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Penn State Wrestling Club : Big Ten Brackets

135 lbs Hunter Stieber OH VS Nick Dardanes IL | Team OH @ Jr. Duals (GOhioCasts) | Flowrestling | Flowrestling :

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pur/sports/m-wrestl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/12BigTenBrackets.pdf

Dardanes loses to Quiroga in the quarter 6-3. This is a bout 3 years ago.

Dispute Process: Questions and Answers -- Health Care Professionals -- Aetna :

Dispute Process -- Health Care Professionals -- Aetna :

DEFINING MEDICAL NECESSITY :

Why Tuition Has Skyrocketed at State Schools - NYTimes.com :

TheMat.com - USA Wrestling : Current US Rankings

Calculated Risk: The Dentist Indicator : T his is an interesting anecdote and a reminder for us all to go to the dentist.

Calculated Risk: U.S. Light Vehicle Sales at 15.1 million annual rate in February : Good Economic News - the rebirth of Detroit/Michigan continues...

InterMat Wrestling - Twins have sights set on winning Big Ten, NCAA titles :

Antonio Fatas and Ilian Mihov on the Global Economy: The austerity recovery :

A Crisis in Two Narratives - Raghuram Rajan - Project Syndicate :

Jeremy Lin and the Political Economy of Superstars - Kenneth Rogoff - Project Syndicate :

The Usual Suspect - J. Bradford DeLong - Project Syndicate : So true.

CBO | Trends in the Distribution of Household Income Between 1979 and 2007 : These trends are not surprising but need to be highlighted. This growing income disparity is not good for the overall health of the U.S. economy. However the measure of purchasing power would be more relevant to determine if this disparity is putting the 99% at a worst place or just the 1% at a better place. I have not seen enough empirical data that demonstrates what this trend is. Keep in mind, that even if the the majority only grew by 60 percent of the nearly thirty year period - that could be better off if the goods and services they buy grew at a smaller rate. We all know that didn't happen in housing but the large multi-year correction has brought this closer in line with the 60% increase and it doesn't appear that we have quite bottomed. Just some things I am thinking about.

Economist's View: Fed Watch: Opportunistic Disinflation? : This is interesting if the correlation analysis is true. This is also unfortunate because 2% inflation is way to low as we eek out of this depression...

ataxingmatter: Kooky Tax Protestors! :

IS-LMentary - NYTimes.com : This is good stuff and needs to read multiple slowly and thought through.

Calculated Risk: Real House Prices and Price-to-Rent fall to late '90s Levels : This is another step in the 'right' direction. The long term health of the economy has an important relationship with long term affordability of housing. This affordability must be inline with the purchasing power of prospective buyers, which has been declining over the last 30 years. So were not there but we getting closer.

http://ataxingmatter.blogs.com/tax/2012/02/american-enterprise-institutes-arthur-brooks-on-budgets-and-taxes.html

Seeing Through Data : Things are not all rosy. Michael Olenick does not believe that the 'worst' is behind us.   ' there is not a single credible data point I’ve seen that home prices will increase anytime   soon. They may stabilize if banks control inventory, but by definition that means buyers can wait to see what actually happens rather than what’s predicted to happen.' I am not clear that this not what everyone is saying. There is not an all clear sign and as noted earlier in markets such as Florida, Nevada, California there will be further declines. This is much more of its better than before sign and the all clear will be somewhere between 2015-2018. Second point - 'But for all other buyers, which includes virtually everybody, heed the hindsight of those who purchased homes at every other phantom market bottom and who are now underwater. Wait until you see price appreciation, in the region you want to purchase, for a quarter...

January Pending Home Sales Rise, Market on Uptrend : Continued signs of slow but stable improvement.

Energy & Oil Prices: Natural Gas, Electricity and Oil - Bloomberg : A new 'worry' is on the horizon. Is this a bad sign - ie supply or a good sign - increased energy demand. If the latter is true or partly true - that my be the jump start to look at alternative sources that can be absorbed by a growing economy and may even spur on the growth. On the other hand if demand is not really up and this is all supply than the willingness to explore alternative sources will not likely be there and there will simply be a shift in the use of limited resources i.e. I need energy but I only want other durable goods. We'll have to wait to see what is the underlying market movers.

Measuring Housing's Drag on the Economy - NYTimes.com :

NABE Outlook Summary : "The economists surveyed expect housing starts to reach 700,000 units in 2012"

Calculated Risk: Buffett's Views on Housing : The key to forecasting is significant 'wiggle' room or just maintaining the basics over the middle term - zero to five years. The key takeaways are - Housing, related construction and their multiplier effects are important to our overall recovery and they will recover due to the simple relationship of number of units of shelter vs household formation.