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The biggest factor affecting future rates-of-return on any investment is the price you pay for it. Buy good assets at a reasonable price or cheaper and you're bound to do well if you hold them long enough – so long as a paradigm-shift, a change in the way the world works, doesn't destroy the asset's value. This can include expropriation of private property by a previously business-friendly government or the failure to adapt to change by individual companies or industries.
In such a case, the ability of the asset to generate cash for the owner is forever impaired and losses can become permanent. In the US stock market, think buggy whip manufacturers in the 1890s, newspaper publishers a century later, or more recently, highly levered investment banks.
So long as you avoid getting killed by a paradigm-shift, and don't grossly overpay, you'll be alright as an investor if you're patient. Overpaying for an asset, even a quality one, is an entirely different situation and can result in a very long wait indeed before you're OK.
In the case of stocks, you might wait a market cycle or longer. Most quality tech stocks remain below their highs from the last great bull market. Wonderful companies like Cisco Systems, EMC, Intel, and Microsoft are today lower than they were in February 2000, by some 40-70%. It's a lesson in what happens if you buy a scary expensive asset: though many of these companies have grown their businesses at an impressive double-digit clip during the last 13 years, the growth wasn't fast enough to compensate for a P/E ratio contraction from 50 times earnings to 10-12x.
In the case of other asset classes, it could take even longer to get your money back if markets move against you. Bond trends, for example, are generational because the debt cycle is so long. The current bull market in bonds is over 30-years old and the previous bear market in bonds also lasted some three decades. In the case of investment grade real estate, illiquidity adds a further painful possibility.
Concern for overpaying for investments is something to always be vigilant about. Given so many markets are at all-time highs, it is particularly timely to review the investment landscape and do some simple back-of-the-envelope type analysis. This analysis assumes there will be a reversion-to-the-mean movement in prices at some point in the next decade. In other words, historic relationships will be restored.
Equities: We are clearly in a powerful stock market rally. We've seen prices increase by over 20% in six months and 100% in the past 4 years. Some are heralding a new long-term bull market, though it's just as likely the bear has simply been hibernating. Only time will tell who's right. Meanwhile, we can use simple math to see if the stock market is scary expensive or not.
The current median of estimated P/E ratios of stocks with earnings is roughly 17.5x and the dividend yield is 2.5%. This is according to the most recent data from ValueLine. Assume corporate earnings and therefore dividends grow by its long-term historic average of 5% annually over the next decade. Further assume P/E ratios drop to 14x, its historic average.
In ten years, the total return for stocks under this example would be about 5.9% per year. That's roughly twice the yield quality 10-year corporate bonds are currently paying. If these assumptions are valid, then stocks in general are reasonably attractive for the patient long-term investor, particularly in comparison to bonds.
Bonds and other traditionally "safe" investments: We will not always be in a zero interest rate world. Someday the training wheels will no longer be needed for this muddle-through economy. Count the Congressional Budget Office as among those who believe this. In fact, the CBO projects that 10-year Treasury bonds will be yielding 5% by 2019. Basically they're assuming bonds will revert to their historic relationship to inflation.
Assume the CBO is roughly correct. Then simple math points to bonds and many other assets tied to the cost of money crashing by some 30-40% at some point over the next six years or so.
A long-term Treasury bond currently yields 3% and pays $30 of interest for every $1,000. If the 10-year bond yields 5% in 6 years, a conservative assumption is that the long-term bond yield would rise to at least 6%. If you own the bond that pays $30 of interest, the market in this example would turn it into a 6% yielder by reducing the principal value of the bond to $620. Simple math: the yield-to-maturity of a 24-year bond with a 3% coupon selling at $620 is 6%.
Long term Treasuries are not the only vehicles exposed to interest rate risk. Preferred stocks, REITs, utility stocks and other assets tied to the cost of money will also be greatly affected. This simple reversion-to-the-mean analysis should give you pause if you own these types of assets. We have records going back to when King Henry VIII of England legalized money-lending and we know that interest rates have never been lower in recorded history, even during the deflationary 19th Century. That's another way of saying bonds have never been more expensive.
I believe fixed income investors must redefine what constitutes safety in a zero-interest-rate world because the truth is, in such a world traditionally "safe" investments are scary expensive and therefore not safe.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
More Pink!
Here is another pink card! The design is a CASE from SCS (my disclaimer again). I used a different stamp set and card stock, I just love how this turned out! I sent it out as a birthday card for the WishRAK group I am in. I am a "birthday fairy" for WishRAK on SCS. That means I am assigned several people a month to send birthday cards to! I am glad to do it and love to send out cards I make, after all I take a picture of them and will forever have that if I want to make another. I have 3 shoes boxes worth of cards I have made now so I really need to only keep a few absolute favorites. Speaking of, I need to send some of those out!
That's all for today, short and sweet :)
7 comments:
- peanutbee said...
Very pretty card. The birthday WRAK'er who receives it will surely have a smile on her face! :)
- March 25, 2008 at 9:51 PM
Love the card! Pretty :) You know me & pink!
- March 25, 2008 at 11:30 PM
- papersunshine said...
Thank you Denise! Actually this time I got a PM thank you, so I am glad it was well received :)
Thanks Rachel!!! Yeah, me too on the pink :)
- March 26, 2008 at 7:28 AM
- Cheryl said...
What a sweet card!! It is so very nice, Lori!
- March 26, 2008 at 5:46 PM
- papersunshine said...
Thank you Cheryl :)
- April 2, 2008 at 4:13 PM
- Michelle Woerner (sf9erfan) said...
Love this card, very lovely and soft!
- April 2, 2008 at 7:23 PM
very feminine! great job Lor...
birthday fairy? now there's a kewl assignment! : )
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A collection of 3 tunes with a common theme, that being science-fiction. The styles vary slightly between each track, but they would all fit right into a science-fiction production, be it a game or TV or a film.
Interstellar Mission 3:01
An epic voyage through multiple galaxies, never knowing what comes next. Science fiction and action combined (with a bit of ambient too).
This track has a soft-ish first half, as if you were flying through space (or hyperspace) and admiring the stars / planets / galaxies that pass by. It's generally meant to express the beauty of space and how huge it is.
