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Brad Keselowski and his No. 2 Penske Racing team could be facing penalties from NASCAR later this week after his Ford failed post-race inspection on Sunday at Dover International Speedway.The front end of Keselowski's car was found to be too low during inspection.
The defending Sprint Cup Series champion finished fifth in the 400-mile race. Tony Stewart scored his first victory of the season after passing Juan Pablo Montoya for the lead with just three laps remaining."We just didn't have the speed needed to go win the race, but we had the speed we needed to have a solid day," Keselowski said after posting his first top- five finish in the series since March 17 at Bristol (third). "It is cool to see Tony win. He did a great job driving that thing, and it was a good race.
"Several key members of Keselowski's team, including crew chief Paul Wolfe, were back at the racetrack this weekend after serving their suspensions for two points-paying races due to illegal parts found on his car prior to the start of the April 13 event at Texas. Car chief Jerry Kelley, team engineer Brian Wilson and team manager Travis Geisler were suspended as well. NASCAR had penalized each member with a six-race suspension, but National Stock Car Racing Chief Appellate Officer John Middlebrook reduced it to two after Penske made its final appeal.Keselowski received a loss of 25 points as part of the team's penalties for the Texas violations. He is currently eighth in the standings, as he is 98 points behind leader Jimmie Johnson.
Keselowski won the Sprint Cup race at Dover last September, which was the third race in the 2012 Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. He has not won a race in the series since then.


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Beltway Blog — Hick: Hydraulic fracturing has gotten a bad rap
WASHINGTON — Hydraulic fracturing for natural gas has gotten a needlessly bad reputation and gas will create jobs in Colorado and the nation if it is embraced, Gov. John Hickenlooper said at a renewable energy summit here Monday.
Hickenlooper said there was a lot of "conflict and misinformation" about natural gas, which he says could provide a lucrative energy future for Colorado. He said recent stories in The New York Times about hydraulic fracturing were distorted and off-based.
"I was personally involved with 50 or 60 (fracked) wells," he said, at the Atlantic Next Generation Energy summit in Washington. "There have been tens and thousands of wells in Colorado … and we can't find anywhere in Colorado a single example of the process of fracing that has polluted groundwater."
He noted there were some wells that did not have proper cement casing and there was degradation beneath the ground, but that was not the fault of the process of hydraulic fracturing.
"There is a lot of anxiety out there certainly with hydraulic fracturing," he said. "But often times that anxiety is not directly connected to facts."
Hickenlooper noted that Colorado is a true "poster child" for an all-of-the-above energy policy.
Colorado is among the top two states for solar energy, the top three states for natural gas and the top four states in coal and clean coal technology.

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Tonight, original Xbox games goes offline when Microsoft pulls the plug on Xbox Live support for its last-generation console. Some stalwart Phantasy Star Universe players recently experienced the pain of losing their online connection.
Sega announced its plans to take the PC and PlayStation 2 versions of Phantasy Star Universe offline in January of this year, ending support for the online mode on March 31. (The Xbox 360 version of PSU still soldiers on.)
If you happened to miss the going away party for Phantasy Star Online, Sega's official blog has posted its account of the event—lovingly recounted by PSU GM Edward—so that everyone can watch a virtual world end. It's full of e-hugs, e-tears and may be the only funeral to feature both Sonic the Hedgehog and girls in bikinis. Bring some tissues.
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There's more to an investor's total economic worth than stock and bonds, according to a new paper by two Morningstar researchers.
"Other assets, such as human capital, real estate and pensions, often represent a significant portion of an investor's total wealth, but are not frequently considered when building portfolios despite the fact that they share common risks with financial assets," David Blanchett, head of retirement research, said in a statement.
Blanchett and Philip Straehl, senior research consultant and portfolio manager, coauthored the study, which shows that industry-specific human capital, region-specific housing wealth and pensions have statistically significant exposures to certain asset classes and risk factors.
Investors should consider these factors when building portfolios, the authors assert. This would, of course, also apply to their financial advisors.
Through a series of optimizations, the researchers compared the asset allocation differences between portfolios that were optimized only for financial assets versus ones that considered total wealth.
They determined that the optimal allocation varied materially when vocation, location and pension benefits were considered, with average asset class differences exceeding 20%.
Blanchett and Straehl also found that given the bond-like nature of human capital (which they defined as the total economic value of an individual's set of skills and talents), portfolios that incorporated this asset tended to have lower allocations to intermediate- and long-term bonds and higher allocations to large-growth U.S. equities and commodities.
They also found that investors who worked in the manufacturing, utilities and government sectors saw the largest changes to their optimal portfolios after the researchers factored industry-specific human capital into the asset allocation optimization.
Their total-wealth-optimized portfolios were significantly more aggressive than average, largely because of lower human capital volatility in these professions.
Housing wealth had less effect on the optimal asset allocation than industry-specific human capital, but still played an important role, according to the research.
Of the 10 cities studied, homeowners in Las Vegas had the largest changes to their optimal portfolios after the researchers factored regional-specific housing wealth into the portfolio.
Their total-wealth optimized portfolios were generally more conservative than average given the historically volatile Las Vegas housing market, and had larger allocations to high-yield and non-U.S. bonds as well as small-cap value equities.
Blanchett and Straehl found that because industry-specific human capital had such a significant influence on the optimal portfolio, younger investors who naturally had higher levels of human capital saw larger changes to their portfolios than older investors when total wealth was considered in the optimization.
"Each investor's situation is unique, and his or her financial portfolio should reflect those distinct risk factors," Straehl said in the statement.
For example, he said, a Texas banker's human capital and real estate wealth are tied to the financial and energy sectors as well as to large-cap value stocks, so the banker would want to reduce exposure to those asset classes in his financial portfolio.
"Our findings have important implications for individual and custom target-date model portfolio construction, and suggest that techniques that ignore human capital and outside assets are insufficient," Straehl said.
"A holistic definition of wealth is necessary to build truly efficient portfolios."


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If $f: [a,b] \to V$ is a (nice) function taking values in a vector space, one can define the definite integral $\int_a^b f(t)\ dt \in V$ as the limit of Riemann sums $\sum_{i=1}^n f(t_i^*) dt_i$, or as the final value $F(b)$ of the solution $F: [a,b] \to V$ to the ODE problem $F'(t) = f(t); F(a) = 0$.
In a similar spirit, given a (nice) function $f: [a,b] \to {\mathfrak g}$ taking values in a Lie algebra $\mathfrak g$ of a Lie group $G$, one can define the multiplicative definite integral, which for sake of discussion I will denote $\Pi_a^b \exp(f(t)\ dt) \in G$, either as the limit of Riemann products $\prod_{i=1}^n \exp(f(t_i^*) dt_i)$ (with the product read from left to right), or as the final value $F(b)$ of the solution $F: [a,b] \to G$ of the ODE $F'(t) = F(t) f(t); F(a) = 1$.
Thus, for instance, when the Lie algebra is abelian, the multiplicative integral is just the exponential of the ordinary integral,
$$\Pi_a^b \exp(f(t)\ dt) = \exp( \int_a^b f(t)\ dt)$$
but in general the two are a little bit different, though still quite analogous.
This notion arises implicitly in many places (solving ODE, integrating connections along curves, dynamics and random walks on Lie groups (e.g. in the work of Terry Lyons), the "noncommutative Fourier transform" from scattering theory, etc.), but I am sure that it must be studied explicitly in some body of literature (and even vaguely recall seeing such at some point in the past). But I am having difficulty locating this literature because I am not sure I have the correct terminology for this concept. So my questions are:
What is the accepted name and notation for this concept in the literature? (Perhaps there is more than one such notation, coming from separate bodies of literature.)
What are the references for the theory of this concept?


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is probing Chesapeake Energy Corp and Encana Corp for possible collusion after a Reuters report showed that top executives of the two rivals plotted in 2010 to avoid bidding against each other in Michigan land deals, a source close to the probe said.
The report uncovered emails showing that the two natural gas companies repeatedly discussed how to avoid bidding against each other in a public land auction in Michigan and in nine prospective deals with private land owners in the state.
Communications between the companies occurred in 2010, when Michigan's Collingwood shale formation was considered one of the nation's most promising new oil and gas plays, and Chesapeake and Encana were among the largest bidders for land leases there.
The source, who was not authorized to speak publicly, said the Justice Department probe could last for months, if not longer.
A Justice Department spokesman declined to comment.
Jim Gipson, a spokesman for Chesapeake, said the company declined to comment. A spokeswoman for Encana said the company had no comment.
The federal government's probe adds more scrutiny to the two energy companies.
Last week, the antitrust division of Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette's office and Michigan's Department of Natural Resources, which oversees state land auctions, also opened investigations into the allegations in the report, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
"Our commitment is to ensure the integrity of the auction process and to receiving fair market value for public land," said Michigan DNR spokesman Ed Golder. Joy Yearout, a spokeswoman for the attorney general's office, declined to comment.
Congress has also expressed interest in learning more about Chesapeake and Encana's land dealings.
