the School Board granted him a new contract that replaced the final two years of his agreement, which was set to expire at the end of 2014, and extended the deal through June 2015.
Myszka was earning $170,000 per year as of last summer but was granted a raise under his new contract.
School Board members in the coming weeks will begin to decide how to proceed with the superintendent search.
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Dear Abby: My 87-year-old mother is narcissistic, self-absorbed and extremely cruel. Her physician has consulted with my sister and me and verified these challenging traits. When she says something or acts out, she'll say, "I am who I am, so don't expect me to change."
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Dear Abby: I recently came out to my family as transgender (male to female). However, they still call me "gay." I have told them repeatedly that "transgender" and "gay" are not the same, but they won't listen. They accept and love me "as I am," and I'm grateful for that. But I need them to accept me – the REAL me – as I am in my heart.
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After the arrest of six key members of Lulz Security (LulzSec) thanks to the alleged help of the team's leader Hector "Sabu" Monsegur, the Internet group Anonymous has decided to respond by hacking another security firm to post its open letter to the man who betrayed the hacker community.
Anonymous elected to hijack the Spanish antivirus site Panda Security, which Anonymous claims helped law enforcement agencies tracked and arrested 25 hackers last month. At the top of the site, the hackers posted a small note to Sabu, expressing intense bitterness at the situation.
"Yeah yeah, we know, Sabu snitched on us. As usually happens FBI menaced him to take his sons away. We understand, but we were your family too. (Remember what you liked to say?)" the post read. "It's sad and we can't imagine how it feels having to look at the mirror each morning and see there the guy who shopped their friends to police."
The parenthesis reference about family refers to how Sabu often called his fellow hackers "brothers" on Twitter. The note continues on with words of support for the arrested members of LulzSec and replied to a comment Panda Security had posted on their site earlier in the day which responded to Sabu's betrayal revelation.
Just hours before Anonymous defaced the site, Panda Security researcher Luis Corrons blogged about the Federal Bureau of Investigation's success in taking down several hackers with Sabu's help.
"Really good news. I have just read that LulzSec members have been arrested and that their main head Sabu has been working as an informant for the FBI," Corrons wrote before suggesting that Anonymous would now only be capable of taking down sites rather than expose confidential data. Naturally, Anonymous did not take the condescending words kindly.
"LOL HE ASKED FOR THE LULZ!!!! HERE IT IS THE LULZ," Anonymous posted after the Panda Security takedown. "Pandasecurity.com, better known for its [sh*tty] ANTIVIRUS WE HAVE BACKDOORED, has [been] earning money working with law enforcement to lurk and snitch on anonymous activists…yep we know about you. How does it feel to be the spied one?"
Sabu was ousted yesterday after the 28-year-old New York City resident pleaded guilty back in August to an indictment on charges of computer crimes against major corporations such as Visa and Mastercard. Despite choosing to become an informant rather than to be separated from his two young sons, Sabu still faces a maximum sentence of 124 years and six months in prison. According to the statement by the FBI, the work of the arrested six hackers tattled by Sabu affected more than 1 million people.
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I was listening to NPR's Morning Edition the other day when they started talking about peer-to-peer lending companies like Lending Club and Prosper (currently closed pending SEC approval).
I've written about peer to peer lending a few times before, first when Prosper's Peer to Peer Lending Marketing debuted and then once again when LendingClub offered their peer to peer lending service.
I personally don't invest using either service because I didn't have confidence in an untested system in a totally new paradigm. However, if I were a borrower, I'd jump at the chance to borrow money from individuals rather than the monolithic lending industry. You'd be kidding yourself if you didn't think the lending industry, be it loans or credit cards, doesn't jump at the chance to lock you in to something complicated and counterintuitive (option ARMs anyone?).
The borrowers probably benefit the most in this arrangement. The experiences profiled in the Morning Edition clip echo many that I've read online – borrowers get the opportunity to get loans with better terms and with less headache. While you are still ranked by your score, you get to add a little color commentary not captured in credit histories.