At 1:15 however, our journey might come across an alien battle, and the music picks up greatly in intensity here. It's still epic, but there is just a little bit more tension here, provided mainly be the percussion. There is a little 'coda' at the end which transitions us back to the beginning of the track, as this track loops infinitely.
There is a constant 'pulse' throughout this track (mainly in the bass), which means that it constantly has forward momentum, crucial for long-running presentations or website backgrounds that need a bit of spark / excitement while the user is browsing.
There is also a constant sense of mystery as there are a number of 'foreign' sounds in this track such as otherwordly ethereal vocals, and synth sounds that are not entirely conventional.
All in all, probably something for everyone here! Video game music, trailer music, film music product promo music, it should work across all mediums.
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Mysterious Sci-Fi Orchestral Theme 3:18
A track that pays homage to science fiction scores of the late 80's early 90's, where grand orchestral music was used to intensify the mystery and vastness of space.
This track makes use of the whole orchestra, and some additional more esoteric instruments besides. I wanted to blend old school and new school sounds together to see what I could come up with. There are always new and interesting sounds waiting to be discovered.
The piece does not have a great deal of movement as I wanted to recreate the feeling of being lost in somewhere huge. It has a fairly ambiguous ending which might make it useful as an introduction rather an an 'outroduction'. However, it is a substantial length track that is constantly evolving and going somewhere new, which makes it a perfect fit for extended presentations or corporate videos (where the subject material matches the music obviously!)
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The top-ranked Hope volleyball team claimed a share of the championship of the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) with a home court victory on Friday night.
The Flying Dutch posted a three-set victory over Albion to finish their MIAA dual meet season with a 15-1 record. Hope shares the championship with rival Calvin. The teams split their head-to-head matches during the season.
Coached by Becky Schmidt, the Flying Dutch are the top-ranked team in NCAA Division III and have an overall 28-1 record.
The MIAA volleyball championship is the 12th in school history and the fifth in 10 seasons under coach Schmidt.
The conference tournament will be played next weekend hosted by Calvin.
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La Liga Preview: Espanyol v Barcelona
Espanyol will be out to halt the title ambitions of Barcelona as their bitter city rivals continue their hunt for a 23rd La Liga crown.
Gerardo Martino's Barca side have recovered emphatically from a surprise 1-0 defeat at Real Valladolid earlier this month, winning the following three La Liga matches.
They have scored 14 goals in the process, following up Sunday's epic 4-3 Clasico success at bitter rivals Real Madrid with a routine 3-0 home win over Celta Vigo in midweek to really ignite their title charge.
They will face a stiff test on Saturday however, against neighbours Espanyol, with the two clubs competing in a bitter rivalry down the years that holds its roots in political differences.
Those differences are less pronounced now, but there is no question of diminishing tensions whenever the two sides meet on the field.
This weekend should be no different, with both sides needing maximum points to aid their respective causes as the Liga season enters its final throes.
Barca lie second in the table, a point behind leaders Atletico Madrid and two clear of Real, while their hosts are among a cluster of teams aiming for a top-six finish that would see them qualify for the UEFA Europa League.
Javier Aguirre's side have been inconsistent in recent weeks, with two wins, two draws and two defeats in their past six matches, although they were victorious last time out as goals from Sergio Garcia and Pizzi earned them a 2-1 win at Malaga on Tuesday.
Head coach Aguirre believes that luck was on their side in that game, and he is hoping Saturday's derby can inspire his charges to a strong finish to the campaign.
"We have to go and try to win," he said. "Our team is strong and healthy. Each of our last eight games is a final."
Barca were rocked on Wednesday by the news that goalkeeper Victor Valdes has played his final game for the club after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament while making a routine save in the first half at Camp Nou.
With the Spain international having already announced he is to leave at the end of the season, it was a sad way to bow out for the keeper, and there were further concerns for Barca when Andres Iniesta was withdrawn at half-time with a niggling thigh injury.
However, the diminutive midfielder insisted on Thursday that it was not a serious problem and that he would be fit for the weekend, before echoing the sentiments of Aguirre.
"I sensed some minor pain, but I should be fine by tomorrow and perfect by Saturday," he told the club's official website.
"These are always very special matches and the situation in the league makes it more important than ever. We'll go there hoping to win, but aware that it won't be easy.
"We are back in contention for the league title, and I think we deserve to be, on our own merit. Now every game is like a final."
Along with Valdes, Barca will be without Jonathan dos Santos (knee) and Isaac Cuenca (hamstring), while Carles Puyol (knee) remains doubtful.


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First look: Saracen 2010 mountain and kids' bikes
Reincarnated UK brand has big plans
We've just returned from a preview of Saracen's 2010 range of mountain and kids' bikes, and there are very positive signs for the future of this once stalwart British bike brand.
In this instalment we look at the new Tufftrax and Mantra entry-level mountain bikes, Zen long-travel trail bikes and Bolt, Amplitude and other kids' bikes available in the 2010 Saracen range.
The Tufftrax is Saracen's entry-level mountain bike, suitable for light trail use. Both the Tufftrax (£249.99) and Tufftrax Comp (£299.99) come with 80mm-travel Suntour forks. The Comp gets a Shimano Altus rear mech instead of the basic TX51 model and 24 gears instead of 21.
Designer Simon Wild has had tyres specially made for the Tufftrax with a shallow tread which he says will be grippy enough for towpath-type riding but smooth enough to roll fast on the road, unlike many entry-level mountain bikes which are specced with over-knobbly tyres.
The Tufftrax Comp comes with Saracen-designed multi-terrain 'Jack' tyres.
Both models will come with Saracen-branded stem and handlebar combos. Like on most of the 2010 range, UK-friendly features on the Tufftrax include Crud/Cycraguard bosses for fitting downtube mudguards and forward-facing seatpost collars, as well as pannier rack bosses.
The double-butted Mantra bike comes in three flavours – Mantra, Mantra Pro and Mantra X-27 – and has been designed for riders who want to hit the trails proper.
Saracen's Mantra X27 uses a 27-speed setup courtesy of SRAM.
The brushed steel headbadge is a neat touch, and the Mantra shares the UK-friendly features of the Tufftrax.
