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This, of course, is the big question. And, of course, it can't be answered generally. You must consider the potential benefits and risks of a specific botanical for your specific situation. As with drugs, you need to consider any contraindications, such as allergies. If you are taking other drugs or botanicals, you need to research possible drug interactions.
As the amount and quality of scientific research regarding botanicals increases, it is getting easier to find this information. Do note, however, that scientists have not systematically studied the use of botanical medicine [3] in special populations, such as infants, children, pregnant or lactating women, the elderly, and the critically ill. (Nor have they studied the use of most pharmaceutical medicines in these special populations.)
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Ensuring your safety is ultimately your job. You need to take responsibility for the following.
Be informed. Always research the benefits and risks before taking any botanicals. Pay particular attention to contraindications and reported adverse reactions. Make sure you research the botanical for your intended use and for any special considerations that apply to you, such as allergies, other health issues, and any other drugs or botanicals you are taking, so you can avoid possible drug-botanical interactions. (See What Else Should I Know About Adverse Reactions? below.) You can find good books and websites to help you in our Resources section.
Talk to your healthcare provider. Even if you think your provider might be uncomfortable with botanicals, don't let that discourage you--you need to partner with your provider! Tell your provider what you are considering and share what you have discovered from your research. Explain why you are interested in using botanicals.
You should expect your health provider to be respectful, to listen actively and answer your questions, and to partner with you on diagnostic and treatment decisions. Your provider's input is invaluable because he or she knows your health particulars and the drugs you are taking.
Because so many people are now using botanical medicines, healthcare providers should make the effort to get some information regarding the effects, benefits, and risks of botanicals. Many have done so, but it is still sometimes difficult to find an informed healthcare provider or pharmacist who can advise you. If your provider is open to learning more, one good primary source of information is PubMed [4], a free online database that is maintained by the National Library of Medicine.
If you don't feel that you can partner successfully with your provider, you might want to consider finding one that you can work with. As much as you can within the limits of your health insurance, choose a provider or clinic where you feel you can get your needs met and where you feel comfortable.
Buy good quality botanicals. We cover this in more detail in How Can I Find Good Quality Botanicals? [5], but essentially you want to buy from manufacturers who adhere to good manufacturing standards, such as those certified by USP or NSF International.
Follow recommendations for usage. Read labels carefully. Compare the dosage and other recommendations with your own research, as well as that of your provider. Pay attention to cautions and contraindications, which are situations where botanicals are not recommended.
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Botanical Botanical medicines are called dietary supplements by the federal government and regulated under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act [6] (DSHEA) and the Dietary Supplement and Non-prescription Drug Consumer Protection Act. These regulations differ from those for drugs (both prescription and over-the-counter).
While drugs need to go through clinical evaluation to determine their efficacy and safety for specific uses before they get Federal Drug Administration [7] (FDA) approval for sale, dietary supplements do not. (The exception to this is if the supplement includes a dietary ingredient that was not sold in the U.S. before 1994.)
Under DSHEA, manufacturers are responsible for determining that their supplements are safe and that their product claims are backed by evidence. The 2006 Dietary Supplement and Non-prescription Drug Consumer Protection Act added more rigorous oversight of dietary supplements and mandated reporting of serious adverse events associated with dietary supplements and over-the-counter products.
Under this newer law, all serious adverse events must be reported to the FDA within 15 days. In most instances, this law mandates the manufacturers, packers, or distributors of the products to file the report, but retailers are also required to report adverse events if their name appears on the label of the dietary supplement, or if they have entered into agreements with the manufacturers or distributors to accept responsibility for submitting adverse event reports. For more information, see http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/dsaergui.html [8].
In 2007, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) announced a final rule establishing current good manufacturing practice requirements for dietary supplements. The final rule requires manufacturers to report all adverse events to the FDA, as well as evaluate the identity, purity, quality, strength, and composition of its dietary supplements. This change places more accountability on the industry and should increase consumers' confidence in the quality of dietary supplements, according to the FDA.
Responsible manufacturers of dietary supplements will be up front about the possible risks and contraindications of their products. Most of these companies belong to the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) [9], which encourages its members to follow responsible marketing and ethical standards. If a company is not listed on the AHPA website, see it as a "red flag" and avoid purchasing that company's products.
The FDA has the authority to remove a product or ingredient from market if there is an "imminent hazard" to consumers (Henney, 1999). This happened in 2004 with supplements containing ephedra, an herbal stimulant used in weight loss and performance products that had been linked to adverse reactions and several fatalities.
