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Rosenthal's Latest: Rays, Utley, D-Backs, Matusz
Here are the highlights from an enormous notes post by Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports:
- There's the potential for lots of trade activity between now and Opening Day, with an unusual number of teams with logjams at particular positions. But there aren't many good pitching options, and many teams are already close to their payroll limits.
- The Rays are one of several teams looking for starting pitching, but they're currently focusing their efforts on depth, figuring they only need to cover for injured starters Alex Cobb and Drew Smyly for a month or so.
- If the Phillies struggle early in the year, trade whispers involving Chase Utley could grow louder, with the Padres, Angels and possibly Giants looming as potentially interested teams. Utley would, of course, have to waive his no-trade clause, but he has West Coast roots.
- The Diamondbacks are currently unwilling to trade Mark Trumbo, but that could change if they become dissatisfied with their outfield defense.
- The Orioles discussed trading lefty Brian Matusz to the Rangers before Texas acquired Sam Freeman, and have listened to other clubs interested in Matusz as well. But the Nationals might be more willing than the Orioles to trade a lefty reliever — some within the Orioles see Matusz as a better option than either T.J. McFarland or Wesley Wright.
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West Notes: Trumbo, Chacin, Angels, Ethier, Quentin
The dark side of Venezuelan baseball players reaping the riches of their profession is their family members, who decline to move permanently to the United States and remain in Venezuela, become targets of kidnappers. Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News chronicles the kidnapping attempt made on the brother of Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus last year. Fortunately, Andrus provided his brother's family with armed bodyguards and they thwarted the attempt after being fired upon and struck in their bulletproof vests. "This happens with everybody who has family there," said Andrus. "It's easy for them to kidnap people and ask for money. And everybody knows how much money the players make. They can Google it. It's just not safe. You have to take steps. It was pretty shocking, for sure."
In other news and notes from baseball's West divisions:
- The Diamondbacks will not alleviate their outfield surplus by trading Mark Trumbo, reports CBSSports.com's Jon Heyman. "We are not moving Trumbo," GM Dave Stewart said. "Trumbo is a proven bat. Tough to move him for an unknown." Stewart went even further with the New York Post's Joel Sherman (Twitter link) telling the scribe he will not trade any of his outfielders because he values the depth.
- The Rockies are to be commended for releasing Jhoulys Chacin because a team must change direction if a player isn't performing and the right-hander wasn't, tweets Patrick Saunders of The Denver Post.
- The Angels enter 2015 with the most financial flexibility they have had in four years, but will wait until mid-season to decide if or how to spend that payroll, according to MLB.com's Alden Gonzalez. The Angels' most likely area of need is second base with Gonzalez naming the Phillies' Chase Utley, the Reds' Brandon Phillips, the Diamondbacks' Aaron Hill, and the Mets' Daniel Murphy as possible targets.
- The Dodgers' pitching depth is sorely being tested in the wake of the team shutting down Hyun-jin Ryu with shoulder inflammation, notes MLB.com's Ken Gurnick.
- Andre Ethier tells Mark Saxon of ESPNLosAngeles.com he isn't monitoring trade rumors online or with his agent and he isn't counting the number of scouts in attendance at the Dodgers' Spring Training games. Ethier has said he is open to a trade and the club is reportedly willing to eat as much as half of the $56MM remaining on the outfielder's contract to facilitate a swap, but have yet to find any takers.
- Carlos Quentin asked to see some reps at first base in an attempt to earn more at-bats with the Padres, which could also make him more attractive to other teams, writes MLB.com's Corey Brock.
- Peter Gammons of DailyGammons.com opines some have been cynical of San Diego's offseason overhaul, but a healthy and productive Matt Kemp can become the poster person of this new age for the Padres.
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NL East Notes: Utley, Brown, Saltalamacchia, Braves
Much has been made of trade rumors surrounding Cole Hamels, Cliff Lee and Jonathan Papelbon over the course of the winter, but Chase Utley's name has rarely come up due to the veteran's 10-and-5 rights that allow him to block trades. However, Utley told reporters today, including Ryan Lawrence of the Philadelphia Daily News, that he'd consider any trade scenario brought to him by GM Ruben Amaro (Twitter link). However, Utley doesn't sound like a man with an urge to get out of a Phillies uniform. "I want nothing more than to play for this organization as long as I can," he told the media.
More on the Phillies and the NL East…
- Domonic Brown tells MLB.com's Todd Zolecki that he's not sure exactly what the Phillies have in store for him, but he consider's last year's struggles a learning experience and believes he can post better numbers. Brown wouldn't comment on whether or not he was more comfortable playing right field now that Marlon Byrd has been traded to the Reds. As Zolecki notes, another poor showing from Brown could very well mean that the team will search elsewhere for corner outfielders in the future.
- Jarrod Saltalamacchia hasn't looked at defensive numbers from 2014, he tells Juan C. Rodriguez of the Miami Sun-Sentinel, because he already knows he didn't perform up to his expectations. Both Saltalamacchia and manager Marlins Mike Redmond spoke about how the catcher can improve in the second year of a three-year, $21MM pact with Miami. As Rodriguez points out, Saltalamacchia has graded out well in terms of pitch-framing before but ranked as the league's worst framer in 2014, according to Baseball Prospectus.
