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FORCE advocates for families facing hereditary breast and ovarian cancer in areas such as access to care, research funding, insurance, and privacy.
FORCE is a wealth of information and support for families with hereditary cancer. My hereditary cancer journey - and that of my previvor daughter - has been so much easier because of FORCE.
Advocacy refers to any activity aimed at improving outcomes for a person or group. Health advocacy refers to work done by an organization to improve access to information and care, regulatory oversight, or research for a specific disease or population.
Cancer advocacy provides opportunities for people to become involved with cancer-related issues and to contribute their time and energy to help the community. Advocacy can involve passing out flyers at an event, giving a talk or writing an article about BRCA or cancer, sending a letter to elected officials asking them to support a new law, testifying on federal regulatory issues, serving on advisory committees, or providing input into the design and conducting of research studies. Advocates are often volunteers or staff of nonprofit organizations.
FORCE works with researchers, health care providers, government agencies, elected officials, foundations, nonprofit organizations, patients, and industry to improve the lives of people affected by hereditary cancer. FORCE trains people who want to volunteer and become more involved in HBOC advocacy work.
There are a number of options for becoming engaged.
Federal and state laws, regulations, and guidelines affect the health information and care that people receive, including the types of screening, prevention, and treatment that health insurance plans must cover, which laboratory tests or medications are available, and what screening services doctors should discuss with patients. As policies are considered, and as laws and regulations are interpreted, people can play a role in ensuring that the needs of those affected by hereditary breast and ovarian cancer are met. FORCE initiates and supports legislation and regulations that help people affected by hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.
If you are interested in becoming involved in legislative and regulatory advocacy, FORCE has a need for volunteers—especially in and around the Washington, DC area for in-person efforts. Check our Current Action Items for opportunities to speak out on topics on behalf of the HBOC community.
In the past, the only role for patients and non-scientists in the research process was to participate in research studies. Increasingly, researchers are recognizing the value of including input from the general population and patient communities being researched to weigh in on the shape and direction of research. Research advocates are non-scientists who are interested in guiding research priorities, making sure that the research is ethical and relevant, and even formulating which questions are most important in order to improve health outcomes. Many opportunities are available for consumers to participate on grant review panels, Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), Data and Safety Monitoring Boards (DSMBs), research advisory boards, and guideline panels. Research advocates help craft well-designed studies that lead to new and better methods to prevent, detect, and treat cancer and improve health outcomes.


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Scott Bryte has written, they say that you can't take it with you, but that hasn't stopped people from trying. People sneak things into coffins at funeral homes: flags and medals, hats and sports gear, stuffed animals, and pictures drawn by grandchildren. No one tried as hard to take it with them as the pharaohs of Egypt. They took furniture, musical instruments, jewelry and even full-sized boats. We might succeed in taking our stuff to our graves. The pharaohs managed to get their treasure as far as museums. But none of these things are truly ours forever. The only thing that really goes with us is the grace of God.
The struggle we face is "How to become rich toward God?' We begin by looking at how we might consider our mortal death in light of our relationship to God. The promise of God is of much more value than any things that we can accumulate while we are walking in this world. Mr. T would have reminded us, "I pity the fool, who has no place for God."
There is a Buddhist story about a wrestler who wore a precious stone in an ornament on his forehead. During a certain wrestling match, the stone was crushed into the wrestler's forehead and was covered with dirt and blood. When the wrestler touched his forehead, all he felt was the dirt and blood. He thought, sadly, that he had lost the precious gem. But when he went to the doctor, the first thing the doctor did was to thoroughly cleanse the wound, and in doing so, he discovered the gem, pressed into the skull. He held up a mirror, and showed the wrestler the embedded gem. The Buddhist teacher tells us that the dirt and blood are like the greed and other interests that obscure the divine nature in each of us. The doctor holding up the mirror is like the Teacher who shows us the divinity in ourselves that is obscured when we allow our selfish interests to dominate our lives.

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Watsons Birthday Haul With 5x Bonus Points!
Yay hayyyyyyyy! It's finally my birthday!
There is always a good reason or two to splurge on makeup and skincare products and the reason for this month is very obvious!
Watsons rewards its members with 1 point for every S$5 purchase. And for every 20 points, you get S$1 off your purchase, meaning I have to spend S$100 to redeem W$1.
So to fully redeem my Rimmel Glam Eyes Mascara which cost…. I can't remember… maybe around S$17?, I had to use 340 points. Not bad at all considering I'd have bought so many things from Watsons even without the membership rewards.
Wait a minute.
The 340 points were earned from spending…… S$1700.00!!!!!!
ZOMG! Watsons earns a lot from me! >.<"
W$1 = 20 points = S$100
W$17 = 340 points = S$1700
SHUCKS! How did I manage to buy so many things from Watsons?! And the Rimmel mascara isn't the only item I've redeemed before.
*feels guilty and runs to a corner to repent*
Okie, I feel better now.
Anyway, it's my birthday month! So I get 5 times bonus points on the first purchase of the month! YAY! I made a list of the items I wanted to get from Watsons for the month of July, and made sure I didn't miss anything out so that I wouldn't waste the bonus points.
Top row:
Eclipse Mints
Gatsby Powdered Oil Clear Paper
Bottom row:
Biore Hydra-Clear Makeup Remover (My second bottle)
Biore Makeup Remover for Eye and Lip (My fourth or fifth bottle)
Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry Touch Sunblock SPF 50+ with Helioplex
Kanebo Kate Eyeliner Frame Impact Marker


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July 24, 2013 —
People in certain parts of the region may have noticed a familiar looking caterpillar early this summer. It seems that the gypsy moth is back. An egg mass survey done last February in Pennsylvania by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) indicated that egg mass density was light (40 to 200 egg masses/acre) at most sampling points in Pike County and isolated sampling points in Wayne County (see map at centrecountypa.gov/index.aspx?NID=217). Based on the number of moths flying around this week, however, there may be a more significant infestation for next year, assuming that most of these week's moths are successful in breeding.
During the week of July 15, male gypsy moths have been observed flying about as they seek females. Males are darker than the flightless females and usually emerge first; the females find a spot near their emergence point and release a pheromone to attract a male to mate with, afterwards depositing an egg mass, containing up to 1,000 eggs, on the side of a tree or other vertical surface. The fibrous brown-yellow egg mass remains dormant until the following spring, when the tiny larvae emerge.
At this time of the moth's life cycle, there is not much available in the way of control measures. Pheromone traps are sometimes used, but attract only the males, and a trap can get overwhelmed with so many flying around. After larvae emerge in the spring, spraying can be an effective tool to control large infestations, but timing is important to minimize the effect on native butterfly populations. Whether an area should be treated depends on the density of egg masses as determined by the winter survey. (PA DCNR uses 250 egg masses/acre as a trigger for intervention.)
Some natural parasites can impact gypsy moth populations including a fungus called Entomophaga maimaiga, and insects and birds as well.


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Twin Peaks
DescriptionThe Twin Peaks Cooperative Wildlife Managment Unit (CWMU is north of Groose Creek, Utah on the Goose Creek Mountains. The highest elevation on the Unit is at Twin Peaks, 8500 feet elevation. In the north the Unit is cut by Pole Creek ranging from 5800 feet to 7400 feet. In the south Joe Dahar Creek cuts the Unit running from north to south and ranging from 5800 feet to 7000 feet. On the west side of the Unit Hardesty Creek runs mostly east to west at 5600 feet to 7400 feet. The most common elevation is 6800 feet but ranges from 5600 feet to 8500 feet with an elevation difference of 2900 feet. Fifty percent (50%) of the CWMU elevation ranges between 6700 feet and 7700 feet an elevation difference of 1000 feet.
Nearly seventy percent (70%) of the Twin Peaks Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit (CWMU) is Inter-Mountain Basins Montane Sagebrush Steppe (62). Towards the southwest are areas of Inter-Mountain Basins Big Sagebrush shrubland (48), and towards the south and northwest are areas of Great Basin Pinyon-Juniper Woodland (37). In the Sagebrush Steppe are small patches of Rocky Mountain Aspen Forest and Woodland (22).
