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A's Scratch Zych for Winning Run in 9th
Yordy Cabrera hit Tony Zych's first pitch over the LF fence for what turned-out to be the game-winning run, as the Oakland A's rallied from a five-run deficit to edge the Cubs 8-7 in Cactus League action at Dwight Patterson Field at HoHoKam Park in warm & cloudy Mesa, AZ, this afternoon.
Ryan Dempster got the start for the Cubs and threw two innings (34 pitches – 23 strikes), allowing one run on two hits (a single and a triple), no walks and two strikeouts, and 2/2 GO/FO.
Trailing veteran RHP Bartolo Colon 1-0 going into the bottom of the 2nd, the Cubs took the lead on a Blake DeWitt two-out three-run HR over the RF fence following singles by Jeff Baker and Steve Clevenger.
DeWitt was outrighted to AAA last month after the Cubs claimed IF-OF Adrian Cardenas off waivers from Oakland, and (interestingly enough) DeWitt is battling Cardenas for what is probably one roster spot (LH hitting utility INF). Cardenas is younger and more athletic, but DeWitt is the more-experienced hitter, and he has been absolutely raking since he arrived in Mesa a couple of weeks ago. It looks as though he might have taken the outright assignment (and not getting claimed off waivers) as a personal affront, that he has chosen to address by battering opposition pitchers.
Leading 3-1, the Cubs scored three more times in the 4th against A's RH reliever Jordan Norberto.
Jeff Baker led-off with a double into the RF corner, and Reed Johnson reached base on an error (a bobble by first-baseman Brandon Allen), moving Baker to 3rd. Steve Clevenger hit a sac fly to left-center to score Baker, and then after Blake DeWitt walked, Josh Vitters rifled an RBI double into the left-center gap to score Johnson, with DeWitt stopping at 3rd and the slow-footed Vitters barely beating the throw to 2nd. Tony Campana worked a walk to load the bases, and then Darwin Barney blooped an RBI single in front of A's RF Josh Reddick, scoring DeWitt, and leaving the bases loaded, with the #3 and #4 hitters due up. But both Starlin Castro and Bryan LaHair fanned (swinging), as the Cubs left the bases loaded.
Meanwhile, LHP Scott Maine (battling Trever Miller, John Gaub, and Jeff Beliveau for the #2 lefty reliever gig) threw a scoreless 3rd (albeit allowing hits to two left-handed hitters), and Blake Parker and Casey Weathers (both vying for the RH middle reliever job) had clean & easy 1-2-3 innings in the 4th and 5th.
But then the A's began to chip away at the Cubs lead, scoring four times in the 6th on three hits (two singles and a Landon Powell two-run RBI double) and two walks off NRI RHP Marco Carrillo.
A likely rotation starter or closer for Team Mexico in next year's World Baseball Classic, the 25-year old Carrillo has spent seven seasons in the Cubs organization (2012 is his 8th year), but has yet to establish himself at the AAA Level. He was a Rule 55 Minor League Free-Agent (6YFA) post-2011, but opted to re-sign with the Cubs, getting an NRI to Spring Training as part of the deal. Should he ever make it to the big leagues (which is doubtful), he would profile as a "12th man"-type, a versatile long-reliever/spot starter. The A's battered him pretty good today. Even the outs were hard hit balls.
With Carrillo getting knocked-out before he could retire the side, veteran RHRP (and one-time Rockies closer) Manny Corpas got the call, striking out Josh Horton to end the inning.
Corpas seemed to be throwing free & easy, but his command was off, and he was constantly changing his arm angle, going back & forth between 3/4 and sidearm. It wasn't as deceptive as he probably hoped it would be, because Corpas got himself into trouble in the 7th, allowing hard-hit doubles to Eric Sogard and Brandon Moss, and an RBI single to A's top position-player prospect Michael Choice.
Corpas spent last season rehabbing from post-2010 Tommy John Surgery, but he managed to score a major league contract from the Cubs this past December. He was subsequently outrighted to the minors when his roster slot was needed in January, but he got an NRI to Spring Training anyway.
Now down 7-6, the Cubs came back to tie the score at seven in the bottom of the 7th against A's RHP Fabio Castro.
With two outs, Joe Mather grounded a single to left and stole a base, and after Matt Szczur walked, veteran minor leaguer Blake Lalli (invited to big league camp as one of the extra catchers) lined an RBI single into left-center to score Mather with the tying run.
Signed in May 2006 as a Non-Drafted Free-Agent (NDFA) 5th year college senior out of Gardner-Webb, the 28-year old Lalli is your basic "Crash" Davis. He spent the last four seasons as a back-up C-1B at AA Tennessee, and he very well could end up there again this season. He is a career .303 hitter, but he also has below-average power and below-average speed, and he is a below-average defensive catcher, too. Eligible to be a Rule 55 Minor League free-agent (6YFA) post-2012, Lalli could be a candidate to serve as a player-coach at Tennessee in 2012, since he doesn't really profile as a big league prospect. (The Cubs like to have one or two veteran player-coaches posted at each of their minor league affiliates each season, mentoring the younger players, learning the coaching side of the game, and being available to be activated for short periods when a position player is placed on the 7-day DL).
RHP Kevin Rhoderick (called up from Minor League Camp at Fitch Park for the day) threw a 1-2-3 8th, fanning one (swinging) and inducing a couple of routine fly outs. Rhoderick was the Cubs 9th round draft pick out of Oregon State in 2010 where he was one of the top closers in the PAC-12, and he made his official pro debut last season (he pitched "unofficially" at Instructs post-2010), finishing the 2011 campaign at AA Tennessee. He is only 5'11, and he has a violent delivery that gives one the impression that he is over-throwing, but with his plus-slider & 94-MPH fastball combo, he is an effective one-inning pitcher, and is considered a definite big league relief prospect. He will probably be the closer at Tennessee in 2012.