The FDA may also remove dietary supplements if they are:
To find FDA reports on products removed from the market, check the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Dietary Supplement [10].
From 2002 to 2008, the FDA:
The 2006 Dietary Supplement and Non-prescription Drug Consumer Protection Act added more rigorous oversight of dietary supplements and mandated reporting of serious adverse events associated with dietary supplements and over-the-counter products.
But this is not to say that there have been large problems with botanical safety. While serious adverse reactions to botanicals have been reported from time to time, botanicals typically possess an inherently wide margin of safety (Farnsworth, 1993). Most adverse reactions are produced by a small number of botanicals.
Data from the American Association of Poison Control Centers Toxic Event Surveillance Database supports this. A study compared the adverse events due to one botanical, ephedra, to that for all other botanical medicines. Ephedra products were responsible for 64 percent of adverse reactions but accounted for only 0.82 percent of total sales (Bent, 2003). In April 2004, the FDA issued a ban on all dietary supplements containing ephedra.
Since the ephedra ban in 2004, numerous alternative products, such as bitter orange extracts containing synephrine, have been introduced to fill the void. While information on the safety and efficacy of these alternative products is generally lacking, there has not been a dramatic upturn in reported adverse reactions that can be attributed to the marketing of these ephedra alternatives (Seamon & Clauson, 2005).
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Adverse drug reactions to pharmaceutical medications were responsible for more than 100,000 fatalities per year, while non-fatal adverse reactions serious enough to warrant hospitalization were reported for approximately 2.2 million cases (Lazarou, 1998). These statistics apply only to adverse drug reactions in which the medication was appropriately used.
This places adverse reactions to pharmaceuticals as the fifth leading cause of mortality in the U.S.
Reported fatalities from adverse reactions to botanical supplements range from less than 12 to 24 (at most).
Admittedly, adverse reactions to dietary supplements are not as well monitored as for pharmaceuticals. Even allowing for under-reporting, however, the documented number of serious or life-threatening adverse reactions to botanical medicines remains extremely low. For current information on adverse events reported to the FDA, visit the FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition [11].
Most of the adverse effects associated with botanicals are mild or pose minimal potential for serious consequences. One group of adverse reactions is preventable if consumers pay attention to dosage, contraindicated usage, and possible allergic reactions. Another group of more serious adverse reactions due to contamination and misidentification are fortunately quite rare.
But that is not to say that you shouldn't be aware of potential issues that can arise with specific medical conditions or interactions with drugs. Once again, you should discuss concerns with a knowledgeable practitioner to determine if you are at risk.
Below are the possible causes of adverse reactions.
Allergic reactions are a possibility, just as they are with many foods and pharmaceuticals. If you have allergies, look for contraindications in the research and consult with your healthcare provider.
Adverse reactions may also result from inappropriate or improper usage, such as excess dosage. In these cases, the fault lies not with the botanical supplement, but with a failure of communication. Similar errors occur with pharmaceutical medicines; in both cases, the solution includes proper education and effective communication.
In practice, the most frequent adverse reactions to botanical medicines typically originate from interactions with prescription medicines, other dietary supplements, or in some cases, with foods.
Brinker (1998) has identified the most potentially serious or life-threatening botanical/pharmaceutical interactions, wherein the botanical:
The bottom line is that you should always check with your provider before taking botanicals, especially if you are taking other medications.
As an aside, not all botanical/pharmaceutical interactions are harmful. For example, in some cases, botanicals can enhance the effect of a pharmaceutical, thus allowing individuals to reduce their dosage. Again, this is one of those "grey areas" where a conversation with your informed healthcare provider can help. You should not discontinue or change the doses of a prescribed pharmaceutical medicine without first discussing it with your healthcare provider.
Occasionally, supplements are contaminated with unwanted constituents, such as heavy metals, or even deliberately adulterated with pharmaceutical ingredients. Such failures in quality control are extremely rare, but when they do occur, they can be serious. These types of safety hazards are seen more frequently in herbal supplements imported from India, China, or other countries where quality control procedures are less stringent than in this country.
You should research manufacturers and look for those who adhere to good manufacturing standards, such as those certified by USP [12] or NSF International [13].
If you want to go into more depth, the American Association of Analytical Chemists [14] provides important technical information on the analytical methods used in the evaluation of dietary supplements.
