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ORLANDO, Fla. - Police continue to search for a well-dressed man used a baseball bat to attack two women walking in downtown Orlando.
The attack, caught on surveillance video, shows the women walking to the Grande Apartments on South Street when they were hit in the head several times.
People who live in downtown Orlando say they are shocked that such a violent attack would happen in such a busy area.
"I don't feel safe doing things alone or even with somebody because in the video there's two people," said downtown Orlando resident Franchesca Fiorini. "It's just very scary."
"It's pretty unbelievable," said downtown Orlando resident Mario Quintana. "I mean, the kind of violence that could occur basically around your corner or somewhere around your neighborhood."
The attack happened around midnight on Saturday. Rebecca Naudasher, 30, and a friend were were about to enter the Grande Apartments when a well-dressed man in a shirt and tie, came up from behind and beat them with a baseball bat.
"I always feel worse for my friend every time I see it," said Naudasher, who reviewed the surveillance video of the attack.
Naudasher still does not recognize the man or remember much about the attack, but she wanted to see what happened.
"I'm glad just to kind of get an idea of what kind of person has that kind of rage against helpless females," said Naudasher.
After hitting the two women several times, the man stole Naudasher's purse then jumped into a newer, white, four-door car and is still on the run.
For people like Quintana, who lives in the Grande, just taking his dogs out for a walk is now a concern.
"I mean it's hard to fathom somebody could take a baseball bat to two women," said Quintana. "It's really disturbing."
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The Warriors already have 9 road wins. That is impressive they are 9-3 on the road
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The Warriors already have 9 road wins. That is impressive they are 9-3 on the road
I saw Magic on a tv show last night and was taken back by a comment he said. His comment was how much tougher a team the Warriors were this year, and felt it was due to Carl Landry. Landry's toughness had spilled over on others.
I've always been a Landry fan, even when he was at Purdue, but I can't say I ever felt he was a tough player. I'm thinking in terms of Tyler Smashmouth BB. Maybe, I've missed something about Landry all these years.
I wish we had never let him leave. SMH
Jackson is doing better at coaching than I anticipated w/o any coaching experience.
The name of Evan Turner is being mentioned as an Allstar candidate. There were many last year who felt he was a bust as a 1st round 2nd pick. Funny how things can change in regards to the play of players.
I remember pretty well right before draft time when Jerry West said one of the things the Warriors had to change was that they had to get tougher. And he said they would address it during the offseason. Turns out he wasn't lying.
Landry, Jack and Draymond Green have been the main guys responsible for the toughness factor. Warriors had next to none of that in prior years. They've definitely added to it. Really blown away about how much trust they've put into Green (a rookie 2nd rounder) and how he's not only in the rotation, but on the court down the stretch of close games.
Keep in mind Landry had sort of down years the past two seasons. If he was entering free agency the way he was playing his last year in Houston, he would've gotten much better offers than he did.
And I too am stunned by the results Mark Jackson has gotten. I viewed him as a gimmick hire; in some way still do, as there were more qualified people out there when they hired him. Do keep in mind that a big part of the success is due to Mike Malone. He's essentially the defensive coordinator of the team and the Warriors outbid the Lakers last year (he was Mike Brown's assistant in Cleveland) for his services. He's making about $2M to be an assistant, but he's been worth it. Recall that Malone was the guy who got it into Lebron's head that he needed to be a great defensive player in order to win a championship. At this rate, Malone will not be an assistant coach next season.
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Yeah it's amazing how Mark Jackson looks better this year, he was horrible last year.
And not being forced into playing a gimmick lineup with known chucker Monta helps, too. Jackson has a better, more balanced roster to work with this year. Even with the injuries to Bogut and Rush (really feel bad for BRush).
Two words. Klay. Thompson.
With Curry and him in the backcourt, Barnes at SF, Lee at PF, Golden State is set for a few years (if only Bogut could play...)
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What the hell is this guy doing?
Well, the Raptors are in big time need of a shot blocker. Maybe he's trying out.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
I was just looking at the Sixers schedule.
vs LA Lakers
vs Atlanta
@Golden State
@La Lakers
@ Phoenix
@Oklahoma City
@San Antonio
vs Brooklyn
Absolutely brutal.
10/11 on the road.
Jeremy Lin is the 5th best guard in the NBA.
All Star voting early results:
East Backcourt
Dwyane Wade (430,925)
Rajon Rondo (382,613)
Deron Williams (211,426)
Kyrie Irving (155,989)
Ray Allen (130,016)
East Frontcourt
LeBron James(641,348)
Carmelo Anthony (573,112)
Kevin Garnett (218,246)
Chris Bosh (210,724)
Tyson Chandler (151,744)
West Backcourt
Kobe Bryant (639,419)
Chris Paul (353,603)
Jeremy Lin (298,319)
James Harden (196,108)
Russell Westbrook (143,437)
West Frontcourt
Kevin Durant (605,965)
Dwight Howard (434,168)
Blake Griffin (307,855)
Tim Duncan (189,577)
Pau Gasol (139,868)
via twitter, @NBAAllStar
Miami could very well have all "big 3" starting. And it's cool to see Tyson Chandler finally get some props, well deserved. Hopefully he doesn't get snubbed for 3rd straight year.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
Looks right to me. Except I would switch Duncan with Howard.
Not sure where to put this, but Pacers Digest lightning rod John Hollinger is leaving ESPN to take a front office position with the Grizzlies. I know I am in the minority here, but I really enjoy Hollinger's work and will be sad to see him leave ESPN. If nothing else, his snark and sarcastic tweets will be missed.
I love Hollinger too he isnt afraid to speak his mind like the other terrible people ESPN have
will be a big loss
Counting down the days untill DJ Augustin's contract expires.
The Lakers are so awful. They currently look like a lottery team and they wouldn't even benefit from it because they gave their picks away.
It's the ****ed up Lakers' Zen.That's why they are currently awful.
I didn't really expect that the old guy gamble that the Knicks took would work out. But it has worked out amazingly so far. They are providing some great leadership and stability. Plus, Felton actually plays good in NY.
All in all, I have to eat some crow when it comes to the Knicks.
Well, you won't be alone eating that New York crow alone. I remember lengthy arguments about how overrated Melo is, he's just a loser, a gunner, Granger is as good or better than him.
Meanwhile he's having an MVP caliber season. 28-6-2 on 46.5% from the field, 44% from deep.
Draymond Green is looking pretty good now...:x

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"These days, people seek knowledge, not wisdom. Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future." -- Vernon Cooper
One of the core parts of my daily routine involves reading scores of news articles, from myriad sources, on a variety of topics; I read when I am on the elliptical machine, when I'm having breakfast and any other chance I get. I believe this is an absolute necessity to being a profitable active trader, and also to my position as a frequent writer of new investment ideas and themes.
During my Thursday perusal, two particular items caught my eye. One that gathered a lot of attention, and helped turn the market down in the final hours, was the surprisingly hawkish view from a good portion the Federal Open Market Committee. Evidently half of the committee is turning against the prospect of endless quantitative easing, and they want to curtail the Federal Reserve's efforts here before the year is out.
The other, less-covered tidbit was from the Association of American Railroads. In 2012, shipments of petroleum on U.S. railroads rose more than 46% as shale oil producers put record amounts of crude oil on trains in order to overcome pipeline capacity constraints. Growth could easily surpass 600,000 barrels a day carried by rail in 2013.
So what do these two divergent pieces of data say to me? First, the Federal Reserve is more concerned about possible rising inflation than it has publicly let on. My own opinion is that, because of the growth of the federal deficit and the Fed's balance sheet over the last few years, significantly higher inflation is in the cards in the medium and long term. (Stagflation may even reenter the public's lexicon again in late 2014 or 2015.)
