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Yes, I know… I skipped the Twins History Lesson* post (again) last week. Did you miss it? You did? Really? Dang… now I feel bad. Tell you what, there wasn't a LOT of cool stuff that happened during the week of July 19-25 but I'll briefly mention a couple of items, just for you, then I'll move on to all the noteworthy items (and a few not so noteworthy) for the upcoming week.
If I say "pine tar incident", chances are you're mind goes to George Brett's famous "out" on July 24, 1983, that was later reversed. But how many of you remember July 19, 1975, when the Yankees' Thurman Munson had his first inning RBI single nullified when his bat was found to have pine tar more than the legally allowed 18 inches up the handle? Nobody? OK, do you maybe remember Tom Brunansky's inside-the-park Grand Slam Home Run seven years later, on July 19, 1982?
Let's also catch up with a couple of pitching performances taking place on July 23 in 2005 and 2006. On 7/23/05, the Twins needed a starting pitcher to face off against Justin Verlander in the second game of a doubleheader with the Tigers so the call went to Rochester for an arm to pitch one game and head back to the Red Wings. Enter Scott Baker, who held the Kitties to 2 runs on 5 hits in 7 innings to earn his first W as a Twin… then headed straight back to Rochester. Gardy's postgame quote: "I think you're seeing what we hope to get out of this young man. It's very exciting."
Exactly a year later, another young starting pitcher, Francisco Liriano, combined with four Twins relievers (Pat Neshek, Dennys Reyes, Juan Rincon and Joe Nathan) to set a new Twins record for most strikeouts in a nine inning game, with 17 combined Ks, in a 3-1 win over the Indians. Liriano recorded an even 10 of those Ks in his 5 innings of work.
July 24 is also worth catching up on. On that date in 1961, The Twins signed Tony Oliva and 15 years later, in 1976, Twins OF Lyman Bostock hit for the cycle during a 17-2 win over the WhiteSox.
That's enough for last week… let's move on to this week in Twins History:
On July 26, 1967, Twins pitcher Jim Merritt set a Twins record when he pitched 13 innings in a 3-2 win over the Yankees. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough for Merritt to earn the W as it took 18 innings for the Twins to earn that win. I'm guessing the Twins didn't have Merritt on a pitch count limit.
There have been a couple of hitting performances of note on July 27. In 1978, Twins 3B Mike Cubbage hit for the cycle in a 6-3 win over the Blue Jays. He was the 5th Twin to accomplish the feat and the first after Bostock's cycle two years and three days earlier.
Five years later, on July 27, 1983, the Brewers Ben Ogilvie hit the longest HR in Metrodome history when he took a Brad Havens pitch 481 feet in to the upper deck in RF.
Those in attendance at Fenway Park for the Twins/RedSox game on July 28, 1967, saw something very few people ever had an opportunity to see, but few of them probably really appreciated it. The Twins beat the Sox 9-2 as pitcher Dean Chance outdueled Boston ace Jim Lonborg (who was allowed to take leave from his National Guard duty to pitch the game). The rarity? That would be Chance's bunt for a base hit in the Twins' 7-run 4th inning. It was Chance's first base hit following a stretch of 78 straight ABs without a hit (setting an AL record). Chance and Lonborg matched up twice more that season in eventful games. Nine days after this game, Chance retired all 15 hitters he faced in a rain shortened five inning "perfect game" win over Lonborg and the RedSox, making Lonborg 0-12 against the Twins in his career. Unfortunately, he broke that string on October 1, leading the Sox to the AL pennant over the Twins on the last day of the season. Chance was the Twins' losing pitcher.
I couldn't find a darn thing of note that has ever occurred on July 29 in the history of the Twins. That probably won't change this season as the team has the 29th off this year.
Not much going on for the Twins on July 30, either, for that matter, unless you consider the Twins trading Matt Lawton to the Mets for Rick Reed in 2001 or the trade of Luis Castillo to the same Mets for Drew Butera and Dustin Martin in 2007 to be big deals. Hmmmm… I do sense a pattern here. Should we look forward to Bill Smith completing another trade with the Mets on Friday?
We'll make up for the lack of activity over July29-30 with a pretty long list of stuff for July 31, much of it trade related as it's the last day for non-waiver trades:
1965: No trades of note on this date, but Tony Oliva's heads up baserunning brought home a 2-1 win in 11 innings over the Orioles. (See if this sounds familiar, you fans of the movie Major League.) With one out in the 11th and Oliva on 2B and Harmon Killebrew having been intentionally walked to set up the double play, Joe Nossek hit a roller to Brooks Robinson at 3B. Robinson threw to second to force Killer but the relay to first was too late to complete the double play. That's when O's firstbaseman Boog Powell was surprised to realize Oliva never stopped at 3B but had rounded it and headed for home. Powell's throw was late and Oliva slid home for the Twins win. His quote after the game, "… if I'm out at home, it's a bad play. Today it was a good play because I made it."
1972: No trade involved here either, but if you ever get a chance to talk to Bert Blyleven ask him about the day he gave up two inside-the-park HRs to the WhiteSox' Dick Allen (then duck).
Now let's get to some of those trades, shall we?
1987: The Twins picked up future HoF pitcher Steve Carleton from the Indians for a player to be named (who turned out to be pitcher Jeff Perry).
1989: The Twins became the first team in MLB history to trade a reigning Cy Young Award winner by trading Frank Viola to the Mets for Rick Aguilera, David West, Kevin Tapani, Jack Savage and Tim Drummond.
1995: Tapani was traded to the Dodgers along with Mark Guthrie in return for Jose Parra, Greg Hansell, Chris Latham and future FSN field reporter Ron Coomer.
2004: The Twins sent 1B Doug Mientkiewicz to the Cubs for pitcher Justin Jones.
2006: The Twins sent P Kyle Lohse (and his evil twin, Lyle) to the Reds for P Zach Ward.
2009: The Twins acquired SS Orlando Cabrera and cash from the A's for minor leaguer Tyler Ladendorf.
Finally, let's check in on what the first day of August has meant to the Twins:
1985: Pitcher Bert Blyleven returned to the Twins in a trade with Cleveland. The Twins sent outfielder Jim Weaver, pitchers Curt Wardle and Rich Yett, and shortstop Jay Bell to the Indians.
1986: Exactly a year after returning to the Twins, Blyleven threw a 2 hitter against the A's and struck out 15 hitters (then a club record). In the process, he became the 10th pitcher with 3,000 career Ks. In the same 10-1 win, Kirby Puckett became the first Twin to hit for the cycle in a game at the Metrodome.
1994: Oriole Cal Ripken played in his 2,000th consecutive game in a 1-0 win over the Twins at the 'Dome.
2007: Perhaps a memory many of us would prefer not be reminded about as the Twins decided to go forward with their game against the Royals in order to keep from sending almost 25,000 fans on to already congested roads following the collapse of the I-35W bridge about an hour before game time. A moment of silence to remember the victims of the bridge collapse was held prior to the game.