The £399.99 base model has a 100mm Suntour XCT fork with lockout, Shimano 24-speed gearing with an Acera rear mech, Tektro cable disk brakes and Saracen's own stem, bars and saddle.
For £100 more you get the Mantra Pro. Upgrades include a Suntour XCM 100mm-travel fork with lockout, Quad Axis hydraulic brakes and Shimano Alivio rear mech.
The Mantra X-27 is kitted out with 120mm Suntour XCR forks with lockout, SRAM X-5 27 speed shifting and Quad Dime hydraulic disk brakes.
The Zen has always been a top performing model, and Saracen's long-travel hardtail looks like it's going to be a winner for 2010.
Head tubes on the Zen range get the VIP treatment, with the name Saracen CNC machined into the double-butted tubing.
The £849.99 Zen 1 has a RockShox Tora 289 U-Turn 85-130mm fork, Shimano Deore shifters with a Shadow Deore rear mech, Truvativ Blaze chainset, Quad Sting Pro hydraulic disc brakes, Mavic XM317 rims and Saracen bars, stem and grips.
The £999.99 Zen 2 has Marzocchi Bomber 33 TST2 140mm forks (15mm QR), Deore shifting with SLX Shadow rear mech, Truvativ Firex chainset, Shimano M486 hydraulic brakes and a RaceFace stem and bar combo.
The £1299.99 Zen 3 gets a RockShox Recon 335 U-Turn 95-140mm fork (20mm axle), Shimano SLX shifting, Deore XT rear mech, Truvativ Firex chainset, Shimano M575 hydraulic brakes and Syncros all-mountain wheels, stem and bars.
Saracen have long been renowned for producing decent budget jump bikes, and according to Simon Wild, dirt jump bikes are an "integral part" of what the company is about.
Amplitude CR2 will retail at £459.99.
So much so that Saracen are in talks with a number of "
The £359.99 Amplitute CR1 should appeal to first-time dirt demons and those on a shoestring with its chromoly steel frame, rigid fork, Tektro V-brakes and own-brand finishing kit.
Moving up the range, the £649.99 Amplitude CR3 gets Marzocchi Dirt Jumper 3 100mm forks, Quad Axis hydraulic disc brakes, Alienation rims and a pimp-looking gold chain.
Down with the kids
Children are well catered for in the 2010 range. The Tufftrax Jnr model is a scaled-down version of the Tufftrax adult bike and has 50mm Suntour forks, Shimano shifting and Saracen-branded grips, stem and bars.
The Amplitude is "built for kids to wreck", according to Simon Wild – which means it's durable and going to last.
With a 30mm travel fork and bashguard, this singlespeed dirt jump bike mini-me looks like fun for the wee men and women.
The future of Saracen
With a dedicated team of designers and the support of
Simon Wild has designed all the new Saracen range, and an extended range of mountain and urban bikes are already in the prototype phase.
A downhill/freeride bike, Myst, is also at the design stage, which Saracen hope will be piloted by a well-known rider on the World Cup circuit.
An urban line-up is set to launch later this year too.
And for those of you who hark back to the days of the iconic Kili cross country machine, watch this space because there might be a UK designed titanium stunner coming to a trail near you soon…


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Beck to headline 2010 CPAC gathering, cementing right-wing media hold on conservative movement
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Last year it was radio host Rush Limbaugh keynoting CPAC, the annual gather of right-wingers in our nation's capital. This year the honor goes to Fox News' Glenn Beck.
That should put to rest any doubts that right-wing media figures own the conservative movement and by extension the Republican Party.
Politico's Michael Calderone reported yesterday that Beck said of his selection, "CPAC is my kind of people." An astute observation to be sure given the wing-nuttery on display at CPAC gatherings in years past:
- Coulter's CPAC reference to Edwards as "faggot" gives rise to questions for media
- At CPAC, Bay Buchanan discusses "clean[ing] ... out" the "abortionist[s]" from South Dakota
- Introducing Rep. Pence at CPAC, Accuracy in Media's Cliff Kincaid questioned whether Obama was born in the U.S.
- At CPAC, Wall Street Journal's Moore described Obama's economic policies as "fiscal child abuse"
- FNC contributor John Bolton jokes with CPAC crowd about "the loss of one American city - pick one at random - Chicago"
- At CPAC, MRC's Seton Motley comments on diversity in media ownership: "since it worked so well in the housing market, they want to try it now in talk radio"
- At CPAC, Gingrich says Obama's address to Congress was "the boldest effort to create a European Socialist model we have seen"
- At CPAC Fox News' Santorum says AG Holder "confirm[ed]" to bin Laden that "effeminate and pampered Americans will cower away"
- Coulter at CPAC: Obama is most likely to "have poison put in his coffee by Hillary"
- Emceeing, Bossie says Coulter is "always one of the highlights" at CPAC, "everyone enjoyed" remarks
- Bennett at CPAC: "[O]ur critics, the so-called sophisticates" have had "disdain" for patriotism
- Presenting award, author Brad O'Leary tells CPAC: "the only way we will be successful is if we listen to Rush Limbaugh"
- At CPAC Coulter says of MSNBC: "Is there any other station where every host you know was at the alternative prom?"
- Limbaugh at CPAC: Dems "offering welfare checks to women to keep having babies"
- Limbaugh at CPAC: Dems "don't have the right to take money ... from the back pockets of producers and give it to groups like ACORN"
- At CPAC, former MSNBC contributor Niger Innis says environmentalists "must be swept into the ash heap of history just as Jim Crow was"
- Getting the band back together at CPAC
- The ghost of CPAC past... and soon to be present
What is unclear however is where Beck came up with the following notion: "CPAC is, I think they're as angry at the Republicans as I am."
If that is true, someone really needs to tell CPAC. Here is just a sampling of the GOP big-wigs past and present invited to speak at this year's conference (from the conference website):
Former Republican Senator and Bush-era Attorney General John Ashcroft, former Bush-era Ambassador John Bolton, Republican Senator John Barrasso, Republican Senator Tom Coburn, Republican Senator Jim DeMint, Republican former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Republican Governor Bobby Jindal, Republican Governor-elect Bob McDonnell, Republican Congressman Ron Paul, Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty, Republican Governor Rick Perry, former Republican Governor Mitt Romney, Republican Senate candidate Marco Rubio and former Republican Senator Rick Santorum.