One of the Twin Peaks Cooperative Wildlife Mangement Unit (CWMU) nearest weather stations, GROUSE CREEK (423486), is about 9.3 km south from the south edge of the CWMU. GROUSE CREEK has forty-nine (49) years of records, 1959 - 2008. During the FALL (September, October and November) the average precipitation is 2.25 inches, but it can be as high as 4.42 inches or as low as 0.60 inch. During the 91-day FALL period, 16 days will experience greater than or equal to 0.01 inch of precipitation, 7 days of greater than or equal to 0.10 inch, or 1 day of the greater than or equal to 0.50 inch of precipitation. Snowfall during the FALL averages 3.6 inches but can be as high as 21.0 inches. FALL temperature at GROUSE CREEK averages 46.0 degrees F. but can be as high as 97.0 degrees F. or as low as -12.0 degrees F. During the FALL, 54 days will be below freezing (32 degrees F.) and 1 day above 90 degrees F. This map is provided for general reference only and does not constitute a legal hunt boundary. The Division does not guarantee access to any private or public land. Hunt unit boundaries may include private property or other excluded areas.
There are no hunts listed on this boundary
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26.11.12 Website Meeting Summary and Tasks
Have only about in the menu, and not the statements (Vica)
About takes you to a page with a text that explains what Occupy is and the list of statements like this:http://occupylondon.org.uk/about
The introductory text needs to be worked on. (Tina, with Em will activate a pirate pad for this where others can help)
They are put under the same menu :"get involved (Vica)
GA menu:
- Have General Assembly instead of GA (Vica)
- About the General Assembly" needs updating (Em)
- Take away "Schedule" (Vica)
Groups menu: (Vica)
- take away "meetings"
- check which groups still exist
People menu: (Vica)
- take away "Forum"
Email GS to find out more about it (Vica)
add widget to Follow us for Youtube (Vica)
add an email for welcome team (Vica)
add a submit an article button (Vica)
We need to reflect more on the general layout of the main page (Sidebars and blogposts)
based on what functions we think the website needs to cover. (Vica will work a bit on this, and prepare a draft of a new layout that can be used for a base of discussion next week. It would be good to collect feedback from both people in Occupy and not on what they look for when going to the site)
This also needs more reflection and could be developed together with a better layout of the homepage.
Also we need to work on how to integrate more personal blog posts of people involved in Occupy.
Reactivate the comments as default (Vica)
Cross-posting events from other platforms (all)
Approving pending events (all)
Approving articles (once set up Em and Liz)
Responding to tech issues through the website email (Vica with help from Tom and James)
Would be good to set up a team who works on producing a regular newsletter.
For this week we will try to have one go out on Thursday (Tina will initiate and get others involved)
A meeting will be scheduled next week through a doodle (Vica)


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Police reports
Jefferson County sheriff
Arrested: Joshua Anderle, 36, St. Clairsville, driving under the influence, Tuesday.
Theft: Storage units on Commercial Avenue in Mingo Junction were broken into Monday night and thousands of dollars in equipment and materials, including oxygen and acetylene tanks, wire and pipe, air conditioning coolant and a saddle tool box, were taken.
Cited: Jonathan L. Logan, 42, Apartment 1, 2531 Chestnut St., Steubenville, exhaust violation.
Cited for speeding: Doris A. Newman, 52, 377 township Road 15, Rayland; Branson E. Liggett, 49, 258 Smithfield St., Dillonvale; Joseph M. Marchetti, 43, 1114 Courtland Road, Weirton; Connie J. Cesario, 45, 96 Eilleen St., Rayland; Colvin Garrett, 21, 1428 township Road 204, Bloomingdale; and Alexis T. Lopez, 16, Shadyside, speeding.
Arrested: Sean L. Fletcher, 43, 908 Oakland Way, Steubenville, bench warrant, Tuesday.
Arrested: James Acord, 44, 413 Mazzella Road, Wellsburg, driving under the influence, Tuesday.
Arrested: Antwon Touvell, 22, Mount Pleasant, obstructing an officer and resisting arrest, Tuesday.
Arrested: Martin Wilson, 37, 807 North Fifth St., Steubenville, failure to appear, Tuesday.
Arrested: David Keffer, 50, no fixed address, trespassing, Tuesday.
Theft: A window of a vehicle in the 1400 block of Euclid Avenue was broken and a laptop computer taken. The theft was reported Tuesday.
Theft: A home in the 800 block of Lawson Avenue was entered and a laptop computer, several pieces of jewelry and cash were taken between 8:45 a.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Arrested: Michael Murphy, 35, 2019 Commercial Ave., Mingo Junction, driving under the influence and while suspended and reckless operation, Tuesday.
Hancock County sheriff
Arrested: Danielle P. McAllister, 24, New Cumberland, false pretenses; Oct. 23.
Arrested: Shane A. O'Neill, 25, Hookstown, Pa., driving under the influence; Oct. 20.
Arrested: Frank L. Six, 36, Chester, driving under the influence; Oct. 20.
Arrested: David J. Nonmaker, 36, East Liverpool, battery of law enforcement officer, disorderly conduct, failure to print; Oct. 19.
Arrested: Bruce A. Cowart, 40, Easter Liverpool, driving under the influence; Oct. 19.
Arrested: Ronnie A. Yeater, 55, Hookstown, Pa., driving under the influence; Oct. 19.
Arrested: Allan M. McDole, 21, New Cumberland, domestic battery; Oct. 18.
Arrested: William B. Shroades, 40, New Cumberland, fugitive from justice; Oct. 18.
Arrested: Sherry Smith, 29, East Liverpool, capias (false pretenses); Oct. 18.
Arrested: Carlos A. Lopez, 41, New Cumberland, driving on a suspended license; Oct. 17.


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The win improved the Tigers to 5-3 on the season and 2-2 in district play. Brooks fell to 0-7 and 0-3.
The Tigers will host the George West Longhorns (5-2, 3-0) on Friday night. George West and Luling (4-3, 3-0) share first place in the district. Marion (4-4, 3-1) is in third.
George West defeated San Antonio Cole (1-7, 1-3) 49-7 Friday. Marion blanked Jourdanton (2-5, 0-3) 33-0. Luling was idle.
Isaiah Fair had touchdown runs of 23 and 80 yards and also caught an 11-yard scoring pass from Dalton Sturm.
The Tigers went up 40-0 at halftime before inserting substitutes in the second half.
Jeremy Pena had a 9-yard touchdown run, Justin Thomas returned a punt 70 yards for a score, Jordan Garcia ran 18 yards for a touchdown and Noel Garza scored from 3 yards out with 1:05 left in the game.
Fair rushed for 95 yards in the game. Ty Ross added 56 yards rushing as the Tigers gained 337 yards on the ground. Brooks was held to only 94 total yards.


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The continuum of surgical research in science-based medicine
Editor's note: Three members of the SBM blogging crew had a…very interesting meeting on Friday, one none of us expected, the details of which will be reported later this week–meaning you'd better keep reading this week if you want to find out. (Hint, hint.) However, what that means is that I was away Thursday and Friday; between the trip and the various family gatherings I didn't have time for one of my usual 4,000 word screeds of fresh material. However, there is something I've been meaning to discuss on SBM, and it's perfect for SBM. Fortunately, I did write something about it elsewhere three years ago. This seems like the perfect time to spiff it up, update it, and republish it. In doing so, I found myself writing far more than I had expected, making it a lot more different from the old post than I had expected, but I guess that's just me.
In the meantime, the hunt for new bloggers goes on, with some promising results. If we haven't gotten back to you yet (namely most of you), please be patient. This meeting and the holiday–not to mention my real life job–have interfered with that, too.
The continuum of surgical research in science-based medicine
One of the things about science-based medicine that makes it so fascinating is that it encompasses such a wide variety of modalities that it takes a similarly wide variety of science and scientific techniques to investigate various diseases. Some medical disciplines consist of mainly of problems that are relatively straightforward to study. Don't get me wrong, though. By "straightforward," I don't mean that they're easy, simply that the experimental design of a clinical trial to test a treatment is fairly easily encompassed by the paradigm of randomized clinical trials. Medical oncology is just one example, where new drugs can be tested in randomized, double-blinded trials against or in addition to the standard of care without having to account for many difficulties that arise from difficulties blinding. We've discussed such difficulties before, for instance, in the context of constructing adequate placebos for acupuncture trials. Indeed, this topic is critical to the application of science-based medicine to various "complementary and alternative medicine" modalities, which do not as easily lend themselves to randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trials, although I would hasten to point out that, just because it can be very difficult to do such trials is not an excuse for not doing them. The development of various "sham acupuncture" controls, one of which consisted even of just twirling a toothpick gently poked onto the skin, shows that.