In a letter sent earlier on Monday to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Representative Maurice Hinchey wrote: "I urge you to review this (Reuters) report, open an investigation into whether any federal antitrust laws were violated in this case, and assess whether violations may have been committed in other oil and gas lease bidding across the country."
A Democrat from New York, Hinchey is a critic of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," the controversial drilling technology that has opened up vast new reserves of oil and gas in the United States.
A member of the House Appropriations Committee, Hinchey is a co-author of the FRAC Act, which would require drilling companies such as Chesapeake and Encana to disclose the chemicals used in fracking fluid.
Both Chesapeake and Encana, Canada's largest natural gas company, said they had discussed forming a joint venture in Michigan in 2010, but ultimately decided against it.
In one email, Chesapeake Chief Executive Officer Aubrey McClendon told one of his deputies on June 16, 2010, that it was time "to smoke a peace pipe" with Encana "if we are bidding each other up."
The Chesapeake vice president responded that he had contacted Encana "to discuss how they want to handle the entities we are both working to avoid us bidding each other up in the interim." McClendon replied: "Thanks."
Some of the emails were between McClendon and Encana USA President Jeff Wojahn.
Encana has pledged quick action, opening an internal investigation led by David O'Brien, chairman of the company's board of directors.
News of the discussions between Encana and Chesapeake, the second-largest natural gas producer in the United States, comes at a time when McClendon is already under fire.
The company's board stripped him of his chairmanship after Reuters reported that he took out more than $1.3 billion in personal loans from a firm that also finances Chesapeake. The Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have launched inquiries into Chesapeake.
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Following the surprise announcement on the Bachelor Pad finale that his ex-fiance was now engaged to her new beau, Michael Stagliano is speaking out on what he calls a humiliating moment.
On Monday's airing of the Bachelor Pad reunion, Michael was brought out on stage and told his ex Holly Durst was enaged to fellow contestant Blake Julian. Immediately following the reunion taping last week in Los Angeles, both Michael and Holly spoke to PEOPLE.
"I was caught off guard, humiliated. I know neither Holly nor Blake wanted it to go down like that," said Michael. "I'm now even more thankful for the talk we had two weeks ago, which provided closure I didn't have before. If we hadn't had that that, it would have been so much worse tonight. I might have just walked off stage."
Holly, who actually got engaged days before the reunion taping, goes on to blame ABC and the Bachelor Pad producers for setting up Michael.
"I was really upset," said Holly. "I was thinking, "Well, at least I will be able to tell him before the show so he isn't blindsided." But I wasn't allowed to speak to him prior to walking out on stage. As soon as I sat down, I whispered that I needed to talk badly and then the bomb was dropped almost immediately. He was blindsided. That was the lowest thing they could have done for ratings."
Umm Holly, you had days to tell him but you didn't! Michael however keeps it classy when he reveals he is actually happy for Holly despite all.
Michael states, "We were engaged and therefore I will always care about and love her so it makes me happy when she is happy. I wish we could have been happy together but we're always going to care about and love each other. I have no reason to be mad at Holly or Blake. You can't help who you fall for."
Holly adds, "If we had walked out there hating each other, I don't think we would have gotten as many votes. He's the best guy and I can't wait for him to find the right girl."
Meanwhile Bachelor insider Reality Steve is reporting that Holly's fiance Blake got the $25,000 Neil Lane diamond engagement ring for free from ABC in exchange for allowing them to tape the proposal. Classy. Holly will reportedly have to return the three carats cushion-cut diamond ring in the case that the engagement gets called off.
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Teen suddenly dies; Family, doctors don't know why
13-year-old pronounced brain dead after she stopped breathing
After a seemingly healthy 13-year-old suddenly collapses and is pronounced brain dead, her family awaits answers as to what caused her death.
Kaylee Bujarski was an eighth grader at Andersen Middle School. Her father said she complained of congestion and feeling too warm last week. Moments later, she stopped breathing and her father rushed her to Children's Hospital and Medical Center.
The two had been on their way home from Kaylee's grandmother's house. Bujarski said his daughter had been feeling fine. When she collapsed, he knew he had to get help fast.
"When she wasn't responding to me, that's when I knew something wasn't right," Bujarski said.
Kaylee stopped breathing, and he immediately took her to the hospital. Doctors revived her, but her brain started to swell after 20 minutes without oxygen.
"They (doctors) don't know. That's the hardest part, you're sitting there trying to protect your child and help her and they don't know," Bujarski said.
Doctors continued to run tests as Kaylee laid in a coma, brain dead.
"Six days, sitting there, holding her hand praying for her every day," Bujarski said.
Finally, doctors told the Bujarski family there was nothing they could do.
Bujarski said he donated his daughter's heart to keep someone else' child alive. He said it comforts him, knowing his little girl can keep on giving and making people smile.
"I know she'd want me to live on and do something helpful, and I think that's why we decided to donate her organs," Bujarski said.
Kaylee's parents hope an autopsy will give them answers. They are planning a fundraiser Jan. 12 at Fort Crook Billiards and Food in Bellevue. The spaghetti meal starts at 11 a.m., followed by a raffle.
Kaylee is the second Andersen Middle School student to die this school year. JT Butrick-Chase died in September after a car hit him at 144th and Harrison streets. Kaylee told her father that she and JT were study buddies.


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Mosca bested his own school records in the one- and three-meter diving events (Kevin Burns).
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Harvard men's swimming and diving team won 14 of 16 events and received a pair of record-breaking performances from Mike Mosca en route to a 206-90 victory over Brown Thursday afternoon in Ivy League action.
Harvard (4-0, 4-0 Ivy League) cruised to its 19th straight win against the Bears (3-3, 0-3 Ivy League) thanks in part to three 1-2-3 finishes. The win also improved the Crimson to 80-2 in the all-time series against Brown and was the team's sixth straight dating back to last year.
Mosca, Chuck Katis, Christian Carbone, Oliver Lee and Michael Gaudiani each won a pair of events for Harvard highlighted by Mosca's record-breaking day. The sophomore opened with a score of 412.42 on three-meter diving board, surpassing his own school record in the event of 394.80. Mosca then turned in a score of 372.45 on the one meter, topping the previous mark of 367.25 which he also held.
Katis won both the 200 IM and 100 back by comfortable margins. His 200 IM time of 1:50.93 put him nearly four seconds ahead of teammate Christian Yeager who took second in 1:54.83, and was nearly five seconds better than Carbone's time of 1:55.42 for third. In the 100 back, Katis cruised to the wall in 50.44 while teammate Jack Pretto touched second in 51.76.
Carbone continued his dominance in the 200 fly, registering his third straight win in the event in a dual-meet format with a time of 1:50.53. Leo Lim was the race's second-place finisher in 1:51.30. Carbone also notched his second straight win in the 200 breast with a time of 2:05.34, more than one second faster than Brown's Thomas Mercurio in second.
Lee controlled the spring free events with wins in the 50 and 100, his first two victories of the year. The junior turned in a time of 20.67 in the 50 free to best Jeffrey Strausser (20.90) from Brown while his time of 45.42 in the 100 free gave him a generous cushion against teammates Griffin Schumacher (46.32), Will Brophy (46.70) and Danny Crigler (46.74).
Gaudiani had the closest race of Harvard's double winners with a narrow margin of victory in the 500 free of just 0.64. The Shaker Heights, Ohio native touched the wall in 4:33.30, narrowly beating out Cory Mayfield of Brown who finished in 4:33.94. Gaudiani also won the 1,000 free in 9:20.45, putting a comfortable margin between himself and Mayfield who once again placed second in 9:23.46.
Other winners for the Crimson included Jacob Luna (100 fly, 50.46) Owen Wurzbacher (100 breast, 58.14) and Christian Yeager (200 back, 1:51.34). Harvard also cruised to victory in the 200 medley relay as Pretto, Katis, Lee and Schumacher combined for a time of 1:30.80.
Harvard will be back in action Friday, Jan. 25 when it takes on No. 20 Notre Dame and Towson in South Bend, Ind.


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Welcome to the Asia Markets live blog, a running account of what the region's stock markets are doing, along with other news. Shares are trading mixed today, with Tokyo rebounding from its Monday loss. And with no action from the Bank of Japan, the markets are more focused on comments from China's central-bank governor and a sharp drop in Chinese lending.
5:24 am | Asia indexes -- closing levels
Japan (Nikkei Average) up 0.7% at 15,224.11 (closed)
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) up 0.02% at 22,269.61 (closed)
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) up 0.1% at 2,001.16 (closed)
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) up 0.04% at 5,413.80 (closed)
Seoul (Kospi) up 0.5% at 1,963.87 (closed)
1:54 am | Japan Display's scores Asia's biggest tech IPO ever | by Mike Kitchen
Just to mention, the initial public offering of Japan Display, which priced yesterday, may in fact be Asia's biggest tech IPO ever.
According to Dealogic, the offering priced at $3.1 billion, making it the world's biggest in the tech arena since Facebook's $16 billion listing in May 2012.
