Hanley Ramirez has broken rib; game-time decision

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hanley Ramirez has a broken left rib, leaving him a game-time decision to start for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 3 of the NL championship series.

Manager Don Mattingly says a CT scan revealed Ramirez has a hairline fracture of his ribcage that is painful. Ramirez was working with the training staff to try to get loose enough to swing a bat, which will ultimately determine whether the shortstop can start against St. Louis on Monday night.

Outfielder Andre Ethier is also a game-time decision. He's been bothered by shin splints and the team planned to evaluate him during batting practice.

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What Scott Walker Won't Say About the Difference Between Washington and Wisconsin

Gov. Scott Walker forgot one important difference between Wisconsin and Washington.

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Should Washington be run more like Wisconsin? That's the case Gov. Scott Walker put forth in the Washington Post on Tuesday, crediting state lawmakers' ability to pull together:

Tough but prudent decisions put us back on track. We enacted long-term structural reforms that include allowing schools to bid out health insurance, local governments to stop overtime abuse and the state to collect reasonable contributions for health insurance and pensions — all of which saved millions. Instead of austerity, we chose reform.

At first, some legislative leaders balked at our plans. But we worked through their concerns and together we created legislation that not only passed but also produced positive results.

But Walker forgot to include the quintessential reason Washington hasn't passed such reforms—we have divided government at the federal level. In Wisconsin, legislative leaders may have "balked" at Walker's plans (or, say, defected to Illinois to prevent a quorum) but at the end of the day he had the advantage of a solidly red statehouse.

What does give Walker cachet when talking about the debt limit negotiations, however, is his ample experience with a very vocal minority party trying to prevent the executive from implementing its agenda. And while he chastised those quorum-breaking state Democrats back in 2011 for "shirking their responsibilities," we've yet to see his column deriding Sen. Ted Cruz for using the shutdown as a bargaining chip against Obamacare.

In the column, Walker cites a positive report by Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce—the state's business lobby—which has donated "almost exclusively" to Republican state lawmakers' campaigns over the past ten years. But Mary Burke, the Wisconsin businesswoman who recently announced she will challenge Walker's governorship in 2014, has been touting a different number: 45. "When you look at states like Minnesota, Indiana, and Ohio, you wonder, 'What the heck's going on?'" Burke says in her debut campaign video. "Because Wisconsin ranks 45th out of 50 states in projected job growth—sixth from the bottom."

For the record, Ohio and Indiana are both run by Republican governors, and they both enjoy large Republican majorities in both houses of their state legislatures. The Burke campaign should find a different metric for measuring Republican governors' efficacy, or, alternately, ask: what are Indiana and Ohio getting right that Wisconsin's getting wrong?

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Living, breathing man told he's dead in the eyes of Ohio law ...

FINDLAY, Ohio — An Ohio man who has been legally dead since 1994 will remain so in the eyes of the law after losing his complaint to overturn his death filing, according to authorities.

Donald Miller, 61, testified Monday that he disappeared in 1986 after losing his job, leaving behind a wife, two children and thousands of dollars of unpaid child support, according to James Hammer, the attorney for Miller’s ex-wife, Robin Miller. He was declared legally dead eight years later.

Donald Miller said he returned to Ohio “around 2005″ with no knowledge of his legal death, and that he had hoped to reestablish his Social Security number.

A legal statute in Ohio prevents changes to death rulings once three years have passed, Hammer told CNN, and Judge Allan Davis ruled accordingly in Hancock County Probate Court.

“In over 40 years, I’ve never come across a case like this,” the judge told CNN.

“In the end though, because of the statute, it was a pretty open-and-shut case.”

Hammer recounts that at the time of Donald Miller’s legal death in 1994, he owed Robin Miller around $25,000 in child support, a matter which could have been complicated had the judge ruled in Donald Miller’s favor on Monday. Following the 1994 ruling, Hammer said, Robin Miller began receiving Social Security death benefits to support her two children.

“There could have been the possibility that my client would have to pay back what she received from Social Security,” Hammer said.

“We certainly did not want to open that door, so we’re satisfied with the outcome.”

Despite her relief at the court’s ruling, Hammer says his client has no ill will toward her ex-husband.

Donald Miller’s attorney was not immediately available for comment Wednesday. He still has 30 days to appeal the court’s ruling, according Judge Davis.

