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Living paycheque to paycheque
Most Canadian workers, and a lot more than two years ago, have been living paycheque to paycheque, according to survey results released amidst a global financial crisis that could tip the economy into a recession in which there would be fewer and even smaller paycheques.
October 3, 2008
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OTTAWA — Most Canadian workers, and a lot more than two years ago, have been living paycheque to paycheque, according to survey results released amidst a global financial crisis that could tip the economy into a recession in which there would be fewer and even smaller paycheques.
"Feel like you have to really stretch your paycheque to make ends meet?" an analysis of the results released Wednesday by CareerBuilder Canada asks, adding that if so, "you are not alone."
More than half of workers 55 per cent say they always or usually live paycheque to paycheque just to make ends meet, a jump from 42 per cent at the end of 2006, the report on the survey noted.
That makes planning for the future difficult, noted the analysis of the results.
The mid-year survey found that more than a third 35 per cent say they don't put any money aside for savings each month, and that another 28 per cent set aside less than $100 a month and 17 per cent less than $50.
And one in five say they have to work more than one job to keep up with monthly expenses, with one in four saying they would need anywhere from $250 to $500 more a paycheque to live comfortably.
Further, 60 per cent of workers say they do not participate in any kind of retirement plan.
The findings are a concern but come as no surprise to Casey Cosgrove, a financial expert with Social and Enterprise Development Innovations, a national nonprofit organization which over the past two decades has worked with businesses, governments and other non-profits groups to help lower-income Canadians gain financial independence though increased financial literacy.
The concern, however, is even greater with the risk of recession hanging over the economy, Cosgrove added, noting that people living paycheque to paycheque would often be lower income Canadians and would be especially vulnerable to an economic downturn.
The results underscore the need for a higher level of financial literacy, Cosgrove said.
"Regardless of how much they are earning, they may not be making the most out of the money they do have," he said.
One reason for the financial crisis in the U.S. is that many Americans had access to credit without understanding what they were getting into, he said.
But Canadians are vulnerable as well, he added, citing the findings of other surveys that one in five Canadians are spending beyond their means and that many are only one or two paycheques from being on the street.
The CareerBuilder.ca survey also found that women are much more likely to say they are always or usually living paycheque to paycheque, at 61 per cent, than men at 49 per cent.
Also, 69 per cent of men compared with only 61 per cent of women who say they save some portion of their paycheque each month even though a greater proportion of women, at 74 per cent, than men, at 62 per cent, say they have a set budget.
But having a budget doesn't necessarily mean living within that budget, the results also suggest.
"More than two-thirds of workers say they have a set budget each pay period, although 24 per cent admit to typically going over it," said Remy Piazza, managing director of CareerBuilder Canada. "Just like in business, going over a budget can have negative consequences on the bottom line."
Piazza, meanwhile, offered some tips about how workers can put some extra cash in their pockets:
Consider meeting with a financial planner to have an outside pair of eyes looking at their financial situation which may reveal areas for savings;
Talk with their employer's human resources people to see what employer benefits there are that could be taken advantage of, such as company discounts;
Review commuting costs, which workers say is one of the biggest drains on their budget, to see if it might pay to use alternative modes of transportation;
With 70 per cent of hiring managers expecting to provide an increase in salaries for employees, they should also consider approaching the boss for a raise.
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Ben Bernanke - Hocus Pocus or Hokey-Pokey?
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I'm sorry but the game (and I am sure that you will all agree) is becoming rather tiresome with boorish Ben Bernanke at the Federal Reserve. I have the distinct impression that either he is doing the hokey-pokey (one foot in, one foot out, except it's the markets that are getting shaken all about) or he is doing his Peter-and-the-Wolf pantomime number for the kids. One minute we hear that Quantitative Easing is going completely, then it's going a bit and withdrawing in side-steps and little paces and then it's going to carry on. Where do we stand? He's making the markets dizzy with all this waltzing around back and forth. Or is that the idea? Get the markets so dizzy that Quantitative Easing will be withdrawn as the masses are trying to pick themselves up from dazed and dazzled bewilderment. If that's the objective, Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve are right on line. Bullseye Ben!
During last night's talk that Ben Bernanke was giving at the national Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts (July 10th) he stated that loose monetary policy was far from over! $85 billion is being pumped into the US economy and he said that the bond-buying days were still with us. He spoke of "highly accommodative monetary policy for the foreseeable future". He went on to state that despite the fact that analysts seem to be pretty positive about the direction the US economy is heading in (although that's very debatable), perhaps the true rate of unemployment was higher than present figures might be suggesting. He also added that there were signs of 'internal weakness' in the US economy and that a 6.5% unemployment rate will not "trigger tightening by itself". Only two weeks ago he was speaking of pulling out of Quantitative Easing and tightening the belts on the economy.