Some may have expected newly minted Fox News contributor and half-term former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to take the role as keynote rather than Beck. Well, apparently CPAC doesn't pay its speakers unlike the National Tea Party Convention.
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The news that Nintendo is predicting a rare loss in revenue didn't escape NMA TV, the Taiwanese animation team that has a knack for crafting absurd, animated reports on the world's headline stories.
This time around, Mario gets the brunt of NMA's bizarre spin on the news, falling victim to a toppling Gameboy and crying a steady stream of tears as the news team's "anchors" describe Nintendo's recent announcement that a loss of 65 billion yen (around $839 million) is expected for the fiscal year. The video also features a scene of businessmen carrying Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3 mercilessly beating an avatar of Nintendo after deflecting the turtle shells he launched at them.
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One of the biggest frustrations many independent voters have with Mitt Romney is that they have no idea what he really believes.
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For example, he has repudiated one of his biggest success stories as the Governor of Massachusetts--the universal health coverage known as Romneycare--because soe Americans hate Obamacare (at least in theory).
He has told a roomful of super-rich donors that half of Americans are irresponsible deadbeats who think they are victims.
He has promised to keep taxes where they are, and then he has promised to cut taxes (and, most recently, he has told Americans not to expect a tax cut).
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He has promised to cut spending, but won't say what spending, because he knows that every spending program has fans.
He has suggested that he thinks abortion be illegal in most cases, even after supporting choice as Governor.
And now he seems to be supporting Romneycare again.
And so on.
Romney's theory, apparently, has been that the economy is so bad that Americans will just vote for "Not Obama." Based on the recent polls, however, that doesn't appear to be the case. Americans are frustrated with the state of the economy, but they now know what Obama stands for and wants to do. And, so far, they prefer that to what Romney wants to do, which is... well, no one really knows.
It's possible that Romney is just a super-rich salesguy who really doesn't believe in anything and doesn't have a plan.
But this seems unlikely.
More likely, Romney has strong beliefs and a very detailed plan...but is worried that if he ever opens up about this plan, he'll lose votes and, with them, the election.
As recently as six months ago, Romney's caution and logic was probably wise.
If the economy had plunged back into a full-blown recession this year, Americans might will have voted for "Not Obama," regardless of how little Not Obama had shared about what he really believed.
But now, barring a Romney Miracle between now and early November (a collapse in Europe, a collapse in the stock market, an Israel attack on Iran that is badly mishandled by the White House, a huge spike in unemployment claims), Romney and his caution are heading for a big loss.
So it's time to throw caution to the winds. Because Romney has nothing left to lose.
A lot of independent voters, centrist Democrats, and reasonable Republicans have been secretly hoping that Mitt Romney is still the same man he was when he was running Massachusetts--namely, a reasonable, centrist, pro-choice, "compassionate conservative" who didn't go around forcing everyone else to adopt his personal moral and religious views. If Romney is, in fact, that man, those voters could shift this election.
Yes, if Romney came out and admitted that he's proud of Romneycare, that he doesn't want to make abortion illegal, that he doesn't think the highest-earning Americans need yet another tax cut, and so forth, the Republican "base" might throw up in disgust.
But with the primaries complete and the nomination secured, it's not as if these folks have anyone else to vote for.
(What are they going to do--protest the more reasonable Romney by voting for Obama?)
Yes, these voters might just stay home on Election Day, handing the election to Obama regardless of some additional support from centrists.
But, in that case, at least Romney would have gone down swinging.
And, more importantly, he would have gone down with integrity--after telling America who he really is and what he really believes.
In the wake of yet another humiliating gaffe a couple of days ago--an attempt to excite a crowd at an airport by trying and failing to start a "Romney-Ryan" cheer--one commentator theorized that the reason Romney seems so inauthentic and awkward much of the time is because he is actually being inauthentic.
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That strategy isn't working.
So maybe it's time to play to win--by throwing caution to the wind and telling the country who he really is and what he really believes.
SEE ALSO:A Deep Dive Into Romney's Long Odds Of Making A Comeback


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Architecture is often considered a luxury but why should that be true? I think good design is a necessity; it's about invention and making new things happen. Bad design ought to be the luxury we cannot afford. And what is the general definition of luxury anyway? It derives from the Latin words luxuria and luxus, meaning excess; in the 18th century it came to mean "something enjoyable or comfortable beyond life's necessities," according to the Online Etymology Dictionary. Shelter is of course a necessity; but it's the job of architecture to make shelter something more — and more can mean comfortable, expressive, ingenious, idea-rich, even memorable. If that's a luxury then hold the foie gras — I'll take design. I feel architecture can inspire our own sense of possibility and make us aware of nature and the world around us in fresh ways. Take a tiny "unbuildable" infill lot in Tokyo, for example. Architect Yasuhiro Yamashita,
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Deacons and Politics
Many of us who write on the diaconate make the point that "deacons are not priests" while at the same time, "deacons are clerics"; in other words, being a "cleric" is not reduceable to the priesthood. Canon Law also makes that point repeatedly. One good example is "the deacon and politics." Here's how it goes.
Canon 285, subsection 3, says that "clerics [which of course includes deacons] are forbidden to assume public offices which entail a participation in the exercise of civil power." Now, in its broadest sense, this would include political offices, but also other offices as well. For example, as a career Navy officer, I exercised civil authority. And I did so, even after I was ordained a deacon.
Here's why that can happen. Canon 288 is a kind of "permanent deacons' canon." It says, "Permanent deacons are not bound by the prescriptions of cc. 284, 285 (#3 and #4), 286, 287 (#2), unless particular law determines otherwise." So, while canon 285 forbids all clerics from this function, canon 288 releases PERMANENT deacons (deacons who are seminarians studying for the presybterate would not be released by this canon) from its provisions. Bottom line: permanent deacons may service in "public offices" unless another legitimate legislator (such as the USCCB or the diocesan bishop) issues his own law on the matter.
What do you think? Should deacons get even more involved in the political sphere?