With that, let's all look forward to cheering on the Twins in their series this week at Kansas City and at home, next weekend, against the Mariners! – JC
*We pull this information from a few different sources, including (but not necessarily limited to) Dave Wright's excellent book, "162-0, The Greatest Wins!", as well as some internet sites like "Twins Trivia" and "National Pastime".


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You'll never guess what, right. Nintendo is making a new Super Mario game and a new Mario Kart game. Cross my heart! I can't give you any real useful details about either, okay, but I swear it's true, Nintendo really is making more games in those long, long, long-running series. May Queen Elizabeth herself strike me down if one word of a lie has crossed my lips.
The mysterious new Super Mario is coming from the team behind Super Mario Galaxy (pictured above) and Super Mario 3D Land. The 3D game will be playable at E3 this year, but that's all we know.
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FS#1036 - Layer list - drop down menu option
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In the same way as the Pen tool has a drop down menu, would it be possible to have an option to configure the layer list in the same way. I am trying to create a bit more drawing space and it would be good if I could dock the layer list in the top of my window and only take up a single row space!
I feel maybe a bit more explanation is needed.
I am working on a drawing in which I have set up two view ports, ortho grid in one and iso grid in the other one and in order to work more effectively it would be good to create more screen space.To be honest it would be a great feature to have the same 'drop down' menu style option for the property editor too, but I don't know how much work that would involve. These two dialogs (layer list and property editor) are probably the most used for most people and therefore want to be within easy reach - but not always docked permanently (just my 2 cents ;)).
Could you post a screen-shot of your current QCAD Screen arrangement? Just to see what we are exactly talking about ....
What's about a "Register card" arrangement like this ...
No screenshot needed, I am talking about not having anything docked on left or right, but have the tools only docked above in a 'ribbon' like style. Like the main menu is above the 'work space' I would like to dock the layer list and the property editor also above the workspace - just as you can the 'pen' tool, with drop down menus!
Hope this makes sense Husky :)
I have set up key codes for opening and showing the layer list and property editor as and when I need to, this is only a temporary situation any way, so maybe the key code idea is the best solution for me, it will give me a bit more screen space to work with and its no hardship to press a keyboard key for now. When I have finished this particular project .. I will re-dock the dialogs as before.


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Feature request for a 'plug-in' for generating different types of gears, like - Ring, Spur, Sprocket, Rack, etc... etc...
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Hey NUHS,
As always, hope everyone had a great week. The last weekend
featured a nice seminar from Dr. David Renner, the 3rd seminar in
the 100-hr AK certification. The seminar went over neurological
disorganization, acupuncture, thyroid, cranial faults, and a few
others. I highly recommend all new NUHS students to come check out
AK club and see if it's something for you! Shameless Plug: I'll be
teaching next trimester (along with Jordan Bray if he can swing it
from clinic shift). AK material I've learned in seminars is
completely unique and different from what is taught at this school
and has completely changed the way I practice and given me extra
confidence to treat literally anything that walks through my
Getting back to my routine trimester review. If you've been
reading the blog for a while you know I have generally taken an
objective look back at the trimester and tried to figure out what I
did well and what I stunk it up at! I give myself self-imposed
'grades' for each section.
Classes (Grade: C+)
This trimester was a little daunting class-wise for a couple
reasons. Heading into final exams I have Bs in all my classes
except Chest which I bombed the midterm. I have to do really well
on the final (which is supposed to be a lot easier) to pass Chest.
I'm not too worried though. The tough part has been that by the
time you get to the end of Trimester 7, you're body has been beaten
through literally years of exams, tests, practicals, research, and
papers. It's a grind folks, and you'll find the majority of
classmates saying, "I just want to pass" by this trimester and "get
me to clinic." For incoming students, don't be alarmed, you are
becoming DOCTORS, not technicians or undergraduate bachelor's, you
have someone's health in your hands post-NUHS so I'm glad at the
same time we get inundated with education. My tip for the faculty
and the administration is: CUT OUT THE CRAP and POLITICS and ADD in
some more passion (and faster Internet)! But I digress.
Seminars (Grade: A-)
I attended the Spine 2 seminar taught by the incredible, Dr. Tim
Francis. Dr. Francis is truly a ray of light and an entirely rare
and unique type of doctor. The guy fixes all sorts of conditions
that typical chiropractors and MDs don't even fix or manage well. I
loved all the material he presented and learned a ton for my own
skills. The reason it's not an A is that there were some 100-hr AK
seminars I wanted to attend but didn't have enough money for, so I
stayed home and studied the material they were being taught on my
own and got the notes. Remember, kids, there's always more than one
way to skin a cat and even if you don't have the money you should
still be hunting down the people that have taken the seminar and
get their notes to learn! I did this with my friends that took TPI
(Titleist Performance Institute) golf certification and got the
notes to a $900 seminar. Does that mean I'm certified? No. Does
that mean I know how to treat golfers much better now?
I'm sorry if this post sounded like I'm exhausted, I am. I
cannot wait for break. I'll be back in full force and energy after
break for an epic summer session. I've got some really fun material
pumping out for you that includes How to Learn to Play
Peace out until Summer Session!
Hey National,
Twelve weeks down. Three to go! Time on the grind is in full
mode from here on out. Thankfully, Easter was a little early this
year and allowed a nice weekend of some celebration, fun, and poor
eating choices to gear up for the stresses of finals.
Being from Boston, weekend holidays are pretty tough to get home
to see the family, financially and time-wise. I spent Easter
weekend with my girlfriend's family in the local area. Her brother
and his girlfriend came home from college and added to the fun
shenanigans. A couple weeks ago, Ashley's mom mentioned she planned
on a dinner and asked if we wanted to do anything else. I, being a
true kid at heart, suggested EASTER EGG HUNT! To my happiness, she
rolled with the idea and went next level creative on that hunt! The
rules were we had 6 eggs carefully hidden in the backyard so at
least part of the egg was showing (my grandpa is notorious for
completely burying eggs so this was a nice positive). We came to
find that each egg had a piece of paper with a word on it. We had
to find all 6 eggs, open up all the pieces of paper inside and put
them in a sentence. Mine read: GO TO THE DOWNSTAIRS BATHROOM. I
almost peed my pants leaping across the house to the bathroom (get
it ;). I busted open the door to find a wonderful Easter basket! I
wasn't sure what to expect but an Easter basket was above and
beyond what I expected and I was elated, along with my blood sugar,
as I consumed some delicious chocolate and thanked Ash's family for
such a great holiday.
On a school note, I attended a Gonstead adjusting seminar off
campus. Dr. S was the instructor and as usual for my readers of
this blog, if you aren't going to seminars, don't come to
chiropractic school. You're wasting your time. As abruptive as I
can be: School will prepare you to become a licensed doctor--a
pretty good doctor, but not a Great doctor. You need to learn from
the best and practice a ton to be the best, assuming you want to be
a great doctor, of course. (Sadly, there are plenty of people that
don't care...you know who you are). The one big knock I have on
National is they don't expose their students to enough
techniques. Why should they choose what techniques from our rich
Chiropractic history that we should get taught? Shouldn't we be
taught most of them and then choose which ones we like the best and
want to integrate into our tool bag? Just my humble opinion. As
usual, there's a way around this fault by just going to outside
seminars and seeing for yourself! Problem solved! Boom. Hope you
have a great week, email me with any questions.