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Genius T-Shirt Playmat Includes a Built-In Massage for Mom or Dad

When you're a parent, you'll do anything for your kids. But there's nothing wrong if that anything happens to benefit you too. So what if you're traveling, or visiting friends, and your kids are in dire need of a place to play with their toy cars or trains? Just slip on one of these playmat t-shirts, lay down on the ground, and not only will your kids have someplace to play, you'll also enjoy a relaxing backrub at the same time.

Available in sizes that range from a small village to a sprawling metropolis, the shirts are available from Etsy seller bky kid for about $24 each. Now lets hope they make a couple of board game versions. [Etsy via Notcot]

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Nadal loses to 135th-ranked player at Wimbledon

Rafael Nadal of Spain, left, waves to spectators after losing to Steve Darcis of Belgium, right, in their Men's first round singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Monday, June 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Rafael Nadal of Spain, left, waves to spectators after losing to Steve Darcis of Belgium, right, in their Men's first round singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Monday, June 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts as he loses a point to Steve Darcis of Belgium during their Men's first round singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Monday, June 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Roger Federer of Switzerland stretches to return the ball to Victor Hanescu of Romania during their Men's first round singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Monday, June 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Roger Federer of Switzerland returns the ball to Victor Hanescu of Romania during their Men's first round singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Monday, June 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, center, lies on the court after taking a fall during her Women's first round singles match against Maria Joao Koehler of Portugal at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Monday, June 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

LONDON (AP) ? For the second straight year, Rafael Nadal is leaving Wimbledon early after a stunning loss to a little-known player ranked in the hundreds.

In one of the tournament's greatest upsets, an ailing Nadal was knocked out in straight sets Monday by 135th-ranked Steve Darcis of Belgium ? the Spaniard's first loss in the opening round of any Grand Slam event.

The free-swinging Darcis defeated the two-time champion 7-6 (4), 7-6 (8), 6-4 on Court 1, ending Nadal's 22-match winning streak and eliminating one of the Big Four of men's tennis on the very first day of the grass-court Grand Slam.

After serving an ace down the middle on match point, Darcis conceded he was as surprised as everyone.

"Nobody was expecting me to win," he said. "So I had to play a good match, relax, and enjoy the game. That's what I did."

There were no surprises for the other big names: Defending champion Roger Federer, bidding for a record eighth Wimbledon title, and second-seeded Andy Murray both won in straight sets on Centre Court.

Nadal was sidelined for seven months with a left knee injury after losing in the second round of Wimbledon last year. He seemed to be struggling physically Monday. He was unable to turn on the speed or use his legs to spring into his groundstrokes, limping and failing to run for some shots.

Nadal declined to blame any injury and gave full credit to the 29-year-old Darcis, who had never beaten a top-5 player before and has yet to go beyond the third round of any Grand Slam.

"I don't ... talk about my knee this afternoon," Nadal said. "Only thing that can say today is congratulate Steve Darcis. He played a fantastic match. Everything that I will say today about my knee is an excuse, and I don't like to put any excuse when I'm losing a match like I lost today."

Darcis, who had won only one previous match at Wimbledon, played the match of his life Monday, going for his shots and moving Nadal from corner to corner. Darcis amassed a total of 53 winners, compared with 32 for Nadal.

"Of course, Rafa didn't play his best tennis," Darcis said. "I could see it. So I took advantage of it, tried to fight. Maybe he was not in the best shape ever. Maybe he didn't play his best match. But I have to be proud of me, I think."

Darcis said he didn't know whether Nadal was injured, or was just troubled by the grass conditions.

"Not the day to talk about these kind of things," Nadal said. "I am confident that I will have a good recovery and be ready for the next tournaments."

Darcis finished the match in style, serving his 13th ace as Nadal failed to chase the ball.

Darcis is the lowest ranked player to beat Nadal at any tournament since Joachim Johansson ? ranked No. 690 ? defeated the Spaniard in 2006 in Stockholm. Gustavo Kuerten, in 1997, was the last reigning French Open champion to lose in the first round at Wimbledon.

Nadal was coming off his eighth championship at the French Open this month. But on this day he never looked like the player who has won 12 Grand Slam titles and established himself as one of the greatest players of his generation.

