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Good food is good, and there is no faster way to get it than GoPago. There is no place where this is more true that the FiDi where lunchtime lines are an intimate combination of comical and disheartening. Skip the whole ordeal with GoPago and get a free meal while you're at it. Use the $10 credit promo code "7x7FiDi" within the next seven days (ends at 11:59pm on Sunday) and see for yourself how easy lunchtime can be. Check out this list of top bites in FiDi enabled for your efficient enjoyment.
Veggie Melt at Ziggy's
If you think veggie burgers taste like cardboard, you haven't tried Ziggy's version. A black bean patty with swiss cheese, lemon-garlic aioli, cucumber shavings, spinach, radish, tomato and red onion on an Acme roll gives meatless burgers a good name.
Cuban Sandwich at Breaking Bread
Even if you don't have a friend to break bread with, you can have a friend in the Cuban Sandwich with roasted pork, ham, and melted swiss pressed in a panini.
Soup and Salad at Baladie
The quintessential lunch is brought to new depths with a yellow lentil soup with soaked pita squares adorning each spoonful. Not enough pita for you? It comes with two pita pockets filled with Za'atar that can be dunked for extra flavor. Still not enough? Choose the Fattoush salad, which comes with crispy pita chips.
Super Falafel at Sunrise Deli
A falafel with hummus, tahini lettuce and tomatoes is good, but it has nothing on the super-fied version. The super falafel at Sunrise has all the regular fixings plus eggplant and potatoes.
Blue Hawaii Acai Bowl at Blue Hawaii
We know your lunch break will never be as relaxing as a trip to the islands but the Blue Hawaii bowl with acai and organic soy milk topped with bananas, berries, honey, granola and the ease of the app will come pretty close.
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I don't mind a little snark, but it is never, ever, ever cool for adults to say mean things about children. And yes, 16 years old counts as "a child."
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There are some who want to ask "why we need to bring race into it" and they're the same kinds of people who say we live in a "post-racial" society. We need to bring race into it because Gabby Douglas' race is important.

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A recent article–well, it was recent at the time–argues that backlash is coming for the bloggers. Graeme Thickens claims blogging is business-unfriendly and that it'll not permeate the corporate world. David Weinberg disagrees.
Are either of them right? Not totally, but there's heft to their arguments, and they're both worth reading.
Over at Darwin Magazine, Graeme Thickins has quite a bit to say about "Why Business and Blogs Are Like Oil and Water". He's got a ten-point list, but I found this paragraph to be the most interesting thing in his article:
Sure, many of the bloggers themselves could be considered small businesses. But most are tiny often one-person shops, such as independent contractors, consultants, freelancers and the unemployed. You wouldn't be wrong if you assumed that most of these people either (a) have too much time on their hands, or (b) are always looking for another attention-getting promotional vehicle so they can get some paying work.
He forgot to add "or both", but that's otherwise an accurate, if incomplete, observation. He also neglected to add the faint praise of "And there's nothing wrong with that", but had he done so, the incompleteness would have shown through. After all, a small business is no less a business than a large business. If weblogging effectively markets oneself or one's small business, then why not? Especially in that copious spare time.
(I also liked his bio:
Graeme Thickins is a 25-year marketing and public relations professional based in Minneapolis. He's focused in the technology field and has been an early adopter of most everything until now. [emphasis added])
I find many of Thickins' arguments compelling–David Weinberger finds them less so. Don't miss Weinberger's final paragraph–both his points there are quite good, and address points which Thickins misses. On the other hand, Weinberger's refutations of four of Thickins' ten points is less convincing. This one isn't the most important one, but it's the one that caught my eye:
"Businesses don't do passion." True, but employees do. And employees, not businesses. write blogs.
True, but irrelevant, and Thickins pre-refuted it:
On the contrary, business is about logic, predictability, executing a strategy, even-temperedness, a steady hand – and, yes, earning a profit (something absent in the field of blogging).
I've got a serious argument with one part of Thickins' piece. When he says:
Several firms have had to fire bloggers, either for what they've said on their corporate blogs, or for what some have said about their employers on their personal blogs. The known list of such companies was recently reported at more than 25, though the actual number may be much higher. The list includes big names like Google, Wells Fargo, Starbucks and Harvard University, according to a "blogger's rights" blog that tracks these firings (characterizing them as a virtual affront to humanity, I might add). [emphasis added]
he makes two serious errors.
- He conflates problems with things said on corporate blogs with problems with things said on personal blogs. The first is exactly what he's talking about in his article. The second is just a new face on an old occurrence.
- He doesn't link to the blog he mocks with the clever phrase "characterizing them as a virtual affront to humanity"? While the use of 'virtual' made me chuckle, I'd like to look at the blog in question and judge for myself.
Yes, I took my own sweet time post this–there was a second part that I never wrote. Do any of the three of us still make sense a few months later?


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Mitzi gaynor - through the years
Mitzi dancing with dance great Gene Kelly to "Gone about that Gal" in the 1957 movie "Le Girls."
Mitzi Gaynor singing "I'm Gonna Wash that Man Right Outa Hair" from the 1958 film, "South Pacific."
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As a component of the Office of University Mission and Ministry, Campus Ministry provides resources and opportunities for religious and spiritual growth to the Saint Xavier University community. Grounded in the Catholic faith and immersed in the heritage of the Sisters of Mercy, Campus Ministry seeks to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ while also affirming the diversity of traditions within our faith community. All are welcome, regardless of faith tradition, to participate in liturgy and prayer, faith formation and spiritual reflection, service and social justice projects, retreats and faith sharing, student ministerial leadership and residence hall ministry.
Sunday Student Mass is celebrated in McDonough Chapel of the Mother of Mercy at 8 p.m. during the academic year. Noontime liturgies are celebrated Monday through Friday during the academic year. McDonough Chapel is open year-round for private prayer and meditation.
Campus Ministry main offices are located in the Mercy Ministry Center. Residence Hall Ministers are available in the residence halls. Contact Campus Ministry at 773-298-3419 or email@example.com; visit the Campus Ministry website for more information.


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Austin's Boat Tours' experienced captains lead tours around Lake Travis aboard luxurious, amenity-laden watercrafts. Gather up to 15 friends, family members, or friends' family members and venture across the peaceful waters on a 34-foot party barge, complete with enclosed restroom, shower, sink, and stove. Burgers, brats, and pale bodies can be tanned to perfection on the built-in grill or cushy, sunlit seating areas, and a cooler can keep self-provided beverages or stowaway polar bears chilly. Meanwhile, riders can blare their appreciation for Mother Nature's beautiful handiwork using the boat's iPod-compatible stereo. Maritime merrymaking is made merrier with a helpful array of extra services, including safe transportation to and from the boat's departure site.