- Though the Braves are hopeful that right-hander Michael Foltynewicz, who was acquired in the Evan Gattis trade, is a starter in the long-term, the team hasn't ruled out opening the year with him in the bullpen, tweets MLB.com's Mark Bowman. Foltynewicz instantly became one of the Braves' best young arms in that trade, and using his 100mph fastball in the bullpen to get him acclimated to the Majors while going with a veteran such as Eric Stults in the fifth spot of the rotation may have some merit in the team's eyes.
- Speaking more in depth on those trades, president of baseball operations John Hart tells the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's David O'Brien that he doesn't consider the Braves' offseason moves to be a full-on rebuild. Rather, according to Hart, the team tried to walk a "parallel path" in which Major League pieces were subtracted to shore up the farm system while other MLB pieces were brought in to help the 2015 team. The Braves' core players appear to be on board with the moves, Hart adds, saying he's received "nothing but positive (feedback)" from them.
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Salisbury's Latest: Gillick, Sandberg, Utley
While new Phillies president Pat Gillick only figures to occupy that role for a year or so — the 77-year-old has expressed no interest in filling the position long-term — his brief tenure could define the next generation for the team, Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com writes.
As Salisbury notes, Gillick has already signed off on an organizational rebuild and the decision to replace longtime scouting director Marti Wolever. Now, Gillick will be tasked with overseeing any structural changes to the Phillies' front office, including the decision as to who will replace him as the club's president. Should the team make a change at GM, a new president would likely make that call.
Additionally, Gillick's successor would oversee any changes made in the dugout. Ryne Sandberg didn't distinguish himself with his leadership in 2014, Salisbury writes, and some within the organization question whether he's the "right guy" to oversee the rebuild. Sandberg will be afforded more time to prove himself, but Gillick will be keeping a watchful eye on his skipper as he enters the second season of a three-year contract.
Also of note in the article, Salisbury hears that teams that have expressed interest in Chase Utley this winter have been informed that he is not interested in waiving his 10-and-5 rights, which grant him the ability to veto a potential trade to any club.
The Dodgers and Phillies reportedly had brief discussions regarding Utley and the Winter Meetings prior to the team's acquisition of Howie Kendrick, but shortly thereafter, GM Ruben Amaro Jr. indicated to reporters that Utley's desire was to remain in Philadelphia. Utley himself has said as much in the past, but some have speculated that he might eventually warm to the idea of a trade as the Phillies' rebuild wore on. That apparently has not been the case even after trading Antonio Bastardo, Jimmy Rollins and Marlon Byrd.
Utley, 36, batted .270/.339/.407 in 664 plate appearances last season — his highest total since the 2009 season. He'll earn $15MM in 2015 — he triggered a $5MM salary increase by avoiding the disabled list — and has three vesting options at the same price on his contract, the first of which will trigger if he reaches 500 plate appearances this coming season.
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NL Notes: Friedman, Utley, Turner, Gattis, Kang, Furcal
Discussing his wide-ranging moves since taking over as the Dodgers president of baseball operations, Andrew Friedman said today that he sees the club as a "highly functional baseball team, instead of a collection of talent." As MLB.com's Ken Gurnick reports, Friedman says the club will remain "open-minded" about dealing away from its stock of outfielders.
- Looking ahead after the Jimmy Rollins trade, Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. said that the team will continue to try to "get younger and more athletic," as Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com reports. In addition to discussing various trade scenarios, the Phils have "had some dialogue with some free agents to try to increase some of our depth pitching-wise," said Amaro. As for Chase Utley, though, Amaro said he has not had any discussions with Rollins's long-time double-play partner about a change of scenery. "I haven't had enough of a discussion with Chase," said Amaro. "The only discussions I've had with Chase and his agent about any of that is that Chase wants to be in Philadelphia." While Amaro did not close the door on a deal, neither did he indicate it was particularly likely. He concluded: "[Utley] has no desire to go anywhere. … [H]e wants to honor his contract and that's how we have to perceive it."
- The agent for reportedly soon-to-be Nationals shortstop prospect Trea Turner, Jeff Berry of CAA, expressed his frustration with the fact that Turner will be required to stay in the Padres system for six months until he is technically eligible to be named as the PTBNL in the recent three-team swap, as FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal reports. Expressing concern with Turner playing in an organization that lacks a direct interest in his future well-being, Berry said that he "will vigorously pursue all available courses of action to remedy this situation," up to and potentially including the filing of a grievance action.
- The Braves are still listening on Evan Gattis, but expect to deploy him in left field unless a big offer comes through the door, Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports on Twitter.
- The Mets did not place a bid on Jung-ho Kang, Mike Puma of the New York Post tweeted earlier today. That would, of course, appear to eliminate the Mets as the possible mystery team that has won the posting.
- The Phillies are taking a look at veteran middle infielder Rafael Furcal as he plays in the Venezuelan winter league, ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick reports on Twitter. Furcal signed last year with the Marlins, but was never really able to get healthy. He could potentially fill a hole for the Phils at short.
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Phillies Notes: Wood, Utley, Gonzalez
While we wait to learn about the finalization of the deal sending Jimmy Rollins to the Dodgers, let's check in on the latest out of Philadelphia:
- The Phillies have asked the Cubs about lefty Travis Wood, Gordon Wittenmyer of the Chicago Sun-Times reports in a broader piece about the Cubs. Philadelphia could be a match for displaced starting backstop Welington Castillo, Wittenmyer also mentions. It seems to me that Philadelphia would probably look to move Carlos Ruiz if it added a player such as Castillo, though that is pure speculation on my part and may not be a necessity.