One area of medicine where it is difficult to construct randomized controlled trials is surgery. The reasons are multiple. For one thing, it's virtually impossible to blind the person doing the surgery to what he or she is doing. One way around that would be to have the surgeons who do the operations not be involved with the postoperative care of the patients at all, while the postoperative team doesn't know which operation the patient actually got. However, most surgeons would consider this not only undesirable, but downright unethical. At least, I would. Another problem comes when the surgeries are sufficiently different that it is impossible to hide from the patient which operation he got. Moreover, surgery itself has a powerful placebo effect, as has been shown time and time again. Even so, surgical trials are very important and produce important results. For instance, I wrote about two trials for vertebral kyphoplasty for ostoporotic fractures, both of which produced negative results showing kyphoplasty to be no better than placebo. Some surgical trials have been critical to defining a science-based approach to how we treat patients, such as trials showing that survival rates are the same in breast cancer treated with lumpectomy and radiation therapy as they are when the treatment is mastectomy. Still, surgery is a set of disciplines where applying science-based medicine is arguably not as straightforward as it is in many specialties. At times, applying science-based medicine to it can be nearly as difficult as it is to do for various CAM modalities, mainly because of the difficulties in blinding. That's why I'm always fascinated by strategies by which we as surgeons try to make our discipline more science-based.


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Ruben Amaro Jr. addressed the media today, telling Todd Zolecki and others that the club is actively looking to upgrade the center field position after receiving a 6-8 week timetable for Ben Revere's return from a broken foot. The Phillies have played second baseman Cesar Hernandez in center field yesterday and today at Triple-A Lehigh Valley and have asked Hernandez to report to Double-A Reading during the Triple-A All-Star break, including skipping the Triple-A All-Star game for which he was selected. Amaro specifically stated that the team is looking for an upgrade over today's hero John Mayberry Jr. but they will find a pretty thin trade market. The Blue Jays, who entered today 11.5 games out of the AL East race do have Colby Rasmus, Rajai Davis, and former Phils propsect Anthony Gose, who all are able to play center field, but the Jays may be reluctant to trade any of them because of their relative youth and inexpensive, team-friendly deals.
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I would imagine Davis would cost them a good prospect.
I expect that Davis would be they type of player they could acquire but Gose and Rasmus are intriguing. I have always been fascinated by Rasmus' talent although his strikeouts this year are wildly high.
Would be nice to get Gose back. Thoughts on Mike Morse?
Morse wouldn't help the CF situation at all. He's just a better hitting version of Delmon Young.
Davis might be available, as he's older (31, I think?) and the Jays don't really have a regular spot for the guy and he'll see his playing time further cut in another week or so when Melky Cabrera returns from the DL. That said, he still has some use as a pinch-runner/defensive replacement, I suppose, so they won't just give him away.
What about Gillies? Why not see what he can do
None of those three guys mentioned are a big upgrade over Mayberry, or anyone in our system for that matter
Agreed about Gillies. Can play center field with no problem, and wouldn't kill you with the bat. Plus, he's on the 40 man.
If Rube gives up an actual prospect for a center field rental, I'm gonna put a lot of furry animals on the endangered species list.
I think if the Phils had a high opinion of Gillies right now, he'd be brought up, and they wouldn't be trying Hernandez in center. Gillies was shipped down a notch for a while this year and he always seems to be injured. He has very little experience above AA, and just because he may have hit well at a couple of lower levels doesn't mean he's ready for the majors.
Amaro wants an upgrade, not a question mark.
not many players who are or become major leaguers have a lot of experience above AA.. most of the time you go from AA to the majors… AA is a more competitive league……
That's sort of kind of almost true if you're talking about pitchers. Sort of. Kind of. Almost. But it's completely flat out wrong if you're talking about hitters.
With that being said, Gillies got sent down from AAA to AA to adjust his swing and has had excellent results after the adjustment. He then got promoted back up to AAA and has continued to hit very well.
He's not going to find an upgrade over JMJ.
Best to do nothing rather than throw away the few decent pickings left in the system for 8 lousy weeks of borrowed mediocrity from another team.
He's still a question mark. He might be an upgrade, but he might be a flop. Apparently management thinks that RIGHT NOW he'd be a flop. I'm sure management wants to see if those "excellent results" continue over a longer period before they deem him ready. Whether we think Gillies is ready is irrelevent; it's the opinion of experienced scouts that matter.
I agree our opinions really don't matter… however Gillies is 24 years old, we should either call him up now and see what he can do, or trade him to get a fill in center fielder until revere gets back… baseball careers only last so long, we can't hold onto the kid in the minors until he's finally ready, that might be when he's 30… it's worth a shot in my opinion, you don't have to like it…
If talent evaluators think Gillies isn't ready, I don't think he should be tried at the ML level. Sometim3es those guys are wrong, but that's not all that often. I also think if he's not considered ready, no other team would give a pack of baseball cards for him.
My own suspicions are that in another year, he'll wind up in a trade for another team's slow developing player; a disappointment for a disappointment.
There is a definite need to upgrade the pinch-hitters on this team. While, Kevin Frandsen has been very effective coming off the bench, Laynce Nix stopped hitting in May. WIth McDonald strictly a defensive specialist, there is a need to get someone else who can hit coming off the bench.
How about bringing Minimart back? He has played CF!! REALLY!!!
Mayberry has hit in some clutch situations this year. He got an important home run yesterday and the game winning hit today. I would stick with him and see what he does. He has come up big the last 2 days.
Rajai Davis would be an upgrade! Steals bases by the bunches! Could play RF when Revere returns.
Rajai Davis is not an upgrade on Mayberry.
.288 .335 .380 .716
.249 .304 .437 .740
Davis gets on base a LITTLE more. Mayberry hits for ridiculously more power. Davis is a great base stealer. Stealing bases doesn't win baseball games.
What insane logic makes you think that stealing second is more valuable than just hitting a double in the first place?
If Rajai Davis is not an upgrade on Mayberry, why is Ben Revere so considered so valuable?
Ben's OPS is .691, or less than the both guys you mentioned. Why isn't it insane logic to have Ben Revere as your starting center fielder in the first place, based on your theory?
Because the Ben Revere that we saw in June and July (OPS of .820 generated in large part from a BABIP of .400) is the one that is fresh in people's minds. Since Ben was unlikely to continue producing at such a rate – his career OPS is .654 – I would assume that Mayberry or Davis can replace what anyone should have reasonably expected from Ben over the next 6 to 8 weeks, so I would hate to see them give up anything of value to acquire Davis.
Lefty, Revere is a lot younger than Davis and will likely get better (he was already showing improvement before breaking his foot). He stands a better chance of being being a real force than guys already approaching the downsides of their careers.
George, I think the chances of Revere playing better than he has the last month or so is impossible, regardless of age. The guy really gives his all to the game and the team- and I really appreciate that. I don't think most people understand, despite my opinions on his ability ceiling, I do like the guy.
But I have to agree with hk, the facts are pretty convincing that what he's been doing lately is unsustainable.
My question to Devin was more about this-
If he considers Mayberry to be so much of an upgrade over Rajai which is what he is arguing, then why would Mayberry not also be an upgrade to Revere? If Revere and Davis appear on paper to be the same player, regardless of age, then why isn't Mayberry the starting Center-fielder. To me it's simple, it's because Mayberry is not the better everyday player.
I think only a complete fool would think that Revere could sustain what he's done in the past couple months. However, he hit .294 lat season, so his play is not a complete fluke. I'd guess his ceiling is somewhere near that, possibly a little higher, and that kind of performance should warrant being a regular.
He will probably continue to develop his ability to track flyballs and his decision making on stealing bases, so he is a better option than Davis or Mayberry, who have likely learned all they ever will. And, as you said, not only is Mayberry not a better everyday player. In fact, he is not even an adequate everyday player. His defense is only average, and he can't hit righties, and he's already been tried as a regular and found guilty of being a part-timer.
"My question to Devin was more about this- If he considers Mayberry to be so much of an upgrade over Rajai which is what he is arguing, then why would Mayberry not also be an upgrade to Revere? If Revere and Davis appear on paper to be the same player, regardless of age, then why isn't Mayberry the starting Center-fielder. To me it's simple, it's because Mayberry is not the better everyday player. "
Definitely keep putting words in my mouth, that will make for a rational and intelligent discussion.
I don't think Mayberry is an upgrade to Davis. I think that Davis is NOT an upgrade to Mayberry. Davis is a slightly better baseball player, but not nearly enough to justify giving up ANYTHING for him.
