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As Big Three Nets' Evening News Shows Ignore Benghazi, Their Audience Decline Continues
Earlier today, NewsBusters publisher and Media Research Center President Brent Bozell accurately noted that the Big Three TV news networks are "as guilty in … (the Benghazi) cover-up as is the administration." He did so based on the fact that "For the sixth night in a row, ABC World News, CBS Evening News, and NBC Nightly News refused to give one single second of coverage to a Fox News report that the Obama Administration denied help to those attacked and killed by terrorists at the US consulate in Benghazi on September 11."
Not that it mitigates the legitimacy of Mr. Bozell's outrage, but one can take some comfort in the fact that fewer people are tuning in to the three nightly news broadcasts than were doing so a year ago, and that their ratings in the 25-54 demographic in the past five weeks are down by almost 20 percent from the same five-week period during the 2008 presidential cycle. A table containing individual results from the past two weeks and the average results from the past five is after the jump (a previous NewsBusters post on the first three weeks is here).
Here is that table (source data is from Media Bistro's TV Newser blog):
The fact that the non-demo audience has barely expanded is hardly a consolation, given that their population has grown by more than the amount of expansion and that advertisers are less interested in targeting their pitches towards them.
Since the comparables for the week of October 29 will be skewed by a spike in viewer interest due to Hurricane Sandy, this is a good place to stop and observe that the networks' ignorance and possible negligence in the Benghazi coverup (it is believed that one or more of the networks has information which corroborates what Fox reported on Friday, and is sitting on the information rather than hurt the electoral prospects of the incumbent) and so many other examples of journalistic malfeasance for well over three decades have not gone unnoticed by viewers, who have been seeking alternatives and finding them. The idea that this decline is entirely driven by technology and the availability of other alternatives is absurd. You just don't see a large majority of people who are happy with a product or service abandon it (Big Three news viewership was over 50 million in the early 1980s when the nation's population was at least 25 percent smaller).
In the current instance, millions of Americans now know that the Obama administration ordered Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty to "stand down," and that these heroes ignored orders and saved the lives of dozens who would likely have perished if they hadn't intervened. If this were the 1960s or 1970s, almost no one would know. The networks seem not to care — heck, they may be seeing it as a badge of honor — that they're constantly being scooped by those in the alternative media.
As long as the outrageous bias and negligence continue at the Big Three evening newscasts, so should their decline.
Cross-posted at NewsBusters.org.

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So I shot cute boys for VMAN 11! It was just as fun as you'd think and my first time working with British stylist Stevie Westgarth, who I loved. We shot all day and got amazing film, only to have the hard-drive on my computer crash at the end of the shoot. (I swear my life is like a riddle sometimes.) Needless to say I'm now uploading directly to my external hard-drive.
The models were Tyler Kenyon, Tyler Lough (who's nudes inspired the shoot) Charles Devoe and Parker Gregory. I've got so much extra film from this shoot that I'll be doing "Outtakes" for months. It was a lot of fun and it's on newsstands now.
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Two weeks before high school senior, Zoe Nutt, was sworn into the Navy, she decided she wanted to go to college instead.
Nutt had been concerned about finances, but through her work with Trio Talent Search program at Montezuma-Cortez High School, she had five college acceptance letters in hand by March.
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Last school year, 94 percent of the 17 seniors in the program went to college. The program stands in contrast to the school's graduation rate, which was about 71 percent.
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Since students can be recruited as early as seventh grade, the program is set up for the advisers to form relationships with them. Currently, there are 121 students in the program at the Cortez middle school and high school. Advisers meet with students in a group setting until their senior year.
Nutt started the program in middle school but still came close to joining the Navy. She changed her mind after speaking with family and family friends who had regrets about joining the military.
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The stock price volatility remained at 5.59% in recent month and reaches at 3.61% for the week. Historical statistical volatility is a measure of how much the stock price fluctuated during a given time period. While historical volatility can be indicative of future volatility, it can also differ greatly from future volatility, depending on what was driving the price changes during the past period. Major expected news items are more important drivers of big moves in the stock price in the near future. The Average True Range (ATR) is also a measure of volatility is currently sitting at 0.31
SunPower Corporation (SPWR) stock is more volatile Stock with beta figure of 2.3
SunPower Corporation stock waking on thin line between bulls and bears tracks and with several factors it's pulling towards optimistic side to some extend but some take to pessimistic side. So, volatility evaluation is supposed to give some wisdom of how far the stock will fall if the market takes a dive and how high the stock will rise if the bull starts to climb. For this relative risk measurement, SPWR has beta value of 2.3.
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It is a positive indicator for investor portfolio value — when the price of a stock Investor owns goes up in value. On the other side it is not a negative indicator for Investor portfolio value when the price of a stock Investor owns moves down in value. After the giving short look at one day return of SunPower Corporation it is observed that SPWR reported negative return of -3.55% in current trading session.
Now we move forward to see the historical returns of SunPower Corporation which is USA based stock. The stock is currently showing down return of -1.24% throughout last week and witnessed rising return of 13.55% in one month period. The stock price plunged -8.08% in three months and declined -5.49% for the last six months trading period.
SPWR indicated a yearly negative return of -11.40% while year-to-date (YTD) return printed 28.17% rising outlook. The stock price moved -8.17% off its 50 Day low and changed 35.02% to its 50 Day high.