The sagacious proprietors of Row Paddle Brushy Creek enable year-round water wrangling on idyllic Brushy Creek Lake with a fleet of stable tandem kayaks. Beginning paddlers and veteran boaters alike can take to the sturdy sit-on-top kayaks while careening around the 38-acre lake for 60 nature-filled minutes, catching glimpses of nearby fauna while disciplining errant waves with precise bops on their heads. Tote along your rod, tackle and reel in mealtime during a six-hour jaunt on Fishing Fridays, beckoning tasty water residents away from their underwater condo association meetings and toward your dinner plate. The Bushy Creek Lake Park area features a playground, nature trails, picnic tables, and barbecue grills for preparing fresh catches.
Jeff Hunt probably understood the trajectory of his career path in a way most people don't. With an aerospace engineering degree from the University of Texas at Austin and experience working with Tracor Aerospace after college, he is very familiar with how things move forward. Though most aerospace engineers are focused on building spaceships and watering blooming stars, Hunt chose to focus on hang-gliders. Over the past 20 years, he has competed in cross-country hang-gliding competitions and become a USHGA-certified advanced tandem instructor. At Fly Texas and Fly Mexico, he shares his passion with students during half-day and daylong hang-gliding classes or shuttles more experienced gliders on flights.
New sailors cut their teeth aboard Austin Sailboat Rentals' fleet of dinghy boats. It doesn't take long for the company's instructors to explain the operation of these lightweight vessels, which consist of only a single sail. Their ease of navigation lets fledgling captains and passengers focus on sailing's more enjoyable aspects: the wind in their hair as they take the view of downtown Austin from Lady Bird Lake. And unlike Mr. Peanut, Austin Sailboat Rentals isn't defined by its name; the company also rents out other recreational vessels including seacycles, kayaks, larger day sailors, stand-up paddle boards, canoes, and bikes.
The thuds of thunderous groundstrokes and the squeaks of shuffling feet resonate across the outdoor court complex at Austin Tennis Center. The hard, deep-blue surface hosts adult and junior tennis clinics and drills on its collection of regulation courts, and the 36-foot Quick-Start courts are scaled down for kids age 10 and under and lethargic ballboys.
Director of Tennis Lincoln Ward shapes the Center's curriculum, drawing from an instructional career that spans more than a decade and includes a stint as head coach of the Concordia University tennis team. Pupils at various levels have won city and state championships thanks to his thoughtful coaching. He's also initiated a free, afterschool tennis program that has caught on at more than 30 elementary and middle schools in the Austin area.
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Oklahomans vote for change at a highly criticized state agency, but several voters are confused about the question they answered and what it could mean for the future of the Department of Human Services.
Several voters considered State Question 765 "misleading and confusing," but the bottom line is DHS will not be going anywhere; and that's the message the state agency hopes to deliver.
The phones were ringing at the DHS building Tuesday night.
"Yes, you will still be getting all of the same benefits that you had before," OKDHS staff told several callers. People will also retain their jobs, and can expect their work to be "business as usual."
The confusion comes from the wording of State Question 765: "The measure amends the Oklahoma Constitution. It abolishes the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, the Oklahoma Commission of Human Services, and the position of Director."
"The wording made it sound like the agency was going to be completely abolished, which that is not really what happened," OKDHS spokesperson Sheree Powell said.
On Facebook, voters expressed mixed feelings about the passage of 765, posting comments such as, "If they are getting rid of DHS guess my benefits will stop" and "How am I going to get assistance for my disability?"
"For the average person this is not going to affect their service benefits. It's not going to be a reduction of benefits. We are still going to be there," Powell reaffirmed.
Simplified, SQ765 means the governing structure of the agency is changing. The measure gives oversight of the agency to lawmakers and the governor and eliminates the DHS commission; all this with the hope of providing better services to Oklahomans.
"This is something we have been working on for a long time to make our agency more transparent and more responsive to the public."
Decisions made by the agency will no longer happen in public meeting but instead with the director and an advisory panel of citizens.
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Money, Financial Markets, and Monetary Policy
When Did Inflation Persistence Change?
Policymakers and academics have noticed that the inflation process in the United States and other countries has changed markedly. Two formerly characteristic features of the process have been deviating from their historical norms. First, inflation persistence—the degree to which current inflation depends on past inflation—appears to have declined. Second, the relationship between current inflation and the output gap has also fallen. (The output gap is the percent by which actual output deviates from its potential.)
The timing of this decline suggests that something else may be going on. Before 2000, every percentage point in the previous year's inflation was associated with almost a 1 percentage point increase in current inflation. Six quarters later, that number had fallen to 0.4. This roughly coincides with the period of time in which the decline in inflation that had been occurring more or less steadily since the early 1990s had abated and leveled off.
To the extent that the steady decline in inflation until 2000 reflected a lowering of the Fed's implicit long-run inflation target, the timing of the change in inflation persistence may be mismeasured. A sustained decrease in long-term inflation would artificially increase measured inflation persistence since it would be picking up the persistence in the declining trend of long-term inflation. Thus, the actual decline in inflation persistence may have occurred much earlier. Survey data also suggest that over this period of time, professional forecasters were expecting inflation over the next 10 years to fall.
To correct for this effect we need some measure of long-run inflation. Unfortunately, the Fed's implicit long-term inflation target is not directly observable. We address this problem by smoothing the data. By smoothing the data, we are left with a measure of the underlying trend in inflation. This gives us a reasonable measure of long-term inflation.
By filtering out the high frequency (eg., quarterly and annual movements) we have a relationship that best captures whether inflation persistence would be declining in a period where long-term inflation is constant, as appears to be true during the current period. We also have a better measure of how the output gap affects inflation in such an environment. While the current decline in inflation persistence is historically unusual, the decline in the gap-inflation trade-off does not seem unusual. This coefficient has declined but the decline is modest and its current value is not low by historical standards. The impact of the output gap on inflation is currently (and is typically) very small.
Comparing our estimates of inflation persistence and the inflation-gap relationship for both the raw inflation data ("constant long-run inflation") and where the monetary authority's implicit long-term inflation target changes over time ("variable long-term inflation"), we see some interesting differences. The decline in inflation persistence is more pronounced and has been pushed back to around 1990.
Note that since these are 10-year rolling windows, any possible change that may have led to the decline in inflation persistence could conceivably have occurred anywhere between 1980 and 1990. Two obvious suspects, both of which occurred in the early 1980s, come to mind: the sharp decline in output variability (the so-called "Great Moderation") and the change in the central bank's operating procedure. Since 1983 the operating procedure has de-emphasized monetary targets and reacted much more aggressively to control inflation than it did in earlier periods.
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You Did It So, So Wrong: Anti-Evolution Fail
*facepalm* Well no shit they didn't grow into watermelons, you probably didn't water them. No fair rigging the experiment!
Hit the jump for the entire article (yes, there's more -- and it gets better!), including a though-provoking argument about kids not having fins and scales.
Proof of the Day [thedailywh.at]
Thanks to Alice, whose restaurant you can get anything you want at.
The police gave him a free night's stay in the clink! Meet Michael Baker, the 20-year old failure at life who siphoned gas from a Jenkins, Kentucky police cruiser, had his eyebrowless girlfriend take a picture, then posted it to his Facebook. You know, to make it easy as poss... / Continue →
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The more technology you let into your life the more you allow yourself to be spyed on at home or just about anywhere.