The other Cubs MLB relief prospect up from Minor League Camp (2011 4th round pick RHP Tony Zych) got the ball in the 9th, and gave up the aforementioned game-winning HR on his very first pitch, which actually was his first pro pitch (if you don't count his work at Instructs post-2011). The 21-year old Chicago Area-native (he attended St. Rita HS) was the closer at the U. of Louisville 2009-11, and while he throws harder (95-97 MPH) than either Kevin Rhoderick or Aaron Kurcz (the third of the Cubs RH relief prospect triumvirate), he doesn't have the breaking ball to go with the heat (yet). Zych will likely start the 2012 as the closer at either Daytona or Peoria (TBD).
The top Cub defensive gem of the day was turned-in by SS Starlin Castro, who went deep into the hole to backhand a bouncer, and then with a Nijinsky-like leap (a la Don Kessinger), threw a rainbow right on the money to 1st to retire the batter. (Of course it helped that the batter-runner was "Two-Ton" Landon Powell, who makes Dan Vogelbach look like an anorexic).
The Cubs take on the Colorado Rockies at HoHoKam Park tomorrow afternoon. Matt Garza is supposed to get the start for the Cubs.
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Thanks a bunch PHIL.
You know, I have been reading your stuff for a long time.
However, the Landon Powell line is one of your true gems.
The vision I get from this is hysterical!
Thanks for a great laugh!
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if he wasn't such a chunk of a human being he'd at least be able to spell at 3rd. good arm.
i'm glad the days are gone where everyone drools over every draft pick of the A's as if they're sure-thing eventual superstars.
the beane way couldn't really care less if you're 300 lbs, can't run, and have questionable contact as long as you can take a 6-pitch AB more often than not.
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I blame Moneyball. The Movie.
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Why is AZP's depth chart page blank? I went to look at likely slots for Tennessee this year and nothing loads on the page.
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it wasn't, it was just way down on the page, some odd formatting error.
It's fixed for now.
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Phil is making a political statement. The Cubs HAVE no depth this year.
Cubs win the Series
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Part of me thinks that's awesome, part of me hates that it exists.
Cool shot of Twin Anchors at the start.
Re: Cubs WS commercial
I feel much the same.
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That's some damn-good editing.
Wonder what agency did this, and director?
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Deutsch Inc, LA...they did the superbowl little-kid "darth vader" ad
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The Show is frustrating. Much like "real" Cub hitters, I swing at every damn pitch that's thrown at me.
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I have the 2010 version and it takes a lot of discipline to take the occasional walk but not a lot of skill to hit .300. The pitchers throw a lot of strikes, and it's easy to hit pitches that are just out of the zone.
Tuesday lineups
Fowler, Pachecho, Cuddyer, R. Hernandez, Blake, B. Wood, Colvin, Nelson, Castillo
DeJesus (9), Byrd (8), DeWitt (4), Soriano (0), Stewart (5), Lake (6), Rizzo (3), W. Castillo (2), B. Jackson (7)
Bunt Tourney Update
Sweet 16 Schedule
(1) Beliveau over (12) McNutt
(2) Coleman over (14) Rusin
(12) Wells over (9) Samardzija
(3) Maholm over(15) Sveum
(9) Cardenas over (4) Lalli
(3) W. Castillo over (10) Clevenger
(5) Castro over (1) Mather
(2) DeJesus over (3) Baker
Elite 8 is set
(1) Beliveau vs. (2) Coleman
(3) Maholm vs. (12) Wells
(3) W. Castillo vs. (9) A. Cardenas
(2) DeJesus vs. (5) Castro
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(3) W. Castillo over (10) Clevenger
Damn. There goes my bracket.
update against Rockies
DeJesus walked, but got thrown out stealing to leadoff bottom of 1st
HBP against Blake, double off the center field wall for Brandon Wood, RBI groundout by Colvin, short fly to LF that didn't score the run from third, opposite field single by Wilken Castillo scores the 2nd run
Re: bottom of 2nd
Soriano destroys a hanging slider.
Rizzo with a 2-out single, W. Castillo with a double off a diving Cuddyer's glove, B. Jackson up with 2 outs and runners on 2nd/3rd.
and he hits a HR!!!
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I think Soriano's gonna have a good year. There. I said it.
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I think Brett Jackson's gonna have a good year. There. I said it.
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brave man, I salute you
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aside from expecting volstad to break out, i think byrd has a turn-around coming. his splits were awful-flat last year and he's capable of a better season. ...not like im expecting him to hit .320 with 30 homers or something crazy like that, though.
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Soriano should play every game in a place where breaking balls don't break.
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you mean Colorado?
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Sounds good to me. Maybe they would send back LeMahieu if we put in enough cash.
3rd inning update
Casey Coleman with a scoreless inning
Soriano leadoff double, Stewart moves him over, Lake K's, Rizzo with an RBI infield single, W. Castillo grounds out
5-2 Cubs
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I think Casey Coleman is going to have a good year....in AAA.
4th inning update
another scoreless inning for Coleman
leadoff BB for B. Jackson, 4-6-3 DP by DeJesus, Byrd K's
5th inning update
J. Russell gives up a HR to Fowler, then b-2-b sharply hit singles, 6-4-3 DP by R. Hernandez, C. Blake grounds out
DeWitt single, Soriano HR, Ian Stewart BB, Lake doubles, Rizzo RBI groundout, Castillo RBI, Jackson K's, Sappelt flies out off Zach Putnam
6th inning update
Chris Rusin in
gives up at triple to Colvin who ends up scoring
Infield single by Adduci, I think Cardenas hit into a DP, Vitters walks & steals 2B, E. Gonzalez K's
9-4 and I'm done for the day.