Occasionally the wrong botanical ingredient is in a dietary supplement because the plant was misidentified or an incorrect plant was incorporated into the supplement along with the correctly identified ingredient. When the misidentified plant is non-toxic, the adverse consequences are relatively minor, other than the fact that you may not receive the therapeutic benefit. When a toxic plant is accidentally substituted for another botanical, however, the adverse consequences can be significant. Fortunately, such occurrences are extremely rare.
Once again, it is a good idea to research manufacturers and look for those who adhere to good manufacturing standards, such as those certified by USP or NSF International. The good news is that the FDA issued mandated guidelines to implement Good Manufacturing Practice standards for the manufacture of dietary supplements in 2007 (Cavalier & Blumenthal, 2007). Hopefully these more stringent standards will resolve many of the issues surrounding the quality of botanical dietary supplements.
Botanical supplements containing toxic constituents, such as liver toxins or carcinogens (chemicals with potential to cause cancer), do occasionally cause adverse reactions, but as a rule, these supplements are quickly withdrawn from the market once a potential problem has been identified. Some may still be sold in supplements imported from Asia or Europe.
The following is a partial list of botanicals with potentially toxic constituents:
See the PDF [15] for a full list of toxic ingredients.
The American Herbal Products Association has published a useful reference entitled the Botanical Safety Handbook (see reference list). The book contains safety information on more than 600 botanicals organized by Latin name. A standardized safety classification and rating system identifies the types of safety hazards and specific categories of consumers who may be at risk (e.g. pregnant women, children, elderly, etc.).
Another more recent handbook on herbal safety has recently been published by Simon Mills and Kerry Bone, both respected physicians and herbalists. It is titled The Essential Guide to Herbal Safety and was published in 2005. It won ABC's James A. Duke Botanical Literature Award.
Another useful book is the Natural Standard Herb and Supplement Handbook, edited by Basch in 2005. This book summarizes evidence from systematic reviews and clinical trials and gives information on 98 of the most commonly used of herbs and supplements. For each, it includes a table on the scientific evidence and information on dosing, toxicity, adverse effects, precautions, contraindications, drug interactions, mechanism of action, and brands used in clinical trials.
[1] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/navigate-healthcare-system/whats-my-role
[2] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/navigate-healthcare-system/how-can-i-find-good-provider
[3] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/glossary/3#term8
[4] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
[5] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/how-can-i-find-good-quality-botanicals
[6] http://www.fda.gov/opacom/laws/DSHEA.html
[7] http://www.fda.gov/
[8] http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/%7Edms/dsaergui.html
[9] http://www.ahpa.org/
[10] http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/%7Edms/supplmnt.html
[11] http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/%7Edms/ds-warn.html
[12] http://www.usp.org/
[13] http://www.nsf.org/
[14] http://www.aoac.org/
[15] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/sites/default/files/downloads/Toxic%20Botanicals.pdf
[16] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/glossary/3#term29
[17] http://www.ncbi.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
[18] http://www.consumerlabs.com/
[19] http://www.fda.gov/ola/2004/dietarysupplements0324.html
[20] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/our-experts/dennis-mckenna-phd
[21] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/what-botanical-should-i-use
[22] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/interactive-history-botanicals
[23] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/activities/making-botanical-decision


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Welcome to Couponing for the Extremely Normal! Have you watched the new TLC series "Extreme Couponing"? If so, you must realize how extreme these couponers can be.
Here at Madame Deals, we believe in saving by using coupons but not to the extreme extent which the TLC series portrays. We prefer to take a realistic approach to saving and stockpiling.
In order help you extreme coupon in a realistic way, we will be bringing you several tips each week. Here's tip #5: My tip: is Time is Money and everything cost something!
Okay, so my take on tonight's show is simple. It is buy what you need. If you do not have a baby do not buy diapers. It costs money to store things. It takes up space. The most important thing that it takes is time to plan trips, cut coupons, find the items, buy the items, take the items out of the car, bring them inside, and place them on shelves.
I went to the doctors with my son this week. I realized he will soon be 1 year old. I looked at him and wonder when he got so big. What day did he go from a little preemie to this 21lb baby? I guess I think this way: time is money. I believe that you can't get time back. I believe it is important to live in your budget. It is important to use coupons to help you do so. It is NOT important to plan trips to buy things you do not need. It is not important to run to the store to get the next best deal if it means missing the best deals which are those found at home.