So, what is Ben Bernanke playing at? The markets reacted today to that statement favorably. China's Shanghai Composite hiked 3.23% (+64.87 points to 2, 072.99) today. The FTSE 100 increased +0.65% (+42.36 points to 6, 547.32). The DAX went up 1.25% (+100.93 points to 8, 167.41) and the Nikkei rose +0.39% (+55.98 points to 14, 472.58). The CAC40 was also up by +1.01% (+38.81 points to 3, 879.34) at 07:52 ET today. Imagine that! Just a few words from Ben Bernanke that the Quantitative Easing will still be there and the markets rally. The power that is in that man's hands (or mouth)! The markets feed off of it like a prophecy from the Messiah. But, having said that, maybe in two weeks there will be a change of tune and we'll be back to square one, with the markets getting no change out of the Federal reserve at all (not even small change, for that matter).
That statement during the speech will certainly have some effect on the Dollar but also on the EU's trouble and strife at the moment. The Dollar rallied just a few weeks ago against other world currencies and in particular caused some trouble for the Euro, making matters worse for the EU's growing debt woes.
The Dollar has come in for a bit of a hammering from the markets today. This is due primarily to Bernanke's statement yesterday but also because of the minutes of the FOMC which clearly showed that there was a divergence of opinion at the Federal Reserve. Many stated in those minutes that they needed to see improvements in the unemployment rate that were far more substantial than at the present time before the taps are turned off on the loose money being dished out. There were also comments about bond buying continuing well into 2014, rather than tapering off in September and being withdrawn completely by January 2014. The Federal Reserve seems very much divided on the situation. But, will this mean that the compromise would be that tapering should begin in 2013 and end in 2014 over a longer period? If we are to judge the comments of Ben Bernanke last night no tapering will occur until the jobless rate hits below the 6.5%-mark.
The weekly report was issued today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics regarding the current situation for jobless claims. For the week ending July 6th, there were 360, 000 initial claims, which is an increase of 16, 000 on the week before (344, 000). That means a 4-week average of 351, 750 (up 6, 000). The advance (seasonally adjusted) insured unemployment rate stood at 2.3% for the week ending June 29th.
We will see what reaction that brings in the market.
The Euro rose today against the Dollar as a result of those comments. The Euro was up 0.65% against the Dollar today at 08:32 ET (+0.0084 to 1.3062).
The Dollar also fell against the Yen (-0.48% by 0.4800 to 99.2000).
The British Pound was up 0.65% (+0.0098 to 1.5113) at 8:33 ET today also.
The Dollar took a tumble against all major currencies, anyhow on Thursday as a direct consequence of those doubts now being raised.
The statement that Bernanke made will also have some effect on the woes of the EU. If tapering starts in the US, then tapering will also probably have to start in the EU at some point and it's far from the right time to actually do so with the number of government securities that are held by European banks at the present time.
There will be some respite for the EU, therefore. If the US continues its bond-buying then interest rates will not rise and the EU won't have to increase their interest rates either. There are 1, 700 billion government securities that are currently on the books of European banks, which can only mean trouble at some point if interest rates rise.
So, is Ben Bernanke doing the hokey-pokey on us? Uncannily, he probably is given the fact that the origin of the words 'hokey-pokey' stem from 'hocus pocus', the traditional and well-known incantation of a magician. That itself can be traced back to Jesus Christ's words at the Last Supper: "hoc est enim corpus meum", meaning 'this is my body'. We all know what happened afterwards: the bread got handed out and Jesus ended up being crucified, nailed to the cross. Ben Bernanke has done just about the same thing. He handed out the bread, didn't he? He threw that from his helicopter to the masses below. Only one thing that is left to do now and the prophecy will come true!
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Year of the snake is getting warmed up kids.
Oops my bad
You put your right jowl in,
You take your right jowl out,
You put your right jowl in,
and you wag it all about.
Do the prestidigiflation and you churn it all around,
And that's what it's all about!
You put your left jowl in...
Bernanke is obviously manipulating the stock market. He must be tried for treason and for stock market manipulation.
As far as the anti-stimulus QE is concerned, it is not be design nor implementation any sort of economic stimulus nor does it produce jobs. Had it actually produced jobs we would have seen it already with the trillions he has gone through. He is thus a liar. The economy is worsening, not getting better. Look at any economic data and parse out the real rate of inflation, or the population growth rate as i pertains to employment, anything at all, and the data clearly shows there is no improvement, and all the while our debts keep growing and growing which is BAD. We are losing by not getting bank interest, losing from the real 8% inflation, and losing more if investing far on the side of fair value for this economic depression we are in. Historical data shows in bad times the PE ratio tends to under 10 and even in the 6 to 8 range. Today is so bad like never before in history to suggest a fair PE ratio now would be around 5.
Bernanke is making a wider wealth divide that is crippling our country. Already the wealthiest are buying overpriced property to be used as rental income as the rest of the people will never be able to afford to buy a house when the wealthy and their cohorts in banks withholding the supply of homes on the market. We are turning into a third world in this way.