Moving average of SunPower Corporation (SPWR)
SunPower Corporation (SPWR) stock price traded at a gap of -0.42% from an average price of last twenty days and stands at a distance of 8.48% away from it's an average price of recent fifty days. Take a look at most-well known 200-day moving average which averages prices over the past 200 days. The 200-day moving average is the standby for long-term investors. At present time the stock is moving -9.48% away to its 200-day moving average. It goes without saying that investors should not rely solely on any one technique. However, applying moving-average strategies in conjunction with portfolio diversification and prudent money management may reduce one's risk substantially.
SunPower Corporation (SPWR) stock is Overbought or Oversold?
The stock has current RSI value of 51.79. The RSI is a momentum indicator developed by noted technical analyst Welles Wilder. It provides a relative evaluation of the strength of a security's recent price performance. RSI values range from 0 to 100. Wilder recommended a 14-period smoothing. It is primarily used to attempt to identify overbought or oversold conditions in the trading of an asset.
Traditional reading and handling of the RSI is that it values 70 or above shows that a security is becoming overbought or overvalued. On the other side of RSI values, an RSI reading of 30 or below is commonly interpreted as indicating an oversold or undervalued condition. Some traders, in an attempt to avoid false signals from the RSI, use more extreme RSI values as buy or sell signals, such as RSI readings above 80 to indicate overbought conditions and RSI readings below 20 to indicate oversold conditions. The RSI is often used in conjunction with trend lines, as trend line support or resistance often coincides with support or resistance levels in the RSI reading.
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Archbishop Robert Duncan released the following statement in support of the Catholic Church's fight to maintain freedom of conscience in the midst of the U.S. federal government issuing a preventive care mandate in violation of its teaching.
"The Anglican Church in North America stands by our Catholic brothers and sisters as followers of Christ in a nation whose Constitution guarantees 'the free exercise' of religion. As Christians, our faith and doctrine are at the very heart of our service to others in our community. Therefore, it is extremely troubling to see our government mandate services contrary to Catholic Church teaching. I call on all members of the Anglican Church to stand by our Catholic brothers and sisters, and pray for our elected officials to have the courage to stand up for religious freedom and overturn this mandate," said Archbishop Duncan.
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The group, which includes asset managers BlackRock Inc. and Neuberger Berman Group LLC, previously received an $8.5 billion settlement from Bank of America Corp. on similar claims.
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SUNY Canton SBDC Hosts Government Contracting Workshop, Dec. 1Friday, November 18th, 2011
The SUNY Canton Small Business Development Center (SBDC) wants to help area entrepreneurs secure some of the nearly $98 billion available through government contracts.
The SBDC will be hosting a Government Contracting Workshop from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1 in SUNY Canton's Richard W. Miller Campus Center Woodcock Conference Suite Room 212. The event is sponsored by the New York Business Development Corporation (NYBDC) and will be run by Roxanne Mutchler from the Mohawk Valley SBDC Procurement Assistance Center.
The workshop is being held in conjunction with a new bid-matching service that helps area firms find leads on government contracts. The web-based program, called BidLinx, monitors thousands of bid sources and automatically sends email alerts about opportunities tailored to match a firm's products, services, and capabilities. The no-cost service is available to all SBDC clients.
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SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Wesley Johnson forced overtime with a 3-pointer at the buzzer Wednesday and Phoenix then shocked San Antonio 105-101 to end the Spurs' 18-game home win streak.
San Antonio attempted 10 shots from the field in the extra period and missed them all while being outscored 5-1.
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Merian Plaat has been chosen as the Dutch winner of the United Nations "NO to Violence Against Women" advertisement competition with her poster 'Always New Excuses…'
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It's great to hear about Canadian companies raising funds as it seems Silicon Valley seems to be eating all the cash these days. Fixmo, a company that delves in both enterprise and consumer mobile solutions and is based in Toronto, Canada, has raised $6.5 million in financing. The Series B funding round was led by new investor Panorama Capital, with existing investors Rho Ventures Canada, iNovia Capital, Extreme Venture Partners and management participating. The funding is going to help grow Fixmo's enterprise mobile management and protection solutions business which was all the rage at BlackBerry World this year.
The Fixmo solution provides device assurance, policy compliance, and device audit solutions, as well as tools that allow enterprises to manage their entire mobile infrastructure, end-to-end, through a single interface. It also probably helps that the Co-Founder and CEO Rick Segal is well versed in raising capital, as he used to be with the BlackBerry Partners Fund.


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Oakland (plus 7.5) at Cincinnati
Scott Feschuk: The Oakland Raiders are dead last in the NFL in points allowed – more than 32 a game. They've struggled against the pass, they've struggled against the run, they've struggled to put pressure on opposing quarterbacks – heck, this team is so clueless they could even struggle to remember the chorus to We Will Rock You, and that thing's a piece of cake. It's not hard to imagine them on the sideline trying to puzzle it out. Is it, "We will… we will… kiss you? Eat you? Validate your parking? LET'S BUCKLE DOWN AND FIGURE THIS THING OUT, GUYS." Meanwhile, this game marks Carson Palmer's return to Cincinnati, where he played for the bulk of his career –
so many three great memories! Pick: Cincinnati.
Scott Reid: It's important when picking a rock anthem to select something you're going to easily recall. For example, Meatloaf's Two Out of Three Ain't Bad seems like a good idea until the moron beside you starts screaming "I want youuuu. I need youuuu. But there flaaint staayy bbonnd I'm ever going to bbbblllll trueeeu. Now don't schleeep flaabbd. Cuz two out of three ain't…baddd" (hint: after drifting through the middle, he'll likely lean in to that last line with extra expectorating gusto). But don't be too harsh on Oakland. It's become a bit hopeless there. Today's Raiders can't play defence. Protect the quarterback. Or stay in 4/4 time. The Raiders should instead pick a song that more neatly fits their skills. Like I Drink Alone. Pick: Cincinnati.
