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In March, Caleb and I will be heading to Las Vegas and drafting a team in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship Main Event. This is a league that has a $1400 buy in, pays out $5600 for winning your division, and can pay out $100k for winning the entire event. I'm looking for advice.

I first learned of this league from this New York Times article about an Idaho pig farmer winning over $300k over the past few years. I've never been to Vegas and so it seemed to me like a good excuse to go.

I'm under no illusion that Caleb and I can win the entire shebang, but I'd like to be competitive in our subdivision. So who does everyone trust for fantasy projections? Historically, I've leaned on the Baseball Prospectus projections, and I'm not sure that's served me well in the past (possibly I'm not using the projections to their fullest capabilities.) I also have a blind spot when it comes to rookies and younger players, getting too caught up in the hype and over drafting them.

So what would be your strategy for a standard 5x5 league like this? Also looking for any books, websites, or magazines anyone would recommend. I'll probably end up buying just about every preview magazine, but it would be nice to hear which ones come highly recommended. Thanks!

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Miami Heat forward LeBron James drives in for a dunk against Boston Celtics forward Brandon Bass during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Miami Heat forward LeBron James, right, celebrates with guard Norris Cole after the Heat defeated the Boston Celtics 115-107 in an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, in Miami. James scored 26 points and Cole scored 14 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, as the Heat nearly blew a 20-point lead before beating the Celtics. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Miami Heat guard Norris Cole celebrates after scoring two points during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, in Miami. Cole scored 14 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, and the Heat nearly blew a 20-point lead before beating the Celtics 115-107. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Miami Heat guards Dwyane Wade, left, and Norris Cole celebrate after the Heat defeated the Boston Celtics 115-107 during an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, in Miami. Wade finished with 24 points and eight assists and Cole scored 14 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, as the Heat nearly blew a 20-point lead before beating the Celtics. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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MIAMI (AP) ? Norris Cole stepped to the foul line with 9.3 seconds left, set to clinch the game as cries of "M-V-P! M-V-P" rained down upon him from the sold-out stands.

No, this wasn't a scene from his days at Cleveland State.

Taking over in just his second NBA game ? and with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh all on the floor, no less ? Cole scored 14 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, including three huge jumpers down the stretch to save the Heat in a 115-107 win over the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night.

"You grow up and live for moments like that," Cole said.

James scored 26 points, Wade had 24 points, eight assists and four blocks, and Bosh scored 18 for the Heat, which led by 20 points midway through the third quarter before having its lead twice sliced to three points in the final minutes. And both times, Cole took passes from James and knocked down jumpers, keeping short-handed Boston at bay.

"He's got savvy," Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. "Great pickup."

Ray Allen scored 28 points on 8 for 12 shooting for the Celtics, while Rajon Rondo finished with 22 points and 12 assists and Keyon Dooling scored 18 off the Boston bench.

Through two games, Miami (2-0) has trailed only once ? by two points, for all of 14 seconds. Boston turned the ball over 24 times, and Miami turned those into 33 points.

"Any team you turn the ball over that much they're going to score on you," Allen said. "We just have to settle in on both ends of the floor. Whether you score or not, they're going to run down your throats."

Cole's jumper with 3:01 left gave Miami a 108-98 lead, most of which disappeared in the next 59 seconds, thanks to Dooling ? a former Heat guard. He scored seven straight points, including a 3-pointer with 2:02 remaining, cutting the Heat's lead to three. And when Boston got a stop on the next Miami trip, the Celtics looked for Dooling again.

But Wade stepped in front of a pass intended for Dooling, starting a play where James found Cole for another jumper, and Miami's cushion was back to 110-105 with 1:31 to play. A half-minute later, Cole struck again to restore the five-point edge, and Miami had the win.

"He's earned their respect," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "Even though it's been a short period of time, about three weeks, because he's pure, he's all about the team. He's mature ... and he gets them the ball. You're always a popular guy when you find people when they're open."

Boston was again without forward Paul Pierce (bruised right heel), who worked out both Monday and Tuesday and is getting closer to a return. It won't come on Wednesday, however ? the Celtics have already ruled him out of that game in New Orleans, but there is some hope of Pierce being in the lineup when Boston makes its home debut against Detroit on Friday.

Maybe spurred by the new Eastern Conference championship banner hanging from the rafters, Miami came out flying.

A short bank shot by Wade made it 26-15 at barely the midpoint of the first quarter, setting the tone for an offensive bonanza the likes of which Boston typically doesn't allow. After a late flurry ? James setting up Wade for a lob, Wade missing at the rim but James trailing for a tip-in being perhaps the most impressive of Miami's highlight reel to close the second quarter ? the Heat took a 69-54 lead into the locker room.