Those shorting this 2X overpriced market need to be compensated based on the unlawful manipulation done by Bernanke. The economy not improving yet it going up 130% in 4 years shows utter corruption. Even if the market went up only 50% during this time, a person shorting by being at their computer would still be able to profit as they should but when the manipulation is so one-sided preventing normal fluctuations, it becomes rigged against those who use their minds to invest as going long is senseless being valuations make no sense relative to the horrific economy. Notice also time and time again of horrific economic data and the markets so often surge 1 to 2 percent in a day, and sometimes for multiple days. This is based on the Bernanke manipulation in some form or another - it could be from him simply flapping his lips, the unlawful Fed POMO in overdrive, or the plunge protection team working their fingers like crazy pushing buttons.
Guantanamo Bay would be a perfect retirement location for Bernanke, the ECONOMIC ENEMY COMBATANT against the American people.
Ben Bernanke is pure evil, masquerading as a human being.
Execution is not even good enough....
I think it was perhaps at most 2 weeks ago when I said prepare to be whipsawed. One only had to look at the POMO schedule to see that buying showed no signs of stopping. And this time equities went up, but bond rates have stayed up. Perhaps the jawboning effect is slowly losing its power.
jawboning .
the power of the great whale, the leviathan.
it is the song of moby dick !.
" you will smell land where there is no land" and all
that my mates.
When the market is volatile you can earn more profit than you can when it just goes in a steady direction. Insiders can make a great deal of money with very little actual change in the market just by trading on how they know people will react to the FED.
What a load of bullshit. Tapering? Really? Ask the fucking addict when they want to quit and go in for treatment. Cutting the money flow is going to raise holy hell and we all know that these fuckers are going to turn the spigot back on.
The junkie dies via poor nutrition and a compromised immune system, but is a user till the last breath.
" eternal life .... is for sale?
seriously, @"where we stand..."
there is no "place" to stand in this domain.
one either rides on high or cowers in the caves.
the in between world is less and less inhabited
as most see it as the place of great burning and
suffering. where have all the hobos gone?
formerly of the surface among the trees, weeds
and rails.
underground, where there is protection from those
riding on high.
the caves my friend, establish precedent in a good
cave I say , a drone proof cave is all the rave !
with no self to call,
no attention to draw
all gone and no tomorrow. "
a poem by b.m.
Hokey-Pokey, with other people's money (ours).
Or more accurately: "Oakum-Hokem-Smoke'em".
An old story accounts how Stevie Wonder, the blind singer, was invited to a synagogue to experience a Jewish service and consider converting to Judism. During the service Stevie Wonder was given a matzo at which point he felt and fingered the matzo and exclaimed "Who wrote this shit". Similarly one wonders who writes Bernanke's speeches which befudles, confuses and manipulates the markets------beware the consequences of all that shit
Greenspan's words were incomprehensible,
Bernanke's actions are incomprehesible.
Same game different decade, BWBS.
One minute we hear that Quantitative Easing is going completely, then it's going a bit and withdrawing in side-steps and little paces and then it's going to carry on. Where do we stand?
Well, clearly, it is going to be all three at the same time.
" Ben Bernanke has done just about the same thing. He handed out the bread, didn't he? He threw that from his helicopter to the masses below."
47 million on food stamps. 14.3% underemploymnet. The masses haven't been thrown anything, except BS. It is the elites that wre liining their pockets from Bernanke's largess.
23-26 percent unemployment. Start with the 240 million working age adults and 135-140 million workers who have at least a minimum wage part time job. Subtract those incarcerated and in mental institutions and the rest who canot work, estimate the number who are so rich who do not work presently and whom will never want to work (Paris Hilton for example), and you will arrive at a similar number. Don't go by government statistics except when it comes to certain raw measures. Shadow stats site is a good one to look at for this and for the real inflation rate.

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March 9, 2013
Asteroid To Fly Past Earth Today
Knowledge is only power if you have enough time to react to the information you just learned.
In what seems to be an almost daily occurrence, we have learned another asteroid is swinging through our neighborhood this weekend. Unlike the events that happened over the skies of southwestern Russia and Cuba, however, this asteroid will travel just outside our planet's atmosphere.
Scientists weren't able to see the asteroid until just this past Sunday because the search telescopes we currently use can't detect objects of this size until they get close.
Measuring about the size of a city block, the 80-meter wide asteroid will be at its closest point to our planet, some 604,500 miles, on Saturday afternoon. According to Don Yeomans, a planetary scientist with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, the celestial traveler will come within 2-1/2 times the distance from the Earth to the moon.
"It's a pretty good size, but it's not getting that close, at least by recent standards," Yeomans said.
Amateur astronomers are already able to observe the asteroid, dubbed 2013ET, in the night sky. Experts advise you try to get your look at it now, however, as after Saturday's fly-by, 2013ET will only appear in the daytime sky over the U.S.. The daylight hours will make it much more difficult to see.