Pittsburgh (even) at Cleveland
Reid: A pick 'em game for the Steelers? At Cleveland? The two-win Cleveland Browns? The Cleveland Browns who couldn't beat Dallas last week even after the Cowboys made every imaginable mistake short of going for a drive with Hector Camacho (too soon?). Obviously, Pittsburgh is fielding a Frankenstein-like team sewn together from left-over body parts such as Charlie Batch and the just-signed Plaxico Burress. But I still think they've got enough fire power and D to take this game handily. And hey, how hard can it be for Burress to walk into the locker room and pick up the playbook after lying idle for a full year? We know he's got plenty o' smarts. It's not like just dummies go to nightclubs with an unlicensed gun stuck in the elastic band of their sweat pants. Or inadvertently fire the gun into their thigh when it unpredictably falls down your pantleg? Or doesn't realize that they're shot until the bottle-service hottie points out that your white Chuck Taylors are turning red from the blood streaming out of your body? A guy like that, he's gonna pick up a complicated playbook but fast. Proving that football isn't actually all that hard, I predict he'll score at least twice. Pick: Pittsburgh.
Feschuk: I just want to use this space to extend formal thanks to whomever scheduled those three games on U.S. Thanksgiving: over the span of 11 hours, we got to see a) an overtime thriller that included a quarterback getting hoofed in the jewels by a 300-pound man basically doing a cartwheel, b) Dallas losing (always a crowd pleaser), and c) the New York Jets enduring America's most intense public humiliation since the police knocked on the window of Hugh Grant's car. I'm telling you: that Jets' loss to New England was something else. Rex Ryan called it a "nightmare of a game." The New York Times called it "a three-hour loop of tragicomedy — of blown coverages, of miscommunication, of ineptitude on all phases." Hollywood called it an infringement on the legally binding copyright of The Three Stooges. A whole bunch of Jets fans were so depressed that they left at halftime so they could turn their attention to something more pleasant, like sitting in New Jersey traffic or dying a slow, painful death. Pick: Cleveland.
Denver (minus 10) at K.C.
Feschuk: Anyone who follows college sports is weary of the incessant realignment as schools flit about among conferences. But maybe that's the solution for the woeful Chiefs – maybe it's time to pick up the phone and see if there's any room left in the Big Ten. Playing against Indiana, Minnesota and Maryland, this K.C. squad could easily go 6-6 and, fingers crossed, land a sweet, sweet invitation to the Meineke Car Care Bowl. Don't worry, Romeo Crennel: It's just like the Super Bowl, but with more mufflers. Pick: Denver.
Reid: Ever get so bored during a football game (as you surely will watching this matchup) that you begin to think about time travel? And, then do you find yourself playing that mental game where you ask yourself, 'well, if I could travel through time, what era would I visit?' I play that game a lot. And here are a few conclusions I've reached. You don't really want to travel to the Old West – no bathrooms, bad oral hygiene. Much harder life than it appears on the Lone Ranger. The early '60s are also out now that we're saturated in Mad Men-mania. Middle Ages? Too much plague. 1930s? Too much poverty. And I'm sure as hell not going to visit any era that had prohibition. No, after careful consideration the perfect time to travel to is obvious: 1972 was a year when even Bob Barker was tearing it up but good. Set the flux capacitor for Holly's dressing room!
Pick: Denver.
Seattle (minus 3) at Miami
Reid: In considering the outcome of this matchup, it's vital that one consider that the two young quarterbacks starting the game are headed in decidedly opposite directions. Over the past two weeks, Seattle's Russell Wilson has won two games, thrown 5 touchdowns, no interceptions, completed 65% of his passes and notched a rating of 129. During the same period the Dolphins Ryan Tannehill has recorded two losses, thrown 1 touchdown with 5 interceptions, completed merely 55% of his passes and secured a barely-registering rating of 44.7%. Strictly speaking, Wilson's numbers are slightly better. But the key to shrewd prognosticationizing is learning how to take into consideration off-field factors. For example, working to Russell Wilson's disadvantage is the disappointing news that he is not a member of the Beach Boys.
On the other hand, as exhaustively detailed for your research needs in Week 10, Ryan Tannehill's wife (whose Christian name, I believe, is Sizzling) is hotter than the hinges of Hell.
When all factorial considerations are trigonometrized and algorithimed, two conclusions emerge: Wilson will win and Ryan Tannehill is still the guy that every man under the age of 103 wants to be. Pick: Seattle.
Feschuk: Interesting stuff, Prof. Numbers – but if ever you want evidence of the utter uselessness of football statistics, consider this: Mark Sanchez was 26-of-36 for 301 yards and a 94.8 quarterback rating in his team's 49-19 loss to New England. He was also 1-of-1 in his attempts to turn the wrong way on a handoff and run directly into the ass of his lineman, fumbling the ball in the most pathetic and comic way possible. Afterward (and I am not making this up), Sanchez tried to explain what went wrong: "I was," he said, "thinking of a different play in my head." I love that. That's pretty much the Jets' motto for 2012. When NFL Films puts together the (presumably brief) highlight reel to summarize the New York Jets season, that should be the title: "I was thinking of a different play in my head." Pick: Seattle.