Second, the impressive expansion of domestic oil production continues unabated. Further, the energy infrastructure build-out -- which is needed to transport, store and process these new fuel sources -- is lagging behind production growth.
Moreover, this pair of tidbits further confirms that high-yielding energy infrastructure plays will remain a core part of my income portfolio. In an environment with rising inflation, a good place to invest remains in hard assets that throw off increasing distribution payments because of rising operational cash flow. In addition, infrastructure capacity continues to lag growing demand. I will continue to profile some of these plays, which are in my portfolio in the months ahead.
Another one of these that I like and own is Martin Midstream (MMLP), which deals in petroleum products in the U.S. Gulf Coast region. The company owns or operates 27 marine-shore-based terminal facilities and 12 specialty terminal facilities, among other assets.
Here are four reasons Martin Midstream is good pick-up for your income portfolio at $32 a share:
● At current price levels, Martin's dividend yields at a robust 9.6%. Further, the company has consistently grown its per-share payout by a few pennies per year over the last decade.
● Revenue growth is expected to rise 4% for 2012, but analysts expect that growth will accelerate to 12% next year -- which bodes well for future dividend hikes.
● The company is using divestitures to reduce its exposure to the gathering and processing of natural gas. This will allow the company to focus more on its oil storage, sulfur services and marine-transport businesses, which will help to streamline the firm.
● Insiders were small but frequent buyers of the shares in the last two months of 2012.


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Spring 2016
- CSYS/MATH 303 Complex Networks
- CSYS/MATH 266 Chaos, Fractals, and Dynamical Systems
- CSYS/CS 206 Evolutionary Robotics
- CSYS/CE 359 Applied Artificial Neural Networks
- PA 306 Policy Systems
- PA 317 Systems Analysis & Strategic Management
Fall 2016
- CSYS/MATH 300 Principles of Complex Systems
- To be filled in when available.
All Courses
Below are all Complex Systems courses organized alpha-numerically by course department and number. Click the link to find out more about the course listed.
|Evolution: Basic concepts in evolution will be covered, including the causes of evolutionary change (selection, mutation, migration and genetic drift), speciation, phylogenetics, and the history of life.
Prerequisites:Biol 102 or instructor permission
There is an implied prerequisite of Math 19 (Calculus)
Methodologies:Evolutionary/adaptive computing/simulation
|Applied Artificial Neural Networks: A practical hands-on introduction to the theory and implementation of a variety of architectures of artificial neural networks, including back-propagation, hopfield networks, counter-propagation networks, recurrent networks, self-organizing maps, and more.
Prerequisites:Computer programming
Methodologies:Pattern recognition/classification/data mining, Statistical modeling
|Applied Geostatistics: Introduction to the theory of regionalized variables, geostatistics (kriging techniques): special topics in multivariate analysis; Applications to real data subject to spatial variation are emphasized.
Prerequisites:Stat 223 (multivariate statistics) or 225 (applied regression analysis); CS16/CE11 (Matlab programming) or permission.
Methodologies:Multi-scale modeling, Pattern recognition/classification/data mining, Statistical modeling
|Artificial Intelligence:Introduction to methods for realizing intelligent behavior in computers. Knowledge representation, planning, and learning. Selected applications such as natural language understanding and vision.
Prerequisites:CS 103 (programming languages), CS 104 (data structures), STAT 153 (probability & statistics) or equivalent.
Methodologies:Agent-based simulation / cellular automata, Evolutionary/adaptive computing/simulation, Pattern recognition/classification/data mining
|Neural Computation:Introduction to artificial neural networks, their computational capabilities and limitations, and the algorithms used to train them. Statistical capacity, convergence theorems, backpropagation, reinforcement learning, generalization.
Prerequisites:Math 124 (or 271), Stat 153 or equivalent, computer programming.
Methodologies:Pattern recognition/classification/data mining, Statistical modeling
|Information and Complexity:Information and Complexity describe a broad theoretical framework that can be applied to a variety of problems in computer science, engineering, statistics, and other disciplines. Claude Shannon extended Ludwig Boltzmann's concept of entropy to describe the amount of computer memory that is required to store a random message, as well as the maximum rate at which it can be reliably transmitted over a given communication channel.
Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov (1903–1987) developed algorithmic information theory to measure the complexity of a message as the "size" of the smallest computer program that generates it. This course will develop, analyze, and apply these and other measures of information and complexity in a variety of contexts, including communication theory, computer science, finance, physics, statistics, and complex systems.
Prerequisites:A course in probability or statistics. E.g., stat 141, 143, 151, or 153.
Methodologies:Information Theory
|Modeling Complex Systems:Integrative breadth-first introduction to computational methods for modeling complex systems; numerical methods, cellular automata, agent-based computing, game theory, genetic algorithms, artificial neural networks, and complex networks.
Prerequisites:Computer programming (in any language, but Matlab is the language that we use in the course), calculus. Linear algebra is recommended.
Methodologies: Agent-based simulation / cellular automata, Chaos theory, Evolutionary/adaptive computing/simulation, Game Theory, Nonlinear dynamic differential equations, Pattern recognition/classification/data mining
|Evolutionary Computation:Evolutionary computation is a class of biologically-inspired computational search strategies based on the principles of Darwinian evolution (heritability+variation+selection).Applications of EAs span a variety of disciplines, including solving design and optimization problems in engineering, architecture, computer chip design, scheduling, drug design, biotechnology, and bioinformatics, and basic research in evolution and ecology.
Prerequisites:Some familiarity with computer programming (in any language, either through coursework or experience) and fundamental probability and statistics. A basic understanding of genetics & evolution is useful, but is not required. Multi-disciplinary teams will match students with complementary backgrounds. Bring your curiosity and a desire to experience interdisciplinary research!
Methodologies:Agent-based simulation / cellular automata, Evolutionary/adaptive computing/simulation
|Statistical Pattern Recognition Prerequisites:Stat 241 or 251 or instructor permission.
Methodologies:Pattern recognition/classification/data mining, Statistical modeling
|Evolutionary Robotics:This course will explore the automated design of autonomous machines using evolutionary algorithms. The course will cover relevant topics in evolutionary computation, artificial neural networks,
robotics, biomechanics, and simulation. Students will conduct a major programming project that will span the course and thus provide hands-on experience with the topics covered. Undergraduates will use their
developed system to perform a pre-specified evolutionary robotics experiment; graduate students will formulate their own research hypothesis and use their system to test that hypothesis.
Prerequisites:Junior standing and programming experience, or instructor permission
Methodologies:Distributed control, Evolutionary/adaptive computing/simulation, Nonlinear dynamic differential equations, Numerical optimization
|Modeling Environmental Systems: In this socially relevant course, you will learn to use computer simulation models to create sustainable environmental policies from a Systems Thinking perspective. Systems Thinking is the art and science of making reliable inferences about the behavior of complex systems. Based on class interest, you will study four of these six enduring and profound environmental models: (1) predator-prey interdependency, (2) consumption of scarce resources, (3) population dynamics, (4) spread of epidemics, (5) limits to growth, and (6) global warming. For each of these models, you will analyze the underlying assumptions on which they are built, and then use computer simulation to create policies that make them sustainable over the long-term. These models will provide you with a wealth of knowledge about how complex environmental systems behave.
Prerequisites:It is preferred, but not required, that you have taken ENVS 195–Systems Thinking
Methodologies: STELLA simulation modeling
|Chaos, Fractals, and Dynamical Systems: We discuss orbits, stability, sinks, sources, saddles, chaos, lyapunov exponents, fractals, mandelbrot and julia sets, strange attractors, and manifolds.