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Soriano would look good in a Tucson Toro's uniform. There. I said it.
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they need to exist again, first.
tucson and baseball is an on-going shuffle of "here today, gone tomorrow."
they have a temporary AAA team for SD playing there until their new park in another city is ready.
Re: B. Jackson
#Cubs Sveum on B-Jackson: "He's either going to make the team and play everyday or he's going to Triple-A."
(Looks at roster)
AAA it is.
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maybe theocorp+byrd can make CLE interested...i wouldn't mind seeing BJax in AAA most of the year given the experimental/reclamation projects going on in with the cubs, though.
i dunno anyone else semi-competitive/competitive who needs a guy who could handle CF.
CLE has m.brantley, too.
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I think BJax is in Iowa until Byrd is traded, or (crosses fingers) Soriano is moved (somewhere).
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If LaHair hits, you're going to need to move both Byrd AND Soriano to make room for BJax and Rizzo, with LaHair moving to LF. Or, you could move one of them, and tell the other vet he's the 4th OF/designated pinch hitter, shut up and like it. I'm guessing that would go over better with Byrd than with Alf.
Recent comments
Before Wood,Strop, Rondon yesterday
Elias: 99 yrs. since a bullpen threw at least 7 perfect innings. last time 6/23/17 by Boston. Ernie Shore retired last 26 after Babe Ruth ejected for arguing balls and strikes after walking lead off hitter. Runner was caught stealing.
CUBBIES-4-EVER: It's not ten days including the day the player was Designated for Assignment, it's ten day from the day the player was Designated for Assignment.
So because Neil Ramirez was Designated for Assignment on 5/21, the deadline to either assign the player to another club (MLB or minor league) or release the player is 5/31 (today).
AZBOBBOP: No updates.
Phil, any updates on eight Oscar de la Cruz or Luis Hernandez?
One miscommunication in outfield and the Cubs would have another no hitter
Bruce Levine [email protected]
Sex Fowler out with sore heel
Pretty epic nickname
Mike Olt lives!
Screw the closer.
He's had so few save opportunities that it might be difficult for him to get the All Star nod but Rondon has an absolutely ridiculous 1.05 ERA and 1.06 FIP after this game so far (and I think his worst outing was in the 10th inning non save situation) so I do absolutely think he is worth considering.
wood(4)/grimm/strop/rondon combine for 7ip 0h 0bb 8K
3ip 0h 0bb 3k for t.wood...nice.
28 pitches.
wonder if they'll let him go another.
4ip 0h 0bb 4k...and probably done f'real this time. 43 pitches and in line for the win.
And stay off the keyboard too
Depends how long he'd be gone but if not too long I would assume they'll use Wood or Cahill and limit them to 4 or 5 innings and call up a reliever to use in the bullpen.
hopefully it's a carlos-zambrano-special and he just needs to drink more water and less coffee+redbull before starts.
Assuming Hammel needs some DL time for the hammy, who do the Cubs call up: Glasnow or Taillon? Too many starting pitching prospects at Iowa to choose from.
"cramping in right hamstring" according to the booth.
btw, it was his left hamstring that was injured last year.


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Dayton vetoes MNGOP plan to partially reimburse school districts
Our heads were spinning Monday as the MNGOP pushed a plan to spend money on public school through the legislature.
The bill would've used the state budget reserve to reimburse districts $430 million of the $2.4 billion the state owes them. But Democrats, playing the unlikely role of budgetary watchdogs, opposed the GOP plan, arguing that the MNGOP wants to drain budget reserves at a time when the state's long-term financial outlook remains murky.
This morning, Gov. Dayton announced that stands with DFL legislators and will veto the school payback bill.
MPR's Tom Scheck, covering Dayton's a.m. press conference, offered up the following:
Dayton on plan "action would wrongly perpetuate the terrible legislative practice of the past decade;..." (1 of 2)
-- tomscheck (@tomscheck) April 5, 2012
Dayton "trying to solve an immediate financial problem by substituting a larger problem." (2 of 2)
-- tomscheck (@tomscheck) April 5, 2012
From Fox 9's Jeff Goldberg:
Gov. Dayton vetoes GOP bill that would have paid back k-12 school shift. Says it would have "raided" state budget reserves.
-- Jeff Goldberg (@jgoldbergfox9) April 5, 2012
During the press conference, Dayton reiterated his desire, shared by DFL legislators, to create a funding stream to reimburse schools by closing corporate loopholes. That would allow the the state to give the districts what's owed them without touching the budget reserve.
But on the heels of two more-positive-than-expected budget estimates, Republican lawmakers argue the reserve is sufficiently replenished to justify giving districts $430 million now.
On Monday, Rep. Pat Garofalo, R-Farmington and chairman of the House Education Finance Committee, called opponents of the plan "deadbeat Democrats" and said, "when you have cash on hand, the first thing you do is, you pay your debts."
But Minnesota Management & Budget Commissioner Jim Schowalter sees things differently. From the Star Tribune's Rachel Stassen-Berger:
MMB Commish says Minnesota's cash flow situation is "very perilous" and #mnleg's school shift bill would have made it worse.
-- R. Stassen-Berger (@RachelSB) April 5, 2012
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-- Heads spin as MNGOP wants to pay back school debt, DFL preaches fiscal responsibility
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"WELCOME TO MY TEXEL PAGE ......:-)" Top 5 Page for this destination Texel by eden_teuling
Texel Travel Guide: 194 reviews and 496 photos
To reach TEXEL, one of our WADDEN ISLANDS ( we have 5 accessible WADDEN EILANDEN and 1 inaccessible one ) you have to board this FERRY for the 25 minute ride from DEN HELDER.