The difference, to me, between Revere and Mayberry (which is more words you put in my mouth, as my post never even mentioned Revere) is that Revere is young enough to improve. Mayberry (and Davis) are the baseball players that they are going to be already, and neither of those baseball players is valuable.
Anyone see the irony here? The Phillies don't have any prospects to call up from their pathetic farm system to fill in at CF and middle relief, but the are going to pry valuable players from other teams with their gold mine of talent?
Yes, like rain on your wedding day. Or a free ride when you've already paid. The good advice that you just didn't take.
Teams don't trade from weaknesses, they trade strengths to fill those weak spots. Just because they have little in center or in relief doesn't mean they're completely bereft of talent. The Phils have catching depth, two 3rd base prospects, and probably others that another team would be interested in, and they could afford to trade.
They still have a few pieces. Biddle, Franco, Asche, Hernandez, E Martin. Couple of low level guys like Quinn. They have a logjam of LH relievers.
This will mean nothing to most of you here but this year's team reminds me a lot of the 1957 Phils. That team had a bunch of aging veteran stars and a few young guys who showed promise but never really panned out. Arguably, they held on to their Whiz Kids stars too long while getting little return out of their farm system until the early 1960s.
Solly, Granny and Puddin' Head were all past their prime as were Seminick and Lopata. Even so, the aging Lopata and Hamner were the 2nd and 3rd highest RBI men on the team with 67 & 63 RBIs respectively while Eddie Bouchee led the team with just 76 RBIs. Harry "The Horse" Anderson never quite lived up to his beautiful swing after that year while the young Chico Fernandez and Bouchee also enjoyed their best years as Phillies and also went downhill from there, Simmons and Sanford were still under 30 and had a few more good years elsewhere (as did Whitey) but Robbie was just about cooked losing 22 games that year and Haddix would save his best stuff for one spectacular game as a Pirate.
n the end, even with vestiges of past talent and a tiny smattering of promising youth, the team ended up right on .500 at the end of the year. From there it went all downhill for the Phils who suffered through the next 6 seasons in or near the cellar.
Let's hope the comparisons are not too similar.
Wow, the 1957 Phils? That's before my mother was born.
If only Swish Nicholson were available …
By the way, Nicholson was one of the few players in MLB history to be intentionally walked with the bases loaded.
As someone who relates all the way back to the Whiz Kids as you do – who the heck is "Solly"?
I seem to dimly recollect someone acquired from the Reds … is he the guy?
Hunter Pence in RF would upgrade the of in general
He'd be better than Young, but that's not going to help in center. Mayberry is still only okay, and that's only okay vs. lefties.
A better plan would be to find a guy who can play CF now, then move to RF when Revere returns. Pence can't do that, and he'd also be a very expensive rental.
Would be good to have a solid CF, then you could move Revere to LF and Brown to RF..
Are there any center fielders available, or going to be available at the deadline that might fill our void?
Did Scotty Pods sign anywhere this year, or has he retired?
Grady Sizemore was supposed to be "resuming baseball activities" last month, I think. Anyone else on the scrap heap for cheap for a few weeks?
Given his injury history, Grady Sizemore might not last long enough to play all the games needed before Revere gets well.
I don't think Pods would be an upgrade.
Amaro unlikely to upgrade over Mayberry without giving up too much. Mayberry brings power not speed but they are both needed.


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I am *strongly* considering weaning DD. Her nursing has been driving me up the wall for months now. She is 31 months now (just over 2.5) and absolutely obsessed with nursing. If I allowed it, she would nurse 20X or more a day. I take her on outings, we do activities, I try to keep her as busy as possible but she has an absolute meltdown tantrum if she can't nurse. I have desperately tried to cut out feeds (and have sort of succeeded) but i'd say she still nurses on average about 6-10 times a day plus all night. Night weaning has never worked, predominantly because we have to sleep in the same bed and I have no other parent to take over bedtime.
I am a single mom, a full time student and I don't have the time or energy to keep this up all the time (it's really not fun, and it upsets me to have to literally take her off of me screaming). I was 20 when I had DD and my goal was to breastfeed for 6 months. I'm 24 now and DD will be 3 in December and I feel proud of what we have accomplished....but I don't think being proud of it warrants ending something she is so desperately attached to.
At the end of august I am going away for 3 nights (4 days) without her. I have done 2 nights(3 days) and she did just fine. When i'm not around she looks for me but will go to sleep with little fuss for her grandparents. I'm wondering if I should attempt to wean (or seriously cut down to 1-2 feedings before then), and also thinking she may not be interested when I get back? Preferably i'd like to have such a low number of feedings that I don't risk getting severely engorged etc while I am away, although I would be open to continuing nursing when I get back although not at the same frequency.
Any thoughts? TIA


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State's median income still declining
MONTPELIER Recent U.S. Census Bureau figures show Vermonts median income continues to decline.
In fact, when inflation is factored in, Vermonters are earning less in real dollars than they were a decade ago.
According to this months census data, the 2012 median income in Vermont was $52,977, which means half of Vermonts household earned above that figure and half below.
When inflation is factored in, the Census Bureau says Vermonters earnings have actually declined and while the recession has been a factor, the trend was underway even before that.
The decline in the past 12 years is about 1.6 percent.
For low and middle income Vermonters, theyre essentially being pushed back in two ways, says Paul Cillo, executive director of the Public Assets Institute.
One is that their incomes arent keeping place for inflation, and the other is that their costs for essentials are going up faster than inflation: things like food and fuel, health care, college education.
Vermont is not alone. All but a handful of states have experienced a drop in median household income in the past decade.
Cillo says there are many reasons for the trend including more efficient technology leading to fewer jobs, a decline in union jobs, and an exodus of higher-paying manufacturing jobs overseas.
Middlebury College economics professor Peter Matthews says while recent data indicates the decline may be at an end theres nothing to indicate median incomes will rebound in the near term.
Matthews says compared to many other states Vermonts decline has been relatively modest.
One reason may be the states low unemployment rate, which means a greater likelihood that a Vermont household has more than one wage earner.
Unlike much of the country, I dont think that number has moved all that much during the most recent downturn, so a Vermont household is more likely to have multiple earners in it,he says.
Matthews says households still feel the pinch as costs rise and he says the gap between median and average income is widening, as income disparity grows in Vermont and elsewhere.
Its possible to talk about a median Vermont or American household whose situation hasnt changed very much at the same time as we acknowledge that theres been enough overall income growth for the most prosperous or affluent among us to experience very substantial real income growth over the same period, Matthews says.
Matthews and Cillo say while the factors contributing to the stagnation of median incomes are national or even global, there are steps states can take to moderate costs in area like health care costs and tax policy and efforts to attract higher paying jobs.
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Division in the party makes Republicans vulnerableAP File Photos
Former presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, left, and Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels are among the prominent Republicans to acknowledge that the fractured party must be reshaped and redefined.
WASHINGTON When Republican leaders in Congress agreed to raise taxes on the wealthy last week, it left the increasingly fractured and feuding party unified on perhaps only one point: that it is at a major crossroads.
From Mitt Romneys loss on Election Day through the recent tax fight that shattered party discipline in the House of Representatives, Republicans have seen the foundations of their political strategy called into question, stirring a newly urgent debate about how to reshape and redefine their party.
At issue immediately is whether that can be achieved through a shift in tactics and tone, or will instead require a deeper rethinking of the partys longtime positions on bedrock issues like guns and immigration. President Barack Obama intends to test the willingness of Republicans to bend on those issues in the first months of his new term, when he plans to push for stricter gun control and a comprehensive immigration overhaul.
The coming legislative battles are certain to expose even more division in the party. And with establishment Republicans and Tea Party activists at times speaking as if they are from different parties altogether, concern is spreading throughout the ranks that things could get worse before they get better.
The Republican Party cant stay exactly where it is and stick its head in the sand and ignore the fact that the country is changing, said Ralph Reed, the founder of the Faith and Freedom Coalition and onetime leader of the Christian Coalition.
On the other hand, if the party were to retreat on core, pro-family stands and its positions on fiscal responsibility and taxes, it could very quickly find itself without a strong demographic support base.
Having lost the popular vote in five of the last six presidential elections, Republicans now face a country that is increasingly younger, multiethnic and skeptical of Republican positions on some social issues. The partys deficit-cutting agenda relies heavily on reducing taxes for the wealthy, which irks middle-class voters, and cutting spending on government programs, like Social Security and Medicare, that are popular with many voters.
Generational change is also robbing the party of some of its most effective political positions. Same-sex marriage, which less than a decade ago was an issue that reliably drove conservative voters to the polls in favor of Republicans, appears to be losing its potency with an electorate increasingly comfortable with gay unions.