Methodologies:Chaos theory, Nonlinear dynamic differential equations
|Mathematical Biology & Ecology:Mathematical modeling in the life sciences. Topics include population modeling, dynamics of infectious diseases, reaction kinetics, wave phenomena in biology, and biological pattern formation.
Prerequisites:Math 124 (linear algebra) and Math 230 (differential equations) or instructor's permission.
Methodologies:Agent-based simulation / cellular automata, Nonlinear dynamic differential equations
|Principles of Complex Systems: Many of the problems we face in the modern world revolve around comprehending, controlling, and designing multi-scale, interconnected systems. Networked systems, for example, facilitate the diffusion and creation of ideas, the physical transportation of people and goods, and the distribution and redistribution of energy. Complex systems such as the human body and ecological systems are typically highly balanced, flexible, and robust, but are also susceptible to systemic collapse. These complex problems almost always have economic, social, and technological aspects.
So what do we know about complex systems? The basic aim of this introductory interdisciplinary course is to present a suite of theories and ideas that have evolved over the last couple of decades in the pursuit of understanding complex systems. The central focus will be on understanding small-scale mechanisms that give rise to observed systemic phenomena. Students will be encouraged to see how different areas connect to each other and, just as importantly, where analogies break down.
Prerequisites:Familiarity with the following would be good but not completely necessary: standard calculus, differential equations, difference equations, linear algebra, statistical physics, and statistical methods.Computing: Proficiency in coding (C, Matlab, perl, python) will be beneficial (and indeed necessary) for certain projects but is not required.
Methodologies:Agent-based simulation / cellular automata, Multi-scale modeling, Network/graph science, Statistical modeling
|Complex Networks: Complex networks crucially underpin much of the real and synthetic world. Networks distribute and redistribute information, water, food, and energy. Networks can be constituted by physical pipes, embodied in relationships carried in people's minds, or manifested by economic interdependencies.
In the past decade, building on work in a wide range of disciplines, many (but certainly not all) advances have been made in understanding all manner of complex networks such as the World Wide Web, social and organizational networks, biochemical networks, and transportation networks. In this special topics course, we will explore this evolving field of complex networks by reading and discussing seminal and recent papers, and developing mathematical and algorithmic results where they exist. The level will be graduate/advanced undergraduate.
Prerequisites:Math/Csys 300
Familiarity with differential equations, difference equations, standard calculus, linear algebra, statistical methods.
Proficiency in coding (C, Matlab, Perl, Python) will be beneficial (and indeed necessary) for certain projects but is not required.
Methodologies:Network/graph science
|Systems and Synthetic Biology:The course will focus on applying engineering tools to the study of molecular biology to (a) analyze complex gene regulatory networks and (b) design novel gene circuits using principles from electrical circuits and mechanical design. We will discuss mathematical modeling techniques, molecular biology methods, and recent literature in the fields of systems and synthetic biology.
Prerequisites:differential equations, linear algebra, programming (class assignments will use Matlab)
Methodologies:Distributed control, Multi-scale modeling, Network/graph science, Nonlinear dynamic differential equations, Statistical modeling
|Multi-scale Bioengineering: Advanced bioengineering design and analysis for current biomedical problems spanning molecular, cell, tissue, organ, and whole body systems including their interactions and emergent behaviors.
Methodologies:multiscale phenomena
|Multiscale Modeling: Atomistic modeling techniques (i.e., molecular dynamics, etc.) and related multiscale methods (i.e., coarse-graining, quasicontinuum, etc.) applicable to the modeling of fluid and solid matter.
Methodologies:Multi-scale modeling
|Decision Making Models: This course focuses on systems level thinking to impart problem-solving skills in complex decision-making contexts. Individual, inter-personal, organizational and inter-organizational decision making contexts will be analyzed with varying levels of complexity. The emphasis will be placed on imparting cutting edge skills to the students to develop intelligent decision support systems, including agent based simulation models; artificial intelligence (AI)-based technologies such as logic rule-based systems, neural networks, fuzzy logic, case-based reasoning, genetic algorithms, data-mining algorithms; and deliberative decision making models such as mediated modeling and collaborative management techniques.
Prerequisites:Graduate Standing
Methodologies: Agent-based simulation / cellular automata, Chaos theory, Distributed control, Evolutionary/adaptive computing/simulation, Game Theory, Multi-scale modeling, Network/graph science, Nonlinear dynamic differential equations, Numerical optimization, Pattern recognition/classification/data mining, Statistical modeling, Other: Scenario analysis, Judgemental Decision Making
|Systems Analysis and Strategic Management: By applying complexity, network and systems analysis to the study of organized responses to wicked problems, it is possible to "harness complexity" in such a way as to generate effective results. This means that effective leaders, modelers and policy analysts must be attentive to the inputs (human, social, financial, political, cultural , knowledge, and physical capital), the processes (inter & intra-organizational and inter-personal dynamics), the outputs (the tangible measures and product of collective action) and the outcomes (the long term goals and objectives) associated with their environments. In addition, they must understand the broader environmental factors that impact their organizations. These externals factors may include: market trends, funder priorities, policy developments, etc.
Prerequisites:Basic understanding of social organizations, social network dynamics. Interest in the policy process and social systems modeling.
Methodologies:Agent-based simulation / cellular automata, Evolutionary/adaptive computing/simulation, Game Theory, Multi-scale modeling
|Ecological and Environmental Modeling:
Prerequisites: Introductory calculus or permission of the instructor.
Methodologies:Statistical modeling
|Applied Time Series & Forecasting: Autoregressive moving average (Box-Jenkins) models, autocorrelation, partial correlation, differencing for nonstationarity, computer modeling. Forecasting, seasonal or cyclic variation, transfer function and intervention analysis, spectral analysis.
Prerequisites:Stat 211 or 225; or 141 or 143 with instructor's permission.
Methodologies:Pattern recognition/classification/data mining, Statistical modeling
|Bayesian Statistics: This is a course in Bayesian statistics. Bayesian inference is a powerful and increasingly popular statistical approach, which allows one to deal with complex problems in a conceptually simple and unified way. The recent introduction of Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulation methods has made possible the solution of large problems in Bayesian inference that were formerly intractable. This course will introduce the student to the basic methods and techniques of modern Bayesian inference, including parameter estimation, MCMC simulation, hypothesis testing, and model selection/model averaging in the context of practical problems.
Prerequisites:STAT 241 or 251 or instructor permission.
Methodologies:Statistical modeling, Other: Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC)


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Isabel Allende evokes the magnificent landscapes of her country; a charming, idiosyncratic Chilean people with a violent history and an indomitable spirit; and the politics, religion, myth, and magic of her homeland that she carries with her even today.
The book circles around two life-changing moments. The assassination of her uncle Salvador Allende Gossens on September 11, 1973, sent her into exile and transformed her into a literary writer. And the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, on her adopted homeland, the United States, brought forth an overdue acknowledgment that Allende had indeed left home. My Invented Country, mimicking the workings of memory itself, ranges back and forth across that distance between past and present lives. It speaks compellingly to immigrants and to all of us who try to retain a coherent inner life in a world full of contradictions.
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March 27, 2013
Baseball Therapy
The Lessons of Lohse
He finally signed. Kyle Lohse finally signed with someone, and I hope we all learned something in the process. No, not that his last name is not spelled L-O-S-H-E. There has to be a bigger moral to all of this, right? At the end of every long saga, there's a scene where the characters sit down together and rehash all that has happened, take stock of it, and generate some pithy phrase that encapsulates the whole story.
Sit with me.