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No, I do not think any members of our clergy should be encouraged to run for or serve in elected public office. Instead, our deacons ought to be challenging the laity to assume their civic responsibilities: not just to vote responsibly, but to keep their eye on civic life and hold their legislators' feet to the fire on issues of human dignity. As Vatican II forcefully reminded us, it is the laity who are challenged to bring the light of the gospel to public life.ReplyDelete
In recent years, we have been treated to the spectacle of priests and even a bishop who convinced themselves that what the lay public needed was CLERICAL governance (i.e., governance by themselves). Please don't encourage deacons in a similarly vain endeavor. First thing you know, some deacon would pull a "Mario Cuomo at ND," perhaps wearing his collar for the event because his wife thinks he looks great in it.
sorry bill have to disagree with you on this one. I think there is too much of a temptation to compromise the preaching role of the deacon. To whom would the deacon give fidelity to in the pulpit over difficult moral issues? Doctrine or his political party platform? Worse still a deacon politician may vow never to speak about the moral teachings of the church from the pulpit. In effect, then, his political affiliation has already trumped his diaconal ordination by way of silence.ReplyDelete
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I doubt that there are very many deacons in our country who have also served in elective office.I only know of one--me. (City Councilor, Ward 5, Lynn Ma.1972-1973)ReplyDelete
And from experience of both vocations, I am strongly of the opinion that a deacon should NOT run for elective public office. The pressures to conform to the sometimes immoral demands (on issues) of your constituents or be defeated in the next election is too great. Along with overpowering ambition rearing its ugly head--there are tremendous temptations of various other sorts--including offered bribes that are sometimes so subtly done that a person can become irrevokably compromised without even realizing what is going on.
Just because it is "legal" by canon law does not mean it is right. I can see nothing but problems following your line of thought.ReplyDelete
-An official clergy of the church running for elected office would identify the church too much with a specific political opinion or agenda. People not of his party or agenda would just be turned off and he is to be "all things to all people." There would be nothing but confusion if a minister ran as a tea party candidate or a progressive political agenda.
-Your line of thinking is overly clerical (IMHO), that somehow it is "better" to have deacon mayors, etc. The deacon's job is not to be a "super laity" (nor a mini priest),
But he should be a leaven in the local church to inspire and support the laity in their
work in the world to build up the kingdom. The Pope this weekend talked a few times about the need of the church to have an empowered laity engaged in the world. A deacon is not ordained to run as an elected official in society, but to help empower the laity involved in politics, to live their calling as real laity of the church.
-I think this post reflects a bigger crisis in the diaconate; that it does not know how to deal with the "renewal of the laity" that has taken place in the church in the past 60 years. Actually I have not met any deacons who even see this crisis they are in or understand their place in an ecclesiology rooted in the baptism. When the diaconate was percolating in the 1940 and 1950's the church was still very clerical, but since then the theology of the laity being baptized into Christ and a real ecclesiology of "resourcement and communion" has opened new doors and new relationships between the clergy and the laity. But it seems the diaconate does not even know how to respond or engage in this discussion?'
I'm not really advocating the practice; I was just pointing out the possibility! That's why I asked for comments.ReplyDelete
But take the argument one step further. Following your train of thought, just which professions would also be inappropriate for deacons? The military, perhaps? Police?
Yes, Vatican II did stress the role of the laity in transforming society. But does that mean that the clergy, especially deacons, may NOT participate in that role? Isn't that responsibility something that flows from our sacramental initiation? We do not lose that responsibility with ordination. Taken to the extreme, we could wind up with the old paradigm of clergy restricted to the rectory and sanctuary. It was this kind of attitude that the bishops at Vatican II were trying to overcome, in my opinion, with their stress on "co-responsibility".
As I said, I'm just floating the idea to get people's opinions! This is one of those areas that affects deacons more than presbyters precisely because we deacons live and work in the secular arena. We HAVE to, because we don't get paid by the church and are expected to work and provide for ourselves and our families.
What do you think?
Deacon Bill
My response was to the aspect of deacons seeking elected political office.ReplyDelete
Public service in other areas is a different situation (police, military, school board etc.)
If a catholic man really felt his vocation was to service in elected politics, then why does he also feel the need to be deacon?
This just seems to be a very impoverished idea of one's baptismal vocation.
And I agree with all the reasons listed in the above comments that it would seriously undermine his diaconal ministry in the local church.
Perhaps some concrete examples of deacons who are doing this now would give some clarification and make this more concrete.
An interesting comparison might be made to the life and ministry of retired Sen. John Danforth -- an Episcopal priest who delivered the homily at the funeral of Ronald Reagan. I don't know if he's ever spoken or written about being both a politician and a priest. He might have some interesting insight.ReplyDelete
My: how we tend to forget things!ReplyDelete
In January 1973, Jesuit Father Robert Drinan (who died in late January, 2007) starts serving in the U. S. House of Representatives for the Fourth Congressional District of Massachusetts (suburban Boston). He becomes a member of the House Judiciary Committee and served with distinction during the Nixon impeachment process.
Yes, he was asked (ordered) by JPII to resign but his place in American Congressional History is already etched in stone.
Here in the Midwest, we did have a Permanently Ordained Deacon who was elected as a County Commissioner for his rural county. I think he served two terms. No one in his diocese made any deal out of it at all.
Deacon Norb Wethington
Diocese of Toledo
I think the Episcopal church has very different canons regarding their priesthood and ministry, so I do not know how helpful a comparison it would be? Perhaps their being so few ordained ministers from other denominations in congress etc. shows how rare it really happens?ReplyDelete
Fr Drinan was a Jesuit and not involved in parish ministry during his time in Congress, but maybe the reason he was told to resign (and follow the canons)
proves the wisdom of priests staying out of elected office.
Since deacons can hold a political office in theory, it all depends on the discernment at the local level. If a bishop feels having a deacon run as a "tea party" candidate for congress, then yes he can allow it. But something like that would open more questions in other areas.
Has their been a RC deacon who ran for congress or even a state assembly?
Would one be allowed to run as a democrat? Could they only run as a republican?