For starters look into AK, Gonstead, MPI, Functional Rehab
(SFMA/FMS), DNS, Nutrition, Sports Rehab, Homeopathy, TBM, etc.
Have fun future docs.
Well, that's it for me this week. See, National isn't all work
and no play? It's for people that work hard and play
Stay Classy,
Hope the week is going well. I often get asked about
supplements, which ones are great, and what amounts should be
In clinical nutrition class, we have to memorize popular and
effective supplements and the doses that the research has deemed
efficacious. It's taught by one of the leading nutritional experts
in the States, Dr. David Seaman. I love Dr. Seaman's
anti-inflammatory diet and supplemental approach to disease,
prevention and health promotion. The new integrated/functional MDs
are catching on that most disease processes, such as the biggest
killers in America (heart disease, stroke, some cancers,
Alzheimer's, hypertension, etc., etc.) are rooted in chronic
inflammatory processes!
The three biggest physiological disruptions in a person in a
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Dr. Seaman recommends his 'Basic' Supplemental
The general supplemental guidelines we have to memorize for the
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cool research for what sort of dosage you'd be looking at.
Have a great healthy week,
Hope everyone had a great week. Does anyone else notice that the
weather has been (enter explicative here) lately? Can't wait for
warmer days!
OK, now for some other shenanigans I get into....
Meditation. It's a word that felt so hippy and New Age mumbo
jumbo, I avoided it like the plague. Lately I've been having this
odd urge to try it. Everyone who isn't a complete jerk understands
the benefits of 1-3x a day quieting the mind and slowing down and
relaxing. I could include a fancy list of "medical benefits" like
"lowers stress, blood pressure, anxiety, etc.", blah blah. You KNOW
So why haven't I done it--ever? I'm a natural medicine doc-to-be
and I still haven't done it?! What hope is there for the other Joe
Blows who don't care about health as much as I do?
Therein lies why I write today. A challenge--a self-improvement
challenge and experiment into the realm of developing automatic
habits. When someone tells me, "Oh, I can't eat healthy or (enter
healthy habit)," I respond with, "Do you brush your teeth?" The
answer is always, aside from the strange look they temporarily
shoot me as they move farther away as if my hidden message was they
have terrible breath, "Yes." Good! That means you can be
You see, all habits are simply routines in your life that you
have ingrained into your LIFEstyle. In fact, once you have
automated them into your daily routine it literally feels awkward
when you don't do something. How many people feel weird when they
forget to brush their teeth more than once day? Or don't buckle up
on the highway? Nevertheless, you get my point. Ingrain a habit,
and after 22-66 days, it will be almost indefinitely a part of you
for the foreseeable future.
That's why diets don't work. People don't actually take the time
to ingrain the habit of healthy eating. They just crash diet on
some crappy low calorie foods and hope the weight stays off when
they return to the SAME HABITS THAT PRODUCED THEIR CURRENT BODY
Einstein famously said, "Doing the same thing over and over and
expecting different results is the definition of INSANITY." Most
dieters, are by Einstein's logic, INSANE. Can you be more
successful than the 98% of dieters that fail? Yes, check out Dr.
John Berardi at Precision Nutrition. They focus on HABITS and they
have INCREDIBLE results and, more importantly, LONG TERM SUCCESS.
Alas, my rant is over, and this segues into our post on the habit
of meditation and our challenge for you to try it!
How To Automate a Lifestyle Habit
What were my biggest obstacles to actually trying
My Obstacle 1: "I didn't know HOW to meditate and I didn't want
to do it wrong."
My Solution: I looked up a SIMPLE 5-minute meditation (explained
at the end of this post) to make sure it was effective and a novice
could do it and still expect benefits.
My Obstacle 2: "I didn't really care about doing
My Solution: I realized that I was so stressed out from school,
and I like experimenting, so I decided to try it to be exposed to
benefits and see if it's worth it. Notice: I put it in terms of how
does it benefit my life. We are selfish creatures. When something
is in it for you, you are more likely to commit.
Is the habit simple enough?
My Habit: Do a 5-minute meditation first thing in the morning
before my shower.
Confidence Check: 9/10. Pass.
A Bad Habit: Do 20 minutes of meditation in the middle of the
Confidence Check: 6/10. Fail. Why? It still seems simple? Well,
I have never meditated before, and 20 minutes even for more
advanced "meditators" is challenging. In addition, although the
middle of the day may be the "best" time to neutralize the stress
of midday school, I simply would not be able to find 20 minutes to
do it. Maybe I could give up part of my lunch break? Do you see why
it's not a 2/10 but it's not a 9/10. If it's not a 9, you're going
to fail. Focus on early wins and Simplify, Simplify,
I'm going to do the challenge for 14 days. Why? Mainly because I
want to track the benefits of meditation. My criteria are: Do I
feel more at ease through the day? Do I get overwhelmed by
schoolwork? If I really feel better and have higher will power/self
control throughout the day then I will make the habit a long-term
addition to my day (extending the challenge past 22-66 days). It
costs me zero dollars and only 5 minutes of my time.
Download the Lift App from the App store. Plug in the Habit
"Meditate." There are currently 18,000+ people on the app all with
the goal of meditating so you will be more motivated to "Check that
habit off on a daily basis" and see the tally tracking of the app
pile up! Positive reinforcement works!
How To Do A Simple 5-Minute Meditation that
Breath focus is a simple but powerful meditation technique for
training your brain and increasing willpower. It reduces stress and
teaches the mind to handle both Inner Distractions (cravings,
worries, desires) and Outer Temptations (sounds, sights,
Step 1: Sit Still and Stay Put.
Sit on a chair or side of your bed. Get comfortable. Put your
hands palms up on your lap/thighs. Get relaxed. If you feel itchy
or uncomfortable try to refocus on staying still. Staying still is
the foundation of self-control and a simple act to control
impulsiveness in your brain.
Step 2: Turn your Attention to Your Breath.
Close your eyes. Begin to notice your breath. Breathe in and
breathe out. Silently say "Inhale" and "Exhale." Do this for the
first couple minutes to help focus your brain on your breathing.
About this time your mind will wander (it will) try to refocus
every time this happens on your breathing. The act of refocusing on
breathing in and out and being aware of the breath will activate
your prefrontal cortex and quiet stress and craving centers in your
Step 3: Notice How it Feels to Breathe, and Notice How the
Mind Wanders.
After a few minutes, drop the labels "inhale/exhale." Try
focusing on FEEEE-LING the breath. You might notice the feeling of
air flowing in and out of your nose and mouth. You might feel your
belly pushing out and in, or (less efficiently) your rib cage
elevated and depressing. This part of the practice trains
self-awareness along with self-control.
