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After beating the Red Sox 3-1 in game seven of the ALCS, it's the Tampa Bay don't-call-me-Devil Rays that will face the Phillies in the 2008 World Series.
I kinda miss the flying manta ray, although it did seem a little random.
Here's a look at the offense that Tampa Bay has gotten by position this year in comparison to other teams in the AL and in MLB and at some of the players we should expect to see in the World Series:
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Switch-hitter Dioner Navarro seems likely to see most of the time behind the plate for the Rays in the World Series. Navarro hit 295/349/407 for Tampa Bay in the regular season. He is 11-for-41 (268/318/341) in the post-season, with three doubles and a pair of triples.
He was a better hitter against righties than lefties in the regular season, hitting 312/365/412 against righties and 257/314/413 against lefties.
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Lefty Carlos Pena played just over 80% of the innings at first base for Tampa Bay in 2008. Willy Aybar played the position about 11% of the time.
Pena hit 247/377/494 in the regular season. He is 12-for-36 (333/442/611) with a double, two home runs and seven walks in the post-season.
He struggles badly against left-handed pitching. He hit 280/418/576 against righties this year and just 190/302/352 against lefties.
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Akinori Iwamura is a fixture at second base for Tampa Bay. He played about 92% of the innings there this season. The lefty hit 274/349/380 in 627 at-bats for the season. Among the 83 AL players with at least 450 plate appearances, his .380 slugging percentage was 73rd.
He is 13-for-47 (277/358/447) in the post-season with three doubles, a triple, a home run and six walks.
The lefty Iwamura is much better against righties than lefties. In 2008 he hit 280/356/400 against righties and 260/335/333 against lefties.
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Evan Longoria gives the Rays tremendous offense out of the third base position. Aybar has also seen some time at third this year, but the position belongs to Longoria.
Longoria is a right-handed hitter who hit 272/343/531 this season. The 22-year-old rookie pumped out 27 home runs in just 448 at-bats. He has kept his power stroke up through the post-season, going 11-for-42 (262/340/762) with three doubles and six home runs.
He hit righties better than lefties this season. 284/350/540 against righties and 242/321/508 against left-handed pitching.
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Jason Bartlett and Ben Zobrist have shared time at short this season, with Bartlett getting the vast majority of the playing time (75% of the innings for Bartlett, 20% for Zobrist). Bartlett will almost surely get just about all the time in the World Series.
Bartlett hit 286/329/361 in 454 at-bats this season. Among the 83 AL players with at least 450 plate appearances, his .361 slugging percentage is 77th.
In the post-season he is 9-for-32 (243/317/405).
Bartlett is a right-handed hitter who is awful (248/296/301) against right-handed pitching. He fared much better against lefties, hitting 379/411/508. The switch-hitter Zobrist had just 198 at-bats for the season and hit just .239 against righties, but while batting left against right-handed pitching had 15 extra-base hits (including nine home runs) in just 134 plate appearances. He slugged .538 against righties as a left-handed hitter.
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Carl Crawford will see just about all the time in left for Tampa Bay. Crawford had his worst offensive year since 2003, hitting 273/319/400 in 443 at-bats. Eric Hinske, who also saw time in the Rays outfield and in left, was not on the roster for the ALCS.
Crawford is 13-for-43 (302/348/395) with two doubles, a triple and six stolen bases in the post-season.
A left-handed batter, Crawford was much better this season against righties than lefties. He hit 285/330/424 against righties and just 248/293/348 against lefties. Among 62 AL players with at least 150 plate appearances against lefties, Crawford's .641 OPS was 59th.
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Red hot BJ Upton will be in center field for the Rays. Upton hit just 273/383/401 with nine home runs in 531 regular season at-bats, but has gone 14-for-46 (304/365/826) with a double, a triple, a walk and seven home runs in the post-season.
Upton and Longoria are a combined 25-for-88 (.284) with 13 home runs since the end of the regular season. At that rate they would hit about 74 home runs over 500 at-bats.
Upton is a right-handed hitter who hit about the same against lefties and righties this year. 275/369/400 against righties and 271/418/406 against lefties. He got on base a lot more against lefties, but hit to about the same average and slugging percentage.
25-year-old rookie Fernando Perez also saw some time in the outfield and in center in September for Tampa. Perez got just 60 at-bats on the year, hitting 250/348/433. The switch-hitter is 1-for-9 with a single in the post-season (111/111/111). If we see him in the World Series it's a lot more likely it will be in right than in center.
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Gabe Gross got about 52% of the innings in right for Tampa Bay this season, with Hinske and Jonny Gomes there also factors for the Rays. Hinske and Gomes probably won't be a factor in the series, but Rocco Baldelli started in right in game seven of the ALCS and Perez is a possibility.
Gross is a left-handed hitter who can't hit lefties and has been terrible in the post-season. He hit 238/336/414 in 345 at-bats between Milwaukee and Tampa Bay this year. He's just 1-for-16 (063/211/063) with a single and three walks in the post-season.
He's miserable against lefties, just 191/247/338 on the year. Much better against right-handed pitching, 249/356/433.