Buffalo (plus 3) at Indianapolis
Feschuk: Is there is a worse NFL analyst than Phil Simms? During Thursday's Detroit-Houston game, it became obvious that he didn't even know about a suddenly relevant element of the challenge-flag rule (I didn't either, but I'm not a so-called expert on football. Or any subject.). Earlier in the game, when Ndamukong Suh appeared to kick Matt Schaub right in the nutsack, this was the essence of Simms' analysis: the kick may have been intentional, but it probably wasn't intentional, unless it was. He later amended his view to agree it looked intentional but if he had to say definitively whether it was intentional or not he'd say that it wasn't intentional. Wha? The bigger problem is that Simms hardly ever says anything that seems "analysisy" – he just tells us what we already saw. When J.J. Watt jumped really high, Simms said: Whoa, he really jumped high there! And that guy who sacked the quarterback? He sure got to the quarterback. Hey, Phil, you know what does your job better than you do? OUR EYEBALLS. Pick: Buffalo.
Reid: Agreed. Simms is insufferable – so far up his own ass he can almost see Jim Nantz's Allen Edmonds. He's like the Norma Desmond of NFL announcers – sneering at anyone who played the position since he retired ("Eli? He's not elite. Pshaw. He couldn't hold my cigarette ash. Max, bring the car around. We're going to see Mr. DeMille!") The on-air mucky-muck who really leaves me baffled though is Cris Collinsworth. Would NBC have us believe he's good? Cuzzzz…he's not. How many times does he pause to tell us that he had dinner with one of the coaches earlier in the week – and then carry on to tell us something that illuminates the square root of dick and all. The last time Collinsworth said something memorable, he was John Madden. Bring back the coach. He frequently seemed like he was flying on four Oxy's and a double rum and coke. But he was entertaining at least. Bad Cris Collinsworth. Bad NBC. Fix this, please. Pick: Indianapolis.
San Francisco (minus 2.5) at New Orleans
Reid: It's increasingly obvious that, in a previous lifetime, Alex Smith must have urinated on an old gypsy lady then pushed her grandson off a cliff and, finally, strangled her favourite possum with his bare hands while still leaving her free enough to issue a devastating curse. No one comes by misfortune like his naturally. In an eight-year NFL career that began by being drafted first overall, he's had one major injury, eleven head coaches, thirty-four offensive coordinators, umpteen benchings and one Peyton Manning up the anterior. Now comes news that, after sitting out with a concussion, he's likely lost his starting job to rookie QB (and Scott Feschuk doppelganger) Colin Kaepernick. Now people smarter than me who work for the CBC in Newfoundland (that technically means anyone working for the CBC in Newfoundland but I'm actually referring to fellow uber-Niners fan David Cochrane) suggest that the move is the right one and that Kaep can take SF all the way with a far more exciting and vertical game. Maybe that's right. But I can't help feeling darn badly for Alex Smith. The NFL can be a cruel mistress. The only guy who had a harsher football experience this week was the weeble posing as Toronto's Mayor, who tripped over his own intelligence:
Pick: San Francisco.
Feschuk: Haha. That video is funny because he falls down. In other news, I've got a question: What is wrong with people? Ian Mendes of Sportsnet was down covering the Jets game and tweeted that he saw a mall parking lot completely full of Black Friday shoppers – at 1 a.m. Listen, I'm all for saving a few bucks, rubbing up against complete strangers in overcrowded public areas and kindling the holiday spirit by slap-fighting my fellow man for the last in-stock Doc McStuffins "Time for Your Checkup" Doll, but at some point you just have to put a price on your own time and personal sanity. On the other hand, if I get to Wal-Mart at 7:30 a.m. and they're out of the Louis action figure from the One Direction boy band set, I'm going to cut someone bad.
Pick: San Francisco.
Tennessee (minus 3) at Jacksonville
Feschuk: Can you imagine if the NFL had moved to an 18-game schedule? Pretty much every member of the Jacksonville Jaguars would have killed himself by now. It's bad enough that there are six games left to go in this dismal, unrelenting hellscape of pain, humiliation and reporters asking, "Do you think Tim Tebow would help?" that the Jags call a football season. Can you imagine if there were eight? Also, on an unrelated note, can you imagine if Katie Couric talked with Tom Brokaw's voice? That would be hilarious. Anyway, the bottom line is this: If I were a member of the Jaguars, I'd totally be Googling "Severest fake injuries that are easiest to fake without getting caught." Then I'd be all: "Aiiiiieeeeeeeee!!!!! My foot or possibly my knee!!! Wherever my [mumble mumble] liga-whatsit is!! PUT ME ON INJURED RESERVE NOW COACH!" Pick: Tennessee.
Reid: Speaking of permanent injuries – how about this Thanksgiving promo pic released by Pepsi for the Jets-Pats game? Intended to stir enthusiasm for Lenny Kravitz's half-time appearance, it instead has frightened gay men everywhere into simply giving up.
Meanwhile, down in Jacksonville, Henne-fever is sweeping the town. After throwing for 300+ yards and four TDs (but not a win, this is Jacksonville after all. Winning is outlawed by city ordinance) the former Dolphin has the Jaguars they can start losing games by less. Hope. Change. Can't they just send this franchise to LA for Christ's sake. Pick: Tennessee.
Carolina (plus 2.5) at Philadelphia
Reid: Andy Reid is now obviously just dicking around. For whatever reason he must want to be fired before the season ends. There's no other rationale for the play calling made last week in Washington. Armed with a back up rookie quarterback and an offensive line that couldn't block sunlight, he called 46 passing plays. LeSean McCoy touched the ball fewer times than I've touched Keira Knightley (full disclosure: Keira Knightley doesn't know me and I'm fairly certain she'd NEVER let me touch her). Carolina has also been on a downbound train but against the crystal meth-like shit swirl that has grabbed hold of the Eagles, it's hard to imagine even they can't rally for success. I rank the chances of an Andy Reid-led rally of the Eagles about as high as Selena Gomez letting Justin Bieber drive through her security gate.