For investors, I have read that default rates were higher than they first listed and individuals are finally learning why the lending industry acts the way it does. A lot of people default. The benefit of peer to peer lending is that investors can invest small amounts into many loans, thus diversifying their risk. I like the idea of having another avenue to invest in outside the typical stock/bond/whatever paradigm but I'm still apprehensive.
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A professional financial aid administrator with more than two decades experience in the field, George T. Santucci has been named director of financial aid at Saint Vincent College. He will oversee Saint Vincent College's comprehensive program of financial aid in the forms of scholarships, grants, loans, part-time work/study employment as well as federal and state financial aid programs. Mr. Santucci earned a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Duquesne University in 1988 and a master of arts degree in adult and community education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 2009. He has served as assistant director of financial aid at Duquesne University, as director of financial aid at Community College of Allegheny County's Boyce Campus, as education lending account executive at PNC Bank and as director of student finance at Sanford-Brown Institute. "I became aware of the importance of financial aid programs when I was considering college myself because my father had passed away when I was young. I wouldn't have been able to attend college if it wasn't for the availability of aid," Mr. Santucci recalled. "Giving that same opportunity to students and their families today is rewarding and gratifying." Mr. Santucci said that he wanted to work for Saint Vincent because of the college's commitment to providing a quality education. "I enjoy communicating with students and families and try to get back to them in 24 to 48 hours when they have questions," Mr. Santucci said. "I want them to understand the process so that it is clear and uncomplicated. My goal is to get students' financial aid packaged in an efficient and consistent manner so they can get excited about being able to choose a quality education at a private college. I like to help students achieve their dreams and goals." Mr. Santucci, 45, was born in Verona, the son of Maria Santucci and the late Gino Santucci. A graduate of Riverview High School in Oakmont, he now lives in Plum Borough with his wife, Patricia, and their children, Jonathan, 11, and Sara, 8, both students at George Pivik Elementary School. He is a member of the Oakmont/Verona Rotary Club and the Pennsylvania Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. He is a member of St. John the Baptist R.C. Church and Third Degree member of the Knights of Columbus Council 4242.


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Best Options Broker Review
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These brokers are excellent for stock equity trades as well!
As you may have read in my review of The Options Playbook, I've started to get interested in trading stock options. As has been the case with everything I try, I do a lot of research first and then I dive right in. As my dad always said, you learn in the classroom or you learn on the street. Learning on the street is always more expensive. I prefer the classroom. 🙂
In my limited knowledge of options, it appears that there are two main discriminators: price and tools. For price, it's a matter of comparing the cost per trade and per contract. For tools, it's having the ability to quickly make complicated trades without having to jump through too many hoops. In my review of the Options Playbook, I talk about two types of "plays." The more complicated plays involve several "legs," or options trades, that hedge each other and the better options brokers let you setup those plays with one screen. In fact, most brokers make that transaction easy because it results in more trades, which means more profit, so it's almost not even worth comparing brokers based on that (remember, I'm a total novice in this so I may be wrong).
So, it may just come down to price.
How Options Commissions Work
With stocks, you generally pay a set commission per trade, regardless of the number of shares purchased or sold. Per share commissions on stock trades only come into play when you transact penny stocks (stock price under $1) and they usually add a per share surcharge for those.
With options, it's slightly different, there is usually a "per trade" commission plus a "per contract" commission. With options, you are buying and selling contracts, rather than the underlying shares. The contract usually exerts control over a block of 100 shares, either to sell or buy, and you can buy multiple contracts with one trade. So if you're buying 2 contracts, you will pay one "per trade" commission and then 2 times the "per contract" commission.
Best Options Broker
OptionsHouse is one of the few brokers that charges $5 for up to 5 contracts or only $8.50 plus 15 cents per contract. While relatively new to me, OPtionsHouse is backed by market maker PEAK6 and was rated #1 in trade experience in Barron's 2009 Online Broker Survey, beating out OptionsXpress and E*Trade, also on this list. Also, they only have a minimum account balance of $1,000 for cash accounts and $2,000 for margin accounts.