In terms of other Asian tech offerings, it blows away the previous No. 1, SMIC's $1.8 billion listing back in March 2004, not to mention Alibaba's $1.7 billion IPO in October 2007, per Dealogic data.
Likewise, it's the largest Japanese IPO in any sector since Suntory came to market last June for $4 billion.
1:27 am | Markets check -- 2:27 p.m. in Tokyo
Japan (Nikkei Average) up 0.7%
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) up 0.1%
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) down 0.1%
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) flat (closed)
Seoul (Kospi) up 0.2%
Mumbai (Sensex) down 0.3%
12:53 am | China's rate reform may have already happened (kind of) | by Mike Kitchen
How quick will China's financial reforms happen? The answer might have become a little clearer today, at least in terms of long-awaited interest rate liberalization.
China's central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan says he sees full rate reform within the next couple years, making it clear this would be the "final step" in the liberalization process.
But then again, maybe market-driven rates are already here, hiding in plain sight on the Internet. You can read the details in this blog post...
11:27 pm | Markets check -- 12:27 p.m. in Tokyo
Japan (Nikkei Average) up 0.7% (at break)
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) up 0.2%
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) up 0.3%
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) up 0.3%
Seoul (Kospi) up 0.1%
Taipei (Taiex) up 0.3%
11:23 pm | Bank of Japan is unmoved | by Mike Kitchen
There are few surprises in the Bank of Japan decision today — no changes to policy, nor any changes to the broad economic assessment ("Japan's economy has continued to recover moderately" etc. etc.)
They did add a sentence to the statement saying "Exports have recently leveled off more or less."
And the part about business's fixed investment was altered to "the pick-up ... has become increasingly evident" from last month's "has been picking up." (At least this is how the English version of the statement changed — you can read it all here.)
But for the most part, not much to report, just as the market expected.
All the same, there might have been some speculation for a surprise, as the dollar slipped against the yen after the decision came down. The greenback is currently buying ¥103.29 compared to ¥103.40 as the "news" broke.
More to the point: When will the Bank of Japan make its next move?
Many research houses think the central bank won't rush into fresh easing right after the consumption-tax hike, set for next month. As reported in yesterday's Asia Markets blog, Capital Economics sees "late October as the most likely timing."
Société Générale, on the other hand, is calling for BOJ action "within the next few months."
"The case for further easing has just been strengthened by a disappointing Q4 GDP report," they wrote Tuesday, in reference to the downwardly revised annualized growth rate of 0.7% (also reported in yesterday's blog).
10:32 pm | No relief yet for Chinese markets | by Laura He
Investors seem reluctant to come back to Chinese markets this morning after yesterday's bout of panic selling.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng is edging up 0.1% after losing 1.8% the previous day, while the Shanghai Composite Index is down another 0.3% after tumbling 2.9% Monday.
The two indexes saw heavy selling yesterday as the seemingly terrible trade data stoked fear that the Chinese economy is losing steam. (See yesterday's Asia Markets blog.)
Chinese insurers were among the decliners, as mystery still surrounds the fate of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared Saturday on its way to Beijing with 239 people on board. PICC Property & Casualty Co. declined 1%, Ping An Insurance fell 0.8%, and China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co. dropped 0.5%.
Mainland banks gained a little ground though, after the central bank Gov. Zhou Xiaochuan said Tuesday morning that he expects China to lift its controls on banks' interest rates in one to two years. China Citic Bank Corp. and China Minsheng Banking Corp. advanced 1.2% each, and Bank of China rose 1%.
10:05 pm | Markets check -- 10:05 a.m. in Hong Kong
Japan (Nikkei Average) up 0.9%
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) up 0.1%
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) down 0.2%
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) up 0.1%
Seoul (Kospi) down 0.1%
Taipei (Taiex) up 0.3%
9:03 pm | Easing or no easing, Japanese stocks rise regardless | by Laura He
Almost no one thinks the Bank of Japan will offer any new easing in its decision later today, but the Tokyo market doesn't seem to need any help this morning, with the Nikkei Average up more than 0.6% at 15,211.04. The Topix too is up 0.6%.
As mentioned in yesterday's Asia Markets blog, the Japanese central bank is expected to keep both its policy and economic assessment unchanged, with analysts from Brown Brothers Harriman saying the BOJ is in "wait and see mode," with additional easing unlikely until the third quarter.
"This will allow officials time to assess the impact of the retail-sales-tax increase and the ongoing efforts to bolster inflation," the note said, referring to April's planned hike in the national consumption tax.
Among the gainers, wireless major Softbank advanced 1.3%, after the company's CEO Masayoshi Son said he is still eager to see Softbank's Sprint subsidiary buy T-Mobile US, according to reported comments from a Charlie Rose interview. Son is in Washington to seek support for such a deal.
Steel stocks also advanced, helped by ratings upgrades and a tumble in iron-ore prices. Aichi Steel shot 4.4% higher, and Daido Steel gained 2.3%, after Credit Suisse upgraded the two stocks' ratings to neutral.
8:28 pm | Markets check -- 9:28 a.m. in Tokyo
Japan (Nikkei Average) up 0.7%
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200) flat
Seoul (Kospi) up 0.2%
8:23 pm | The Silence of the Banks | by Mike Kitchen
Late Monday, the People's Bank of China handed out its data for February bank lending and "total social financing" (or "TSF," which includes all credit issuance), and the numbers were way, way down from January.
Specifically, TSF was 63% lower than January's all-time high, with Bernstein Research putting the result 27% below market expectations.
Bernstein says some of the pullback is due to fear after China Credit Trust came just short of a bond default on its unfortunately named "Credit Equals Gold" debt product late in January. While that security was saved from default, we have of course seen a real default from Chaori Solar this month.
And then there's the seasonal factor: Loans usually surge in January, and with Lunar New Year falling on Jan. 31 this year, Bernstein says that some lending was front-loaded into the pre-holiday season.
Actually, it seems that with all data out this month, economists are quick to blame the calendar. I guess we'll find out how valid this is when numbers for March come out next month.
7:42 pm | Australia: Banks buoyant, miners mauled | by Mike Kitchen
In a turbulent sea of global stock markets worried about the weak Chinese trade data, Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 is managing to keep its head above water — currently trading 0.1% higher — buoyed by some strength in the banks and insurers.
Of the Big Four lenders, ANZ and NAB are flat, but CBA and Westpac are both up 0.2%. Meanwhile, Macquarie is 0.2% higher, and Suncorp is up 0.9%, while QBE Insurance and IAG are up 0.5% apiece.
But miners are down, and in some cases down a lot. This, as copper languishes at eight-month lows and, more importantly, spot iron ore saw its biggest drop in four years as investors worried about Chinese demand.
As Rivkin CEO Scott Schuberg puts it in his daily premarket note: "Unlike copper, this market [iron ore] has broken down through recent lows, and we can only sit back and watch as the iron-ore price finds its new home."
And so, it's a 2.2% loss for Fortescue Metals and a 2.7% fall for Atlas Iron, though both are off their opening lows. (Atlas was off more than 5% at one point.)
Among other mining-sector casualties, Whitehaven Coal is down 3.1%, and in the gold space, Evolution is down 1.1% and Kingsgate is down 0.8%.
Also on the decline, aluminum-vessel maker Austal is trading 2.8% lower, even after it announced a $684 million contract with the U.S. Navy. On the other hand, Bluescope Steel is up 1%, getting some support from a weaker Australian dollar.
In about an hour, watch for NAB's monthly business survey, which could, just maybe, move shares.


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During the last few weeks I have been overwhelmed. I guess I've actually been overloaded for some time now but it keeps piling up. Now, I have a mess. I dislike messes and clutter. They make me cranky. I've always envied those people who could ignore clutter and settle down in the midst of it and relax. I realize there is physical clutter and there is emotional clutter. Those of us who hurt each day of our lives don't always have the energy it takes to deal with the messes of life and that truly compounds the problem.
Physical Clutter and the Mess it Makes of Life
When you live a compromised existence, as you and I do, life can pile up very quickly. Every time the mail arrives this time of year there are at least 6-12 catalogs. The lure of the catalog has to be resisted. I've noticed many companies offering free shipping this year. I always wonder why they keep sending out more and more catalogs every week or two from the same company. All those trees sacrificed just so I can get disgusted and fill up my recycle bin. There is a tiny bit of satisfaction in the sounds of that "clunk" when I pitch them into the barrel. I think I'm pretending to clean up one of my messes but all I'm really doing is "cutting it off at the pass," before it can grow. Those catalogs are usually joined by offers in the mail for this or that. More charities seem to be seeking money this year, also. If it wasn't so cold and wet here in Oregon, I would put an attractive trash barrel right next to the mailbox, but sorting it in a jacket in the rain has no appeal.