Pick: Carolina
Feschuk: Welcome to Monday Night Football, everyone! Tonight: a thrilling matchup pitting the 3-7 Eagles, losers of six straight, a team led by a nervous rookie quarterback whose facial expression suggests he's about to poop himself, a defence that couldn't stop an end around executed by the Fierce Five…
…and a head coach who mentally checked out four games ago and is now just calling plays at random and dreaming of gravy, against the 2-8 Panthers, who are not only bad-terrible but also boring-terrible, which are the two worst kinds of terrible. Eagles! Panthers! Are you ready for some– yeah, we're switching over to The Voice, too." Pick: Philadelphia.
Other games:
Minnesota (even) at Chicago
Atlanta (even) at Tampa Bay
Baltimore (even) at San Diego
St. Louis (plus 2.5) at Arizona
Green Bay (plus 2.5) at New York Giants
Twitter: @scottfeschuk @_scottreid


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How to Split Food Expenses With a Significant Other
When couples first start living together, a lot of questions about money arise that you don't really think about when you're living on your own. For example, who pays for grocery and food costs?
When you're living on your own, you buy groceries maybe once a week and pay for yourself when you're at a restaurant. Simple. But what do you do when you and your significant other are both eating and paying for a portion of the groceries and dinners out on the town?
It can be frustrating trying to divide food into his and hers or figuring out how to pay for the amount of food that you ate at the Olive Garden last night. Luckily, my girlfriend and I figured out an easy way to do away with this problem and keep the food budget as simple as possible every month.
Finding How Much You Spend on Food
We moved in together in September and quickly realized that, since food was such a staple in our lives, we needed to keep our food finances as simple as possible to avoid a huge headache and potential money fights. Before we could do anything, we needed to get an idea about our food spending habits.
We decided to run a two-month trial where we ate what we wanted, bought food when we wanted, and didn't really hold back or attempt to cut pennies. We wanted an accurate picture of what a month's worth of food for two people would cost us. Trying to excessively save money or cut coupons would only hurt our data and make it impossible to accurately predict what our food expenses were going to be every month.
For two months, we documented our spending on food related items in a Google Doc. When we went grocery shopping, we came home and wrote down how much we spent and what we bought. When we went out to eat with friends, we kept the receipt and documented it when we got home. When we bought wine, we brought the receipt home and wrote the price down.
It wasn't as tedious as it sounds because we knew we'd only be keeping track of the spending for two months. It was a fun experiment to see how our habits changed from one month to the next. (It's also a good idea to get an idea about your spending habits in any category from time to time in case you're significantly overspending and not knowing it.)
Analyzing Your Spending
After our trial period, we sat down and looked at our data. We found a couple areas of our spending where we could cut expenses (cereal and potato chips), but for the most part our monthly totals were reasonable in our minds, and most importantly, for our salaries.
We averaged the two months and decided that was the amount we would budget every month for groceries, restaurants, and alcohol. To make sure we had some buffer room we added 10% so we wouldn't run out of money if one month went a little over. We have different salaries, but since we both eat a similar amount of food, we decided to split the food expenses 50/50, instead of each paying a percentage based on our salaries.
Using the Food Money
My girlfriend then created a food money box and placed it in the kitchen. On the 9th of every month, we go to the food box, split what's left in the box, and throw in our monthly food money that we found during our two-month documentation phase. (You would think that the expenses would fluctuate pretty often. It's actually the exact opposite: we're always within $20-40 of the previous month, so we never have a problem.)
If we go grocery shopping, we pick up some cash from the box, and head to the store. If we're meeting friends for dinner, we take money from the box. When my school lunch bill comes at the end of the month, I take out 5,000 yen ($50) and pay the bill.
The great thing about the two-month documentation phase was that it allowed us to better understand our food spending habits. We could see what we bought on paper, and it ingrained in our minds what was an acceptable amount of an item to buy.
Make It Your Own
Our spending is pretty similar from month to month, but your spending may be different, so mold this system to your situation. You can add a larger buffer — maybe 20% — if you find your spending is fluctuating. Maybe you want to treat yourself during the summer months? Go ahead and add some extra money to the food budget for those months.
The framework is here for you, but you'll have to do a little bit of calculating to figure out how it works best for you. At first you may find it difficult to control your spending since you initially put hundreds of dollars in the money box at the beginning of the month It can be easy to go food crazy and buy a bunch of unnecessary items. I know you don't want to hear it, but there is some money discipline involved in this process. We don't buy 25 bottles of wine every month. We may only go out to dinner less than four times a month. But we know what is acceptable to buy and what isn't, which allows us to keep our funds going for the entire month.
I would suggest this method to any couple who is having problems figuring out their food expenses. It's efficient, easy, and will save you loads of time and worry over the course of your relationship.
This is a guest post by Austin Morgan. Austin teaches English in Japan and writes about the money topics that affect all 20-somethings at ForeignersFinances.com.
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Hey why create such a fuss. The person who has a greater salary should take care of bigger expense for example (monthly rent/mortgage house/car) and electricity bill and significant other with less salary should take care of groceries and internet/cable bill. Pay your own phone bills and buy your own clothes. There is no room for potential fights and also this is justified. What do you think?
This is exactly what me and my hubby do instead of pooling the money he makes more so he handles the big stuff & I pay the groceries, internet and small stuff. . This way we both retain our own financial freedom without having to bicker over who spends what or ask each others permission to buy things . We have been married 5 years and probably had 2 minor financial disagreements since we married. I do think it is important though to have some kind of mutual savings where both are aiming for some kind of mutual goal.