That represented the most first-half points allowed by the Celtics since Feb. 8, 2005, according to STATS LLC.

Six straight points by James made it 85-65 midway through the third, and Miami was well on its way to a blowout. But then everything changed ? Boston went to a zone, and Miami's offense stopped in its tracks.

Feasting on Miami's second unit, with James being the only starter on the floor, the Celtics closed the third on an 18-6 run to make it 91-83 entering the fourth. The Heat missed their last eight shots of the quarter ? after having missed 14, total, in the first 32 minutes of the game.

Boston never got the lead down the stretch, though, thanks to Cole.

"We have confidence in whoever's on the floor at that time," James said. "For him to make those shots and come up big in a game like that, give credit to him."

NOTES: After two games, the Heat have 131 points in first halves this season. After three games last season, Miami had 130 first-half points. ... Celtics F Chris Wilcox didn't play in the second half because of a bruised left shoulder. X-rays were negative. ... The Heat said the luster of the matchup wasn't hurt by Pierce not being available. "We play the name on the front of the jersey, not the one on the back," Wade said. ... Celebrity sightings included Miami Dolphins RB Reggie Bush, rapper Rick Ross and retired tennis star Boris Becker.

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Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, set to stand down after a presidential election in February, said on Saturday he wants to visit the United States, though was not seeking treatment for wounds sustained in an attack on his palace in June.

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FilmOn macht den Spitzen-Sport-Networks der Branche durch die Schaffung neuer Paradigmen im Live-Sportfernsehen direkte Konkurrenz

BEVERLY HILLS, Kalifornien--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FilmOn.com Inc., die US-Abteilung des weltgr??ten Internet-basierten HD-Fernsehdiensteshttp://www.FilmOn.com, hat eine Partnerschaft mit XOS Digital, dem f?hrenden Provider von Content-Management-Redaktionssysteml?sungen f?r Colleges und professionelle Sportorganisationen bekannt gegeben. Die Partnerschaft wird zwei neue erstklassige College Sport-Networks f?r FilmOn ins Leben rufen.

"Wir sind h?chst begeistert dar?ber, unserem Sportangebot nunmehr auch NCAA Spiele hinzuzuf?gen. Die Liste wird Football und Basketball der laufenden Saison und Archiv-Spiele in den FilmOn College-Sport Networks anbieten", sagte Gr?nder und Gesch?ftsf?hrer Alki David.

"Fr?her in diesem Jahr starteten wir den ersten Internet-Fu?ballkanal zusammen mit der britischen UK Premiership und der Football Association. Wir erkennen den fantastischen Wert des Sports im Online-Fernsehen, und wir werden 2012 weiterhin wachsende Angebote mit hochaktuellem Sport Live zur Verf?gung stellen. Das beginnt jede Woche mit russischem Live-Fu?ball der russischen Premier League. Wir konkurrieren direkt mit den f?hrenden Sportprogrammen der Branche und schaffen neue Paradigmen im Internet-Fernsehmarkt."

?ber FilmOn.com Inc.

FilmOn.com wurde durch den Medienmogul Alki David als eine Bezahlfernsehplattform mit hochdefiniertem HD IPTV-Streaming f?r Computer, Tablets und mobile Ger?te, einschlie?lich Roku und andere Set Top Boxes gegr?ndet. FilmOn bietet auch schl?sselfertige Internetprovider-L?sungen in der Content- und Technologie-Markenbildung.

FilmO.com Plc. ist ein in Frankfurt ans?ssiges Unternehmen (Firmensymbol ist FMX), betrieben durch US- und britische Managementteams mit B?ros in Beverly Hills und London und mit Datenzentren in Los Angeles, New York, Amsterdam und Genf.

?ber XOS Digital, Inc.

{ut} Gegr?ndet 1999, ist XOS Digital der f?hrende Provider digitaler Aktivmanagementl?sungen f?r Hochschul- und professionelle Sportorganisationen. Offizielle Pers?nlichkeiten der beteiligten Organisationen, Liga-B?ros, Trainings-Expertenst?be und Athletik-Abteilungen verlassen sich auf das Produktangebot und auf Dienste von XOS, um ihre digitalen Aktivposten zu managen, zu analysieren, zu archivieren, zu verteilen, zu sch?tzen und zu Geld zu machen.

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) ? At least seven people were killed when a suicide car bomber hit Iraq's interior ministry on Monday in the latest attack since a crisis erupted between the Shi'ite-led government and Sunni leaders a week ago.

Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sought the arrest of the Sunni vice president last Monday and asked parliament to fire his own Sunni deputy, triggering turmoil that threatens new sectarian strife just after the last U.S. troops withdrew.

The blast occurred when the bomber drove his vehicle into a security cordon outside the ministry in central Baghdad, detonating an explosion that left dead and wounded on the ground and set fire to nearby vehicles, police said.

