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When the pitcher consistently keeps pitches off but close to the plate, his chances of getting a preferenatial call on the next pitch increase. The opposite occurs when pitchers pound the zone
So says Colin Wyers. With a full year of Wainwright, BPro's playoff odds tracker puts St. Louis at 58.3%, while a full year without the ace has them at 43.8%. But don't throw in the towel just yet, Cards fans: "...the loss of Wainwright is not the death knell that I think some commentators expected. The Cardinals still have the best player in baseball, after all, and the NL Central is nowhere near as top-heavy as the AL East. The Cardinals still have a very good chance of making the playoffs—they'll just have to fight a bit harder to do it."
"But with so many deserving candidates on the ballot, it's clear that some players are going to slip through the cracks, especially at the rate that the BBWAA elects candidates (exactly 1.5 per year from 1966-2011). This is unacceptable. " I'd like to respond to this one with a big, resounding NO. It is not clear that anyone deserving is going to slip through the cracks due to the voting threshold. First of all, players stay on the ballot for fifteen years and have a shot at the veterans ballot long after that. That's plenty of time for the HOF-level greats of our era to win a trip to Cooperstown. Second of all, what ever happened to era-by-era comparison? If the run environment jumped during a specific era, then we should be discounting the accomplishments of the great run producers. We should treat pitchers in the opposite manner. Perhaps if it looks like there's a glut of players with Hall of Fame credentials, we should re-examine their credentials, not the voting process.
What does pitch location say about where a batter will hit the ball? Jeremy Greenhouse has the answer, for Ichiro at least.
Unlike the NFL, the possibility of a lockout looming large despite skyrocketing revenues and fan interest, the prospect of a 1994-style labor stoppage is almost unthinkable in baseball today.
This Neyer piece, which references a Dave Cameron piece, is one of many investigating how much Pujols is worth and how much his contract should/will be (and with whom). But I fear we're asking the wrong question. The right question is, "Can the St. Louis Cardinals get a better return on investment by spending $xxx million on Albert Pujols than on anything else over the term of the contract?" These questions are similar, but not the same. Not at all. Even if Albjert Pujols doesn't project to win $300 million worth of games over the next 8-10 years, that doesn't mean that there's something more productive that the Cardinals can spend that amount of money on over time. That said, assuming a $300/10 deal, is there a better way for the Cardinals to spend that much money over that period of time? If the answer is no, then they should make the deal.
A bit of self-promotion here, but it's an opinion piece I don't feel belongs on Beyond the Box Score proper. The jist: keep in mind La Russa's political affiliations when he's commenting on the MLBPA. Keep in mind both La Russa's and Weiner's institutional affiliations for the same reason.
"For the first time since he felt a pop in his right elbow on Aug. 21, when he threw a 1-1 changeup to Phillies outfielder Domonic Brown, Strasburg is throwing again." Let me be among the first to say, "Woo Hoo!"
Mariano Rivera saves the Yankees more runs with his zone than any other pitcher does for any other team.
Excellent GIS approach to demographic trends among American born MLB players since 1884. Great work by Dave Allen at Baseball Analysts.
When we apply run values to zone advantage, we gain a greater understanding about what effect strike zones have on the game. For instance, Livan's zone is big--so big that it saves over 20 runs...
"In the wake of "The Year of the Pitcher" and in a salute to Black History Month, MLB.com posed the following question to a panel of 19 of the most respected authorities on "black baseball," a term that encompasses baseball before Rube Foster founded the Negro Leagues in 1920: Who were the top five black pitchers prior to the integration of the Major Leagues? Based on a compilation of their rankings, the countdown toward No. 1 begins Tuesday. Today, we start with a preview of the series. "
In a programming note on his SweetSpot blog, Rob Neyer announced he's leaving ESPN.com. This is quite a shock to me and, I imagine, the rest of the online baseball-loving community. Thanks for all your work, Rob. We hope to see you again real soon.
Strike zone bias is responsible for some degree of home field advantage in baseball, but home field advantage has practically no significant effect on the strike zone.
A new book claims that most of MLB home field advantage is due to home plate officiating. Does this theory hold water? Stay tuned to find out.
BR lists the best players who were better defenders than hitters and baserunners. The top 5: Cal Ripken, Jr., Brooks Robinson, Pudge Rodriguez, Pee Wee Reese, and Ozzie Smith.
Visualization of MLB Ballpark Seating Capacity 1920-2010. Park capacities grew steadily during the 20th Century as the game flourished. Capacities peaked in 1993, but have swiftly declined as...
I just discovered this blog: MLB Trade Trees. Reminds me of something that Slows posted here earlier. Really neat visualizations of interesting trades in MLB history.
From my football-centric follow-up to this article at BTB, this chart compares stadium construction trends in pro football and baseball. Note that the trend in the AFL/NFL is more volatile, and that the average stadium is almost always newer.
Baseball: the Irish Pastime? Perhaps! Youth and adult clubs are springing up all over the Emerald Isle. "Ireland began its love affair with baseball at the 1996 European Championships. The inexperienced Irish were comically unsuccessful in their earliest games, but their national pride was unshaken." h/t Craig Calcaterra at Hardball Talk.
Umpires tend to position themselves over the inside part of the plate… putting them at a disadvantage when calling outside pitches. We witness the same effect when it comes to the height of the...
"Without pitchers, 756 of 2161 bunts (about 35%) resulted in a positive WPA." Managers might want to reconsider that sac play in most situations...
This is not really all that surprising, especially when it comes to playoff expansion. While modification of the playoff format doesn't require union input, per se, the decision would impact the distribution of postseason revenues which is determined by the CBA. And while we all hoped instant replay might expand, all indications were that it would not. That notwithstanding, this statement from the Commissioner's office reeks of BS: "Though both issues are being discussed at the committee level, there is insufficient time to implement any changes prior to the March 31 start of the regular season." First of all, there's no reason instant replay changes need to be implemented by 3/31. The implementation of boundary review was completed mid-season, well in time for the playoffs. Second, the head honchos in NYC have had plenty of time to consider expanding replay. Shouldn't they have been working on this the moment Jim Joyce blew the perfect game? Basically, Selig's message is this: we've dragged our heels too long on this, and so the only solution is to continue dragging them. Ridiculous? Disappointing? Bewildering? Take your pick.
Interesting tidbit from Fangraphs, describing the most successful bunt attempts of the 2010 season. Matt Klassen notes, "Keep in mind that these were the most successful bunts of the season, and that five plays doesn't tell us anything of general significance about bunting as a strategy. Still, it is interesting to note that four of the plays involved errors, and two of them involved the bunter noticing the infields playing back." Oh, but it does tell us something about strategy. As Tango, Lichtman and Dolphin demonstrated in The Book, the sacrifice attempt is, on average, a terrible play unless you account for the possibility of reaching first or earning extra bases. I bet a table of the worst bunts in 2010 would be a long list of two-hitters who sacrificed the leadoff man to 2nd with no outs in the first inning.
Delicious send up of HOF voters by Joe Posnanski. This is easily my favorite non-sabermetric article in the last year or so. "Al Kaline's No. 1 comp? Harold Baines. Gone. ... Carl Yastrzemski's No. 1 comp? Dave Winfield. Didn't we just eliminate Dave Winfield? Yaz gone. And take Cal Ripken with you since his No. 1 comp is also Dave Winfield. ... Joe Morgan, I stayed with you as long as I could. I really wanted you in there. But your No. 1 comp? Lou Whitaker? Do you know what Lou Whitaker did on his one Hall of Fame ballot? Sorry. Gone. ..."