Austin here - author of the post.
This is obviously a case by case situation. Do whatever works for your relationship.
The one potential problem I see with your example of the higher salary paying the higher bills is that some resentment may build up if someone feels like they're paying too much. If it builds up for a long time it could create a big problem.
My post requires some time and it's not for everyone, but that extra time will make sure every one feels like the food bills are fair compared to salary.
Thanks for the comment!
When my boyfriend and I moved in together we opened a joint checking account simply to deal with household expenses. (We maintain our own bank accounts and finances.) Each month, each of us transfers a set amount of money to the account (in our case it's equal, but if others want to have one person paying more that would work too). Then we use our bank debit card to pay for our groceries, and all our household bills, rent, cable, utilities, are paid from that account. We also have a little jar of cash for the odd cash purchase. The system works really well for us.
I have found that people who are married that pool their money tend to do better financially than those who do not. The reason being they tend to talk about their finances on a regular basis instead of these are my bills those are his mentality.
My food expenses are still mostly separate after a year. I'm vegetarian, and she's a meat eater. I tend to buy a lot more vegetables, obviously, and can't buy so much to store in the freezer, so I have to shop often. Also, I'm very cheap and try to eat through all my food and hate to toss any into the trash. She's not so worried about that, and tosses stuff out if it goes bad. We alternate on buying things like eggs, oil, flour, and other staple items. Also, I don't care if she (or her sister) go through and eat my food, as long as I have enough left over for a couple meals, but the opposite is not true.
My SO and I maintain separate residences for reasons too long to go into here. We split food costs by planning meals together: hers, mine, ours. We're careful not to "grab n go" with food in each other's pantry for lunches/snacks to avoid messing up dinner plans.
Great idea! When I moved in with my boyfriend, we just divided it evenly without even looking at spending habits. Luckily we enjoyed the same foods and were not excessive with our other eating out expenses.
splitting food 50/50 does not seem fair to me at all. I am 100 lbs boy friend is 350 lbs. Most woman eat about 1/3 of what a man does. So under this assumtion a woman should pay 1/3 of the food cost.
My boyfriend and I take turns buying groceries. I buy one week, he buys the next, and so forth. As far as food choices go, he makes it a point to get fresh veggies and fruits. I'm kinda a picky eater, especially when it comes to fish. He loves all types of fish. Eating salmon or tilapia once a week was unheard of to me. But now I see the health benefits of it. Tilapia I can do now, salmon is still a feat for me, haha. We also plan our grocery list around meal planning too. Save so much money that way, I think.
I really like the method suggested for couples who have never lived together at all. Some couple though, let's be honest, are basically living together for awhile and need to figure this out quicker than their official move-in date later down the line. We resolved this by setting up our bank accounts to link to each other. Neither can take from the other (just in case!) but we can both transfer to each other. Then we just set our budget together, based on what we're both comfortable with, and once a week or every other week we even up on who paid for what and whoever owes money transfers it. Now that we live together we do this for all of our expenses and it works great!
Nice post! I'm keeping this in mind when I decide to move in with my SO. I love the idea of keeping a food money box. I do this too but individually.
Here's how to do it mathematically for 2 people. For example:
Person A spent $10 this month
Person B spent $4 this month
Subtract the smaller amount from the bigger amount: 10 - 4 = $6
Divide that by 2: 6 / 2 = $3
The person who spent less, Person B, owes Person A $3.00 for the month. This way, they both spent $7 on groceries this month.
Crosscheck Person A's finances would be -10 + 3 = -7
Crosscheck Person B's finances would be -4 + -3 = -7


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PICKENS, S.C. - A South Carolina woman with multiple personalities was seized by one that didn't know right from wrong when she killed four relatives and tried to pin the killings on one of her sons she had just shot in the head, a psychologist testified Friday as she admitted to the slayings.
Susan Hendricks, 49, pleaded guilty but mentally ill to four counts of murder and accepted a life sentence in a plea bargain with prosecutors. Authorities said she stood to gain about $700,000 worth of life insurance policies after her two sons, ex-husband and stepmother were killed in October 2011.
The life insurance money was one of many motives and authorities will likely never know why she killed her relatives because of her mental problems, prosecutor Walt Wilkins said.
The psychologist testifying for Hendricks' defense team, David Price, said Hendricks suffered severe post-traumatic stress disorder from extensive childhood sexual abuse before she left home at 14. Hendricks was abused by both of her parents, who also let others abuse her, Price said.
"This is the worst I've ever seen," Price said.
Susan Hendricks was admitted to psychiatric hospitals several times in the past three decades. Her personalities likely started as a coping mechanism, Price said.
Wilkins said Friday was the first time he heard about the abuse, but promised to investigate if Hendricks' attorneys send him details. South Carolina has no statute of limitations on crimes.
Hendricks is competent to stand trial now, Price said. While Hendricks' main personality could differentiate right from wrong, another personality was in action the night of the murders, Price said.
Hendricks will spend the rest of her life in prison, but the guilty but mentally ill plea assures she will get psychological help behind bars.
Hendricks was eligible for the death penalty, but the family accepted the life sentences. Stephanie Hopkins, a cousin to Hendricks' sons, said Hendricks never seems right, but she didn't think she had serious psychological problems.
"I always knew she was crazy. But when I say crazy, I mean not mentally ill like this," Hopkins said.
Hendricks said little in court. She was attentive to the judge's questions, answering "yes, ma'am." But she did not turn to look as Hopkins and her stepmother's brother stepped up to speak.