TradeMONSTER is a broker that has earned several quick awards (Barron's awarded them four stars). On TradeMONSTER you can trade stocks, options, ETFs, mutual funds, and bonds – just like any other broker but they offer very competitive pricing if you're an options trader who doesn't do a whole lot of options trading. On a single leg options trade of 10 or 20 contracts, you'll pay a mere $12.50. At 50 contracts, you double the price to $25, a third of what you'd pay at optionsXpress. For stocks, it's a flat $7.50 a trade up to 5,000 shares, then it's a penny a share. As for tools, they have as competitive a suite of tools as nearly any other broker.
TradeKing, one of my favorite brokers for stock trades, charges $4.95 per trade and then $0.65 per contract, which puts it as one of the cheapest commission rates of any broker. When you combine this commission schedule with their $4.95 per stock trade and the slew of awards they've won, TradeKing takes the lead for the best options brokers of the bunch. In terms of tools, Barron's 2009 Online Broker Survey gave them high marks for their options trading tools and an overall score of four stars for the third straight year. Finally, they have no minimum account balance and no maintenance/account fees.
OptionsXpress charges $1.25 per contract with a minimum fee of $12.95, on par with many other options brokers. In terms of awards, they've been awarded four+ stars by Barron's from 2002-2012. The one very appealing feature OptionsXpress offers is a virtual trading account, which gives you $5,000 in virtual cash that you can invest in stocks and options. If you're new to either, taking advantage of this absolutely free feature is a great way to dip your toe in the water without actually putting that toe at risk. 🙂
E*Trade is the priciest of the bunch charging $9.99 per trade and then $0.75 per contract, but again no account minimums of maintenance fees. The fees are comparable and they go down with higher volume trading, to $7.99 a trade at 150+ trades a quarter.
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The 10 Most Satisfying Cases of Hecklers Getting Destroyed
#5. Joe Klocek Shows Him How It Feels
Enter Drunk Guy #431997. This walking polyp was basically a real-life version of an Internet commenter, trying to give "constructive feedback" to the comedian -- even going as far as offering to be his manager and asking for a mic. After a few small exchanges, Klocek recognizes it as an easy kill and says, "OK, come on up." What ensues is one of the most brutal, masterful pieces of destruction I've ever seen. He just allows the guy to embarrass himself into nonexistence, and he barely has to do more than just let the guy talk. It didn't hurt that the guy was so wasted that he could fuck up a bowling ball.
Second by second, each word he slurs buries him a little deeper, and just when you think the guy has hit bedrock, Joe remembers that the guy is a mathematician and suggests, "Why don't you give me some math problems? No blackboard, no calculator. I don't even have my cellphone on me." The guy is so drunk, he can't come up with one, even though his fucking career is centered around it. This goes on for seven and a half minutes, until the heckler actually hangs his head in shame, completely defeated. Showing his humanity, Joe stops and says quietly, mercifully, "Would you like to sit down now?" The guy can't even speak at that point. He just slowly nods his head, puts the mic back and takes his seat. It was like convincing the Hulk that he was his own enemy and then sitting back and watching him punch himself in the balls until he died.
#4. Joe Matarese Gets Heckled at a Fundraiser
Joe Matarese was doing a small gig in Michigan where pretty much the entire audience was filled with the souls of falsely executed prisoners, and in a former life, Joe was the guy under the black hood. Halfway through the set, he found out that it wasn't just any old show -- it was a fundraiser, and the audience was composed of the parents of the kids they were trying to earn money for. It's at that point he realized that if they were acting this badly at a charity event, he had no chance of salvaging his act, so he just gave in and said, "The sad part about comedy: All it takes is 90 percent of the crowd to suck for it to be bad."