Contrary to expectations, the umpire actually becomes *less* forgiving as the run value of the base-out state increases.
Jason Rosenberg (of whom I'm a big fan) at It's All About the Money has a great graphic depicting the best pitchers (by ERA+) in rolling ten-year increments from 1980-2010. Definitely worth a look, as is his similar chart depicting pitcher wins.
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Interest in the Topsfield Fair's Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off gets bigger every year, just like the pumpkins in the competition.
Visitors can check out this year's batch of orange monsters at 1 p.m. tomorrow, when they are lowered onto scales in the arena, kicking off 10 days of agricultural exhibits, contests and activities.
George Hoomis, director of the New England Giant Pumpkin Growers Association and chairman of the weigh-off, remembers when people wondered if pumpkins would ever reach 1,000 pounds.
"We figured it would take a few years," he said.
Last year, Ron Wallace of Greene, R.I., set a world record at 2,009 pounds and won a $10,000 prize for growing the first pumpkin ever to exceed 1 ton, but it took less than a year for his entry to be topped.
"There's a guy in Europe who grew a 2,360-something-pound pumpkin off the 2009 seed," Hoomis said.
It didn't set a new record, however, because it had a hole in it.
"It has to be sound, a sound fruit," Hoomis said.
Pumpkins keep getting bigger because growers develop new breeds, using seeds from previous winners, and cross-pollinating early each spring. But genetics alone don't create big pumpkins, which often require determined growers to get them through rough weather.
"I know one year there was so much rain, people's pumpkins were going down, the plants were dying," Hoomis said. "One guy dug a hole next to his plant and put a sump pump in it and kept it going. People do what they have to do."
As the pumpkins get bigger, the fair — now in its 195th year — gets older and continues to draw huge crowds.
One secret to this longevity is the fair's combination of carefully cultivated traditions mixed with new attractions.
This year, for instance, performers will include Beverly's Angie Miller, who finished third in the "American Idol" competition this spring. Fans on the North Shore who voted for Miller when she was on television can show their appreciation in person, when she appears in a free concert Tuesday, Oct. 8, in the Grandstand.

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text: VI. Conference Call Transcript IFS 1Q09 Conference Call Wednesday, may 6, 2009 10:30 AM Operator: Welcome to the Intergr oup Financial Services first quarter 2009 conferenc e call. All lines have been place on mute to prevent any background noise. After the presentation, we will open the floor for questions. At that time, instructions will be give n as a procedure to follow if you would li ke to ask a question. It is now my pleasure to turn the flo or over the Peter Majeski of I-Advi ze Corpora te Communications. Sir, you may begin. Peter Majeski: Th ank you, Kallie. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to Intergroup Financial Services first quar ter 2009 earning s conference call on this th e 6th of May, 2009. We are very pl eased to h ave with us fr om Intergroup, Mr. Jose Antonio Rosas, chief financial offic er, Mr. Ernesto Gonzalez, investor relation offic er, Ms. Cl audia Valdivia, chief financi al officer of I nterseguro, and Mr. Gonz alo B asadre, investment manager of Intersegur o. They will be di scussing Intergroup's r esults to th e press release distributed yesterday. If you have not received a copy of the earnings release or presentation, please visit www.ifs.com.pe to downl oad a copy or call u s in New York at 212-406-3694. Before we begin, I w ould like to r emind you th at any forward-looking statem ents made today by Inter group's m anagement are based on inf ormation and data currently available and are subject to variou s conditions that may differ materially. It is n ow my pleasure to turn the call over to Mr. Ernesto Gonz alez Qu attrini, Intergr oup's investor relations officer. Mr. Gonzalez, you may begin. Ernesto Gonzalez: Thank you . I want to wel come all of yo u to Intergr oup's quarter ly conference call and thank y ou in advanc e for your interest and atte ntion. Also, with us tod ay are Gonz alo Basadre, investment manager of Interseguro and Claudia Vald ivia, CFO of Interseguro who on thi s call and going forward will be presentin g Intersegur o's results an d fielding investment and business question s during the Q&A session. Operating trends have remained strong at Intergro up with net earnings grow ing more th an 20 perc ent both on quarter to quarter and year to year basis. Quarter on quarter growth resulted fr om a higher net financial m argin derived f rom higher l ong volum es and lower f unding costs at In tergroup, as well as increases in investment income both at Interbank and Interseguro. On a y ear to year b asis, net earnings grew 20.8 percent as a result of higher interest on loans and fee income at In terbank. Specifically, reg arding our su bsidiaries, Interbank and Intersegur o, Interbank's earnings bef ore taxes posted a 39 .7 percent increa se quarter on quarter d riven by growth in the net financial margins. Despite such growth, net income declined 1.1 percent quarter to quarter as a resul t of lower income from deferred taxes. Also, Interb ank's financi al margin incr eased by 27.3 percent year on y ear, net earnings declined 7.2 percent due to the imp act of higher p rovision expe nses, derived parti ally from regulatory pro-cyclic al provisioning r equirements. Interbank' s l oan p ortfolio grew at a h ealthy 28 per cent year on year and 4 percent qu arter on qu arter leading to significan t g ains in m arket share. The profits grew 18 per cent quarter on quarter which resulted in a 49 percent reduction in the use of short-term credit. Interbank's n et interes t margins regist er at 60 peso s for an increase as a result of higher investment income and l ower funding costs. The b ank's p ast du e rati o r ose f rom 1.2 perc ent in f ourth quarter of 2008 to 1.5 percent in first quarter of 2009. The c ollection of past due loans remains strong at 261.5 percent. Intergroup Financial Services – 1Q09 Conference Call Review Interseguro posted net inc ome of $3 m illion in nuevo sol es whi ch resulted in first quarter of 2009, an improvement from a $10.3 million nuevo soles loss in the fourth quarter in 2008 resulting from resumed growth in investment income. Inter seguro's fixed income and equity portfolios rec orded devaluation vouchers registered during the past two quarter s, as a result, investment income almost tripled between fourth quarter of 2008 and first quarter of 2009. Operating trends strengthened as pr emiums grew 6 .8 percent quarter on quarter and 12 .6 percent year on year. However, net income shows 20 percent y ear on y ear due to an exchange loss that led to a 49 percent year on year dec line in investment income . I would now like to tur n the call to Jose Antonio Rosas, chief financial of Intergroup who will be discu ssing the company's quarterly results in depth. Jose Antonio? Jose Antonio Rosas:Thank you, Ernesto. If you can please turn to page 4 of the presentation, there we have a summary of net earnings for Intergroup and subsidiaries. Intergroup's net earnings grew by more than 20 perc ent both qu arter on quarter and ye ar on year dr iven mainly by higher gross financi al margins. As a result the company's annualized ROE approached 20% in the first quarter. Interbank's operating trends were very prone in the first quarter of 2009, but net earnings declined from levels influenced by non-recurring trends both in the first quarter of 2008 and the fourth quarter of 2008. Interseguro posted a $3 million sole profit with losses in the previous two quarters. If you turn to page 5, we can see a detail of I ntergroup's P&L statement. As men tioned earlier, Intergroup's earnings growth was driv en mainly by in creases in gross financi al margins. G ross financial margin grew 14 percent quarter on qu arter as a result of higher loan volumes and lower funding costs at Interbank and higher investment returns at Interbank and Interseguro. Year on year in gross fin ancial m argins was 36 pe rcent due mai nly to higher