We need to reject this crap and remember the internet is being turned into a big warantless spygrid for our facist corporate bought government. The US Federal government is now owned by corporations -and corporations don't seem to need permission to spy on you. Get the word out about this and start by dumping Facebook and adobe flash.
- Adobe Flash allows your mics and cameras (front and back nowadays) to be turned on without your permission if you don't change the default settings. Go check your settings to see this for yourself. This makes it way too convenient to get hacked, that's why I uninstalled it long ago. This goes for PC's or Macs.
- App shows everyone on Facebook or other social media videos you've been viewing without permission
- Android virus records and silently sends your private phone conversations to hackers
Not to mention viruses that now install onto SD cards that infect your cameras, computers, etc. which drop camera and mic back doors trojans.
Also notice all Sandisk flash drives have new encryption software that quietly installs on your computer and runs in the background. The older U3 software no longer works on newly made flash drives (all new drive are made in China with spyware built in) and you can't find any of the old U3 software based flash drives because they have been mysteriously taken out of circulation everywhere inculding ebay.
Watch all those cameras and mics but keep using the net as a place to share ideas. Don't let the ellites chill free speech by trying to scare you from sharing your ideas with others. Just be mindful of what they're up to.
By now we are all on someone's list so have at it getting information out there about the ellites and their BS.
And No thanks Facebook! I'll pass...
Use this instead of Google to search -make it your default search provider.
It uses google search technology but does not allow any information to be collected about you. This kicks NSA-google in the nuts...


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Gay Pub Crawl
Join the thousands that have already rocked Buenos Aires. Party with tourists and locals alike every Thursday and Saturday year round! Check out our calendar to get more info about each event and make sure you fill out the registration form to secure your spot!
Our gay pub crawl features some of the best gay friendly and gays bars and clubs that the city has to offer and provides for a unique, fun-filled atmosphere.
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You get all of this and more for just AR$130 (or USD $30 or R$55 reais or €24 euros)
The pub crawl is free for those who choose to celebrate their birthday with us (Please bring identification).


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Fish with complex light-emitting photophore patterns may be primed to split into new species.
Fish with complex light-emitting photophore patterns may be primed to split into new species.
A greater number of genetic mutations among autistic girls, compared to their male counterparts, suggests that the female brain can better handle such variations.
A single molecule emitted by male goats may influence female goat physiology and behavior.
Once believed to be irrevocably differentiated, mature cells are now proving to be flexible, able to switch identities with relatively simple manipulation.
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Unlike the usual smooth, spherical shape of exosomes, glioblastoma-derived exosomes appear to have long nanofilaments protruding from their surfaces.
For the first time, researchers quantify the mechanical forces cells exert on one another.
New PLOS data sharing rules; mouse cortical connectome published; reprogramming astrocytes into neurons and fibroblasts into hepatocytes
Researchers offer a freely available map of the connections throughout the mouse cortex.
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Bid on a one-of-kind canvas print signed by members of the 2011 White Sox team. The painting was created by Chicago artist Elliott From of "Artbeat Live!" Elliott painted the White Sox piece in less than 10 minutes using both hands and multiple paint brushes during Opening Ceremonies at SoxFest 2011. The exclusive art piece was signed by team members Paul Konerko, Mark Buehrle, Adam Dunn, Matt Thornton, Chris Sale, Sergio Santos, John Danks, Ramon Castro, Juan Pierre, Brent Morel, Alexei Ramirez, Jesse Crain, Harold Baines, Mark Salas and Ron Kittle.
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Sandoval leads Venezuelan team to victory
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Just three months after becoming the first Venezuelan to win the World Series MVP award, Pablo Sandoval is celebrating a new feat -- the championship win of his team in Venezuela's professional league.
The 26-year-old slugger helped lead his team, the Navegantes del Magallanes, to an 11-9 win on Wednesday night in the final game of the championship series over the Cardenales.
Sandoval hit one homerun and two doubles, and had two RBIs. He was selected most valuable player for the series, and his team won its first title since 2002 in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League.
Sandoval said afterward while celebrating that it was an experience to remember, right up there with October's World Series win with the San Francisco Giants.
"There's nothing like being champion here in Venezuela with the Navegantes. Although it can't be compared with winning the World Series, because they're different things. But it's very special to be champion here," Sandoval told reporters.
Sandoval batted .300 with three home runs and nine RBIs in the series. Sandoval's team will go on to represent Venezuela in the upcoming Caribbean Series in Hermosillo, Mexico.
He said it had been worth the effort of securing permission from the Giants to play in Venezuela. Sandoval and other major leaguers often come home to play in the offseason, even though their better-paying U.S. teams frequently discourage it because of the chance of injury.
Sandoval said the Navegantes' loss in 2010 in the championship had been like a "little thorn" irritating him for the past three years. In that series, Sandoval didn't want to miss the seventh and decisive game, and he flew in at the last minute, rushing by helicopter from Caracas to the city of Valencia. He got a hit, but his team still lost 7-2 to the rival Caracas Leones.
"This time I did everything I could so that the Giants would let me play, to take this team to the title. It's a dream come true," Sandoval said. "Being champions with the Magallanes and with the Giants the same year is something very special. I feel very happy to have contributed and to have been selected as MVP."
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Kid CuDi & Dot Da Genius Release Cover Art For WZRD Album
UPDATE: The group formerly known as 2 Be Continuum releases the cover art for its debut.
Kid CuDi and Dot Da Genius have announced the release for their debut under the group name W Z R D.
The duo, formerly known as 2 Be Continuum, will drop their currently untitled LP on January 30th, which is also CuDi's birthday. According to Cudders, the album, which will not include any profanity, was pushed back in order to "get the proper time to mix and master." He also revealed that a snippet of the first single will be released "soon," and that it's geared towards his female fans.
CuDi previously revealed that the album would be titled Wizard, though that name no longer stands. The LP will most likely be released on his shingle Wicked Awesome Records.
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UPDATE: The cover art has been revealed for WZRD, releasing January 30, 2012.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007
More Questions
Hello All! I am back today to answer some more of your questions and in general, talk some baseball. I will answer more of your questions, but please feel free to e-mail me some questions. But first, some thoughts on the Twins 1-0 loss to Nate Robertson and the Detroit Tigers last night. Speaking of 1-0, be sure to check out how Kevin Slowey did last night for Rochester.
If you read the game log from Joe Christensen's Around the Majors blog last night, you would swear that Jason Bartlett cost the Twins the game. Sure, his error to lead off the sixth led to the eventual winning (or losing, from the Twins perspective) run scoring, but there were so many other things that the Twins could have done to win that blaming Bartlett is ridiculous! Here are just a few:
Matt Garza pitched great, but the run did score on a 2-out, 2-strike pitch to Magglio Ordonez. Ron Coomer said after the game that the pitch was a rookie mistake. I just shook my head thinking that a veteran was incapable of making a bad two strike pitch?