The Kyle Lohse story is fascinating in a way, because it illuminates a couple of interesting and perhaps evolving truths about the game of baseball, particularly about pitching. Kyle Lohse is not an ace, although he's also the sort of arm that would be welcome in any major-league rotation. "Throws 200 innings with a FIP around 3.60 over the past two years" is a nice way to start a conversation, even if a BABIP in the .260s suggests that there might be some regression on the way. Then again, average together the last two years, and even FRA has him at a tad over 4.00, which is, y'know, kinda nice.
Lohse is the kind of pitcher over whom a great many hands have been wrung, going back to the Gil Meche contract and probably before. Why do these guys make eight-figure annual salaries when they're not that good? Even Lohse, with the draft pick anchor tied around his waist, got $11 million per year. Going on the old standby that a win is worth around $5 million a year, the contract values Lohse as roughly a two-win player, which he was last year—for the first time since 2003. If you factor in the opportunity cost of losing the draft pick, the contract values Lohse even more highly.
Maybe we're just having a hard time valuing pitching, especially within a replacement level framework. The idea of replacement level was meant to answer the question, "If Player X vanished into thin air, and we had to replace his playing time with an average scrub, how much worse would the team be?" And for position players, that makes sense. If Dustin Pedroia vanished into thin air, most of his playing time would go to someone else, that someone else would take a turn in the batting order, and that would be the end of the matter. But when it comes to replacing value, starting pitching is a different animal.
Consider that in 2012, Kyle Lohse averaged 19 outs (6 1/3 innings) per start, good for 23rd place in the league among those who started 20 or more games. Had Lohse disappeared from the Cardinals, some sixth starter/long man/waiver-wire guy would have taken his starts. But we can't just assume that Lohse's replacement would have averaged 6 1/3 innings each start, and in fact, he probably wouldn't have. If you're talking about a replacement who averages five innings per game, the manager has to coax another inning and a third out of his bullpen, on average. And relievers who aren't as good get to pitch. It isn't just about what Lohse did when he pitched that extra inning, it's what didn't happen as a result. Even more, the effect isn't confined to just this game. The next day, relievers are more likely to be tired or unavailable, and lesser relievers will have to be summoned. You have to shuffle the roster a bit more and bring up a guy from Triple-A for coverage whom you'd rather not have up. There are compounding effects.
Another hidden value that Lohse has is that if you look at the standard deviation of outs recorded per start in 2012, the lowest number among qualifiers belongs to Kyle Lohse. Lohse was steady, giving the Cardinals and Mike Matheny six or seven innings with unparalleled regularity. (And not once did he go fewer than five.) Lohse's low variability allows his manager to cover a bit better for that high-risk, high-reward starter who has a habit of throwing either a two-inning train wreck or an eight-inning gem with no in-between. The manager can put Lohse in the next spot and know that at least he won't need a long man two days in a row.
A few days ago, I suggested a plan for getting rid of starting pitchers in general. I surprised myself by spending so much of the column looking into whether my plan could simply cover the bulk innings that starters, as a group, provide now. While I made the case that it could, for the most part, I ended up using one extra roster spot, which threw a lot of other things off. I think we'd all love to believe that we should specifically reward the value produced while a pitcher is on the mound. What I think we're not fully appreciating is how insanely valuable it is to have one human being, in one roster spot, who can cover 200 innings and do so in a way that isn't embarrassing. It prevents a lot of things from happening, and the value of prevention is really hard for people to understand. Take it from someone who works in public health. It's really, really hard to find those 200-inning-eating guys, and if you don't have them, it takes a lot of resources to cover for that fact. Sure, we wish that all of those innings could be Justin Verlander quality, but maybe the point is that sometimes just having someone decent and steady out there is worth more than we might think.
There has been some discussion that maybe Scott Boras and Lohse himself thought too highly of his own worth, and that the impediment to signing him wasn't purely the draft pick compensation. Maybe Lohse just set his price too high. I'd argue that Lohse probably deserves more than he got, given some of the extra value he provides. Even if you'd argue that Lohse didn't deserve that much, the opportunity cost that the Brewers paid had to be factored into the final contract. The Brewers, assuming that we believe them to be rational, value Lohse around $11 million a year, plus whatever value they assign to the pick amortized over three years (value which likely would have gone to Kyle Lohse otherwise).
Lohse did not ask to have the qualifying offer made to him, but once it was, he bore the scarlet letter of having a draft pick attached to him. That lowered the value that he was going to get on the market. Maybe he should have just faced facts and realized that he was taking the haircut; he could have signed for less earlier in the offseason and been done with it. If there's one loser in the draft pick compensation system, it's Kyle Lohse.
Is there a way that we can make the system a little more fair to the players who inevitably seem to get caught in the middle? A few ideas worth floating:
Or we could leave it alone. One thing that I didn't mention is that while the Lohse did not control the Cardinals making him the offer, he chose to pursue the two birds in the bush and turned down the sure $13 million. He doesn't escape blame for all this. Then again, it's an unfair position to put him into, since on an unfettered open market, he probably would have gotten more than he did. But maybe the biggest lesson of Lohse is that there are always unintended consequences when you try to set up a system to make things more fair. If only next time, we could skip the months-long journey to reach that realization.
Russell A. Carleton is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @pizzacutter4
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You could make this argument about any system which compensates clubs for losing free agents at the expense of the new club - the cost of acquring the player (in picks or whatever) are effectively coming out of the player's compensation. It's just more acute for the players who only just reach the level for being part of the system like Lohse. To me, it's simply a matter of whether the benefits of the system outweigh the drawbacks. Personally, I'd adopt a system that only rewarded a team when they developed a player who left through free agency, and I'd probably move away from punishing the signing team.
Mar 27, 2013 04:20 AM
I am disappointed that you do not talk at all about the system that was in place before the current one as this is the first year of the new system. I do not disagree that Lohse (and possibly you could argue Bourn) were affected by the new system versus all other players. But this number is lower than the previous year's A, B and C free agent classifications and the mess that brings. The new rule also eliminated the large market inefficiencies of giving middle relievers the same compensation status as stars (something the Rays exploited, among others).
Mar 27, 2013 07:42 AM
Mr. Carleton makes a good case for Mr. Lohse being an attractive pitching prospect. 30 general managers had the chance to sign Lohse knowing it would cost them Lohse's salary plus a draft pick. No one could rationalize it until the Brewers signed him for a reduced asking price. If the value of a win is $5m and Lohse is a 2 win player who is being paid $11m, it is hard for me to see a problem. Lohse's PECOTA projection is 1.1. His 5 year average is 1.3. I don't get why there is an issue. Mr. Lohse over-priced himself in the hopes the market would rise to meet his asking price. The market didn't. You could argue the Brewers overpaid him independent of the draft pick.
Mar 27, 2013 07:56 AM
Lohse is a career average pitcher that is very dependent on his defense for success. He's also going to be 34 this year. His problem wasn't the loss of a draft pick but that teams are getting smarter about spending their money on pitchers his age who don't miss bats.
Mar 27, 2013 09:12 AM
Does the fact that much of Lohse's money in this deal is deferred and his actual 2013 salary being quite small ($4M) factor in to any of this analysis?
Mar 27, 2013 09:39 AM
Meche was a pretty good signing until Trey Hillman slagged him arm. He also walked away from the last year of his deal, which I still find amazing.
Mar 27, 2013 10:38 AM
So nobody wants to mention that he could have been in Spring Training over a month ago slated to make $13.3M guaranteed this year? The system is working just fine. Don't let an agent that failed his client fool everyone into thinking drastic overhaul is the course du jour.
Mar 27, 2013 19:24 PM
Except most players would prefer 3/33 to 1/13 so it's hard to even say Boras failed Lohse.