loan volum es and yield spreads at I nterbank. Pr ovisions grew significan tly year on year driven by pro-cyclic al provisi on requirements, higher loan volumes, and finally by an increase in d elinquent consumer loans. As a result of this increase in provisi ons, net financial margins grew only 4 percent year on year, but expanded by a significant 32 percent quarter on quarter. Fee income grew 43 perc ent and f ell 3 percent quarter on quarter due t o seasonal factors at Interbank. Expenses rose 28 percent year on year due mainly to the expan sion of Interbank's network b ut became much more stable quarter on quarter with an expansion of only 3 percent. Earnings before taxes rose 68 percent quarter on quarter driven by net financial margins. Net in come, however, expanded at a lower rate of 27 percent due to a decline in income from deferred taxes. Despite this quarterly decline in deferred taxes, inco me from deferred taxes was still higher than the fir st quarter of 2008, leading earnings to grow by 21 percent year on year. Please turn t o page 7 no w to discu ss Interbank's results. On pa ge 7, we see a summary of Interbank's P&L statement. In December we saw some of the same trends we discussed in Intergroup's P&L. Gross financial m argins grew 27 percent year on y ear dr iven by higher volumes and yields on l oans. It was partially affected by lower investment returns from an unusually high first quarter of 2008 when the bank registered a non-recurring gain of $15 million nuevo soles on the sale of Visa shares. Financial m argin growth was offset b y a significant increase i n provision s, which led to a 5 perc ent decline in net operating margins and a 7%drop in net earnings. Net financial margin increased 27 percent quarter on quarter driven by higher interest on loans, lower funding costs, and lower provisions. With fee income and operating expenses stable, net operating margin grew 44 percent and income before taxes Intergroup Financial Services – 1Q09 Conference Call Review expanded by 40 percent. This in crease was off set by a $25 mill ion so le decr ease in inc ome from th e deferred taxes. As a result of this non-recurring decline, Interbank's net income fell 1 p ercent quarter on quarter. On page 8, we can see a summary of Interbank's l oan portfolio. Total loans g rew 5 percen t quarter on quarter, a slower p ace th an the previ ous three qu arters but still significantly above the market's zero growth rate for the first q uarter. Year on year growth in the bank's total p ortfolio was 59 p ercent. The commercial segment book ed a particul arly str ong expa nsion rate of 68 percent. A s a result of these strong growth rates, the bank's market share of total loans has increased from 9.4 percent in March 2008 to 10.3 percent in Dec. 2008 and 10.8 percent in Ma rch 2009. Gains hav e been widespread among all business lines. This growth has taken place as Interbank has seized an opportunity for growth in a l ower competitive environment particularly in the commercial segment. On page 9, we can see some details on Interbank's funding structure. There we can see t hat deposit s grew at a ver y strong pace of 18 percent quarter on quarter and 47 percent year on year d riven mainly by general market growth in both the r etail and corporate segments. In addition to the m arket's general growth, Inter bank's branch expansion helped to incr ease our market shar e in retail deposits from 11.2 percent in March 2008 to 12.3 percent in March 2009. As a result of the growth in deposits, the bank has cut its u se of short-term lines of credit by almost half. These changes have added stability and lowered the cost of Interbank's funding structure. On page 10, we can see how our gr oss financi al m argin is com posed. Gross financial margin rose 2 7 percent year on year driv en by a 35 percent on fi nancial inc ome and virtu ally off set by a 57 p ercent increase in fi nancial expense. Year on year grow th in financial income was driven by a 61 percent increase in interest in loan s. This rise was due to a 54 percent expan sion i n the bank's average loan volume and the increase of 70 basis poi nts in the average yield on loans. Growth in interest on loans was partially offset by a 29 per cent decline i n investment income and a 64 percen t drop in interest on cash. The decline in investment income was due to a fac t that the bank reported an unusually high return in the first qu arter of 2008 as a result of a gain of 50 million nuevo soles on the sale of Visa shares from that comp any's IPO last year. Excluding that even t, investment income wou ld have remained stable. Interest on cash fell significantly as a result of a sh arp reduction on the LIBOR based r ate paid on the central bank's dollar denominated term deposits. Financial expenses increased 67 percent year on ye ar due to growth rates of 44 percent on interest from deposit, 72 percent increase in interest and loans, and 260 percent in interest and loan s. The increase in interest on deposits was d ue to a 57 percent rise in volume and 19 basis poin ts increase in the average cost of deposits. The increase was due to the fact that we had a higher proportion of term deposits in our funding mix. Interest on l oans grew as a result of a 77 percent e xpansion in the average volume of bank loans that Interbank acquired between the first quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009. Growth in volume was mainly attributable to hig her levels of median term loans with f oreign banks and repos fr om the central bank of Peru. Interest on bonds expanded in line with the significant volume growth which was due to new issues of subordinated and [inaudible] throughout 2008. Looking at the quarter on quarter perf ormance, we can see that gross fin ancial margin i ncreased 9.8 percent as financial income grew 7 per cent while fin ancial expenses rose by only 1.4 p ercent. Financial income growth was driven by a 9.4 percent increase in interest on loans and a 33 percent increase in investment income and partially offset by a 66 percent decline in interest and cash and a 13 percent drop in exchange gain. Intergroup Financial Services – 1Q09 Conference Call Review Interest on l oans grew in -line with th e 9.3 percent expansion in average volume, while th e increase in investment income was attributed to the bank's so vereign bond portfolio. Financial expenses grew only 1.4 percent despite a 5.4 percent increase in the average volume of interest-bearing liabilities as a higher proportion of deposits within the funding mix led to a 20 basis p oint decline i n Interbank's average c ost of funds. If we could please turn to page 11 , the chart on that page , w e can s ee th at Interbank's net financi al margin increased by 60 b asis points on quarter on qu arter as a result of hig her investm ent yields and lower funding costs. Please turn to page 12 now. There we can see some indicator of the asset quality and provision expense. On the chart on the right, on page 12, we can see that the asset quality deteriorated slightly and the past due loan rati o rose from 1.2 percent i n the fourth quarter of 20 08 to 1.5 percent in the first quarter of 2009. Provi sion cov erage remain strong at 262 p ercent of past due loan s. The chart on the left of the page shows that the loan provision expense increased significantly during the p ast two quarters. A large part of this increase is due to new pro-c yclical provisional requirements enacted by the Peruvian Banking Superintendent at th e end of 2008. The loan pr ovision expense r ose by 58 mi llion nuevo soles year on year. Out of this increase, 38 percent of the total is attributable to new regulations including pro-cyclical requirements. Another 33 percent of the increase is explained by volume growth and 29 percent is due to writing delinquencies. You can turn to page 13 now. There we can see that Interbank 's fee incom e rose 49 per cent year on year driven b y increases in fees from the credit card business, from AT M use, deposit accounts, indirect loans and col lection services. Fee income remain ed stable qu arter on quarter as a 16 per cent inc ome from fee in services was offset by significantly lower fees in the commercial banking business. Now, go to page 14 to see some detail on our operating expenses. In the first chart on pag e 14, we can see the growth in the ban