A senior police source said authorities believed insurgents were targeting the interior ministry because of the announcement of the arrest warrant for Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, charged with running death squads.

Taped confessions of suspects the ministry said were Hashemi's bodyguards were aired on state-run Iraqiya television and other local media on Monday and linked the vice president to killings and attacks on Iraqi government and security officials.

"This is a direct message to us because we are the ones who arrested Tareq al-Hashemi's network and we are the ones who should preserve security in the country," said Ali al-Quraishi, a police lieutenant who monitors checkpoints around Baghdad.

The attack on Bab al-Sharji street followed a wave of explosions on Thursday, including one suicide car bomb and multiple roadside bombs, in mainly Shi'ite areas across the capital in which at least 72 people were killed.

Seven people, including five policemen, were killed and 34 others, including seven policemen, were wounded in the attack on the interior ministry, police and hospital sources said.

"When I went outside I found my colleagues, some of them were killed, others were on the ground, many cars were burned, the policeman on the watchtower looked like he was killed when he was hit in the head," Zaid Raheem, a police guard, said.

The ministry said in a statement that a suicide car bomber had attacked the entrance to its headquarters and killed 3 people and wounded 33.

Hashemi has left Baghdad for semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan, where he is unlikely to be handed over to central government officials immediately.

The turmoil threatens to scuttle an uneasy power-sharing government that splits posts among the Shi'ite National Alliance coalition, the mostly Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc and the Kurdish political movement.

CABINET MEETING

A weekly cabinet meeting, expected on Tuesday, is seen as the key test for how the crisis develops, and tensions could rise further if government ministers from Iraqiya decide to boycott the meeting.

Iraqiya lawmakers have already suspended their participation in parliament, which is in recess, though a statement from the party on Sunday said it was willing to take part in talks to try to solve the crisis.

Maliki has warned Hashemi's Iraqiya bloc they face exclusion from power if they walk out on his ruling coalition.

The Sunni minority have felt marginalized since the rise of the Shi'ite majority after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein, and many Sunnis feel the political deal has pushed them aside.

Turmoil in Iraq would have a wider impact in a region where a crisis in neighboring Syria is taking on a more sectarian tone and Shi'ite Iran, Turkey and Sunni Arab Gulf states are jockeying for influence.

U.S. officials, diplomats and Iraqi politicians have been in talks to end the dispute that threatens to push Iraq back into the kind of sectarian violence that took the OPEC member to the edge of civil war a few years ago.

Vice President Joe Biden spoke on Sunday with Maliki and Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government President Massoud Barzani about the spat, urging dialogue among leaders, and expressing condolences over violence in Baghdad.

Biden played a diplomatic role during the U.S. military's departure from Iraq, travelling to the country and discussing signs of rising sectarian tension with Iraqi leaders.

U.S. forces withdrew fully from Iraq after almost nine years on December 18.

(Additional reporting by Suadad al-Salhy and Ahmed Rasheed; Writing by Serena Chaudhry; Editing by Tim Pearce)

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From the global economy to the human brain, understanding the connections is key. To make sense of the world you've got to know network theory

Read more: "Smart Guide 2012: 10 ideas you'll want to understand"

If trends continue, sometime in 2012 Facebook's active users may exceed 1 billion. By studying what connects these people we can get a handle on how this mammoth network is changing society.

It's the same for any complex system: from the global economy to the human brain, understanding the connections is key. To make sense of the world you've got to know network theory - the branch of mathematics that holds the answers. Network analysis is really taking off, thanks to a mass of data on complex systems, combined with heavy-duty computing power to crunch the numbers. One emerging theme is that biological networks can resist perturbation, up to a point. Disturb the system enough and things go awry - which is what happens when we get sick.

In addition to the connectome (see left), expect a flood of data on the interactions between proteins that make up the molecular machinery of human cells - the interactome, in other words.

Because networks created by human activities aren't shaped by natural selection they may collapse if disrupted. This is why network theorists are busy studying connections between big firms. "Too big to fail" is only partly right: "too connected to fail" is the message from network theory.

Where do social networks fit in? Facebook wants algorithms to help it recognise which relationships are strongest, allowing it to better personalise the site. As Mark Zuckerberg might put it, it's complicated, but we're better connected.

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Published: Dec. 22, 2011 at 1:56 PM

IRBIL, Iraq, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- As Iraq looks like collapsing into another sectarian free-for-all, with energy resources a key prize, the semi-autonomous Kurdish region is like an island of stability and security.

In large part, that's because it's sitting on its own energy treasure house, an estimated 60 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, more than Libya's entire reserves, and 45 billion barrels of oil, roughly the amount Britain has produced from its North Sea fields.