Joe Mauer - take some more pitches. He was called out on a pitch off the outside corner after watching two actual strikes go right over the plate. And then in the bottom of the 9th against soft-tosser Todd Jones, Mauer watched a 2-0 fastball go right down the middle of the plate for a strike. In my mind, that is a ball Mauer should have hit way over the baggy in right field. Instead, he swung at a 2-1 fastball likely just off the outside corner and grounded out to 3B.
Michael Cuddyer - So many times I wish that he too would be more aggressive early in the count. Well, he got jammed on a fastball by soft-tossing Todd Jones on the first pitch he saw in the 9th and weakly grounded out to 1B for the final out of the game.
Jason Tyner - He was in the lineup. OK, that is Gardy's fault.
Torii Hunter - What was up with him letting a ball bounce about five feet in front of him after he pulled up and gave up on the ball. That wasn't very Torii like.
Hey, Luis Castillo badly misplayed a ball in the top of the 9th. Somehow it wasn't called an error. Either way, it allowed a runner to reach second base, scoring position. Fortunately, Pat Neshek bailed him out and got out of the inning.
The key story though was Matt Garza. He pitched very, very well. I think that the Twins would be thrilled if he would go seven innings and give up just one run every time out! So far this year, Garza has thrown 15 innings is yet to allow an earned run. So, he is 1-1 with a 0.00 ERA.
Yesterday, Aaron Gleeman posted the Twins Adjusted Win Probability numbers through the team's first 92 games. Very interesting!
Tonight, it is Johan Santana against young Andrew Miller of the Tigers.
Finally, be sure to monitor this series from the other perspective by checking out The Detroit Tigers Weblog. It's great!
Alright, let's get to some questions:
From Matt Ellenberger
I've been struggling with the idea of either Hunter, Castillo or both of them will be gone by the end of the season. I'm almost certain that we will keep Santana, but I'm worried about Hunter leaving because he's such a good clubhouse guy and Castillo has that electric air around him that seems to jump start the offense. So my questions are how do you think the twins clubhouse will respond with the departure of one or both of those guys and do you think we could get some return on those guys before the trade deadline?
Short Answer - They'll be just fine. First of all, the 'Torii is great in the clubhouse' stuff is more than a bit overblown. Does Johan Santana pitch well because Torii is good in the clubhouse? Is Juan Rincon pitching really bad of late because of Torii's clubhouse presence? Was Joe Mauer a batting title champion because of Torii Hunter being his teammate? In reality, even if Torii is great in the clubhouse, if he's gone next year someone else will step into that role. Maybe Michael Cuddyer. Maybe Justin Morneau. Maybe Jason Bartlett. Torii Hunter has been excellent offensively this year and better than last year defensively as well. That is what matters, and it should really just be left at that.
Now, I feel a need to counter this whole assumption that Luis Castillo is good and worth all this money. As a matter of fact, I don't really know what 'an electric air around him" really means. I believe that Dick Bremer and Dan Gladden are in large part responsible. Luis Castillo is a good player, a solid veteran type with some speed. Some (Sid Hartman maybe?) seem to think he is one of the best second basemen in the league. So, as I did a year or two ago when such claims were made about Shannon Stewart, I have to look into what it really means to be a quality leadoff hitter. In my mind, there are really two important traits for a good leadoff hitter. First, he must get on base. That is key. Secondly, I think it is best for a leadoff hitter to take a lot of pitches. Why? So that the rest of the lineup can see all that the pitcher has to offer right away. Also, number of pitches seen many times relates to walks which is important to the on-base percentage. Finally, I will also look at OPS (on-base percentage plus slugging percentage) because singles are great but extra base hits are really good too and contribute to the overall value of the hitter. So, where does Luis Castillo rank among regular leadoff hitters in the American League? Let's take a look:
(quick notes - Reed Johnson is the leadoff hitter for the Blue Jays, but he missed about two months of the season with injury. I will use his career numbers. That is a little more fair to Castillo as Alexis Rios and Vernon Wells did a lot of the leadoff hitting for the Jays during that time. Also, I should probably have had Julio Lugo as the leadoff hitter of the Red Sox as he was much of the early part of the season. He was horrible in every way. Coco Crisp has been leading off for the Red Sox of late (and JD Drew has some too), so I will use Crisp's numbers, which aren't good either. Also, stats through Monday games)
Name | Team | OB% | OPS | P/AB |
Luis Castillo | Minnesota Twins | 359 | 716 | 4.00 |
Curtis Granderson | Detroit Tigers | 344 | 910 | 3.91 |
Grady Sizemore | Cleveland Indians | 389 | 854 | 4.28 |
Darin Erstad | Chicago White Sox | 311 | 652 | 3.70 |
David DeJesus | Kansas City Royals | 355 | 757 | 3.73 |
Brian Roberts | Baltimore Orioles | 408 | 858 | 4.24 |
Coco Crisp | Boston Red Sox | 323 | 710 | 3.77 |
Johnny Damon | New York Yankees | 338 | 672 | 4.38 |
Akinori Iwamura | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 366 | 782 | 3.80 |
Reed Johnson | Toronto Blue Jays | 346 | 766 | 3.79 |
Reggie Willits | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 412 | 782 | 4.38 |
Travis Buck | Oakland A's | 381 | 857 | 3.76 |
Ichiro Suzuki | Seattle Mariners | 406 | 858 | 3.69 |
Kenny Lofton | Texas Rangers | 386 | 823 | 3.62 |
I'm not going to over-analyze this information. As with any stat, you can manipulate it to say whatever you want. I will tell you that of the 14 AL leadoff hitters here, Castillo ranks 8th in OBP, 11th in OPS and 5th in Pitches Per At Bat. Last year, Shannon Stewart was the worst in the AL. Luis Castillo is clearly a very average AL 2B. Is an aging, injury-waiting-to-happen, average 2B worth $7-8 million to the Twins for a few more years? My opinion is that he is not. In my mind, Alexi Casilla could come in next year and have an OB% of .340-.350, an OPS over .700 and take a lot of pitches too. And, he would cost only about $400,000 for each of the next two or three years.
Now to the second part of your question, regarding what they could receive as part of a trade for Hunter or Castillo. For Hunter, the Twins could probably get a young, ready for the bigs prospect and one or two mid-level prospects. You have to remember that the team that is acquiring him will only have him for two months unless they are able to work out a deal to keep him. Sure, I'd love to get Clay Bucholz and Jacoby Ellsbury for Hunter, but that isn't likely to happen. I would take one of them (or Jon Lester) and a good Hi-A outfielder for him. Although, I absolutely agree with the thought that if the Twins don't get what they feel they could for him, they might as well keep him and take their chances with the arbitration process and possibly get two draft choices.
As for Luis Castillo... remember that the Twins were able to get him before the 2006 season for Scott Tyler and Travis Bowyer. That was almost two years ago when he was younger, faster and better. So again, I would like to see the Twins try to get something good for him, but if they can't, they might as well hope that he becomes a Type A free agent and take the draft choices. (and hope he doesn't accept arbitration!)
From Aaron Kalina
I was wondering what your personal thoughts are on the MacPherson article about Adam Dunn. Slowey would be a tough guy to lose, because he's so close to being big league ready should Baker go back to his old ways, Bonser continue to struggle, Perkins never getting back to health, or (God forbid) Liriano not recover from Tommy John the way he should. But then again, if this weekday series against the Tigers goes well, Ryan almost has no choice but to inquire, right?