- Connecting the dots on the Phillies and second baseman Chase Utley, Matt Gelb of the Philadelphia Inquirer wonders whether the veteran might okay a trade now that the club has begun to follow up on its public declaration of a pushed-back contention timeline. Gelb recalls that Utley — who has full no-trade protection — said at last year's All-Star game that he was "told we were going to continue to try to contend" before he inked his extension. Ultimately, Gelb calls a deal unlikely but possible, explaining several barriers including the Phillies' disinclination to undergo a full teardown.
- The Phillies seem inclined to give Miguel Gonzalez a chance to build up as a starter next spring, Gelb also reports. Though he is far from a sure thing to join the rotation, it will be interesting to see to what extent the team's offseason plans are impacted at all by the possibility. As things stand, it would seem that the Phils will need to add at least one starter to the books for 2015, all the more so if Cole Hamels is traded.
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Dodgers, Phillies Discussed Chase Utley
While negotiating the Jimmy Rollins trade, the Dodgers and Phillies also discussed Chase Utley, Yahoo's Tim Brown reports (Twitter link). As Brown notes, L.A. could now have a more pressing need for a second baseman with Dee Gordon on his way to the Marlins.
Utley has full trade protection as a 10-and-5 veteran (like Rollins) and he has been steadfast in saying that he wants to finish his career in Philadelphia. That said, it's fair to speculate if Utley would be interested in playing alongside his longtime double-play partner Rollins for a contending team.
Phillies GM Ruben Amaro told reporters (including MLB.com's Todd Zolecki) today that he had received "a lot" of interest in both Utley and Rollins and that he hasn't talked to Utley today.
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NL East Notes: Mets, Braves, Zimmermann
The Mets and Mariners could be trade partners on a deal that would send a young shortstop to Citi Field, multiple sources tell ESPN New York's Adam Rubin. Seattle has a pair of young middle infield options in Brad Miller and Chris Taylor, and both could be expendable should the M's acquire a more proven veteran to play shortstop — for instance, the Mariners reportedly have a strong interest in Hanley Ramirez. Here's some more from around the NL East…
- David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Twitter links) would "be surprised" if the Braves don't trade Evan Gattis or an outfielder in exchange for "a good/very good young starting pitcher in the next several weeks." The Braves are known to be looking to add pitching given Kris Medlen and Brandon Beachy's injury situations and the fact that Ervin Santana and Aaron Harang are free agents.
- Despite recent rumors, it is very unlikely that the Nationals would trade Jordan Zimmermann, CSN Washington's Mark Zuckerman writes. Nats GM Mike Rizzo would need a massive offer to even consider moving Zimmermann, as while the righty is only under contract for one more season, losing him would be a blow to a Nats team that wants to win a World Series in 2015.
- Jimmy Rollins and Chase Utley have consistently said they want to remain lifetime Phillies and aren't willing to waive their 10-and-5 rights to accommodate a trade, Ryan Lawrence of the Philadelphia Daily News writes. Phillies GM Ruben Amaro has spoken to both players about the club's rebuilding plans, and Lawrence wonders if either Rollins or Utley would be more open being dealt now that the Phils are openly planning for the future.
- Also from Lawrence, he lists the Reds, Cardinals and Tigers atop a list of 15 teams who he sees as possible trade fits for the Phillies' Marlon Byrd. Last week, we heard that Byrd was drawing a lot of interest on the trade market.
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Blue Jays Notes: Martin, Kawasaki, Phillies
The Blue Jays are in on several top free agents as the offseason kicks off. They'll meet with Pablo Sandoval's agent Gustavo Vasquez today, according to Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca. Reps for Victor Martinez spoke to the Jays recently, and there's reportedly a meeting on the books with Russell Martin's agent as well. Further details on Canada's team…
- Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos preached flexibility yesterday. According to Davidi, Anthopoulos said, "We're going to try to take the best player available, and we're not locked into one thing, like we need a defender at first base, we need a pure DH. It depends on what becomes available to us." Edwin Encarnacion can be deployed at first base or DH, while third base could be opened up by using Brett Lawrie at second.
- Martin, a Canada native, turned down the Blue Jays before the 2010 season because the Yankees offered more playing time behind the plate, according to Davidi. Davidi feels that of all the Blue Jays rumors, Martin may be the one with the most substance.
- The Jays are looking at Anthony Gose and Kevin Pillar in center field next year, barring a trade.
- Infielder Munenori Kawasaki is leaning toward a return to Japan, but Davidi says he might be swayed by a Major League contract.
- The Jays called the Phillies about Cole Hamels, Chase Utley, and Antonio Bastardo, according to Bob Elliott of the Toronto Sun.
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NL East Notes: Phillies, Gattis, Marlins
The Phillies are expected to add depth this offseason in the hopes that increased rest will help the production of Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins, Carlos Ruiz, and Marlon Byrd, writes Matt Gelb of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Both manager Ryne Sandberg and interim team president Pat Gillick have hinted that more rest could help the performance of their elder statesmen. The team has received almost no production this month from it's aging core. The club is also eager to add younger players.
- Utley is disappointed with his year, according to Todd Zolecki of MLB.com. He also seems to imply that the daily grind of the season is to blame for the club's disappointing finish. He points to full seasons from Cliff Lee, Cole Hamels, and an elite bullpen as reasons for optimism in 2015. On the subject of a Hamels trade, he's firmly against the idea.