"Sweeping changes ? have taken place in Iraq's semi-autonomous northern region over the past decade, changes driven by the wealth that lies underneath its desolate landscape," observed the Financial Times.

"The days when Kurdistan was an economic backwater are over," Prime Minister Barham Salih told Kurdistan's first regional oil and gas conference in Irbil, the Kurdish capital, in November.

But the Kurdistan Regional Government, which runs the three northern provinces that constitute the Kurdish enclave, is locked in a bitter battle with the central government in Baghdad over oil rights and revenue-sharing as well as territory.

This seemingly intractable dispute has in recent weeks spread to other provinces that now seek more autonomy, including oil-rich Basra in the south, which contains two-thirds of Iraq's known oil reserves of 143.1 billion barrels.

With the Shiite-dominated government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki showing increasing signs of cracking down on minority Sunnis and Kurds, marginalizing them politically and concentrating all power in the hands of the majority Shiites now that U.S. forces have withdrawn, the stage seems set for major turmoil.

The KRG recently upped the stakes dramatically by signing an agreement with Exxon Mobil, the world's largest oil company, Oct. 18 to explore six blocks widely believed to be sure-fire gushers.

Exxon was the first international oil major to venture into Kurdistan, defying Maliki's government, which insists Baghdad alone can make such deals.

Exxon faces stiff reprisals by Baghdad but refuses to back down.

Meantime, as political infighting intensifies with the departure of the Americans, the Kurds and Sunnis are quitting Maliki's shaky coalition amid a wave of arrests by his security forces.

So Kurdistan, which also claims the Kirkuk oilfields in the north, is likely to be in the eye of the storm.

The Kurds' big problem is that their territory in the northeastern corner of Iraq is landlocked and to get their oil out they have to use state pipelines controlled by Baghdad.

Kurdish oil is pumped northward through twin pipelines to neighboring Turkey's Ceyhan terminal on the Mediterranean, so any break with Baghdad means no outlet for Kurdish crude.

But the Kurds have found a possible ally in Turkey, even though Ankara's a bitter opponent of the Kurds' burning ambition for an independent state.

The Turks fear an independent Kurdistan will encourage their own Kurdish rebels in their 20-year separatist war, as well as the wider region's 20 million Kurds.

Even so, Ankara may find Iraqi Kurds' support for the Turkish rebels might be dampened if Turkey gives the KRG separate access to Ceyhan.

Turkey, with no energy resources of its own, is particularly eager to import natural gas to fuel its power stations, possibly via a new pipeline from Kurdistan.

"The large deposits of natural gas in Iraqi Kurdistan and a booming bilateral trade -- together with a better mutual security understanding -- have led to much-improved relations," the Financial Times' Commodities Editor Javier Blas reported.

The presence of senior Turkish officials at the Irbil oil and gas conference testified to that.

"Turkey is even talking about connecting an export pipeline from Kurdistan to the projected Nabucco pipeline which would link the gas-rich Caucasus and Central Asia to energy-hungry European nations," said Blas.

Kurdistan is currently capable of producing 100,000 barrels of oil per day. That's scheduled to hit 175,000 bpd in 2012.

But if Exxon Mobil or any of the 40 smaller outfits that also have contracts with the KRG strike it big, KRG Natural Resources Minister Ashti Hawrami says production could reach 1 million bpd by 2015.

If Iraq starts to fragment, that could convince other oil majors to invest in Kurdistan.

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Just got word back from Verizon spokeswoman Brenda Raney about the overnight/early morning 4G LTE outage. Here 'tis:

"Verizon Wireless 4G LTE service is returning to normal this morning after company engineers worked to resolve an issue with the 4G network during the early morning hours today. Throughout this time, 4G LTE customers were able to make voice calls and send and receive text messages. The 3G data network operated normally."

Hopefully things should be back to normal and we can all go back to worrying about signal strength and battery life.

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Well, we had at least one Super Bowl bet locked up.

Madonna is going to be the halftime entertainment at Super Bowl XLVI ? it's been confirmed. She'll join a list of musical all-stars that have recently had the gig, including Prince, U2, Black Eyed Peas, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, The Who and more. Not to mention Janet Jackson.

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According to a joint statement by the NFL and NBC, which will air the big game, Madonna will get some help on the field by Cirque du Soleil and Jamie King. (E! and NBC are part of the NBCUniversal family.)

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So expect a spectacle, people. (The actual game oughta be good, too.)

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The championship match-up takes place Feb. 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, which coincides nicely with the fact that Madge will be releasing her first album since 2008's Hard Candy around then ... with the first single likely dropping in February.

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Score.

Now if we had a lock on who'll be appearing during the sports-related portion of the day, we'd be set.