k's distribution network has stabilized after a significant expansion during the fourth quarter of 2008. In December 2008, Interban k successfully completed a two year project durin g which a num ber of branc hes and ATM's was doubl ed. In 2009, growth in our network will be much slower th an i n the previou s two ye ars. As a r esult of this significant expan sion in our bran ch network , operating expenses rose 32 percent year on year. Quarter on quarter growth was 4 percent as expenses stabilize during the last two quarters. And now Gonzalo Basadr e and Claudi a Valdivi a, I nterseguro's chief financial officer, will discuss the results for the first quarter. Claudia Valdivia:Thank you, Jose Antonio. If you can please turn to page 16 on t he presentation, the table shows a su mmary of Inter seguro's P &L p erformance wh ere we can see a qu arterly growth in Interseguro's income of 3 million nuevo soles. This quarterly increase was due to a significan t improvement on investment income. We will give more detail later on the presentation and a decrease on administrative expenses explained by lower advertisement expense. On a yearly basis, Inter seguro's net i ncome was 70 percent lower due to a decrease in investmen t income. However, thi s lower inco me was parti ally offset by a significant i mprovement in technical margins due to a considerable decrease in claims services. Please turn to page 17 . P age 17 sh ows in detail performance of Intersegur o's premium. We c an se e premiums in creased 7 percent quarter on quarter and 13 percent year on year. The m ost rel evant changes during the first quarter of 20 09 are the following: Group life premiums increased 20 percent quarter on q uarter and 7 2 percent year on year b asically because of a significant increase in insur ance signed by Interbank's m ortgage credit. Individual life premiums gr ew 8 perc ent quarter on q uarter and Intergroup Financial Services – 1Q09 Conference Call Review 20 percent year on year. This growth was higher than the industry increasing our market share from 4.9 percent to 6 .2 percent y ear on year . Disability and survivor benefit premiums grew significantly percentage-wise but not on an ab solute basis. These premiums are related t o Profuturo's contract that ended in December 2007. Finally, on page 18, th e details on Interseguro' s investm ent portfolio and investment income. Interseguro's investment i ncome was 28 nuevo soles in the first quarter of 2009, a signific ant increase over the fourth quarter of 2008, but a decline compared to the first quarter of 2008. The main reason for the yearly decrease was the depreciation of the nuevo sol. As you can see on the bottom table, exchange rate gains on the first quarter of 2008 were 17.3 million nuevo soles, while in the first quarter of 2009 the company has a 7.9 million nuevo soles loss. As a result of a better performance of the Lima Stock Exchange, investment income grew 169 percent quarter on q uarter as equ ity and mutual funds did not generate any losses. Real e state i ncome had a significant d ecrease quar ter on quar ter as the f ourth quarter of 2 008 includes the sale of two plots of land as we mentioned in the l ast quarterly conf erence call. Interseguro's investment portfolio increased 16.5 percent year on year totaling 1,82 5 million nuevo soles. Additional funds received were invested mainly in fixed income securities from real estate loans. Ernesto Gonzalez: That concludes the presentation. We can now turn to a Q&A session. Operator: At this time, we'll open the floor f or questions. If you would like to ask a question, please press " star one" on y our telephone keypad now. If you'd like to remove y ourself from the questi oning queue, ple ase press "star two" . Again , that' s "star one" t o ask a question and "star two" to rem ove yourself from the queue. Our first question comes from Ricky Sperber with Citi. Ricky Sperber: Hi Jose Antonio and everyone. Qu ick questi on. We saw significant l oan gr owth, loan expansion year over year, I think it was at 58 percent. What would you expect for the whole year 2009 in terms of l oan growth an d what kin d of GDP f orecast growth are y ou basi ng that on? I think most economies are now expecting a 3 or 4 percent growth in GDP and real GDP f or Peru now. What are you expecting in terms of GDP growth and what would that mean in terms of loan growth? Jose Antonio Rosas:Good morning, Ricky. We are acting according to the general consensus of GDP growth in Peru, which we also expect to be betw een 3 and 4 percent. Having a specific num ber in these uncertain times is always very difficult but we do ag ree that the low end should be at 3 percent with th e up side at 3.5 even to 4 percent. I would say our expectati ons for l oan growth at In terbank in 2 009 will hav e to d o m ore with banking market c onditions and the competitive environmen t than GDP g rowth p articularly in the c ountry. We expect overall loan growth in the market to remain slow throughout the year, not at the zero growth rate of the first quarter, but probably around 10, 15 percen t and we expect to conti nue gaining market share seeking th e opportunities that w e se e in this sl ower competitiv e environment. A s a result, our l oan growth should be between 20 and 25 percent. Ricky Sper ber: Okay. Thank you very much, Jose Antonio, an d just a foll ow-up. In ter ms of asset quality, there was just a slight increase in NPL the ratio this quarter, I think to 1.5 percent, I'm not sure. Would this 3 to 4 percent GDP growth estimate, where could you expect that ratio to go and what would that mean in terms of provision s? Is it a level that we saw this quarter in ter ms of provi sion something that we'll see in the next few quar ters and n ot cou nting the pro-cyclical or are you exp ecting that to increase? Intergroup Financial Services – 1Q09 Conference Call Review Jose Antonio Rosas:We're n ot c ounting th at pro-cyclic al, we do exp ect that pr ovision expen se to increase, not significantly but to increase over the first two quarter s particu larly as a result of th e deterioration in the asset quality of th at credit car d loan portfolio, which is already exhibiting higher delinquencies as a r esult of a sl owdown in economi c activity and we expec t that to c ontinue over th e following two quarters and that's something we have already projected in our budget for 2009 and certainly should be around 3.5 but closer to 4 percent of totals loans during the first two quarters. Ricky Sperber: So, provisions should be 3 1/2 to 4 percent in the next two quarters? Jose Antonio Rosas:Right. Ricky Sperber: What about the NPL r atio that we saw at 1.5 percent? Do you have a forecast of how that could end at the end of the year? Jose Antonio Rosas:Yes. It would probably increase as well and get closer to 2 percent. Ricky Sperber: Okay. Thank you very much. Operator: Our next question will come from Lucas Ramirez with Merrill Lynch. Lucas Ramirez: Hi, gentlemen, good morning. I have two qu estions. One is on the reserve coverage ratio. Interbank remain s v ery healthy b ut has been coming down, so my question is, do you expect to keep utilizing some of th e excess r eserves ov er th e coming quarters and what would be th e minimum level that you would be comfortable wi th in terms of the coverage? That's question one and, second, on the investment result side of Interseguro, in the fou rth quarter you had a loss on the equit y and mutual funds portfoli o, thi s quarter, acc ording to what I'm seeing in the press rele ase was zero, and I was wondering why that didn't turn into a positive given the positive performance of the Lima Stock Exchange during the quarter? Those are my questions. Thank you. Jose Antonio Rosas:Good morning, Lucas. Regarding your first question, we certainly do not expect to use excess reserves duri ng the year . We will co ntinue to strictly follow the Peruvi an Banking Superintendent's provisioning standard r equirement, and as a result, our normal provisions, our gen eric provisions, will increase due to a pr o-cyclical reserve requirement that will c ontinue in place during the year and will be required in all of our new loan disb ursements. As for the mini mum level wi th which we feel comfortable, I would say as long as we are ab ove 200 percent, we feel v ery, very comfortable bu t we don't