PRO TIP: Only do 5 minutes a day. If you feel uber confident, do
a little bit more like 10-15 minutes. Don't wander from the 5
minutes until you've completed 14 days IN A ROW. Then start
experimenting and adding your own stuff to it. Once you've got 14
days under your belt you will be better at meditating than 905% of
the population. BOOMMMM!
Have a Great Week,
Hope everyone had a great week and weekend. As a student at
National you'll find that once you're in the flow of the trimester
and tests, assignments, and quizzes are rolling around, the weeks
have a tendency to just fly by. After about Week 10, I start
getting bored with my classes and I'm in the mood for fresh
material and a new start. Now onto more interesting stuff....
BulletProof Coffee For A BulletProof
"I don't always drink coffee…
but when I do I drink BulletProof coffee."
-- Most Interesting Coffee Drinker in the World
One of the biggest sets of complaints and biggest obstacles to
achieving health revolves around breakfast. People don't have
enough time. People don't know what to eat. People are tired or
mentally sluggish 2 hours after eating...etc., etc., etc.
I have stumbled upon a solution from Dave Asprey aka The
BulletProof Exec. Since, blood sugar stabilization and healthy fats
are essential for sustained energy, and increased mental
performance throughout the day (remember your brain is 80% fat),
Dave conjured up this incredible "biohack" for your morning
routine. Toss the insulin-raising, energy-sapping, fat-storing
toast, bagels, oatmeal, and cereal in the morning and get a load of
coffee mixed with...2 Tbsps....of Grass Fed...wait for
Am I serious? Yes. Will it cause heart disease? No. Know
Your Fats by Dr. Mary Enig put that whole fat scare to rest
years ago. This recipe I had to try when I read it and I must say
it's incredible! The odd thing was it actually TASTES GOOD and
produces LASTING ENERGY and MENTAL CLARITY. I wish I thought of
this sooner!
My Twist: I add a heaping scoop of chocolate protein powder for
extra protein in the morning to take better advantage of the fat
loss properties explained in the 4 Hour Body (30g of
protein within 30 minutes of waking had the highest correlation
with fat loss effectiveness of all other lifestyle changing
Bulletproof Coffee Recipe
(Original Post Here: How to Make Your Coffee Bulletproof...And Your
Morning Too)
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Rafters buoyed by Matthes' slam in finale
Matthes launched a first-inning grand slam to give the Rafters an early lead that they would never relinquish. The top team in the Arizona Fall League's East Division finished the regular season with a 7-3 win over Surprise and will face Peoria in the AFL Championship Game on Saturday.
"It's good to finish strong," the Rockies' No. 20 prospect said. "We've won our last two and it's good to go into the championship feeling good about our performances. Just like anything you always want to get hot at the right time, and we're playing some good ball so hopefully that will carry over to the championship."
The slam was Matthes' fifth homer of the fall and first grand slam since Aug. 2, 2011, when the Alabama alum was playing with the Rockies' Class A Advanced affiliate in Modesto.
The four-run opening inning proved crucial as the Saguaros pitching staff was able to shut down the potent Salt River lineup for much of the afternoon. After the first, the Rafters managed just four singles and one run -- an RBI base hit by Lars Davis in the third -- over the next six frames.
"We saw some good arms all day," Matthes said. "If you look, they outhit us and we probably struck out a dozen or more times, so it was good to get up early. We had some good arms going for us too. I guess for this league it was a relatively low-scoring game."
Surprise pushed a run across in the bottom of the fifth with Texas shortstop prospect Hanser Alberto scoring on a groundout by fellow Ranger Chris McGuiness, and a two-run homer by Whit Merrifield (Royals) cut the deficit to 5-3 two innings later.
That was as close as the Saguaros would get, though, as Nationals' No. 17 prospect Jason Martinson -- pinch-hitting for Washington's top prospect Anthony Rendon in the eighth -- sent the second pitch of his at-bat over the right-field wall for a two-run homer.
Martinson, the Nats' fifth-round pick in the 2010 Draft, came in on a six-game hitting streak but had been unable to find a groove in the AFL, batting just .167 with no home runs entering Thursday.
"Martinson has a lot of pop," Matthes said. "He's shown it in [batting practice] and he's had a lot of balls hard out here in the Fall League without much luck. So for him to give us the four-run lead back was big. He put a really good swing on a ball away and drove it out to right."
Matthes finished the regular season with the team lead in home runs and RBIs (18), and says to bring a championship to Salt River would be a bonus on top of what already has been a very successful fall.
"It's been a great experience," he said. "I've learned a lot. There's been some really competition. I think you'll see a lot of these guys in the big leagues next year as impact players."


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Day 15: The Gobi desert - Ulaanbaatar - Gun-Galuut NR via Giant Genghis monument
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Day 0: Arrival in Ulaanbaatar, dealing with jet lag
Arrival in Ulaanbaatar, our guide and driver will meet us at the airport and aid with check-in at the central hotel. The remainder of the day is for you to get over jet lag and take a good rest before your wonderful journey across Mongolia. Hotel in Ulaanbaatar is not included in the package. You can check suggested hotels here.
Day 1: Ulaanbaatar city sightseeing day
The city tour of Ulaanbaatar takes you through some of the principal sights of this unique city. You visit the Gandan Monastery, housing a 26 meter high gilded statue of the Buddha. Welcome lunch in a Mongolian restaurant. Your tour also takes you to the Genghis Khan monument on the Sukhbaatar square and the Museum of National History. Then we visit Bogd Khan's palace museum and Zaisan Memorial hill. Hotel in Ulaanbaatar is not included in the package. You can check suggested hotels here. L
Day 2: Ulaanbaatar – Amarbayasgalant Monastery
Meet in the hotel lobby and we start our big Mongolian tour this morning and head to the north to magnificent Amarbayasgalant monastery. Stop for lunch at Darkhan town, second largest city of the country. We arrive and transfer to tourist ger camp near the renowned monastery in the late afternoon. Ger camp L+D
Day 3: Amarbayasgalant – Bulgan, Uran Togoo
After breakfast we visit beautiful Amarbayasgalant monastery to take part in the morning chants and meet the monks, then head to the north toward Lake Huvsgul, break our journey in picturesque Uran Togoo mountain in Bulgan province in the northern Mongolia. Ger camp B+L+D
Day 4: Bulgan – Moren, Huvsgul province – Northern Mongolia
We continue the drive through the forest mountains of northern Mongolia to Moren. Visit the famous immemorial Uushig Deer stones, that dates back to the Bronze Age. Visit the local bazaar in a town. Local Hotel B+L+D
Day 5: Moren - Lake Huvsgul
3-4 hours of driving to the north to the Lake Huvsgul that is called "Mother Ocean" by the locals, enjoy hiking around the lake. We spend the night at friendly Toilogt ger camp by the lake. Ger camp B+L+D
Day 6: Leisure Day at Lake Huvsgul
This day is spent leisurely, activities and sightseeing on Lake Huvsgul and its surroundings - admire the inspiring beauty of Lake Huvsgul on a panoramic drive to Mt.Khyasaa, visit the Tsaatans "Reindeer people" and enjoy a 2 hour kayaking. Optional horse riding, fishing etc Ger camp B+L+D
Day 7: Lake Huvsgul - Moren – Jargalant
Today we drive a path southwards, passing Moren and continuing into the astounding Khangai Mountains. We make the five to six hour passage to the Jargalant Hot Springs, crossing the Tsagaan Burgas (White Bush) Pass on your way.We break our journey in Jargalant Hot Springs. Relax at hot springs spa. Ger camp B+L+D
Day 8: Jargalant - Khorgo Terkh National Park
A short drive today brings you into the volcanic surrounds of Lake Terkhiin Tsagaan - the 'Great White Lake'. We visit local nomadic family on our way to the lake. The lake lies calmly in the arms of tall hills, its water extremely clear and lined with long sand beaches. Ger camp B+L+D
Day 9: Khorgo Terkh National Park – Tsenkher Hot Springs.