And that was it. He went from person to person -- each one a cheerleader mom -- calling out their never-before-challenged bullshit. He tells the first woman, "I hope your kid's not someone we're trying to raise money for. Because she's fucked. We can't fix that. We can't fix her, she's bound for the pole. She will be stripping in weeks. You are an awful parent, ma'am." Then on to the next woman, where he just chants, "No one wants to hear you," while she rambles endlessly through it, as if he wasn't completely drowning her out. One of those people who, no matter what she's saying, truly thinks, "What I'm saying is important and must be heard because I am the exception to every rule." And then point blank, "All you have to do to not get ripped on is shut the fuck up, it's easy."
He was one step away from just plugging his ears and singing, "La, la, la, I can't hear you!"
Of course she doesn't, because she's special and nobody has really ever not allowed her to speak before. And just as it appears that he might step off of the stage and force feed her his car, he stops and explains, "I've gone to therapy, I can't call you what I want to. It would feel really good, and it would be dead on correct ... I don't need to say it because you all know. Have you ever seen someone being such a 'one' that I don't have to say it? That's how much of a 'one' she is."
So how is letting the hecklers control his act considered "shutting them down"? The people who had been battling him through the whole set gave him a standing ovation. He won.
Wait, is everyone in that audience fucking bipolar?
#3. Joe Rogan and the Penguin Girls
Nobody shuts down a heckler with more brutality than Joe Rogan. And don't give me that shit about George Carlin or Bill Hicks. They were good with focused anger, and I'm a fan of both men. But Rogan is a goddamn insult artisan.
This was another case of the table of drunk, pretty girls interrupting the act by responding loudly to everything he was saying. He was attempting to make fun of some movie about penguins, when one girl started yelling, "Awwww, I love penguins!" He starts off by making fun of their voices, but she gets pissed off pretty fast and her drunken mind convinces her "Yell out 'You don't have a girlfriend.' That'll get him. You aren't stupid at all. People love you." She obeys her brain's think-words, and Rogan finally just gives in and confronts her:
That's Joe humping the bar stool. Nope, not joking.
"See, this is where you're confused because I'm not your fucking boyfriend. I don't have to put up with your stupid shit." She repeats that she doesn't believe he has a girlfriend, and he levels her: "Why don't you believe that? Is it because you're dumb? Or is it because you're trying to be mean to me? You're saying, 'No girl would want you' -- check this out, how many girls would want to fuck me right now?" The crowd goes apeshit. But again, she's not done. She makes a joke about him having a small dick, to which he replies, "I'll wrap my dick around your neck and start you up like a fucking lawnmower." And then a conversation finishing move so brutal, Mortal Kombat couldn't display it without changing its ESRB rating:
"Don't get confused on your place in the big picture. I'm not saying I'm anything special, but guess what, fuckface, you're not either -- we're all humans. Just because you're pretty? You're pretty now, but you're only like, what, 24? But talk to me when you're 44, and you're desperate and drunk, sitting behind the nickel slot machine. [Crowd applauds over his voice here] ... just hoping to get fingered, and you can suck his dick and maybe go home and feel 'somewhat worthy' because he got 'semi hard.'"
Rogan transforms himself into the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Except instead of being a building, its function is to make idiots cry.
I've watched that video probably a hundred times, and I swear my speakers permanently smell like sex now.
#2. Patton Oswalt Creates a Moment
Patton Oswalt was setting up a joke that takes quite a bit of skill and audience trust to pull off. He was creating a moment where you bring down the crowd to a normal, serious frame of mind by speaking quietly and interjecting some emotion into the story. Then, when you're at exactly the right spot, you get louder and drive a punchline into their heads like a fucking railroad spike. Timing is absolutely everything here, and when some clueless jackoff screams "Woohoo!" in the middle of it, the whole thing is just obliterated.