I used to be a Dunn fan, and for as much power as he has, is it worth all the strikeouts? Yes, he can DH, so his horrible defense isn't a big deal. However, he has a clause in his deal saying if he is traded, he becomes a free agent after the year. So, I wouldn't give up Slowey for him. I'd maybe give up two lower level types for him, but not a guy that is as close and with as much potential as Slowey for a guy (Dunn) for two months. A guy who will be eaten alive by a new league of pitchers. (I guess that could go the other way too, but unlikely). He is on pace to strike out 191 times this season, which is actually three less than he struck out last year. I'm still 100% on the Dmitri Young to the Twins bandwagon. Hey, shouldn't Torii Hunter's great clubhouse presence alleviate any concerns with Young?
Several questions from Brian Mohr of The Great Fort Myers Miracle Ramblings
Casilla or Tolbert as an everyday 2b next year.
As I've said before, Matt Tolbert has really been very good since he was sent back to Ft. Myers early in the 2006 season. He has since hit well in New Britain, in the Arizona Fall League and got off to a great start in Rochester this year. His numbers have come back down to earth, but he has made himself a future big leaguer. Since that 2006 demotion, he has gone from 'organizational utility infield player' to 'solid minor leaguer' to 'could get a September call up', to 'could be a solid utility infielder' to 'could start in the big leagues if needed.'
However, the future is absolutely with Alexi Casilla. He can hit, hit for average, hit with some extra base power, steal bases, play solid defense, throw very hard and more. Sure, the Twins certainly like telling us that he has a lot to learn before he will contribute. That's what the Twins do with young players. They bring them up and expect them to be perfect right away, and when they're not, they bash them. Casilla made some young mistakes, but it does nothing to take away from how good Casilla can be.
What Tolbert's success the last 12 months or so, what he has done is likely created a competition at 2B for Spring Training.
Hunter and Santana will combine to make X amount in 2009. Over under 40 million.
I believe that Santana will be making about $20 million in 2009 and Hunter will be making approximately $16 million, so I will go with the under and say it will be about $36 million. Part of my assumption is that the Twins will keep Santana, and if that is the case, then certainly under. If Santana gets to free agency, $20 million could very, very easily become $25 million which would put the number at $41 million between the two. But, since we are a year and a half from that time, I will remain positive and think that he will stick with the Twins.
Will Joe Mauer ever hit 25 or more homers?
Yes, at some point within the next three or four years. This is a frequent question and my real answer is WHO CARES? I would love for Mauer to hit for more power, but if he doesn't, it doesn't make him a bad player. He has tremendous value without being a power hitter because of his batting average, on base skills, doubles power and excellent defense behind the plate. Home runs are really a bonus.
Will Denard Span ever be a starter for the Twins?
Yes. I think he will. I don't think it will be because of merit. I think it will be because he was given nearly $2 million to give up college football and sign with the Twins. I think it is very important for the Twins not to rush Span past AAA before he's ready. I know they want him to be with the team next year, but he has two more options remaining, and the Twins should not be afraid to use them. So yes, I can definitely see Span starting for the Twins unless he is traded, and I can't imagine another team in baseball that would want to deal for him. (Krivsky maybe?)
The starting 3b for the Minnesota Twins in 2008 will be?
I believe that Brian Buscher will compete with Nick Punto and Morgan Ensberg for the starting 3B job in spring training. Ensberg is a 31 year old 3B of the Houston Astros. Remember that in 2005 he hit 36 home runs and drove in 101 runs. He had a .945 OPS that year. It dropped to .858 in 2006 when he hit 23 homers. This year, he is hitting .227/.318/.374 with just seven homers for the Astros. That is a pretty pathetic .692 OPS. Of course, that is FAR better than Nick Punto's horrifying .587 OPS! As you would expect, Punto is the far better defender at 3B, but for the chance that Ensberg only needs a change of scenery to rejuvenate his career, it may be worth the low dollar price tag that Ensberg should have this offseason. Although in a way it is another 'cheap veteran' type of signing, unlike Tony Batista, Sidney Ponson and Ramon Ortiz, Ensberg may still have something left. In reality, and if all things were in fact equal, Buscher may be the best bat-glove combo of the three options. (Note - the Ensberg thing is just my opinion. I have not heard anything about the team being interested, just a thought.)
From Max Donsker
With several top prospects graduating, where do you feel the Twins system ranks (now or at the end of the season) compared to the rest of MLB? Do you feel like the twins now lack top prospects?
By the end of 2007, it is likely that Matt Garza, Kevin Slowey will graduate from rookie status. Those were my midseason top two prospects. #3 Glen Perkins may have already passed the rookie eligibility timeline before his injury, but if he does get back with the Twins during this season, it is likely that he would also not be a rookie in 2008. #4 is Alexi Casilla. He is probably one 15 Day DL stint from Luis Castillo from losing his eligibility. #12 Alexander Smit is no longer in the organization. If Garrett Jones can remain on the roster, he may lose rookie status as well this year. So, I will take those off of my list. So, are there any top prospects remaining after them?
This is a good question because I was just thinking the same thing. I think that the organization's top prospect right now would be Chris Parmalee, and he is still down at Beloit. He has the highest ceiling. But as I look through the rest of the Twins system, I really don't see huge impact players or pitchers. I don't see a future #1 pitcher. I do see several pitchers that could be very solid #2-#4 type pitchers and there are many others that have the ability and potential to be 5th starters and relievers. Eddie Morlan, in my mind, is a guy who could be a big league closer, so maybe he's another high ceiling guy. In terms of bats, I think Trevor Plouffe has done the most to raise his stock. He is putting together a great season at New Britain. I think that he can be a big league starter. How many other guys in the Twins system can we say that about right now? The names of Danny Valencia and Brian Dinkelman provide hope. I think that like Chris Parmalee, Joe Benson has a world of potential and we will likely know a lot more about him in two years. Are any of these guys possible Baseball America Top 100 candidates? I would say that Parmalee is really the only one.
The Twins minor league system is certainly down, especially in terms of bats. However, you also have to remember that this is the system that has produced the bats of Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau and Michael Cuddyer, the middle of their lineup. So, I don't quite think that they deserve as much heat for not developing bats as they frequently get. And, I am certainly of the belief that having a lot of potential #2-#4 types of starters is FAR better than having one or two potential #1 starters.,
So there you have it. My answers to a few more of your questions. I would like for people to always feel free to write me questions and if they are good, I may use them on the site. So please e-mail me questions you have regarding the Twins, their minor league teams, their prospects, blogging or anything. Again, please let me know if it is OK for me to use your name on the site.
SethSpeaks Player of the Day - Danny Valencia, Ft. Myers Miracle
SethSpeaks Pitcher of the Day - Kevin Slowey, Rochester Red Wings
If you have any thoughts on the Twins system, please e-mail me.
