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As Islamist militants seem set to carry out their bombing up to and during the Sochi Winter Olympics, Russian President Vladimir Putin has yet to find a way to stop them. NBC's Jim Maceda reports and counterterrorism analyst Michael Leiter examines role of the US in curbing the threat.
MOSCOW -- At least 14 people were killed and 28 wounded when an explosion ripped through a trolley bus in the Russian city of Volgograd on Monday, the country's third deadly attack in four days.
The explosion, which authorities blamed on a suicide bomber, tore out much of the electric bus' exterior, left mangled bodies on the street and raised fears about more violence in the lead-up to the Sochi Winter Olympics that Russia will host in six weeks.
"For the second day, we are dying -- it's a nightmare," a woman near the scene told Reuters, her voice trembling. "What are we supposed to do, just walk now?"
The battered bus involved in Monday's deadly bombing is towed away from the scene in Volgograd, Russia.
Volgograd, a city of around one million about 400 miles northeast of Sochi, is a key transport hub for southern Russia, with many bus routes linking it to the volatile provinces in the North Caucasus.
On Sunday, 17 people were killed in a terror attack by a suspected female suicide bomber at a railway station in Volgograd. And on Friday, a car bomb killed three people in the southern Russian city of Pyatigorsk, 170 miles east of Sochi, where the Olympics will be held.
In October, another female suicide bomber was blamed for a bus explosion in Volgograd that killed five people.
The blasts on Sunday and Monday were probably connected because the TNT and shrapnel-packed bombs were "identical," said Vladimir Markin, spokesman for Russia's main investigative agency.
"That confirms the investigators' version that both terrorist attacks were linked," he told Russian television. "They could have been prepared in one place."
The remains of the presumed bomber had been collected and were being examined, Markin added.
Earlier, federal investigators had said that the bus blast came from a bomb that most likely had been planted in the vehicle's passenger area, according to The Associated Press.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, but the leaders of an insurgency that aims to create an Islamic state out of Muslim provinces south of Volgograd have urged militants to use "maximum force" to stop the Olympics from being held.
Security officials around the world are concerned about terrorist attacks at the Olympic Games. NBC Counter-terrorism analyst Michael Leiter reports.
President Vladimir Putin called a meeting of security and intelligence chiefs in the wake of Monday's attack, and the country's interior ministry ordered police to bolster patrols in railway stations and other transport hubs across the country.
Putin, who was elected after waging war against Chechen rebels in the mountains just south of Volgograd, has staked his reputation on organizing a safe Olympics. Security experts warn that his biggest security challenge is attacks by Islamist militants whose fight is rooted in this war.
"Since these games were first awarded to Russia several years back, people were worried because of the long-standing conflicts," NBC News counter-terrorism analyst Michael Leiter said after Sunday's attack. "And this type of mass transit is what officials are most concerned with."
Russia on Monday compared the twin bombings to attacks by militants in the U.S., Syria and other countries around the world, and called for international solidarity in the fight against "terrorists."
"We will not retreat and will continue our consistent fight against an insidious enemy that can only be defeated together," the foreign ministry said in a statement. It added that the attacks came against the backdrop of threats from militants such as Doku Umarov, an Islamist leader who has called on fighters to sabotage the Olympics.
The White House issued a statement within hours of the latest blast, saying President Barack Obama has been briefed on the attacks and the United States and Russia were cooperating on anti-terrorism leading up to the Games.
Russian Olympic Committee President Alexander Zhukov said Monday that there was no need to take any extra steps to secure Sochi in the wake of the attacks because "everything necessary has been done."
NBC News' F. Brinley Bruton, The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report. Daniel Arkin reported from New York.
- Islamist leader to militants: 'Do everything possible' to prevent Olympics
- Russia 'not really concerned' about Obama's absence from Sochi
- Russian censors target Olympic-themed art ahead of Sochi 2014
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Citigroup's Tax Benefit, at $55 Billion and Rising, Raises Questions and Causes Concerns
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Citigroup(C) investors and analysts are narrowing their focus on the bank's massive deferred tax asset (DTA), which is growing despite three consecutive years of profits.
The DTA reflects losses and other deductions that get converted to tax credits. However, Citigroup must generate sufficient profits to make use of the credits before they expire, an issue causing anxiety among some followers of the stock.
Citigroup CFO John Gerspach was asked about the issue by two attendees during a presentation at a conference hosted by Credit Suisse on Tuesday after he noted that $40 billion of the bank's $151 billion in tangible common equity must be used to support the DTA and so cannot be counted for regulatory purposes under the rules known as Basel III.
Neither can the $40 billion be used to generate a return. Citigroup earned a 10.7% return on its remaining $111 billion in tangible common equity in 2012, so if it could have earned that return on the other $40 billion, it could have improved earnings by $4.28 billion.
Gerspach on Tuesday attributed the growth in the DTA to "one-offs" (a euphemism for irregular items that are unlikely to recur), though he gave little indication about when the DTA would begin to come down.
The DTA has grown to $55 billion, up from $38 billion in 2009 and $50 billion in 2010. The fact that it is so large and continues to grow is "very, very troubling," according to Robert Willens, an independent tax consultant who has been critical of Citigroup's tax-related accounting strategies in the wake of the 2008 crisis.
Gerspach attributed the rise to the losses in its Citi Holdings' "bad bank" unit, including an impairment on its stake in wealth-management venture Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, all of which he said added $4.5 billion to the DTA. Tacking on another $1.3 billion was a fourth-quarter "repositioning charge" and an accounting oddity known as a debt valuation adjustment in which a bank's improving creditworthiness actually has a negative impact on earnings.