exp ect to get clos e to 200 p ercent, but as l ong as we're ab ove that level, we feel that we are very well covered. As far as your question about Interseguro, Gonzalo will take your question. Gonzalo Basadre: Hi. You asked about why Interseguro's equity portf olio had a b etter performance in the first quar ter especially considering the exceptional performance of the Lim a Stock Exchange in that period. Well, the explanation is the stock we held in that portfolio, we held mainly non-cyclical stocks but low vol atility stock s and that i s why our performance in 2008 was a lot better than the Lima Stoc k Exchange wh en the index went down significantly l ast y ear m ainly due to m ining stock s. Our portfolio held up really well. On the first quarter, we had a strong rebound but it was mainly in thi s same stock which we stil l hold. We still expect for the second quarter onwards, our stoc ks having improved and helping the bottom line in Interseguro. Lucas Ramirez: Great. Thank you very much. Operator: Again, if you would like to ask a question, please press "star one" on your telephone key pad now. Our next question will come from Alonso Aramburu with Santander. Intergroup Financial Services – 1Q09 Conference Call Review Alonso Aramburu: Good morning. Jose Antonio, I was wondering if you can comment a little bit on the margins, the NIM expanded 50 basis points this quarter. Where or how much more do you think this can expand over the next cou ple of quarters even thou gh central bank is likely to reduce rates? My secon d question would be on the effective tax rate at Interbank. What should we expect for the year? Jose Antonio Rosas:Good morning, Alonso. I'm sorry, I didn't get your second question well. Alonso Aramburu: Th e second question was about the t ax rate at Interb ank. What the effective t ax rate we can expect over the next couple of quarters? Jose Antonio Rosas:First, on the net in terest margin, we certainly expect an incr ease and we ar e already seeing one in the month of Apr il due to the normalization of investment returns at the bank and also particul arly strongly the rates by the centr al ba nk. How m uch that will NIM increase? Th at will depend significantly on how much the central bank decreases rates, but if th e central bank decreases rates as exp ected, by 3 percent, then we could se e an incre ase in our NIM at least 50 basis poi nts throughout the year. On your sec ond question and the tax r ate, we should expect an effective tax rate around 31 or 32 percent during the following two quarters. Alonso Aramburu: Great. Thank you. Operator: Our next question will come from Carlos Rojas with Compass. Carlos Rojas: Hi, Jose Antonio. I have one question for Interbank and one for Interseguro. The one for Interbank, what are your expectation s for delinqu encies for 20 09 and what's your gross amount of money that you have to provision for in the next three quarters? Are you going to keep 100 million more or less for now? And in terms of Interseguro, I have a question regarding the investment portfolio. It looks here that it was ac tually 1.1 percent lower th an it was in the fourth quarter 2008, but you made a profit and you have profited net premi ums. My qu estion was th ere somethin g like a mar ke to m arket effect in the portfolio or is it actually that you are having more claims? Jose Antonio Rosas:Regarding y our first question on the delinquencies and pr ovisions, we d o not provide specific guidance and specific numbers on how much we will provision, but as mentioned earlier in answering the other c aller's questi on, we expect the provi sion expense to be between 3.5 and 4 percent of the total loan portfolio the following three quarters. For delinquencies, they should be reflected in the NPL ratio. We should approach 2 by the end of the year. Gonzalo Basadre: Carlos, This is Gonzalo Basadre. I didn't get fully your question. You were mentioning that investment income fell 1.1 percent quarter on quarter and then what was your question? Carlos Rojas: The investm ent portfoli o was 1 .1 perc ent do wn quarter on quarter and it seems that equity and mutual funds declined 21 percent and real estate fell 4 percent. So, the question is, you had a profit in that business, and so basically are you mark to mark-ing some prices down? Gonzalo B asadre: Okay. So, y ou're asking why th e premiums increased, then why the p ortfolio went down 1 percent? Carlos Rojas: Yeah, that's it. Gonzalo Basadre: That has nothing to do with any marking down or anything like that. It's just balance sheet m anagement. We in certain periods we incre ased a little bit of our as set side with some margi n lines we have and that is what happened in the fourth quarter of 2008 and that was reversed in the first quarter of 2009. Intergroup Financial Services – 1Q09 Conference Call Review Carlos Rojas: Okay. Thanks. Operator: Again, if you would like to ask a question, plea se press "star one" on your telephone keypad now. Again, that's "star one" to ask a q uestion. At this time, there are no further question s in the queue so I'm going to turn things back over to management for closing remarks. Ernesto Gonzalez: Okay. Thank you very muc h, for joining us today for Intergroup's first quarter 2009 conference call. Please contact me if you need any further information. My contact details are included in the invitation you rec eived for thi s call and in our company's we bsite, ww w.ifs.com.pe. We appreci ate your time and attention and look forward to your continued interest. Good day to all. Operator: This concludes our teleconference. You may now disconnect your lines. Intergroup Financial Services – 1Q09 Conference Call Review


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Java is the preferred language for many of today's leading-edge technologies—everything from smartphones and game consoles to robots, massive enterprise systems, and supercomputers. If you're new to Java, the fourth edition of this bestselling guide provides an example-driven introduction to the latest language features and APIs in Java 6 and 7. Advanced Java developers will be able to take a deep dive into areas such as concurrency and JVM enhancements.
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The animals on the cover of Learning Java, Fourth Edition are a Bengal tigress and hercubs. The Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris) lives in Southern Asia. It has been hunted practicallyto extinction, principally for its bone, which is reputed to have medicinal value.It now lives mostly in natural preserves and national parks, where it is strictly protected.It's estimated that there are fewer than 3,000 Bengal tigers left in the wild.The Bengal tiger is reddish orange with narrow black, gray, or brown stripes, generallyin a vertical direction. Males can grow to nine feet long and weigh as much as 500pounds; they are the largest existing members of the cat family. Preferred habitats includedense thickets, long grass, or tamarisk shrubs along river banks. Maximum longevitycan be 26 years but is usually only about 15 years in the wild.Tigers most commonly conceive after the monsoon rains; the majority of cubs are bornbetween February and May after a gestation of three and a half months. Females bearsingle litters every two to three years. Cubs weigh under three pounds at birth and arestriped. Litters consist of one to four cubs, with occasionally as many as six, but it'sunusual for more than two or three to survive. Cubs are weaned at four to six monthsbut depend on their mother for food and protection for another two years. Female tigersare mature at three to four years, males at four to five years.Their white ear spots may help mothers and cubs to keep track of each other in the dimforests at night.The cover image is an original engraving from the book Forest and Jungle: An IllustratedHistory of the Animal Kingdom by P.T. Barnum (1899). The cover font is Adobe ITCGaramond. The text font is Adobe Minion Pro; the heading font is Adobe Myriad Condensed;and the code font is Dalton Maag's Ubuntu Mono.
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The perfect book to learn the Java Programming Language! Buy this! The example code are easy to import if you follow the instruction in the book!
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Only for advanced programmers?