That's exactly what happened, and Patton immediately knew it was over, saying, "I love the guy who's terrified at any kind of silence, like, 'He'd better say pussy soon, or aaagh!' ... I'd hate to see you at a funeral or a wedding or something. 'Skynyrd! Shit, I'm sorry. Sorry, man. It was like 20 seconds of quiet, I thought I was going to shit my pants. I got real scared. My mom told me if it was quiet for more than 15 minutes, then goblins come out of the ground and rape you. So I thought I'd -- I was trying to protect everybody by yelling. I thought I would scream and make a weird chicken noise and scare the rape goblins away ... Is everyone OK? Has no one been raped? Then I think I'm right. I think I just saved the whole room."
Flawless logic, baby.
But even more cutting than that flurry of verbal elbows was when he kind of chuckled and said, "What a dumb douchebag." If you press the play button on only one of these videos, make it this one. Because when Patton Oswalt gets that little to-himself chuckle when he drops an insult on someone, it's exactly like the moment you hear a light saber come out somewhere off camera in Empire. You know some shit is about to go down, and someone is probably going to lose a hand at the end.
He then carefully explains to the clueless asshole in the audience how jokes work and how the timing and tone is crucial. And just as ballsy as his insults, he finishes the bit, just to show him what would have been awesome had he not randomly shouted nonsense during the story. Ending it with the greatest lines ever spoken by a comedian in the history of comedy: "You stupid douchenozzle. You truly don't fucking get it, do you? You poor motherfucker. You're gonna miss everything cool and die angry."
There's an entire philosophy in those words.
#1. Bill Burr Versus All of Philadelphia
I'm not going to quote a single thing Bill Burr says in this video because nothing I could say would do it justice. Besides, it's not about what he's saying. He was in a comedy concert called Opie and Anthony's Traveling Virus in Philadelphia. After watching the two comedians before him get booed into the ground, he was already pissed off. So when he started his act to the same booing, he just dropped everything and tore into the audience. For his entire 11-minute set. The louder they booed, the more he ranted, counting off the minutes as he went. And every time they thought he was going to wrap it up and walk off the stage, he'd stop and say, "I have seven minutes left, and I'm doing all goddamn seven of them. Fuck you."
He used comedy like a fucking weapon, and he made sure that none of them got any sort of enjoyment out of it. If they started to clap, he'd switch to making fun of their sports teams. If they got used to that, he'd insult their mothers. Then their city. Then their intelligence. He called them racists. And every minute, he called out how much time he had left, until the very end, when he said, "That's my time. You guys ... you guys were here, man." Then he hung up the mic and left to the loudest cheers of the night.
For more Cheese, check out 5 Wacky Internet Pranks That Can Get You Jail Time and 5 Terrible Things You Can't Stop Your Children From Doing.


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Thanks for doing that bad one so I could hit that bitch last night brosidon.
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Health Information Technology
The federal government is at the forefront of a wide range of initiatives involving the evolution of health information technology. In areas ranging from a program to create a joint electronic health records system at the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments to implementation of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, federal agencies are working with players in the health and information technology sectors to push change rapidly. That involves dealing with huge amounts of data and deploying cutting-edge systems to make the health system more efficient and effective.
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Notes from the Field: Berlin
Just got back from Berlin where the Berlinale and the European Film Market were taking place. It was the first PFS work outing for our new Associate Programmer, Dilcia Barrera, who's background at Sundance, AFI Fest and Outfest have us all excited about having her on our team. She was covering the Forum and Panorama sections for us while I sifted through the competition and the market looking for the perfect picks for Philly.


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"By consolidating orders with ABB OPTICAL GROUP, I've lowered transaction costs, improved margins and reduced administrative overhead. My practice is more efficient than ever."
"The ABB OPTICAL GROUP order-ship process is state-of-the-art and the company's YourLens.com Web Storesm program generates revenue even when my practice is closed."


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on December 26, 2012 - 11:42 PM
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A utility worker was killed during Wednesday's snow storm when hit by a car in Chautauqua County, just south of the Village of Westfield.
State police said that Billy J. Johnson II, of Crown City, Ohio, was pronounced dead at the scene, on Route 394. Troopers said visibility was poor during the crash because of blowing snow, and that the roads were icy.