DEN HELDER is a lovely town in the most northerly part of the province of NOORD-HOLLAND, one of the 12 provinces we have .
It is a lovely place to discover the ISLAND FEELING , to see SEALS, to visit the 7 LOVELY villages, each with their own attractiveness....and attractions..
It is an island to enjoy the sun at one of the sandy beaches, to walk THE SLUFTER , a wonder of NATURE....
and last but not least : there is the famous PARACENTRUM TEXEL where you can go for (courses of) SKYDIVING .....more info about that in the tips.
I went there myself and can assure you that it is a GREAT SPORT , jumping out of a plane and see the island of Texel underneath you, with the surrounding sea, the villages, the sheep, the farms......and once you have landed you want to go back into the air to jump again and again......
And here I GO AGAIN....
There is a very nice, atmospheric PARACENTRUM and for who is IN for excitement, pleasure, the company of SOULMATES, good friends: this is THE place to go...
For MORE INFO SEE TIP & TRAVELOGUE and/or email me: email@example.com
Although I am very enthusiastic about SKYDIVING, I have to let you know that there is soooo much more to Texel than that JUMPING OUT OF PLANES....
The beaches e.g. and the wonderful villages and....all you can do there to have a wonderful holiday.
A few SUGGESTIONS :
***rent a bike: there are 125 km. of special touristic cycle paths and at the Tourist Office they have special ROUTES for you to cycle: ask them!
***buy a Texel Museum Ticket which will allow you access to 5 museums, ask at the Tiourist Office where they sell them!
***get to know Real Texel Products, buy a PRODUCTS PACKAGE and you wil get to know: special drinks, cheese, cake, fish products, lamb meat and sheep milk soap and the well known WOOLLEN DUVETS and more...
***a THEATRE PACKAGE...
***a KIDS PACKAGE...
***a NATURALLY TEXEL PACKAGE...
***a GOLF PACKAGE...
***even outside the summer months Texel has a lot to offer. How about a walk along the beach on a blustery day? Forget your daily care, breathe the seawind into your lungs, let it play with your hair and let this all be followed with a warming drink in a cosy beach pavollion....a nice off-season-PACKAGE...
By now you must already be WANTING TO GO TEXEL....
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postal address: postbus 3 1790 AA Den Burg Texel
visiting address: Emmalaan 66 1791 AV Den Burg Texel
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- Pros:A WONDERFUL PLACE FOR THOSE WHO WANT TRANQUILITY AND REST AND...LOVE SKYDIVING BECAUSE THIS IS THE PLACE FOR IT!!
- Cons:NO CONS....
- In a nutshell:A FINE PLACE TO GO.....
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Hier valt nogal eens wat te beleven. O en een duo-sprong... dat moet ik beslist ook nog eens doen. Schitterende page Bes.
Holy Mackeral!! You'd have to kick me out of that plane!! The seven villages sure seem like a lovely visit!!
Great page ... what can I say, but "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah" (falling from a plane) - hahaha. Oh, als onze drill sergeant toen (in dienst) niet had tegen gewerkt ... Groetjes, Paul
Wow Elisabeth , you & Pip sure live your life's to the fullest and I love that Texel looks awsome and you made it look even better with all your great pictures and information ,great page Bes.
Wow, parachuting... and much more there! Lovely page and nice to see you back on the earth :-)
Als het weer wat mee wil zitten wij misschien wel op Texel eind deze maand ... Mooie pagina met goeie tips!
Elisabeth- You have a far stronger stomach than I. 50' off the ground makes me queasy! Jeff-
Wowow - that parachuting looks amazing. I should do that sometime. Glad to see you enjoyed yourself and didn't get hurt.
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I really did LOVE my apartment but when my air conditioner stop working and I went to let them know, one of the lady's in the office got an attitude with me because a lot of people were coming in to complaint which isn't my problem but fine but after THREE months of getting the run around I was mad then on top of that I had a leak in my unit that could have been fixed had somebody came to just look at it.... but other than that I liked staying over there.
It's ok if u just really have no other option. They treat you like royalty before to sign the lease and from then on it only gets worse. All I ask is for the property to be clean and for minor issues to be fixed. Trash is over flowing and all over the property and I've put in several maintenence request to get things fixed at my home and it took over a month to come fix. The parking is Horrible. Ppl parking in 2 spaces purposely just so no one will park nxt to them. Space is already limited.
I did not receive my full $400 security deposit, when I am a single person (no kids, no pets) and kept the apartment in excellent condition! (Staff did not do final walk thru with me personally). (Still have pictures of rooms left as they were the day I moved in). Too much turnover in keeping quality, friendly, helpful staff members. The gate entrance was always tearing up. Really appreciated the walking trail and tennis courts, in addition to the heated indoor pool.
The flooding was just to much 4 in three the same year lost over 800.00 in valuable s and i had to clean up after they fixed the pipes from up stairs the roof fo Flooded
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Lake Crossing33.778300,-84.5741001325 Six Flags Drive SW, Austell, Georgia 30168Lake Crossing
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Current Collaboration Fund Projects
The Research Collaboration Fund supports research collaboration among faculty and students working on interdisciplinary research topics, such as water, neuroscience, genomics, digital humanities, or climate change. The aim is not to fund specific research projects, but rather to support teams of faculty who aim to establish or foster a community of scholars at USC organized around a broad topic of shared interest. The awards fund the activities that help to develop this collaborative group.