All of us are scattered all over the world and in each region, and face Mother Nature on a daily basis as she slings dirt, wind, cobwebs, weeds and mold at us. Isn't it enough the old lady stole our health? Apparently she doesn't think so. Most of us have taken up the challenge of caring for ourselves and our families in small increments. No more of this whirling dervish activity we had when we were healthy. We now set smaller, achievable goals for ourselves. We have learned the horror of that huge pile of unwashed laundry when it is ignored too long. It takes on a life of its own and seems to stalk us. Some of us cook for two nights instead of one so we can have the pleasure of the leftover. Comforting things leftovers; as they indicate, "Oh thank God, I don't have to cook tonight."
We've been learning to simplify life. Interesting, isn't it how often you see just that one word "SIMPLIFY" on a sign for the wall. I wonder if Thoreau had any idea what an impact he was going to make on the world when he decided to simplify. We've learned how much physical clutter we each leave behind with the family deaths this past year or two. I've been loading bags of goodies lately in the hopes that someone who is without can be with some of these items. What's that old saying, "One man's trash is another's treasure?" The treasure around here has been hauled out on a regular basis. I saw the floor of my bedroom closet the other day for the first time in years. It was a lovely sight. I think each of us say to ourselves, "Well, someday I may wear that." If you haven't worn it in a year or two you aren't going to wear it. Donate it to someone who will use it.
The other side of clutter is the individualized need to be clean. Some folks are more particular than others. Thankfully, we live in such a damp climate there is very little dust; however, never fear. If you're looking for dirt, we have it arriving hourly on eight little damp paws. They bring us all types of messages. We're just thankful when they are simply mud and water and not something organic. If cleanliness is really next to Godliness; we're in trouble.
Each of us must learn to prioritize and do what is doable. If it's driving you nuts then it is probably worth the physical price you will pay down the line. Planning ahead is a wonderful practice. This last minute stuff has to go or we will.
Emotional Clutter is Another Kind of Mess
When you feel those seven dwarfs coming for a visit and Grumpy brings along his girlfriend Bitchy, you know you're in trouble. I've had to give them both "the boot" this week. Both of our dogs are ill, my husband who is an RN isn't making those needed doctor's appointments for himself, I am dealing with a bad throat, dental problems plus all my usual challenges. There aren't any curse words bad enough or revolting enough to cover it. I've just been plugging along giving the dogs their medicine, ear drops and spray. I wish it was that easy to deal with a stubborn husband, but it isn't. My man is not one of those that you can put on a leash, collar or spray. I love his independent spirit…usually.
In the last few days I've had to take out my bag of tricks to retain my sanity and my own health. Once again I turn to Thoreau, thank you Henry David, for simplify. The baggage we each carry with these complicated and multiple diagnoses actually require a secretary at times. Each season of the year brings its own challenges. We face dryness of our bodies, allergies, new pains and the challenges brought on by each new development. Will it ever end? Well, yes it will; but you don't want to know when. Live with it and do the best you can.
I find emotional clutter pulls me down and I often forget or put off exercising and stretching. I know that's wrong but the days get away from me. I feel better when I move. Fingers, knees, toes, sacroiliac joints all need to be strengthened or they are gone forever. So many among us have had to have joints replaced and face the cruelty of that particular recovery. Those of us who can still move a part…any part…should move it and shut up. The added benefit of movement is the release of that bodily "up" in endorphins.
It helps me to remember, when I'm down emotionally, it is impossible to be "empty minded." Okay, this is not the opening for blond jokes. I'm a brunette. Just remember, our minds are always filled with thoughts, ideas and motivations. You can choose what those thoughts are. When you move out a negative thought or fear, it leaves a brief vacuum and you can quickly replace it or drive it out with a life-giving thought. Sing a song, read something motivational, call a loved one or friend, paint a picture with a child or hug your pup or kitten. Life wants to flow into us with its healing powers. So often we keep it out with our anger, fear and self-indulgences. The other day I was getting out of my car with my sick Jack Russell, my back and rear were killing me from lifting her, standing at the vet's office for an hour and…oh heck, you get the picture. As I was walking around the car to get her out on the sidewalk side, a young doe walked by me. He walked with such purpose and patience, slowly and sedately it was a beautiful site. He was in the street and since we live on the corner, all traffic from four directions stopped to let him pass. I'm glad my pup didn't see that doe because the silence would have been broken. It was a lovely few minutes. That doe owned the street for a few minutes and handled it with regality.
Taking a Breather
I often have to sit myself down or lie down and sort out all of my problems. I realize I am letting too much in. Some of it has to be tended to; the rest can be put away for a while. Limits have to be recognized and observed. If they are not, life is just too hard. Life should be lovely. It often is not but some of that is our fault. We have to figure out what we can change and what we cannot. Along the way, it does help to laugh and find some small pleasure in whatever you are doing. The other day I told my grandchildren we had to take down the Halloween decorations and I don't have any Thanksgiving décor. I suggested to each of them to draw a turkey. I envisioned the turkey drawings of my youth or those awkward little things we used to make with a large potato with paper feathers sticking out. My 8 year-old grandson drew a turkey sitting on a platter, fully cooked. I smiled and then asked him about some of the details of his drawing. I could see the turkey, the serving platter, a wing and a drumstick. There were two large holes; one front and one rear. I asked him what they were and he said, somewhat impatiently, "That's where I put the skewer to cook it." Okay. My 5 year-old granddaughter drew a picture of a live turkey with colorful feathers. I think what I have decided to do is to put them both taped into the front window with "before" above one and "after" above the other.
It always amazes me how effectively laughter can win against depression and mental fatigue. Open your eyes my friends, there is humor all around us. On my way to the pharmacy yesterday I saw two VW buses for sale. They were both old ones. One was painted red, white and blue as it was a rolling piece of Americana. The other one was an older model in that bright orange of the sixties. After all, this is Oregon. If you're looking for flower children, they're still here. We also have seagulls sitting on roofs, seals barking in the marina down by the vet's office and fog rolling in off the Columbia River. Open your eyes and ears because life is out there. The simple pleasures in life do not clutter your mind or life. It can get very busy but if we each remind ourselves of our honest priorities and don't try to do it all, we will survive; pain or not.
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Looking Forward to the Rays 13th Season
There is going to be something special about the superstitious
number "13" and the Tampa Bay Rays this season. And surprisingly, there is not
just one instance where this number will come hugely into play this year,
but several occasions where "13" might just be the Rays lucky number. There are
a possible three instances where this superstitious number could bode heavily
into the Rays possible 2010 plans, and might also be instrumental in some of the
team's future beyond 2010.
I have always liked this "strange"
combination of numbers, maybe more since it contains my two favorite numbers,
but the stark reality is that these two digits together will be constantly in
play over the next several weeks and might be right in the thick of it in
determining which direction this Rays team takes in the American East division.
I am looking forward during the next three days to outline my scenarios
where "13" and the Rays will be side-by-side this Spring.
Considering the simple fact that the
2010 season will be the Rays 13th professional baseball season, and (
hopefully) one that will further define the direction of the franchise and
possibly make all the rest of Major League Baseball green with envy. Sure I
want to say I would cherish seeing Rays Manager Joe Maddon hoisting a beautiful
golden trophy with all 30 MLB teams flags on it to the high heavens during a
cool, crisp October night.
This 2010 team has a viable chance to
cement the phrases "winning" and "Rays" uttered in the same sentence within the
mindset of all baseball fans and media members around the country this year. The
always negative "devil" has now been exorcised for three seasons, and maybe this
is the year people finally forget that old name and the Rays can move from
underneath that negative persona and flourish like a shining ray of consistent
The 13th season is going to be one
of the best in Rays history based entirely on talent in regards to their pitching
and field players. This is one of the first Spring Training in history where the
Rays have come into their Spring camp without a huge number of question marks
dotting multiple field positions and their starting rotation/Bullpen. For the
first time in Rays franchise history, Maddon can have the confidence to pencil
in five names, even before the first Spring Training game as his desired 2010
starting rotation. Even the remote thought process of penciling in a Rays
rotation has never been a realistic option so early into Spring Training for a
Rays Manager in the last 12 seasons.
there could still be a huge question mark added as to the final decision on
the Rays fifth starter, but current fifth starter Wade Davis and possible option
Andy Sonnanstine both have minor league options still available for the Rays.
This might be another deja vu moment to 2009 when Jeff Niemann and Jason Hammel
fought it out to the last moment to finally reign in that fifth rotation spot.
But could the loser of this competition be a possible trade piece for the
Rays? But this ensuing competition will be great for both of them, and that
makes this 13th Rays season special.
And even if the biggest question mark hovering
the Rays field players might be where Ben Zobrist hop, skips and jumps within
the Rays line-up, or lines up on the field in 2010, you can bet there will be
more than capable players to take the vacant spot(s) left by Zobrist with
a vigor and vitality that has been missed during past Spring Training seasons.
And with Maddon stressing that his starting nine will get more chances to hit
during the Spring Training games this year, it can only be a positive sign of
better things to come for the team and better prepared hitting corps coming into
the Rays first game against Baltimore on April 6th in Tropicana
When was the last time there was even the possibility
of a handful of Rays players possibly formulating all the changes within this
team's final seasonal make-up.
is the fight brewing for the fifth rotation spot between Davis and Sonnanstine,
but the top four slots are pretty much set in stone even before their first
inter-squad workout. The biggest controversy with the starting rotation will
come out of this fifth spot, and maybe if Rays left-handed starter David Price
gets the number 3 rotation slot to break up the right-hand dominated Rays
rotation right down the middle and provides a different adjustment for teams in
And even in the Rays Bullpen, there are signs it might
be down to a total of one or two slots depending on the numbers of pitchers the
Rays want to carry going into the 2010 season.