Last year, Nadal was ousted in the second round by 100th-ranked Lukas Rosol, a match that finished under the closed roof of Centre Court.

After that loss, Nadal took the rest of the year off to recover from the knee problem, missing the U.S. Open and Australian Open. Since returning to action this year, he had made it to the finals of all nine tournaments he entered, winning seven.

After winning the French Open, Nadal pulled out of a grass-court tuneup in Halle, Germany. He came to Wimbledon without any serious grass-court preparation.

"The opponent played well," Nadal said. "I had my chances. I didn't make it. So in grass (it's) difficult to adapt yourself, to adapt your game. When you don't have the chance to play before, I didn't have that chance this year, is tougher. I didn't find my rhythm."

Ten years after his first Wimbledon championship, Federer opened play on Centre Court as defending champion and looked right as home as he dismantled Victor Hanescu of Romania 6-3, 6-2, 6-0.

This was a grass-court clinic lasting 68 minutes. Federer had 32 winners, seven aces and just six unforced errors. He won 90 percent of the points when he put his first serve in. When his serve is clicking, Federer usually is unbeatable. On this day, he won his first 15 service points and 24 out of the first 25.

"I'm happy to get out of there early and quickly," Federer said. "So it was a perfect day."

Last year, Federer equaled Pete Sampras and William Renshaw with seven Wimbledon titles. He is now contending to become the first man to win the tournament eight times, which would bring his total of Grand Slam titles to 18.

Federer came out wearing a white collared jacket with orange trim, then quickly got down to business. He never faced a break point and broke six times.

Federer has a habit of making things look easy. And so it was in the opening game when, stranded at the net, he reached behind him for a reflex forehand volley that landed in for a winner. In the third set, Federer lifted a perfect backhand lob over the 6-foot-6 Hanescu for a break and a 5-0 lead.

Another Wimbledon champion, 2002 winner Lleyton Hewitt, displayed his grass-court prowess by upending 11th-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka 6-4, 7-5, 6-3. In a match that finished in fading light on Court 1, the 32-year-old Australian fell to his knees at the baseline, then jumped and pumped his fist as if he had just won the tournament.

Playing his 15th consecutive Wimbledon and his 57th Grand Slam overall, Hewitt has bounced back from various injuries and reached the semifinals at Queen's Club to serve notice he is still dangerous.

"I know that I can still play the game," he said. "I compete against the best guys. I play well in the big tournaments. That's why I'm still playing."

Murray, the U.S. Open champion who again tries to become the first British man to win the trophy since Fred Perry in 1936, got off to a strong start with a 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 win over Benjamin Becker of Germany.

"It was a tough start for me. He is a very good grass player," Murray said. "I was ready and to win in three sets was a good start. There's always nerves at the start of a Grand Slam and I'm glad to get it out of the way and hopefully I can improve as it goes on."

It was Murray's first match on Centre Court since he beat Federer on the grass for the gold medal at last year's London Olympics ? a month after losing to Federer in the Wimbledon final. The two could meet in the semifinals this year.

The weather was mostly cloudy but dry for the beginning of the two-week championships. Among those in the Royal Box were former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and Pippa Middleton, the younger sister of Prince William's wife, Kate.

In women's play, there was an early upset as fifth-seeded Sara Errani was eliminated by Puerto Rican teenager Monica Puig 6-3, 6-2.

Puig slugged 38 winners in overwhelming Errani in the first match on Court 18. The 19-year-old Puig, playing her first grass-court tournament as a pro, completely outplayed the Italian veteran with her hard-hitting baseline game.

Puig said she has been building on a recent run of success, including a third-round showing at the French Open.

"Definitely pulling off some big career wins and not being afraid to close out matches, which was my problem at the beginning of the year," she said. "Finally just having the confidence to close them out."

In other women's matches, second-seeded Victoria Azarenka overcame a right knee injury from a scary fall beating Maria Joao Koehler of Portugal 6-1, 6-2.

Azarenka screamed in pain after slipping and falling at the baseline in the second game of the second set. She sobbed on court and received medical treatment.

Playing the rest of the match with a heavy wrap on her right knee, Azarenka limped noticeably but managed to win comfortably against an opponent making her Wimbledon debut.

"I was in such pain at the beginning, it wouldn't let go," Azarenka said. "I think it calmed down."