Baldelli could be the answer for Tampa Bay in right against lefties. Baldelli is a right-handed hitter who missed most of '08 and hit 263/344/475 in 80 at-bats.
Baldelli is 3-for-14 (214/313/429) with a home run in the post-season. Over his career he's hit 296/347/494 against lefties and 276/316/427 against righties.
Zobrist also made an appearance in right in the ALCS despite playing just seven innings there during the regular season.
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Lefty Cliff Floyd likely will be getting the call when the Rays need a DH in the series. Floyd is a left-handed hitter that doesn't do well against lefties, so Aybar or Baldelli may see time in the DH games that are started by Hamels or Moyer.
Floyd hit 268/349/455 this season. He's 3-for-15 with a double and a home run (200/200/467) in the post-season.
He doesn't even get a chance to hit against lefties — he had just 12 plate appearances against them this season.
Aybar is a switch-hitter who appeared most often at third for Tampa Bay this season, but also saw time at first, second and made two appearances at shortstop. He has gotten a ton of at-bats in the post-season, going 11-for-30 (367/355/633) with two doubles and two home runs (and no walks).
Aybar was better against lefties this season, hitting 266/350/444 against them and an unimpressive 245/312/390 against righties.
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Series starts 4/26
|Game 1: Thursday, April 26th
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8:00 PM ET, April 26, 2012
Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA
Top Performers
Dallas: D. Nowitzki 22 Pts, 3 Reb, 1 Ast
Atlanta: J. Smith 23 Pts, 9 Reb, 7 Ast, 1 Stl
ATLANTA -- Having already exceeded expectations, the Atlanta Hawks weren't about to let home-court advantage slip away in the final game of the regular season.
Led by Josh Smith, Atlanta raced to a 23-point lead in the opening quarter on the way to a 106-89 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night, ensuring the Hawks will open the playoffs at home.
"We showed a lot of determination," Joe Johnson said. "You could see that hunger in our eyes even before the tip."
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The Hawks (40-26) wrapped up the fourth-best record in the East and host Boston on Sunday. The defending NBA champion Mavericks (36-30) begin the playoffs Saturday at Oklahoma City.
Atlanta pounced on the Mavericks right from the tip, making 16 of 23 shots (69.6 percent) in the opening period. Smith had the outside jumper working and seemed to be everywhere, scoring 12 points, grabbing seven rebounds, dishing out five assists and making a steal. A 28-7 run, capped by Willie Green's 3-pointer, pushed the lead to 36-13.
"It just opens up my game when I have the opportunity to gauge whether I should be driving in or shooting the jumper," said Smith, who finished 10 for 14 from the field. "Whenever I'm shooting the ball like that, it just makes me that much more deadly on offense."
The Hawks led 60-44 at halftime and held off a brief spurt by the Mavericks at the start of the third quarter, capping a season in which Atlanta improved on its winning percentage from 2011 even after losing All-Star center Al Horford early in the lockout-shortened year.
Horford, who is still recovering from pectoral surgery, has ruled himself out for the Boston series but still hopes to play if the Hawks advance from the opening round for the fourth year in a row. While the team hasn't gotten past the second round since moving to Atlanta in 1968, Johnson feels a special vibe with this group.
"I'm very proud of what we've accomplished," he said. "You saw a lot of guys come into their own this year."
Dirk Nowitzki led the Mavericks with 22 points, but it was another tough night for the reigning champs. Dallas wasn't nearly as dominant coming off its first NBA title, finishing far behind the top seeds in the West, San Antonio and Oklahoma City. With only its first-round opponent in doubt, the Mavericks had little to play for in Atlanta -- and their performance reflected it. "
"The first quarter was horrible," coach Rick Carlisle said. "It'd be a stretch to say we're playing our best. At this point, we have to move forward. We're going to have to flush this one -- very quickly."
Jason Kidd rested up for the playoffs, watching the game from the bench in street clothes.
"The dress rehearsal's over," he said. "Now it's time for us to protect our crown."
Jeff Teague added 17 points for the Hawks, Johnson had 15 and Kirk Hinrich contributed 12. Smith finished with nine rebounds and seven assists.
With the home court no longer in doubt, Atlanta was finally able to rest its starters in the final quarter. Green scored 11 points, Ivan Johnson finished with 10 and the Hawks got 33 points overall from their reserves.
Rodrigue Beaubois scored 13 points for Dallas. Jason Terry had 11.
"We're ready," Terry insisted. "That's what you play for, another championship."
The Mavericks closed the season losing four of their last six games.
"It doesn't matter if you're on a high or a low," Terry said. "The last few games don't matter. It's irrelevant. The only thing that matters is how we come out in Game 1."
The Hawks are looking forward to matching up with the Celtics. The teams faced in the opening round in 2008, after Atlanta made the playoffs for the first time in nine years and surprisingly forced top-seeded Boston to seven games.
This season, the Celtics won two of three meetings by a total of 10 points, including an overtime victory in Boston.
"We've had a lot of chippy moments with them, a lot of good games," Smith said. "We've played this team well. It's going to be an exciting series."