- Today might be Evan Gattis' last game with the Atlanta Braves, says David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Christian Bethancourt is viewed as the catcher of the future in Atlanta and appears ready for regular work. Since Gattis is not yet arbitration eligible, the Braves could keep him to split time with Bethancourt and serve as a cheap outfielder. Any outfield with Gattis would be a defensive liability since either Justin Upton or Jason Heyward would need to man center field. Gattis is thought to fit best with AL clubs.
- The Marlins have added two experienced scouts in Dominic Viola and David Keller, writes Joe Frisaro of MLB.com. Since the front office was reorganized following the 2013 season, the club has focused on adding experience to its scouting department. Those moves helped to shape two midseason trades which netted Bryan Morris, Jarred Cosart, and Enrique Hernandez.
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Cleveland Police Face Discipline in Deadly Pursuit
Incident review chairman, Cleveland Police Cmdr. James Chura, presents the findings of his committee investigating a November 2012 high speed chas.
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Cleveland Police Chief Mike McGrath answers questions with Mayor Frank Jackson, back, after release of a report on a Nov. 2012 police chase and shooting on April 24.
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A dozen Cleveland police supervisors face internal discipline charges stemming from a chase that saw officers fire 137 shots and kill a fleeing driver and his passenger, the city's police chief said Tuesday.
The supervisors failed to take control of the 19-mile chase that began outside police headquarters and wound through neighborhoods before ending in a barrage of gunfire, said Chief Michael McGrath.
An internal police review showed that both officers and supervisors broke department policies. The chief said a review is continuing into whether any officers will be disciplined.
The supervisors facing internal discipline are a police captain, a lieutenant and 10 sergeants. They could be demoted, suspended or fired following hearings scheduled for May.
The county prosecutor is conducting a separate grand jury investigation into possible criminal wrongdoing. The 13 officers who fired their weapons during the chase weren't included in the internal review but will face one after the grand jury investigation.
The deadly chase prompted some community leaders to say that the shootings were racially motivated. The police union said the shootings were justified because the driver tried to ram an officer.
Some officers also thought the two were armed and some told state investigators they were frightened and feared for their lives.
Both the driver, Timothy Russell, 43, and his passenger, Malissa Williams, 30, had cocaine in their systems and criminal records. But no weapon or shells were found in their car.
Russell was shot 23 times and Williams 24 after a half-hour pursuit.
The chase began with a report of gunfire outside police headquarters, but it wasn't clear why Russell didn't stop. He had fled an earlier traffic stop.
Lt. Brian Betley, president of the Fraternal Order of Police in Cleveland, would not comment directly on the discipline charges. He said he is reviewing the allegations along with the union's attorney.
In a wide-ranging review by state agents, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said in February the chase resulted from leadership failures. "Command failed, communications failed, the system failed," DeWine said.
The state report noted that Russell was legally drunk when he became involved in the chase, and he and Williams also tested positive for cocaine. DeWine said they likely had been smoking crack.
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All Saints Church (652 New Ross Road, Leminster, NS)St. Andrew's Church (57 Main Street, Hantsport, NS) St. George's Church (652 Sangster Bridge Road, Upper Falmouth, NS) St Michael's Church (4321 Highway 14, Windsor Forks, NS) St. Thomas' Church (4771 Highway 1, Three Mile Plains, NS)
Worship Schedule
Sunday, February 15th, the Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany (Green)
10am St. Thomas' Church (Parish Eucharist, Annual meeting)
Wednesday, February 18th, Ash Wednesday (Purple)
10am St. Andrews' Church (Imposition of Ashes)
7pm St. George's Church (Imposition of Ashes)
Sunday, February 22nd, the First Sunday in Lent (Purple)
8am All Saints' Church (BCP,MP)
9:30am St. George's Church (BAS)
11am St. Andrew's Church (BCP)
Wednesday, February 25th, the Second Wednesday in Lent (Purple)
7pm All Saints Church (BCP, Evening Prayer)
Sunday, March 1st, the Second Sunday in Lent (Purple)
8am St. Andrew's Church (BCP,MP)
9:30am St. Michael's Church (BAS)
11am St. Thomas' Church (BCP)
Wednesday, March 4th, the Third Wednesday in Lent (Purple)
7pm St. Andrew's Church (BCP, Evening Prayer)
Thursday, March 5th, Ecumenical Worship
1pm Haliburton Place
Sunday, March 8th, the Third Sunday in Lent (Purple)
8am All Saints' Church (BAS)
Wednesday, March 11th, the Fourth Wednesday in Lent
7pm St. George's Church (BCP, Evening Prayer)
Sunday, March 15th, Fourth Sunday in Lent (Purple)
8am St. Andrew's Church (BCP)
9:30am St. Michael's Church (BCP)
11am St. Thomas' Church (BAS)
Also: The Parish uses both the contemporary BAS (Book of Alternative Services) and the traditional BCP (Book of Common Prayer) with an emphasis on one or the other depending upon the church community. St. Andrew's Church has a BCP service weekly while the other churches use primarily the BAS with periodic BCP services, as noted.


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When you set out to purchase a new sofa table, it's best to think about the basics. By zeroing in on the fundamentals of your living room, like coffee, sofa and end tables, designing your living room will be much easier. A sofa table can add so much to a living room, but with so many options available, you want to make sure you find the right sofa table for you. Consider the size, type of material, style and type of sofa table you seek, and there's no doubt that you will find something that matches your lifestyle ideally.