None other than Newt Gingrich, a former House speaker who promised to fight for a constitutional ban against same-sex marriage during the Republican presidential primaries, now says his party must come to terms with the countrys rapidly shifting views on the subject.
Walking around and pretending it doesnt exist just means youre going to become irrelevant, Gingrich said in an interview.
Prominent Republicans insist that if the partys disparate factions can come together around a set of economic, social and foreign policy principles in the coming years, they stand a good chance of retaking the presidency, making gains in Congress and repairing some of the damage done through several years of bitter primary battles and divisive legislative bickering.
Republicans will get their mojo back when they define themselves as the party of economic growth and upward mobility, said Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana, a Republican who will become the president of Purdue University next week.
Daniels said new lawmakers and governors many of whom are minorities and women would reshape the Republican Party.
The party, with all its problems and Im not disputing them has a really large and interesting crop of new faces, he said. Ultimately, parties tend to be defined by their most visible personalities.
Republicans have already demonstrated success in midterm elections, when fewer people vote, and in state elections for governorships and legislatures. In North Carolina, Pat McCrory, a Republican former mayor of Charlotte, was sworn in as governor on Saturday after waging a campaign that emphasized pragmatism over ideology.
My message remained a Republican message, McCrory said, suggesting that national Republicans could learn a lesson from state politicians. But I did it with a tone of problem solving. I did it with a tone of cooperation. I didnt run one negative ad.
But a changed tone alone may not do enough to smooth over the very real disagreements in the Republican Party. And it is not clear how the intraparty combatants can meet in the middle. For example, while some Republicans argued that the tax vote last week enshrined almost all of the Bush-era tax cuts into permanent law and should be seen as a victory, harder-line fiscal conservatives called it a shameful departure from the partys two decades of successful opposition to tax increases.
Clashes between Tea Party supporters in the House and Speaker John A. Boehner during the budget battles last year led more than a dozen of them to withhold their votes for speaker last week.
And across the country, deeply conservative organizations angry about the concession on tax increases are pledging more, not fewer, primary challenges to Republicans they believe are straying too far from the partys orthodoxy on taxes, guns, energy, immigration, spending and abortion.
The gloves are off, said Everett Wilkinson, a founder of the Tea Party movement in Florida. Were going to challenge a lot of the GOP going forward, he added, both in primaries and general elections.
Moderate Republicans are bracing for the challenges. Steven C. LaTourette, who retired from his Ohio congressional seat at the end of the year and will become the president of the Republican Main Street Partnership, said his group would raise money to defend middle-of-the-road Republicans against the more conservative groups.
There has to be an acceptance within the party of people who have nonidentical views on every issue, LaTourette said. You cant be a national party unless you invite in and are accepting of members with different visions. You cant treat them as pariahs.
As the new year begins, some of the partys leaders in Washington are searching for ways to address the philosophical divide and the structural changes in the country that have caused such problems.
Some are talking about the need to find a positive vision and agenda that represents conservative values but still speaks more directly to the concerns of a broad section of voters and manages to sell that vision through leaders who can convince voters that the party wants to move forward and not back.
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, a Texas Republican who retired this year, said Republicans must shift their focus away from issues like abortion, same-sex marriage, gun rights and immigration.
The combination of our fiscal responsibility message and the social issue message did not bring together a majority in the presidential election, she said. Its not so much coming to the middle. Its letting people have various views on personal issues and not requiring complete fealty to all of those issues in a way that will drive people off.
Other leaders have urgently ordered top-to-bottom reviews to determine how the party lost touch with the most important and fastest-growing voting blocs, including women and Hispanics, and how it can win them over by the 2014 midterm elections.
It is now accepted in the party that it has failed to keep up with Democrats in the competition for ascendant voting blocs of Hispanics, African-Americans, Asians and young people. Although exit polls showed that Romney won nearly 60 percent of the white vote, Obama won more than 70 percent of Asians and Hispanics and more than 90 percent of black voters.
If theres one conclusion thats going to come out of this process, its that we have to be much more granular in our approach to partners in the community like African-Americans, Hispanics and Asians, said Reince Priebus, the Republican National Committee chairman, who is overseeing one of the most ambitious review efforts.MORE IN This Just InMONTPELIER A new report from a commission that studied the cost, availability and quality of... Full StoryVermont fish hatchery changes focus, looks inland
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A bill stalled in the Ohio legislature is frustrating cancer patients — some of whom have gone through their life savings to pay for cancer-fighting pills — and their advocates.
The long-sought legislation, which unanimously cleared a Senate committee nearly three months ago, would require health insurers to cover cancer-treatment pills the same as traditional intravenous chemotherapy.
During that committee hearing, Republicans and Democrats blasted lobbyists and called the testimony against the bill "callous and heartless."
The bills' sponsors say they are working to address business and insurance-industry concerns about the government mandating the services they provide.
"These seem to be delay tactics, and this has been going on for three years now," said Melissa Shawver, manager of patient access, education and advocacy for the Central Ohio Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Chemotherapy pills are often more effective and can cause fewer side effects than intravenous chemotherapy.
Supporters stress that similar legislation has been approved in 27 other states and question why Ohio's business community, insurance industry and government leaders can't come together.
Those involved in the deliberations say they are optimistic a resolution is near.
"We're that close to getting all of the parties on the same page and getting the bill out," said Sen. Charleta Tavares, a Columbus Democrat who is co-sponsoring Senate Bill 99 with Republican Sen. Scott Oelslager of North Canton.
"A lot of them feel that it's a mandate. But what we're saying is if you're offering chemotherapy on your insurance plan, you have to offer an oral option (if available) at the same price."
A possible amendment to the legislation aims to ensure that the bill does not dictate how insurers design the health plans they offer.
"All we want to do is make this treatment affordable for patients; we really don't care how they design their plans," said Susan Jagers, who is representing the American Cancer Society and chairing a coalition of supporters.
But groups such as the Ohio Association of Health Plans and Ohio Chamber of Commerce remain opposed to the bill.
"The mandate aspect has us concerned," said Keith Lake, vice president of the chamber.
Miranda Motter, president and chief executive officer of the Ohio Association of Health Plans, said she appreciates the effort to address the concerns.
"We are hopeful that the bill will address the issue of affordability of these extremely expensive cancer drugs in a way that allows consumers to have access to them through a competitive array of health-benefit plans," she said.
Supporters stressed that states which have passed similar laws have not seen an increase in costs.
"Twenty-seven other states have already worked through these issues. That's the beacon of hope for folks," said Julie McMahon, director of mission for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Columbus affiliate.
"I'm hopeful yet concerned on behalf of people whose lives are at stake."


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1-12-16: One period separated the Bruins from defeating the Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Monday night, but the Blueshirts were able to pull out a late-game victory to secure a 2-1 win. The Bruins now head to Philadelphia to play the Flyers on Wednesday and finish up a five-game road trip in Buffalo on Friday. Over the 19 games remaining at TD Garden this season the average price for Boston Bruins tickets is $162.93 on the secondary market.
1-6-16: The Boston Bruins are still looking for their first January win, losing the Winter Classic to the Montreal Canadiens and following it up with a loss to the Washington Capitals. They begin a five-game road trip on Friday against the New Jersey Devils and play the following night against the Ottawa Senators.
12-23-15: Things have started to click for the Bruins, who have gone 6-2-2 over their last 10 and possess second place in the Atlantic division. They'll play 24 more games at TD Garden this season and the average price for Bruins tickets is $172.62 on the secondary market.
12-18-15: The Bruins have had difficulty locking down wins in overtime this season, but that hasn't negated them from remaining relevant in the Atlantic division. The team owns a a 17-9-4 record, good enough for second place in the division and just five points shy of tying the first-place Canadiens. They'll take on the Penguins in Pittsburgh tonight, where Penguins vs Bruins tickets average $106.98 and the get-in price is $46.
12-9-15: Winners of six of their last eight, the Boston Bruins will face two of the best teams in the NHL this week with games against the Nashville Predators and Montreal Canadiens. After, they are home in six of their next seven games.
11-16-15: TD Garden will welcome three Bruins games this week as the team sets to host the Sharks, Wild and Maple Leafs. Over that time, the average secondary market price for Bruins tickets is $138.68 on the secondary market. Saturday's game against the Maple Leafs is currently the most expensive of the trio, with tickets averaging $196.06 and the get-in price listed for $82.