Game notes
Hawks G Jannero Pargo did not dress because of a sore back. ... Atlanta coach Larry Drew is sounding less and less optimistic about C Zaza Pachulia (sprained left foot) coming back for the opening round of the playoffs. "Personally, I'm not getting my hopes up too high that we'll have him," Drew said. ... This was the only regular-season meeting between the teams. The Mavericks had won the last three games against the Hawks, including a 2-0 sweep of last year's series.
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Mississippi native and former NFL quarterback Brett Favre is the latest high-profile former player to come forward about the lingering effects he's suffering of concussions. After a two decade career, Favre is questioning the price his mind is now paying.
"I think after 20 years, god only knows the toll," Favre said on a sportstalk radio program.
On Thursday, Favre opened up to a sports radio talk show about the lasting impact 'bell-ringing' hits have taken on his memory.
"This was a little shocking to me that I couldn't remember my daughter playing youth soccer," said Favre.
Favre blames his memory loss on an unknown number of concussions over his long career.
"Those first 10 years, they didn't keep a log like they do now, so there's no telling," Favre added.
"When you're putting the brain in trauma we're gonna see these injuries," said Dr. Richard Figler of the Cleveland Clinic Sports Health Center.
Concussion experts hope Favre's honesty about his lingering symptoms will shine a light on the importance of concussion awareness.
"It raises the awareness. It raises kids saying, you know what? I don't feel right, what exactly is going on," said Dr. Figler.
"The players, either retired or some of the few players who are either killing themselves or self-destructing, and ya know, studies have proven that some of this is because of concussions," added Dr. Figler.
Former NFL stars now dealing with the lasting impact of a playing a game they loved. Favre's comments follow the NFL's recent $765 million dollar settlement of a concussion lawsuit brought by more than 45-hundred former players against the league.
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Rostering requirements for MA HS league:
These are the requirements for your team to be considered eligible for the spring season. Any games played before these conditions are met will not be considered in determining eligibility/qualification for the State Championships. Descriptions of how to get a USAU ID and how to create a team roster follow.
- Individual players:
- Current USAU youth membership ($30) and waiver, or have paid the $7 "one time event fee" (For eligibility to play in States, the $30 membership is required. The one-time fee is not sufficient.)
Membership/Waiver form
- Give your coach the Medical Authorization Form (this gives a medical professional permission to provide medical assistance even if your parents are not there to give consent). Coaches/chaperones must be in possession of these forms at every game.
Medical Authorization form
- Current USAU youth membership ($30) and waiver, or have paid the $7 "one time event fee" (For eligibility to play in States, the $30 membership is required. The one-time fee is not sufficient.)
- Chaperones (can be the Coach): complete a background check, as detailed on the USAU site:
- Teams:
- Must have a roster of at least 7 green-lit players by Monday, April 7th.
- Complete the 2014 MA HS Ultimate League Registration form.
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- Play a minimum of six green-lit games versus League opponents (can include tournament games)
- A green-lit game is when your roster has at least 7 green-lit players. Green-lit means dues paid and waiver signed. Players who are not green-lit should not be playing at all.
How to get a USAU ID for new players:
- Go to the New Member Page and complete the form. Your USAU login information will be emailed to you in a couple hours.
- Check your email and follow the link to verify your application. Login to the USAU Member Login page, where you will find your USAU ID number.
How to create a team roster (The coach or team Captain does this):
If this seems like a lot of work – you're right, it is! However, now you are done for the year. If your team participates in any other USAU sanctioned or sponsored event (including States), you can simply have the roster copied over to that event.
YOU HAVE UNTIL MONDAY, APRIL 7th TO SUBMIT AT LEAST A PARTIAL ROSTER (7 PLAYERS). ANY GAMES PLAYED WITH FEWER THAN 7 GREEN-LIT PLAYERS IS A VIOLATION OF THE SANCTIONING REQUIREMENTS, AND WILL NOT COUNT TOWARD THE SIX GAME MINIMUM REQUIRED FOR STATES ELIGIBILITY.


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A total of 380 residents of dorm on the campus of the University of North Carolina are displaced following a fire Tuesday afternoon.
University of North Carolina Public Safety Director Randy Young said an automatic alarm went off between 4:30 p.m. and 4:45 p.m. Responding emergency crews smelled smoke and traced the fire to the attic's insulation and structure in the northwest end of the building.
The fire was extinguished by 6 p.m., Young said.