"I hope that Linda and Mark and Matthew and Marshall will sit in judgment on Susan when she passes away like she sat in judgment on them. I hope God has mercy on her soul," Gordon Finley said.
The gun used in all four slayings was found beside 23-year-old Matthew Hendricks and investigators said Susan Hendricks told deputies her son was suicidal. She also led them to a note in the kitchen. The note was written by Matthew Hendricks, but not the day he died, Wilkins said.
Family and friends of the victims sobbed as Wilkins recounted what happened early in the morning on Oct. 14, 2011, in two homes in Liberty in northwest South Carolina. At Hendricks' home, deputies found the body of Matthew Hendricks shot in the head in his bed with a gun on a table beside him. Susan Hendricks' stepmother, 64-year-old Linda Burns, was found in her bedroom, a trail of blood leading to her bed from the living room. She was shot several times in the chest, arm and stomach.
Next door, authorities found the bodies of her other son, 20-year-old Marshall Hendricks. He was shot several times in the house and tried to run outside. Investigators said she fired the final shot at her son on the concrete stoop outside the home and covered him with a blanket. Susan Hendricks' 52-year-old ex-husband Mark Hendricks was found on a couch, shot in the chest.
Her story of a murder-suicide quickly fell apart. Deputies were puzzled why she didn't call 911. Gunshot residue was found all over her clothes and some of Marshall Hendricks' blood was found on her pants.
The murders weren't the first deadly shooting in Susan Hendricks' home.
In April 2006, authorities said Doyle "Brian" Teague, 36, was killed by Hendricks after entering her home uninvited. Hendricks claimed self-defense, and deputies said they never had enough evidence to file criminal charges.
Hendricks' lawyer John Mauldin thanked Wilkins for accepting a plea deal. He said Hendricks was remorseful and didn't want to drag people through a death penalty trial.
"Nobody was really going to win anything," Mauldin said. "Here today, sanity prevails, if I can say it that way."
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VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Whitecaps FC (7W-5L-4D) will be looking for consecutive road victories on Wednesday when they take on Sporting Kansas City (7W-5L-5D) at Sporting Park. This is the lone meeting of the season between the two teams.
Wednesday's match between Whitecaps FC and Sporting Kansas City kicks off at 6 p.m. PT and is live on TSN and Bell mobile devices. 'Caps fans can also listen to Saturday night's match live on TEAM 1410 radio and teamradio.ca, starting with the pre-game show at 4 p.m. PT. TEAM 1410 will also have a two-hour post-game show, which will begin following the match.
Following Wednesday's match, the 'Caps return home to BC Place Saturday night to face Cascadia Cup rivals Seattle Sounders FC. Kickoff for Saturday's match is scheduled for 8 p.m. PT.
'Caps prepare for Sporting Kansas City
This past Saturday night, the 'Caps managed to fight off a pesky D.C. United side to pick up their second road win of the season at RFK Stadium. A Camilo penalty kick on 48 minutes was the difference in the 1-0 triumph after Matt Watson was taken down in the box to earn the spot kick. D.C. United had several chances during the match but were turned away time after time by Brad Knighton, who recorded his first shutout in MLS play this season.
Vancouver's third straight win coupled with L.A. Galaxy's 3-2 loss to San Jose Earthquakes gave the 'Caps sole possession of fourth place in the Western Conference with 25 points from 16 games.
Head coach Martin Rennie welcomed back midfielder Gershon Koffie and centre back Brad Rusin, who made their return from injuries as second half substitutes versus D.C. United. However, Rennie will still be missing captain Jay DeMerit (ruptured Achilles tendon), winger Omar Salgado (foot fracture) and centre back Andy O'Brien (strained hamstring) on Wednesday.
The 'Caps are also missing three players due to international duty for their countries at the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Goalkeeper Simon Thomas (Canada), midfielder Russell Teibert, and centre back Carlyle Mitchell (Trininad and Tobago) are unavailable until at least July 16, depending on if their teams progress from the group stage.
Last MLS match: Sporting Kansas City 3-2 Columbus Crew
Like Vancouver, Kansas City are also heading into the mid-week bout with a win. SKC defeated Columbus Crew 3-2 this past weekend.
Kei Kamara's strike on 34 minutes gave KC a 1-0 advantage heading into the half. Then, things opened up as the teams shared three goals in the first eight minutes of the second half to even things up at 2-2. Kamara grabbed the late winner for Sporting KC in the 80th minute.
Sporting KC sits in fourth place in the Eastern Conference with 26 points and are 4W-3L-2D at home this year. Vancouver will be in tough against SKC, as they have only lost once in their last six MLS matches.
On the injury front, Peter Vermes' side may be without the service of Paulo Nagamura (left ankle), Ike Opara (left thigh) and Seth Sinovic (right hamstring) on Wednesday night.
First meeting (April 2, 2011): Whitecaps FC 3-3 Sporting KC
This will be the fourth all-time MLS meeting between Whitecaps FC and Sporting Kansas City. Vancouver will be searching for their first win versus Kansas City since entering MLS. The 'Caps hold an all-time record of 0W-2L-1D against their Eastern Conference counterparts.
In their previous meeting, the 'Caps fell to a 3-1 loss on April 18, 2012 at BC Place. The lone goal for the home side came from former 'Caps and current Philadelphia Union striker Sebastien Le Toux.
There are multiple player connections between the two sides. 'Caps goalkeeper Joe Cannon and Sporting Kansas City striker Kei Kamara were teammates on San Jose Earthquakes in 2008. Kansas City midfielder Jacob Peterson was also teammates with Cannon as members of Colorado Rapids in 2006.