By Sandy
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Although written in a charming style, this book is of little value for the intermediate programmer. I started out in FORTRAN then moved to Basic and eventually Visual Basic. I liked Basic a lot but wanted to take advantage of Java's internet capabilities. From the beginning, with the absurd problems getting the example code promised in Ch. 2, I found this book frustrating. From other reviews, it seems advanced programmers are happy enough. But I have had to read and re-read Chapters 1-7 over and over, and could not even get something as simple as subclasses to work. Without example code, it is impossible to put this text into practice. I have found example code elsewhere, including Java Tutorials, and have made good progress, but very little of the credit goes to Learning Java.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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A good manual but not the best
By tribalia
from Bucharest, Romania
About Me Designer, Developer
I was glad when I saw that the book has about 1000 pages. I have believed that covers everything. But I didn't find essential topics: databases, persistence, processing e-mails. The authors did not focus on polimorphism, defaultlistmodel, model, too much theorizing on web application topic instead of useful exemples.
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By Thom Allen
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I'm new to Java, but am a long time developer. My expectations for this book were to give me a great base for understanding the basics of Java, give me some real world examples, and in the end have enough knowledge to create basic Java apps.I like the way this book is laid out, the examples used, and the instruction was easy to read and understand. I would highly recommend this book to anyone learning Java.
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Confusing and shoddy
By veryAnnoyed
from London
The book spends all of chapter 2 and Appendix A referring to a zip file of examples to be imported by (newbie) users of Eclipse.... problem is:THERE AINT NO ZIP FILE OF EXAMPLES!!Instead these are linked to (from the "shop. website - hey I paid for this already!) to github. There are no instructions for how to download the hundreds of examples from github and make the project run.I also get the "no main" error discussed below. I can't believe such a prestigious firm as OR would put their name to this bag of brown stuff.
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For experience Programmers new to Java
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What a rare and wonderful find! I'm a developer at a top-tier SV tech company with a non-traditional background. As a result, I'm proficient in JavaScript, Ruby, Scheme and Objective C, but not Java. Frustratingly, nearly every Java book I looked at prior to this one was filled with the basics of programming as well as Java.For anyone out there who can code and want to learn Java without being subjected to page after page about what variables, if statements and loops are, this is your book. Sadly, I think by that very fact, it's taken a beating in the reviews. A lot of the negative comments here look like they're from people who really should have had a true beginner's book like the Head First one. It's true that the book could do a little bit more at the very, very beginning to help with the setup. But this book has been a huge time saver and exactly what I needed. It's quality is top notch. My biggest complaint actually is that the writer is a Java zealot who breathlessly tries to convince the reader of its merits vs other programming languages.If your background is similar to mine, buy it.
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example not working for me
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Sample Code / Examples Broken--DON'T BUY
By jfx
from Singapore
As mentioned by other posters, the instructions to set up the development environment and run the sample code are broken and result in errors that will just confound the beginning user of Eclipse.The instructions for setting up the environment don't match the archives that are on the download site; the files that are on the download site don't work if you follow the instructions... I followed the book's directions to a T... and the files they specify are not there. I tried to improvise (for a couple hours) with the files that were there--and all I got was errors.Don't worry, it's not you... it's the book and the samples download page.Until this is fixed, I suggest that the target audience (those with little or no experience in Java / Eclipse) avoid this book; it's frustrating from the starting block and progress in learning will be stunted due to the fact that you can't run the examples.
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Example code does't run in eclipse
By GeoffRussell
from Australia
I can't comment on the book yet because I've spent 2 hours trying to make the example code run in eclipse. If I type it in, it runs, but when I import it, nothing runs: "Selection does not contain main type" ... but it does. An experienced eclipse user spent 20 minutes patching the code for me to make it run in eclipse. Some issue with the way the directories are packaged in the zip file. But that shouldn't be necessary. Currently, I'm stuck in chapter 2 and really really frustrated. Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS jdk1.7
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Comprehensive all-rounder in Java
By Dozza
from Sydney, Australia
So the 4th edition of Learning Java, by Patrick Niemeyer Et. Al is a book that I wouldn't recommend for novice, and especially me, having not touched Java since my Bachelor's degree, I had to do a lot of researching in various areas, this book covers quite a broad spectrum of Java, and is used quite well as a reference book, from Swing and various Graphics APIs to Web Sockets.The book is generally easy to digest, if you have a sufficient Java background, but my thirst for learning more is still there, this book however does provide a good platform to start from. The book begins by explaining what Java is, and outlining the goals of creating your first Hello world app, then in subsequent chapters dealing with Java Compiler, the Java VM, before embarking on the basics of Java development, dealing from Statements to Exceptions and Classes and Methods.Chapter 6 then moves to more advanced OOP concepts, such as subclassing and interfaces, and method permissions. with the chapters after dealing more with Generics and Reflection. I found Threads to be a more complicated area, and Chapter 9 deals with synchronisation and prioritisation concepts, before the book begins to look at specific areas such as File Access, Utility Classes before getting to Networking in Chapter 13, and the Web in Chapter 14. I found those chapters to be quite satisfying for an introduction to web dev, as well as the final chapter which dealt with XML programming.Overall I recommend this book for those of us who are looking to get back into the swing of Java, although the book is quite thick, its definitely a worthy read. I will continue my Java mastery through various other more advanced books, but this book for me is a great refresher.
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Defibrillator Training
Training is being scheduled for procedures in using the defibrillator in Patrickswell. It is a great benefit to the local area having defibrillators available in the village, should the need arise for their use. The cost for attending the training is €50 per person. If anyone is interested in taking part, please contact Teresa in the Patrickswell Community Resource Centre on 061-320303, or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
Citizen Information
in the Resource Centre, Patrickswell
Every Tuesday
1pm 2pm
No Appointment Necessary
Parent and Toddler group
Patrickswell Parent and Toddler group is back again following the Christmas break. The group meets on Thursday mornings in the Patrickswell Resource House from 9:30 to 11:00 am. Come and join us for tea/ coffee & fun activities - New members are welcome. For further information contact Irene at 069 66298.
Computer/ Internet Service
30 Minutes - €1
60 Minutes - €2
Strictly over 18's only
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Patrickswell Golf Society Patrickswell-Clarina
28 November, 2010
Paul Darcy receiving his prize after winning our outing in Dromoland which was held recently. Our Captains prize was held in Waterford golf club recently in glorious sunshine. Our Captain John O. Brien had a great turnout of 52 golfers, a great achievement in these.. More..
Patrickswell Tidy Town news in Newslett. Patrickswell-Clarina
28 November, 2010
Even though the hanging baskets were the first to be confined to the compost heap, followed by the flowers on the wall at the roundabout, it was gratifying that the remainder of the summer planting continued to provide so much colour so late into the season. The beds .. More..
Patrikswell Newsletter Thanks Patrickswell-Clarina
28 November, 2010
THANK YOU ...Sinead O'Brien would like to thank the patrickswell community and all who attended the spring time evening concert in patrickswell church. 400 was raised. all in support of Limericks Got Music the album featuring Sinead and 14 other local artists. T.. More..
Patrickswell Friday club rural bus serv. Patrickswell-Clarina
28 November, 2010
Have you heard about Rural Bus? We service door to door weekly from your area to Patrickswell Friday Club and monthly to Dooradoyle . Contact Lourda Ryans 087 9374148 for further information. Travel Pass holders free, adults 5 return, children 2.50 return. Annu.. More..