Breakfast and we drive to Tsenkher hot springs with a stop in lovely Tsetserleg town to visit the Zay Bandida monastery museum and have lunch. Then continue the drive for 1.5hrs, arrive at the Tsenkher hot springs in the evening. Have dinner and enjoy hot bath before going to bed. Ger camp B+L+D
Day 10: Tsenkher Hot Springs - Ancient Capital Karakorum
Today, we head toward to Karakorum - the ancient capital of Mongolia. Arrive in Karakorum and we visit legendary monastery Erdene Zuu, the biggest Buddhist monastery in Central Mongolia founded in 1586. Visit Karakorum museum. Optional visit to town bazaar and then Khaadiin Khoshoo on the hill to have a great view of Orkhon river valley. Ger camp B+L+D
PS: Please kindly note that some travelers who've chosen not to join with Northern Mongolia part will join for the rest part today, and some of group members who joined for Northern Mongolia can leave today. You'll have special dinner to welcome new travel buddies and to farewell group members who are leaving.
Day 11: Karakorum – Ongi Monastery
Today we drive to the Great Gobi desert with the break visiting the Ongi monastery, which is related to 18th century. Visit nomadic family ger in the morning. Have picnic lunch on the way in a scenic spot. Visit to Ongi monastery ruins, optional walk. Transfer to tourist ger camp, full board and overnight at the ger camp. Ger camp B+L+D
Day 12: Ongi - Bayanzag "Flaming Cliffs" – Dinosaur native land
Today we visit the Bayanzag- the Flaming Cliffs in Mongolian fashion - on the back of a camel or alternatively by foot or car. You can even find real dinosaur bones and eggs yourself! An optional short camel ride around the red cliffs. Ger camp B+L+D
Day 13: Bayanzag – stunning Khongor sand dunes – renown as singing dunes
The drive to the dunes at Khongoriin takes between 3 and 4 hours. Visit the beautiful sand dunes and the Khongor river streaming through the sands, camel riding along the Khongor sand dunes etc. Ger camp B+L+D
Day 14: Khongor - Yoliin Am Gorge
Today we drive through the Gobi Gurvan Saikhan Park stopping for photography and possibly lunch along the way. Transfer to ger camp, dinner and overnight. Ger camp B+L+D
Day 15: The Gobi Desert - Ulaanbaatar - Gun-Galuut nature reserve via Giant Genghis Monument
Today, we say goodbye to the drivers and catch flight to Ulaanbaatar. Arrive and drive directly to Gun-Galuut nature reserve in the valley of the Kherlen River across the green steppes via Giant Genghis monument. Arrive and check at eco friendly Steppe Nomads ger camp (Certificate of Excellence 2013 by Tripadvisor.com) Ger camp B+L+D
Day 16: Leisure Days at Gun Galuut Nature Reserve
Gun-Galuut is a home to many endangered species including the Argali wild mountain sheep and many more. We hike or enjoy some optional horse ride to Mt. Baits to view the gorgeous Argali mountain sheep and the White Napped Crane, Whooper Swan and other birds. Visit a nomadic family and learn their ways to tend their livestock. Moreover, we will enjoy a presentation about Mongolian Ger dwelling with a Ger construction show on one of the days. Optional fishing or kayaking on the river Kherlen. Ger camp B+L+D
Day 17. Gun Galuut - Terelj National park
After breakfast we drive to Terelj National park. Visit Aryapala temple, a temple of meditation and Turtle rock. Optional hiking, horse riding or archery at the park. Ger camp B+L+D
Day 18. Terelj National park- Ulaanbaatar
After breakfast we drive back to Ulaanbaatar and transfer to the hotel. Optional souvenir and cashmere shopping if you wish. Enjoy traditional folklore concert by the magical Tumen Ekh ensemble. Farewell dinner. Hotel in Ulaanbaatar is not included in the package. You can check suggested hotels here. B+L+D
Day 00: Departure from Mongolia.
Transfer to the airport after breakfast. Say goodbye to Mongolia
Date & Price - set departure tour
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Included Services
- Full-time services of your English speaking local guide(s) throughout the tour
- Sightseeing and entrance fees according to the itinerary
- Ticket to the Giant Genghis Monument Complex
- Private transfers (4WD Japanese minivans + Experienced drivers) – 4 tourists in 1 van
- Airport transfers
- Twin share at good tourist camps
- Meals as listed (B-breakfast, L-lunch, D-dinner)
- 2 hour Camel riding fees in the Gobi
- 3 hour Horse riding fees in Gun-Galuut or Huvsgul
- 3 kayaking fees in Huvsgul
- Nomads' Day festival ticket (Sep departure only)
- Gobi – Ulaanbaatar flight + Tax (10+5kg free luggage)
- 0.5 l x 3 bottled water per day
- Visa support invitation letter where applicable
- Exclusive Discover True Mongolia souvenir!
Not Included in the Service
- International Airfare/train tickets + Tax
- Travel insurance & Visa fees
- Accommodation in Ulaanbaatar
- Items of a personal nature such as laundry, drinks, camera or video fees at any sites etc.
- Tips for your guide and driver (discretionary).
- Optional activities
- For children of a family (0 – 3 years old) is 100% free of charge
- For children of a family (4 – 12 years old) is 40% free of charge
- Discount for courier bringing min 3 pax
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Outside Ulaanbaatar: Please take in mind that traveling in the countryside of Mongolia is often tough, a trip is conducted in remote areas where there's no hotel and paved roads exist.
Outside of Ulaanbaatar, tourist Ger camps are the best accommodation for travelers. A Ger is Mongolian traditional dwelling made of felt layers and wooden construction, and the Mongols have lived in Gers since the time immemorial. Tourist Ger camps offer comfortable Gers with 1-4 beds with good bedding, and also have western style showers and WCs (mostly shared). A few Ger camps offer en-suite Gers at additional charge (please ask your Selena Travel advisor for this). Due to remoteness some tourist Ger camps may not excel in service, so travelers may not always expect high pressure showers, bubble baths or gourmet food etc.