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According to Space.com, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is threatening to punish officials who are judged to be responsible for a series of space mishaps that have embarrassed that country's space effort.

What are some of the mishaps that have plagued the Russian space program?

The most recent accident concerned Russia's ambitious attempt to send a probe, dubbed Phobos-Grunt, to the Martian moon Phobos to take soil and rock samples and return them to Earth. Phobos-Grunt was stuck in low Earth orbit, having failed to executed a pair of rocket firings that would have sent it on a trajectory toward Mars.

In August, a Russian Progress spacecraft that carrying supplies to the International Space Station suffered a failure of its Soyuz rocket and instead of going to the ISS crashed into Siberia, according to Space.com. The mishap resulted in serious doubts about the ability of the Russians to provide transportation services for both cargo and humans, leading to the possibility that the ISS would have to be abandoned. However the Russians were able to find the cause of the glitch that had destroyed the Progress and have since been able to launch both a Progress cargo mission and a manned Soyuz to the ISS.

Why is Medvedev contemplating punitive action?

Russia clearly sees space travel as an expression of a country that expires to be a super power. It has had this attitude ever since the early space program, when the old Soviet Union was able to accomplish a series of space spectaculars, including Sputnik, the first Earth satellite, and the flight of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in low Earth orbit. More recently, with the end of the space shuttle program, the Russian Space Agency boasted that the world had entered into the "Age of Soyuz" with America being forced to rely on Russia for trips to the ISS. There was even a dig at the fact that the Americans had lost two space shuttles, the Challenger and Columbia, with the boast of how reliable the Soyuz was. This form of chest pounding has come back to haunt the Russians in view of the Progress and Phobos-Grunt failures.

What does Medvedev propose to do to people he finds responsible for Russian space failures?

Reuters reports that the Russian president, perhaps in a fit of whimsy, has promised that they would not be stood up against a wall and shot, as was the practice in Josef Stalin's time. But criminal penalties, including imprisonment and fines, as well as administrative penalties are on the table.

Mark R. Whittington is the author of Children of Apollo and The Last Moonwalker . He has written on space subjects for a variety of periodicals, including The Houston Chronicle, The Washington Post, USA Today, the LA Times, and The Weekly Standard.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20111202/sc_ac/10584539_russian_president_medvedev__promises_punishment_for_space_mishaps

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Research from Principled Technologies suggests that a large UNIX/RISC-based, business-critical database application handling peaks of 10,000 queries per hour is delivering good performance. Using that metric, Principled Technologies set about testing 12 VMs hosted on a server running VMware vSphere 5.0 using the Intel Xeon E7 processor family.

How did it handle? According to Principled Technologies, "this solution comfortably supported 12 80GB databases" without over-committing resources and allowing all VMs to run in parallel with solid performance.

Source: http://www.readwriteweb.com/cloud/2011/12/virtualizing-business-critical-1.php

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Greetings and Happy Festivus Week! As the holiday season and year-end approaches, I wanted to update you with my view on the current states of markets via my DeMark work and discuss the longer-term view for 2012 and beyond. Beginning in June 2009, and reinforced by the late July 2009 technical DeMark TDST level breakout, an indicator that the market's trend shifted from negative to positive, I've slowly reevaluated my approach to markets, trading and expectations for returns and correlations. Much of this was spelled out in my ?June 3, 2009 article, The Time for Bearishness Has Passed.

Since then I've updated that view three separate times in the past year. In May I warned to Stop Fighting the Last War, and made it clear that I was seeing bullish dispersion in financial markets; in June, in I'm Finished, I discussed the dangers of falling in love with a stucturally bearish and inflexible viewpoint; and more recently, in late October in The Fluidity of Change, I again outlined the reasons I am longer-term bullish.

Nothing has changed. In fact, the more I hear, read and see from market participants, the more bullish I become.

Before I discuss this bullishness more, let's look at DeMark indicators for the indices short and long-term.

SPX
Daily: We are on bar 12 of a DAILY TD Sequential 13 sell signal that requires a high above 1275.92 to record. TDST Down support is at 1151.81.
Weekly: We have a qualified TDST Down break at 1219.50, with a target down of 1144.76.
Monthly: We are on bar 6 down of a potential TD Buy Setup 9, but there is an overlapping TD Sequential 13 sell signal that could potentially record if we get a high above 1327.22 before we reach bar 9 of the Buy Setup. TDST Down support here is 1049.33.

NDX
Daily: Similar to SPX, a high above 2355.78 is necessary to complete a TD Sequential 13 sell signal. TDST Down support is at 2169.57.
Weekly: We are on bar 4 down of a potential TD 9 Buy Setup with TDST Down support at 1854.43.
Monthly: A TD Sequential 13 sell signal recorded in May. We are now more than halfway through it with TDST Down support at 1767.43. That's about 22 percent lower.