Patrickswell Newsletter Christmas Edit. Patrickswell-Clarina
28 November, 2010
The Bumper Christmas Edition of the Newsletter will be out around the 15th December 2010, if you have any notes, stories, photos, events or just want to wish customers a Merry Christmas, we will be posting a reminder to all those who advertised last year in the next.. More..
Patrickswell Parish Mission 2010 Patrickswell-Clarina
28 November, 2010
Most people agree that the Parish Mission which took place recently in Patrickswell was a success. This was due in no small part to the involvement and hard work of many in the community. Preparation for the Mission began last January with an initial meeting which w.. More..
Patrickswell on West Limerick 102 FM Ra Patrickswell-Clarina
8 June, 2010
Sally Walsh, Jim Hartnett & myself are putting together four half hour programmes on the History of Patrickswell on West Limerick 102 fm Radio Station. We have been recording interviews with a few people around the village finding out information regarding R.. More..
Patrickswell Friday Club for Senior Citi Patrickswell-Clarina
8 June, 2010
Patrickswell Senior Citizens from the Friday Club and the Active Retirement Group had an Exhibition of Art & Crafts in the Resource House on Friday 28th May in Association with Bealtaine Events which are run all around the country during the month of May celebrating .. More..
Patrickswell Friday Club for Senior Citi Patrickswell-Clarina
8 June, 2010
Patrickswell Senior Citizens from the Friday Club and the Active Retirement Group had an Exhibition of Art & Crafts in the Resource House on Friday 28th May in Association with Bealtaine Events which are run all around the country during the month of May celebrating .. More..
Patrickswell Friday Club for Senior Citi Patrickswell-Clarina
8 June, 2010
Patrickswell Senior Citizens from the Friday Club and the Active Retirement Group had an Exhibition of Art & Crafts in the Resource House on Friday 28th May in Association with Bealtaine Events which are run all around the country during the month of May celebrating .. More..
Patrickswell Tidy Town Notes Patrickswell-Clarina
8 June, 2010
with two months of operations already gone, we are ahead of our schedule and all areas are very much under control. One major job which has been waiting to be completed since last year was the removal of the long leafy shrubs and dog roses from the shrubbery in the gr.. More..
Patrickswell Resource House Information Patrickswell-Clarina
8 June, 2010
Pooper Scoopers Dog fouling is a serious litter problem as well as a serious health hazard. Limerick County Council has a Pooper Scooper campaign to raise awareness of the problems of dog litter. Free Pooper Scoopers are now available from the Patrickswell Commun.. More..
Patrickswell tractor pulling event Patrickswell-Clarina
8 June, 2010
Patrickswell Community Council have been discussing ways of raising money towards the Building of a community Centre for the Area,( the site has yet to be decided), they have decided to organise Vintage Car & National Tractor Pulling Family Day - We would like if the .. More..
Patrickswell Tidy Town Notes Patrickswell-Clarina
8 February, 2010
TIDY TOWNS Notes Although Christmas and New Year celebrations are far behind us, it's not too late to thank all those who were involved with the provision of the tree and lights for the festive period. John Leddin very generously donated the tree for us to illumina.. More..
Patrickswell Friday Club for Senior Citi Patrickswell-Clarina
8 February, 2010
Patrickswell Friday Club for the Senior Citizens is on in the Resource House every Friday from 2pm to 4pm. The club has 16 members who meet up to chat, play cards, bingo and have a cup of tea. Once every month a Chiropodist visits the Club where members of the Friday.. More..
Patrickswell Newsletter Patrickswell-Clarina
8 February, 2010
If you have any notes, stories, photos, events etc or if you would like to advertise in next months newsletter you must email them to firstname.lastname@example.com or ring Evelyn on 215755 before the 20th iof each month for next edition or drop it to the Resource House, .. More..
Patrickswell Prayer Group trip to Medugo Patrickswell-Clarina
8 February, 2010
Patrickswell Prayer Group organizing 1st pilgrimage to Medugorje departing from Shannon 29th May 2010 for 7 nights all inclusive 649euro if paid before 2nd Feb 2010 549euro (100euro reduction). Further details contact Ann 086 1602874 or Joan 087 9688233 More..
Senior Citizen Collection Patrickswell Patrickswell-Clarina
8 February, 2010
Church Gate Collection Patrickswell Senior Citizens Party Collection at all masses on the 13th and 14th February Please give generously More..
patrickswell fundraiser for Haiti Patrickswell-Clarina
8 February, 2010
Over 2,000 for Haiti was donated at the very successful and social coffee morning held in the Resource House Saturday 23rd Jan, for the Haiti appeal.1,508 was donated on the day and as we go to print this amount has gone over 2,000.Many thanks to all who baked and .. More..
Patrickswell Tidy Town Notes Patrickswell-Clarina
6 September, 2009
TIDY TOWN NOTES We held our first monthly meeting since April on Tuesday, as another busy season has almost come to an end. The appearance of the village is still receiving rave reviews from far and wide, and we have even received a card in the post from a pas.. More..
Patrickswell Graveyard cleaned up Patrickswell-Clarina
6 September, 2009
Following representations to Limerick County Council by the Community Council and Tidy Towns Association the entrance to the Graveyard has been cleaned up by Council Staff. Thanks to all who helped us with this matter. More..
Resource House on the Go! Patrickswell-Clarina
6 September, 2009
Welcome to Teresa and Joe, the new staff in the Resource House. We are delighted to have them and look forward to the Community using the resource house more during the year. Information Booklets, Forms for every occasion, Night Class information etc are all a.. More..
Public meeting held re re-zoning of land Patrickswell-Clarina
6 September, 2009
Patrickswell Community Council held a public meeting on August 10th in the Resourse house with all the councillors of the area to discuss the selling of the green area behind First Steps. In attendance were , Fine Gael Deputy Dan Neville, Cllrs. James Collins, Leo Wa.. More..
Public meeting held re re-zoning of land Patrickswell-Clarina
6 September, 2009
trickswell Community Council held a public meeting on August 10th in the Resourse house with all the councillors of the area to discuss the selling of the green area behind First Steps. In attendance were , Fine Gael Deputy Dan Neville, Cllrs. James Collins, Leo Wals.. More..
Fun day in aid of a Lokomat Patrickswell-Clarina
6 September, 2009
A great day out is being planned for Sat 12th Sept at the GAA hall from 1 - 6pm. Fancy Dress, Bucking Broncho, Bouncing Castle, Bric a Brac , Wheel of Fortune are just some of the many activities in the pipe line. All proceeds of the day will go towards Coisceim Eile,.. More..
Patrickswell Mother & Toddler group Patrickswell-Clarina
11 June, 2009
If there are parents of young children are interested in getting involved in a Parent & Toddler group in Patrickswell, particularly from the Sycamore Heights, Marian Park, Laurel Park and Lisheen Park areas, could they please contact Irene OCallaghan at West Limeric.. More..
Patrickswell Community Playschool Limite Patrickswell-Clarina
11 June, 2009
Patrickswell Community Playschool Limited fundraiser The children need your Support Patrickswell Community Playschool has been a great facility in both Patrickswell and the surrounding areas for the past 20 years, and ensures a safe transition into primary school .. More..