11-6-15: The Bruins travel to Montreal tomorrow to take on the Canadiens. It has been a slow start for Boston, who enters the 13th game of the season at just 6-5-1. According to TicketIQ the average price for Canadiens vs Bruins tickets is $252.23 on the secondary market. Across the remaining 36 games at TD Garden, the average price for Bruins tickets is $170.30 on TicketIQ.
4-13-15: The Bruins missed the playoffs by two points. It's weird to think of the playoffs with Boston participating. Boston struggled mightily down stretch. Injuries played a role in a season of disappointment, but Boston aged right in front everybody eyes. Could Claude Julien get fired? It's certainly possible.
4-7-15: The Bruins have won five straight games but can't knock off the Senators, who sit just three points back with a game in hand. The Bruins currently sit third in the Atlantic but those standings change daily. Boston finishes the season with three road games, in Tampa, Washington and Florida. The playoffs are not a sure bet for Boston.
3-31-15: The Bruins have their backs to the wall, but did win two games and losing a third to Anaheim in overtime. Thanks to Ottawa's recent struggles, Boston now has a three-point cushion on the teams chasing them for the final playoff spot in the East. Ryan Spooner has four goals in his last six games played.
3-24-15: Well, five straight losses have the Bruins on the edge of falling out of a wild-card spot. With two games this week against Anaheim and the Rangers, this could be the stretch that dooms the Bruins for the season. However, Boston has played well against the top tier teams this season. Who knows, really what is going to happen.
3-3-15: February was an awful month for the Bruins who lost eight of their last 10 games. They are holding onto the eight seed by a thread in the East. David Krejci and Kevan Miller are on long-term injured reserve. Boston did pick up the immensely talented Brett Connolly from Tampa Bay in exchange for picks. They also traded Jordan Caron to Colorado for Max Talbot.
2-9-15: The Bruins seem to be safe in the final wild-card spot in the East, with a six point lead on
Florida. They lost two out of three games this past week, including Sunday night's game against
Montreal. The B's are 0-4 against the Habs this season. It's been a month since backup Niklas Svedberg made an appearance in net for Claude Julien.
2-4-15: The Bruins are heating up. They're 8-1-1 in their last 10 games. They have one point in 18 of their last 21 games. Boston could be the most dangerous team to face in the playoffs. They have playoff and Stanley Cup experience, along with talent at every position. The Bruins have 61 points and sit seventh in the East.
1-26-15: The B's are tied with the Caps for the final two playoff spots in the East. Boston had injuries to Zdeno Chara and David Krejci in the first half, which contributed to their slow start. Tuukka Rask looked shaky but has since regained his form. When they're healthy, Boston can beat any team in the league. David Pastrnak could provide an offensive spark for the Bruins down the stretch.
1-22-15: The Bruins had their five game winning streak snapped this Saturday at home against Columbus. They followed that up with a 3-1 victory over the Stars in Dallas Tuesday night. After an awful
December, Tuukka Rask has a .941 save percentage thus far January. Boston currently occupies the final playoff spot in the East with 56 points.
1-14-15: Boston has won four straight and is 7-1-3 in its last 11 games. The Bruins have been doing a good job of at least getting points because the Panthers are only three points back and have three games in hand over Boston. Rookie David Pastrnak now has four goals in his last two games played.
1-7-15: The Bruins have lost four of their last five games but do have points in four straight games thanks to a win and three losses after regulation. Boston has not looked great this season, but they still have plenty of time to turn it around. The B's sit just one point back of the Rangers for the finals wild-card spot in the East.
12-24-14: The Bruins have four wins this month, two in regulation against Arizona and Nashville. The Bruins need time to round into form after their injury-filled start. Many people are worried about this team after years of dominance in the East. The Bruins will be just fine and managed to earn a playoff spot.
12-17-14: The Bruins got Zdeno Chara back last week and he played a ton in both of their games. Unfortunately for Boston, Chara was showing some rust. He had four minor penalties that contributed to a pair of losses. The B's now have just two wins in their last 10 games and one in their last seven
12-10-14: Boston ended their three-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory in Arizona this past Saturday. The Bruins have done a nice job of treading water since Zdeno Chara went down with a knee injury back in October. The Bruins are 10-7-1 in his absence. Still, there is no timetable for his return, and the Bruins offense needs to pick it up. If they continue to play like they're doing, then Boston will be in danger of not making the playoffs this season.
12-3-14: Boston continues to limp along as it battles injuries, winning one overtime game and losing another last week. The team is now 4-5-1 in its last 10 games after back-to-back losses to Anaheim and Los Angeles on Monday and Tuesday. Carl Soderberg leads the Bruins with five goals and 17 points.
11-26-14: The Bruins had their three game winning streak snapped this past Saturday by the Canadiens, marking the third time this season the Bruins lost to their rivals. They are 3-3 in their past six games but 7-3 in their past 10. Since losing Zdeno Chara they have fared well. If Chara returns from his knee injury at 100 percent, the Bruins will still have a chance to make a deep playoff run. Right now, they need to get healthy.
11-19-14: The Bruins are a beat up team right now, but they are also holding their own. The team has won seven of its last nine games, although a pair of losses last week to Montreal and Toronto was worrisome. They had a huge 2-0 victory over St. Louis Tuesday night. Boston will be fine as they need to be patient with their patchwork defense. Once they get fully healthy, watch out.
11-12-14: Boston is 5-1-0 since Zdeno Chara went down with a knee injury. They have been taking advantage of a weak schedule that's featured Edmonton, Toronto, Florida and Buffalo. Right now, they are getting by without Chara, but if Boston wants to win the Cup, the Bruins need Chara to avoid going under the knife.
11-5-14: The Bruins have won three straight games though they needed overtime to put the Sabres away. The Bruins are slowly but surely finding their way. If they can stay afloat once Zdeno Chara returns from injury, they will be just fine for the stretch run. Scary news for the NHL is Tuukka Rask seems to have found his game once again.
10-29-14: In their first game without Zdeno Chara, the Bruins called upon Dennis Seidenberg in a 4-1 win
in Toronto. Seidenberg played a season-high 25:59 in the win. The German will have to carry the
load until Chara returns in four to six weeks. Boston had a 3-1 lead in the third period Tuesday
against Minnesota, but coughed up three goals en route to a 4-3 loss. It's safe to say the Bruins
are in trouble without Chara.
10-15-14: The Bruins lack of overall team depth is a concern as cap-strapped Boston has lost three straight overall. There is no time to panic, though of you're a Bruins fans. Boston needs more from pretty everybody on their team. There is no doubt that their start has been a shaky. Some people feel Boston is past its prime. I don't think so quite yet. However, I believe their start is made worse by how well Montreal has played thus far.
10-10-14: Patrice Bergeron scored eight minutes into the game against the Detroit Red Wings, but it would be the only goal the Boston Bruins would score in a 2-1 loss. The goal was on Bergeron's only shot of the night in 14:26 of ice time. Torey Krug led the Bruins in ice time with 22:39 played, just nine seconds more than Zdeno Chara.
10-10-14: There are few better rivalries in hockey than the Habs and Bruins, one in which plenty of animosity still simmers from the stands. Bruins tickets for this November tilt are $325.02 on average on the secondary market. The get-in price for the game is $139. The game is currently the 10th most expensive game of the regular season on the secondary market.
The Habs have one of the more talked-about Cup droughts in the league today, having not won a Championship in 22 years. How will the Habs get over the hope? Young vigor, they hope. With Alex Galchenyuk and Brendan Gallagher, the Habs have two of the league's most promising young talents. To round out an offense that includes those two, star Max Pacioretty and team stalwart Tomas Plekanec, the Habs brought in PA Parenteau, who nearly tallied 70 points in 2011-2012.
After years of powerplay impotency, the Bruins actually had the league's third best man advantage last year. Now ex-Bruins Jarome Iginla helped the Bs achievement that PP success, but in his absence, the team will lean on Carl Soderberg and Loui Eriksson. Eriksson, the Bruins hope, is ready for his Bruins breakout. Team brass expected more from the Swede, who only scored ten goals last season and spent one quarter of it injured.
5-12-14: The Boston Bruins can ad
vance to the Eastern Conference Final for the second straight season with a victory at Bell Centre Monday night. Three times in the past four seasons the Bruins went on the road with a chance to clinch in a Game 6 and failed. The B's are looking to reverse that trend and close out the Habs. Bruins forwards Carl Soderberg, Loui Eriksson and Matt Fraser combined for six points in Game 5. Soderberg has one goal and four assists in the series.