RTY:
Daily: Bar 3 up of a potential TD 9 Sell Setup, TDST Up resistance at 841.82.
Weekly: Bar 2 down of potential TD 9 Buy Setup. TDST Down support at 628.48.
Monthly: Bar 5 down of TD ( Buy Setup. TDST Down support at 602.43.

Of the three indexes, the RTY is most bullish. The SPX and NDX have near-term downside risk, but I expect in the worst case for MONTHLY TDST Down levels to hold. With the NDX TDST Down level 22 percent lower the downside risk is apparent, but I view those longer-term TDST levels as low probability.

In all my years of being involved in financial markets, this is the most bearish I have ever seen people in the aggregate. Of course, utilizing Socionomics we anticipated this would be the case years ago. We knew that social mood would drive people to be angry, to view politicians in the worst light, to view the icons of the former bull market with skepticism, envy and even hate, to embrace anti-heroes, become infatuated with zombies and horror, listen to atonal music, find compromise among groups difficult leading to labor strikes in business, government and even sports... I could go on. The point is that everything we have prepared for has arrived. It has happened. We are here.

The domestic economy is presently at risk for stagnation in 2012 and, less probable, a new leg down, while there is a non-trivial probability for an upside surprise. Real GDP year-over-year estimates for 2012 range from 1.2% to a mean of 2.2%. The mean-to-lower range is likely if Congress fails to extend the payroll tax cut and/or unemployment benefits. But given the extreme negative sentiment even a miss below the lower end estimates of 1.2% is already priced in at MONTHLY TDST Down levels mentioned above. If those measures are extended, and if the upper tier of consumers who have been less harmed by economic stagnation surprise in consumption in the present quarter, it is likely those TDST levels are not even tested. Put another way, no one would be surprised by sluggish GDP growth and no one expects an upside surprise.

One of the trending pieces of advice I've read lately is for investors to be "cautious of risk" and "to remain nimble." A large firm put out just such a note yesterday. Leaving aside the fact that brokerage firms certainly have a vested interest in keeping investors "nimble," my view over the next decade is that "nimble" investing is precisely the wrong strategy.

By 2015, we will have had about 17 years of weak equities performance; a pretty good bear market. Buried within that bear market, particularly in the next five years, will be individual stocks making bottoms that will never be seen again in our lifetimes. It is already happening brick-by-brick, stock-by-stock. The probability is that indices as a whole continue to struggle over the next few years as individual components now showing dispersion take their turns bottoming. This process will continue to disguise the origins of the next bull market.

I realize it is difficult for people to grasp their own situations to the extent where they understand that, while social mood in the aggregate is negative, time horizons compressed, risk aversion high, to understand that they should begin lengthening their time horizons, expanding their volatility bands for risk management and anticipating a two- to three-year window where they need to be aggressively accumulating stocks on exogenous shocks (Europe, Asia, energy crises, commodities booms and busts, etc).

In a sense this time period reminds me very much of 1999... inverted. People who are shorting the 3% declines in the market are mirror images of the people who were buying the up 3% momentum moves in 1999 and early 2000. It will work for a while, but the one week it doesn't will wipe out a hundred positive days. I made the decision to stop shorting stocks in March 2009 because I was just like those traders, looking for the final 3% down day. I lost 100 days of performance in a week that month. In hindsight I can see now that short selling is mostly driven by ego and hubris. There are some good short sellers out there, but it's unlikely you are one of them. And now that the cycle is changing, the successful short sellers will become fewer and fewer.

On an individual basis stocks are bottoming. Sectors are transitioning from old leadership (FIRE and Basic Materials) to new leadership (data technology, IT, eventually health care) with individual stocks within those emerging leadership sectors showing relative strength on an early basis versus peers and the broad market. Most at risk in the emerging leadership sectors are the large capitalization-weighted stocks. The least risky are small capitalization stocks that hedge funds have avoided due to high risk aversion and lack of liquidity.

The bottom line: This is not a call to say we have formed a V-bottom or reached a "buy point," although I believe that in 20 years anyone who buys just about anything here will be very glad they did, rather, it's a call to begin extending time horizons, increasing equities allocations and selling bonds. Over the next three to five years velocity in markets will continue to decrease, volume will decrease, interest will continue to wane. Eventually, probably by 2013, certainly by 2015, traders will become bored with the lack of volatility and movement and many will simply give up. The next 20 years will not be a trading environment, it will be an investing environment.

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DALLAS?? American Airlines, which is slipping farther behind beefed-up rivals United and Delta, could bulk up through a merger with US Airways.

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That idea has been floated before. But it's more likely now that American's parent company, AMR Corp., has filed for bankruptcy protection, some analysts say. American will use the bankruptcy process to reduce debt and cut costs that made it untouchable.