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Roster set after Carrasco wins final rotation spot
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Inside the Indians' clubhouse on Wednesday morning, Josh Tomlin's locker was empty, and his nameplate was removed. It was a clear sign that Cleveland had made its final decision for the starting rotation.
Right-hander Carlos Carrasco was named the fifth starter for the Indians, and Tomlin was optioned to Triple-A Columbus, bringing an end to the battle for the lone vacancy on the staff. Opening Day starter Justin Masterson will be followed by Corey Kluber, Zach McAllister, Danny Salazar and Carrasco.
"I feel happy to make the team," Carrasco said. "[This season] is really important, because I'm coming from the Tommy John surgery two years ago. Last year, I didn't have a good year. I think this is going to be a big year for us and for me, too."
The 27-year-old Carrasco spent most of the 2011 season in Cleveland's rotation, but he missed all of '12 after needing reconstructive surgery on his right elbow. Last year, the righty posted a 6.75 ERA in 15 games, during which he bounced between starting and relief roles for the Tribe. Out of Minor League options this spring, Carrasco was given every chance to win a rotation job.
Carrasco went to work on retooling his delivery mechanics over the offseason and throughout the spring, focusing on raising his lead arm to create more deception. The righty also tried to use the same aggressive approach he featured as a reliever last year, and the Indians saw enough in Spring Training to take a chance on him to start the season.
"It was a really tough decision; I think both guys had good camps," Indians general manager Chris Antonetti said. "I think what we tried to do is make a decision that was not solely focused just on the Opening Day roster, but what gave our team the best chance to win as many games as possible over the course of the season. Part of that is making sure we have enough options and enough depth."
Antonetti said Cleveland considered putting Tomlin in the bullpen but felt that was not fair to the pitcher and also hurt the team's depth. By pitching regularly at Triple-A, Tomlin can continue his comeback from August 2012 Tommy John surgery and be ready when Cleveland comes calling.
The Indians gave the final two bullpen jobs to right-handers Scott Atchison and Blake Wood.
"That's the way they decided to go," Tomlin said. "Ultimately, in the grand scheme of things, I'm going to do whatever is best for this organization and whatever I can to help this team win. If that means going to Triple-A, and getting my work in until it's my time, I'll just be ready to go out there and try to get outs."
Indians manager Terry Francona said Tomlin handled the news as well as the team could have hoped.
"I think we all understand why we made the decision," Francona said. "There's numerous reasons how we came to this conclusion, but it's still difficult when you respect the way a guy goes about it so much. With Carlos, we've been pretty open about the fact that we really want to see Carlos pitch."
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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AUSTIN, Texas The Coastal Fisheries Division of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has released the results of annual coastwide gill net surveys and the news is good for saltwater anglers.
"It was a great way to welcome me onboard," stated Larry McKinney, Ph.D., the newly named head of the division. "What caught my eye was the continued rise in redfish numbers, some of the highest since 1998," he continued, "and spotted seatrout numbers, which have been high, continue to hold at those levels."
The gill net surveys, while just one element of a comprehensive coastal fisheries monitoring program in Texas, nevertheless provide valuable insight into the health of Texas' important recreational fish stocks and several commercial fisheries, including blue crab and flounder.
McKinney said the news is positive for the two stars of Texas' saltwater: red drum and spotted seatrout. Often referred to as "specks," spotted seatrout have enjoyed an upward trend from the early 90s. While the numbers did not continue to increase this year, they seem to be holding steady at that high level. Redfish continue a steady upward trend, approaching numbers not seen since the mid-90s, all of which is good news for saltwater anglers, McKinney said.
For several of the commercial fisheries that can be tracked by gill net surveys the news is also good, but with a caution. Atlantic croaker, an important recreational baitfish, continues to hold steady at levels seen during the last several years, an improvement from more erratic trends of the past. The most positive finding confirms what many anglers have been seeing as they wade the shallow bay waters: blue crabs are on the increase. Crab numbers have jumped from an all time low in 2000 to levels not seen since 1992. The news for flounder is also encouraging, as the downward and alarming trend in population numbers seems to have bottomed out, even though flounder remain a concern to fisheries biologists.
"What it tells me," noted McKinney "is that the comprehensive shrimping regulations adopted by the Parks and Wildlife Commission in August of 2000 are working. Combined with limited entry programs for commercial fisheries, crab trap removal and continued efforts to assure freshwater inflows, good water quality and sufficient habitat, we are headed in the right direction," he concluded.
Barring any unforeseen event, TPWD biologists believe saltwater anglers can look forward to very promising fishing this coming spring and summer. That is also good news for the coastal economy as saltwater anglers, who number roughly 860,000, annually pump nearly $2 billion into coastal communities. The prospect for growth is bright, as the number of saltwater anglers has seen a steady increase during the last several years. "There are many ways to analyze this information and all of it is positive," concluded McKinney, "but the bottom line is simple for me and hopefully for other Texans as well its time to go fishing."
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My husband was recently diagnosed with cc. He is retaining a lot of fluid in his abdomen. He is going to the VA for treatment because his medicare advantage plan will not cover him out of state., which is where we are now. Is the VA being cost conscious in not wanting to drain it? Also they are only doing Gemcidabine. Think maybe we should add cisplatin. He has had 1st 3 treatments with the one chemo drug. This was his week off. Only side effect is tiredness. He seems very depressed too. Is this normal?


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Woman claims she stayed with Bothell Mayor on overnight council-related trip during affair
A woman who is suing the Bothell Mayor claims she stayed overnight with him during a council-related business trip in Olympia during their two-year affair.
A former employee of the North Creek Law Firm, Micaela Mae, 23, filed a civil lawsuit on Oct. 29 against the business, Mayor Mark Lamb and his wife Kim, for wrongful termination and invasion of privacy in connection with the affair.
In an answer to the complaint, Lamb admitted to a sexual relationship with the woman but denied most other claims in Mae's suit.
In a counterclaim, the Lambs requested that the suit be dismissed and Mae pay all court and attorney fees. They also asserted that Lamb's position as mayor was "of no consequence."
However, a judge denied that motion during a Nov. 15 hearing and ruled in the plaintiff's favor.
"We expect the evidence to show that Mr. Lamb's duties and conduct as Mayor of Bothell and his law firm North Creek are inextricably linked," said Mae's attorney Howard Hall in a Nov. 13 response to Lamb's counterclaim.
Hall also said they expect the evidence to show that while most of their encounters occurred in the workplace, on at least one occasion while Mae was employed by Lamb, she went to Olympia and stayed overnight with Lamb, who was attending an annual conference of Washington elected officials in his capacity as mayor.
Both Hall and Lamb's attorney, Christine Slattery, declined to comment.
Mae and the mayor's relationship began in 2010 when the woman was working at Masala Bar and Grill in Bothell. According to court documents, Lamb and another unidentified member of the Bothell City Council, ate dinner at Masala when Lamb allegedly met and obtained Mae's phone number.
During the relationship Lamb suggested that Mae come work for his law firm, the documents continue. He eventually offered to support her in attending Edmonds Community College's paralegal program. The woman eventually accepted the offer and began working at the North Creek Law Firm in November 2011 as an intern for $3,000 a month with the caveat that their personal relationship end, according to the complaint. Mae also allegedly told Lamb that she intended to start seeing other men.
But Mae alleges that Lamb never paid her more than $1,500 a month and "had to beg to be paid."
Lamb states in legal documents that Mae was a paid intern for the firm starting in November 2011 and was paid $1,500 a month but denies all other allegations.
In January, the two allegedly restarted their sexual relationship upon Lamb's request, frequently having sex in Lamb's office, the documents continue.