Winston Abreu or maybe a healthy Joaquin Benoit to win one of the two last
slots. But Sonnanstine could also figure into this mix as a long
reliever/6th starter option sitting in the Bullpen. And who knows,
maybe someone else coming into the Rays camp from the minor leagues might blow
the doors off the Rays Coaching staff and wiggle their name into the
conversation. That is why they call this part of the year
But this 13th season could also be
the breakout year for many of the Rays field players. We all know that
outfielder Matt Joyce was upset last Spring after starting the season on the
Major League roster to go back down to Triple-A Durham after Rays centerfielder
B J Upton came back after his shoulder surgery, but the whole experience also
gave Joyce ample time to play daily and develop more in the minors with an eye
towards regaining his rightfield slot for good this Spring.
Maddon and Triple-A Manger Charlie Montoya have both praising
Joyce's 2009 development and his adherence to the Rays " wish list" given to him
before he left for the minors. It might have been this forward stride in their
confidence in Joyce's ability for the Rays not to pursue a left-handed
outfielder this off season and that Joyce made all the right moves and the
strides to be penciled-in as a starter in the Rays
But then again, we get the "Zobrist" factor that
will come immediately into play here. With Zobrist not having a defined position
and a defined role right now in the Rays field positions, he might just be a
human pinball bouncing from infield to outfield to start the season until some
sort of stability forms, hopefully not due to an injury. And with that, it makes
the competition between prospects Sean Rodriguez and Reid Brignac one of the
most interesting and closely watched Rays competitions coming into Spring
This fight is going to be for one of the coveted
"utility" player roles on the Rays along with Rays holdover Willy Aybar. But
with the possibilities of Aybar nursing a bad wrist through much of the Spring
Training schedule. It might be their ultimate chances this Spring to either fade
out or shine and possibly make this Rays squad, even if Aybar would go on the
possibility that until Aybar takes his first swings in the batting cages, that
both could possibly be penciled into the Rays roster.
if I had to point towards someone right now, it seems that Brignac might be the
guy right now to have the edge defensively because he can play all the infield
positions but first base. But the Rays are going to push and raise the bar
for Rodriguez by having him play every position around the diamond this Spring
to test his abilities and evaluate his readiness to be pushed towards the Major
League level.
And right now based on possible logistics, you
have to consider that second base will be mostly a transient position for either
of them since second base gives the Rays a instant option to get Zobrist in the
line-up if Joyce come out this Spring hitting the cover off the ball. But isn't
it great to know that 4 infielders could decide the formulation of the Rays
2010 roster to such a degree. And there is only one shoe-in at this time
(Zobrist) that could be guaranteed a roster spot while the other three fight it
out to what degrees they will ultimately play in the Rays 2010 plans.
Got to love that as a fan. You can finally take a
side, much like the "Vampire/Werewolf" teams formed by the "Twilight" movie
series. We could see possible "Team Joyce" or even "Team S-Rod" or Team Brig"
T-shirts don the stands around the Grapefruit League pushing each of them
farther along in this realm of competition. And maybe I am the first to say it
out loud, but this infield competition will greatly effected on what
ultimately happens with Joyce and a possible Rightfield slot. This
13th Rays season is going to be fun-packed from the get-go, and we
will definitely see the strongest Rays squad to ever take the field when the
rosters are finalized around the time the Rays face their own affiliate
and Triple-A Champion Durham Bulls in Durham's home stadium on April
How fitting that the Rays will be playing
their Triple-A affiliate in their last warm-up game before heading back to Tampa
Bay to get ready for the 2010 Major League Baseball season. How great is it that
the Durham fans might actually be the first to see the formative Rays
everyday line-up the team will field in 2010. But then again, how bad is it
going to be for one of these borderline Rays players to be told after the game
they might be remaining in Durham, and not have a plane ticket for the flight
back to Tampa Bay for the season.
I have a weird vision in my
mind that all of them will be donning the Rays home blue and whites for the Rays
Opening Night game against the Baltimore Orioles. For some reason I
see Rodriguez,Brignac, Sonnanstine and Joyce there and being introduced to the
sold-out crowd beaming with pride that they made the cut for the Rays 13th
season roster. But their Spring Training numbers and play will ultimately decide
their fate. Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13. Right now there are
plenty of other MLB squads that need to fear this 13th Rays season. For I view
it like the Hindu religion as a positive sign and not the negative influences of
the Rays past. "13" will play a major role in the formulation of this season's
Rays roster, but the next example will have to wait for
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with "Longo" at 3rd, Pena at 1st, and Upton in Center, they have a great shot to make the playoffs and a little more.
I honestly think it is a year we have been waiting for in Tampa Bay.
With the economy keeping 12.5 percent of us down, this might be the incentive we need to stay positive.
Seriously, I think this season is the best talented team we have ever assembled(Sorry Hit Show).
Rays Renegade
Rays have an exciting, young, and talented team. Should be a great year for you guys!
I am rapping every piece of wood I see this Spring.
The injuries we have had the last two seasons have been minor in comparison to some teams.
Just hoping that trend keeps going and we can throw destiny and fate into a bowl with high hopes and it come out of the oven smelling like a winner.
It is defintiely going to be a fun time to be a Rays fan in 2010.
Rays Renegade
So that's what the fear of the #13 is called! See how much I learn from this blog? I fully expect the Rays to have a good year. They'll be tough competition in our division as always. But the Yankees have their own #13: A-Rod. :)
If you put your # 13 in a room with my #13……
Seriously, in only their 13th season this team can have a third winning season in a row, plus reconstruct that road to the Playoffs they first built in 2008.
Last season we did not sneak up on anyone anymore, but in 2010, I have a wild gut feeling we will go straight-up against anyone and give them a fair fight to the end.
Getting a strong start out of the gate in April will be key this season.
By the way, I would still pick Carl Crawford over A-Rod. You can always find power, but you have to nurtue a basestealer. And CC found a flaw in his take-off move this off season…..American League catchers are choking on their dinner right now!
Rays Renegade
There is no doubt in my mind that the Rays will perform with excellence this season. They have all the pieces to the puzzle . With JP , Balfour , and Wheeler moving down a notch for Soriano , we are definately a team to beat. It kinda annoys me though at times how people dont think we have what it takes. Like the poll today on mlb.com . We are voted 4th between the Tigers , Mariners , and Rangers for which team will go to the playoffs in 2010. We will show ALL of them though that we are THE BEST team in the majors ! GO RAYS !
I'll be interested to see how the Rays will do this year. FYI, I'll be around less once ST and the season start, as I'll be back on the RSN blogs "full time", but I'll be around, esp. when the Rays and the Red Sox play.
I like the photo with the Sombrero! ;)
Take care, Cliff!
well with a high octane offense like the rays they'll be tough to beat in the AL but need to out pitch the yanks and soxs to have a shot at division but good luck to ur rays i will keep a close eye on them mostly because i have like 4 rays on my fantasy team
Ps renagade i'll have a AL east offseason blog to so watch out 4 that 1
The Rays could certainly give the Sox and Yanks a run for their money, especially if everyone performs up to their potential
They do have a high octane offense, and it should be fun to also see a few new cogs get into the wheelhouse and get their shot in 2010.
If Matt Joyce can ramp up his offense above the 2009 numbers of Gabe Kapler and Gabe gross, then it is a total "win-win" for the Rays.
Sean Rodriguez is the guy I will keep an eagel-eye on, since I think the 2B job is his to lose right now…..but you never know.
Rays Renegade
Well I wish you luck back on RSN.
Why not also pop a blog up on MLBlogs.com?
I think this year will be the year we see just what this kind of talent can do….I am expecting some great baseball and some increase in wins.
But if we are to do anything special, we have to win the yearly series against New York and Boston like we did in 2008.
Rays Renegade
I have to say going into the first Spring Training games this week, we will get a quick glimpse at what the Rays have to offer this year.
I see the Rays closing one of their obvious holes, and patching another.
What extent this will play will be shown soon enough as the first month will show enough macth-up between last season's top three in the A L East.
When the smoke clears, I do expect the Rays to not be on their backs.
Rays Renegade
Indeed , Spring training should be exciting . Do you know if they are going to show some of the games on the Tv like Sun sports or like 1 game on MLB Network ?
Indeed , Spring training should be incredible. A little disappointed that they are so far away, but thats fine *wish i could make it to a game* Do you know if they will televise these games to show on Sun sports ?
We might need some of that luck at RSN, Cliff! I have enjoyed your entries, so thank you, and I'll be back to check your blog when we play you! You might also see me then at Ginny's Watercooler! :)
I think you're right– many of your players will have breakout years. I'm still keeping a wary eye on Zobrist. I do wonder how your pitching staff will adapt to newer roles, now that Kazmir is gone.