Collegiately, both Greg Klazura of the 'Caps and Sporting's Michael Thomas captained the University of Notre Dame at separate times; Klazura from 2009 to 2011 and Thomas from 2006 to 2009.
Following the midweek clash with Sporting KC, the Blue and White host Seattle Sounders FC this coming Saturday, July 6 at 8 p.m. PT.


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No two people have the same version of multiple sclerosis — symptoms are different, progression is different, the way we cope is different. It can also be noted that no two of us have the same relationship with those closest to us when it comes to MS. On this day before the National Day of Maximum Emotional Extortion, I figured it a good time to look at how we and our partners live with MS together.
Some of us do not have (or no longer have) life partners beside us in our daily MS grind. It breaks my heart when I read that some of you have given up on the idea that you'll ever (or ever again) have a close, romantic relationship due, in part, to this stupid disease. I hope that those of you who read our posts and do not (right now) have someone in your life will not be angered by this conversation.
MS partnerships can be divided into two and a half categories: those which began after diagnosis, those which began before diagnosis and the half category of those which began after symptoms began but before diagnosis.
I fall into two of those delineations.
Each has its strengths and each its weaknesses. Quite frankly, I believe that age and experience have as much to do with the relative success of a partnership as anything else. Relationships do not fail nor succeed of their own accord; peoples' actions and reactions are what make our connections lasting or fleeting.
Some will run from us due to our disease and some may run toward us (or stay with us) for the same reason. I prefer those who would run from or to me for me, not because of the disease. Sure, our lives are different since MS, but we're the same people.
I have heard/read impassioned arguments that some people think they are different (better or worse) because of MS. I categorically reject that notion. If you feel you are a "better person" because of multiple sclerosis, I would argue that it is your truest self which has come to the fore. For those who feel you have been diminished as a person because of MS, I do not think you give yourself enough credit or — and quite worse — you have assimilated someone's trash talk/attitude into your life. You'll be a healthier person if you shed said attitude right along with anyone spoon feeding it to you!
MS is a disease which takes much from us. Why would we proffer even more for it to take?
Multiple sclerosis runs through every part of our day, but it is not like the air we breathe. MS is more like the dirt beneath our feet: some days it is firm but dusty, others it is ankle-deep mud which dirties us and everything which passes close to us. We, however, are the same; stronger even, perhaps, for the workout of slogging through (rather than wallowing in) the muddy mire of demyelination and its symptoms.
I hope to read of both successful relationships from you as well as those which have dwindled and even disappeared. You have always shared of yourselves very deeply in these pages. I now ask you if you'd like to share how you and your partners may have worked through (alright, we really work around issues with MS), as well as where the slog got too much for one part of the coupling (and we should also acknowledge that it's not always the partner who doesn't have MS who leaves) and the relationship ended.
I anticipate that there will be real anger and real joy in your comments. I believe we can all congratulate those who have succeeded and commiserate with those who lost without feeling too good or too bad about our own situations. It won't be easy, but I now open the floor to your comments about relationship trials, tribulations, and triumphs.
On a related topic, tomorrow — Valentine's Day — will find my latest blog post for the NMSS on the topic of Sex & MS.
Wishing you and your family the best of health.
Don't forget that you can also follow me via my Life With MS Facebook page and on Twitter. Check out our bi-monthly blog I'm doing for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of the United Kingdom, A Yank's Life With MS, as well as our very special new monthly blog for the National MS Society.
Important: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and not Everyday Health.


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FridaysUpdate: No scaling back: Alligator rocks on
"The question is: what is rock 'n roll, and who plays it?" asks singer and Alligator frontman Bob Girard. "We still do."
Well that settles that.
Fresh off last year's Fridays After Five and Live! From the Hook concert double-header, the guys of Alligator return to headline the local scene a little older, maybe a little wiser– but definitely even more ready to rock, according to Girard.
"My experience over the course of this long period– along with the experience of all the others– has allowed us to relax," says Girard, not afraid to accept the designation that Alligator is supergroup– a music industry term for a band composed of musicians who found their original fame in other ensembles.
This one came together in 1996 after guitarist Charlie Pastorfield dreamed up a way to re-unite many of the original faces of Charlottesville's late 1970s/early 1980s scene. Members of the Skip Castro Band, Johnny Sportcoat and the Casuals, and the more recent Indecision came together a sort of Grateful Dead-ish jam band.
But wait– isn't the Grateful Dead more associated with the feel-good psychedelia than testosterone-fuel frat parties? Nobody, Girard says, has a monopoly on making people "forget about their cares."
"The '70s was when all that stuff was at its zenith– the club and party scene was a great incubator for live music," Girard remembers. "The frats were great social scenes that delivered an awful lot of people– it was the soundtrack of their youth."
It was through those frat parties and club shows that the guys of Alligator honed their skills– but they believe they're able to speak to a new generation of rockers.
Alligator plays Fridays After Five on 7/31. Chick Tragic and the Roosters open. The show starts at 5:30 pm and admission is free. #
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Don't we all need a way as Girard says, to forget about our cares. Rock on !
Love - I mean I LOVE Alligator! Great players, having great fun playing great songs! I do hope that they work out a few new tunes this year - that would be very sweet.
Wow, didn't Bob Girald direct the video for "Beat It," "Hello," and "Love Is a Battlefield"? Oh wait, that was Bob Giraldi. I'm sure that this guy is good, too.
Still the frat party sound --no matter what they played same volume, boring after awhile, and they might have a great sound system but no bodies running it --lots of drums and base, and even though there were 2 vocalists could hardly hear a word they sang --guess I'm too old for the frat party sound