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Sep. 23, 2014
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Sep. 20, 2014
Deadly shipwreck of boat in Mediterranean carrying 500 migrants has shined light on exodus of Palestinians from Gaza in wake of most recent war between Israel and Hamas; at least 1,000 Palestinians have left Gaza in past three months. MORE
Sep. 17, 2014
Temporary agreement is reached between Israel, Palestinian Authority and United Nations to allow Gaza to import materials for rebuilding. MORE
Sep. 15, 2014
Israel's destruction of residential high-rise in Gaza City during fighting with Hamas left 500 people without their homes and with dimmed hopes for the future; Israel claims building was Hamas command center, but residents say that Hamas had ties only to a single apartment. MORE
Sep. 12, 2014
Palestinian Authority Pres Mahmoud Abbas says that he has reached a deal with Israel and the United Nations to allow imports of reconstruction materials into the Gaza Strip, apparently bypassing Hamas to fulfill key tenet of cease-fire agreement that halted hostilities on Aug 26; Palestinian leaders estimate reconstruction costs at $7 billion and have planned an international donor conference for October. MORE
Sep. 11, 2014
Israel announces it has begun criminal investigations into five instances of possible military misconduct in the 50-day Gaza war; it is implicit acknowledgment of sensitivity to widespread criticism, even among allies like the United States, that Israeli forces used excessive firepower in some highly publicized assaults in the Palestinian territory. MORE
Sep. 10, 2014
Israeli military arrests four Palestinian fishermen off the Gaza coast, suggesting that some disagreements remain over the details of the cease-fire agreement. MORE
Sep. 8, 2014
Palestinian Authority Pres Mahmoud Abbas assails Hamas at meeting of Arab League, accusing it of running shadow government in Gaza; remarks call into question durability of unity pact between the two factions, and potentially complicate reconstruction of Gaza Strip. MORE
Sep. 6, 2014
Parents and educators in Gaza Strip are trying to get students back to school by Sept 14, three weeks later than originally planned; fighting between Israel and Hamas has left at least 34 school buildings damaged beyond use and dozens more in need of major repair; additional 31 schools are still sheltering almost 60,000 residents who lost their homes. MORE
Sep. 5, 2014
Erez Crossing Journal; Erez crossing, at the Israel-Gaza border, can handle up to 45,000 travelers a day, but the station is used by maybe 400; Israel sharply reduced the number of exit permits as part of a broader clampdown after Hamas wrested control of Gaza in 2007. MORE
Sep. 5, 2014
Israeli documents cite no evidence that top Hamas leaders had prior knowledge of plot involving the abduction and killing of three Israeli teenagers, which helped fuel biggest escalation in Palestinian-Israeli tensions in years; Hussam Qawasmeh is indicted and described as the logistical commander of the kidnapping squad; members of clan in Hebron, West Bank city that has often been a flash point of Israeli-Palestinian tensions, are said to have carried out the plot. MORE
Sep. 4, 2014
Hamas, militant Islamist faction in Gaza that led the battle against Israel, is enjoying spike in popular support after cease-fire halted 50 days of fighting, despite fact that Palestinians' basic needs like electricity and clean water are still scarce; residents seem to be holding Palestinian Authority Pres Mahmoud Abbas and his rival Fatah faction responsible for destruction, since many Hamas leaders themselves have been on the front lines and suffered losses of their own. MORE
Sep. 3, 2014
Israel says that it has killed several hundred Hamas militants during 50-day war in Gaza, and that militants still have as many as 3,000 rockets on hand. MORE
Aug. 31, 2014
Palestinian Authority Pres Mahmoud Abbas may use global stage of the annual United Nations General Assembly to publicly demand a deadline for ending Israel's occupation in Gaza, despite expectation that Israelis and their American allies will oppose the demand. MORE
Aug. 31, 2014
Jodi Rudoren article showcases photographs taken by Paolo Pellegrin and Peter van Agtmael that capture life on the ground in Gaza and Israel during region's latest outbreak of war. MORE
Aug. 30, 2014
News analysis; each side in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has claimed victory, yet Hamas failed to win concessions it demanded and Israeli citizens feel more insecure than before the start of the 50-day war. MORE
Aug. 29, 2014
War in Gaza and its aftermath have inflamed opinion in Europe and are likely to increase support for the movement to boycott, disinvest from and sanction Israel, known as BDS; Europeans are drawing a legal distinction between Israel within its 1967 boundaries and Israeli towns and settlements that are beyond them in occupied land. MORE
Aug. 29, 2014
More than one million people have downloaded free app Red Alert, which tracks rocket fire from Gaza that alerts users with a siren similar to those heard in the south of Israel; Red Alert is the best known of several such smartphone apps. MORE
Aug. 28, 2014
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ismail Haniya, Gaza-based political leader of Hamas, declare decisive victory in limited cease-fire agreement; Palestinian workers begin clearing rubble and repairing damage from Israeli attacks as residents return home, but some residents of southern Israel remain wary. MORE
Aug. 28, 2014
Latest Gaza conflict, third in less than six years, has led some Israeli parents of young children to question whether they want to continue living near the traumatized southern border; they express fear after war has paralyzed life and the local economy. MORE
Aug. 27, 2014
Israeli and Palestinian leaders reach open-ended cease-fire agreement that promises only limited change to conditions in Gaza and leaves broader issues underpinning the conflict unresolved; Hamas declared victory even though it abandoned most of its demands, accepting Egyptian-brokered deal that differed little from one proffered on battle's seventh day. MORE
Aug. 26, 2014
Mary McGowan Davis, former Supreme Court justice in New York State, will join a three-person United Nations Human Rights Council panel investigating possible international law violations by Israel and Hamas in Gaza conflict. MORE