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text: Ladies and gents, let me tell you what the Ongoing Investigation reminds me of, just the gut speaking, that random mass of associations one tends to accumulate: When a political figure or panel censures you and smacks you with penalties -- especially when someone is whining that the pentalties are a "slap on the wrist," -- it seems like this is often the next step: The Faultfinding Mission. But cheer up. The Faultfinding Mission is a favorite when the politico is proclaimed too lenient by some lameasss somewhere. It means that you say from a podium somewhere "I'm super super serial," and you ask for a lot of documents, and you look really stern. Then you look over all of it, and, in recognition that the guy you're investigating is, in fact, your business partner (as is the case with Kraft and the Pats,) you say something like... "While the Patriots have embraced a number of borderline practices over the years, none of them can be conclusively tied to game outcomes, especially in post-season play. It's the conclusion of the league that it can not be proven that outcomes were altered in the post-season, and that those practices the Patriots did employ were well within the standards of stuff teams do in the post-season. So, while I really think the Patriots are satanic, and super super bad, I can not definitively put any asterisks in any books, nor can we in good conscience condone asterisk talk as relates to this team's legacy. This concludes this investigation but I'm super super serial, I'll do it again in a heartbeat." The reasoning here is that the league knows the Patriots legacy is by now part of its product. This may well be theater: a way to establish that first of all, no players knew anything about this at any time, and that secondly, all of the damage started after the 3-of-4 super bowl run. This is not based on fact, observation, or weighing the words of Hines Ward or Donovan McNabb. This is based on what is good for the league, and what smell all this leaves in the air. Of course, I've been wrong before, just less than the rest of you guys. PFnV


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Concepts of Recovery:
From Wikipedia. There is some variation in how recovery is conceptualized within models. Professionalized clinical approaches tend to focus on improvement, in particular symptoms and functions, and on the role of treatments; consumer/survivor models tend to put more emphasis on peer support, empowerment and real-world personal experience.
Recovery can be seen in terms of a social model of disability rather than a medical model of disability, and there may be differences in the degree of acceptance of diagnostic "labels" and treatments. In psychiatric rehabilitation, the concept of recovery may be used to refer primarily to managing symptoms, reducing psychosocial disability, and improving role performance.
A review of the psychiatric literature suggested authors are rarely explicit about which concept they are employing; the reviewers called "rehabilitation" perspectives those which focused on life and meaning within the context of supposedly enduring disability, and "clinical" those which focused on observable remission of symptoms and restoration of functioning.
From the perspective of psychiatric rehabilitation services, a number of qualities of recovery have been suggested: recovery can occur without professional intervention; recovery requires people who believe in and stand by the person in recovery; a recovery vision is not a function of theories about the cause of psychiatric conditions; recovery can occur even if symptoms reoccur; recovery changes the frequency and duration of symptoms; recovery from the consequences of a psychiatric condition are often far more difficult than from the symptoms; recovery is not linear; recovery takes place as a series of small steps; recovery does not mean the person was never really psychiatrically disabled; recovery focuses on wellness not illness; recovery should focus on consumer choice.
For many, "recovery" has a political as well as personal implication where to recover is to find meaning, to challenge prejudice (including diagnostic "labels" in some cases), perhaps to be a "bad" non-compliant patient and refuse to accept the indoctrination of the system, to reclaim a chosen life and place within society, and to validate the self. Recovery can thus be viewed as one manifestation of empowerment.
An empowerment model of recovery may emphasize that conditions are not necessarily permanent, that other people have recovered who can be role models and share experiences, and "symptoms" can be understood as expressions of distress related to emotions and other people. Recovery may be seen as more of a philosophy or attitude than a specific model, requiring that "we regain personal power and a valued place in our communities. Sometimes we need services to support us to get there".
My Own Recovery
1. Finding and maintaining hope:
For me recovery means freedom from energy and mood swings, like sleep disturbance and the kind of depressive withdrawal that has kept me in bed for up to 20 hours a day, during my worst periods of hopelessness. Freedom from what health care professionals call symptoms, means feeling at home in my body, I feel recovered because I'm finally comfortable in my own skin, free of the fearful neuroception that excludes any maintaining of hope. For as long as I was motivated by unconscious fear, each new finding of hope and maintenance of it followed the classic bi-phasic cycle of the autonomic nervous system that maintains the bipolar condition.
Like the finding of hope that the initial bipolar diagnosis brought, when the relief was quite wonderful, yet like so many others that burst of hope for a stable future could not be maintained through the trail and error experience of a cocktail list of hit and miss medications. Over a thirty year period only the cycle of dashed hope was maintained while my autonomic nervous system remained hidden from any conscious awareness, until insights won through education revealed the power of my trauma conditioned nervous system.
Insight has been the key to my recovery, and finding new hope for a future that is greeted with an anxiety free anticipation like never before. Armed with new insights from almost a decade of earnest reading and self growth experience I now inhabit my body in a way not known since birth. Having explored many of the observational theories and concepts about the human condition which inform most talk therapies.
I settled my recovery strategy on somatic psychotherapies which are informed by recent discoveries in brain/body neurobiology. In particular Peter Levine's somatic-experiencing and his techniques for discharging the survival energies bound up in a truncated trauma response. An unconscious and habituated natural FREEZE response is at the center of my bipolar experience, with a cyclothymic-anxious-sensitive disposition a genetic susceptibility rather than any single gene cause.
I found hope by allowing myself the full experience of a six week manic episode which has helped me make sense of my three decade long bipolar experience, when viewed through new insight's and a felt acceptance of my trauma conditioned nervous system. I now use Levine's " titration" method on a daily basis to help maintain the hope I found in insightful education and its experiential integration, the process continues in this journey of a life.