As for me, I won't be starting a blog anytime soon, but never say never. I am helping set up a collaborative blog, and I am finding out why I never intended to start one before–I am a techno-idiot. Besides, there are plenty of solid blogs (incl. a plethora for Red Sox fans), so in some ways, I'd be low on the "survival of the fittest" totem pole. But, if I learn enough computer stuff (via my "Rile and Terror" method–the hard way), maybe.
Take care, Cliff! Thanks!
MY friend RR, You have many reasons to be optomistic about the Rays club. I for one have washed 'Devil" from my mouth and was happy with the change. I'm not one of those big city hawks who enjoy playing king-of-the-mountain with our $$. I believe without PITT and CINN etc,…there is no Mets. Without the Rays, K.C. etc, there is no Yanks or Sox. It's a symbiotic relationship and I'm rooting for Tampa to stay persistant in the face of mega-economies some other teams enjoy.
There is also a lot of chatter up here about Bobby Valentine being the next manager of the Rays. I can't think of a viable reason to remove Maddon…I'm just not drinking that Kool-Aid.
Looking forward to your view at the American League East.
I am going to wait a week or so and see who is in shape and who might fall through the cracks back to the minors before the season.
But looking forward to your views on this extremely competitive division.
If Toronto's pitching rebounds, it makes it harder for all three of the top tier to distance themselves in 2010.
Rays Renegade
Glad to see you got some time to head over to Ilse of Palms this Spring and see your ptoject guys.
I wish I had that kind of time to do something productive like that for my Rays.
Hope they someday reward you for your sweat equity in these guys.
Rays Renegade
rays i just did the 2010 al east blog
Comment so good you had to post twice?
Actually, the Rays will be on television on the following dates:
March 5 MLB Network Rays @Yankees
March 18 MLBN Rays @Yankees
March 19 Sun Sports/MLBN Yankees @Rays
March 25 Sun Sports Twins @ Rays
March 29 MLBN Rays @Red Sox
March 30 ESPN Red Sox @Rays
April 1 Sun Sports Baltimore @Rays
I think there is a Rays Radio schedule out there somewhere too, but I do not have it written down yet.
Rays Renegade
Whenever you think you got a firm foundation, then write and you know we will read you.
That is one of the bad things about not getting on the ground floor blogs with a team like Boston, you are behind the eight ball from the word "go".
I am within a bunch of Rays blogs, but on here, I found a niche.
There are many Rays blogs, but I make mine fan-related and not stats, breaking news or repeating stuff left and right.
I just write what I would like to know as a Rays fan.
You will find your voice, and you will do it your way….We all do that.
Rays Renegade
My apologies RaysRenegade for the double comment. My computer was lagging a bit and should an error so just to play it safe i rewrote it. Thanks for all your help though with the schedules !
Go Rays !
I logged on to MLBlogs and saw the article about you! Nice pic with Steinbrenner! Woohoo! Congratulations!
Good luck to the Rays in the 13th season! Wow! Lucky 13th
You know there were a lot of fans and media that thought the Rays were the feeder system for the Red Sox and Yankees and big boys from 1998-2005.
For some reason people thought we were developing players so they could go elsewhere, but financial situation always were at the head of those problems.
Right now in their Spring camps, both those squads have a handful of players that have been on a Rays roster.
I will just use New York for an example here quickly…..P Chad Gaudin and OF Randy Winn on the 40-man, and also 2009 Rays Spring slugger OF Jon Weber on their Spring Invitee list.
You are totally correct, teams like Cincy, Pittsburgh, and Tampa Bay have added key componenets to championships in the last few years…. and they will in the future too!
Rays Renegade
I will definitely come by and check out that post today some time.
Still kind of freaked out firstname.lastname@example.com is being so nice to me today (lol).
Just glad the team is getting some recognition, and the other Rays bloggers are getting some extra readers while we all get our writing to a point before the real games begin.
Rays Renegade
RAYSREN-Holy Spicoli, you made my day brotha. I pull up MLBLogs and who is on the cover. None other than the hardest working blogger in the MLBlogosphere and George. You totally made my day..You deserve that cover my friend…D..The Rockpile Ranter
I'm unsure about Joyce's potenial in the Majors, but I'm glad he will recieve his shot this season. However, when Desmond Jennings eventually makes his way up. The Rays will be the fastest, and most exciting, club in the league! I'm also interested in watching Jeremy Hellickson make his debut. It is amazing how you guys consistantly turn out a minor league system rated in the Top 3. I'd say the Rays have A LOT to look forward to!
13 years eh? At least you can say that you beat the Blue Jays to the World Series. You have two more years to win it in order to 'one up' us. Good luck.
I think the Rays will surprise the other division rivals this year as they did in '08, I think this year the AL do not have any clear cut winners going into spring and the season start, should be a good season…
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That happens some times….."No worries mate" as Grant Balfour would say.
If I hear anything else with the Rays TV schedule….I will let you know.
Rays Renegade
Hi Rays Renegade …
Great picture of you with "The Boss" George Steinbrenner on the MLBlogs homepage !!!
Good luck for a solid season by the Rays this year … It will be a fun pennant race [once again] in the AL East in 2010 … I really look forward to all the Yankee games vs. the Rays and Red Sox this upcoming season !!!
Excellent post, as usual !!! …
# 13 is a very interesting number …
Could #13 Alex Rodriguez play a part during the Rays '10 season?
Anyway, I'm more interested in the number 28 …
#28 will be the number that all in the Yankees Universe will be most interested in this year !!!
Take care, Cliff …
Enjoy, Spring Training !!!
Jimmy, "BY&L"
Thanks Emma.
I did not even know about it until you told me here.
I think the suicidal squirrels have found me from Clearwater.
One just blew up the transformer across the street when he hit those two live wires.
I am lucky Mark like me some days….
Seriously, I hope all of us get that chance this year.
Rays Renegade
Great hearing from you my Rockies brother from a distant mother.
I am not sure about the "hardest working" part, but I do try and break a sweat while writing.
I am not sure if I deserve it, but I like it. Mark had to hit the archives for that picture (lol).
Just loving life and waiting until my first Spring game this Sunday up in Clearwater to get some much needed sun on these thighs and arms.
I look like a farmer right now.
Rays Renegade
Joyce has great power and just needs to learn to hit leftie from the left side of the batter's box.
Jennings will get a chance soon enough, with a shot if an injury hits, or maybe on August 1st.
He is the future, and maybe it might be time for the torch to be passed….. we shall see soon enough.
I think everyone in the Rays Republic is looking forward to the day "Hellboy" hit the Major Leagues. He also is working on an additional pitch this Spring….instant danger .
Rays Renegade
That is so true.
2010 will be a bit of a gunfight from start to finish.
The team that gets out quick and establishes themselves will be in the catbird seat early.
The AL East and West look like they are crapshoots, but the Central might come down to how the Twins play in their new home.
But that is why we play 162…..Right?
Rays Renegade
Like you and Lady Jane, and that guy on the front page with me, I do have friends who are Yankee fans.
And I agree with you 100 percent, this season is one that is going to be wild from Game 1.
Best part about it, we can have a friendly rivalry without violence or namecalling.
Did Joe G change his jersey number to 28.
I can tell you, we are planning to crash that party likje a wedding, but then everyone wants to knock the top dog off his porch.
Rays Renegade
Hey Cliff …
It will be a fun season, and epic battle in the AL East in 2010 … I expect the Yankees, Rays, and Red Sox to all play within five games of each other throughout the whole year, with the AL East pennant race settled in the final weeks of the season … We will be rooting for different results, of course … But, it will be fun to watch, as well as, [like you said in your above comments], a great "friendly rivaly" here at mlblogs, indeed !!!
Regarding, Joe Girardi: Yes, he did change his number 27 to #28 starting this season, as motivation for the Yankees achieving their goal of winning their 28th World Championship … I don't know if Girardi plans on continuing this trend, and changing his number each time the Yanks win a World Series with him managing the team … But, if Girardi does win "five" World Championships as Yankees manager, he will then have a slight problem when he reaches #32, which is retired in honor of Elston Howard !!! … Oh, well, that will be a great decision for Girardi to have to make at the time !!!
Take care, Cliff …
Have a great day !!!
Jimmy, "BY&L"
It is just my opinion, but he would not still be there by the 32nd Championship.
The AL East is as close to parity as you can get with small market and large market teams each pushing towards the top.
But then again, I am not a Joe G fan from Spring Training 2008, but then another JG (Jonny Gomes) made his presence known in Yankee Nation.
Wild that 19 of the Rays first 26 games are within the AL East. By May 1st we will know who is going to be the early leaders.
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Premier League: Sky Sports looks at the tightest title race in over a decade
Arsenal, Liverpool, Southampton, Chelsea, Manchester United, Everton, Tottenham and Manchester City are separated by just six points after 11 games of the season. Here we assess how they may fare over the remaining games of what promises to be a thrilling campaign.