If a deacon as an ordained minister of a church ran for national office, would that have any ramifications with the very thin line with the church's tax exempt status regarding supporting candidates? And how is this enhancing his diaconal ministry?
I just think one has to really discern all this and even if it is allowed, that does not mean it might be the best thing to do
Dear Anthony,ReplyDelete
I don't think anyone would suggest that there should be wholesale involvement of deacons as elected officials; on the other hand, as I stated before, deacons are in a very, very unique position: We come to ordained ministry from a variety of walks of life and generally remain in those occupations and professions after ordination.
I also want to respond to your earlier comment about a "crisis" in the diaconate concerning lay ministry. While I would agree that SOME deacons may struggle with this, most do not. I have been blessed to visit nearly every one of our dioceses as part of my former duties at the USCCB. When diaconal candidate selection is done properly, the very men selected for formation are already heavily engaged in a variety of secular and ecclesial ministries. In other words, they're already involved with fulfilling Vatican II's vision of an empowered laity. It is against that context, fully appreciating the roles and responsibilities of the laity (since that's precisely what they've been doing!), that they then approach ordained ministry.
So, I'd have to say that most deacons I've known over the years have an excellent appreciation of lay responsibilities.
By the way, we have many deacons (I don't have exact numbers) who serve in public offices. In particular we have deacons serving as judges from the federal bench to city magistrates (many were judges BEFORE ordination); we have deacons serving as "professional" polticians (especially in the New York area); there was even a deacon who ran for a state governorship a few years ago.
The only particular law that the USCCB has imposed on this issue is contained in the "National Directory for the Formation, Ministry and Life of Permanent Deacons in the United States," which requires that a deacon seeking to run for a public office (such as a judgeship, and so on), should have prior written permission of his bishop.
To my knowledge only one diocesan bishop has ever decreed on a diocesan basis that deacons could NOT serve in elective office (that's out of 196 dioceses in the US), and even he had to modify his decree because he found out after the fact that he had dozens of deacons already in office! (He was new to the diocese and didn't know what permissions had been extended by his predecessor.)
Bottom line: I'm not suggesting that any of this should become the "norm" for diaconal ministry. It is, however, a rather unique situation for deacons, given the nature of their various states of life.
God bless,
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It is impossible to have a real discussion or communication by using comment boxes, so I will not try anymore. And we can just agree to disagree.ReplyDelete
My point with the crisis over lay ministry is misunderstood; I did not mean individual deacons have a problem with lay ministry. The crisis is on the deeper ecclesiology that has developed in the past 50 years regarding lay ministry that was not even on the radar when the diaconate was developing in the 1940's to 1970's. I think one can say that the crisis with the diaconate is an identity crisis.
There is the theory of the diaconate, and then there is the parish experience of the diaconate. I am in an area where there are many deacons in a number of dioceses.
I am sure your average informed person in a parish would see the deacon as an older man, who helps out with baptisms, funerals and occasional preaching and is usually married. The idea that they were icons of self-sacrificing service would not really register. But now I am falling into the trap of getting caught in the limitations of communication by com boxes.
Hopefully your blog will attract priests, pastors, lay leaders and others to comment on actual pastoral experiences, tensions and interactions that happen in a local parish between priests, deacon and lay ministers. Right now it seems that the blog has a more academic model of the PhD explaining the same old same old to the choir and not really open for dialogue and communication that goes on in the life situation of the parish. Just my two cents……..anthony
Anthony, don't let my Ph.D. fool you. I've had a lifetime of "real world" experiences, including 22 years in the Navy, including years spent underwater in the submarine force, and assignments overseas from Okinawa to Cyprus and all points in between. I was an enlisted sailor and an officer, and that was as a line officer, not a chaplain.ReplyDelete
I've also served as lay minister and as deacon in more than 20 parishes and a dozen dioceses over the years. I'm not blind, nor am I naive about the real situations facing us.
I'm open to any and all discussions here, and I am NOT interested in just having whatever you perceive an "academic" discussion to be. I also belive that theory and vision are important if we are eventually to work toward making those things things real in our individual and ecclesial lives.
So, don't give up on continuing the conversation, but also I ask that you not make generalizations or assumptions, either. That's another risk of these online blogs and we all have to be sensitive to them.
God bless,
Perhaps this are different in Europe where, I assume, Canon Law ideas originate but I do not think a deacon or any clergyman should have anything to do with any party-sepcific political action. Even though we live and move in the lay milieu we are clergy and represent the Catholic Church in an official way as do priests and bishops. To publicly allign oneself in any way with a specific political party is to alientate some among whom we are called to minister.ReplyDelete
I can see how this may have been seen as appropriate in the beginning of the restoration of the permanent diaconate (along with other issues in clerical vs. lay tensions of our vocation) but as the PD developes and becomes more "usual" in parishes there is less confusion over WHO we are (yes it still exists but not as widespread as in the past at least in my experience.) I see especially among the newer candidates and deacons a fresh view and appreciation of our status as clergy and the political aspect (along with other canons dealing with visible clerical vociation such as clothing) is part of this renewed understanding.
Three comments for Diakonos.ReplyDelete
--I absolutely agree with you that the current political environment here in the United States is far too toxic for a deacon to run under the umbrella of a political party for any office other than a fairly non-controversial local post. Non-political elections -- as judges are in some areas of the country -- might also work.
--During the 2004 presidential election we saw something I never believed could happen under the US Constitution. A religious criteria was used to judge the value of a presidential candidate. A certain Roman Catholic portion of the American electorate rejected Senator John Kerry on the sole grounds that he was not "Catholic enough."
--Now -- as to "collars." I've been a deacon for 32 years and never even owned a "collar" until I went on my pilgrimage to Rome. During that trip, I wore it once -- during the Wednesday Papal audience -- and have not worn it since. I do wear a "Deacon's Pin" (my favorite is the design of the deacons in the Diocese of Ogdensburg NY)almost always when I am in public -- including at times when I am on the campus of our local public college.