American and US Airways declined to comment on whether they would consider a merger, or have talked about it. History suggests they will.

US Airways CEO Doug Parker ? whose company is the product of a merger during bankruptcy ? is a longtime advocate of such combinations. His airline has approached rivals several times over the years about potential tie-ups. In April, Parker said that if United, Delta or American wanted to make a deal, his was the last one left among the biggest airlines.

"They made a run at Delta (while it was in bankruptcy), they made a run at United ... and you can bet that they'll make a run at American in the (bankruptcy) court," said Gordon Bethune, who as CEO led a turnaround at Continental Airlines in the 1990s and was hired by Delta creditors to assess the US Airways takeover bid.

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Why an American-US Airways deal makes sense:
American and US Airways are mired in third and fourth place, respectively, behind United and Delta in both passenger traffic, the usual yardstick by which airlines are measured, and in revenue.

It's nearly an article of faith among airline executives and some investors that big is better. Corporate travelers in particular are drawn to the airline with the most impressive route map and flight offerings.

Just three years ago, American bragged about being the biggest airline in the world. It could reclaim that perch ? or come very close to it ? by merging with US Airways. The combined company would leapfrog over Delta Air Lines Inc. and would rival United Continental Holdings Inc. for first place in passenger traffic. AMR and US Airways had combined 2010 revenue of $34 billion, about $2 billion more than Delta.

If American wants to grow, analysts say, the most plausible partner is US Airways ? it's big enough to add meaningful bulk to American's network. American would add US Airways hubs in Phoenix, Charlotte, N.C., a business-travel market because of its concentration of banks, and Philadelphia. US Airways is strong in the Southwest and the Southeast, where American is relatively weak.

Ray Neidl, an analyst with Maxim Group LLC, said US Airways would also add bring more aggressive management to the combined company, "which American would need to regain its proper place in the industry."

Why a deal doesn't make sense:
Others analysts believe that if American can reduce debt and labor costs ? including dumping pension obligations on the federal government ? it could thrive on its own.

American has a strong network of flights to Latin America, valuable international partners in British Airways and Japan Airlines, and a heavy presence in the five largest U.S. markets.

"US Airways needs American more than American needs US Airways," said Henry Harteveldt, a travel-industry analyst in San Francisco. "American could launch a hub in any US Airways city and capture a good bit of the corporate business."

Bethune said American can emerge from bankruptcy ready to join United and Delta in a Big Three. "They've got a great franchise, they've just got to get their costs in line. American can do it on a stand-alone basis. They certainly don't need" US Airways.

Then there's the labor issue, often one of the messiest in airline mergers. American and US Airways employees are represented by different unions, and both airlines have a history of trouble when combining workforces in previous acquisitions.

American's fate is in the hands of its creditors and the bankruptcy judge. John Thomas, head of the aviation practice at L.E.K. Consulting, said American would be more valuable to creditors if it's broken up ? the Latin American routes, the frequent-flier program, major hubs and the American Eagle regional-flying affiliate could all be sold separately.

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What it means to the industry:
More consolidation would reduce competition and likely lead to higher fares for consumers. This would help airline profits, but the companies might benefit even if American and US Airways remain independent.

American is already considering how to reduce its size. New CEO Thomas Horton said Tuesday that the airline expects to make modest reductions in flying as it restructures in bankruptcy. Most analysts think the cuts will be bigger than Horton is signaling.

Jamie Baker, an analyst for J.P. Morgan, said airlines have consistently used bankruptcy to drop unprofitable routes.

"As the only loss-producing airline of size, AMR should have little difficulty in identifying where to cut," Baker said.

AP Airline writers Joshua Freed in Minneapolis and Samantha Bomkamp in New York contributed to this report.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45500027/ns/travel-news/

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The legal battle between Codelco and Anglo American is escalating. Yesterday, Chile?s state-owned copper company lodged a so-called pre-judicial preparatory measure in the 17th Civil Court of Santiago, seeking details of Mitsubishi?s purchase of a 24.5 percent stake announced on Nov. 9. The measure, reports Chilean newspaper La Tercera aims to annul the $5.39 billion deal between Anglo and Mitsubishi.

While this was happening, London-based miner filed a legal action to annul Codelco?s ?protection petition? presented Nov.14, which prevents Anglo from keep selling part of its assets.

Codelco is exercising an option it has held since 1998 to buy 49% of Anglo American Sur (AAS) for US$6,75bn from Anglo American. AAS includes the Los Bronces and El Soldado copper mines in Chile and the Chagressmelter, explains analyst Charlotte Mathews:

Codelco has done this at an opportune time as Anglo sold 24.5% of AAS to Mitsubishi for $5,4bn. However, the two companies are disputing whose shareholding has been diluted by the sale. Anglo argues the deal reduces Codelco?s stake to 24.5%, while Codelco argues it reduces Anglo?s remaining 51% stake proportionately. The matter will go to court.

