<font color='black' size='2' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I just sent an e-mail making a similar point. Easy confirmation seems like an important goal.</FONT><br>
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From: Richard Robbins <rerobbins@itinker.net><br>
To: USML Announcements <announce@usml.net><br>
Sent: Fri, Aug 9, 2013 10:19 am<br>
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] A New Question?<br>
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<div id=AOLMsgPart_2_7eca3772-701a-4009-8280-a963aa28248c>A fertile topic for further discussion this off season. I've kept a note of items to tweak. I just wanted to ask the question and see if I was missing something. My sense is that the thing we need is a readily referenceable snapshot of standings at any point in time that persists.<SPAN></SPAN><br>
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On Friday, August 9, 2013, Blocker, Mark B. wrote:<br>
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<div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Yes. Look at the standings each morning.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A>announce-bounces@usml.net</A> [mailto:<A>announce-bounces@usml.net</A>] <B>On Behalf Of </B>springkerb<br>
<B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 09, 2013 8:36 AM<br>
<B>To:</B> USML Announcements<br>
<B>Subject:</B> Re: [USML Announce] A New Question?<U></U><U></U></SPAN></div>
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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in">Is there an easy way to determine that?<U></U><U></U></div>
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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN style="COLOR: #575757; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4 Active™, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone<U></U><U></U></SPAN></div>
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From: "Blocker, Mark B." <<A>mblocker@Sidley.com</A>> <br>
Date: 08/09/2013 8:04 AM (GMT-06:00) <br>
To: USML Announcements <<A>announce@usml.net</A>> <br>
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] A New Question? <br>
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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I’d be in favor of one of two rules:</SPAN><U></U><U></U></div>
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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">1. If teams are contiguous at any point during the week (based on a.m. standings), a trade is allowed. That is easy to administer.</SPAN><U></U><U></U></div>
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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">2. Abolish contiguous trading. It never struck me as fair that team behind the leader can load up, but the leader is effectively stuck in neutral. I won’t pretend there is any support for this; just a good opportunity to mention it.</SPAN><U></U><U></U></div>
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<div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A>announce-bounces@usml.net</A> [<A>mailto:announce-bounces@usml.net</A>] <B>On Behalf Of </B><A>springkerb@aol.com</A><br>
<B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 09, 2013 7:35 AM<br>
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<B>Subject:</B> Re: [USML Announce] A New Question?</SPAN><U></U><U></U></div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">That can be a risk assumed by the trading partners. Nothing's stopping anybody from processing immediately upon agreement.<br>
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From: Richard Robbins <<A>rerobbins@itinker.net</A>><br>
To: USML Announcements <<A>announce@usml.net</A>><br>
Cc: announce <<A>announce@usml.net</A>><br>
Sent: Thu, Aug 8, 2013 10:17 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [USML Announce] A New Question?</SPAN><U></U><U></U></div>
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