Aug. 25, 2014
Palestinian teenager Ahmed Jamal Abu Raida says Israeli soldiers detained him for five days, forcing him to sleep blindfolded and handcuffed and to search and dig for Hamas tunnels near Gaza's eastern border; his assertions, if true, violate both international law and 2005 Israeli Supreme Court ruling. MORE
Aug. 25, 2014
Israeli missile strike in Gaza reportedly kills Muhammad al-Ghoul, Hamas official who handles its financial transactions; attack is latest in string of Israeli airstrikes based on what appears to be precise intelligence about movements of some Hamas operatives who have emerged from their bunkers as the more intensive fighting has subsided. MORE
Aug. 25, 2014
Op-Ed article by Ron Prosor, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, holds Qatar's lavish support of Hamas represents the single biggest obstacle to a peace agreement in Gaza; contends the oil-rich gulf state has been using its vast wealth to leverage influence and destabilize rivals, choosing radical groups like Hamas as proxies; calls on global community to isolate Qatar until it revises its tactics. MORE
Aug. 24, 2014
Israeli missile strike on 11-story apartment tower in Gaza City brings down entire building; attack signals Israel's willingness to take more audacious military action in Gaza as Palestinian militants continue to fire barrages of rockets and mortar rounds into Israel. MORE
Aug. 23, 2014
As many as 18 Palestinians suspected of collaboration with Israel are summarily executed in public in Gaza by masked gunmen, day after intelligence coup enabled Israel to kill three top commanders of Hamas's armed wing. MORE
Aug. 23, 2014
Discussions at United Nations have intensified over possible Security Council resolution that would end fighting in Gaza and attract broad-based support, including from the United States. MORE
Aug. 22, 2014
Israel kills three top commanders of Hamas's armed wing in predawn strikes and calls up 10,000 reservists, display that makes clear its advantage in conflict; Hamas, in return, launches barrage of largely ineffective rockets. MORE
Aug. 21, 2014
Top Unicef official says that United Nations drastically underestimated devastation that could result from possible assaults by Israel on Gaza; 350,000 people have been displaced from six-week-old conflict, seven times predicted 50,000 planned for in contingency plan. MORE
Aug. 21, 2014
Fate of Hamas military wing's commander in chief Muhammad Deif remains mystery after Israeli warplanes drop at least five bombs on house in Gaza City, killing one of his wives and a baby son; airstrike is at least fifth Israeli attempt to assassinate Deif. MORE
Aug. 20, 2014
Rockets from Gaza hit Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, and Israel resumes airstrikes in Gaza, breaking latest short-term cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip; exchange prompts Israel to recall its delegation from talks in Cairo aimed at ending the conflict, further hampering resolution that had already seemed distant. MORE
Aug. 19, 2014
Israeli and Palestinian officials agree to extend five-day cease-fire for Gaza, reflecting difficulty of reaching more durable agreements. MORE
Aug. 18, 2014
Some 11,000 Palestinian homes have been destroyed, and many more severely damaged, in Gaza during fierce month of fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants; destruction creates housing and humanitarian crisis that is only beginning, as residents band together in whatever shelter they can find; uncertainty over timing and terms for a durable truce makes recovery planning elusive. MORE
Aug. 17, 2014
Palestinians artists are garnering much attention for their war-inspired creations by posting them on social media networks; artists say they see their work as a form of resistance to Israeli aggression. MORE
Aug. 16, 2014
Dutch man Henk Zanoli returns medal he received from Israel for saving a Jewish boy from the Holocaust in 1943, saying that he cannot keep it after Israeli airstrike in Gaza kills six of his relatives; writes letter to the Israeli Embassy recounting terrible price his family paid for opposing Nazi tyranny, and the horrible cost it has now incurred at the hands of the Israeli attack; Zanoli's shifting opinion reflects growing criticism of Israel among Europeans since the 1960s. MORE
Aug. 15, 2014
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Check him out.
Bud's show, "Tribe — Portraits of a Community," will run from Oct. 2 - Nov. 2 at the Silver Circle Gallery.
John Schindehette of The Art Order wrote an article based on a collaboration Bud was involved in with artist, Jean-Paul Jacquet. Read it here.
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Tue, 2 September 2014
Illustrator Jason Seiler joins us for a chat today. A former musician, Jason is based out of Chicago, but traveled all over with bands he was in before setting his focus squarely on art.
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Seiler also teaches at Schoolism, the online art school, and has a new art book out called The Complete Artist.
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Painter and illustrator John Harris is our guest today. If you don't know John's art, please dive in wherever you like: book covers, private commissions, commercial commissions, landscapes, portraits — you name it. His new art book Beyond the Horizon (Titan) is an outstanding collection of his genre work, and we discuss the book as well as other aspects of his life and career in our talk.
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Sumitomo Electric Industries
|Traded as
|Non-ferrous metal
|Osaka, Japan
|Area served
|Key people
|Masayoshi Matsumoto (CEO)
|Automotive, Infocommunications, Electronics, Environment and Energy, Industrial Materials & Others
|¥2,159,942 million (2013, consolidated)
|206,323 (2013)
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (SEI) (住友電気工業株式会社 Sumitomo Denki Kōgyō?) is a manufacturer of electric wire and optical fiber cables. Its headquarters are in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. The company's shares are listed in the first section of the Tokyo, Nagoya Stock Exchanges, and the Fukuoka Stock Exchange. In the period ending March 2013, the company reported consolidated sales of $23 billion (2,159,942 million Japanese yen).