5-5-14: The Bruins are lucky to be heading to Montreal with this series tied at 1-1. After dominating much of Game 1, Boston fell to the Canadiens 4-3 in double-overtime thanks to P.K. Subban's rocket of a shot. This past Saturday, the Bruins fought back from a 3-1 deficit, outworking and overwhelming the Habs while scoring four times in the third period to earn a 5-3 victory and an even series. This series smells like it will go seven games.
4-28-14: After falling in game one versus Detroit, the Bruins won four straight games and showed why they were the NHL's top team this season. The Red Wings managed 152 shots against goalie Tuukka Rask, but he turned aside 146 of them. Rask displayed confidence that seemed to rattle the Detroit players. Rask's 1.16 goals-against average and .961 save percentage are tops among playoff goalies with at least four starts in the 2014 playoffs. The B's will face the Montreal Canadiens, their most bitter rival, in the second round.
4-21-14: The Bruins won the Presidents' Trophy this season for the best record in the regular season but were locked in a tight game one against Detroit which neither team had many solid scoring opportunities. The B's eventually dropped game one 1-0 on Pavel Datsyuk's magician like goal late in the third period. Boston would respond strong in game two on the heels of two power-play goals and stingy penalty killing. Three Bruins regulars missed their second consecutive game this past Sunday. Chris Kelly is out with a back problem, left wing Daniel Paille with a head injury and defenseman Matt Bartkowski with the flu.
4-7-14: When the Bruins lost 3-2 to Detroit this past Wednesday, it was the first time they were defeated in a 60 minute hockey games since March 1. Think about that for a second. They followed that with an overtime loss to the Maple Leafs before beating the Flyers at home. Boston has clinched the top spot in the East and hold a two point lead on the Blues for the best record in the NHL. Backup goaltender Chad Johnson last lost in regulation was Dec. 28. His record since that defeat is 11-0-2.
3-31-14: Boston is simply the best team in the NHL. They're 15-0-1 in their last 16 games played and haven't lost a road game in over two months. They have the best goaltender in the NHL and Patrice Bergeron should win the Selke Trophy this year as the league's top defensive forward. If the playoffs began today, the Bruins would face Columbus. There is not much that can derail the machine that is the Boston Bruins.
3-25-14: They haven't lost a game since March 1. I think that says it all right there. They beat the Devils, Wild, Coyotes and Avalanche by a combined score of 12-4 this past week. Their 103 points should win the Eastern Conference. They are in a tight battle for the Presidents' Trophy and home ice advantage throughout the playoffs. They are 17-4-4 vs. the West this season and 9-0-2 in their past 11 against western opponents.
3-17-14: The Bruins are at eight-straight wins and counting. They have surpassed the Pens as the team to beat in the East and are doing it with both Tuukka Rask and Chad Johnson in net. The Bruins are a downright scary team up front. With Jarome Iginla, Patrice Bergeron, Milan Lucic, and Brad Marchand, not many teams can compete with the depth the B's have. The addition of Andrej Meszaros on the blueline has helped their powerplay.
3-10-14: Boston went undefeated this past week and has not lost since March 1st versus Washington. The Bruins are hitting postseason form at the right time and have overtaken Pittsburgh for the best team in the conference. With Pittsburgh riddled with injuries, the East is Boston's to take. They made a minor move at the deadline trading a third round pick to Flyers for defenseman Andrej Meszaros. Meszaros will sure up the thin B's blueline and bring some firepower to the powerplay.
3-3-14: The Bruins went 1-1-1 this past week but capped it off with an impressive 6-3 win over the Rangers at Madison Square Garden. With the Penguins plethora of injuries, the door is open for the Bruins to make a run at the number one seed in the East. The Bruins allowed 42 shots to the Rangers this past Sunday, which was the second-highest total they allowed in a game this season. The Bruins will be active at the deadline searching for a veteran defenseman.
2-10-14: The Bruins have won three out of four games and seven of their last nine. During that eight-game stretch, the B's have outscored their opponents 38-18. The Atlantic Division was a tight race up until the past few weeks, but the Bruins seem to have pulled away. They have a seven-point lead over the second-place Lightning and are five points behind the East-leading Penguins with a game in hand. Boston is once again a favorite to win the Stanley Cup.
2-3-14: With the exception of a tough loss to Montreal, Boston has been rolling of late. The team has five wins in its last six contests. The wins have given the Bruins a bit of breathing room in the Atlantic Division. Boston now has a four-point lead on Tampa Bay. Remarkably, 34 of Boston's 35 wins came in either regulation or overtime; the team has gone to the shootout only four times and holds a 1-3 record there.
1-27-14: The Bruins are 4-1-1 in their past six games played and appear to be hitting their stride. During the streak, they defeated the Sharks, Kings and took the Blackhawks to a shootout before losing. It's looking like it will be a two-team race for the top spot in the Atlantic between the Bruins and Lightning. Jarome Iginla had four points against the Flyers this past Saturday and he had four points in his previous 11 games combined.
1-20-14: Boston has gone just 4-5-1 in its last 10 contests. The Bruins still hold down the top position in the Atlantic, but both the Lightning and the Canadiens are sniping at their heels. Montreal is four points back and Tampa Bay is tied in points but behind in regulation/overtime wins. Reilly Smith has been the surprise star of the Bruins' return in the Tyler Seguin trade. Smith's 35 points place him second on Boston in scoring.
1-13-14: The Bruins have been in a bit of funk of late, going 3-4-0 in their past seven games played. That all could change with Loui Eriksson back from a 15-game absence due to a concussion. They hold a slim lead in the Atlantic. As long as they can stay healthy, they should push the Penguins for the top spot in the East. Tuukka Rask has 10 shutouts in his past 70 starts and leads the league in that category over the past two seasons.
1-7-14: Boston finished a soft stretch in its schedule where it played nine consecutive games against teams outside the post-season, but went a mediocre 5-3-1. That comes to an end as they take a trip through the Pacific Division this coming week. They may only hold the division by four points, but their plus-35 goal differential is better than second- and third-place Tampa Bay and Montreal combined. Reilly Smith currently sits second in club scoring with 32 points in 42 games.
12-30-13: The Bruins split a home-and-home series with the Senators this past week, which has Boston with a 4-2-0 mark in their past six games. The Bruins continue to roll and sit atop the Atlantic Division. They'll be vying for the top spot in the East throughout the season. Reilly Smith has a $900,000 cap hit this season but has delivered 14 goals and 30 points. The B's sure are missing Tyler Seguin though who has 19 goals and 18 assists in 36 games this season.
12-23-13: The Bruins have won only two of their last four games, which is what could be considered a cold streak for Boston. The Bruins lead a reasonably competitive Atlantic Division and trail only Pittsburgh in the Eastern Conference standings. Torey Krug has 18 points on the season and 10 of those points have come on the power play. He is the only Bruin with more points with the man advantage than on even-strength. Him and New Jersey's Eric Gelinas the only one of the NHL's 30 top-scoring rookies to have that kind of scoring balance.
12-16-13: Boston was rolling along with five straight wins before their ugly 6-2 loss in Vancouver this past Saturday. It was just the Bruins third regulation loss in their past 14 games. Boston is currently second in the Eastern Conference and will likely be competing for the conference's top spot all season. Their next nine games are against teams currently outside of a playoff spot. Tuukka Rask was pulled during the third period of the loss to the Canucks, which was the first time he was yanked since last February.
12-9-13: Boston won two of three games last week, but their performance on the ice will be overshadowed by some of the nastiness that occurred in those games. Shawn Thornton will be suspended for a long time given what he did to Brooks Orpik. The health of Loui Eriksson and Chris Kelly is a serious concern. Dougie Hamilton and Kevan Miller both left the game versus Toronto. The next two weeks will be crucial for the B's if they want to remain atop the Eastern Conference.
12-2-13: The Bruins won three out of four games this past week with their only blemish coming in a 5-0 loss to the Detroit Red Wings, where the B's managed only 17 shots on net. Reilly Smith, the other player in the Tyler Seguin for Loui Eriksson trade, has been providing the Bruins with secondary scoring this season. Smith has 17 points in 27 games with six points in his last eight games. Boston continues to be the class of the Eastern Conference.
11-25-13: The Boston Bruins continue their winning ways as they currently have the Eastern Conference's best overall record. Boston is 7-1-2 in their last 10 games played and sport an impressive 9-3-2 record at the TD Garden. The Bruins went 3-1 on the week with two wins over Carolina, and a win over the New York Rangers. Boston has a tough week ahead as the Penguins visit Boston for the first time since being swept out of the playoffs last season.