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- Community banks are vital to the financial success of rural America and have historically financed a majority of commercial bank lending in rural areas. ICBA is pleased that the new farm bill (the Agricultural Act of 2014) maintains robust funding levels for agricultural and rural-oriented programs. These programs support the activities of community banks and their farm, ranch and rural customers.
- ICBA believes the new bill's significant enhancements for crop and revenue insurance programs will enhance producers' risk management strategies and help ensure their ability to repay bank loans.
- ICBA believes the bill's removal of term limits on USDA-guaranteed farm operating loans, as advocated by ICBA, will allow community banks to continue working with thousands of borrowers who would not otherwise qualify for commercial credit.
- ICBA urges Congress to remove volume caps on guaranteed farm loans and rural development (Business & Industry) loans.
- Placing concentration limits on community bank portfolios of agricultural loans, as some banking regulators have proposed, would needlessly curtail lending relationships with many agricultural customers whose loans represent solid credits.
- Programs designed to spur rural America's economic growth should be user-friendly for community banks and their customers.
- Farmer Mac should continue improving its secondary market for agricultural loans.
Thousands of community banks are located in rural areas. Approximately 2,500 community banks are classified as "agricultural" banks and more than 3,000 community banks have agriculture-related portfolios of at least $5 million. Historically, community banks have provided over one-half of all commercial bank agricultural financing. Community banks often use loan guarantee programs to benefit their customers and manage risks. Continuation of these programs is vital for rural America.
Farm Bill Policy: Funding and Programs. The Agriculture Act of 2014 will allow lenders and their farm customers a long-term policy framework for business and long-term planning decisions. The bill provides billions of dollars through various programs that will circulate through the farm sector and rural communities. The 2014 farm bill increases funds for crop and revenue insurance programs by several billion dollars. The bill provides several options for farmers to choose from including price loss coverage (PLC) and Ag Risk Coverage (ARC) options. Separate new programs were authorized for cotton and dairy producers, although Congress may need to re-examine whether these programs are meeting the intended objectives, particularly for cotton producers.
Community banks often encourage farmers to enroll in crop/revenue insurance to enhance farmers' ability to repay loans. More than 250 million acres are now covered by crop and revenue insurance, providing nearly $80 billion of coverage. The program remains an important safety net for farmers and for rural communities that depend on the farm sector. The new bill also provides disaster insurance protection for livestock producers.
Guaranteed Loans. USDA's guaranteed loan programs allow community banks to make loans to higher risk borrowers with a guarantee of repayment. Community banks are extensive users of both the Farm Service Agency's (FSA) farm loan programs and the Rural Development Agency's business loan programs. If such programs are made fully or nearly self-funding through higher user fees, Congress should also remove volume caps and/or significantly raise the amount of such loans that can be made. Further, Congress should at least double the size limits for guaranteed ownership loans. ICBA is pleased that recent appropriations bills have raised the amount of USDA guaranteed farm real estate loans to approximately $2.5 billion from the previous level of $1.5 billion, as advocated by ICBA. These increased levels should continue or be further increased in the future based on demand. ICBA is pleased the new farm bill removes term limits on guaranteed farm operating loans as advocated by ICBA. Borrowing and lending decisions should be made at the local level between community banks and their farm and ranch customers.
Farmer Mac. Farmer Mac was created to serve as a secondary market providing rural lenders the option to sell agricultural real estate and rural housing loans, thereby enhancing community bank liquidity. Farmer Mac should continue to develop agricultural programs, underwriting procedures, and pricing to attract a large segment of the community bank industry. ICBA opposes granting Farmer Mac any authorities that could be detrimental to community banks. ICBA believes Farmer Mac should remain focused on its original mission of being a secondary market for agricultural loans. Any charter enhancements desired by Farmer Mac should be shared with ICBA and ICBA's Agriculture-Rural America Committee prior to adoption by Farmer Mac's board in order to allow adequate feedback and consideration by community bankers prior to staking out a formal position.
Diversifying Rural America. Rural community banks, with their extensive delivery network in thousands of communities underwrite loans for agriculture, small businesses and general rural economic activity. Rural policy goals should complement community banks' efforts. Such goals should include: creating off-farm jobs; maintaining the local tax base; sustaining the population base necessary to keep experienced local leadership and a skilled workforce; and facilitating the development of the infrastructure and public services necessary to keep rural communities vibrant. ICBA supports efforts to meet a greater percentage of U.S. energy needs from developing domestic and renewable resources.