Gerspach added that "there are elements of the DTA that come about because of actual tax returns that are filed, you can see that mostly in the foreign tax credits, and we'll give you a full rundown of that when we publish the 10K in a couple of weeks, but then there is also a whole series of timing-related issues, and that mostly comes about as a result of reserve movements," according to a transcript of Tuesday's call.
After reviewing the sections of the transcript dealing with the DTA, tax expert Willens said he could make little sense of Gerspach's explanation.
"The only thing I could even remotely comprehend was I think he was trying to explain why the DTA was going up," Willens said.

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Along with Letraset, the French company Mecanorma was one of the major vendors of instant rub-down lettering. Along with licensing typefaces from other vendors, Mecanorma commissioned original typeface designs.
From 1989 until 1994, Mecanorma worked with another Dutch company Visualogik to create digital versions of their typefaces. These typefaces were released in Type 1 format, bearing a "MN" suffix. In addition, Monotype licensed and digitized some of Mecanorma's typefaces. In 1995, Mecanorma stepped back from the professional graphics market and entered into other areas such as home decoration. During that time, their decorative materials, including their instant rub-down lettering, were manufactured by the now defunct Dutch company, Trip Productions BV.
In 2004, International TypeFounders (ITF) licensed the digital typefaces from Trip Productions BV and released them as the Mecanorma Collection. This helped to preserve one of the finest digital font libraries of display typefaces around, combining real arts and crafts into the tools of today.
In 2014, International TypeFounders entered into a permanent agreement with Trip Consultants BV, the legal successor of the French type foundry Mecanorma. As the exclusive worldwide digital rights owners of the collection, ITF have now republished the Mecanorma Collection in OpenType for the first time.


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1. alone not lonely, esp. when single. 2. exhibiting the behavior of being delightfully content and fully alive while being unmarried and un-attached. 3. having achieved self-reconcilation, possessing the attitude of self-respect and self-love, realizing Divine Peace can be achieved with each breath, i.e. at-one-ment.
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The Giants made a series of moves this week to protect
minor-league prospects from being selected in the Rule 5 draft next month.
Players who have spent 4-5 years (based on the age when they
were signed) in an organization's minor-league system are eligible to be
drafted by another club if those players are not added to their team's 40-man
This week, the Giants added five players to their 40-man
roster: RHP Jose Casilla, RHP Steve Edlefsen, LHP Clayton Tanner, OF Thomas
Neal and SS Ehire Adrianza. The Giants also placed RHP Waldis Joaquin on
waivers and outrighted 1B Brent Pill to Triple-A Fresno, putting the 40-man
roster at 37 players.
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add players by signing free agents, like re-signing players like Aubrey Huff or
Juan Uribe. The Giants could also create more room on their 40-man roster by
non-tendering players currently on the 40-man roster who are eligible for
arbitration this offseason. RHP Chris Ray, RHP Ramiro Ramirez and IF Mike
Fontenot are prime candidates to be non-tendered. The Giants have until Dec. 2
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Edlefsen, 25, is the most MLB-ready of these players. The
reliever went 7-2 with 2.38 ERA in 49 appearances for Triple-A Fresno last
Casilla, the 21-year-old brother of Giants reliever Santiago
Casilla, was 4-1 with 1.16 ERA with 14 saves in 46 appearances at Class A.
Adrianza, 21, is a slick-fielding, but light-hitting
shortstop (.256) for Class A San Jose. Neal hit .291 with 12 HRs and 69 RBI for
Double-A Richmond. Tanner was 9-9 with 3.68 ERA in 27 starts for Richmond.
Also, in case you missed it, RHP Kevin Pucetas was sent to Kansas City as the PTBNL in the Jose Guillen trade. Pucetas, as you may recall, was one of the contenders for the No. 5 rotation spot for the Giants last spring, but ended up losing out to Todd Wellemeyer.
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My sponsored child has changed my life . . .
My Whole Life Has Changed
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Melody April 20, 2010
Sponsoring our two boys has changed our family in so many ways. I would even go out on a limb and say it's changed our lives more than it has the children we sponsor- it has left the hugest impression on our family.
Sponsorship is a family event for us. We all pray for our boys together daily, and we all write letters to them and my kids draw them pictures. We sit together and talk about what life must be like for them and how we need to be more thankful for the things we do have. It brings us out of our little box and reminds us that life is not all about us.
There are few things more important to me in raising my kids than teaching them to love others. By sponsoring children we are able to do that.
Shawn April 20, 2010
I can't get my mind around all the things in our life that have changed since we sponsored one 8 y/o girl in India. I never would have imagined… finances, materialism, world view, selfishness and so many others.
Dana June 28, 2009
by making me more aware of what is going on in the world. I watch and follow the news in a different way, seeking information about my child's country.
My sponsored children have re-shaped how I think about money and finances. At an advocacy conference, a group of us advocates were out for a walk and found a baby blanket, lost on the group. It was one of those really expensive ones – something like $100. One of us commented that with that blanket, you could sponsor three children for a month and we realized that most of us were thinking in those terms.
My sponsored children humble me by praying for me. The thought that these children, who have so little, take time to pray for me, who has so much, is enough to bring tears to my eyes.
My sponsored children have taught me not to take things for granted – that I can go to sleep or walk the streets safely and without fear, that I have access to medical care and food and other resources without worrying. I have learned not to take for granted privileged such as voting and being allowed to choose the person I want to represent my country, province or community. I have learned not to take education for granted. Never did I have to worry about not attending school as a child because I didn't have a the few dollars required for school fees – there were no school fees, nor did I have worry about not having the right clothes.