Scientists arrived at the name 2013ET as that was the time of day it was discovered. This asteroid is just the latest object careening through space that will make near-contact with our planet.
The meteor that exploded over Russia last month was responsible for injuring more than 1,500 people. In addition to the asteroid that streaked through the skies above Cuba, there was also a far larger asteroid that had been in the news leading up to its close encounter with our planet. That larger asteroid was a mere 17,100 miles above the surface of the Earth.
In addition to this new discovery, we are expecting the comet Pan-STARRS to come into view as it travels through the skies above the Northern Hemisphere. Later on in the year, we will see another comet, called ISON, visible in our November skies. According to scientists, neither comet poses a direct threat to Earth.
Our ability to locate and monitor objects traveling through space has improved exponentially in the past few years. One has to wonder if we are just passing through an especially active area of space or if these dangers were always just out of sight. As for me, I long for the days when we were a bit more ignorant about these events.
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This was the show in Jacksonville Floridia at the 107.3 Planet Festival 10,000 plus at this show lots of awsome bands lots of crowd surfing the energy level was like any other I had ever experienced in all of the Papa Roach shows I have seen. We were able to make it right to the rail as you can see in the photos the crowd and the band were crazy.
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text: Paul McCartney, Shirley Bassey and Elton John to play Queen's Diamond Jubilee gig Organiser Gary Barlow says event will "transcend multiple decades of music" Comments Written By 12:50 PM, 07 February 2012 Sir Paul McCartney, Dame Shirley Bassey and Sir Elton John will all play at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee concert in June, it was confirmed today. The event, which will take place in front of Buckingham Palace to celebrate 60 years of Queen Elizabeth II's reign, will also feature performances from Ed Sheeran, Jools Holland, Jessie J, Tom Jones, Lang Lang, Annie Lennox, Madness and Cliff Richard. Organised by the BBC and Take That frontman Gary Barlow, the event will offer 10,000 fans the chance to see the stars perform live as well as enjoy a Jubilee picnic in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. Tickets are free and members of the public will be able to enter a ballot to win them over the coming months. Gary Barlow said: "The Diamond Jubilee concert will celebrate the 60 years of the Queen's reign with an amazing line-up of world-class artists coming together to play at one of the biggest and most exciting live music shows in recent years." The concert will be broadcast live on BBC1, BBC1 HD and BBC Radio 2. Highlights will be broadcast to an American audience on ABC television the following day. BBC1 Controller Danny Cohen said: "BBC1 is honoured to be the broadcast host of this magnificent concert to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee. "This will be a musical event like no other, with Britain's greatest musical stars performing to celebrate this great occasion." Like this? Share it. Facebook Twitter Google Tumblr Pinterest Blogger Reddit VKontakt Print Email


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Kyle Arrington will have surgery on his groin Friday, according to his agency Klass Sports. About six weeks of recovery.
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Sweet Onion Melted Gouda (SOMG!) BLT
This is such an amazing sandwich. It's really so simple. But it takes the whole concept of Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato to a new level. All you have to do is add a little bit of sweet onion and some gouda cheese, get that cheese really good and melty and OMG you will be drowning in heaven when you eat your sandwich. So that's why it's a Sooo OMG BLT. SOMG = Sweet Onion Melted Gouda. How sweet is THAT?
The most necessary thing for this sandwich is a fresh-from-the-garden tomato. If you don't have a garden (or a friend or relative who has a garden who will share a tomato), one from the farmer's market will do in a pinch. If you're going to use a grocery store tomato, just skip this whole idea. Go make something else. Because to get the true essence of a really great BLT, you need a really good fresh garden tomato.
The sweet onion and the melty gouda cheese elevate the bacon and the heavenly homegrown tomato taste and then the mixed greens come along and top it all off with their beauty and crunch. You really must have at least one of these beautiful sandwiches during tomato season … I have had two so far and I'm SO tempted to make another one … SOMG they are SO good!
Sweet Onion Melted Gouda Bacon Lettuce and Tomato Sandwich (SoooOMG BLT!)
For each sandwich:
- 1 nice thick slice of bread (homemade bread works the best … I used my dad's whole wheat yogurt bread)
- 3 slices of lower-fat, naturally smoked, thin-sliced bacon
- Thinly sliced sweet onion
- Fresh garden tomato slices
- A few slices of Gouda cheese (I used Dofino Gouda that they sent me … )
- Mixed greens
- Cook the bacon strips to your liking. I like mine a little floppy, but my sisters hate the way I make bacon. My kids love it though. (HA! For once I am validated by my kids.) Use a clean kitchen towel or paper towels to soak up the excess fat from the bacon.
- Set the bread on a baking sheet covered with cooking spray. Cover the bread with a layer of bacon, then several slices of the sweet onion, then make sure you cover the whole thing with fresh tomato slices. Cover the tomato with slices of gouda cheese.
- Bake at 400 for about 8 – 10 minutes or until the cheese is really good and melted and bubbly.