Norbert - congratulations on being a deacon for 32 years! That's awesome. I am not surprised that you do not wear a collar as I think most who have been deacons as long as you (and even not as long but still those not newly ordained) were either directly taught or indirectly encouraged not to do so. I have noticed in our archdiocese that the more elderly deacons (65 or older) tend to never wear one. And I have been told by them that to want to wear the collar was seen as trying to be a "mini priest" so I guess this was part of the confusion of the times that followed Vatican II and plagued the Church until recently.ReplyDelete
But among the more newly ordained and candidates - especially in dioceses with bishops who are of the JPII fashion - the collar is worn much more often now for official ministry than in the past as far as I have witnessed. But then this is a growing trend in priestly and religious life as well. Newer and/or younger persons are much more "into" the public wintess of the collar (or habit) and those who come from the "we remember Vatican II" generation.
I do not see it as a priestly garment and its not. Its a clerical one. And I don't see wearing it as saying anything else but the truth: we are ordained clergymen officially and publicly witnessing to the presence of Christ and the Church in our ministries.
Of course guyes I know who do wear the collar often don't wear it to their professional "day jobs" or at recreation times. But its not something we find to be a "barrier" with people but much muchm more the opposite. People will come and strike up a conversation who would otherwise just pass us by and that would be a wasted opportunity for them and for us.
This seems somewhat redundant but I feel compelled to weigh in on the topic. I too disagree with deacons serving in elected positions. I have been an eight year elected Alderman, non partisan, for my city and a twelve year, partisan, Sheriff of the County. So all told twenty years in the ring. While canon law may release us from the obligation to abstain from political office it doesn't mean we shouldn't or can't still follow the law on prohibition. I agree with the position that we should work with our laity to provide strong Catholic office holders.ReplyDelete


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Normally the first day of practice isn't a big deal, but at Azusa High School, it was a groundbreaking moment as senior Pat Cordova-Goff, the state's first transgender student-athlete, attended her first practice with the Aztecs softball team after learning last week she made the varsity team following tryouts.
Cordova-Goff, who was born male but identifies herself as female, took fly balls and played briefly at third base during the nearly two-hour practice Tuesday.
New rules that went into effect for the 2013-2014 sports season state that students can participate in CIF-State activities "in a manner that is consistent with their gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on a student's records."
Cordova-Goff, who also ran for homecoming queen and was a member of the school's cheer squad, tried out for softball because of a new law — Assembly Bill 1266 — that began in January written by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano that states all schools in California have to allow students to participate in school activities — including athletic teams and competitions — and use facilities consistent with the gender identity with which the student identifies.
"That's why when California passed A.B. 1266, I knew I would play softball," Cordova-Goff said last week, referring to the amendment to the state Education Code prohibiting public schools from discriminating on the basis of gender issues. "At first, I was kind of nervous because I thought maybe I lost my talent, but it felt natural. And I think because I played for so long, and I loved the sport, it was like I was back where I belonged."
Cordova-Goff said she has a softball background and that she didn't try out to make a statement to anyone but herself. Listed at 5-foot-8, Cordova-Goff played on the Aztecs' freshman baseball team but quit toward the end of the season because she admittedly didn't "fit in."
"I know that I tried out for softball strictly because I know I loved the sport, and that's what my family revolves around," she said last week. "I tried out just for me; it wasn't to change the world."
Azusa High principal Ramiro Rubalcaba closed practice to the media, asking reporters attending Tuesday's practice to take photo's and video from the street adjacent to the softball field.
Rubalcaba said coach Lisa Montes has been instructed not to speak with media and would prefer players be interviewed with parental consent.
However, Rubalcaba took questions and explained the challenges that lie ahead with the state's first transgender student-athlete.
"We're going to continue to operate like we always operate," Rubalcaba said. "We're going to put a few things in place in order to really raise awareness and talk about diversity and how to embrace it as a community.
"We're reaching out to outside agencies that can help us, have conversations with the students and the community so that everybody takes this as an opportunity to learn and an opportunity to grow."
There has been mixed reactions on Twitter, blogs and other social platforms whether a person born a male has a competitive advantage over females, and whether a male should compete against females in an all-female sport.
"I've read some of the blogs and the stories out there," Rubalcaba said. "From our community, there hasn't been any concerns regarding an unfair advantage. Some of the articles out there from other coaches of other schools didn't really express any concerns. Softball, like any sport, is competitive and you're going to have students with more abilities than others."
Other concerns are how Cordova-Goff will be accepted by her teammates, coaching staff and parents of players on the team. And how will opposing teams and players feel about competing against a transgender student-athlete?
During Tuesday's practice, everyone seemed to get along like a normal softball team.
"We've sat down with parents and talked about some of the logistical things they're concerned about," Rubalcaba said. "We've sat down with every parent that has come to my office. We've made some decisions for anyone who feels uncomfortable to feel comfortable and with the arrangements that we've made, everyone seems to be just fine."


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Architecture Overview
The following are examples of architectural configurations that Orion components and services can be used in:
- Mixed client / local data. A rich client (traditional Eclipse client), which contains a mixture of "legacy" components written in Java and web components written in JavaScript. The JavaScript components interact with JavaScript libraries and/or REST APIs, while Java components interact with the Eclipse Platform Java APIs.
- Rich client / remote data. Traditional Eclipse client components interacting with remote Orion services via REST API. This enables a mixture of rich client and browser-based tools to inter-operate against the same server-side data.
- Remote client / remote data. Server side tools written in Java, accessing local Orion services (for example a build server working against an Orion workspace server on the same machine).
Web Components
For the moment "implementation-level" dependencies between components in Orion are managed using a limited and relatively manual form of dependency injection. At some point in the near-term future (and given recent events) we're expecting to move our component model over to using some variant of CommonJS/AMD though as alluded to above web components are not forced into using this model. For more loosely coupled functional interactions Orion provides both a service registry and an extension registry (both described below) not unlike what we currently have in desktop Eclipse.
References between client library objects are directed through a service registry. Library objects are provided with a service registry object on construction, allowing a developer using the library to override what service implementations are used by any given library object. For example, while the default implementation of the Preferences object uses the remote preference service over HTTP, a client could provide an implementation that uses HTML5 local storage, cookies, etc.