My sponsored children have changed the lens though which I view the world and myself.
Barbara M. June 28, 2009
@Kees Boer – I do know that feeling Kees. I have lost two children so far, one to a Buddhist monastery. There is not a day that goes by that I don't think about them and wonder how they are doing. I pray for them and always will but on a personal level it is hard sometimes……knowing that they are out there somewhere but not knowing anymore about them. I think your comment was very accurate, "the Lord is ultimately the Shepard" and even though you and I do not know where His little sheep are, He does and I do take great comfort in that.
Kees Boer June 27, 2009
@Barbara M. – Barbara, I can still remember that day very well. After about 1 1/2 years, her parents took her out of the project. It was very sad, but I know that she had gotten saved. I still pray for her every day. I wished she would come back with Compassion and that I could sponsor her again. That day, I sponsored Dulce though, who was the first child from Bolivia that I sponsored. Erika was from Ecuador. I look forward to seeing her in heaven. I sometimes think of sponsoring a child in that project again, just so that I can find out more about what happened to Erika and maybe go visit, but that's probably not the best idea. The Lord ultimately is the Shepherd. So, I need to trust Him to take care of this little sheep.
Barbara M. June 27, 2009
@Kees Boer -Kees, I just read what you wrote about finding the packet of Erika Judith and how you chose her and put her packet on your seat and drove "very carefully" because she was there. A treasure to be safely cared for. What a great heart you have Kees! The image of you driving so carefully because you had her with you. That comment really blessed me. What a door that little girl opened for you that day! Thank you for all that you do and for all the love that you give to these children.
Mike Stephens June 27, 2009
by causing me to visit Nicaragua, the Philippines, and hopefully next year Tanzania 😉
In Him September 17, 2008
By showing us true faith, love and gratitude. We praise God for Ana, as we're reminded daily of how much we take for granted while she excitedly thanks us for what we feel like isn't enough that we give her. She shows her love and gratitude for what we can do for her. That love and gratitude is enough to make us cry.
Zach Younkin September 16, 2008
…by making me conscious of problems across the world and how the affect people throughout the world
Diantha September 14, 2008
I realy changed after sponsoring my 3 kids one from Colombia one from Honduras and one from Guatemala .
I think twice when I go to the grocery I do not waste food anymore .
I am teaching my kids now about these things and let them think a litle more when ever they want something , I do remember them about these kids .'
But most of all I am grate full to GOD that I came to know about compassion about sponsoring children in Jesus name .
Brittany September 14, 2008
…in ways I never thought possible. I am now more aware of the problems that *other* people face, rather than just my own: mine aren't really problems at all…forgetting an item on my grocery list (I should be thankful I can just "run out" to get food)…not wanting to clean the bathrooms (I should be thankful for indoor plumbing)…the list could go on and on…
Kees Boer September 14, 2008
I remember the first child that I sponsored. I saw the Compassion table and there was Erika Judith from Ecuador on the table. I wanted to sponsor a child and I picked her. I remember driving home. I put the child packet next to me on the seat. It felt like driving very carefully, because she was sitting right next to me there. She was so special. She was the child that I picked and I was so excited to have sponsored her. I'll never forget that evening. It changed my life.
Then Erika got saved and a few months later, I heard the sad news that she was taken out of the project the project by her parents. I was actually about to visit her, when I found this out. That's when I sponsored Dulce, my first child from Bolivia and the rest is history. (Actually what came before is also history!)
I still pray for Erika every day. I don't know where she is or anything. I'm glad that she got saved. I will see her again some day in heaven and God will wipe away every tear from our eyes.
I thank God for Erika. She has changed my life.
Sara Benson September 13, 2008
..by showing me that I can make a difference in the life of a child.
..by reminding me what life is really about, and helping me to apprecicate what God has given me.
..by making me more sensitive to what's going on in the world.
Lisa Miles September 13, 2008
by making me more aware of what is going on in other parts of the world.
Jill September 13, 2008
…by reminding me of the simple joys in life and praising God for everything!
Lindy September 13, 2008
By making me more faithful to pray and by making me far more aware of how I use the resources God has entrusted to me.
Mary September 13, 2008
…because she's helped me re-think the power of Christ.
Melissa Coast September 13, 2008
By making me aware of the very heart of God. I feel as if I understand what it means to follow Jesus because of my experience and the knowledge made available with Compassion.
My sponsored children give the statistics faces. Not only do I know that 1 million people die each year of malaria, I "KNOW" one of those million that died this year. I sponsored him for 8 years. I feel like I've been given a better grasp on reality because of Compassion and my sponsored children.
Abbie H September 13, 2008
because they have taught me that my life is not meant to be lived for myself, but to give of myself to others for God.
They have become the root of all that we, as a family, strive to do. They have been the reason behind our desire to get more involved with Compassion, to recycle, and to adopt a child from Ethiopia, and to be more compassionate to any need that one might have who wanders our way.
Vicki Small September 13, 2008
…by enlarging my world view, my heart, and my vision.
"World evangelism" always evoked a defensive reaction inside of me, and it wasn't a pleasant one. Feelings of guilt, defensiveness and disinterest comprised the whole, because I felt as if I *should* "do something," but I wasn't going abroad as a missionary, and besides–who could get excited about evangelizing nameless, faceless people?