11-18-13: The Bruins won two out of three games last week, but in their two wins they didn't look particularly good. They needed overtime to beat Columbus and got outplayed by the Senators last Saturday. Boston started off the week by beating Tampa Bay 3-0 on Veterans Day. If anyone could upset Tomas Hertl for the Calder Trophy it could Boston's Torey Krug. He leads all NHL rookie defenders with 12 points and is tied for third overall in rookie scoring.
11-12-13: It was an interesting week for the Bruins as they welcomed Tyler Seguin, Tim Thomas, and Phil Kessel back to Boston. The Bruins lost to Dallas in a shootout last Tuesday but followed it up by beating the lowly Panthers and defeating the Maple Leafs in a rematch of last year's epic playoff series. The B's plus-15 goal differential is one of the best in the league. The Bruins still haven't played their best hockey yet but when they start to get hot the Eastern Conference must be aware as Boston is still one of the league's premier teams.
11-5-13: While the city of Boston was celebrating another championship with the Red Sox World Series win over the Cardinals, the Boston Bruins were stumbling in their toughest week of the season to date. The B's dropped two-of-three and their lone victory came over the Ducks in a shootout. They were outplayed by both the Islanders and Penguins and didn't look good in either game. Ryan Spooner was called up from Providence of the AHL and provided a spark to the Bruins lineup. He had two assists in two games this past week.
10-29-13: The Boston Bruins just know how to play good hockey. Head coach Claude Julien is an underrated coach who doesn't get the recognition he deserves. The Bruins don't score many goals, as they have only scored 30 all season long, which is good for 27th in the NHL. On the flipside, the B's don't give up many goals giving up a total of 17 thus far. That's good for second in the NHL. The loss of Loui Eriksson to a concussion indefinitely is a huge blow. The Bruins are now 7-3-0.
10-21-13: Remember in the offseason when the Dallas Stars threw in Reilly Smith as an extra player in the Tyler Seguin for Loui Eriksson trade? Well, Dallas may be regretting that now. Smith has five points in his first seven games as a Bruin and solidified a spot on Boston's third line. Newcomers Jarome Iginla and Loui Eriksson are slowly adjusting to Claude Julien's style of play. Their plus -10 goal differential is good for a top 10 spot overall.
10-14-13: All areas of emphasis are going well for the 3-1-0 Bruins thus far. Youngsters Jordan Caron, Reilly Smith, and Torey Krug have all been valuable assets. The top line of Milan Lucic, Jarome Iginla, and David Krejci has been a force after three games. Goaltender Tuuka Rask has only given up three goals in his first three games and he looks well worth the money he was given in the offseason. Over the last couple of seasons, the Bruins penalty kill has been stellar. So far, it's the same this year. The Bruins have surrendered only one powerplay goal all year.
10-7-13: The defending Eastern Conference champions look even more dominant than last year's team. Boston opened up the season with a 3-1 home victory against the Tampa Bay Lighting. They followed up that by beating their new division and conference rivals, the Detroit Red Wings. All in all, the Bruins are once again a power in the East.
8-22-13: The defending Eastern Conference champions begin their title quest on Thursday Oct. 3 when the Tampa Bay Lighting visits the TD Garden. The Bruins play host to the Dallas Stars on Nov. 5 in what will be the teams' first meeting since the Bruins shipped Tyler Seguin and Rich Peverley to the Stars in exchange for Loui Eriksson and prospects. Boston visits Calgary on Dec. 10 and the newest Boston Bruin, Jarome Iginla, will play his first game against the team he spent his whole career with until being traded last season to Pittsburgh. On Jan. 19, Boston visits Chicago in a rematch of the Stanley Cup Final.
7-12-13: The Bruins have signed center Patrice Bergeron to an eight-year, $52M extension.
Earlier in the week, they signed restricted free-agent goalie Tuukka Rask to an eight-year contract worth $56M.
Bruins 2013 NHL Draft Summary
6-13-13: After overcoming a 3-goal-Game-7 deficit against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Bruins made their run to the Stanley Cup Finals look simple, but the shortened season was about as dramatic for Boston as the only Game 7 they've had to play. Their savior Tim Thomas, who led the B's to a Stanley Cup in 2011, decided to take a year off, 6-Time All-Star Jarome Iginla waived his no-trade clause and went to Pittsburgh after all signs led to Boston, and the tragic bombing at the Boston Marathon tested the faith of the entire city. While it is hard to believe now, Tuukka Rask, in his first season as a starting goaltender, struggled at moments, forcing head coach Claude Julien to put in untested backup Anton Khudobin while the Bruins battled with the Montreal Canadiens for the Northeast Division lead. While Montreal took the division, the Bruins ultimately stood the test of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and are in the Finals thanks to the grit they displayed all season and overcoming every obstacle they crossed along the way.
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Oct. 15 at Toronto | 7:00
Oct. 17 at Winnipeg | 8:00
Oct. 20 New Jersey | 7:00
Oct. 22 Montreal | 7:00
Oct. 25 Minnesota | 7:00
Oct. 26 at NY Rangers | 8:00
Oct. 29 at Detroit | 7:00
Nov. 1 at Florida | 7:30
Nov. 3 at Tampa Bay | 7:30
Nov. 5 NY Rangers | 7:00
Nov. 7 Buffalo | 7:00
Nov. 8 at Montreal | 7:30
Nov. 10 Columbus | 7:00
Nov. 12 at Arizona | 8:00
Nov. 13 at Colorado | 7:00
Nov. 17 at Minnesota | 8:00
Nov. 19 Winnipeg | 7:00
Nov. 22 St. Louis | 7:00
Nov. 24 at Ottawa | 7:30
Nov. 25 Calgary | 7:30
Nov. 27 Tampa Bay | 1:00
Nov. 29 at Philadelphia | 7:00
Dec. 1 Carolina | 7:00
Dec. 3 at Buffalo | 1:00
Dec. 5 Florida | 7:00
Dec. 7 at Washington | 8:00
Dec. 8 Colorado | 7:00
Dec. 10 Toronto | 7:00
Dec. 12 at Montreal | 7:30
Dec. 14 at Pittsburgh | 7:30
Dec. 15 Anaheim | 7:00
Dec. 18 Los Angeles | 1:00
Dec. 20 NY Islanders | 7:00
Dec. 22 at Florida | 7:30
Dec. 23 at Carolina | 7:30
Dec. 27 at Columbus | 7:00
Dec. 29 at Buffalo | 7:00
Dec. 31 Buffalo | 1:00
Jan. 2 at New Jersey | 7:00
Jan. 5 Edmonton | 7:00
Jan. 7 at Florida | 7:00
Jan. 8 at Carolina | 5:00
Jan. 10 at St. Louis | 8:00
Jan. 12 at Nashville | 8:00
Jan. 14 Philadelphia | 1:00
Jan. 16 NY Islanders | 1:00
Jan. 18 at Detroit | 8:00
Jan. 20 Chicago | 7:00
Jan. 22 at Pittsburgh | 12:30
Jan. 24 Detroit | 7:00
Jan. 26 Pittsburgh | 7:00
Jan. 31 at Tampa Bay | 7:30
Feb. 1 at Washington | 8:00
Feb. 4 Toronto | 7:00
Feb. 9 San Jose | 7:00
Feb. 11 Vancouver | 1:00
Feb. 12 Montreal | 7:30
Feb. 19 at San Jose | 8:30
Feb. 22 at Anaheim | 10:30
Feb. 23 at Los Angeles | 10:30
Feb. 26 at Dallas | 12:30
Feb. 28 Arizona | 7:00
Mar. 2 NY Rangers | 7:00
Mar. 4 New Jersey | 7:00
Mar. 6 at Ottawa | 7:30
Mar. 8 Detroit | 8:00
Mar. 11 Philadelphia | 1:00
Mar. 13 at Vancouver | 10:00
Mar. 15 at Calgary | 9:00
Mar. 16 at Edmonton | 9:00
Mar. 20 at Toronto | 7:30
Mar. 21 Ottawa | 7:00
Mar. 23 Tampa Bay | 7:00
Mar. 25 at NY Islanders | 7:00
Mar. 28 Nashville | 7:00
Mar. 30 Dallas | 7:00
Apr. 1 Florida | 1:00
Apr. 2 at Chicago | 12:30
Apr. 4 Tampa Bay | 7:00
Apr. 6 Ottawa | 7:00
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