Mae states in the complaint that while she was employed at the firm, Lamb was more demanding and "asserted power and control over the situation."
Lamb stated in court documents that the sexual relationship was "consensual."
Their sexual relationship allegedly continued for months almost entirely in Lamb's office during working hours.
In March, Mae decided to terminate the relationship. Later that month Lamb allegedly saw Mae printing out information on a person she was considering dating, which sparked a heated argument between the two. She was fired the next day when she returned to the office, the documents continue.


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If you have your own website for reselling, there's lots of way to optimize it. I looked last week at some general things which make for a good, trustworthy, e-commerce website. Now let's look at some specific trends for 2011 which could pep up your website – and your sales. It's important to keep tabs on emerging social media technologies to make sure you are investing in the right areas. Not all of these might be for you – yet – but these are where internet commerce is going.
1. Mobile Marketing
In 2010 smartphone sales overpowered the sales of desktops and laptops, for the first time. Companies need a smartphone application to keep up with their consumers and to be available when consumers need them. They should also optimize their websites for viewing by smartphone. In 2010, 7 billion iPhone and iPad applications were downloaded, showing that potential of the markety. In 2011, mobile users will go online via their phones and iPads more than on their computers. From shopping on the go, to paperless transactions, to watching (and creating) videos – mobile media is here.
2. Online video
Online video is not new – YouTubeis years old, which in internet terms is decades – but it is increasingly everywhere. Visual information, seen happening in real time, gives something no other medium can, making it critical in shaping perceptions about companies and each other. You can embed videos in webpages and in Facebook easier than ever. In October 2010 alone, 2 billion videos were viewed on Facebook from a total of 5.4 billion videos – so there's a vast audience out there!
3. Monitor Conversations
The internet flattens the boundaries between people, as between brands and people. It's vital to be involved in your community and work on your online reputation. What are people saying about your brand? The best way to get positive feedback is through exceeding expectations on your product or service. However, you should encourage the conversation through social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, blogs, forums, industry publications and media. Monitor the conversation (for example, use the search function in Tweetdeck if you are using Twitter, or try Google Alerts), join in on the conversation, help and show your customers that you care; this will increase customer loyalty and provide instant, verifiable feedback.
4. Deal Hunting
As consumer expectations rise, you must be able to offer them something different, while still making a profit. Services like Groupon provide an instant ability to share deals: this will continue over the next couple of years with similar sites offering better or more extensive deals. This is another opportunity to reward your most loyal customers and attract new clientele. Expect to see special sales, tickets, and discounts as well as combinations of promotions with similar services.


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League remains Dodgers' choice as closer
LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers are sticking with Brandon League as their closer, although management has considered making a change after League took the loss in each of his past two appearances.
League gave up a two-run homer to Paul Goldschmidt in the ninth inning of a tie game in Tuesday's 5-3 loss to the D-backs. The right-hander allowed a walk-off homer to Giants backup catcher Guillermo Quiroz in the 10th inning on Saturday night after pitching a scoreless ninth.
Those outings have prompted manager Don Mattingly to consider swapping League and setup man Kenley Jansen.
"Obviously I can't say I haven't given thought to it," Mattingly said before Wednesday's game against the D-backs. "The games that Brandon has given up runs have been games he wasn't necessarily closing. But Kenley is throwing the ball good. I've given thought to it."
Are the Dodgers close to making a change?
"I'm just still thinking about it," Mattingly said. "We still talk about it and go back and forth. It's like anything else -- all of a sudden we flip it and then we got a mess. Not that we're not in a mess already a little bit. But Brandon is actually throwing the ball OK. He's not walking a bunch of people. In save situations, he's been really good."
League has converted eight of nine save opportunities. His past two outings were not save situations, but League said he has the same mindset each time he takes the mound.
"You have to do your job and hold the score," said League, who signed a three-year, $22.5 million contract in the winter.
League's lone blown save came against the Mets on April 24. He recorded a save the next night, though.
"I don't feel like Brandon has done anything really wrong," Mattingly said. "He gives up the home run to Quiroz and the home run [Tuesday] night. And even the blown save, we feel like if we make plays for him he gets that one. For me right now, I'm going to go with Brandon."
Austin Laymance is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Pirates designate Mazzaro to finalize 'pen
PHILADELPHIA -- The Pirates settled on their 2014 Opening Day bullpen on Saturday by designating right-hander Vin Mazzaro for assignment. Since he is out of options, the team has 10 days to trade Mazzaro -- who allowed 23 runs and 68 hits in 73 2/3 innings of relief in 2013 -- before having to outright him to Triple-A Indianapolis or release him.
"Essentially, we have a week to try and trade him, and if that doesn't happen, we will have to ask for outright waivers," said general manager Neal Huntington. "But I would be shocked if he gets through the outright waiver process. We will look to put Vin in a good spot."
Essentially, Mazzaro lost out to the promise of Stolmy Pimentel, the versatility of Jeanmar Gomez and the growth of Bryan Morris, all of whom also were out of options.
"Vin is a good man," Huntington said. "He's a good pitcher. He threw the ball great for us a year ago, took the ball in length and got some important outs for us in the eighth inning. From what we see of Bryan Morris, we think he can do that and grow into something more.
"In Pimentel, we see a guy who has all the ability to be a starter as we move forward. And Jeanmar took the ball in almost every role last year."
The Pirates also selected the contract of first baseman Travis Ishikawa, released pitcher Andy Oliver and placed the rehabbing Jeff Locke and Chris Stewart on the 15-day DL. They have space for one more player on the their 40-man roster, but pending the inevitable next injury, there is no room for another reliever.
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The hamburger is a German inspired food that Americans eat in abundance.
We love to go apple picking as a family in the fall. Last fall we decided to have burgers for dinner one night.
I have never been to the South, even the culture seems to be transplanted everywhere, so here's my meat-a-phor of it.
This recipe combines the rich African flavors the slaves brought to the south combined with the quintessential tastes of south eastern BBQ.
My Maple Bacon Cheddar Burger with Green Apple Slaw was inspired by several trips to lovely Vermont for the fall foliage.
Cleveland, located on what is sometimes referred to as the American North Coast, experienced a population surge of African Americans during the Great Migration after World War I.
California flavors inspired this delicious burger: real California cheeses, avocados and pistachios.
After living in Georgia for a few years, I wanted to create a recipe that brought me back south.
The outskirts of Philly are teeming with country farms offering a wide range of seasonal produce. In getting into the autumn months apples and (especially) mushrooms reign supreme!
Chicago has always been near and dear to my heart. When my husband and I first got married we lived about an hour from Chicago so we would often go into the city on weekends for dinner.
The first roadtrip my partner and I took was a whirlwind weekend driving from Chicago to Athens, Georgia to see one of our favorite bands reunited for a one night-only show.
I am fortunate to be the protector of several of my Norwegian grandmother's worn and note-filled cookbooks.
We do this for a summer solstice gathering every year, and it means summer is here!
This is a favorite burger of my family and anyone that we happens to be at dinner.
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Tolleson lands on DL; Wall called up to join bullpen
LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers placed right-handed reliever Shawn Tolleson on the 15-day disabled list with a lower back strain before Monday night's game and recalled right-handed reliever Josh Wall from Triple-A Albuquerque.
Tolleson made one appearance after replacing Zack Greinke on the roster, walking the only two batters he faced Saturday in Arizona.
Wall, who pitched well enough in Spring Training to make most staffs, had a 2.08 ERA in four games for Albuquerque, but also walked three in 4 1/3 innings.