Agricultural Loan Concentration Limits. ICBA is concerned with guidance from the FDIC regarding the establishment of portfolio concentration limits for agriculture loans. The FDIC's guidance suggests that banks should apply commercial real estate (CRE) guidelines – limiting concentration of CRE loans to 300 percent of bank capital – to agricultural loans. ICBA believes the CRE model is inappropriate for agricultural lending. Placing concentration limits on community bank portfolios of agricultural loans will needlessly curtail lending relationships with many agricultural customers whose loans represent solid credits. Many banks in rural areas do not have economic choices beyond agriculture and such guidance could dramatically increase their risks as they venture into new lending markets. Community banks' risk mitigation practices for agricultural lending prevent the need for concentration limits.
Crop Insurance and Lending Limits. ICBA believes the amount of farm loans equal to protections provided by crop and revenue insurance should be exempt from banks' lending limits.
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PortaSIP is a clusterable and highly scalable SIP softswitch of class 4 and class 5 with media application that plays IVR (voice prompts). It offers a variety of both advanced class 5 features for hosted IPPBX or IP Centrex services as well as the majority of functionality normally attributed to session border controllers (SBC), usually called class 4 features, for example:
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In this sense, PortaSIP combines two major VoIP network elements in one: it can seamlessly play a double role of a highly sophisticated softswitch for hosted IPPBX/IPCentrex services and a very robust SBC at the same time. Multiple PortaSIP servers can create geographically distributed clusters for load balancing, redundancy, and linear capacity scalability.
As an integral part of PortaSwitch, it also provides a powerful LCR, preference-based, priority-based, and dynamic (e.g. ASR, PDD) routing engine.
Based on the Session Initiation Protocol, PortaSIP provides a full array of call routing capabilities to maximize performance in both small and large packet voice networks. PortaSIP allows carriers and IP telephony service providers to deliver communication services at incredibly low initial and operating costs, which cannot be matched by yesterday's circuit-switched and narrow-band service provider PSTN networks.
With PortaSIP, services that combine elements from telephony and other web applications such as e-mail, messaging, Internet and video streaming can be created easily and in a shorter planning and implementation cycle, allowing increased market responsiveness.
PortaSIP offers a platform for delivering innovative, high-margin services that may be deployed over IP, as well as cable, POTS, Broadband, and ISDN networks.
PortaSIP supports:
The Customer Dialing Rules & Abbreviated Dialing feature works with both SIP and H.323, with adequate support of either a SIP server or Cisco TCL IVR. A PortaBilling customer can set up Dialing Rules as an international prefix, outside prefix, direct number (e.g. 911) or abbreviated dialing for his accounts. More than one dialing rule may be assigned to each account.
The system allows "clustering" of any media gateways and other servers to "roll over" in case of capacity constraints or failure. This allows several devices to be used in tandem, with one overflowing to the next if the number of calls being handled exceeds the limitations of a current device, or if a device fails. Any IP-to-PSTN SS7 media gateway will work. For example:
We provide our PortaSIP customers with significantly discounted secondary PortaSIP licenses to build robust and reliable networks. There is a number of ways to make use of multiple PortaSIP servers achieving such benefits as fault-tolerance, geographic distribution, and high volumes of proxied traffic.
For more technical and/or pricing information about Secondary PortaSIP licenses please contact our sales team.
Clustering for Redundancy
Several physically independent PortaSIP servers may be used in a single system cluster environment to provide fault-tolerant services. Connected to PortaBilling, the system of multiple PortaSIP servers provides all the required service provisioning information and maintains a global database of SIP phone registrations.
A SIP phone user may connect to any of the available PortaSIP servers. If one server is unavailable due to a hardware failure or network problem, calls will be handled by the other PortaSIP servers.
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Service providers with global business exposure may chose to install a clustered system of multiple PortaSIP servers in various separate geographical locations. This allows them to keep the service running even if a whole hosting center in one place is down.
This kind of architecture also improves the network utilization: for instance, users in Asia would primarily use a PortaSIP server hosted in Singapore or Hong Kong, while European customers will work with a PortaSIP server in Frankfurt or London.