"The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination." _Carl Rogers
My identity has taken on new meaning these days and is contained in holistic feelings of what I am, not who I am and being identified by the label of my social name. This sense of what I am feels more valid than who I am, when understood as the self esteem of feeling comfortable, secure and confident inside my own skin. Using Levine's titration technique to discharge the survival energies of trauma conditioning, I now feel whole and instinctively complete, equipped to face each passing moment with free flowing spontaneity, a real manifestation of empowerment.
Traumatized people are too "suppressed," too stuck in "primal defenses" more appropriate to our amphibian or reptilian evolutionary predecessors. In what ethologist's call "tonic immobility," helplessness, we are "scared stiff." In human beings, unlike animals, the "state" of temporary freezing becomes a long term "trait." A paralysis of will, shame, depression and self loathing following in the wake of such imposed helplessness. Peter A. Levine Ph.D.
"Recovery can be seen in terms of a social model of disability rather than a medical model of disability,... of diagnostic "labels" and treatments," with that bracketed word forming the cornerstone of so much resentment towards objectifying our experience as labeled symptoms. I'm hoping that you can see the link here to my previous descriptions of an (animal) autonomic nervous system, and sense how objective logic is a product of instinctive survival needs. Surely the visual identification of objects in the external world underpins our immediate experience of a minds eye and is the bedrock of human reason? Is our objective logic an emotive expansion of the reflex orienting response?
Accepting the reality of my evolved nature with an unconscious and habitual freeze response as the core of my bipolar condition, my recovery is now centered on a holistic feelings of wellness, not an absence of labeled symptoms. My identity is now grounded in a felt awareness of the sensations of being, rather than an objectified mentality based on the separation of objects. Unlike an elaborate clock my 100 million cell brain has no hard edged definable parts for easy identification, especially when viewed through the feedback loops of brain/body nervous system activity operating at millisecond speeds.
Why does the body remain tense and restless, even while a person sleeps? The answer might be that
the body is still responding to stressful experiences from the past that were internalized by a
natural protective response called - the FREEZE RESPONSE.
Recovering from mental illness has been possible for hundreds of thousands of people around the world, and it is a wonder of this modern age that we are able to share our stories of the journey together and raise the level of common awareness.
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Also, the surface of the floor is already flaking/chipping quite badly. My concrete guy said it is the MN salt... but not everyone's floor looks like this. What can I do to solve this?
Put in a drain for what? Washing cars? My cities dont allow drains because of envirnmental concerns. You would need to cut up the floor and trench into some sort of cistern or tank. I believe thats a very big deal and I doubt you could get a permit for it anyway.
Slab heat in the garage huh..thats pretty cool. I live in Mn and my floor hasnt flaked in 24 yrs, however I have numerous "pops" that are caused from shale being in the cement mix. I think your cement guy is trying to pass the blame.
Drilling holes with a heated slab sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. A Dave mentioned, they kind of frown on floor drains now and the floor has to be pitched towards the drain for them to work anyway.
Concrete shouldn't spall. It's often too much water in the mix. The excess water makes the concrete easier to work but weakens the surface.
Here is a link that might be useful: Portland Cement Association FAQ


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LOOKING for: Chocolate pudding cake
Now this was popular back in the 60s? 70s? and my googling didn't seem to come up with anything as simple as the three or four ingredient recipe that I think came from Family Circle or Womans' Day. I have the Lemon PC that my d mill sent to me, but the choc one has gone south it seems.
I'm tasting it already.
The recipe was always on the box of Duncan Hines cake mix....who saved it?
Wasn't it a box of devil's food cake mix, a package of chocolate pudding ( not instant)....some oil, some eggs, and some water...
But the question is what is 'some"...LOL!
Good luck!
Linda C
Thanks Linda, but as soon as I posted I thought...oh I should have been clearer. The kind of cake I'm talking about has cocoa and boiling water and is mixed in the pan. When baked the cake rises to the top and sits on a fudgy puddding kind of base.
This is NOT the vinegar cake which is similar but if I recall just uses vinegar to mak it rise. That was a very simple cake and great in the tropics where chocolate got yucky in some pre a/c days.
Ah, we used to call it "Hot Fudge Sundae Cake". Here's my recipe, from my 1969 Betty Crocker Cookbook:
Hot Fudge Sundae Cake
1 cup all purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 tbls cocoa
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup milk
2 tbls vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts (optional
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup cocoa
1 3/4 cup hottest tap water
Heat oven to 350. Mix flour, granulated sugar, 2 tbls cocoa, baking powder and salt in ungreased 9 inch square pan. Mix in milk, oil and vanilla with fork until smooth. Stir in nuts if desired. Spread in pan, sprinkle with brown sugar and 1/4 cup of cocoa, pour hot water over batter.
Bake 40 minutes. While warm spoon into dessert dishes and top with ice cream. Spoon sauce from pan onto each serving.
9 servings
Coincidentally, I was looking through a holiday book tonight and saw a recipe similiar to the one you're talking about. It's in a book called Country Christmas, edited by Emma Holley. This one also has more than a few ingredients though, more like 10-15. It's called Christmas Pudding. If you want me to post the recipe, let me know.