Khorgo -Terkh National Park is one of the most beautiful national parks in Mongolia with its crystal clear Terkh Lake and the Khorgo Volcano. The nature beauty is awesome here and is a great place for hiking, horse riding and relaxing. You can visit the Hell of Yellow Dog, Ice Hole and the Youth Cave that are pretty impressive!
The city of Karakorum: In 1220 great Chinghis Khaan declared it as the capital city of his vast Empire. Today there are many interesting sites left to visit; the legendary turtle rock sculptures, Buddhist stupas and the ruins of this once great city to name a few. Erdenezuu - the 1st Buddhist monastery in Mongolia was established in 1586. Today Erdenezuu monastery still shows its glory with collections of many priceless religious objects and incredibly beautiful Mongolian arts. It has a massive square wall, 420 meters in length each side, 108 Stupas & 17 temples.
The Gobi Desert is the most mysterious place on earth The Gobi invites you to reveal its secrets. This region is famous for its unique natural formations, many places where you can dig and find real dinosaur fossils, flora and fauna not found anywhere else in the world. There is plenty to photograph- impressive herds of gazelles & sightings of the rare Khulan(Asiatic wild ass).
Bayanzag (Flaming Cliffs) is internationally famous for its fossilized dinosaur remains. Dinosaur nests with eggs were found here as well as whole fossilized skeletons.
Yoliin Am (Vulture's Gorge) is a narrow valley located in the Zuun Saikhan Mountain range, with thick pieces of ice almost all year around hidden in its depths. This area is home to rare animals such as the Argali (wild sheep) and Ibex as well as Vultures and other large birds.
Jun 21, 2011. Discover True Mongolia: departure Jun 21 - Jul 11 + Naadam add on We have recently returned to Australia after spending 21 days on a Discover True Mongolia Tour, visiting many parts of Mongolia on a 4,100 klm trip. This was a trip we thoroughly enjoyed from start to finish - it has also given us memories of the land and its people that we will hold in our hearts forever. Transport was provided in Mitsubishi Delica 4WD wagons, which provided both comfort and large clear windows, through which we could be guaranteed to see all the wonderful sights Mongolia had to offer. Our tour team consisted of an English speaking guide Joe, together with two wonderful drivers Sodoo and Huygaa. These three young men played a huge part in the fact that our trip was both enjoyable and memorable. Thank you Crys, Joe, Sodoo and Huygaa for the trip of a lifetime - we hope one day to return to your beautiful country.Bertha & Pat Wells
Jun 21, 2011. Discover True Mongolia: departure Jun 21 - Jul 11 + Naadam add on Now that we are home in Thailand, we want to thank you for all of your help in arranging our Discover True Mongolia tour this past month. We had an absolutley fantastic time, from beginning to end, on our recent trip to Mongolia. Many thanks, too, go to our tour team of Joe, Sodoo and Hoyga. We could not have been more pleased and impressed with their constant attention to detail and comfort for their guests. We had so many good belly laughs with our group of travelers, tour leader and drivers; they made this trip a dream come true. We have long wanted to go to Mongolia and am so pleased to have seen and experienced all that we did with Selena Travel.Debbie and Mike
Aug 31, 2011. Discover True Mongolia: departure Aug 31 - Sep 20 Dennis and I made it home to Willsboro, NY with no problems. We had a really fun time in Mongolia. Everything was well taken care of by all of you at Selena Travel. Thank you so much. We have a lot of pictures to go through in the next few weeks. We will be sure and send you some of the best. Both Joe and Star did an outstanding job of guiding and are really good at getting along with all kinds of people. We hope that the Nomad Festival went well and that the rest of our tour group had a good time.Alice Wand and Dennis Kalma
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Antioxidant Supplementation for Males with Subfertility May Increase Chance of Pregnancy
Many couples experience trouble with conceiving a child. The cause may be due to the women or the man. Some male infertility may be caused by damage to the sperm from a variety of causes. Oxidative stress, caused by free radicals, is thought to be one cause. Antioxidants found in fruits and vegetables and supplements are believed to counteract the effects of free radicals and decrease oxidative stress.
Researchers from the Cochrane database reviewed several past studies to examine the benefits of antioxidants for men with subfertility. The review, published in the Cochrane Database, found that men that took antioxidant supplementation had increased rates of successful pregnancy.
About the Study
The systematic review included 34 previous randomized trials with 2,876 couples seeking fertility assistance. The men had low fertility levels and were assigned to an antioxidant supplement or placebo. The couples with the men that took antioxidant supplementation had a:
- 4.18 times greater chance of pregnancy
- 4.85 times greater chance of live birth
How Does This Affect You?
A systematic review combines several smaller studies that sometimes have conflicting results. The careful combination of these results can increase the reliability of the outcomes. The studies reviewed in this study were of moderate to low quality. This could decrease the reliability of these particular outcomes.
While the benefits of antioxidants in other areas of health have not shown as much promise as first hoped, in the area of male subferfility the supplements have shown some benefit. While supplements were used in this study, you can also increase your antioxidants through your diet by increasing your daily fruits and vegetables. If you are having trouble conceiving a child, see your doctor about options to increase your chance of having a child. The solution may be as simple as taking a daily vitamin or eating more fruits and vegetables.
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
The National Infertility Association
Showell MG, Brown J, Yazdani A, Stankiewicz MT, Hart RJ. Antioxidants for male subfertility. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011, Issue 1.
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America's companies, from Apple Inc. to Verizon Communications Inc., are saving about $700 billion in interest payments with the Federal Reserve's unprecedented stimulus.
Corporate bond yields over the past four years have fallen to an average of 4.6 percent from 6.14 percent in the five years before Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s demise, a savings equal to $15.4 million annually per every $1 billion borrowed. Businesses took advantage of the Fed's largesse to lock in record low rates, extend maturities and raise cash by selling $5.16 trillion of bonds, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
"The stimulus was a huge saving grace in the economy overall," said J. Michael Schlotman, the chief financial officer at Cincinnati-based Kroger Co., the grocery store operator that estimates it's paying about $80 million less in interest than it would have pre-crisis. "It probably kept some businesses from failing because they were able to refinance their debt at lower interest payments."
The combination of a near-zero rate policy and more than $3 trillion of bond purchases by the Fed since December 2008 means that the collective interest savings enjoyed by Apple, Verizon and more than 2,000 other corporate borrowers exceeds Switzerland's $632 billion economy.
Defaults Plummet
That's money freed up to expand businesses and hire workers. Corporations boosted their capital expenditures to $699 billion in the three months ended June 30, about the most in a decade, and up 8.7 percent from the corresponding period last year, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. Even the neediest companies have been able to obtain cash as the trailing 12-month U.S. speculative-grade default rate has plummeted to less than 3 percent from more than 13 percent back in 2009.