Since the inception of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. in 1897 with copper wire production, Sumitomo Electric has developed many new technologies and products through innovative R&D activities based on Sumitomo Electric manufacturing technologies for electric wires and power cables. Sumitomo Electric continues to introduce a wide variety of products that fulfill the expectations of society, in five business fields: Automotive, Information & Communications, Electronics, Environment & Energy, and Industrial materials while challenging new business fields in Life Sciences and Materials & Resources.
Sumitomo Electric unprecedentedly grown and developed through intensive R&D, capturing future markets and improving technological capabilities in order to create solutions to present and future problems. With more than 350 subsidiaries and over 200,000 employees in more than 30 countries, its global infrastructure supports and strengthens the platform needed to competitively manufacture goods through the optimization and regionalization of the development and marketing of new technologies and products. Sumitomo Electric's technologies have been used in major projects which includes, but is not limited to: mitigation of traffic jams in Thailand, improvement of telecom networks in Nigeria, membrane technology for waste water treatment in Korea, and an innovative method of building bridges in Germany.
Presently, Sumitomo Electric's electrical wiring harness systems, which are used to send information and energy to automobiles, have garnered the second largest market share in the world. Sumitomo Electric also continues to be the leading manufacturer of composite semiconductors (GaAs, GaN, InP), which are widely used in semiconductor lasers, LEDs, and mobile telecommunications devices. Further, Sumitomo Electric is one of the Top 3 in the world for optical fiber used in optical transmission networks and optical communication devices. Finishing off its FY2012 with consolidated net sales of $23 billion and still ranking among the global Fortune 500,[1] Sumitomo Electric foresees continued growth and further development of cutting-edge technologies for its mid-term management plan, VISION 2017.
- 1 History
- 2 Business Units
- 3 Global Projects[10]
- 4 Mid-term Management Plans
- 5 External links
- 6 References
1897 to 1950[2][edit]
- 1897 - Sumitomo Copper Rolling Works was founded
- 1900 - Started production of coated wires
- 1908 - Started production of power cables
- 1909 - Started trial production of telecommunication cables
- 1911 - Established Sumitomo Electric Wire & Cable Works; Laid first Japan-made high-voltage underground cables
- 1916 - Opened a new factory (now the Osaka Works); Started production of enamel wires
- 1920 - Sumitomo Electric Wire & Cable Works incorporated as a limited company
- 1931 - Started production of cemented carbide tools
- 1932 - Started production of special steel wires
- 1939 - Company name changed to the current name, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
- 1941 - Opened the Itami Works
- 1943 - Started production of vibration-proof rubber products and fuel tanks
- 1946 - Opened a brand office in Tokyo (now the Tokyo Head Office)
- 1948 - Started marketing sintered powder metal products
- 1949 - Entered into the construction business of overhead transmission lines
1951 to 2000[3][edit]
- 1957 - Delivered the first Japan-made television broadcasting antennas
- 1961 - Opened the Yokohama Works; Delivered the wiring harnesses for four-wheel vehicles for the first time in its history
- 1962 - Started production of the Irrax Tube electron beam irradiation tubes; The head office was moved from Osaka's Konohana Ward to its present location in Chuo Ward
- 1963 - Started production of disc brakes1964-Started production of electron beam irradiation wires
- 1968 - Entered into the traffic control systems business
- 1969 - Established the first overseas production subsidiary in Thailand (SIAM Electric Industries Co., Ltd.); Started development of flexible printed circuits (FPCs)
- 1970 - Started production of compound semiconductors
- 1971 - Opened the Kanto Works1974-Started production of optical fiber cables
- 1975 - Contracted to construct a power transmission line in Iran
- 1976 - Received an order for a large telecommunications network construction project in Nigeria
- 1978 - Delivered and put into operation the world's first bidirectional fiber optics CATV system called "Hi-OVIS"
- 1981 - Delivered and installed fiber optic LAN systems for the first time in its history
- 1982 - Succeeded in producing the world's-largest-class (1.2 carats) synthetic diamonds
- 1996 - Developed a technology for producing long-length oxide high voltage superconducting wires
- 1998 - Developed and started marketing ecology wires and cables
- 1999 - Sumitomo Electric Fine Polymer, Inc. (fine polymer products) started operation
2001 to present[4][edit]
- 2001 - J-Power Systems Corporation (high-voltage power cables) started operational
- 2002 - Sumitomo Electric Networks, Inc. (network equipment), Sumitomo (SEI) Steel Wire Corp. (special steel wires) and Sumitomo Electric Wintec,Inc. (magnet wires) started operation
- 2003 - Sumiden Hitachi Cable Ltd. (wires and cables for buildings and industrial equipment) and Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal Corp. (powder metal and diamond products) started operation
- 2004 - A.L.M.T. Corp. was made a wholly owned subsidiary
- 2006 - The HTS cable used in a power transmission grid in the U.S. started supplying electricity
- 2007 - Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. was made a wholly owned subsidiary; Nissin Electric Co., Ltd. was made a consolidated subsidiary
- 2008 - Opened Technical Training Center
- 2009 - Eudyna Devices Inc. was made a wholly owned subsidiary and changed its trade name to Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, Inc.
