18 SHOPPING DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS

LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5:00 AM WEDNESDAY 12/08/2010



The Upstate New York "Local Weather Forecast"

TODAY – We’ll have more Lake effect snow with an additional accumulation of 6” to 10” inches in the most persistent snows. The high today will be in the upper 20s..

TONIGHT – we will have more Lake effect snow with an additional 3” to 7” in the most persistent snows. The overnight low will be in the low 20’s.

TOMORROW – is calling for Lake effect snow showers that could bring an additional 2” to 4” in the most persistent snows and a daytime Wednesday high tomorrow in the mid 20’s.

THURSDAY – is going to be mostly cloudy with a 70% chance for Thursday morning snow showers and a few showers possible on Thursday afternoon. The winds will start to0 diminish and the daytime high on Thursday will still only reach the mid 20’s.

FRIDAY – is supposed to continue mostly cloudy with only a 50% chance for snow with a daytime Friday high moving to the low to mid 30’s.

SATURDAY – the extended forecast is calling for a slight chance for snow showers on Saturday with a daytime high making it into the mid 30’s.


Brady and the Patriots Rout the Jets
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) -Tom Brady turned this anticipated classic into a classic rout.

Brady doesn't lose many big games, certainly not at home and definitely not with so much on the line. He threw for four touchdowns and 326 yards Monday night in New England's 45-3 romp past the New York Jets for his NFL-record 26th straight regular-season home victory.

In surpassing Brett Favre's mark for consecutive wins in the comforts of his own stadium, Brady also lifted the Patriots (10-2) to the best record in the AFC. If this was for bragging rights in the conference, Rex Ryan and the Jets (9-3) will have to be silent for a while.
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The Broncos Fire McDaniels
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -The Denver Broncos wanted Josh McDaniels to bring the New
England Patriots' winning ways with him to the Rocky Mountains 22 months ago.

What they got instead was the ash-gray hoodie and their very own videotaping scandal to go with a pile of losses and personnel blunders that cost him his job not even halfway through his four-year contract.

McDaniels was fired Monday in the midst of the franchise's worst skid in four decades.

The Bronco’s running backs coach will serve as the interim coach until a replacement is found.
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SU is in Action Tonight
Tonight the SU Orangemen play Michigan State. The tip-off is at 9:00.




TODAY'S NEWS & OTHER STUFF

3 Oregon Deer Attack a Barking Dog
BEND, Ore. (AP) - A Bend, Ore., woman says three deer attacked her barking dog and left the pet with head wounds and a punctured chest, but she's expected to make a full recovery.

Tiffany Rounds says she often sees deer in central Oregon but never had them in her backyard before Thursday. Her small dog, Daisy, clearly thought it was inappropriate and went flying out the door, barking.

Rounds told local media yesterday that the six-point buck and two does started beating the dog with their hooves and then the buck tried to get her with his antlers.
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250 Skiing Santas Dash Through the Snow in Maine
NEWRY, Maine (AP) - Hundreds of skiing Santas were dashing through the snow at a Maine ski resort over the weekend.
Sunday River says 250 skiers and snowboarders signed up for its 11th annual Santa Sunday event, with registration filling up in 12 minutes.

For the event, skiers got a free lift ticket if they came dressed as Santa and donated $10 or more to the Bethel Rotary Club's annual drive to provide gifts for the area's children in need.

They also got an additional lift ticket valid through Dec. 18.
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U.S. Lottery Winners Keep Ticket in Safe
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A family holding an Idaho Lottery ticket worth $1 million wasn't taking any chances while traveling from their home in Brigham City, Utah,to claim their winnings in Boise.
Sisters Cindy Flint and Carol Olsen, along with their mother Donna Flint, made the nearly 300-mile trip to Idaho with their ticket locked in a fireproof safe.

Cindy Flint says she went a step further, and slept with the safe in her hotel bed.
The women claimed their prize Monday.

Lottery spokesman David Workman says other winners have taken precautions, but the Flint family may be the first to arrive in lobby of the Idaho Lottery headquarters with a safe in tow.

The women bought their ticket at a store in Franklin, Idaho, near the state border with Utah.


• Josh Duhamel -- Mr. Fergie -- was kicked off an airplane Thursday after refusing to turn off his Blackberry before takeoff.
• Elisabeth Hasselbeck says she's feeling like she's been used by Sarah Palin. After helping her out with her campaign causes, she hasn't heard from her since.
• Jennifer Garner and Usher are both stopping by Sesame Street this month.
• I can see this turning into something, after Chase ordered a Texas branch to remove the Christmas tree from their bank lobby because it "may offend customers."
• Christmas, just like everyone else in Los Angeles, shows up in its own time. They just had the tree lighting ceremony at the Nokia Plaza ice skating rink the other night... featuring Stevie Wonder and Willow Smith whipping her hair.
• Bristol Palin is insisting that her mom didn't make her go on "Dancing with the Stars."
• Justin Bieber was just about to make a guest appearance on a German-TV game show, when one of the contestants was seriously injured and the show came to a halt.
• The voice of Dora the Explorer has dropped her suit against Nickelodeon and will return to the show. Sounds like they found a dollar figure that everybody can live with.
• Martha Stewart is set to become a grandmother, as her daughter is expecting a baby via surrogate, according to a U.S. report.
• A glove worn by Michael Jackson during his "Bad" tour sold at an auction Saturday night for $330,000.
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The Dr. Has Found a Pattern
Couples therapist and author John W. Jacobs, M.D., has found a pattern in the people he counsels: Their expectations of marriage are often so unrealistic that even the strongest of relationships doesn't stand a chance. In this excerpt from his book "All You Need Is Love and Other Lies about Marriage," he lists what he calls the seven lies of marriage:

1. All you need is love
2. I talk all of the time, my spouse just doesn't listen
3. People don't really change
4. Egalitarian marriage is easier than traditional marriage
5. When you marry, you create your own family legacy
6. Children solidify a marriage
7. The sexual revolution has made great sex easier than ever
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Do You Nap
34% of adults take a daily nap. Asylum.com reports that a Pew Research Center survey found that in the past 24 hours, 34% of U.S. adults have taken a nap.