- Remove the sandwiches from the oven and carefully transfer each sandwich to a plate and add a good tumble of mixed greens. Then revel in the joy of a purely wonderful sandwich.
I want to thank Dofino cheese for sending me some of their wonderful Gouda cheese and my amazing friends from the BOHO tribe for helping me name this sandwich! It was Uncle Gary from Uncle Gary's Gourmet Peppers and Pepper Jelly that thought of this name.
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Thank you America.
Thank you Mitt Romney.
What a year. The election is over and I'm very pleased to be able to announce that OHO Interactive was the lead interactive firm that powered MittRomney.com and all of the digital, social and mobile properties for the Romney-Ryan ticket. While OHO isn't a political firm, we are passionate about digital user engagement and are amazed at the enormous opportunity we've had to integrate the most cutting-edge technologies into a single digital platform: web, social, mobile, commerce, and data.
Inauspicious Beginnings
In November 2011, early in the primary season, I got a call from a start-up running a Drupal website looking for some help. We work well with start-ups – so I went to meet with them. I found great people, lots of energy, big ideas, enormous passion and limited resources to achieve their goals. There was one twist, this start-up was a small band of committed folks who wanted to elect the next President of the United States – and believed the Internet was the way to do it. We started immediately working on a few small projects.
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In February, OHO Interactive became the lead interactive agency for the campaign taking over project management, development and hosting management for MittRomney.com. In May, the campaign moved from primary mode to the national presidential campaign. We were asked to build the digital team – from scratch – in 45 days. And we did. We assembled a complete in-house agency of over 30 people and began work on the most advanced digital engagement platform ever developed by a Republican candidate.
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Our team along with our partners built an all-inclusive, high-performance, multi-channel digital platform that connected front to back: websites, Drupal, Mobile, Apps, Social Media, Facebook, Salesforce, Fundraising, Data warehouse and much more.
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- Over $200 million dollars raised online
- 43,000 peak simultaneous users
- 30+ digital properties and apps
- 35,000+ hours of development
- Numerous new technology providers
- All cloud based, and a fantastic team!
Lessons Learned
There is more to this story. There are many lessons from this forefront of digital innovation that can be applied far beyond the political realm. I'm looking forward to sharing more soon.
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If there is one movie that has caused unending debate around The Playlist water-cooler, it's Park Chan-wook's English-language debut "Stoker." First screened at Sundance and making its slow creep across the country now, it's a twisty, unerringly perverse riff on Alfred Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt," wherein a mysterious Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode) comes to visit his long lost family following his brother's equally mysterious demise. Mia Wasikowska plays the young daughter of the deceased, and an admirably batty Nicole Kidman is the new widow. We got to sit down with director Park and discuss what made "Stoker" so appealing as his first English language movie, how he decided on the composers for the film, and where the film fits in with his filmography.
Those who have already seen "Stoker" know that it is baroquely stylized, a main point of contention for those who form the "con" side of the "Stoker" debate, the aesthetic in keeping with Park's previous films, the so-called "Vengeance Trilogy" ("Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance," "Oldboy," and "Lady Vengeance") and his vampire epic "Thirst." Even if you dislike it, you can't keep yourself from talking about it. (This writer is very much in the pro camp.) In person, it's nice that Park owns the visual opulence and obvious influences of the film, while maintaining that it is still very much a part of his already established filmography. Oh, and he loves Philip Glass.
What made you want "Stoker" to be your first English language project?
I liked the fact that the script wasn't very reliant upon dialogue. It wasn't a dialogue-oriented film. I liked how it had a lot of room to bring visual elements and sound elements out. This is very much how I like to make films in Korea. Those films allow for a lot of things to be brought in to really enrich the film's world.
Speaking of sound – how did you decide on the composer for this?
Well, first came Philip Glass, which I had to because I wanted him to write the piano piece during the piano duet. I love Philip Glass' work, not only as a film composer but also as a musician. The film score work that he does always amazes and shocks me. One of the great things about making an American film is getting to work with people like Glass, someone I have admired for a long time. It was a dream come true. That's how the piano music came to be.
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Butler Vs. Penn
2012 College Basketball Invitational
presented by Zebra Penn
Monday, March 19, 8 p.m. (ET)
The Palestra - Philadelphia, Pa.
MEETING: Butler will move from one historical arena
to another when if visits the Palestra to face Penn in the
quarterfinals of the 2012 College Basketball Invitational presented
by Zebra Pen on Monday, March 19. The game on Penn's
homecourt will start at 8 p.m (ET) and will be televised on
HDNet. The Bulldogs, who play their home games in historic
Hinkle Fieldhouse, will be making their first appearance in the
Palestra, often called the Cathedral of College Basketball.
