I'm definitely glad this road trip is over

About Reprise MediaReprise Media () is an award-winning search engine andsocial media marketing agency. The company helps leading brands - includingMicrosoft, ABC, Castrol and Martha Stewart - manage their online reputations,drive traffic to their websites, acquire new customers and generate revenuethrough the power of search. SearchViews (), the companysblog, provides daily news and commentary on the search engine marketing industryand is considered a must-read by industry insiders. A subsidiary of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG), Reprise Media isheadquartered in New York and has offices in San Francisco and Boston. All other productand brand names are the property of their respective owners.Reprise MediaNoah Mallin, Copyright Business Wire 2009. ) For only the second time in the division series era in the MLB, three out of four series ended in sweeps. The last time this happened was actually not too long ago.In the 2007 playoffs, the Boston Red Sox swept the Los Angeles Angels (what a turn of events), the Colorado Rockies swept the Philadelphia Phillies (the similarities here are unreal), and the Arizona Diamondbacks swept the Chicago Cubs (well that ended).The only other series involved the Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees where the Yanks went down in four games.This season the brooms were out again for three major league cities.The first team to fall was the St Louis Cardinals.

Coming as a surprise to many, the Cards did not even put up a fight against the Los Angeles Dodgers. With their strong starting pitching and stout offense led by sluggers Albert Pujols and Matt Holliday, a World Series win did not seem far away.But, the Dodgers pitching and offense proved to be too much, and the Cardinals' season ended earlier than expected.The trend continued as the Los Angeles Angels ended the season of the Boston Red Sox in straight games after Jonathan Papelbon blew the third game in the ninth inning (who clearly was not as jovial as shown).The Yankees completed the sweeps of the series by defeating the Minnesota Twins. LONDON(Business Wire)The following repurchase(s) have been confirmed: ValueCCYISINIssue NameNew Amount Outstanding Date Repurchase Amount 20-Jan-09USDXS0293696158NIBC8,000,000.00166,800,000.00 20-Jan-09EURXS0285176706NIBC677,547,000.00 6,000,000.0021-Jan-09EURXS0173744359NIBC5,500,000.004,500,000.00N.I.B.C Bank N.V Copyright Business Wire 2009. BLOOMFIELD, Conn.(Business Wire)Global health service company CIGNA Corporation (NYSE:CI) has named BenjaminKarsch as senior vice president and chief marketing officer. This includes the management of the CIGNAbrand and the positioning of the companys products and services.

He joins CIGNA from the Las Vegas SandsCorporation, where he built and ran its global marketing organization. In priorroles Karsch led brand management for well known consumer products in both theU.S. and overseas markets for Procter & Gamble Kraft Foods and Johnson &Johnson, and held the position of Associate Principal with McKinsey & Company,where he served as a marketing consultant for Fortune 100 packaged goodsclients. "Benjy has rich experience in building and maintaining consumer brands as wellas deep knowledge of intermediary-based distribution channels," said CIGNAPresident and Chief Operating Officer, David Cordani. "His perspective andexpertise will be invaluable in supporting CIGNA's mission and growth strategy."Karsch is a graduate of The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, with aBachelor of Science in Economics degree.

About CIGNACIGNA (NYSE:CI), a global health service company, is dedicated to helping peopleimprove their health, well-being and security. CIGNA Corporation's operatingsubsidiaries provide an integrated suite of medical, dental, behavioral health,pharmacy and vision care benefits, as well as group life, accident anddisability insurance, to approximately 47 million people throughout the UnitedStates and around the world. To learn more about CIGNA, visit CIGNA CorporationJoseph Mondy, Copyright Business Wire 2009. ) I'm definitely glad this road trip is over.I'll admit, the Ducks are coming home better than expected especially after what happened against Minnesota to start out the trip (and the way the home opener went).But after watching tonight's loss, it's time for them to come home and get support from their fans.As far as tonight's game goes, I've got a bone to pick with you, gentlemen. When the first period is over and the score is 0-0, I can handle that. But when the first period is over, and I check the boxscore and it reads: New York SOG - 13; Anaheim SOG - 1, then we've got problems. So, thanks to Ryan Carter for taking the shot but, Ducks, HELLO! Boys, where are youRemember yesterday when we had that discussion about not showing up until the second period You really need to work on that.JS Giguere was, lets face it, very lucky there in the first period.