By Rob Parrish - Follow me on Twitter @skysportsrobp
Last Updated: 14/11/13 7:48am
That was the verdict of Arsene Wenger in the wake of the Gunners' 1-0 defeat by Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday, and while the north London side remain out in front in the Premier League, their advantage has been cut to two points and eight teams are packed together within six points of the summit.
Several shock results this season would give weight to Wenger's argument.
Manchester City losing to Sunderland on Sunday was the latest in a succession of unexpected outcomes which has seen United beaten at home by West Brom, the Gunners humbled by Aston Villa at the Emirates, Chelsea slip up at Newcastle, Liverpool fall at home to Southampton and struggling Norwich inflict the third-placed Saints' solitary defeat.
But there is an equally valid counter-claim. Rather than the chasing pack catching up, there is evidence that the established elite have faltered. Managerial changes for all of last season's top three were bound to have an impact - particularly at Old Trafford following the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson - and the extent to which United, Chelsea and City have allowed points to slip away cuts through the cloak of invincibility they may have enjoyed in the past.
Since the inception of the Premier League in 1992, there has only been one season in which the top eight have been more compact at this stage - back in 2001/02, when leaders Aston Villa were just four ahead of Tottenham, with Arsenal going on to be crowned champions that term by seven points from Liverpool in second.
With 27 games of the campaign still to come, we assess the top eight and evaluate how they will fare in what promises to be the most competitive Premier League title race in over a decade.
Points 25 Sky Bet odds 7/2
For - Rather than playing catch-up as has been the case so often previously - having been 11, 12 and five points behind the leaders at this stage in the last three seasons - Arsenal are leading from the front. Aaron Ramsey's stunning form means he is overshadowing marquee summer signing Mesut Ozil in a midfield coping well with injuries to key men.
Against - The lack of alternatives to Olivier Giroud must be a concern for Wenger. The France international has already made 21 appearances for club and country this season with Lukas Podolski in the treatment room and Nicklas Bendtner miserably out of form. The January transfer window is approaching, but Wenger may be reluctant to invest mid-season.
Points 23 Sky Bet odds 13/2
For - The lethal partnership between Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge sees the duo alongside Sergio Aguero at the top of the Premier League scoring charts having each found the net eight times, with the form of the Uruguay international even more remarkable given he was suspended for the opening six games of the season.
Against - As with Arsenal, there is a concern over lack of depth behind the first-choice forwards, while Brendan Rodgers appears unsure over his favoured defensive line-up after tinkering with formations and personnel. All is well in the Suarez camp at present, but the summer saga over his future remains fresh in the memory.
Points 22 Sky Bet odds 125/1
For - A defence which is the envy of the Premier League with only five goals conceded in 11 games is coupled with a team which has embraced Mauricio Pochettino's high-energy pressing game with gusto. With three attacking players in the latest England squad, there are plenty of reasons to be cheerful in the stands at St Mary's.
Against - Even the most ardent Saints fan would admit that the depth of their squad does not measure up to big guns of the Premier League. The immediate fixtures after the international break will be a test, too, with a trip to Emirates Stadium immediately followed by a clash at Stamford Bridge, while Manchester City and Tottenham will arrive on the South Coast in December.
Points 21 Sky Bet odds 7/2
For - Jose Mourinho's return to Stamford Bridge has seen him take over a squad packed with creativity and quality in the playmaking department coupled with strength and resilience in defence, and sufficient depth in most positions. Mourinho, too, boasts a staggering record which has seen him collect at least one trophy in eight of the last nine seasons.
Against - Question marks remain over Chelsea's forward line, despite Fernando Torres showing flashes of his pre-£50million self in recent weeks and Samuel Eto'o is another whose reputation currently outweighs his contribution. Mourinho's willingness to loan out Romelu Lukaku remains baffling, given his top-flight contributions to West Brom and Everton.
Manchester United
Points 20 Sky Bet odds 9/2
For - Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney demonstrated perfectly against Arsenal why the reigning champions cannot be written off, with the energy, drive and determination of the latter complemented by the former's finishing prowess. This squad finished last season 11 points clear of the chasing pack, the biggest winning margin since 2004/05 when Chelsea were 12 ahead.
Against - Life after Ferguson was always going to be tough, with Moyes on an incredibly steep learning curve with his every selection and interview scrutinised to the nth degree. A disappointing summer transfer window still rankles with solitary signing Marouane Fellaini not the creative midfield addition fans had hoped for.
Points 20 Sky Bet odds 125/1
For - The deadline day signings of Romelu Lukaku and Gareth Barry brought attacking vigour and midfield nous to Roberto Martinez's squad, while retaining the services of Leighton Baines was equally important to their defence. Everton swiftly embraced the passing and possession game favoured by the former Wigan boss and have suffered just one defeat - at Man City - so far.
Against - As with Southampton, Everton have some testing fixtures looming on the horizon, with the Merseyside derby at home to Liverpool immediately after the international break swiftly following by trips to Manchester United and Arsenal. Arouna Kone's absence through injury and Nikica Jelavic's lack of form leaves Martinez short on striking support for Lukaku.
Points 20 Sky Bet odds 28/1
For - A summer of investment to offset the loss of Gareth Bale has removed the 'one-man-team' tag levelled at Spurs last season and they are three points better off than at this stage last term. The second-best defence - and one of the best goalkeepers - in the league deserve huge credit, while their creativity cannot be questioned as Spurs lead the league in shots on target this season.
Against - An inability to convert those chances is threatening to cost Tottenham dearly, with their shot conversion rate an embarrassing league-worst of 5.73 per cent. Andre Villas-Boas continues to persist with Roberto Soldado, despite the £26million man having scored just once from open play in 11 games in the Premier League.
Manchester City
Points 19 Sky Bet odds 5/2
For - Manuel Pellegrini's men are untouchable on home turf, with 20 goals scored and only two conceded. In-form striker Sergio Aguero has been simply unplayable at times in a City squad brimming with attacking talent, while the club's progress in the UEFA Champions League has removed the pressure from their two remaining European matches this year.
Against - City's record away from the Etihad is utterly woeful, with Fulham having taken more points on their travels. Defeats to Sunderland, Cardiff and Aston Villa is not the form of champions, with City's huge reliance on captain and defensive lynchpin Vincent Kompany evident in the manner with which they have conceded a number of route-one goals this term.


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com james.p.anderson5 gmail Jimmy Anderson, Cottage Grove
If I won a huge lottery, I think I would focus more on my passions. I love to write, and it would be great to have the time to write a book about my life, my experiences, and my family. I love politics, and I think it would be fun to work on a campaign. My wife and I love animals, so we would open a shelter. I could also spend more time working on my nonprofit, the Victims of Impaired Driving Project, which assists people impacted by impaired driving. And lastly, robot legs. Definitely robot legs.
org jforward wisbar Joe Forward, State Bar of Wisconsin, Madison
It's a good question, one I sometimes ask myself. Weighing my options after college – and lounging a bit like Benjamin Braddock in "The Graduate" at my parent's house – I learned that the local newspaper, the Oconomowoc Focus, wanted a "sports reporter." I got the job. For a year I covered high school sports. Then I moved across the country to Oregon and covered high school and college sports for another newspaper, outside Portland.
During that time, the newspaper industry began changing immensely with the rise of online publishing. I reassessed my career goals. Law school had always been on the radar, and I decided to explore it. But when I graduated in 2010, law school graduates faced abysmal job prospects. I had to set myself apart from the countless other new lawyers entering the legal field.
I thought a career in legal publishing would allow me to combine my law degree with my journalism skills. To my great surprise, the State Bar of Wisconsin was hiring a "legal writer" around this same time. If I had some career advice for Benjamin Braddock, it would be legal writing, not plastics.
com brennan gasswebermullins Michael B. Brennan, Gass Weber Mullins LLC, Milwaukee
Since leaving the bench, one of the most interesting undertakings I've participated in has been jury simulations. Before a case goes to trial our firm uses focus groups to test issues, witnesses, arguments, and themes. The results can change the way a case is tried.
A statement of neutral facts about the case is drafted. These are followed by the arguments from the plaintiff, from the defense, and then a brief rebuttal from the plaintiff. Key jury instructions are also included.
Then I read this "stimulus" in a neutral voice, as if I was reading jury instructions, to the mock jurors. The simulation takes place in the venue county, and the mock jurors demographically represent that venue. A slide presentation with pictures, graphics, and so on, is shown contemporaneous with the reading of the script. Excerpts from video depositions are also played to give the participants a "feel" for key witnesses.
The mock jurors' evaluations on important issues and witnesses are gathered and analyzed, as well as their pre-deliberation leanings on liability and damages. Then the participants are separated into groups to deliberate using a verdict form while the lawyers watch via closed-circuit TV.