Drugstore chain Rite Aid Corp. and residential property firm Realogy Corp. are two of the 283 junk-rated borrowers identified in March 2009 by Moody's Investors Service as being at the highest risk of default that have since sold bonds.
After plunging to 9.5 cents on the dollar in March 2009, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania-based Rite Aid's $295 million of debentures due February 2027 have rebounded to 101.38 cents, as their yields fell to 7.53 percent from 80 percent.
While borrowing costs are starting to rise in anticipation that the Fed will start reducing stimulus measures, they're still below pre-crisis levels and enticing borrowers. Verizon sold $49 billion of bonds last week in the biggest corporate offering on record.
Quantitative Easing
When Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke started to pump cash directly into the financial system in December 2008 by purchasing bonds in a policy known as quantitative easing, unemployment was the highest in 26 years and companies rated below Baa3 at Moody's and less than BBB- by Standard & Poor's faced $1.2 trillion of debt maturing through 2015. That's been cut to about $115.8 billion, according to Barclays Plc.
"The benefits of quantitative easing include the confidence that it gave to markets, which allowed credit markets to re-open," said Eric Gross, a Barclays credit strategist in New York. "If a company can get to the primary market and pay off its obligations, it can live to fight another day. The problem back then was the primary market was completely closed."
Companies sold just $21.9 billion of investment-grade and high-yield bonds in the month after Lehman collapsed on Sept. 15, 2008, less than half the size of Verizon's sale last week.
Spending, Jobs
Kroger's $3.1 billion of bond sales in the past four years included $600 million of 10-year notes sold in July with a 3.85 percent coupon. That's below the 6.4 percent for similar- maturity debt that the largest supermarket operator in the U.S. issued in August 2007, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Schlotman said the interest savings gave him the confidence to ask Kroger's directors to approve $10 billion in capital expenditures and boost employment by 35,000 jobs over the past five years. The company had 343,000 employees as of Feb. 2, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Savings of about $700 billion represents the difference between what companies that have sold bonds since Sept. 17, 2009, are paying based on an average maturity of nine years for securities in the Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. Corporate & High Yield Index, versus what they might have paid before the crisis.
IBM's Record
After rising as high as 11.1 percent on Oct. 28, 2008, it wasn't until Sept. 17, 2009 that yields fell below the pre- Lehman average of 6.14 percent, the Bank of America Merrill Lynch index shows.
International Business Machines Corp., the largest computer-services provider, sold $1.25 billion of seven-year notes in May at a record low coupon of 1.625 percent. That compares with a 5.7 percent rate on 10-year debt issued in 2007 by the Armonk, New York-based company.
Verizon, the largest U.S. telephone carrier after No. 1 AT&T Inc., issued $49 billion of bonds in eight parts on Sept. 11 in the biggest sale on record to help fund its $130 billion purchase of the rest of Verizon Wireless from Vodafone Group Plc. On the $11 billion portion due in 10 years, the New York- based company is paying a coupon of 5.15 percent, less than the 5.5 percent on similar-maturity notes it sold in March 2007.
Verizon's offering exceeded the previous record of $17 billion set on April 30 by Cupertino, California-based Apple. That sale, the iPhone-maker's first since 1996, included $4 billion of 1 percent, five-year notes and $5.5 billion of 2.4 percent, 10-year securities.
Fed Taper
With the economy now firming, the Fed has been considering curtailing its stimulus. The central bank unexpectedly refrained today from reducing the $85 billion pace of monthly bond buying, saying it needs to see more signs of lasting improvement.
Yields on 10-year Treasuries, a benchmark for everything from corporate bonds to mortgages, have risen to 2.76 percent as of 2:17 p.m. in New York, after reaching as high as 2.99 percent on Sept. 5, from 1.76 percent on Dec. 31. Apple's 2.4 percent bonds have fallen 11.3 cents since they were issued to 88.6 cents on the dollar, pushing the yield up to 3.83 percent.
The Fed embarked on its stimulus in the face of an economy spiraling into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, when a collapse in the subprime mortgage market and deteriorating property values led to the forced sale of Bear Stearns Cos. and the demise of Lehman.
Early Benefits
Mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were placed into government conservatorship, insurer American International Group Inc. agreed to a U.S. takeover to avert collapse, Merrill Lynch & Co. was compelled to sell itself to Bank of America Corp. and automaker General Motors Corp. faced insolvency.
To bring down a jobless rate that eventually reached a peak of 10 percent in October 2009, the Fed cut its target rate for overnight loans between banks to a range of zero and 0.25 percent and started buying Treasuries and mortgage debt on Dec. 5, 2008.
Within the first 30 days of the program's onset, yields on dollar-denominated corporate bonds dropped a percentage point to 9.8 percent on Jan. 5, 2009, Bank of America Merrill Lynch index data show. By the time the Fed started its second round of QE on Nov. 12, 2010, yields on the notes had plunged to 4.6 percent, less than half what they were two years earlier.
Interest Lowered
"It's allowed companies such as ourselves to continue to access the capital markets," Dan D'Arrigo, the executive vice president and chief financial officer of Las Vegas-based casino company MGM Resorts International, said in a Sept. 17 telephone interview. During the crisis, "we still had access but at much more costly rates to our company," he said.
MGM, which runs the Bellagio and MGM Grand casinos, was able to lower its interest expenses by $230 million in December, to about $770 million annually, refinancing debt with $4 billion of loans and $1.25 billion of bonds, according to a Dec. 20 statement from the company.
As credit loosened, corporate yields plunged as low as 3.35 percent on May 2, from 9.76 percent at the end of 2008. Verizon has led $1.1 trillion of dollar-denominated issuance this year, on pace to surpass last year's record $1.47 trillion, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Refinancings have cut the amount of speculative-grade bonds and loans set to mature in 2014 to $43.7 billion, compared with $331.5 billion when the Fed started its QE program in 2008.
'Maturity Wall'
"There was this maturity wall that people were terrified of," said Neil Wessan, the group head of New York-based CIT Group Inc.'s capital markets unit. "That's been spread out over a much broader period of time."
CIT emerged from a month of bankruptcy protection in December 2009. After a $592.3 million loss last year, analysts surveyed by Bloomberg forecast CIT will report its highest earnings in 2013 and 2014 since exiting bankruptcy.
The business lender sold 5 percent securities in July that are due in August 2023 to yield 5.125 percent. That's below the 6.625 percent coupon on seven-year notes it issued in March 2011, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
"The availability of all this excess liquidity has allowed the market to re-price, amend and extend," Wessan said. "That took a lot of pressure out of the system."
Fed Governor Jeremy Stein warned in February that some credit markets, such as corporate debt, were showing signs of excessive risk-taking. Investors poured $758.7 billion into U.S. bond funds in the four years after 2008, according to research firm EPFR Global in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Stein's Warning
"We are seeing a fairly significant pattern of reaching- for-yield behavior emerging in corporate credit," Stein said at the time in a speech in St. Louis.