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ITSPs with a high volume of proxied calls within their network can transfer the RTP proxying function to a dedicated secondary PortaSIP server. This will allow them to efficiently prioritize the transmission of IP packets carrying the voice media and prevent any resource-intensive operations on the SIP side from affecting the voice quality.
Since fast and reliable connectivity between PortaSIP server and RTP proxy is important, both main PortaSIP server and the secondary PortaSIP used as an RTP proxy server should be installed on the same LAN and connected by the FastEthernet link.
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PortaSIP media server provides IVR playback for various telecommunication services: balance info, prepaid calling card announcement, auto-attendant, fax-to-email, voice mail and teleconferencing.
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Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Cooking is love. For those of you who are going to cook, here are some very easy-to-prepare, aromatic, delicious and colorful side dishes to go with your turkey. Thanksgiving recipes made easy and delicious from "Indian Inspired Gluten-Free Cooking", by Alamelu Vairavan & Margaret Pfeiffer, R.D.
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Magical Experience In A Farmer's Market
Farmer's Market is my playground during summer and fall weekends. I love the vibrant fresh vegetables, fruits, flowers that farmers so enthusiastically bring to us in their trucks for bargain prices. I feel so happy to talk to the farmers and enjoy buying farm fresh vegetables, herbs, and flowers. To me, farmers look like so divine when they bring the nutrient-rich, fresh produce harvested from their farms.
"Lousy Cooks" Label..How Sad?
When I read the "Food Section" of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel dated June 6, 2012, I was saddened and surprised to see what "Lousy Cooks: Class of 2012" were quoted as saying.
Looking Ahead To MPTV Cooking Series (Epsiode 3-13)
I am thankful that so many of you took the time to send me feedback about the first three episodes of my MPTV series titled, "Healthful Indian Flavors with Alamelu". I hope you are enjoying the cooking shows on MPTV. I want to let you know that I have prepared many of the dishes from my shows for kids in middle schools. I found their response to be one of excitement and enjoyment in trying the flavorful foods. Cooking is love and is very nurturing. As Pensey says, "Love people, cook them tasty food"!


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Following completion of his DO degree, Dr. Shishehbor completed a one-year traditional internship at the Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah, Fla. He became a resident in internal medicine in 2000 at Cleveland Clinic and was the first internal medicine resident to be granted the Crile Fellowship Award to support a year of basic research in the laboratory of Stanely Hazen, MD, PhD.
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Emily and I stand in the Beijing airport looking for the Delta desk to check in. It's five in the morning and we are on our way back to New York. We push a cart full of bags through the large terminal.
After traveling for 10 days, we are both pretty ready to be home and I am jokingly grumbling about the lack of freedom, news and manners. With perfect timing a guy bumps into me and says nothing. "You see what I'm talking about?"
An airport stand, which would normally be selling newspapers, is strangely barren. A small sign from a French newspaper laments that they are not allowed to sell their newspapers due to Chinese customs and promises a fresh copy as soon as you get on the plane.
We finally make it through security and to our gate. Upon arriving, there is another line of security and one more search—one final pat-down as the sun rises in the distance. I take out my cell phone and snap a photo.
Now, let me pause and just say that I didn't just take one photo. I took about 10, you know, I spent some time trying to get the settings right, the angle perfect. Satisfied, I put away my phone.
"Delete," a guard says angrily. He startles me; he's over my shoulder and standing right behind me. I play dumb. "I'm sorry, I don't understand."
He goes to get someone else. My mind is racing. How can I move one of these photos to somewhere else on my phone so he won't see it. Emily looks at me nervously. The guard comes back with a female flight attendant who speaks decent English and is sporting a large smile.
She explains very carefully that I am not supposed to be taking photos of security.
"I was just taking a photo of the sunset. You have a beautiful country," I say, deciding that I am comfortable pushing this just a little bit further. Emily is silent.
They take me to the side of the line so that I can take a photo without the security in it, then without asking, the guard roughly takes my phone and deletes the other photos. He goes back until the French "no newspaper sign," which he allows me to keep.
Emily and I go through security and get onto the plane. It's a relatively empty flight and we chat with the flight attendant. He gives us a USA Today from a few days ago. I pour over it, anxious to find out what's been going on in the world. The guard comes back onto the plane. I see him walking toward me and wonder to myself if I am imagining it.
"Come with us," he says and points at me. "You need to check your bags."
I am frozen. That doesn't seem like a real reason.
I picture myself getting dragged off the plane and landing in a dirty Chinese cell.