Third-seeded Maria Sharapova, the 2004 Wimbledon champion, came through a first-set tiebreaker and beat 37th-ranked Kristina Mladenovic of France 7-6 (5), 6-3.

Sharapova drew attention over the weekend by delivering a sharp news-conference rebuke to Serena Williams over critical comments attributed to the top-seeded American in a recent magazine article. Sharapova swatted away questions about the feud Monday.

"I've said everything that I wanted to say about the issue," she said. "Wimbledon started. This is my work. This is my job. I'd really appreciate it if we move on."

Other women's winners Monday included No. 9 Caroline Wozniacki, No. 12 Ana Ivanovic and No. 16 Jelena Jankovic.

Advancing among the men were No. 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 10 Marin Cilic, No. 15 Nicolas Almagro and No. 18 John Isner. Janko Tiparevic, seeded No. 14, lost to fellow Serb Viktor Troicki, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (5).

Associated Press

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Websites in 2 Koreas shut down on war anniversary

A man walks by a gate at Cyber Terror Response Center of National Police Agency in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 25, 2013. South Korea said multiple government and private sector websites were hacked on Tuesday's anniversary of the start of the Korean War, and Seoul issued a cyberattack alert warning officials and citizens to take security measures. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A man walks by a gate at Cyber Terror Response Center of National Police Agency in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 25, 2013. South Korea said multiple government and private sector websites were hacked on Tuesday's anniversary of the start of the Korean War, and Seoul issued a cyberattack alert warning officials and citizens to take security measures. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A man walks by a gate at Cyber Terror Response Center of National Police Agency in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 25, 2013. South Korea said multiple government and private sector websites were hacked on Tuesday's anniversary of the start of the Korean War, and Seoul issued a cyberattack alert warning officials and citizens to take security measures. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

A man walks by a gate at Cyber Terror Response Center of National Police Agency in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 25, 2013. South Korea said multiple government and private sector websites were hacked on Tuesday's anniversary of the start of the Korean War, and Seoul issued a cyberattack alert warning officials and citizens to take security measures. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Members of Korea Freedom Federation wave their national flags during a ceremony to mark the 63rd anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 25, 2013. The three-year Korean War broke out on June 25, 1950, when Soviet tank-led North Koreans invaded South Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korean elementary school students participate in a ceremony to mark the 63rd anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 25, 2013. The three-year Korean War broke out on June 25, 1950, when Soviet tank-led North Koreans invaded South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ? Major government and media websites in South and North Korea were shut down for hours Tuesday on the 63rd anniversary of the start of the Korean War, and Seoul said its sites were hacked and alerted people to take security measures against cyberattacks.

It was not immediately clear if the shutdown of North Korean websites, including those belong to Air Koryo and the Rodong Sinmun newspaper, was due to those sites being hacked. Rodong Sinmun, Uriminzokkiri and Naenara websites were operational a few hours later.

South Korean National Intelligence Service officials said they were investigating what may have caused the shutdown of the North Korean websites, and North Korea didn't make any immediate comment.

Seoul said experts were also investigating attacks on the websites of the South Korean presidential Blue House and prime minister's office, and some media servers.

Tuesday's attacks in South Korea did not appear to be as serious as a March cyberattack that shut down tens of thousands of computers and servers at South Korean broadcasters and banks. There were no initial reports Tuesday that banks had been hit or that sensitive military or other key infrastructure had been compromised.

It wasn't immediately clear who was responsible, and North and South Korea have traded accusations of cyberattacks in recent years.

Operators of several Twitter accounts who purported to be part of a global hackers' collective claimed that they attacked North Korean websites. The Associated Press received no answer to several requests to speak to the Twitter users. Shin Hong-soon, an official at South Korea's science ministry in charge of online security, said that the government was not able to confirm whether these hackers were linked to Tuesday's attack on South Korean websites.

South Korean officials blamed Pyongyang for the March attacks and said in April that an initial investigation pointed to a North Korean military-run spy agency as the culprit.

North Korea in recent weeks has pushed for diplomatic talks with Washington. But tensions ran high on the Korean Peninsula in March and April, with North Korea delivering regular threats over U.N. sanctions and U.S.-South Korean military drills.

Investigators detected similarities between the March cyberattack and past hacking attributed to the North Korean spy agency, including the recycling of 30 previously used malware programs ? out of a total of 76 used in the attack, South Korea's internet security agency said.