Company debt loads in the U.S. have increased faster than cash flow for six straight quarters. Debt of investment-grade companies rose in the second quarter to 2.09 times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, according to JPMorgan. That's up from 2.07 times in the first three months of 2013 and compares with 2.13 in the third quarter of 2009, when it peaked after the longest recession since the 1930s.
Rite Aid, which lost money in five of the past six years, sold $810 million of eight-year debentures in June paying 2.5 percentage points less than similar-maturity debt it issued last year.
The most indebted U.S. drugstore generated $504 million of free cash in the 12 months ended March 2, the most since at least 1996. Rite-Aid, which Moody's placed on its "Bottom Rung" list in its March 2009 report, is ranked B3 by the ratings firm and B- by S&P, both six levels below investment grade.
Susan Henderson, a spokeswoman for Rite Aid, didn't respond to a telephone and e-mail message seeking comment.
Realogy Cuts
Madison, New Jersey-based Realogy, the most indebted U.S. real-estate services company, has decreased its total interest expense to $255 million from $672 million in 2012, Chief Financial Officer Anthony Hull said in a July interview.
A strengthening economy may help indebted companies meeting interest payments even with yields on the Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. Corporate & High Yield index having risen to 4.23 percent, 0.64 percentage point more than at the end of 2012.
Gross domestic product is expected to grow by 2.65 percent next year from 1.6 percent this year and after contracting 2.8 percent in 2009, according to 81 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The unemployment rate was 7.3 percent in August.
The Fed's QE "was the right thing at the right time," Kroger's Schlotman said. "You can't keep rates here forever. At some point, market forces have to drive your ability to succeed in the marketplace."


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Once again Bernie Sanders has thrown his hat in the ring to support the wind industry.
Always the savior of the little man, this time he favors big business over rural Vermonters. Some of the very same Vermonters who help to keep him in office.
Bernie's press conference this week smacks those Vermonters in the face.
Less than a year ago, Sen. Sanders sent out a form letter saying he wouldn't respond to the plight of rural towns battling wind developers because he doesn't intervene in local or state political processes.
That idea sure went out the window in a hurry.
Most Vermonters believe in global climate change. Most of us want to do what we can.
Those who are practical and serious about making a real change know Vermont needs to work on the way we heat our homes and power our vehicles.
Vermont is the cleanest state in the nation for electrical power generation already. The practice of selling green energy wind credits down south is only allowing large corporations to increase the amount of pollution they put into our air.
This Thursday rural Vermonters from around the state will join together to present the Legislature with a "Clean Energy Plan" that supports Vermont's rural communities, preserves the state's ridgelines and ecosytems, and protects our heritage.
There is no science behind the wind industry, just painful lie, that Vermont will live to regret.
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Labor deal could thwart Mets' pursuit of Bourn
There you go. A nice deal. Both sides made concessions. Both sides also got things they considered important. Now, 14 months later, baseball's 2011 labor agreement is being scrutinized for a section that didn't seem significant at the time.
The New York Mets have no interest in signing free-agent outfielder Michael Bourn if it means surrendering their top 2013 Draft pick, the 11th overall. If you're wondering why a rebuilding team would invest big bucks in a 30-year-old outfielder regardless of the compensation, that's a question plenty of people inside the industry are asking.
It's also beside the point. We may never know how interested the Mets ever were in signing Bourn. All we know for now is that they have zero interest if it means losing their top Draft pick. And unless something changes, that's exactly what would happen.
The Major League Baseball Players Association may file a grievance to see if an arbitrator would agree to change the current compensation rule. It seems unlikely to happen since both sides knew exactly what they were agreeing to. It could be tweaked in the years ahead, but to change it now for the benefit of one club seems like a long shot unless the arbitrator sides with a "spirit of the rule" argument.
That one tiny part of the large, complex agreement could cost Bourn a chance to negotiate with the Mets -- that's negotiate with the Mets, which isn't the same as signing with the Mets -- is the last thing anyone expected when it was signed in November 2011.
Here's how it came to be:
As Draft costs skyrocketed, owners wanted a mechanism for controlling costs. Players agreed to such a change. Rather than making each Draft a free-for-all for larger and larger bonuses, the two sides agreed to a pool system in which each club was given a set amount of money depending on the quality of picks and overall number of picks.
For instance, in 2012, the money ranged from $1.7 million for the Angels to $12.4 million for the Twins for the first 10 rounds. Owners stressed they were not looking to roll back Draft spending, and that was the case as 2012 spending ($190 million) was only slightly less than 2011 spending ($192 million).
In return, players wanted to reduce the number of free agents who would cost teams Draft choices. In the 2012 Draft, there were 33 compensatory picks in all, and for middle relievers -- and indeed for many players not considered stars -- the compensation probably hurt their marketability.
So the two sides simplified the system: If a team made one of its free agents a qualifying offer -- the average of the top 125 salaries in the game -- there would be a compensatory Draft pick awarded if the player signed elsewhere. For this offseason, that average was $13.3 million.
Only 10 players were extended qualifying offers. All 10 rejected the offer, making them the only players whose signing included a Draft pick.
When the Atlanta Braves signed B.J. Upton, they lost their first-round pick and the Rays picked up an extra pick after the first round. Likewise for the Rangers when Josh Hamilton signed with the Angels, etc.
But the teams agreed to protect the top 10 picks. If a team had a top 10 pick, it could keep that pick and sign whatever free agents it wanted. It was believed this would allow the worst teams a chance to improve more quickly.
And there was one other addendum to the rule. If a team failed to sign its 2012 first-round pick, it would be awarded an equivalent No. 1 pick in 2013.
When the Pirates were unable to sign Stanford right-hander Mark Appel -- the eighth pick of the 2012 Draft -- they were rewarded with the ninth pick of the 2013 Draft, thereby bumping every team after No. 8 down one slot.
The Mets finished with baseball's 10th-worst record in 2012. But they got only the 11th pick because the Pirates got the compensation pick for not signing Appel.
The Mets, therefore, would like an exception. Since they had the 10th-worst record, they would like to have their top pick (11th) protected. MLB officials say the 11th pick is the 11th pick, not the 10th pick, thus it's not eligible for protection.
The MLBPA is siding with Bourn and his agent, Scott Boras. The Mets? They are saying they're not going to surrender the 11th pick to sign Bourn. They seem willing to negotiate if they could keep the pick, but the story hasn't gotten that far.
In an odd twist, the changes in compensation and the Draft were designed to give the worst teams the best chance of improving. Players who had previously demanded big money might no longer slip out of the first round and into the waiting arms of a big-revenue team. If a player had first-round talent, he would almost certainly go in the first round. And teams with top 10 picks could sign free agents and keep their players.
It's unclear how this story will play out. The Mets seem dead set not to sign Bourn if it is going to cost them their top pick. Would an arbitrator change the rule? Even if that did happen, would it come quickly enough to get Bourn into Spring Training with the Mets? Or should he continue shopping elsewhere for a new team? Stay tuned.
Richard Justice has been a reporter for MLB.com since 2011. Read his columns and follow him on Twitter at @RichardJustice.