The Philadelphia, Pa., arena, which has been home to Penn
basketball for more than eight decades, was opened in January of
1927, one year before Butler played its first game in Hinkle
Fieldhouse. The Bulldogs advanced to the quarterfinals of the
CBI with a 75-58 victory at home over Delaware in the first round
of the tournament. That win lifted Butler to 21-14 on the
season and set up a first-ever meeting with Penn. The Quakers
(20-12) advanced in the CBI with a 74-63 opening-round victory over
Quinnipiac at the Palestra. Butler will be playing a
men's basketball game in Philadelphia for the first time
since 1994, when the Bulldogs won at La Salle, 87-68. The
winner of the Butler-Penn game will face the winner of the
Pitt-Princeton contest in a CBI semifinals game on Wednesday, March
Butler is the last Horizon League team playing for the third straight year.
EXTENDED PLAY: The Bulldogs have advanced to postseason tournament play for the 14th time in 16 years. Butler earned bids to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship in 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, and to the National Invitational Tournament in 1999, 2002 and 2006. Butler's record in postseason tournament play since 1997 is 21-13 (16-10 in the NCAA ; 4-3 in the NIT; 1-0 in the CBI).
TWENTY WINS: Butler's victory over Milwaukee in the Horizon League Men's Basketball Championship gave the Bulldogs 20 wins for the seventh consecutive season and for the 14th time in the past 16 campaigns. The seven straight 20-win campaigns matches the Horizon League record for most consecutive 20-win seasons, set by Butler from 1996 to 2003. The Bulldogs are the only team in Horizon League history to record five or more consecutive 20-win seasons and they've done it twice (1996-2003 and 2006-2012).
OPENING ROUND: Butler built an eight-point halftime lead and then opened the second half with a 9-0 run to pull away from visiting Delaware in the first round of the College Basketball Invitational. The Bulldogs, who trailed early in the contest, out-scored Delaware, 16-8, in the final 7:25 of the opening period to take a 31-23 halftime lead. That margin ballooned to 17 points in the first five minutes of the second half. Guard Chrishawn Hopkins scored the first five points after halftime and forwards Andrew Smith and Kameron Woods each added a basket before Delaware cashed its first points to give Butler a 40-23 lead with 15:39 remaining in the game. Delaware never got closer than nine points the rest of the way, and the Bulldogs maintained a double-digit advantage for the final 10 minutes of the game. It was Butler's first postseason win at home since 2006, when the Bulldogs defeated Miami, Ohio, 53-52, in the NIT.
Butler has won a postseason tournament game in six of the past the seven years.
REPEAT PERFORMANCE: Sophomore Chrishawn Hopkins, who led the Bulldogs in scoring against Valparaiso in their final Horizon League Tournament game, topped Butler in scoring for the second consecutive contest with 19 points against Delaware. It was the first time since early January that a player led Butler in scoring in back-to-back games. Over the past 14 games, Hopkins has led Butler in scoring five times, Andrew Smith and Roosevelt Jones have led the team four times each, and Khyle Marshall has topped the Bulldogs twice. Smith was the last player to lead Butler in scoring in back-to-back games, topping the Bulldogs against Cleveland State and Youngstown State on Jan. 13 & 15.
Butler has had nine different players lead the team in scoring in a game this year.
BOARD REVIEW: Butler showed why it led the Horizon League in rebounding by building a commanding 37-25 rebound margin over Delaware. The Bulldogs pulled down 17 offensive rebounds in the win, leading to a 21-6 advantage in second chance points. Junior Andrew Smith led the Bulldogs with a game-high seven rebounds, while freshman Roosevelt Jones added six, including five offensive boards. Butler has out-rebounded 21 opponents on the season, including nine of the past 12.
SERVANT LEADER: Senior Ronald Nored, who has averaged 6.6 assists over the Bulldogs' last 11 games, added to his Butler single season assist record in the first round of the CBI. Nored shared the team lead with three assists against Delaware, boosting his season total to a school-record 183 assists. He previously erased the former record of 172 assists, set by Mike Green in 2007-08. Nored also boosted his career total for assists to 487. He stands second on Butler's all-time assist chart, trailing only Thomas Jackson who had 540 assists from 1998-2002. Earlier this season, Nored became just the second player in Butler basketball history (Thomas Jackson is the other) to record 400 career points, 400 career rebounds and 400 career assists.
TOURNAMENT LEADER: Sophomore Chrishawn Hopkins (right), who led the Bulldogs in scoring during the Horizon League Tournament, continued his surge in the opening round of the CBI. Hopkins averaged 11.7 points in the Bulldogs' three league tournament games, notching double-figures in two of the three contests, and he's now averaging 13.5 points in four tournament games since the end of the regular season. He finished the regular season slate with seven double-figures scoring performances in Butler's final 11 games. The 6-1 guard averaged 10.9 points in 22 games as a starter for the Bulldogs this season.
DOUBLES RECORD: Roosevelt Jones, who posted double-figures totals for both points and rebounds in two of the Bulldogs' final three regular season games, set a Butler record this season for most double-doubles by a freshman. Jones has four double-doubles on the year, breaking the school mark he shared with former Butler player Matt Howard, current NBA player Gordon Hayward (2008-09) and teammate Kameron Woods.