Hey! wait a minute... I have that recipe... it's here somewhere... what memories you're bringing back:
Fudge Batter Pudding Cake
Shaker Hancock Village
1/2 cup white sugar
5 Tblsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 2/3 cups boiling water
2 Tblsps butter, melted
1/2 cup white sugar
1 tsp. Vanilla
1 cup white flour
3 Tblsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup whole milk
1/2 cup coarsly chopped walnuts or pecans
Set oven for 350 F. Butter 1 1/2 qt. baking dish.
Combine sugar, cocoa powder and salt in bowl and stir until combined. Pour in boiling water and stir until completely dissolved. (This will be very liquid and not look like a sauce at all.) Pour into baking dish.
Combine the melted butter, sugar and vanilla in small bowl and set aside. In large bowl sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt; stir milk into butter mixture alternately with flour mixture; stir in nuts. Drop large spoonfuls of batter onto chocolate sauce. Bake for 40 minutes. Cool slightly. Serve warm.
They're called Self Saucing Puddings in my part of the world. I make No. 1 - a recipe as old as the hills. I omit the salt, and I double the sauce ingredients! I've even microwaved it.
Chocolate Self Saucing Pudding (1)
1 cup self raising flour
2 tablespoons cocoa
30g butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup cocoa
1 3/4 cups hot water
Sift flour, salt and cocoa. Add sugar, mix well. Stir in milk, vanilla and melted butter, mix until smooth. Spread evenly into a greased ovenproof dish. Combine brown sugar and sifted cocoa, sprinkle over top of pudding. Pour hot water carefully over the top. Bake at 170C for 50-60 minutes.
Chocolate Self Saucing Pudding (2)
1/2 cup milk
200g dark cooking chocolate, chopped
1 cup self raising flour, sifted
1/2 cup castor sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
45g butter, melted
1 tablespoon cocoa
Combine milk and chocolate in a small saucepan and stir over gentle heat until chocolate is melted. Combine flour and sugars in a medium mixing bowl. Beat together the chocolate mixture, eggs and butter. Pour into dry ingredients and combine. Pour into a greased ovenproof dish. Carefully pour over fudge sauce and bake at 180C for 1 hour or until pudding is firm. Dust with sifted drinking chocolate and serve.
Fudge Sauce
2 cups water
2 tablespoons instant coffee powder
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon golden syrup
45g butter, melted
Beat all ingredients together until thoroughly combined.
I remember my great-grandmother baking a chocolate pudding cake when I was a child, though I don't remember if she made hers from scratch or from a box. Anyhow, here is our family's favorite recipe.
Chocolate Upside Down Pudding Cake
1 cup flour
1 tablespoons baking powder
cup cocoa powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup sugar
½ cup margarine
½ cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
¾ cup sugar
¼ cup cocoa
2 cups boiling water
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, cocoa and salt. Add the sweetener, margarine, milk and vanilla and mix together until Âjust mixed. Spread in a lightly oiled casserole dish. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, mix together the sugar and cocoa. Sprinkle evenly on top of the cake mixture. Carefully pour the boiling water over top. NOTE: DO NOT MIX THIS TOGETHER! It will do its own thing in the oven. Bake for 40 minutes. To serve, scoop out portions  the cake will be on top and the pudding will be on the bottom.
If you are interested in more pudding cakes - here is a post I saved from a year or so ago on the cooking forum regarding pudding cakes. (Sorry, I didn't save who posted what recipe.) I have only made the blueberry pudding cake and it was excellent.
Lemon Pudding Cake
2 eggs, separated
2/3 cup milk (increase to 1 cup if you like lots of sauce)
1 tsp. grated lemon peel
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour
1/4 tsp salt
Beat egg white until stiff and set aside. Beat egg yolks slightly; beat in milk, lemon peel and juice. Beat in dry ingredients until smooth. Fold into egg whites.
Pour into ungreased 1 qt casserole or pan. Place casserole into square 9x9 pan, on oven rack, and pour in 1" very hot water. (I dont always do this and it turns out ok)
Bake at 350 until golden brown, about 45 to 50 minutes. Can serve warm or cold.
2-1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup sugar
1-1/2 tsp. Baking soda
1 egg
1-1/4 tsp. Ginger
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1/2 tsp. Salt
1/2 tsp. Allspice
1/4 tsp. Nutmeg
1/2 cup softened butter
1 cup molasses
1-1/3 cups melted butter
1 cup water
3/4 cup brown sugar
1-1/2 cups hot water
Preheat oven to 350° F. Combine flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, salt, and nutmeg, and set aside. In a large bowl beat ½ cup softened butter and sugar on medium until creamy; add egg and continue beating until well mixed. Continue by adding flour and alternating with molasses and 1 cup water. Pour into greased 13- x 9- x 2-inch baking pan. Sprinkle with brown sugar. In medium bowl combine 1-1/2 cups hot water and melted butter. Gently pour over batter. Bake for 40-55 minutes or until top cracks. Serve hot with cool whip or whipped cream. Yummy!
Recipe by Jennifer Jeffries of Texas.
A fruity, crusty, gooey version of the crusty, gooey and more familiar chocolate pudding cake.
Cake mixture:
1 cup chopped pecans
2/3 cup vegetable shortening
1-1/3 cups granulated sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
2 cups all-purpose flour
6 cups peeled and chopped apples (about 5 medium apples)
Sauce mixture:
1-1/2 cups packed brown sugar
2 Tblsp. flour
1/4 cups (1/2 stick) butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup water
1 cup heavy cream, optional
Preheat the oven to 325° F. Grease a 13- x 9- x 2-inch pan.
In a frying pan over low-medium heat, toast the pecans until they begin to color and become fragrant, about 7 minutes. Pour into a dish and set aside.