The legal battle is a different situation from the global trend of governments trying to extract a greater share of profits from their mineral resources through taxes or nationalization.

According to Anglo?s lawyer Cristobal Eyzaguirre, however, Codelco?s actions are ?nothing more than a desperate attempt to obtain a huge profit to which it never had a right,? he wrote in documents filed yesterday and distributed to the press by the company in an e-mail.?

He added that Codelco and some Chilean authorities had attempted ?to deprive a foreign company of a legitimate right in accordance with the law and valid and existing contracts?.

?Anglo American claims that, with the application for protection, Codelco has launched an ?artificial dispute over the interpretation of certain contractual clauses? and insists on that Codelco?s injunction that prevents further sales of stakes in Sur ?isn?t coherent.?

?Anglo has an unequivocal right to sell stakes in its Sur assets outside of Codelco?s option, which can be exercised for a month long period every three years until 2007,? Eyzaguire wrote.?

Codelco said it was studying Anglo?s response and would ?in the coming days define what steps to take?.

Source: http://www.mining.com/2011/12/01/codelco-starts-new-legal-actions-against-anglo-amid-accusations-of-generating-an-%E2%80%9Cartificial-dispute%E2%80%9D/

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MIAMI ? Mitt Romney aggressively criticized rival Newt Gingrich on Tuesday, calling the former House speaker a "lifelong politician" and questioning Gingrich's ability to fix the country's struggling economy.

Romney, speaking a day after Gingrich criticized him during a campaign stop in South Carolina, told Fox News that Gingrich wasn't as likely to beat President Barack Obama in a general election.

"I think to get President Obama out of office, you're going to have to bring something to the race that's different than what he brings. He's a lifelong politician," Romney said of Gingrich. "I think you have to have the credibility of understanding how the economy works. And I do."

Throughout the campaign, Romney has emphasized his business experience over his political tenure as governor of Massachusetts.

"I think I stand, by far, the best shot of replacing President Obama among the Republicans in the field," Romney said Monday.

Romney has rarely had such harsh words for any of his many Republican rivals, largely choosing instead to attack Obama, stay above the primary fray and frame himself instead as the likely nominee. His pointed criticism illustrates how seriously he is taking Gingrich's recent rise as the main conservative alternative to Romney in the race.

Gingrich had harsh criticism for Romney on Monday. In South Carolina, he called himself "a lot more conservative than Mitt Romney and a lot more electable than anybody else."

"It's wrong to go around and adopt radically different positions based on your need of any one election, then people will have to ask themselves, `What will you tell me next time?'" Gingrich said in a slap at Romney's history of changing positions on issues.

Romney defended himself against that charge in his Tuesday interview with Fox. "Your list is just not accurate," Romney said when asked by anchor Bret Baier about changing his stances on climate change, abortion, gay rights and immigration. "So, one, we're going to have to be better informed about my views on issues."

Romney relied instead on a character argument to defend his record. "You can look at a person who has devoted his life to his family, to his faith, to his country," he said, a line he used in a presidential debate.

That, too, is a subtle criticism of Gingrich: the former House speaker had an extramarital affair and has been married three times.

The primary, so far, has seen a series of conservatives ? Rep. Michele Bachmann, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and businessman Herman Cain ? jump ahead in polls only to fade after mistakes or, in Cain's case, allegations of sexual harassment and an extramarital affair.

At the end of a stop at the port in Tampa, Romney ignored shouted queries from reporters, instead insisting that he holds regular news conferences.

"You guys, we have press avails and press conferences almost every day, and that's when I answer the questions," Romney said. "When I'm meeting people, it's not a good time to answer questions that are important and require good attention and a thorough answer."

The last time Romney took questions from a group of reporters was last Wednesday in Des Moines.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111130/ap_on_el_pr/us_romney_gingrich

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We're definitely of the opinion that the dedicated devs who do all the heavy lifting so you can tweak and hack your pile of gadgets deserve a little something for their troubles. That being said, Firecore's aTV Flash (black) is still going to be a tough sell at $30 (now that it's left beta). But, before you go, perhaps you'd like to know what that chunk of cash will enable your 2nd-gen Apple TV to do. For one, it blesses Cupertino's hobby set-top with an all new media player that can open AVI, MKV, MP4, ISO and host of other file formats. There's also an HTML5 browser for surfing the web and streaming media. Want more apps? How about a Plex client and Last.FM radio? Perhaps best of all, though, it allows you to play back files stored on a PC, Mac or NAS without the need for iTunes. Check out the video demo after the break.

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