SENIOR MOMENTS: Butler seniors Ronald Nored and Garrett Butcher rank third on the Bulldogs' all-time list for senior class wins with a 108-34 record during their four seasons. The two have helped Butler to three Horizon League regular season championships, two league tournament titles and four consecutive trips to postseason tournament play, including back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship national title game. They've helped Butler to an 11-3 postseason record during their four seasons
SMART PICK: Senior Ronald Nored, who's combined success on the basketball court with excellence in the classroom, was named second team on the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America Team. The honor student majoring in Early Childhood/Middle Childhood Education is the sixth Butler player to earn Academic All-America recognition and the fifth since 2007. Butler has had one or more players named to the Academic All-America Team in each of the past six seasons, including three-time Academic All-American and 2011 Academic All-American of the Year Matt Howard.
ALL-LEAGUE: Senior Ronald Nored and freshman Roosevelt Jones were recognized on the 2011-12 Horizon League Men's Basketball All-League Team, announced prior to the league tournament. Nored was named second team All-League, while Jones was chosen the league's All-Newcomer Team. Butler has had a player named first or second team All-League for 14 consecutive years.
FIRST DEFENSE: Butler's Ronald Nored was named Horizon League Defensive Player of the Year for the second time in his career. Nored, who was named league Co-Defensive Player of the Year in 2009-10, was selected to the league's All-Defensive Team for the third consecutive year.
LEAD ROLE: Brad Stevens has led the Bulldogs to five 20-win seasons, matching former coach (and current Athletic Director) Barry Collier for the most 20-campaigns by a Butler coach. Todd Lickliter, Stevens' former boss, led Butler to four 20-win seasons, Harlan O. "Pat" Page had two 20-win campaigns and Paul D. "Tony" Hinkle and Thad Matta each led Butler to one 20-win season.
QUICK START: Butler head coach Brad Stevens has moved into the top spot on the NCAA Division I list for Best Career Coaching Starts By Wins, 5 Seasons. The Bulldogs' coach, who boasts a 138-39 record, moved ahead of former five-year leader, Everett Case of North Carolina State (1947-51). Stevens holds the NCAA three-year (89) and four-year (117) records, and he's second on the two-year (56) list.
•Butler is making its first appearance in the College Basketball Invitational, but the Bulldogs are playing in the postseason for the seventh consecutive year and for the 21st time overall.
•With the invitation to the CBI this season, the Bulldogs have tied the Butler record for most consecutive postseason tournament appearances. Butler also appeared in postseason tournaments for seven straight years from 1997 to 2003.
•Butler is 28-19 overall in postseason tournament games. The Bulldogs are 18-11 in NCAA Tournament play, 5-8 in NIT postseason action and 1-0 in the CBI. Butler was 4-0 and captured the national championship at the 1924 AAU National Tournament.
•The Bulldogs have won 11 of their last 13 postseason tournament games, with both losses coming in the national championship game.
•Butler is playing its first postseason road game since 2006, when the Bulldogs fell at Florida State, 67-63, in the NIT. The last postseason road win for the Bulldogs came at Bradley, 51-50, in the 1999 NIT. Butler is 1-6 all-time in postseason road games.
•Brad Stevens has led the Bulldogs to postseason play in each of his five seasons as a head coach. He also participated in postseason action as Butler's Director of Basketball Operations in 2001 and as an assistant coach with the Bulldogs in 2003, 2006 and 2007. Butler is 12-4 in postseason play under Stevens as a head coach and 19-9 with Stevens as a member of the Bulldogs' staff.
•Senior Ronald Nored has played in 14 postseason tournament games. The Butler record for most postseason tournament games is 15, shared by Matt Howard, Shawn Vanzant and Zach Hahn (2007-11).
•The Bulldogs are tied for 15th place on Butler's all-time list for single season victories with 21. A 22nd win would move this year's team into a tie for 12th place on the all-time list.
•Ronald Nored has moved into a tie with former teammate Matt Howard (2007-11) for first place on Butler's all-time list for games played (141).
•Ronald Nored, who scored 12 points against Delaware, boosted his career postseason scoring total to 68 points and moved into ninth place on Butler's all-time postseason scoring list. He trails Pete Campbell, 2007-08, in eighth place by two points.
•Ronald Nored stands second on Butler's all-time list for steals (204), three behind career-leader Thomas Jackson (207 from 1998-2002).
•Ronald Nored ranks second in the Horizon League in assists (5.2) and in assist/turnover ratio (1.9). Nored has 54 assists (6.8) in Butler's last eight games.
•Ronald Nored has posted career-highs for points (18), rebounds (11) and assists (10) since mid-December.
•Junior Andrew Smith has shot .595 from the field, .464 from beyond the three-point arc and averaged 12.9 points in Butler's 21 wins this season.