Now, they have names and faces, and they know more about love, joy, peace and humility than I do. My world was turned right side out, when I began sponsoring.
Juli Jarvis September 13, 2008
I'm losing (little by little) my greed, materialism and selfishness, thanks to God.


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Contextualizing avian mortality: A preliminary appraisal of bird and bat fatalities from wind, fossil-fuel, and nuclear electricitySo much for the claim…Continue
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Another gift from Angelica. It just takes my breath away to realize the great diversity that comes about by natural selection. No need for the god hypothesis. Continue
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Wow - so many beautiful pictures - now I will comment on all the wonderful posts and pictures. I got behind.
Joan I love the bird with attitude and the parakeets - so cute.
Tony I love the Paradise Tanager, exotic blue bird ( I will look up this one) probably a rainforest bird and the White Egret - beautiful!
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"Between heresy and schism there is this difference, that heresy perverts dogma, while schism, by rebellion against the bishop, separates from the Church. Nevertheless there is no schism which does not trump up a heresy to justify its departure from the Church."
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Joint Strike Fighter
Defense: cut cost, not capability
One of the eternal claims of the left is that there is much that can be cut from the defense budget. Shockingly they're right. At least in a meta-sense. There isn't a government bureaucracy anywhere in government that can't comfortably be cut, despite claims to the contrary. Defense is no exception. Secretary Gates plan to cut 100 billion from the Defense budget is both necessary and laudable.
But here's the catch. Those cuts must address fat, not muscle. They must cut costs, not capability. We must address any cuts made carefully and in a way we ensure our future viability in a very dangerous world.
We also need to understand that whether we like it or not, we have the dominant leadership role in the free world. Abdication of that role could have catastrophic results for our nation and our allies and, in fact, for freedom around the globe.
Those are the facts. And we need to understand that when the defense budget is addressed, a scalpel instead of a meat axe should be used. While it will be tempting to cut expensive programs as a means of achieving short term spending goals, their absence could, at some point in the future, lead to our defeat.
Take the F35 program for an example. The F35, known as the Joint Strike Fighter, is a 5th generation fighter that will replace many of our present day 4th generation fighters, such as the F16, F15 Strike Eagle and A10 (all designed in the '60s and '70s). It is an expensive airplane. But there are reasons why it is expensive and those reasons are sometimes hard to explain to those only focused on the bottom line. But the fact that our potential enemies, Russia and China, are busily developing versions of their own 5th gen fighters should tell us about what sort of priority a program like that should have. Scrap heap isn't one of them.
A fifth generation fighter is quite an upgrade from the 4th gen fighters we now have in that they include advanced stealth, exceptional agility and maneuverability, sensor/ information fusion, network-enabled operations and advanced sustainment. And these result in far greater survivability, situational awareness, and effectiveness for war fighters, as well as improved readiness and lower support costs.
The cost of the F35 appears higher than 4th gen fighters because the F35 comes as a package with all its mission equipment included on board – an important point that is rarely seen in discussions of cost. This puts the cost in line with current 4th Generation aircraft which do not carry their mission equipment in their price (Targeting Pods, Jammer, EW System, Fuel Tanks, Infrared Search and Track and other systems). Currently that price is about $60 million a copy in 2010 dollars. And Lockheed Martin, the supplier, has transitioned to that fixed cost per copy 2 years early.
Many would like to argue that austerity precludes paying for such programs. They claim we can do this on the cheap by modifying 4th gen fighters and extend their life. But consider this –in combat configuration, the F-35 outperforms all advanced fourth-generation aircraft in top end speed, loiter, subsonic acceleration and radius. Additionally, it is comparable or better than the best fourth generation fighters in aerodynamic performance in all within-visual-range categories and the F-35 outperforms all fourth-generation aircraft in both the "Within Visual Range" and "Beyond Visual Range" air-to-air combat arenas.
The 5th gen fighters of Russia and China will also out- perform today's fighters. The question you have to ask is would you want your son or daughter in the cockpit of an upgraded 4th generation fighter facing that sort of threat? The obvious answer is no.
Defense cuts must be made. That's the reality of this era of austerity. But it doesn't have to be a conflicting priority to fielding the best for our future national defense and security obligations. Intelligence and the future needs of the nation must be factored in to the cuts anticipated in the defense budget or we could put our military and our nation at a terrible disadvantage in coming years.


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Youssef Abdelilah, MathWorks
Learn how to use MathWorks tools for audio signal processing along with a framework for development and testing of audio processing algorithms with MATLAB.
Using an example model, we will show how to do streaming of real-time audio through simulation models on a desktop. You will learn how to create a test bench, add your own algorithm, and deploy your application on the desktop. You then simulate and test this model, making use of the DSP System Toolbox components in MATLAB.
We conclude the webinar by discussing how to improve performance of your simulation in MATLAB
About the Presenter: Youssef Abdelilah is the senior product manager at MathWorks responsible for DSP System Toolbox. Prior to MathWorks, he spent over 20 years in positions ranging from engineering to management working for startup to large companies like IBM. He has experience in digital signal processing and communications, and solar renewable energy. He holds 19 U.S. patents. He studied electrical and computer engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and North Carolina State University.
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Globally, ZTE is the fourth largest maker of mobile phones, while Huawei is sixth. In the routers, switches, and telecommunications market, Huawei is the world's second largest company in revenue, while ZTE ranks fifth. Both companies are looking to expand their sales base in the U.S.
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Elliott was adopted in Houston by a farming family from South Texas and learned from an early age what it means to work the land.
Now, when he speaks about his work, you can see the pride on his face.