"Okay," I say, keeping my voice from shaking. Were they monitoring me in the airport? What did I say?
"Bring your passport," the guard says. Why would I need my passport to ID a bag? Not a good sign.
I feel around my jacket for my passport. "Hurry up," he says.
"OK, OK," I say as calmly as I can. Is this all because I took that photo of security?
I look at Emily and want to say, "If I don't come back..." but I don't say anything.
We leave the airplane and head back toward the gate. Halfway up the skyway is a small group with a bag. It isn't mine or Emily's. "This isn't my bag." I say.
"Are you sure?" another guy says. My mind is racing. What is in this bag? Are they trying to pin something on me? I start backing toward the plane, not wanting to get too far away from it.
"It isn't my bag. I'm getting back on the plane." I say and turn away, walking briskly toward the plane. I am completely terrified and half expect them to grab me from behind. When they don't I breathe a massive sigh of relief.
"It wasn't my bag," I say to Emily and the flight attendant.
I wonder about the exchange all the way back to New York. I am so thankful when we make it through immigration and are standing waiting for our bags. We wait. And wait...
One of our bags never makes it. A quick check with the Delta fellow explains that we checked three bags in China and only two made it on the plane.
I laugh and wonder if those guards were trying to help find my bag that was supposed to be there. I wonder if what they were going to say was "I'm sorry, sir. What does your bag look like? We will try to find it." Was the whole thing just lost in translation?
On the flip side, the bag that didn't make it through had a camera in it and all of the photos from the trip. Did they want to review that stuff before letting it leave the country?
How quickly your mind spins paranoid stories of government manipulation. Our bag showed up a few days later. As far as I could tell all of the stuff is there. But who knows.


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5 finalists named in UW-Eau Claire chancellor search
Five finalists for the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire's next chancellor have been named.
The candidates will participate in a series of public forums between February 18 and March 6. The time and location for those forums has not been released yet.
The five finalists are:
Dr. Pam Benoit, Executive Vice President and Provost, Ohio University;
Dr. Kathryn Cruz-Uribe, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, California State University, Monterey Bay
Dr. Anne E. Huot, Provost and Vice President for Academoic Affairs, The College at Brockport, State University of New York
Dr. Kent Neely, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Western Oregon University
Dr. James C. Schmidt, Vice President for University Advancement, Executive Director of WSU Foundation Board of Trustees, Winona State University
University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly and the special Regent committee will interview the finalists on March 20. Committee members will recommend one candidate to the full Board of Regents, which must approve the appointment.
Former UW-Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich stepped down last spring to accept a new job as president of Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah. Since July, UW-Madison's Gilles Bousquet has served as UW-Eau Calire's Interim Chancellor.
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For the last 8 years or so there has been a 4th of July parade at Cedar Point State Park in Clayton. A few regular campers got together to bring attention to "what is the 4th of July about?" to the kids that camp in park. Every year the same campers come back at the same time and meet the people that met last year or years before. So, a few of us decided to Have a Parade! Over the years its become a very large event! In 2008 there were over 150 kids in the parade and over 30 adults. We all decorate for the 4th with Red, White and Blue everything from flags to face painting.... the campers that aren't in the parade now but their chairs out along the road to get a "good seat"... this year we hope to have even more in the parade and invite everyone, local people, news media and anyone that would like join in in the fun. Its all volunteer.. the park or the state has nothing to do with it but lets us have fun, they even get in on it!! I've put up a few pictures from last year but it doesn't show the depth of what we do there... we have had people come in and play music for us, all patriotic of course, we have a local singer that sings at the end of the parade for the whole park and we have another person that is working a snow cone machine for this years parade. Come and join us!
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By Rep. Tom Udall, D-N.M.: Guest columnist
Editor's note: The following is a speech delivered Thursday by U.S. Rep. Tom Udall, D-N.M., before the House of Representatives.
I rise today to commemorate the kickoff of centennial festivities in the town of Melrose, New Mexico. The annual Old Timer's Festival on Aug. 11th marks the beginning of an entire year devoted to celebrating the founding of this high-plains hamlet. In Melrose, the past will be commingled with the future as young and old stand together in tribute to 100 years of perseverance and determination.
The town was originally called BrownHorn, after two local cattle ranchers. The Santa Fe Railway earmarked the area for its division switching point and requested the name be changed to Melrose, purportedly after a town in Ohio. Soon after construction had started, the Melrose location was abandoned and the division switch was moved to a larger town nearby.