Here is a simplified example of the Explorer object using a service to prompt the user to confirm a file deletion:
function Explorer(serviceRegistry, treeRoot, breadcrumbParentId, searcher, parentId, navToolBarId) { this.registry = serviceRegistry; ... } ... deleteFile: function(itemId) { var item = this.myTree.getItem(itemId); this.registry.callService("IDialogService", "confirm", null, ["Are you sure you want to delete '" + item.Name + "'?", ... }
The format of the callService function is fairly straight-forward. The caller specifies the name of the library, the function to call, and the function arguments as an array. The additional parameter ('null' in the example above), allows a client to provide a callback function that receives the return value of the service invocation. One particularly important point to emphasize is that all service calls through the service registry are asynchronous. You cannot assume that the service function will have been executed by the time the callService method returns. This attribute allows the service implementation to employ a variety of long-running techniques to execute the service, such as calls to a remote web service, cross-domain postMessage, HTML5 web workers, etc.
The service object can also be obtained directly for clients that need to make more complex interactions with the service (such as invoking multiple functions against the service in sequence).
As a means of declarative contribution Orion will continue to promote the use of extensions and extension points. Extensions as used by Orion are conceptually very similar to what we currently use in the desktop and in particular will continue to have broad support in the UI and provide excellent lazy activation characteristics. One notable difference with the desktop is that code level functionality is always provided by a service reference instead of through class instantiation. Another difference is that Orion uses JSON instead of XML as a representation format for extensions.
Services and Extensions outside of the base platform are contributed to Orion by registering plugins. A plugin is declared via an HTML file, is opened in a "head-less" child IFrame and uses window.postMessage to advertise capabilities in the form of services and extensions back to Orion. Orion persists plugin information and at a later date when functionality is requested the plugin will be re-loaded either in an IFrame, in a Web Worker, or in-line as a web component based on security restrictions and functionality offered.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <!-- Dependencies --> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <script type="text/javascript" src="/openajax/release/all/OpenAjaxManagedHub-all.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="js/plugin.js"></script> <!-- Contributed Scripts --> <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jslintworker.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jslintPlugin.js"></script> </head> <body> </body> </html>
The corresponding JavaScript then contributes its services by using the ServiceProvider.extend function:
eclipse.JSLintServiceProvider.prototype = eclipse.ServiceProvider.extend({ checkSyntax: function(title, contents) { ... } });
Currently, plugins must be declared and started manually, but in the future we expect to simplify this. Here is a current example of starting a plugin programmatically. This example contributes one service library called IEditorSyntaxChecker, with a single method checkSyntax.
var pluginData = { services : [{ id : "JSLintEditorSyntaxChecker", serviceType : { id: "IEditorSyntaxChecker", interfaces : ["checkSyntax"] }, properties: {} }] }; var serviceProvider = new eclipse.JSLintServiceProvider(); new eclipse.Plugin(pluginData, serviceProvider).start();
Server APIs
Orion defines a number of server APIs accessed via simple REST-oriented HTTP calls. These server APIs do not presuppose any particular server technology over straight HTTP, and JSON as the default representation format. Application developers are free to implement Orion server API with the server language and infrastructure of their choice. For a detailed listing of server APIs, see EclipseWeb/Server API.
Example Server
The current Orion server is written in Java, using Jetty and Equinox server infrastructure. This server does not currently define any Java API for extending or augmenting its behavior. Applications should be written against the HTTP server API, to allow for portability across server implementations. To avoid the perception of Orion providing a monolithic, definitive, extensible, irreplaceable server, the server is often referred to as an "example server".
The current server is structured into the following bundles(bundle names subject to change):
- org.eclipse.orion.server
- Provides common provisional server API used by other parts of the server
- org.eclipse.orion.server.servlets
- Defines servlets for the core Orion services: file, workspace, preferences
- org.eclipse.orion.server.search
- Search servlet implementation using Apache Solr/Lucene
- org.eclipse.orion.server.configurator
- Defines an application, and configures the server (registers servlets and static content, specifies authentication and authorization settings)
- org.eclipse.orion.server.authentication.*
- Bundles providing various kinds of authentication support.
The server is split up this way to allow the pieces to be used in other server containers. You can discard the configurator bundle, and create your own server using the provided servlets and common code. This allows you to completely control the server layout, authentication, etc, for your server.


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Wayne Rooney has been warned he needs to keep his emotions in check or face being sent off at the World Cup.
The referee in England's 3-0 practice match victory over the Platinum Stars, Jeff Selogilwe, claimed he was insulted by Rooney - whom he said apologised afterwards - and told the Manchester United striker he will risk getting a red card if he behaves in a similar way when the World Cup gets under way.
"He must learn to control his temper. He could get sent off in the World Cup, especially if he uses this kind of language," Selogilwe was quoted as saying in several newspapers.
"I was very disappointed in Rooney because he is my favourite player. He insulted me.
"He is a good player when you see him on the TV, but when you see him on the pitch, he just keeps on insulting the referees.
"To me it looks like Rooney insults people and fouls other players. If he insults a referee like me then he will use that vulgar language to other referees as well."


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Buzzer Beaters: Top Sports Stories for January 30
Today's biggest sports news: everyone's favorite topic, PED usage in sports, is back again, plus a Manti Te'o update and a brutal moment from this year's X Games.
At the Super Bowl media day, Ravens linebacker and future Hall of Famer Ray Lewis denied using performance-enhancing drugs to speed his recovery from a torn triceps earlier this season. The PED was in something called "deer antler velvet spray." [USA Today]
A health clinic in South Florida may have provided numerous major-league stars, including Alex Rodgriguez and Gio Gonzales, with performance-enhancing drugs as recently as last season. Both players reject these claims, though several other players named have already received suspensions from MLB. [Miami New Times]
Early in the shortened NHL season, two teams remain undefeated and untied: the Chicago Blackhawks and the San Jose Sharks. What's more likely, that they'll both remain undefeated through all 48 games, or that those arbitrary "power rankings" that appear everywhere now will ever actually mean something? [S.I.]
Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly didn't think the whole finding-out-his-dead-girlfriend-was-all-just-a-hoax thing would affect Manti Te'o's performance in the BCS Championship Game. We watched the game; we think it did. [Chicago Tribune]
Snowmobiler Caleb Moore is in critical condition after a brutal crash during the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado, last week. [GuySpeed]


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