Men are more likely than women to nap and only those who are under age 50 were counted, then both men and women are equally inclined to nap.

Napping accelerates once we hit age 80, but all age groups between 18 and 79 have about the same inclination towards snoozing in daylight hours.
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Kid Cost

If you think diapers are expensive, note that is only the beginning.

It costs a whopping $221,000 to raise a baby to his or her 18th birthday, according to a federal government report issued by the USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. And that doesn't even count the cost of college, which could effectively double it to about a half-million bucks. And that's for one kid.

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How Much is the Mark-Up?
What's the markup? We asked people to call in about what they've heard about the price markup of several items. Ask your audience (who might work for this type of business) to call and agree or disagree with some numbers we found online.

• Furniture - 100 - 300% price markup!
• Jewelry - Could be 300 - 800%!
• LCDs and other electronics - Not that significant. Generally between 10-20%. The lower end models can be less than 10%.
• Cars - About 30%.


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TOP FIVE POSSIBLE NAMES FOR SANTA'S GARAGE BAND



• "Claus"-Traphobic
• Naughty & Nice
• Broken Toys
• The Ho Ho Ho's
• The Nick 'O Teens





BIRTHDAYS

In 1761 Madame Marie Tussaud
Dick Reeves Note - She of course, is famous for her wax museum. “I went there once. It was amazing. The candles looked so real.”
In 1863 Businessman, Richard W. Sears (founded Sears Roebuck & Co.)
In 1923 Actor, Ted Knight (Ted-Mary Tyler Moore Show) [d: 8-26-86]
In 1942 Singer/songwriter, Harry Chapin (Cat's in the Cradle) [d: 7-16-81]
In 1947 Baseball Hall-Of-Famer, Johnny Bench (Reds) (63)
In 1956 Former basketball player/coach, Larry Bird (Celtics) (54)
Dick Reeves Note –“I still don't know how he made that shot in the McDonald's commercial.”
In 1973 Football player, Terrell Owens (49ers, Cowboys) (37)

IT WAS ON THIS DAY:

In 1941 At 7:55am on a Sunday morning, Pearl Harbor is attacked by carrier based Japanese planes killing 2300. The following day in his war speech to Congress, President Franklin Roosevelt called it "a day which will live in infamy."

TODAY IS PEARL HARBOR DAY
At dawn on Sunday, December 7, 1941, six Japanese carriers launched a first wave of 181 planes composed of torpedo bombers, dive bombers, horizontal bombers and fighters against Pearl Harbor, on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Here's a look back at that terrible day, which spurred the U.S. to enter World War II:

• The attack wasn't just on Pearl Harbor, but included other military installations on the island. Huge losses were also suffered at Hickam, Wheeler and Bellows airfields, Ewa Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneoshe Bay Naval Air Station and Schofield Barracks.
• The attack by 183 Japanese planes began at 8:02 a.m., as most people were waking up for what they thought was a quiet Sunday.
• Less than two hours later, 2,280 American servicemen and 68 civilians were dead, and 1,109 were wounded.
• Eight battleships were damaged and five were sunk, while three light cruisers, three destroyers, three smaller vessels and 188 aircrafts were lost.
• The USS Arizona went down only nine minutes after being hit by a 1,760-pound bomb. Killed in the horrendous explosion were 1,177 crewmen.
• Things could have been even worse, if not for a goof by Japanese strategists. Their main targets were the U.S. fleet's aircraft carriers -- most of which were out of port that day.

Pearl Harbor Movie Trivia
• What was the first movie about Pearl Harbor? ("Secret Agent Of Japan, 1942)
• How many movies about Pearl Harbor were made in 1942? (Five: "Secret Agent Of Japan," "Little Tokyo, USA." "Across The Pacific," "Remember Pearl Harbor" and "Submarine Raider")
• Why was the movie "December 7, 1941" first released in a 30 minute version, cut down from the original 84 minute version? (Because of its critique of the military's lack of preparation -- Edited by the military before the 1943 release)
• What 1943 movie about Pearl Harbor was re-released in 1991? (December 7, 1941." The movie has original clips of the actual attack. The full version was re-released in 1991)
• What was the first Japanese movie about Pearl Harbor? ("I Bombed Pearl Harbor" released in 1961)
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Pearl Harbor Movie List:
• "Secret Agent of Japan," 1942
• "Little Tokyo, USA," 1942
• "Across The Pacific," 1942
• "Remember Pearl Harbor," 1942
• "Submarine Raider," 1942
• "December 7, 1941," 1943
• "Air Force," 1943
• "Blood on the Sun," 1945
• "From Here to Eternity," 1953
• "Hell's Half Acre," 1954
• "The Revolt of Mamie Stover," 1956
• "Jungle Heat," 1957
• "I Bombed Pearl Harbor," (Taiheiyo no Arashi), 1961
• "In Harms Way," 1965
• "Admiral Yamamoto," 1968
• "Tora! Tora! Tora!," 1970
• "Midway," 1976
• "Pearl," ABC, 1978-1979, TV Mini-series
• "From Here to Eternity," NBC, 1979, TV Version
• "The Final Countdown," 1980
• "Imperial Navy," 1980
• "The Winds of War," ABC, 1983, 18-hour TV Series about WWII
• "War and Remembrance," ABC, 1988, Sequel to "The Winds of War"
• "Pearl Harbor," 2001