Committee on Microbiome & Host Interaction in Disease
We are home to an enormous microbial ecosystem containing more than 100 trillion bacteria, a number 10 times greater than our own human cells. The Committee on Microbiome and Host Interaction (CMHID) will change the face of microbiome research at USC by bringing together researchers and clinicians. A major goal of the CMHID is to accelerate discovery by providing affiliated researchers access to state-of-the-art instrumentation and technology. CMHID"s strategic plan leverages existing technologies available across USC core facilities and technologies from individual PI's to focus on developing collaborative and interdisciplinary projects within the USC community.
William DePaolo, Keck School of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Tracy Grikscheit, Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), Pediatric Surgery
Brain Health During Development and Aging in Urban Environments
The adverse impact of airborne pollutants on cardio-pulmonary health appears to extend to brain aging. Urbanization is likely one of the most important demographic shifts worldwide, which has led to increased exposure to pollutants. This program brings together faculty from Gerontology, the Viterbi School of Engineering, the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and the Keck School of Medicine to understand the scientific basis for the impacts of pollution on the brain, and to explore the health consequences.
Caleb Finch, Davis School of Gerontology, Bio-Gerontology
J.C. Chen, Keck School of Medicine, Environmental Health
Center for Technology and Innovation in Pediatrics
There currently exists a great need for novel medical devices designed specifically for children, as well as the adaptation and validation of existing adult devices for children. Children differ from adults anatomically and developmentally in numerous ways. The FDA has estimated that the development of pediatric medical devices lags behind that of adult devices by 5 to 10 years. This collaboration aims to unite programs, institutes, faculty, and students at USC and CHLA, along with industry and venture capital partners, in a topic-focused, interdisciplinary, systems-oriented manner, to create the USC/CHLA Center for Technology and Innovation in Pediatrics (CTIP). CTIP will raise the impact of our individual and collective work in pediatric device development to a national level of recognition and influence, and will allow future external funding applications to become more competitive.
Yaniv Bar-Cohen, CHLA/Keck School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
Jessica Rousset, CHLA, Center for Innovation
Gerald Loeb, Viterbi School of Engineering, Medical Device Development Facility
George Tolomiczenko, Keck School of Medicine & Viterbi School of Engineering, Depts of Neurology and Biomedical Engineering
This proposed project aims to extend the Immigrant Health Initiative (iHi), established in 2011 by the USC Collaboration Fund and led by a multidisciplinary team of distinguished immigration scholars at USC in developing new insights and health promotion and disease prevention strategies targeting immigrant and refugee communities living in the United States and elsewhere. Although immigrants are often viewed as possessing certain health advantages relative to native-born counterparts, these advantages quickly disappear with increasing acculturation and exposure to health risks of the dominant society. Furthermore, globalization and global climate change has accelerated the health impacts of acculturation and created a new class of "ecological refugees" that are poorly understood. Accelerated acculturation is especially evident along the U.S. Mexico border where residents on both sides experience adverse health impacts associated with migration and acculturation. Given the sheer number of immigrants in this country and their alarmingly increasing rates of obesity, hypertension, mental illness, heart disease, cancer, oral disease, and many other negative health outcomes, it is imperative to stop and reverse these disturbing trends in public health. With the participation of 12 faculty members from 8 USC schools, this collaborative project will utilize an existing critical mass at USC to address these challenges through networking across disciplines, mentoring students and junior faculty, exploring research topics, and ultimately develop a grant proposal for a Transdisciplinary Research Center for Immigrant Health at USC.
Lawrence Palinkas, USC School of Social Work, Social Policy and Health
Lihua Liu, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Preventive Medicine
Interdisciplinary Research Cluster on Civics and Social Media
In a world where traditional forms of citizenship, politics, and civic life are rapidly changing, how can young people become more civic–‐minded and publicly engaged? How can digital technologies, participatory media, and social networking enable them to do so, and how are definitions of "civic" and "public" co–‐evolving with these practices, online and offline? These are the central questions that guide our proposal for an interdisciplinary Civics and Social Media (CASM) research.
Scholars from a wide range of disciplines at USC are working to understand youth engagement and social media, but they arrive at the conversation through different theoretical entry points and often with different stakes. The primary goal of the CASM research cluster is to shed light on these disciplinary investments while simultaneously working to break them down, creating interdisciplinary languages through which conversations can be sustained.
Kjerstin Thorson, USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, Communication and Journalism
Henry Jenkins, USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, Communication and Journalism
Mike Ananny, USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, Communication and Journalism
Holly Willis, USC School of Cinematic Arts, Cinema
USC STEM Education Research Consortium
We live in an era with unprecedented changes due to advances in technology. These forces of technological advances are transforming the role of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in society. With outsourcing and off-shoring of engineering and science jobs, there is a growing concern about the level of interest among young students choosing STEM fields as college majors and eventual careers. The urgent need in STEM workforces calls for a comprehensive and collaborative pipeline effort in STEM education that begins in K‐12 and extends into college and university education, resulting in a fully prepared STEM workforce. The specific aims of this consortium are to engage in collaborative research to advance the STEM pipeline through strategic planning and leveraging USC's diverse expertise in STEM education.