Tuesday - Red Wings 1, Syracuse 0 – Kevin Slowey put together another great start. I think he will handle his demotion just fine. Slowey threw a three hit shutout in which he walked one and struck out eight. The Red Wings managed just three hits as well. Jose Morales went 2-3. However, a homer by Alexi Casilla to lead off the first inning was the lone run of the game.
Tuesday - Rockcats 11, Connecticut 3 – Trevor Plouffe continues his excellent season. He went 3-4 with his 25th double. Garrett Guzman went 2-4 with a walk and his 10th homer. Matt Moses was 2-4 with his 10th double. Luck Hughes was 2-4 with a walk. Kyle Geiger was also 2-4. Josh Hill got a spot start and went five shutout innings. He gave up four hits, walked two and struck out six. Tristan Crawford returned from the DL and gave up three runs (1 earned) on three hits in 1.2 innings. Frank Mata struck out three of the four batters he faced. Danny Powers also threw a shutout inning.
Tuesday - Miracle 6, Vero Beach 4 - Oswaldo Sosa improved to 5-5 with a 2.23 ERA. He gave up two runs on six hits and two walks in 6.2 innings. Armando Gabino gave up one run in 1.1 innings. Eddie Morlan gave up a solo homer in the 9th but recorded his 13th save. Luis Ugueto had two doubles in four at bats. Danny Valencia went 2-4 with his fourth double, third homer and three RBI. Johnny Woodard hit his third homer as well. Erik Lis was 2-4 with his second triple. Juan Portes was 2-4 with a double, his fourth stolen base and three runs scored. Brian Dinkelman went 2-5 with his third double and fourth stolen base.
Tuesday - Snappers 4, Wisconsin 3 – Matthew Fox had another decent start. In five innings he gave up two runs on five hits and a walk. He struck out four. Jose Lugo walked all three batters he faced. Matt Williams then went two innings of shutout relief and only allowed one of his inherited runners to score. Jesus Carnevales pitched a shutout inning. With one out in the bottom of the 9th, Chris Parmalee walked to score Yancarlos Ortiz with the game winning run. Wilson Ramos was 2-4 with a walk. Danny Berg and Matt Betsill each hit a solo home run.
Tuesday - E-Twins, Bristol – The game was rained out, probably something out of Bull Durham... the E-Twins could use the day off right now!
Tuesday - GCL Twins 15, GCL Red Sox 4 – The top six hitters in the Twins lineup each had two hits. They were Jeanfred Brito, Ben Revere, Yangervis Solarte, Danny Rams, Angel Morales and Alexander Soto. Revere, Solarte and Rams each hit a triple. Morales and Soto each had a double. Soto hit his second homer. He also walked twice. Errol Simonitsch made another rehab start. In three shutout innings, he struck out five. Sean Land threw a shutout inning, but then he gave up hits to the two batters he faced in that second inning. Jose Acosta came in and both of Land's runs scored, plus two more (1 earned). Rodney Gessman and Nelvin Fuentes each pitched a scoreless inning.
Do you have any further thoughts on any Twins prospects, minor leaguers, or these summaries? I would love any input, or ideas to make it better. Thanks! E-mail me, or also feel free to leave comments below.
Let me know what you think. Any other topics you would like to see discussed? Send me an e-mail, or let's talk about it in the Comments here. That is it for today!


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Category Archives: Community violence
Human Capital News Roundup: Electronic health records, the widow effect, child safety restraint laws, and more.
Around the country, print, broadcast, and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) leaders, scholars, fellows, alumni, and grantees. Some recent examples:
Race and economic status are not as important as social network in predicting whether a person will become a victim of a fatal shooting in Chicago, according to a study from Andrew Papachristos, PhD, an RWJF Health & Society Scholars alumnus. "Generally, you can't catch a bullet from just anyone," Papachristos told the Chicago Sun Times. "Your relationship with the people involved matters." The study was also covered by NPR, U.S. News & World Report, and Psych Central, among other outlets.
Most organizations across the United States are in the middle stages of implementing electronic health records, Ann O'Brien, RN, told NurseZone.com. O'Brien is senior director of clinical informatics for Kaiser Permanente and an RWJF Executive Nurse Fellow. "At Kaiser … we have almost three years now of electronic health record data and the ability to actually optimize data and technology to improve care," she said.
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WNYC in New York City broadcast an interview with RWJF Community Health Leader Joanne Goldblum about families reusing disposable diapers due to economic hardship. Goldblum, who is founder and executive director of the National Diaper Bank Network, conducted a study that shows how the practice leads to a range of problems for families living in poverty.
When it comes to digital health and new ways to deliver care, the focus should be on the consumer and improving outcomes, not on the technology, according to experts at a recent Connected Health Symposium in Boston, Massachusetts. Mobile Health News reports that Propeller Health (formerly Asthmapolis) CEO David Van Sickle, PhD, MA, an RWJF Health & Society Scholars alumnus, pressed for greater emphasis on outcomes. Read more about Van Sickle's work here and here.
An American Thoracic Society panel of experts, including RWJF Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI) grantee Richard Mularski, MD, is calling for better care for those who suffer severe shortness of breath due to advanced lung and heart disease. The Annals of the American Thoracic Society reports that the panel recommends patients and providers develop individualized actions plans to keep episodes from becoming emergencies, Medical Xpress reports.
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A new report that provides the first comprehensive assessment of the nation's public health nurse workforce finds public health nurses have very high levels of job satisfaction, but concerns about job stability and compensation. The report also finds that public health departments struggle to hire nurses and fill vacancies. Among the outlets to report on the findings: Nurse.com, Fierce Healthcare, and HealthLeaders Media. Read more about the report here and here.
Patients with low socioeconomic status use emergency rooms (ERs) more often than primary care because they perceive ERs to be more convenient, less costly and of better quality, according to a study led by RWJF/U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Clinical Scholars program alumna Shreya Kangovi, MD. Among the outlets to report on the findings: Kaiser Health News' Capsules blog, Health Day, and Health Canal. Read more about the study.
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to overturn a 2003 federal law that prohibited government-funded clinics from serving sex workers was also a smart public health decision, Celeste Watkins-Hayes, PhD, recipient of an RWJF Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, writes in a blog post for The Atlantic. "These providers grapple with how to keep all populations safe, not just those engaging in legal and socially desirable behavior," Watkins-Hayes writes. "As a result, the very people who need the most access to HIV preventive and treatment measures may not receive them … [not] allowing them to take a neutral stance that allows them to focus first and foremost on risk reduction … is counterproductive in the fight against HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases."
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CBS Evening News profiled RWJF Community Health Leader Roseanna Means, MD, who founded the nonprofit Women of Means in 1988 to provide free medical care to homeless women in the Boston area. Today, 16 volunteer doctors and staff nurses provide care at the city's shelters to women with unique sensitivities and needs. Read a post Means wrote about her nonprofit for the RWJF Human Capital Blog.
A study led by RWJF Clinical Scholars alumnus Matthew M. Davis, MD, MAPP, finds more than 40 percent of American parents give over-the-counter cough and cold medicines to children under age 4, despite product label warnings to the contrary. Health Day and the Examiner report on the findings.