Johnson was one of two workers for CTS Telecommunications of Orville, Ohio, standing near their truck's bucket arm, which was extended horizontally about one foot off the ground.
A car driven by Trudy Williams, 58, of Clymer-Corry Road in Clymer, drifted onto the shoulder of the road, striking the two men about 2:45 p.m., troopers said.
Johnson was thrown onto the extended bucket. He hit his head, then landed on the pavement.
Nathaniel L. Bailey, 26, of Glenwood, W. Va., was thrown under the bucket and came to rest behind the truck.
Bailey was taken to Westfield Memorial Hospital with internal injuries. So was Williams, as a precaution, state police said.
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Friday, November 15, 2013
The 2013-2014 Roscoe's Reading Program is underway in Berkeley County for second and third grade students.
The program's mission is to "motivate students in the early grades to become skilled readers in order to become better learners throughout their school years," according to founder Marietta Hicks. The National Research Council has shown that children that are not at least a moderately skilled reader by the end of third grade are unlikely to graduate from high school.
Students use the accelerated reader tests to accumulate points. The number of points given are based on the difficulty and length of the books read. Students that reach the appropriate number of points by the end of the quarter get to participate in an ice cream party during the last 30 minutes of the day. There are dogs that come in to perform tricks and each student gets two free books of their choice. Third graders need seven points to participate and second graders need five.
"I believe really strongly in the importance of reading," said Cane Bay Elementary third grade teacher Cara Musgrave. "I really push it and other teachers do too."
It began when Hicks visited schools with her bloodhound Roscoe to teach the students about safety.
"The students often wrote stories about Roscoe," Hicks said. "I still enjoy their descriptions of his wrinkles, velvety ears, and huge body."
In 2002 a group of fourth graders asked their teacher, Beth Schurlknight, to kiss the massive pooch. Schurlknight agreed with the condition that the kids exceeded their reader goals. After the students obliged and passed the bar, the program was born.
Over 24,000 students have participated in the program since it was founded. By the end of last year 54,114 books were given to students during the parties. In 2013-2014 there are 14 schools participating with 3,823 students and 171 teachers in all.
Roscoe passed away in 2008 at the age of 12, but that hasn't stopped the program from carrying on.
"God used one of his creatures to enrich my life in so many ways," said Hicks. "I miss Roscoe but I'm heartened by the many blessings this special bloodhound brought us. I've met and worked with so many wonderful people because of Roscoe and the Reading Program."
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on February 18, 2013 - 1:00 AM
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But filing your income taxes doesn't have to be excruciating – or costly. Tax software can take a lot of the uncertainty out of a tax system that can be far too complex and intimidating for taxpayers with fairly run-of-the-mill finances.
Tax software walks you through an interview process that gathers your financial information and determines what forms need to be filled out and how to do it, what tax breaks you qualify for, and what taxes you have to pay.
Even better, it's possible for most taxpayers to use free software to calculate and file their federal income tax returns.
New York residents who purchase tax software also are able to file their state tax returns electronically at no additional charge through the state's e-file program.
But the state free file program is more limited, typically requiring income less than $57,000.
"It really can be terrific for people who qualify for it," said Cary Ziter, a spokesman for the state Department of Taxation and Finance, who said about half of all New York taxpayers can file their state and federal returns at no cost.
Many middle- and upper-income taxpayers still will have to purchase state tax preparation software, although state law prohibits tax software providers from charging extra for electronic filing. That provision stems from the requirement that took effect a year ago mandating that residents who use software to prepare their income tax returns file those returns electronically.
With tax season getting into full swing, here's a look at some MoneySmart ways to prepare your own taxes.
• TaxAct Online: TaxAct is a bargain hunter's dream. The software provider Second Story Software offers a free online version of its tax software for federal income taxes that includes free electronic filing.
No income limits. No residency rules. Free. It doesn't get any cheaper than that.