This time of year it is all planting. Elliott has 1,000 acres that spans across Live Oak and Bee counties that must be planted in a short window of time.
"We can plant 1,000 acres in two weeks," he said.
They typically start in mid February but due to the rains that came then planting was pushed back and Elliott along with his farmhand Javier Elias were still planting last week.
Despite the delay in planting Elliott said, "We are a little bit better right now, we actually have some moisture in the ground."
This year Elliott will plant 200 acres of corn and 800 acres of Milo (grain sorghum).
He plants this way because he said the Milo is cheaper to grow and has a shorter planting season. It will be harvested in June while the corn will not be ready for harvest until July.
All of the farming he does is dry farming which means they do not rely on irrigation to make their crops go but rather on natural rainfall.
Sometimes it rains and sometimes it doesn't . There is nothing he can do except wait and see.
"You go to church on Sunday and pray real hard," he said. "You have to love it (farming.) It is a labor of love."
In the past seven seasons of planting he said there has only been enough rain to harvest three times.
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Farming is changing yearly due to technology upgrades in equipment and the type of seed that is available.
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Changes to the industry can also be discouraging to new farmers. The land and equipment are more expensive than ever and the returns the first couple years can be disappointing.
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We find ourselves at the end of another mediocre week from the Phillies. The Phillies took two of three from the Mets before giving up two of three to the Marlins. Lucky for us, mediocre baseball seems the slogan of the National League East so the Phillies are still not that far off.
The Good, the bad, the ugly (Wild Thing)
Chase Utley is on the move and he is heading south to Clearwater. He will start some extended Spring Training games and eventually work himself into some rehab games. Good news with this is that last season Utley was back in the Phillies line up just 16 days after beginning extended Spring Training.
Roy Halladay is a machine, yeah? No matter what he goes out every fifth day and pitches, right? Halladay is not a machine, he is man. His latissimus dorsi was happy to point out this fact during his last start. The Grade 1/2 strain will have him out 6-8 weeks.
Mitch Williams decided to open his mouth (surprise surprise) and chime in about Cole Hamels' upcoming contract bonanza which will be his free agency coming out party. His opinion doesn't surprise me at all, but I hope he is wrong.
Minor League standout –
With so much going on down in the Minors it can be hard keeping track of everyone. One guy who is making it hard to ignore his play is Kelly Dugan. His career started off slow, with some injuries, but it seems for now he back on track and playing some good baseball.
Game Notes –
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Hamels falters as Phils fall to Fish
Phils drop game, series to Marlins in ugly fashion
The Phillies are still sitting at the bottom of the division at 28-27. The fact that they are only trailing the Nationals by 3.5 games is a blessing. This far into the season we are well past the what-ifs and if-onlys. It's time to knuckle up and play some baseball. This is the team. Deal with it.
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Think of this. After this week we need a dh for interleague games.
Mr utley fits the bill
I don't think he will be ready Jeff. They actually brought Thome in for that, don't know if he'll be ready either.
He wont be ready. Nor will he be allowed to be.
There would be room still for Galvis. He can platoon with Chase and Rollins. He can also PH, PR and possibly extra innings replacement. I believe he will get his share AB's and playing time.
Sorry..I take exception to Mr.Carobine's description of the NL East playing as "mediocre baseball..". Every team in the division has a winning record and verifying preseason's prediction among writers that they all made improvements. That means the competition is of such parity that no team will run away with the division title. Right now you have a three way tie for 1st place with the Nats, Marlins and the amazin' Mets.
Of course, the tight race benefits the Phillies as they struggle to keep afloat their hopes for the division title and wait for the return of their two most productive hitters, Utley and Howard. It's good news to see that Utley is no longer a dugout spectator and will go to Phillies' camp in Florida and join Howard for baseball drills.
Bruce – it's mediocre.
Have to agree with Bruce on this one. The East is by far the best division in the NL so far:
East .554 (89.7 wins per 162)
Central .464 (75.2)
West .478 (77.4)
The difference is even more pronounced when you look at games outside their own division:
East .587 (95.1)
Central .434 (70.4)
West .460 (74.5)
The East looks pretty dominant so far.
Kieran – Why do you criticize Mitch for opening his mouth, especially when you consider the following: 1) He's paid to talk for a living; 2) his saying it could help spur ownership to act on Cole; 3) he's absolutely right. Don't shoot the messenger.
Chase – who I love – is only taking at bats. Moving from a batting cage to only at bats in simulated games is a step up, I guess. I love Chase. I hope this whole silent treatment that he has been giving everyone (whicj I resent a little), in the end, produces a guy that can play some baseball.
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schmenkman – respectfully – the Phillies are playing mediocre baseball. Maybe I should have clarified.
Schmenk – I too think the East is mediocre. I watch the games. BUT within the context of the rest of the league – this may be the best division. Its not that our division is great – its certainly OK – I just think the other division has some really horrible teams. "The best house in a bad neighborhood".
The Dipsy
First, everyone who spends time on this board probably watches every single Phillies game.
So the other divisions have bad teams. And that's different from every other year… how?
I hope what Mitch said about Cole spurs the management. I loved watching Cole play in Lakewood and it is great to see him doing so well in the Major Leagues. On a side note Kelly Dugan is playing amazingly this season at First Energy Park and I really hope he gets his chance at the Big League Level.
I'm sure that management couldn't give one rat's ass about what Mitch Williams said.
Yeah, couldn't agree more.