The March 20 cyberattack struck 48,000 computers and servers, hampering banks for two to five days. Officials have said that no bank records or personal data were compromised. Staffers at TV broadcasters KBS, MBC and YTN were unable to log on to news systems for several days, although programming continued during that period. No government, military or infrastructure targets were affected.

South Korea's National Intelligence Service said North Korea was behind a denial of service attack in 2009 that crippled dozens of websites, including that of the presidential office. Seoul also believes the North was responsible for cyberattacks on servers of Nonghyup bank in 2011 and Joongang Ilbo, a national daily newspaper, in 2012.

North Korea also blamed South Korea and the United States for cyberattacks in March that temporarily disabled Internet access and websites in North Korea, where a small number of people can go online.

Experts believe North Korea trains large teams of cyber warriors and that the South and its allies should be prepared against possible attacks on key infrastructure and military systems. If the inter-Korean conflict were to move into cyberspace, South Korea's deeply wired society would have more to lose than North Korea's, which largely remains offline.

Associated Press

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Three useful tips for online business from PeSA 2013 | Digital ...

At the end of May this year, the Digital Business team attended the annual Professional eBay Sellers Association Internet Conference.

The conference covered all things online retail but with a focus on eBay stores. There were plenty of great tips at the conference this year, but check out our favourites below.

Competitive advantage

?The big question is ?What is your competitive advantage?? online tech retailer Ruslan Kogan said at PeSA 2013. According to Ruslan, if you can?t answer that question, your online business won?t succeed.

?A competitive advantage is 90 per cent of the business,? Ruslan said. ?Being online isn?t enough.? He went on to explain that, in his view, digital tools like A/B testing and SEO can contribute to your business? success online, but even the best website won?t grant success to a flawed business model.

So how do you find that advantage? Ruslan suggests that it all comes down to your business plan, and constantly iterating on that plan until you?ve found the reasons people will buy from you rather than someone else, whether that reason is price, delivery times, the confidence your site creates in the visitor, the quality or exclusiveness of your goods, or some other reason.

For some tips on how to plan your online ventures, check out these pages on the Digital Business website:

Using data to tailor offers to your customers

Of course, even if you?ve got your competitive advantage mastered, there may be benefits to be gained from tweaking your site and your advertising strategy.

Vinomofo?s Andre Eikmeier presented his 10 most valuable lessons to the crowd at PeSA 2013. His lesson number six was about relevance in email marketing.

Andre explained that Vinomofo ? a specialty online wine retailer ? had previously sent the same email offers to all their customers, regardless of whether they like Pinot, Cabernet or Semillon.

After months of untargeted campaigns involving up to a dozen emails per week, Vinomofo realised this approach was contributing to their high rate of unsubscribe requests. So Andre and his team decided to start targeting their email offers based on their customers? buying histories and the results of interactions with customers about what they liked.

Andre said that the results were ?excellent? ? explaining that since Vinomofo moved to targeted offers, conversions have tripled and unsubscribe requests have dropped dramatically. This proved to an effective way of making better use of existing data.

What to track when it comes to social commerce

Keynote speaker John Lawson had some helpful advice for retailers experimenting with social commerce. Perhaps the most important was tracking your efforts.

He identified eight key social commerce KPIs you can track to help make sure you?re on top of what?s happening around your online shop.

They are:

1. Unique visitors. How many people are coming past?
2. Page views. How many pages are they looking at?
3. Transaction value. What?s the spend per visitor?
4. Cart abandonment? How many people give up before they hand over the money?
5. Opens, clicks and likes. Tracking how many people follow your links in emails and social media may help you judge how cost-effective your social media efforts are.
6. Sales.
7. Time on site. Where are people spending the most time? On your product pages, or figuring out how to complete your order form?
8. User generated content, such as reviews. If you give customers the chance, some will tell you exactly what they think of your products or your business ? keep an eye out for this on your website and elsewhere.

By tracking these measures, you can build a picture of how your social commerce efforts are going. For tips about how you can collect data like this, check out the measuring success online page on the Digital Business website.

Were you also at this year?s PeSA Internet Conference? What top tip did you get about doing business online?

By Nick, DBCDE.

Source: http://www.digitalbusiness.gov.au/2013/06/25/three-useful-tips-for-online-business-from-pesa-2013/

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