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Program enhances leadership opportunities with national early childhood association
(Washington, DC)- The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is proud to announce the formation of the Legacy Leader Fellows Program. The purpose of the program is to improve the quality of early education and care services through the creation of a group of diverse emerging leaders who will serve as role models, advocates, and leaders in their communities and the early childhood education field.
"This is a very exciting time to be involved in the early childhood education field," said Mark R. Ginsberg, Executive Director of NAEYC. "NAEYC wants to ensure that the momentum in the field includes nurturing the next generation of leaders, with a greater emphasis on leaders in our field from diverse communities. This will enhance the early childhood field and benefit more of our young children from communities across the nation."
NAEYC will work collaboratively with a corps of early childhood focused leadership development providers that share NAEYC's commitment to cultivating the next generation of leaders. Selected fellows will receive up to $10,000 stipend for expenses related to participation in one of the NAEYC-Recognized Leadership Development Programs.
The first class of three fellows will be selected in early 2010 and will be recognized in a number of NAEYC publications. Applications are due February 1, 2010. More information on the qualifications and applications are available now online.
The fellows program is an extension of the larger Building a Lasting Legacy Campaign, NAEYC's annual giving program, which was launched in 2008 to provide funds for leadership development, scholarships, affiliate development, and professional development to support and advance the field of early childhood education.
Founded in 1926, the National Association for the Education of Young Children has nearly 90,000 members worldwide. The association is the largest and most influential voice for early childhood education professionals and the field of early childhood education in the United States.
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The healthy GDP data released by the ABS on Wednesday, which saw a slight upward revision to the first quarter's extraordinary grow rate of 1.3 to 1.4 per cent followed by 0.6 per cent growth in the second quarter, undermines claims Australia's economy has been wilting under the weight of unnecessarily high interest rates and/or an over-valued currency.
Over the first six months of 2012 Australia's economy advanced at a way "above-trend" 4.0 per cent annualised pace. In the 12 months to June, GDP growth was a similarly above-trend 3.7 per cent, which was in line with consensus projections. The Treasury believes that "trend" GDP growth is around three and a quarter percentage points per annum.
The Australian dollar was broadly unchanged after the ABS publication of its National Accounts data.
In a surprising contradiction of the Gillard government's arguments that public spending would subtract from growth, the ABS reports that public spending (consumption plus capital spending) actually rose by 1.9 per cent in the June quarter adding 0.45 percentage points to the quarter-on-quarter numbers. Household consumption also increased by a solid 0.6 per cent after an astonishing 1.8 per cent rise over the March quarter.
In the first six months of 2012 household consumption has grown by an above-trend 4.8 per cent annualised rate. Overall government consumption has expanded at an almost-as-strong 4.2 per cent.
UBS's interest rate strategist, Matthew Johnson, comments, "Australian GDP has been significantly propped up by the government sector. If you take out government spending altogether GDP would have been only 0.2 per cent in the second quarter. A more normal contribution from government would have seen GDP growth of about 0.4 per cent quarter-on-quarter."
Like many economists, Mr Johnson is less positive on what may transpire over the remainder of the year. "Based on the partial data we have available to us, there appears to be little momentum going into the second half of the year," he said. Yet analysts have consistently underestimated the resilience of the Australian economy over the last 12 to 18 months.
Those who have alleged the RBA has been "unduly optimistic" have been proven wrong again. Indeed, it appears that the RBA was not optimistic enough. In May it forecast just 2.75 per cent GDP growth over the year to June. In the event, we got 3.7 per cent growth. The RBA's August forecast of 3.75 per cent growth was spot-on.
We often hear doomsayers dismiss the GDP data because it is supposedly "dated" information with the next batch sure to disappoint. Last quarter doves argued that the stunningly positive 1.3 per cent outcome, which doubled consensus estimates, would be revised down.
While the recovery in coal exports from the natural disasters in early 2011 certainly boosted the result, one of the biggest drivers of growth was actually household spending, which increased by an amazing 1.8 per cent over the first three months of 2012.
Rather than a downward revision to the ABS's historical data, we have had a modest upgrade with the statistician estimating the economy grew by a herculean 4.4 per cent over the year to March 2012.
This creates interesting questions for Australia's central bank. Tuesday's RBA monetary policy statement was significantly more composed and comfortable than financial markets expected with the Australian dollar jumping immediately afterwards.
CBA commented, "The RBA's optimistic statement triggered a [bond] sell off that reversed the rally (and a bit more)... markets had been expecting a shift towards a more explicitly dovish stance and were disappointed the RBA's language changed so little."
Yet the RBA evidently saw no upside in the currency appreciation or a jump in market interest rates. In Wednesday's newspapers several journalists have recycled the same RBA message: it is pensive about the global outlook, and allegedly considering a rate cut in October if the Aussie dollar remains above fair value.
The RBA has already front-end loaded 125 basis points worth of cuts since November, and had signalled it was ahead of the game. At face value, Wednesday's above-trend GDP data over the first half of 2012 imply some of these cuts may have been unwarranted.
Governor Stevens has also argued that the RBA does not have much faith in its forecasts, and prefers to focus on "now-casting" around current growth and capacity utilisation.
Absent a surprise spike in the unemployment rate on Thursday or some offshore shock, it would be odd if the RBA saw the need for much more hedonistic interest rate relief. The available data implies it has time on its side, and over-engineering monetary policy is liable to produce sub-optimal results.
In news that might perversely comfort the RBA, UBS analysis shows that in the June quarter foreign investors reduced their holdings of Australian government bonds for the first time in nearly four years.
Based on the ABS's balance of payments data released on Tuesday, UBS concludes that foreign investors sold a total of about $2 billion worth of Australian Commonwealth Government Bonds.
Yet the sales were not just limited to the bond markets. The foreign sector also sold approximately $4.1 billion of Australian equities.
"The [government bond] outflow marks the end of a remarkable 15 quarter inflow, which amounted to total purchases of $160 billion" Matthew Johnson and Andrew Lilley of UBS said.
While UBS's analysts argue that it is too early to judge whether the June quarter shift was merely profit-taking or indicative of a more fundamental reduction in demand for Australian securities, they note that if this trend is sustained it will amplify downward pressure on the exchange rate and result in higher government bond yields.
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Breaking News: With very little heads-up, there has been a change in policy regarding the processing of same-sex families through United States customs, though I could find no official press release anywhere.
As ThinkProgress reports:
"The Department of Homeland Security announced today that same-sex families will soon be able to cross the border together, filing just one form for all "members of a family residing in one household." Before, married same-sex couples had to go through customs separately because the policy referred to married couples, and thus fell under the purview of the Defense of Marriage Act. The proposed change will undergo a series of reviews and a period of public comment before it takes effect."
I sent this to Primo, my travel buddy, who happens to be gay, married, the owner of two passports and a rabid political animal. His response: "That's a big deal! Electioneering, to be sure, but most welcome."
Congrats to all GLBT families bitten by the travel bug - this is happy news.
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THEATRICAL THROWBACK THURSDAY: Elaine Stritch Gets Juicy
Today we are turning back the hands of time in viewing an unearthed piece of theatre history featuring the TV debut of Tony Award-winning legend Elaine Stritch singing and selling up a storm.
I'll Drink To That
Legendary leading lady Elaine Stritch may be known around the world for her unmistakable and incomparable take on the Stephen Sondheim standard "The Ladies Who Lunch" from COMPANY, but long before Stritch sang the unforgettable "I'll drink to that" line in that sensational showstopper she sold her wares in a different live medium - television.