Gisele Ragusa, Rossier School of Education/Viterbi School of Engineering
John Slaughter, Rossier School of Education/Viterbi School of Engineering
Other Participating Faculty
USC Transdisciplinary Collaboratory for Mobile and Connected Health (USC mHealth Collaboratory)
New mobile health (mHealth) technologies have the potential to reduce the cost of health care and improve health outcomes in the United States and across the globe. Today's wireless, wearable, and deployable technologies provide unprecedented opportunities to passively capture digital 'footprints' that catalogue a person's everyday behaviors, contexts, choices and even states. Data streams from a broad variety of sources – wearable and deployable sensors, social media, games, pictures and videos, location, purchase transactions, apps, and Internet use, just to name a few. We can now ubiquitously monitor physical activity, heart rate, blood pressure, stress, diet, smoking, social interactions, blood glucose, geographical location and a host of other physiological, behavioral and contextual signals in real time. Technologies like smart pill bottles and smart inhalers can monitor compliance. Wearable and deployable sensors are prolonging independent living for the elderly and disabled. Systems of wearable, deployable sensors combined with smartphones can provide real-time, personalized interventions that can be adapted on the fly as behavior changes, new data is accrued, new research comes to light, or new needs arise. Finally, the emergence of cloud computing makes it possible to link sensors, mobile devices and powerful servers together and share data across them in a way that is transparent to the user. These ubiquitous mobile technologies systems – powerful, networked computers always nearby – can support continuous, real-time, health monitoring and health care at both the individual and population level. Our distinctive strengths in interactive technologies, engineering, behavioral health and medicine could uniquely position USC as a major nexus for the development and testing of cutting edge user-centered technologies for treatment, prevention and health promotion across a broad swath of health domains.
Donna Spruijt-Metz, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Economic and Social Research/ Preventive Medicine
William Swartout, Institute for Creative Technologies, Computer Science
Neuroplasticity and Repair in Degenerative Disorders
The adult brain possesses a tremendous capacity for change in response to its environment through processes termed experience-dependent neuroplasticity. Recently this has been demonstrated to occur in neurological disorders including Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, schizophrenia and bipolar disease as well as traumatic brain injury. Understanding the molecular underpinnings of neuroplasticity in the aging and diseased brain could provide a new innovative direction and novel insights towards the identification of new therapeutic targets for treating neurological disorders. This collaboration seeks to foster collaborative research among investigators interested in neuroplasticity. The goals of this initiative are to better understand the underlying molecular mechanisms of neurodegenerative disorders, and to carryout translational studies that include both applications of basic research findings to the clinic, as well as using clinical observations to better design studies within the lab.
Michael Jakowec, Keck School of Medicine, Department of Neurology
Giselle Petzinger, Keck School of Medicine, Department of Neurology
John Walsh, Davis School of Gerontology, Bio-Gerontology/Striatal Synaptic Research
Beth Fisher, Ostrow School of Dentistry, Department of Biokinesiology
Institute for Integrative Health Collaborative Research Group
In the past 3 years, there has been a 20% increase in the number of academic institutions (from 51 to 62; USC, represented by the IIH, was #51) belonging to the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine (the "Consortium"). The increasing science of mind-body medicine includes an explosion in the number of peer-reviewed publications showing the effectiveness and the neuroscience of mindfulness practices on multiple health conditions. The fact that therapies and practices previously considered "alternative" by conventional medicine has now undergone a paradigm shift is emphasized by the recent change in name of the NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH). The USC-Institute for Integrative Health is thus fully aligned with this national trend in the philosophy, science, and practice of integrative health. The impact of achieving the specific aims identified below would propel USC into a national research leadership role in the rapidly growing field of integrative health.
Marc Weigensberg, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Pediatrics/County Hospital
Geaorge Salem, Ostrow School of Dentistry
Charles Kaplan, School of Social Work
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Progressivism is a general political philosophy based on the idea of progress that asserts that advances in science, technology, economic development, and social organization, can improve the human condition. Progressivism originated during the Age of Enlightenment in Europe out of the belief that Europe was demonstrating that societies could progress in civility from barbaric conditions to civilization through strengthening the basis of empirical knowledge as the foundation of society.[1] Figures of the Enlightenment believed that progress had universal application to all societies and that these ideas would spread from Europe to across the world.[1]
"Modernity" or "modernization" was a key form of the idea of progress as promoted by classical liberals in the 19th and 20th centuries, who called for the rapid modernization of the economy and society to remove the traditional hindrances to free markets and free movements of people.[2] German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was influential in promoting the idea of progress in European philosophy by emphasizing a linear-progressive conception of history and rejecting cyclical conception of history. Karl Marx applied the Hegelian conception of linear-progressive history, the modernization of the economy through industrialization, and criticisms of the social class structure of industrial capitalist societies, to develop the ideology of communism. As industrialization grew, concerns over its effects grew beyond Marxist and other radical critiques and became mainstream.
Contemporary progressivism emerged as part of a response to the vast social changes brought by industrialization in the Western world in the late 19th century, particularly out of the view that progress was being stifled by vast economic inequality between the rich and the poor, unregulated laissez-faire capitalism with out-of-control monopolistic corporations, intense and often violent conflict between workers and capitalists, and lack of effort by governments to address these problems.[3] Progressivism has influenced various political movements. Modern liberalism was influenced by liberal philosopher John Stuart Mill's conception of people being "progressive beings".[4] British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli developed progressive conservatism under "One Nation" Toryism.[5][6]
Progressive stances have evolved over time. In the late 19th century, there were progressives who accepted scientific racism on the grounds of it having a scientific basis; however, this was later discarded as a result of racism being demonstrated to not have a scientific basis.[3] Stances towards imperialism were initially divided amongst progressives in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly in the United States where some progressives supported American imperialism while others opposed it.[3] In response to World War I, progressive American President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points established the concept of national self-determination and criticized imperialist competition and colonial injustices; these views were supported by anti-imperialists in areas of the world that were resisting imperial rule.[
Blue, progressiveness can NEVER be a bane to my core beliefs because I know what it is and understand it very well, from its dialectic processes, modus operandi to its implementation through lies and deception and its proven results, which are negative and destructive. Look at Europe and all those who have embraced or practiced the evil concepts of George W.F. Hegel.