The mock jurors get as involved in the case as actual jurors do – sometimes more so. Their thoughts on and insights into the case, the witnesses, and the push-and-pull of the arguments inform us, the trial lawyers, as we gauge the strengths and weaknesses of our case and that of our opponent.
com gbakke bakkenorman Gary L. Bakke, Bakke Norman SC, New Richmond
Recreation in Wisconsin is seasonal for all of us. Winter brings snow. That's a good thing. It brings cold. We can dress for that. It brings long hours of darkness. That's a real problem. My basic winter exercise is on my bicycle trainer at home or on the equipment at the Centre, our local health club. But I yearn to be outdoors.
Modern clothing allows me to be comfortable outdoors in almost any weather so skiing, both downhill and cross country, is on the menu. I also enjoy occasional ice skating and the little bit of running that my knees will tolerate.
But the winter activity that has me certified as totally crazy is winter bicycling. An international group, called Randonneurs, regularly rides long distances. Measured in kilometers, our standard routes are 200k (124 miles), 300k, 400k, and 600k (372 miles). We stop only for food, not sleep. Some of my friends also do 1,000 and 1,200 kilometer rides but I've never finished a 600k thinking it would be fun to continue on for another 600.
Then comes winter. Several of us committed to ride at least one 200k ride every month of the year. I made it for 19 consecutive months before missing one – in July.
com mmt srtf-law Marna Tess-Mattner, Schmidt, Rupke, Tess-Mattner & Fox SC, Brookfield
Although my father is an artist, I inherited none of his skill. I appreciate art in all forms, but I can't paint or draw my way out of a paper bag. Whenever I've played Pictionary, my drawings generated guffaws or blank stares.
I do, however, enjoy music, whether listening, learning or performing. I sang with choirs in high school and college, and for nearly 20 years have sung with the Master Singers of Milwaukee. Our 30 or so singers rehearse weekly and present four concerts per year, plus a number of private and public "special request" performances. The sacred and secular repertoire ranges from the medieval era to the 21st century, including great choral masterpieces, traditional folk songs and hymns, jazz, Broadway, and lovely choral gems. I have sung in approximately 19 languages (phonetic translations are invaluable).
Repetition helps me learn music quickly and thoroughly, but because I never formally studied music, music theory is not my forte. Asking me which voice is singing the third in the C#diminished chord will cause me to look like a deer in the headlights. Consequently, I have to focus on the music in rehearsals, and that means I cannot think about work or anything else.
It's good to get away from the rest of your life regularly, and music lets me escape.
com hanan gasswebermullins Beth Ermatinger Hanan, Gass Weber Mullins LLC, Milwaukee
In 2005, my family and two of my brothers' families went to Rome for Christmas. A third brother was being ordained a priest there, on Christmas Eve. During the week in Rome, we were in and out of a multitude of beautiful churches, crypts, ancient ruins, and of course some truly delicious Italian restaurants.
Our daughter, then a teenager, summed it up as "too many churches, not enough shopping." But she was the proudest to use her Latin training to translate ancient headstones and historic arches, even correcting her uncle priest. Our 15-year-old son usually carried one of his younger cousins on his shoulders as we trouped over the cobblestone streets.
The three families stayed in cell-like rooms in a former convent close to the Vatican, and on Christmas morning we shared some very small gifts before walking over to St. Peter's Square to hear Pope Benedict's first Christmas Day address. It rained much of our visit, so our clothes seldom dried and the soles of our shoes wore thin from all the walking.
Looking back now, I realize that our three families have not shared another Christmas together in one place. But none of us can celebrate Christmas without remembering that one. In our house, we now make Italian food for each Christmas dinner, preceded by a pilgrimage to Glorioso's and Sciortino's on Brady Street (Milwaukee). And when some of those store clerks speak with Italian accents, we are almost transported to 2005. Buon natale!


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4. League Makeup
The league shall be subdivided into playing sections according to sex, age, and divisional levels of competition as provided for in these bylaws.
Within each age group, teams will be assigned to divisions that reflect differing team strength/ability characteristics in order to provide competitive games, with first division (or any other division established by the board as the highest) for the strongest teams, and higher numbered divisions for progressively less-skilled teams.
The BAYS board of directors will establish annually which playing divisions will be offered in each age group and will provide this information in the registration materials for the upcoming season.
The Competition Committee will be responsible for placing all teams in the appropriate competitive divisions, for each age and sex group. All divisions shall be re-formed prior to each playing season. At registration time, each town/club shall be allowed to identify the divisions in which it would like to have its teams play; these requests will be given due consideration, along with the teams' recent playing records and other pertinent factors. Ultimately, the Competition Committee has the discretion to place a team in a higher or lower division than requested.
The relative strength of a town's/club's teams in an age/sex group shall be listed in descending order on the registration form -- unless some of them are identified as being of equal strength.
Following placement into the applicable playing strength divisions by the Competition Committee, the committee shall assign each team into playing sections, duly taking into account geographical considerations. The priority for creating playing sections will be: 1) Six-team sections (wherever possible); 2) Double four-team sections; 3) Paired five-team sections with crossover games; 4) Other schedules as necessitated by the number of teams available.
If towns indicate special field-sharing or time change requirements on their registration packets, every effort will be made to accommodate these needs in the printed BAYS schedule.


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mTT Bellin Run Team
EVENT DATE: Jun 09, 2012
Together We Triumph
myTEAM TRIUMPH is a non-profit athletic mentoring program for challenged endurance athletes.
myTEAM TRIUMPH bring the community together with the equipment necesary to challenged athletes the opportunity to experience the energy of packet pick-up, the thrill of crossing the finish line and the character building benefits of an endurance event such as a road race or triathlon.
myTEAM TRIUMPH promotes health, teamwork, and community!
myTEAM TRIUMPH will be participaing in the 2012 Bellin Run! It is our goal to field 10 teams of challenged athletes along with their Charity Angels who push them in specialized running chairs.
Team Roster:
- Cassidy McGowan
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- Lisa Kafka
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i've been prgramming a while now and using dev-c++ as my IDE. i wanted to get into windows programming and vc express is presumably the best choice. i downloaded it and set the compiler up and linked everything it should need for all the programs i've done. since i'm more familiar with dev-c++ i wrote a windows programm in there, got it to run, and moved it over to vc express. set up a new project and tried to run it. i got an error 'cannot link <windows.h>' i checked again and that header is there but express can't seem to see it.
windows is so confidant that people will use their software that they make their own app creating software harder to use than free stuff. anyway, funny to me. i think i'll stick with bloodshed dev.


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Remember the Emperor 200 workstation? All $40,000 of it? Well there's a cheaper version coming soon. Emphasis on the "er" because even if we're billing this new one as a budget offering, it certainly isn't cheap.
This new model is called the Emperor 1510. For $4,950, you get about the same shape as the big brother, as well as a number of its high end features. These include seat tilting, integrated audio, LED lighting and an inferiority complex the likes of which no IT department has ever seen.
This guy launches December 15, with any purchaser's ego following it into the stratosphere soon after. [Novel Quest via Born Rich]


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John Newton
English, active 1726–after 1753
Tea caddy, sugar box, case, 1736
silver, shagreen leather
(ab) Sugar Box; Top: 13.5 x 10.5 x 7.5 cm; (cd) Caddy; Top: 14.2 x 9.5 x 6 cm; (ef) Caddy; Top: 14.2 x 9.5 x 6 cm; (g) Case: 19 x 31.5 x 16.5 cm; (h) Key: 4 x 1.6 cm
Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Gift of Norman and Marian Robertson
G-92-487 a-h
Metallic, Decorative Arts Silver
This impressive travelling set was made by John Newton, a London-based silversmith who specialized in tea caddies. Tea, a luxury item, was introduced to England in the mid-seventeenth century, and the appearance of tea caddies and chests accompanied the rise of tea drinking. These containers often featured locks, as is present in this work, as a way to safeguard the precious and expensive loose tea leaves. In 1774 the government reduced the taxes on tea, officially halving its price and allowing for greater importation of the leaves and increased accessibility to a wider audience. By the early years of the nineteenth century, tea was part of British life for both the rich and the poor.
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My Revolution. Saving bees in Central London.
Urban beekeeping is increasingly popular around the world, with many cities lifting bans on inner-city beehives. London, in particular, has made a name for itself as a haven for urban beekeeping—even if some beekeepers are skeptical about the city's efforts to fund inexperienced bee enthusiasts. It's not just the city government that is stepping in to support London's bee population either—in fact a major corporate-sponsored program is helping would-be beekeepers to learn the skills they need…
From supporting research into Colony Collapse Disorder, through distributing wildflower seeds to customers and its own farmers alike, to providing direct funding and support for amateur beekeepers, this initiative always looked like a major step beyond your average corporate outreach effort. The video below would seem to confirm this, visiting urban beekeepers who have directly benefited from the Cooperative Group's support.
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ENGG 240: Kinematics and Dynamics of Machinery
Can be used by undergraduates for A.B. course count only
A study of kinematics, dynamics, and vibrations of mechanical components. Topics will include kinematic analysis and synthesis of mechanisms, with applications to linkages, cams, gears, etc.; dynamics of reciprocating and rotating machinery; and mechanical vibrations. Computer-aided design and analysis of kinematic and kinetic models.