Yes, indeed. In the early days of television, which was routinely broadcast live during the 1950s and 1960s - including all commercials - a young, rising star by the name of Elaine Stritch made her debut in 1951 singing a catchy jingle hocking a much softer beverage than the hard stuff she gamely glugged in COMPANY byway of promoting orange and grapefruit juice concentrate on THE DOODLES WEAVER SHOW, which was a variety show that ran on NBC at the time as a summer replacement for popular - and fondly remembered - Sid Caesar variety series YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS.
"And now we take to you to a typical American supermarket in Orange...," wink-wink, "New Jersey." Thus goes the winking introduction for the live advertisement of Florida Orange Juice featuring Ms. Stritch, as emceed by the amiable host of the program himself (real name: Winstead Sheffield Glenndenning Dixon Weaver).
Cue Stritch and a gaggle of well-dressed ladies in a cute supermarket-set musical sketch. Of course, Stritch is the centerpiece of the skit, attended to by three daughters of various ages - surely the eldest not too far from Stritch's own age at the time (26), with Stritch having always looked a few years older than her actual age would imply. As we can see here, it certainly worked in her favor early on in her career!
Then, the real entertainment value of the footage begins! "As I was shopping here today / I suddenly heard my grocer say," begins the characteristically brash and instantly recognizable cadence of Ms. Stritch's fabulous foghorn vocal instrument on the song before the scene cuts away to a visibly nervous and cringe-inducing cue card mishap involving the young actor playing the grocer.
"Run along, chickadee / Your mama's going on a shopping spree," continues Stritch soon after to her daughters in the skit, while both gamely putting over the jaunty tune and saving the ad from going down in flames completely.
Following that: "I keep my family in the pink / A few cents only for a great big drink," Stritch sings before breaking into the big razzmatazz finish, instantly wiping away any memory we might have about the mishap - that only live TV or theatre could and can provide - with her surefire star power and performance prowess.
Miss Stritch undoubtedly proves from even this brief but impressive first impression that she was a star from the very start.
Now, who's in the mood for some juice?
Check out the classic clip of Elaine Stritch on THE DOODLES WEAVER SHOW below.
So, what is it about Elaine Stritch's idiosyncratic performance style and flair that ingratiates her with audiences more that 60 years after this early appearance? Furthermore, wouldn't it be fun to have her revisit the land of TV advertisements with a new promotional campaign for a product sometime in the near future? Orange juice manufacturers of America, are you listening?! We can all drink to that!


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A 4G LTE tablet has never appeared on our shelves at a price this low. Beginning September 6, AT&T* customers can purchase the Samsung Galaxy Tab® 3 (7.0) for $199.99 with a two-year agreement, or $99.99 with a two-year agreement, if bundled with a Samsung Galaxy S® 4, Samsung Galaxy S® 4 Active™, or Samsung Galaxy Note® II.
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- Use the clear 1.3MP front-facing camera on your Galaxy Tab 3 for video chatting, and capture all of life's moments with rear autofocus camera.
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Young likely nearing rehab assignment in Arizona
SEATTLE -- A depleted A's club could soon be welcoming back one of its ailing outfielders, as Chris Young is expected to begin a rehab assignment within a few days.
Young, nursing a strained left quad, could potentially be Arizona-bound this weekend should the A's decide he's ready to pick up a handful of at-bats in game action via extended spring camp. That puts Young on track to possibly return to the A's when eligible on Wednesday.
Coco Crisp, meanwhile, doesn't appear to be as close to rejoining the club, though he may not be too far behind, manager Bob Melvin said Friday in Seattle.
"He's maybe a day or so away from running," Melvin said. "Once he starts to recover, based on my experience with him, it can be pretty quick. But no timetable as far as when we expect him back here."
Unlike Young, Crisp could end up skipping a rehab assignment, as he's done in the past, instead jumping right back into the A's lineup when deemed healthy enough to do so. He's also eligible to return from the DL on Wednesday.
"I would say that that's one of the few guys that not only doesn't need it, but doesn't want it -- just wants to get back in there," Melvin said. "Our tendency is to get him back as soon as possible."
Oakland's third injured outfielder, Josh Reddick, is back in the Bay Area receiving treatment on his sprained right wrist and avoiding most baseball activity for the time being.
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This WISP presents Ray Bradbury's The Homecoming, a little boy's tale of his family reunion of vampires. This story was initially published in 1946 and later refashioned into further stories. Bringing this story to life are the wondrous illustrations of Dave McKean, whose delightful artwork perfectly matches the tale.
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Twins remain high on Wednesday starter Hendriks
KANSAS CITY -- After a rough opening performance in Baltimore, the Twins will be looking for an improved outing from right-hander Liam Hendriks when he starts Wednesday against the Royals .
Hendriks lasted just 4 2/3 innings against the Orioles, allowing eight hits and four runs.
"We expect him to give us a good opportunity to win the game," general manager Terry Ryan said. "The last outing was sketchy, but I don't think I should put any pressure on him. He's capable of giving us good outings."
Hendriks went 9-3 with a 2.20 earned run average at Triple-A Rochester last year, but was 1-8 with a 5.59 ERA in 16 starts for the Twins.
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Andria, Italy, June 5, 2011 - Italy v Cuba press conference
Italy coach Mauro Berruto: "A very exciting night, great audience and fantastic match. We still have to improve but in this match we played to a very high standard at some of the key moments."
Italy captain Cristian Savani: "We are getting better match by match. Against Cuba it was great that we believed in victory until the end."
Cuba captain Wilfredo Leon: "We played better than in Ancona but we still have made too many errors."
Cuba coach Orlando Samuels: "It was a very balanced match. Cuba played at the same level of Italy but we lost concentration at the crucial moments of the match."


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Huey Beason [far left] is president and chief executive officer of Delta Trailer and Rodney Green [center] is chief operating officer. On the right is Carlos Quiroa, Houston shop general manager.
Delta Trailer Inc opened its new Houston TX cargo tank repair shop at 2222 Central St in late 2008. The 16,000-sq-ft, six-bay shop provides maintenance, repair, fabrication, and parts sales. The Houston shop has an "R" stamp and is one of three facilities in the Delta Trailer system. The other two are in Geismar LA and Creola AL.
A mechanic takes measurements before insulating and jacketing the rear head of a new Dragon Products DOT407 trailer.
A mechanic positions new piping and discharge outlet on a trailer in the TMI Trailer Rental fleet.
Enough parking is available to accommodate at least 50 tank trailers at the Houston shop's 2.5-acre site.
Standing with Carlos Quiroa, Houston general manager, is Kyle Moses, shop foreman.
Roburt McClellan operates the drill press in the machine shop at the Houston location. DTI plans to expand its fabrication capabilities at the shop.
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To celebrate its 11th anniversary, local artisan chocolatier Chuao is giving away a free scoop of gelato Saturday at it's San Diego County cafes.
The free treat will be offered from noon to 2 p.m. and will be limited to one scoop per customer, while supplies last. The offer is for dining-in only at the two local cafes.
"It's been 11 years of flavor fusion for Chuao Chocolatier. We love searching the world for inspiration and bringing chocolate to life in unexpected ways," said Michael Antonorsi, master chef and co-founder of Chuao Chocolatier. "We are grateful to not only our San Diego fans, but to all those that have helped us expand over the years and want to say thank you by sharing our love of chocolate through our anniversary celebration."
Some of the unique -- and chocolaty -- flavors to choose from include chocolate hazelnut, spicy maya dark chocolate, salted caramel chip and chocolate orange.
Chuao Chocolatier café locations:
- The Lumberyard, 937 S. Coast Highway 101, Suite C-109, Encinitas; (760) 635-1444
- Del Mar Highlands Shopping Center, 3485 Del Mar Heights Rd, Suite A-1, San Diego; (858) 755-0770