I am not a bit surprised that you are parroting the Hegelian concept, which you don't even understand, since ya had to plagiarize ya boring drivel by cutting and pasting ya "WIKI infomercial" from a wiki source. Educate yourself by reading the history, I don't mean the prog history you are so conversant with, and blindly enthralled with. This explains why ya kind are so gullible and so easily manipulated. This is America, and if ya so wedded to the Hegelian/Marxist philosophy please feel free to move to Europe or Cuba or Venezuela , so those of us who love the Republic and American exceptionalism, can continue to thrive in our pursuit of whatever progs abhor in a Republic and in America.
We are all equal in ONLY ONE regard, endowed with the freedom of choice! My choice is to live in America but your choice should NEVER include changing America into a Hegelian or Marxist utopia. If ya so excited about progressivism what are you still doing in Oregon? I my life here in America and had worked hard for it. You also can, but ya have to work for it instead of expecting or seeking a utopian handout.....hard work never kills, it is the American way!!!!!
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Re: "...Look at Europe and all those who have embraced or practiced the evil concepts of George W.F. Hegel.…….My choice is to live in America but your choice should NEVER include changing America into a Hegelian or Marxist utopia. If ya so excited about progressivism what are you still doing in Oregon? I my life here in America and had worked hard for it. You also can, but ya have to work for it instead of expecting or seeking a utopian handout.....hard work never kills, it is the American way!!!!! Love it or leave it."
10/22/2013 | HuffPost
Last month, Denmark was crowned the happiest country in the world.
"The top countries generally rank higher in all six of the key factors identified in the World Happiness Report," wrote University of British Columbia economics professor John Helliwell, one of the report's contributing authors. "Together, these six factors explain three quarters of differences in life evaluations across hundreds of countries and over the years."
THE SIX FACTORS FOR A HAPPY NATION SPLIT EVENLY BETWEEN CONCERNS ON A GOVERNMENT- AND ON A HUMAN-SCALE. THE HAPPIEST COUNTRIES HAVE IN COMMON A LARGE GDP PER CAPITA, HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH AND A LACK OF CORRUPTION IN LEADERSHIP. But also essential were three things over which individual citizens have a bit more control over: A SENSE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT, FREEDOM TO MAKE LIFE CHOICES AND A CULTURE OF GENEROSITY.
"There is now a rising worldwide demand that policy be more closely aligned with what really matters to people as they themselves characterize their well-being," economist Jeffrey Sachs said in a statement at the time of the report's release.
But why Denmark over any of the other wealthy, democratic countries with small, educated populations? And can the qualities that make this Nordic country the happiest around apply to other cultures across the globe? Here are a few things Danes do well that any of us can lobby for:
While American women scrape by with an average maternal leave of 10.3 weeks, Danish families receive a total of 52 weeks of parental leave. Mothers are able to take 18 weeks and fathers receive their own dedicated 2 weeks at up to 100 percent salary. The rest of the paid time off is up to the family to use as they see fit.
But the support doesn't stop at the end of this time. Danish children have access to free or low-cost child care. And early childhood education is associated with health and well-being throughout life for its recipients -- as well as for mothers. What's more, this frees up young mothers to return to the work force if they'd like to. The result? In Denmark, 79 percent of mothers return to their previous level of employment, compared to 59 percent of American women. These resources mean that women contribute 34 to 38 percent of income in Danish households with children, compared to American women, who contribute 28 percent of income.
Danish citizens expect and receive health care as a basic right. But what's more, they know how to effectively use their health systems. Danish people are in touch with their primary care physician an average of nearly seven times per year, according to a 2012 survey of family medicine in the country. And that means they have a single advocate who helps them navigate more complicated care.
"This gatekeeping system essentially is designed to support the principle that treatment ought to take place at the lowest effective care level along with the idea of continuity of care provided by a family doctor," wrote the authors of the family medicine survey.
By contrast, Americans seek medical care an average of fewer than four times per year and they don't just visit their general practitioner -- this figure includes emergency room visits, where many uninsured Americans must access doctors. This diversity of resources means that many Americans don't have continuity of care -- not a single medical professional advocating for them and putting together a comprehensive medical history.
It isn't just parents who can expect balanced gender norms. Denmark regularly ranks among the top 10 countries in a World Economic Forum's yearly report that measures gender equality. While no country in the world has yet achieved gender parity, Denmark and other Nordic countries are coming close. That is in no small part because of the strong presence of women in leadership positions. Reported the World Economic Forum:
The Nordic countries were also early starters in providing women with the right to vote (Sweden in 1919, Norway in 1913, Iceland and Denmark in 1915, Finland in 1906). In Denmark, Sweden and Norway, political parties introduced voluntary gender quotas in the 1970s, resulting in high numbers of female political representatives over the years. In Denmark, in fact, this quota has since been abandoned as no further stimulus is required.
Indeed, the country currently has its first female prime minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt (although she has been leader of the Social Democrat party since 2005). Its blockbuster hit television show, Borgen, features a female prime minister (pictured above) as well -- a complicated, strong female character that stands in contrast to America's enduring obsession with male anti-heroes.
But government leadership merely exemplifies greater gender balance throughout the culture. As Katie J.M. Baker puts it in her exploration of gender politics in the Scandinavian country: "Unlike in America, where bestsellers goad already overworked and underpaid women to Lean In even further, the assumption in Denmark is that feminism is a collective goal, not an individual pursuit."