Schmenk – its not different from every other year. My point should be this: all the truly lousy teams are in other divisions. Our division has no really good team but no really bad team – yet. Our "parity of just above averageness" makes for a good argument that we are the best division in the NL. Not trying to be contentious – respected poster – just my view.
The Dipsy
Understood, I'm just saying I don't get your view.
When the East teams are on a 95-win pace against everyone else, it seems to me that they only look mediocre because they're beating each other up.
98-69 outside division (against good, bad, and indifferent)
60-60 within division (will always be .500 obviously)
Lookit – this is where we are headed: RAJ doesn't have the money to sign Cole. Not that he would sign him to 7/175 but he doesn't have the money to even get close. I would guess that ownership will not authorize him to spend the money it would take to make what Cole would consider a competitive offer in view of the current landscape. Botton line: To sign Cole, if they really want to, will require ownership to authorize RAJ to go through the cap.
SIDENOTE: When your goal is to win a WS, which is why anyone should own a baseball team, and you have more money than almost every other team in baseball, you gotta spend that sh!t. I KNOW there's a tax, I KNOW there is a limit somewhere, I KNOW its not my money, I KNOW other teams will hate you. As I tell people sometimes: "I'm not in business to be liked – but I am in business". We have an advantage – we're not exploiting it. In the end, who gives a damn if Bud Selig or whoever is sore. Hell, we'd be giving money to other teams. Jesus. Enough of this cap sh!t.
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It's only 8 o'clock in the morning but I will certainly drink to that!
Lol. True. But the way we have been playing im surprised we have not all been drove to alcoholism.
I couldn't say it any better. We must sign Cole or trade him now while is value in at it's apex with his situation.
He will not (and should not) be traded while the Phillies are in the race. And the Phillies will be in the race past the trade deadline.
Coles a very good pitcher, but he's not even among the top 15 for starters era in the NL. No way anyone giving him 7/$175.
His contract will be based on his career body of work, not what his ERA is on June 4. He'll get Sabathia dollars (at least).
No. I would say he's in the Top 10.
Cain contract with 1-1.5 more per year if Cole wants to stay. $21, $21, $22, $22, $23, $23 if vested like Cain
No way in hell that the NL East is "mediocre." It certainly is the best one in the league and 2nd in MLB (AL East being the best one so far). When all 5 teams in a division have a winning record, you can't rationally argue that the division is mediocre.
Nl east is the best division in the NL.
Joe – Cain signed one year before he was to hit the market. Cole is gonna HIT the market. 7/175.
The Dipsy
David Murphy thinks a deal with the Phillies gets done. He's predicting 6/138, which I think is low.
Records by division against non-divisional opponents.
NL East 98-69 0.587
AL East 84-61 0.579
AL West 69-74 0.483
AL Cent 72-84 0.462
NL West 69-81 0.460
NL Cent 76-99 0.434
When the last place team in the division is 28-27 and only 3.5 games out what does that say about the first place team?? The Nats aren't exactly playing dominating .667 baseball . Sorry, but the division is mediocre….or should I say that there are 5 mediocre teams in it.
But so what. The Cardinals were mediocre last year as well until it really mattered the most.
Look at it this way. If the East teams didn't have to play each other, they would AVERAGE a .587 win% (95 wins out of 162).
You guys are looking wins and losses instead of stats. You wouldn't do that with a pitcher to tell you if he's good, why with a team? There are many ways to do this, but for simplicity, let's just use OPS and ERA.
Cardinals .787
Rockies .776
Dodgers .746
Mets .727
Braves .723
Brewers .722
DBacks .721
Phils .720
Reds .718
Marlins .709
Nats .705
Astros .700
Giants .697
Cubs .689
Padres .645
Pirates .630
Nats 2.95
Pirates 3.24
Giants 3.27
Dodgers 3.27
Reds 3.44
Marlins 3.61
Phils 3.81
Cards 3.95
Padres 3.96
Astros 3.99
DBacks 4.07
Braves 4.17
Mets 4.25
Cubs 4.28
Brewers 4.34
Rockies 5.07
My conclusion, I come down on the side that says the NL East is mediocre.
Take it away, schmenk.
Lefty, using the stats you chose:
East .717
Cent .709
West .717
East 3.77
Cent 3.88
West 3.93
So the East is tied for highest OPS, but gives up many fewer runs.
Just as you (essentially) used runs allowed for defense, you could have used runs scored for offense:
Runs scored, runs allowed, and run differential:
East 4.22, 4.09, 0.13
Cent 4.06, 4.19, -0.13
West 4.16, 4.33, -0.17
Again, the East is far ahead, and obviously if you excluded the intra-divisional games the differences would be MUCH starker.
Now you're making better comparisons. There is just too much luck that goes into winning a baseball game- to use wins to compare "divisions". Bad Calls by an ump, weather, BABIP, managerial decisions, park factors etc. etc.
You could make the case, as Chuck did that for individual teams it's all about the W's and L's, and he's right, that's how we crown champions. But we're talking divisions here, and the complications that go into that. Schedules with 18 games v the Rangers as opposed to against the Twins for example. Yet no one would consider the AL West the best division at 69-74 .483
I had a typo in the East numbers. Should be…
Runs scored, runs allowed, and run differential:
East 4.23, 4.05, 0.18
Cent 4.06, 4.19, -0.13
West 4.16, 4.33, -0.17
Lefty, with all due respect…..YES….I AM looking at W-L. Because, at the end of the day that's what counts. The team with the most wins in the division wins that division. And the team with the most wins in a series wins that series. I really couldn't care less what the Phillies OPS and ERA are in the World Series just as long as they WIN that series.