Helena Hansen, MD, PhD, an alumna of the RWJF Health & Society Scholars program, is the lead author of an analysis that concludes social determinants—rather than changes in the environment or flawed diagnostic criteria—help explain the dramatic rise in the number of Americans diagnosed with mental disorders in recent years. Health Canal and MedPage Today report on the findings.
Forty-seven percent of children with cancer who receive part of their treatment at home have been exposed to at least one medication error, according to a study led by RWJF Physician Faculty Scholars alumna Kathleen E. Walsh, MD, MSc. Those errors had the potential to harm 36 per 100 patients, and actually did cause injury to four per 100, MedPage Today reports.
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In a piece about the growing need for advanced nursing education, Nurse.com interviewed a group of nurse leaders working to fulfill a recommendation from the Institute of Medicine report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, which calls for doubling the number of doctorate-level nurses by 2020. Among those quoted: Christine Kovner, RN, PhD, FAAN, co-principal of RWJF's RN Work Project; RWJF Executive Nurse Fellows alumna Jane Kirschling, RN, DNS, FAAN; and Susan Bakewell-Sachs, RN, PhD, PNP-BC, program director for the New Jersey Nursing Initiative, a program of RWJF and the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
Nurse.com and Infection Control Today report on an RWJF-supported study that finds hospitals that have higher percentages of nurses with baccalaureate degrees have lower rates of postsurgical mortality. The study, published in the March issue of Health Affairs, stems from the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action. Read more about the study.
"I recently traveled to Singapore, where I met with other doctors and told about being the emergency department (ED) doctor at the University of Colorado Hospital the morning of the Aurora theater shootings on July 20, 2012," RWJF Clinical Scholars alumna Comilla Sasson, MD, MS, FACEP, writes in an op-ed for the Denver Post. "One thing dawned on me as I spoke: I had seen more gunshot wound victims in that one night than these doctors will see in their entire careers." Read a post Sasson wrote for the RWJF Human Capital Blog about the Aurora theater shootings, and learn more about her experience talking to the national news media afterward.
Child Abuse Pediatrics Chooses You
Brendan T. Campbell, MD, MPH, is an assistant professor of surgery and pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and an alumnus of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Clinical Scholars program (2000-2002).
Human Capital Blog: What kind of work do you do in the area of child abuse pediatrics?
Brendan Campbell: I am a pediatric general and thoracic surgeon and the medical director of the pediatric trauma program at Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford. Connecticut Children's is a Level I pediatric trauma center, which means we see patients with relatively minor and severe multisystem injuries. Caring for abused children is one of the most important services we provide. When children with non-accidental trauma are initially identified, they are admitted to the pediatric surgical service to rule out life-threatening injuries. During their admission we work closely and collaboratively with the suspected child abuse and neglect team (SCAN) to make sure children with inflicted injuries are identified, have their injuries treated, and are kept out of harm's way.
HCB: Why did you decide to focus on this area?
Campbell: It can be challenging to get a pediatric surgeon interested in child abuse because caring for vulnerable children who are intentionally harmed is not easy, and most of these kids don't have life-threatening injuries that require an operation. What draws me to the care of injured children is that they are the patients who need me the most. If we don't identify the risks they are up against at home, no one else will. They need someone to advocate for them.
The other thing that draws me to child abuse pediatrics is that there is an enormous need to develop better ways to screen for and to prevent abuse. Over the last 30 years we've made enormous strides in lowering the number of children injured in car crashes by enacting seat belt laws, toughening drunk-driving laws, and improving graduated driver licensing systems. Child abuse in the United States, however, remains a significant public health problem that needs more effective screening initiatives and prevention programs.
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RWJF Clinical Scholars program alumnus Arthur Kellerman, MD, MPH, FACEP, was quoted in a Washington Post story on the Obama Administration's push to renew federal funding for public health research on gun violence. Language initially included in a 1996 appropriations bill has, he said, "virtually stopped good public health science on [gun research] for the last 10 to 15 years." White House lawyers recently concluded that the law doesn't prohibit such research. Kellermann, also an alumnus of the RWJF Health Policy Fellows program, co-authored an article on the subject in the Journal of the American Medical Association with Clinical Scholars alumnus Frederick Rivara, MD, MPH.
RWJF Health & Society Scholars Program Director and Health Policy Fellows alumna Jo Ivey Boufford, MD, was also in the news discussing gun violence. Boufford wrote an op-ed that appeared in the Idaho Statesman and Long Island, New York's Newsday, about the public health effects of gun violence. "As a society, we address public health threats by identifying the root causes, reducing exposure, and instituting protective measures… In the same way, we must protect Americans from irresponsible gun use," she writes.
A study by RWJF Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research recipients Jason Schnittker, PhD, and Chris Uggen, PhD, finds that incarceration increases the risk of mood disorders such as major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and dysthymia after release. That, in turn, is strongly related to disability and increased incidence of substance abuse and impulse control disorders. United Press International, Medical Xpress and Science Day are among the outlets to report on the findings. Read an RWJF Human Capital Blog post about the study.
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Manish K. Sethi, MD, is a health policy associate at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Center for Health Policy at Meharry Medical College and a Pilot Project Mini-Grant recipient and renowned orthopaedic trauma surgeon at Vanderbilt University's Orthopaedic Institute Center for Health Policy. Sethi spoke this morning during the 2012-2013 Grand Rounds Series, sponsored by Meharry Medical College School of Medicine, on "Gun Violence in Nashville: Working Towards Community Based Solutions."
Human Capital Blog: What is the violence prevention program you're directing with the RWJF Center for Health Policy at Meharry?
Sethi: We are doing a youth violence intervention program via partnership with Nashville schools funded by the RWJF Center for Health Policy at Meharry.
All of the data demonstrates that educational intervention with this age group demonstrates positive results. Currently, no such program exists in Nashville schools.
HCB: What drove your interest in this topic?
Sethi: I am a trauma surgeon and have been seeing an inordinate number of gun violence injuries in African American teenagers. I grew up in Tennessee and left for my medical training, but during childhood I never saw violence to this degree. Almost every week I see a teenager who either loses his life, or suffers major trauma secondary to a gun violence injury. I care very deeply about the future of these children and of Tennessee and I just feel that we have to do something.
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Zachary Goldberger, MD, an RWJF Clinical Scholar, spoke to the New York Times about a study he led that examined the ideal amount of time to continue cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on patients in cardiac arrest. "The study found that patients have a better chance of surviving in hospitals that persist with CPR for just nine minutes longer, on average, than hospitals where efforts are halted earlier," the story reports. First published in The Lancet, the study is one of the first to link the duration of CPR efforts with survival rates. It is expected to prompt hospitals to reconsider their protocols.
RWJF Health & Society Scholar Jason Houle, PhD, continues to receive media coverage for his study that finds students from middle-income families leave school with an average of $6,000 more in student loan debt than their lower-income peers. The students were also more likely to have more student loan debt than their higher-income peers. Among the outlets to report on the findings: United Press International, Bloomberg Business Week, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and the Wisconsin State Journal.