- 2010 - Opened WinD Lab, a new laboratory building; SEI Optifrontier Co., Ltd. Started lightwave network product business
- 2011 - Commenced "Demonstration of Megawatt-Class Power Generation/Storage System" at Osaka Works, and at Yokohama Works in 2012
- 2012 - Obtained the world's first certification of Thunderbolt, an optical cable which began commercial production; Established joint research on "Commercialization and Construction Technology for Offshore Wind Power Generation Plants Regional Promotion Aqua-Wind Commercialization Study Group."
- 2013 - Constructed manufacturing base for automotive aluminum electric wire in Thailand.
Business Units[edit]
Sumitomo Electric and its global subsidiaries and affiliates undertake product development, manufacturing and marketing, as well as service provision in the five business divisions: "Automotive," "Infocommunications," "Electronics," "Environment and Energy," and "Industrial Materials & Others."
The automotive segment accounts for 50% of Sumitomo Electric's annual sales. With the aim of realizing an automotive society characterized by safety, comfort, and environmental responsibility, Sumitomo Electric supplies the global market with a broad range of products, including wiring harnesses for in-vehicle data and energy transmission, and anti-vibration rubber.
The automotive wiring harness business commenced in 1949 with supplies to the Occupation Forces for their jeeps. In 1961, for the first time, the company supplied wiring harnesses for four-wheel-drive vehicles. At present, Sumitomo Electric promotes the automotive wiring harness business in a tripartite system, in which Sumitomo Electric takes charge of sales and business planning, Sumitomo Wiring Systems handles design and manufacturing, and AutoNetworks Technologies conduct research and development. As a result, Sumitomo Electric's electrical wiring harness systems, which are used to send information and energy to automobiles, have garnered the second largest market share in the world.
This segment provides key products and devices that support optical communications, such as optical fibers, cables, connectors, fusion splicers, GE-PON (Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network) devices, various network access equipment, as well as electronic devices and antenna products for wireless communications. The division also provides various products for supporting the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) society such as traffic control systems and other Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) devices.
Sumitomo Electric produced optical fiber well ahead of other manufacturers, taking note of the product's great capacity for voluminous, speedy, and assured data transmission, ideal for the advanced information age that was to come. In 1986, Sumitomo Electric developed Z-fiber, pure silica core fiber with the world's lowest transmission loss. This has supported the construction of optical communication networks, such as its wide use in many submarine cables. Sumitomo Electric's optical fibers ranks among the best in optical transmission networks and optical communication devices.
The Sumitomo Electric Group's electronics division supplies various products to manufacturers of smartphones, flat-screen televisions, and other highly advanced electronic goods. Products include base material, wiring, and components for compact and lightweight devices with high functionality, such as flexible printed circuits (FPCs), electronic wires, heat-shrinkable tubing, fine polymer products, and compound semiconductors. Capitalizing on compound semiconductor development and manufacturing-knowledge accumulated over many years, Sumitomo Electric succeeded in developing and mass-producing the world's first gallium nitride substances. Sumitomo Electric also continues to be the leading manufacturer of composite semiconductors (GaAs, GaN, InP), which are widely used in semiconductor lasers, LEDs, and mobile telecommunications devices.
Environment and Energy[8][edit]
This division provides electric wire and cable products that underpin stable energy supply. They include copper wire rods from which various types of electric wires and cables are made, power cables that are indispensable for the supply of high-voltage electricity, and trolley wires for railways. This business segment also supplies magnet wires used in household appliances, automotive electric components, and industrial motors- including hybrid products of rubber, plastic, and ceramics resulting from our development of wire coating technologies- to many different branches of industry.
Industrial Materials[9][edit]
Hard metal products, such as cutting tools, are essential for high-speed, high-performance, and high-precision mechanical processing. This division manufactures products used in many industries, including special metal wires for prestressed concrete used in civil engineering and construction projects; special steel wires such as steel cords used as tire-reinforcement materials in the automobile industry; and oil-tempered wires for valve springs. This division also makes sintered parts that are used as structural components in automobiles and home electric appliances, ranking among the top 3 in the world.
Starting in 2013, Sumitomo Electric will expand into two more divisions, "Life Sciences" and "Resources" by making full use of the Group's wide-ranging technological capabilities.
Global Projects[10][edit]
- Argentina – Optical Cable System
- Brazil – Automotive Wiring Harness Business
- Mexico – Submarine and underground power transmission installation project [11]
- USA – Restoration of I-35 W Highway Bridge, Superconducting Cable Demonstration Test [12]
Middle East[edit]
- Iran – Major power transmission line installation project [13]
- China – Establishment of optical fiber product joint ventures with Futong Group [14][15]
- Japan – World's first superconducting electric car [16]
- Korea – Membrane Technology for waste water treatment [17]
- Taiwan – contribution to Taiwan's high-speed Shinkansen Bullet Train
- Thailand – Easing traffic jam, First overseas manufacturing base [18]
- Vietnam – New business center for electronic products
- Germany – Introduction of new bridge building method
- UK – SUMICRYSTAL: Synthetic Single Crystal Diamond
- Nigeria – Telecom network project
- Australia- Long-distance underground power transmission lines[19]
Mid-term Management Plans[edit]
VISION 2007[20][edit]
The Sumitomo Electric Group in April 2003 launched a new medium-term management plan under the name "VISION 2007," which calls for a change in strategies with an emphasis on the achievement of sustainable growth. Under VISION 2007, Sumitomo Electric set their targets at ¥2,000 billion in net sales, ¥120 billion in operating income, and an ROA of 8%, all on a consolidated basis. This plan includes the two core policies of raising our global presence and strengthening our leading technology. In line with these policies, each business segment has formulated growth strategies and worked to maximize group synergies. As a result, in the previous term (ended March 2007), Sumitomo Electric reached their numerical targets one year ahead of schedule. These targets were then exceeded by a wide margin in the reporting period. Based on these results, a new medium-term plan, VISION 2012, was launched, which began in April 2008 and ended in March 2013.