In the large bowl of an electric mixer, cream together the shortening and granulated sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, and beat well after each addition. Sift together the baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and flour, and beat into the sugar mixture.
Fold in the chopped apples and the nuts. The mixture will be stiff.
Spread into the prepared pan. (Don't bake it yet.)
In a medium saucepan, stir together the brown sugar and the 2 tablespoons of flour. Add the butter, vanilla and water, stir, and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Boil gently for 3 minutes, stirring often. Pour this hot sauce evenly over the batter. Do not stir. Bake 1 hour.
Serve warm, with whipped cream if desired. Serves 10 to 12.
From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 6/14/01.
2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries (no need to thaw)
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup milk
3 Tblsp. butter or margarine, melted
3/4 cup sugar
1 Tblsp. cornstarch
1 cup boiling water
vanilla ice cream, optional
Toss the blueberries with cinnamon and lemon juice; place in a greased 8- inch square baking dish.
In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, and baking powder; stir in milk and butter. Spoon over berries.
Combine sugar and cornstarch; sprinkle over batter.
Slowly pour boiling water over all.
Bake at 350° F. for 45-50 minutes or until cake is golden and tests done.
Cool a bit and serve warm with vanilla ice cream. Serves 6.
Recipe from: Taste of Home magazine.
1 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1 tsp. Baking powder
1/2 cup milk
1 cup chopped pitted dates
1-1/4 cups boiling water
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1 Tblsp. Margarine or butter
1 tsp. Vanilla
Unsweetened whipped cream (optional)
Grease a 2-quart rectangular baking dish; set aside. In a large mixing bowl stir together flour, 3/4 cup brown sugar, and the baking powder. Add milk; mix well. Stir in the chopped pitted dates; spread the batter in the prepared baking dish.
In a medium mixing bowl stir together boiling water, pecans or walnuts, the remaining 3/4 cup brown sugar, margarine or butter, and vanilla; pour over the date mixture in the baking dish.
Bake, uncovered, in a 350° F. oven for about 30 minutes or until set. Serve warm with unsweetened whipped cream, if desired. Makes 12 to 16 servings.
1 3/4 c. brown sugar
1 ½ c. cold water
2 Tbsp. Butter 1 c. milk
1 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. Butter
2 c. flour
2 tsp. Baking powder
½ tsp. Salt
2 ½ tsp. Cinnamon
½ c. chopped walnuts ( optional )
Preheat oven to 350° Combine brown sugar, water & 2 Tbsp butter in small saucepan, bring to a boil, remove from heat & set aside. Cream together 2 Tbsp. Butter and sugar, add milk, then add flour, baking powder, salt & cinnamon.Spread in ungreased 9 x 9 x 2 in. Pan or oven proof dish. Pour reserved brown sugar syrup over batter-sprinkle with nuts. Bake 35-40 min.
Rhubarb Self Saucing Pudding
1 egg, beaten
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1/2 cup milk
1 1/4 cup self raising flour
3 cups diced rhubarb
1 heaped cup sugar, extra
2 cups boiling water
Combine the egg, sugar, butter, milk and flour, and mix well. Spread in well greased 23x33cm tin. Combine the rhubarb, extra sugar and boiling water, and pour over cake batter. Bake at 200C for 25 minutes or until cake is golden brown.
Date and Lemon Self Saucing Pudding
1 cup self-raising flour
1 egg, lightly beaten
60g butter
3/4 cup cold water
1/2 cup pitted chopped dates
1/4 cup hot water
1/3 cup golden syrup
1 tablespoon brown sugar
3 teaspoons butter, extra
2 teaspoons grated lemon rind
Lightly grease an ovenproof dish (4-cup capacity). Sift flour into a bowl, rub in butter, then stir in dates, sugar and rind. Add egg and cold water, mix well. Spread mixture over base of prepared dish. Combine hot water, syrup and extra butter in a pan, stir over heat, without boiling, until butter is melted, pour over date mixture in dish. Bake in moderate oven for about 40 minutes, or until firm. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving. Serves 4.
Lest you think I was ungrateful about my request for pudcakes, I did make Annie's recipe, more or less. I didn't change it by intention but dh just announced that the big freezer wasn't freezing as I was mixing it up so...
I didn't see the 'in' as in Mix in milk, oil and vanilla with fork until smooth. That was mixtake #1, I just poured the liquid on the top of the dry! Then, I forgot the 2nd stage cocao, and had to yank the pan out and quickly sprinkly the cocao on top of the semi-mixed mess! That was mistake #2.
I didn't take a pic but ...there were pockets of dry ingredients that didn't get any liquid, then the sauce was kind of here and there, BUT....there isn't any left. Some KF people might have thrown it out but dh and I are hardy souls, and warm gooey chocolaty stuff just says Eat Me. I finished the remains up one morning for breakfast..
That recipe was just what I wanted Annie. Thanks!
Maureen, you are more than welcome. Frankly, I think it's good enough that even when it's not perfect, it's pretty much still edible, especially warm with a little vanilla ice cream.
And I am SO glad to hear that I'm not the only person that gets "lost" in the instructions. :-)
I remember a Betty Crocker chocolate pudding cake mix in the late 60's that took about 10 minutes to make. It was choc. cake mix with dry pudding mix on top and after reading your posts, I remembered I poured boiling water on top and baked it. Why would you use brown sugar instead of white sugar? Thanks for the recipe Anne. I will try it tomorrow.


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