Rock & Roll Concert in Patrickswell Patrickswell-Clarina
10 June, 2009
Rock & Roll Concert 80's Night plus plenty more old & new acts Saturday 20th June The CuChulainn Lounge 8.30 pm sharp In aid of Milford Hospice Lots of Prizes on the night Parade of Motorbikes and limos from The Shrine at 7.30 to The CuChulainn Not to.. More..
Patrickswell Tidy Town Notes Patrickswell-Clarina
10 June, 2009
The recent spell of fine weather over the course of the last few weeks has enabled us to more or less complete the summer planting, although the first phase went ahead in some very trying weather conditions for some. The ladies who planted out the wall and the con.. More..
New Machine For First Steps Patrickswell-Clarina
10 June, 2009
fter a year of fundraising and an appeal on the Late late show by the Ryan Family of Cashel, who formed a committee to fundraise vital health care equipment has been purchased to help people throughout Munster. LOKOMAT is a highly sophisticated rehabilitation device .. More..
Patrickswell Health & Healing Course Patrickswell-Clarina
5 May, 2009
Patrickswell Community Council in association with the West Limerick Resources & Senior Citizen Friday Club held a Health & Healing 10 week course in the Resource House which was funded by the VEC. Dolores the Mentor gave us information on the nutrition's in Foods, s.. More..
Patrickswell School Notes Patrickswell-Clarina
5 May, 2009
atrickswell National School Notes WWJD Peace, Justice, Truth and Love were the order of the day during Catholic Week in Schools. These were the themes pupils in Patrickswell decided to explore during Catholic Week and, as a result of their work, they took a new .. More..
Famous Patrickswell Five back to school Patrickswell-Clarina
5 May, 2009
Bennis, Kirby, Carmody, Carey how often one or more of those names added steel to the spine of Patrickswell, Limerick and Munster hurling teams over the years! On GAA 125 Schools Day (April, 24th), Richie, Gary, Anthony and Ciarán joined Patrickswell NS teacher Da.. More..
Patrickswell Railway Patrickswell-Clarina
5 May, 2009
PATRICKSWELL RAILWAY LINE Until 1931, three passenger trains operated between Limerick, Patrickswell and Charleville, but, as the connections onwards to cork were by main-line stopping trains only, the journey time between the two cities over this route usually was .. More..
Patrickswell school golf classic Patrickswell-Clarina
5 May, 2009
Patrickswell National School Parents Association  At  On Friday June 5th 2009 (Tee Times 11.00 to 17.00) 200 for team of 4 (includes Lunch) For more information Contact Mabel Mullane 061 355057 Gary Kirby 087.. More..
Patrickswell Senior Citizens Dinner Patrickswell-Clarina
9 March, 2009
Patrickswell Senior Citizen Dinner was on in the Cu Chulainn Lounge on Friday Feb 17th and it was a great success. The evening started off at 7pm with mass celebrated by Monsignor Lane with the beautiful voice of Eileen Byrne singing the hymns, this was followed by.. More..
Schoolboy Soccer Notes Patrickswell-Clarina
9 March, 2009
U10s - After a long lay off we are back playing again our first game back was against Holtcross in the league. We travelled with a full squad and this showed in the result we collected 3 pts and scored 9 goals 3 for Dan Harty - 2 for Jordan Higgins - 2 for Martin Mra.. More..
Senior Citizen Dinner Patrickswell-Clarina
9 March, 2009
some phots taken on the night of the Senior CITIZEN Party More..
Limerick Animal Welfare Says Thanks Patrickswell-Clarina
9 March, 2009
THANK YOU .. Denise, Julie and all the Pet Lovers in Patrickswell, Limerick Animal Welfare would like to thank most sincerely, all those who organised, took part in and helped in any way in the recent ROCK & ROLL concert in the Cu Chulainn Bar. Your cheque for p.. More..
Traffic Problems Patrickswell-Clarina
9 March, 2009
The Patrickswell Community Council had requested Limerick County Council to look at traffic problems at outlet to Marian Park, in front of Business Premises. They have been informed by Mr. Dermot Lambe , Executive Engineer that the double yellow line has been extende.. More..
Interested in Organising Sport? Patrickswell-Clarina
9 March, 2009
The County Limerick Local Sports Partnerships (CLLSP) Active Leadership Training in March might be perfect for you. The course is fully certified and covers the following topics: Leadership skills, Safety and injury prevention, Code of ethics, Planning and organising.. More..
Daffodil Day in Patrickswell Patrickswell-Clarina
9 March, 2009
Daffodil day Daffodil day is been held this year on the 20th March. For the last four years I and a group of volunteers have sold fresh daffodils, silk daffodils, trolley tokens, mugs and many more items. Dave and Caroline Hotchinson of Centra have kindly again thi.. More..
Patrickswell Rural Bus Service Patrickswell-Clarina
3 February, 2009
There is a lot of interest in the village regarding the Rural Bus Service which runs a morning service every second Thursday in to Dooradoyle Shopping Centre from Askeaton if you are interested in seeing the service come through patrickswell and make use of it, you s.. More..
Patrickswell Community Council Notes Patrickswell-Clarina
3 February, 2009
The Patrickswwell Community Council recently elected the following Committee for 2008/2009 Chairperson: Michael Mc Sweeney Vice Chairperson: Liam Shinnors Secretary: Mary O' Brien Assistant Secretary: Henry Nash Joint Treasurers: James Shinnors and.. More..
Patrickswell Senior Citizen Friday Club Patrickswell-Clarina
3 February, 2009
Patrickswell Senior Citizen club is on in the Resourse House every Friday from 3pm to 5pm where the elderly meet up just for a chat and a cuppa, we play cards and bingo some weeks everybody is welcome so if you are looking for something to do on a Friday afternoon why.. More..
Christmas Concert 08 Patrickswell-Clarina
3 February, 2009
The organisers of the show would like to thank all the people that helped to make it such a great night. Paul Carroll for music, P.J. OGrady M.C. Denis OCarroll and Sam Milburn for paper work. John Fitzgerald lighting , Liam Carroll for erecting the stage, Christy M.. More..
Patrickswell Golf Notes Patrickswell-Clarina
3 February, 2009
Tom Dundon got his 2009 club season off to a winning start when he was part of the team that finished first in the Captain's Drive In. comp. in Adare Manor last Sunday. They had a fine score of 8 under par for twelve holes in a scramble competition. Terence Murray w.. More..
Health and Healing Course .... Patrickswell-Clarina
3 February, 2009
An application has been made to the County Limerick VEC for a tutor to run a Health and Healing course in the Community Resource House. This was made on behalf of the community by West Limerick Resources and is open to all if it goes ahead. We hope to have a decision .. More..
Celebrating creativity in older age! Patrickswell-Clarina
3 February, 2009
Over one tenth of Patrickswells population is aged 60 years and over, with about 30 over 65-year olds living alone (Census 2006 figures). Patrickswell has a number of groups that welcome older people such as the Active Retirement group and the Friday Club not to .. More..
Patrickswell Local Area Plan update Patrickswell-Clarina
3 February, 2009
A copy of the Proposed Alterations to the Patrickswell Local Area Plan will be on display from Saturday 10th January 2009 to Monday 9th February 2009 inclusive and may be inspected at County Hall, Dooradoyle, County Limerick each day (exclusive of public holidays) fro.. More..