•Andrew Smith ranks seventh in the Horizon League in field goal shooting (.525).
•Andrew Smith had Butler's top single game output this season with 25 points against Wright State in the league tournament.
•Sophomore Khyle Marshall continues to lead the Bulldogs in field goal shooting (.561). He's third in the Horizon League.
•Khyle Marshall has averaged 10.0 points in nine games since returning from a concussion that sidelined him for two games.
•Junior Chase Stigall came off the bench with 10 points against Delaware. It was his first double-figures scoring performance since Jan. 13.
•Freshman Roosevelt Jones leads the Bulldogs and ranks eighth in the Horizon League in rebounding (6.0).
•Roosevelt Jones ranks third in the Horizon League in offensive rebounds (2.6).
•Freshman Alex Barlow came off the bench against Delaware with career-highs of four points, four rebounds and three steals.
•Butler played 19 regular season games this year against teams that advanced to postseason play.
•Butler's loss at Valparaiso in the Horizon League Tournament snapped the Bulldogs' 13-game March winning streak. The Bulldogs had not lost in March since a 2009 setback to LSU in the NCAA Tournament. Butler is 18-4 in March under head coach Brad Stevens.


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Community events list, 3/10/14
Ham/cabbage dinner: First United Methodist Church ham and cabbage dinner, Saturday, 4-6 p.m., suggested donation, $9, free/under 5; church office, 570-282-5740, Wednesday-Friday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Clarks Green
Spaghetti supper: Boy Scout Troop 251 spaghetti supper April 3, 5-7 p.m., Clarks Green United Methodist Church, $8/$5 children 10 and under.
Clarks Summit
Pizza sale: Countryside Community Church pizza sale, March 22, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., 14011 Orchard Drive; 570-587-3206 by Sunday.
Ham/cabbage dinner: West Side Social Club St. Patrick's Day ham and cabbage dinner, March 17, 4-8 p.m., 715 McAlpine St., Avoca; takeouts, 3-4 p.m., $8.
Seniors meet: Dunmore 50-Plus Club meeting, Tuesday, 2 p.m., Friendly's; weather permitting; dues due.
Lackawanna County
Food drive: Ancient Order of Hibernians St. Patrick's Day Parade food drive, suggested items include pasta, pasta sauce, rice, soup, macaroni and cheese, crackers, canned vegetables, cereal; volunteers walking parade route to collect food for local food banks.
Purim carnival: Jewish Community Center Purim carnival, Sunday, 1-4 p.m., 601 Jefferson Ave., Scranton, basketball, mini-golf, football pass, bounce house, ice cream sundaes, games, come in costume; www.scrantonjcc.org or 570-346-6595.
Old Forge
Ham bingo: St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church ham bingo, April 6, doors open, 11 a.m., games, 1 p.m.; 140 Church St., $3, food, refreshments, bake sale.
Veteran symposium: Marywood University Office of Military and Veteran Services "Beyond GI Joe: The Contemporary College Student Veteran" symposium, March 27/28, Swartz Center for Spiritual Life, breakfast/lunch both days, topics include adaptive service for student veterans, voices of valor: connecting veterans to their communities, nontraditional therapies, traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder and the classroom, approved for Continuing Education units; preregistration recommended by March 27; Marywood.edu/beyondgijoe or call Linda Wrazien, 570-340-6060, or Jill Schroth, 570-340-6061.
Riverside School District
Kindergarten registration: Riverside kindergarten registration, West Elementary, Tuesday, East Elementary, Wednesday, both 5:30-7:30 p.m.; birth certificate, proof of immunizations and residency required.
Susquehanna County
Community event: Community Neighbors Connecting, March 18, noon-2 p.m., St. Mark's Community Center, Main Street, New Milford, speaker: Eleanor Lempke, owner of Lynn Lee House, free lunch.
Committee meeting: Taylor Veterans Memorial Committee meeting, Tuesday, 6:15 p.m., Borough Building, Union Street, to discuss Memorial Day dedication.
Seniors meet: Taylor Senior Citizens meeting, Thursday, 1 p.m., senior room; refreshments; upcoming events discussion.
Valley View School District
Boosters meet: Valley View Softball Booster Club meeting March 19, 7 p.m., high school library, 1 Columbus Drive, Archbald.
Wayne County
Author luncheon: Friends of Wayne County Public Library author luncheon with Kelly McMasters, April 8, noon, Hotel Wayne; $20 buffet/talk, library, 1406 Main St., Honesdale, 570-253-1220.
West Scranton
Bus trip: West Side Senior Center bus trip to Hollywood Casino, April 8, leaves center, 9 a.m./casino, 4:30 p.m., $25/$30 rebate, $25 free play, $5 food; brown bag lunch available for those 60-plus; 570-961-1592, ext. 101, or stop by 1004 Jackson St., Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
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China responded Tuesday by demanding that Malaysia turn over the satellite data used to conclude that the jet had gone down in the southern Indian Ocean.
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