The software is fairly simple to use, although the free version lacks some of the extras that come with the "deluxe" versions of the software that users have to purchase, including a feature that lets you import your basic information from your previous year's return.
Adding a state return costs $14.95.
• The IRS Free File program: The Free File Alliance, a coalition of 15 tax software providers, lets taxpayers file their returns for free using their online tax preparation software, provided they meet certain income and eligibility requirements. About 70 percent of the nation's taxpayers are expected to qualify for the free file program this year, said Tim Hugo, the executive director of the Free File Alliance.
This year, taxpayers with 2012 adjusted gross incomes of $57,000 or less – about 100 million Americans in all – qualify for the free file program, which is available at www.irs.gov/freefile.
"The service is unique because it gives taxpayers access to 15 different tax software offerings," Hugo said. "They can choose the one that works best for their tax situation."
All of the most prominent tax software providers participate in the free file program, including TurboTax, H&R Block, TaxAct and TaxSlayer.
To take advantage of the free file programs, including the state e-file program, taxpayers must access the software through the state Department of Taxation and Finance website.
"You need to file through the state website," Ziter said. "Both the federal and the state returns can be filed at the same time."
Taxpayers who don't need or want to use tax software can file their federal returns for free electronically by using fillable tax forms that are available on the IRS free file site.
• Free tax filing services: The IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and the Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) programs offer free, in-person tax filing help for qualifying taxpayers.
The VITA program is open to taxpayers earning $51,000 or less and is manned by IRS-certified volunteers who will help taxpayers prepare their returns and file them electronically. It is offered at regular times at a dozen sites in the Buffalo Niagara region. To find a location, visit the IRS website.
But that listing is far from complete. Other VITA sites are not listed, including a VITA tax preparation program offered on the Niagara University campus, 5795 Lewiston Road, Lewiston, and at the Doris W. Jones Family Resource Building, 3001 Ninth St., Niagara Falls. The sessions are offered from 5:45 to 7:30 p.m. in Room 207 of St. Vincent's Hall on the NU campus on Tuesday, Thursday and Feb. 26 and 28; March 12, 14, 19, 21 and 26; and April 2 and 4. Sessions also are offered from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Jones Family Resource Building on Wednesday and Feb. 27, and March 13, 20 and 27.
The TCE program, which is open for taxpayers who are at least 60 years old, is available at 18 sites across the Buffalo Niagara region, including several libraries and senior centers, through the AARP Foundation's Tax Aide program. A list of sites is available through the AARP website.
The volunteers also are trained to be on the lookout for taxpayers who are eligible to claim the earned income tax credit, a potentially lucrative tax benefit that often goes unclaimed, Ziter said.
"The volunteers at the VITA sites are IRS-certified, but they're also savvy in New York State taxes," he said.
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Racial Disparity in Federal Criminal Charging and Its Sentencing Consequences
M. Marit Rehavi
University of British Columbia; Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
Sonja B. Starr
University of Michigan Law School
May 7, 2012
U of Michigan Law & Econ, Empirical Legal Studies Center Paper No. 12-002
Using rich data linking federal cases from arrest through sentencing, we assess the contribution of prosecutors' initial charging decisions to large observed black-white disparities in sentence length. Pre-charge characteristics, including arrest offense and criminal history, can explain about 80% of these disparities, but substantial gaps remain across the distribution. On average, blacks receive almost 10% longer sentences than comparable whites arrested for the same crimes. At least half this gap can be explained by initial charging choices, particularly the filing of charges carrying mandatory minimum sentences. Prosecutors are, ceteris paribus, almost twice as likely to file such charges against blacks.
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|Marge: I think we're going to need a bigger place.
Homer: No, we don't. I've got it all figured out. The baby can have Bart's room and Bart can sleep with us until he's 21.
Marge: Won't that warp him?
Homer: My cousin Frank did it.
Marge: You don't have a cousin Frank.
Homer: He became Francine in '76. Then he joined that cult. I think his name is Mother Shabubu now.
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