Everything you said is quite correct my friend. It's why the Marlins can be middle of the pack, yet be so tough to beat. (not to mention lack of major injuries)
But I really think when comparing which division is best, other tools are needed.
By the end of a 162-game season, a TEAM's win-loss record is a good measure of how good it is. It is a big enough sample size. Pitchers are a whole different story.
Manny, Agreed- A team's record is a big enough size-(and stats can lie as much as records)
But I'm looking at posts that are comparing divisions, not teams. Think of it this way, if you removed the Texas Rangers from the AL West and swapped them with any other team in any other division, wouldn't it change the way the comparison looks? What if the Phillies, Braves, Marlins and Nats had to play them 18 times instead of the Mets?
I copied this from Schenkman's post above, – didn't check for accuracy, but I trust him implicitly.
East .587 (95.1)
Central .434 (70.4)
West .460 (74.5)
Is the AL West really the second worst? Or does every team there have to play the Rangers 18 times. That's why I don't think W's and L's, or winning percentage of a division is the right barometer.
Those are actually the NL divisions (not AL), and they are the records when playing teams outside their own division:
— the NL East has won .587 of the games vs. NL Central and West (and the few against the AL)
— the NL Central has won .434 of the games vs. NL East and West (and the few vs. AL)
— the NL West has won .460 of the games vs. NL East and Central (and the few vs. AL)
You know, you posted two sets of numbers and of course, I copied the wrong one! Okay so here's the good one, and use the Dodgers (best record in the majors) instead.
East .554 (89.7 wins per 162)
Central .464 (75.2)
West .478 (77.4)
But if the Dodgers were in the east can we least agree that the East would be stronger? And that it may make the league appear less strong if they were beating up on the existing teams? That's the reason I think to compare divisions you need more than W%.
When looking at these divisional records, it is important to remember that the games within the division always have a .500 record. Using your example, when the Phillies, Braves, Marlins and Nationals play the Mets; the NL East would always be .500 because there is a winner & loser within the division.
Dipsy, Cain signed an extension for 2013-2017 @ $20 Million per with a vesting option for 2018 for $21 Mil, (buyout $7,5), Call it 5 years 107.5 if he doesn't vest in 2018, 6/$121 if he does. Not sure how they allocated the $5 billion bonus.
I say give Cole 2013-2017 @ 22 Million per with the same vesting option and buyout. but @24 mil. 5/$118.5 or 6/$134. No pitcher is getting 7 gaurenteed for $25 per especially when his era isn't in the top 15 in his own league.
1 Brandon Beachy ATL 11 11 72.1 46 21 15 23 57 5 4 0 0 0 0.95 1.87
2 James McDonald PIT 11 11 71.1 48 19 17 20 71 5 2 0 0 0 0.95 2.14
3 Gio Gonzalez WSH 11 11 66.1 40 17 17 28 84 7 2 0 0 0 1.03 2.31
4 Stephen Strasburg WSH 11 11 65.0 51 20 17 17 79 6 1 0 0 0 1.05 2.35
5 Ryan Vogelsong SF 9 9 61.0 49 17 16 26 46 3 2 0 0 0 1.23 2.36
6 Johan Santana NYM 11 11 68.0 49 20 18 21 68 3 2 0 0 0 1.03 2.38
7 Clayton Kershaw LAD 11 11 74.1 55 22 20 19 64 4 3 0 0 0 1.00 2.42
8 Chris Capuano LAD 11 11 68.1 49 23 19 25 61 7 2 0 0 0 1.08 2.50
9 Johnny Cueto CIN 11 11 71.0 71 22 20 18 46 5 3 0 0 0 1.25 2.54
10 Anibal Sanchez MIA 10 10 66.2 54 23 19 17 67 3 3 0 0 0 1.07 2.57
11 Matt Cain SF 11 11 79.0 58 24 23 15 73 6 2 0 0 0 0.92 2.62
12 Lance Lynn STL 11 11 68.1 53 21 20 24 63 8 2 0 0 0 1.13 2.63
13 R.A. Dickey NYM 11 11 73.2 61 23 22 17 70 8 1 0 0 0 1.06 2.69
14 Wade Miley ARI 11 8 59.2 55 21 18 16 36 6 2 0 0 0 1.19 2.72
15 Jordan Zimmermann WSH 10 10 64.1 59 22 20 11 44 3 5 0 0 0 1.09 2.80
16 Cole Hamels PHI 11 11 77.0 64 25 24 16 80 8 2 0 0 0 1.04 2.81
17 Carlos Zambrano MIA 11 11 73.2 53 24 23 29 56 4 3 0 0 0 1.11 2.81
18 Ryan Dempster CHC 9 9 59.0 49 21 19 19 54 0 3 0 0 0 1.15 2.90
19 Barry Zito SF 11 11 66.1 55 28 22 28 39 5 2 0 0 0 1.25 2.98
20 Cliff Lee PHI 8 8 57.0 48 19 19 10 54 0 2 0 0 0 1.02 3.00
Hamels does well in the fielding-independent ERA estimators, which focus on things he can control:
FIP: 12th
xFIP: 5th
SIERA: 4th
ERA 6th
FIP: 8th
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ERA: 4th
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xFIP: 2nd
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In other words, for the past 2+ years, Hamels has had the lowest xFIP and SIERA of any NL pitcher not named Halladay.
And his ERA is behind only Kershaw, Halladay, and Josh Johnson.