A study supported by the RWJF Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI) finds that "when nurses take steps to intervene in the medication process, they are more likely to catch would-be errors before they reach the patient," Fierce Healthcare reports. The findings also indicate that a supportive practice environment is associated with a higher quality of nursing care. Read more about the study.
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Technically Philly reports that, after organizing "Game Solutions for Health," in which students competed to build the best mobile heath tool, RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholars alumna Nancy Hanrahan, PhD, RN, CS, FAAN, will now lead a technology and innovation lab and related course at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Read a post Hanrahan wrote for the RWJF Human Capital Blog about Game Solutions for Health.
Not getting enough sleep after receiving a vaccination could reduce vaccine effectiveness, according to a study by RWJF Health & Society Scholar Aric Prather, PhD. "People who slept less than six hours per night were nearly 12 times more likely to be left unprotected by the vaccine than those who slept more than seven hours per night," because their immune systems produced fewer antibodies in response to the vaccine, Health Day reports.
RWJF Clinical Scholar Comilla Sasson, MD, MS—an emergency room physician at the University of Colorado Hospital—spoke to Colorado Public Radio about caring for, and following up with, the victims of the mass shooting in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado.


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Fire dispatch upgrades on the table
Okanagan firefighters and area politicians attended a weekend meeting in Penticton to learn more about proposed upgrades to the current fire dispatch operations.
The goal of the RDOS meeting was to discuss the existing telecommunications infrastructure, including towers , repeaters and base stations, and how changes would affect fire departments.
"It has been an ongoing concern with an aging infrastructure and we had a failure of the repeater system in late December," said RDOS emergency services supervisor Dale Kronebusch.
The matter has been ongoing, with Planetworks Consulting hired last year to do a study and make further recommendations.
Adding to the immediacy of the situation, in December, heavy snowfall downed two power poles on Mt. Kobau where the communication tower is located. Auxiliary power generated by fuel and batteries, operated until about four days later when reserves were exhausted.
As a result, several South Okanagan fire halls had to rely on back-up systems to communicate with Kelowna dispatchers.
Electrical power to the communication tower that housed the emergency radio repeater used by the RDOS fire departments is not expected to be restored until late spring.
On Saturday morning at the Penticton Lakeside Resort, Mory Kapustianyk with Planetworks looked at RDOS areas of concern and offered solutions.
Among the concerns are no formal process for standardization/ coordination, substandard site installations, poor/ no signal coverage in some areas, lack of system redundancy in key system areas, some equipment near the end of its life and insufficient communications linking capacity.
"There is a lot of infrastructure that is old. It is a dilapidated system that needs to be fixed," said Kapustianyk, who toured fire halls in the RDOS prior to the presentation to see what problems existed.
The options he came up with after evaluating the system were the zoned approach and one to one.
The zoned approach, which is less costly, is a sharing of a command channel or communication link to dispatch with specific areas around specific radio towers.
Fire dispatch in Kelowna would broadcast a signal to Okanagan Mountain. It would go from there to the appropriate tower which gets a radio signal out to fire halls.
With the one to one approach, it would go directly to one fire hall and others wouldn't be heard talking.
"Zoned is like a party line," said Kronebusch. "One to one is like a private phone line."
The next step will be to form a committee comprised of representatives from all the fire departments and have ongoing meetings on the matter.
"There is no better or worse, one just costs more money," said Mark Woods, community services manager for the RDOS. "We will be carrying forward on this. Nothing is yet set in stone."
Kaleden Fire Chief Darlene Bailey, who attended the meeting, said from a volunteer firefighter's perspective the issue is complicated.
"We do need to make upgrades, no doubt, but keep it simple," she said.
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Nicknamed the "Warhorse," Andrew Weibrecht is a cannonball on snow, taking the riskiest and fastest lines possible, which makes him one of the most exhilarating athletes to watch carve World Cup ice. (Adirondack Daily Enterprise)
Olympic super G silver medalist Andrew Weibrecht (Lake Placid, NY) needed a solid Audi FIS Alpine World Cup result Sunday and he got one, finishing seventh in the final super G before the World Cup Finals.
Two-time Olympic medalist Andrew Weibrecht sat down with Sochi Studio to talk Olympics. (Photo: Antonin Thuillier/AFP/Getty Images)
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Ski Racing Magazine recently connected with the men's speed group on its August training camp in La Parva, Chile. The team will return to Chile later this month for its annual downhill camp in Portillo.
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"When we came in, my wife heard an announcement on the intercom about the mass, and we were looking for a place to go to mass this morning, so here we are," said Ditoro.
The Sunday morning mass and interfaith services are just one of the many things the 19 chaplains offer to airport employees and passengers.
"We basically are here to support the people who work here as well as the passengers, should they have a need for some spiritual help, some spiritual support," said Deacon George Szalony.
And just two months ago, they added yet another new program.
"To make ourselves more accessible, what we've done is all of the duty chaplains, whoever's on duty as a shift, carries a cell phone now so that employees who work in the airport can call and reach us if we're needed at a gate or we're needed in the airport," said Szalony.
They say it's a large airport, and with only one chaplain on duty at a time, they need the help of others to let them know when they're needed.
"The good news is, it's only been used once. If somebody's going to call us, it's because there's an issue. So the best news is that the cell phone never be used," said Szalony.
It's something that's reassuring to passengers, who say it's a great service.
"If you're in a public place and you're upset, you probably need some kind of help, someone to hold your hand and that's what we're here for," said Szalony.
"Because I have a lot of faith in my faith, so I would try to search, if I was having a big problem, I would really search for some help at the time," said Ditoro.
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Same offense will be employed. Entire staff will remain, we just need a new OC or WR coach if Frost is promoted to OC (likely).
It won't be Chips but I guarentee we still run a no huddle hurry up spread. Helfrich has been an OC in training all 4 years Chips been here, for this exact situation.
I'm not going all homer and saying there will be no drop off, but we will run the same O.
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What makes any of you think that the OC that is going to get bumped up won't do the same thing? People forget that Chip Kelly was in the same position as the OC was under Belloti.
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I've heard pretty good things about the guy. I don't know much about him other than he's SU's HC at this time.
Of course I would have never heard of Bill O'Brien if he wasn't the HC that took over PSU during their trouble's either. I have a buddy that is tapped into the NFL on the journalism side of things, and he told me that he is a hell of a coach. Actually I think two more teams have him slated for interviews as well. Why the Browns aren't going for Lovie Smith is crazy.
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RATT said...
I don't think they have even considered him. I think Cleveland could get a damn good HC with Haslam as your owner. Dude will spend money and make it work. He's got the pedigree with his time at Pittsburgh.
Trent Richardson isn't a bad way to start either and your defense isn't bad at all either. Weeden showed some flashes. I don't think the Browns are far off with some good decision making.
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I would bet my pay check he is gone! I do agree though, I am not negative PAC 12 or Big 10 the way most of you guys try to make out all SEC guys. I love SEC ball and traditions but Oregon is fun to watch. I would not want that as my offense, (not versatile enough, no real power game) but it is fun to watch!
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