In Denmark's most populated and largest city, Copenhagen, bikes account for 50 percent of its residents' trips to school or work. Half. Half of commuting happens on a bike in Copenhagen and that doesn't just improve fitness levels and reduce carbon emissions, it also contributes to the wealth of the city, reported Forbes:
Researchers found that for every kilometer traveled by bike instead of by car, taxpayers saved 7.8 cents (DKK 0.45) in avoided air pollution, accidents, congestion, noise and wear and tear on infrastructure. Cyclists in Copenhagen cover an estimated 1.2 million kilometers each day –- saving the city a little over $34 million each year.
What's more, just 30 minutes of daily biking adds an average of one to two years to the life expectancy of Copenhagen's cyclists.
Here's how Danish people turn lemons into spiced mulled wine: Ever heard of the concept of hygge? While some would define it as cultivated coziness, hygge is often considered the major weapon in combatting the dreary darkness that befalls the Nordic country over the winter. In a place where the sun shines fewer than seven hours during the height of the winter solstice -- a level of darkness that can (and does) stir depression and sad feelings -- the concept of a cozy scene, full of love and indulgence, can help to mitigate some of the season's worst psychological effects.
After all, both strong social connections and many of the indulgent foods associated with hygge -- such as chocolate, coffee and wine -- are mood boosters.
Danes don't prioritize social security and safety simply so they can receive benefits; there's a real sense of collective responsibility and belonging. And this civic duty -- combined with the economic security and work-life balance to support it -- results in a high rate of volunteerism. According to a government exploration of Danish "responsibility":
Denmark is a society where citizens participate and contribute to making society work. More than 40 percent of all Danes do voluntary work in cultural and sports associations, NGOs, social organisations, political organisations, etc. There is a wealth of associations: in 2006, there were 101,000 Danish organisations -- worth noting in a population of just 5.5 million.
The economic value of this unpaid work is DKK 35.3 billion. Combined with the value growth from the non-profit sector, public subsidies and membership fees, the total economic impact of the sector represents 9.6 percent of the Danish GDP.
But that sense of stewardship isn't just extra-governmental: Danes also take pride in their involvement with the democratic process. During the last election in September 2011, for example, 87.7 percent of the country voted. It's not surprising, given these statistics, that the University of Zurich and the Social Science Research Center Berlin have given Denmark the very highest rating for democracy among 30 established democracies.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
They are not progressive if they lose sight of individual freedom, which is the hallmark of any great nation and the U.S. Constitution. The simple fact that the left does not recognize the rights of the unborn children is proof of their upside down view of the Constitution. If the result of their logic ends with the murder of the innocent and the loss of so many choices, then it is proof their philosophy is immoral and inferior.
Wow! So this is Progress. God as the most prolific abortionist and a new tag line for the Libroids. "if you don't want your baby, you don't need to keep it. Period."
Government forcing her to have a baby she doesn't want. Really? Well, if she/he didn't want the baby, maybe they shouldn't have gotten freakin pregnant in the first place! And don't talk to me about babies with medical conditions - different topic entirely.
How disjointed your thinking. Republicans are not against prenatal care. And republicans are for safety nets for the truly disadvantaged, but we do sorta scratch our heads when people without the economic means to care for children continue to have children. Their choice of course, but what level of a life style should government provide those folks?
what about the individual rights of the woman? You are saying the government should force her to have a baby she doesn't want? Sounds a lot like the big government you are against?
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blindcricket, the instances of abortion which are by far the most common are those called spontaneous abortions. We now know, for instance, that almost all those cases of woman who thought they were pregnant but then ended up just "missing a period" were actually very early spontaneous abortions. I am sure you agree we have to credit God for those wonderful biological processes that lead to the miracles of conception, pregnancy and birth, but then we must assign the same credit for the biological processes that lead to spontaneous abortions. God does move in mystery ways, after all. Still, that would make God the most prolific abortionist around.
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Blue, one thing I question about progressives (liberals) is their value system. It is difficult to understand how they can vote for and continue to support a person who will blatantly lie to the people in order to further an agenda. This is especially so when the people oppose this agenda. It seems to conservatives, that not only do progressives believe that "the end justifies the means" but that they encourage it. This lack of integrity is especially harmful to a democratic society and could easily lead to totalitarianism. Another thought is why did a so-called progressive like Karl Marx prove to be such a failure? This clash of philosophies is a very complex issue and I believe not easily resolved to anybody's satisfaction. There does not seem to be any middle ground. Just a couple of thoughts from my viewpoint.
Dickw - be honest, the statement you made about Obama and 2nd term election applies 100% to Bush too. The other statements can be made about Repubs as well. Look at Bush and the Patriot Act, and then Obama no better by keeping it - down the same road as you wrote. I do not support what is going on with the W.H. or how the President is running the country, I'm stuck once again, in a different yet similar place, as I was under Bush. We need a third party, and the two we are stuck with won't allow it. Funny, when I talk to my friends who are mostly Repubs, we pretty much agree on most things, except for that I do support having a universal healthcare system - and yes, ACA is definitely NOT it, and I find it disgusting how the Dems brush the 5% who are affected to the side as minor inconveniences. Let's see who is put up for the next Presidential elections, because if it Cruz I will scream. Put up a middle of the road guy with budget ideas that work and not fantasy land stuff like last time and you'll get my vote.
care to name one politician who doesn't lie to the people?


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Students, parents and teachers took time out to honor veterans Friday in Carteret County.
Broad Creek Middle School in Newport hosted a program called "bring a vet to school." Students were encouraged to ask a veteran they know to attend the program.
The program included several guest speakers which were all veterans from each branch of the military.
At the end of the ceremony, all of the invited veterans were asked to stand, where they were honored for their service and sacrifice
This is the first bring a vet to school day that the school has hosted. The principal says this will become an annual event.


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