VISION 2012[21][edit]
Under this plan, Sumitomo Electric aimed to realize net sales of ¥3 trillion, operating income of ¥210 billion, an operating income margin of 7%, and an ROE of 10%, all on a consolidated basis. The end of March 2013 was the final fiscal year of VISION 2012, the mid-term management plan launched in April 2008. Over these five years, Sumitomo Electric has made some progress in developing global markets, but fell far short of sales and operating income targets of ¥3 trillion and ¥210 billion, due to external factors such as the financial crisis following the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the Great East Japan Earthquake, Thai flooding, and other major natural disasters. The sustained and unprecedented rise of the yen, as well as internal factors such as falling profitability in certain segments and an increase in the cost of prior capital investment, as explained previously, in global plant and research and development were also external factors. VISION 2012 ended with net sales of 2.16 trillion yen and operating income of 77 billion yen. By segment, earnings were steady at Automotive and Electric Wire & Cable, Energy, with the latter posting record high earnings.
VISION 2017[22][edit]
Under VISION 2017, in addition to our current business fields, such as mobility, energy, and communications, where Sumitomo Electric can take advantage of the group's strengths, Sumitomo Electric will expand integrated business fields where they will combine and systemize our tangible and intangible advantages and present new value in response to social needs, such as the environment & infrastructure. On top of that, Sumitomo Electric will challenge new business fields, such as life sciences and resources. By so doing, Sumitomo Electric strives to accomplish the FY 2017 targets of consolidated sales of ¥3 trillion, operating income of ¥180 billion, and ROA of 9%. Under VISION 2017, Sumitomo Electric aims to continuously innovate and provide global services in these fields, creating new value from raw materials to systems and solutions.
External links[edit]
- Sumitomo Electric Industries
- SEI Newsletter
- SEI Company Profile
- SEI Technical Review
- SEI Smile Relay
- President's Blog
- SEI Annual Reports
- SEI Corporate Social Responsibility
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The skinny: Westlake looks like the favorite to win its second team title in five years (2009). The Lions will send a state-best 15 competitors to Albany, along with four relay teams. Sprinter SheKara Martin could win the 100 and 200 meters.
Also in the mix: Alpharetta, Brookwood, Luella, McEachern, Mill Creek, Parkview, Peachtree Ridge, Roswell.
Other athletes to watch: Casidy Callahan, Norcross (Discus, Shot put); Storm Phillips, Valdosta (Long jump); Allie Buchalski, Johns Creek (1,600 and 3,200 meters).
The skinny: Kell superstar Kendall Williams will try to close out her brilliant career by leading the Longhorns to their first team championship in track and field. But Dunwoody will pose a challenge, as will 2011 champion M.L. King, led by LSU-bound sprinter Jada Martin. With the warm weather expected, she and Cassondra Hall of Northside-Warner Robins could push one another to challenge the AAAAA state record in the 100 meters, set in 2008 by Newan's Chalondra Goodman, now running at Texas.
Also in the mix: Northside-Warner Robins, Northside-Columbus, Miller Grove, New Manchester.
Other athletes to watch: Kenya Wheeler, Southwest DeKalb (Shot put, Discus); Cassondra Hall, Northside-Warner Robins (100 and 200 meters); Alex Cameron, Dunwoody (3,200 meters).
The skinny: Marist, led by distance specialist Morgan Ilse, will try to end one of the most dominant reigns in Georgia high school sports – Monroe-Albany's four consecutive team championships. The Tornadoes, who moved up from AAA, are a threat to make it five. Defending AAAA champion Redan is a contender as well. Monroe Area sprinter Javianne Oliver is a threat to break the AAAA state records in the 200 meters and 100 meters, where the old mark (11.50) has stood since 1986 (Anita Howard, Butler).
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Other athletes to watch: Maileka Slayton, Greater Atlanta Christian (100 and 200 meters); Taylor DeLoach, St. Vincent's Academy (Long jump).
The skinny: Athens Christian, which won the boys title going away, will try to pull off the sweep and win its fourth consecutive state crown. But Our Lady of Mercy will provide a tough challenge, led by sprinters Morgan McClure, a senior, and sophomore Leah Banks.
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Other athletes to watch: Marquita Daniels, SACA (100 and 200 meters); Maddie Felts, Galloway (44.54); Anna Machovec, Prince Avenue Christian (Discus, Shot put).
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