I'd need to learn more about those stats, but Grienke has the best xFIP in the NL and no way is he the best pitcher out there. Lee's xFIP is much better than Hamels as well. Maybe I'm a dinosaur, but era relative to the other players in the league is the most meaningful stat to me.
Joe, what you're actually saying is that there's no way Greinke has been the best pitcher so far this year, and I don't know how you can know that.
Under normal circumstances Cole Hamels probably wouldn't get close to 7/175. But this isn't normal by any means. The Dodgers have a TON of money to spend and the WILL make a strong push for Hamels if he hits the market. The Phillies know it, Cole knows it, his agent knows it, all of baseball knows it. I wouldn't want to be Ruben Amaro right now.
psujoe – respected poster – Cole ain't taking that. Cain decided to manage his risk and sign a year early for less money. Obviously, your team tries to wrap you up a year early so they can get you cheaper. What the Giants gave Cain is not what Cain would get on the open market as a free agent. Cain has set the bar at 21.5m when you sign a year early. Cole and Cain are even in my mind. Soooooooo. Cole must think he'll get at least 3.5m more per year once the suckers start going crazy this offseason. And they will. Time will tell. I think that if Ruben wants to sign him than he's gotta come with at LEAST about 6/145. IMO.
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I thought cain just signed this year? Didn't both Cole's and Cain's contract go through 2012?
I guess all it takes is one and if the Dodgers are willing to go 7/$175 then bye bye Cole. If Cole truely believes he can get 7/$175 then the Phils are out of it. They're not going to go 7 years+the rest of this year.
I guess Halladay and Lee were ultimately more willing to leave $$ on the table than Cole if that's the way it plays out. Oh, well.


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Born on June 12, 1928, in Hodgdon, Maine, she was the daughter of the late Orman and Florence (Field) Sloat. On November 29, 1952, she married Gordon M. Sutherland Jr. in Hartford, Conn. Gordon, her beloved husband of 54 years, predeceased Susie on October 21, 2006.
Susie was a dedicated homemaker who spent her life in Waterbury Center. In their retirement years, she and her husband greatly enjoyed splitting their time between Vermont and Boynton Beach, Fla.
Susie had a spunky personality and enjoyed the quiet pleasures of life. She was a wonderful cook and seamstress, and she loved music and the companionship of family and friends.
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She spent her last six years at the Carriage House of Southern Plantation in Loganville, Ga., where she leaves many staff and friends who have provided wonderful care and companionship, and who will miss her dearly.
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Remember all those annoying robocalls during election season? So does one Green Bay lawmaker, who wants the calls banned.
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A Green Bay Press-Gazette report says political robocalls aren't restricted under state and national Do Not Call registries the way telemarketing calls are. So even if you request that your name be removed from a political call list, campaigns, aren't required to comply.
Michael Kraft teaches political science at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. He says he's not sure a ban would ever work, in part because campaign strategists seem to believe robocalls are effective.
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The Atlantic Coast Conference presidents have agreed for the league to retain media rights for a school that leaves the conference.
The league said Monday each of the current and future schools has signed the deal, which is effective immediately.
The grant of rights would appear to make the league more stable by essentially locking all 15 schools into the ACC through the length of a TV deal, including eventual new arrivals Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Notre Dame and Louisville.
Awarding control of those TV rights and, more importantly, the money that comes with them to the league means that a school would have to leave its TV rights behind if it chose to go elsewhere.
Those rights would stay with the ACC, meaning the departing school wouldnt bring any added TV value to a new leagues broadcast package and make it a less-desirable target for realignment purposes.
The ACC is the fourth major conference to approve a grant of TV rights, joining the Big 12, Big Ten and Pac-12.
This announcement further highlights the continued solidarity and commitment by our member institutions, ACC commissioner John Swofford said in a statement. The Council of Presidents has shown tremendous leadership in insuring the ACC is extremely well-positioned with unlimited potential.
The move, first reported by The ACC Sports Journal, would be a promising sign of stability for the ACC, which had been besieged by rumors that some of its highest-profile members might consider following Maryland out the door and jumping leagues.
Its existing TV deal with ESPN runs through the 2026-27 season, though the sides are updating that agreement due to expansion and the league is researching the creation of an ACC TV channel.
Duke mens basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski said the decision secures the ACCs future, and thus Dukes, for years to come.
It is one of the great days in the history of our conference as it shows the highest level of commitment not by words, but by actions, Krzyzewski said Monday in a statement.
Bubba Cunningham, the athletic director at North Carolina, said the grant of rights should put (conference) realignment on the shelf.
These are strong and definitive moves by the ACC and its member schools to further announce our desire to stay together and position ourselves among the top conferences in the country, Cunningham said in a statement. We look forward to continued talks with the ACC and ESPN on how to best strengthen and position our multi-media package.
The league will add Pittsburgh and Syracuse in all sports this summer, while Notre Dame will join in all league sports except football. Louisville will replace Maryland in 2014.
The added resources coming to the ACC schools will have a significant impact on the success of our athletic programs, Florida State president Eric J. Barron said in a statement. We are also very pleased that we will be moving forward on the next phase of developing an ACC network. The vote of the ACC presidents will ensure that the conference will strengthen its position of leadership among Division I athletics.
The league had also twice raised its exit fee during recent waves of realignment, first to $20 million in September 2011 when it announced the additions of Pitt and Syracuse from the Big East.
A year later, when the league said it would add Notre Dame, the league said it had increased the fees to three times the leagues annual operation budget which amounted to more than $52.2 million when Maryland announced two months later that it planned to leave for the Big Ten.
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