J.L. Downing, an early settler in the area, has been called the father of Melrose by some and is given much credit for the survival of this rural village. Downing is noted for encouraging early settlers by offering free water to residents until they could dig wells of their own; a feat of generosity that remains unrivaled to this date. The settlers stayed and the town continued despite the many challenges faced by early settlers.
Widespread availability of water led to agriculture, which became a mainstay for Melrose residents who were now able to irrigate the arid land and produce life-sustaining crops. Once known as the broom-corn capital of New Mexico, Melrose stayed alive as enterprising folks opened businesses to service the area. The struggle for survival was exacerbated by severe winters, drought and fire but hard work and dedication prevailed as Melrose residents toughed it out and stayed.
In 1914, Melrose was reported to have had an Opera House, several businesses, a legendary girls' basketball team and a growing population. Some years later, however, World War I and the flu epidemic greatly depleted the town's population. Once again, residents of Melrose plowed through the hard times and in the 1930s organized a Chamber of Commerce for the betterment of the town and its people.
In the World War II era, the population swelled to over 1,500 from just a few hundred in 1940.
Today, the town encompasses 1.72 miles and averages 750 residents from all walks of life who engage in many career activities although ranching and farming remain at the heart of the Melrose economy.
Located just 21 miles west of Cannon Air Force Base, the Melrose Bombing Range has been an integral part of testing and training operations. Many citizens of Melrose are employed by Cannon Air Force Base and local businesses benefit economically from it as well.
Melrose is also the birthplace of William Hanna, one-half of the legendary Hanna-Barbera, whose credits include cartoons such as, Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound. And the largest collection of Depression-era art in New Mexico can be viewed at the Melrose library.
… I salute the citizens of Melrose … as they reflect on the past and look toward the future of this unique rural community. The town of Melrose has endured despite many challenges and setbacks over the year through the determination of residents through the ages. In the coming year, townspeople will pay tribute to 100 years on the high plains of New Mexico and honor their forefathers whose actions by many accounts led to the successful town we see today.
It is places such as Melrose that shaped this country into what it is today, which is why this fine community deserves our recognition.
Melrose has a proud past and a bright future.
Tom Udall has represented eastern New Mexico since 1999. Contact his Clovis office at 763-7616


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Berlin Blockbuster will closeJeb Wallace-Brodeur / Staff Photo
Customers head for the Blockbuster video rental store in Berlin last week. The local branch of the national chain is closing.
BERLIN The Blockbuster Video store on the Barre-Montpelier Road began liquidating its inventory recently and town officials say the store is expected to close for good by April 1.
The stores manager declined to comment and the companys corporate headquarters did not return phone calls. But Town Administrator Jeff Schulz said he learned of the scheduled closing date during a recent conversation involving the tax bill for the store that is located in a building it shares with Bond Auto Parts next to Kinney Drugs.
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Court sides with US in cell-tracking records caseBy ERIC TUCKER
the associated press | May 10,2014WASHINGTON The Justice Department does not have to turn over information on cases involving warrantless cellphone tracking if the cases ended without a defendants conviction, a divided federal appeals court ruled Friday in upholding privacy protections for people acquitted of crimes.
The ruling came in a public records lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, which had requested information on federal cases in which law enforcement had obtained cellphone tracking data without a warrant to track a users whereabouts.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit had previously held that the Justice Department was obligated under the Freedom of Information Act to disclose case names and docket numbers for warrantless cellphone tracking prosecutions that ended with a conviction. But in a separate 2-1 decision Friday, a three-judge panel of the court said defendants who have been acquitted or who have had charges against them dropped enjoy extra privacy protections that outweigh the public benefit in disclosing that information.
While this attention would have been warranted at the time of indictment, now that these defendants have been acquitted or had the relevant charges dismissed they have a significant and justified interest in avoiding additional and unnecessary publicity, Judge David Tatel wrote. He said a person acquitted of financial fraud looking to rebuild his life might be especially dismayed to learn of the informations release.
Though the appeal centered on a small number of cases, the dispute nonetheless unfolded against the backdrop of ever-advancing law enforcement technologies and the ongoing debate over privacy protections.
Once a person has been publicly indicted, and that information is easily available on the Internet, its just unrealistic to say that the person has an ongoing interest in the privacy of his public indictment that outweighs the publics right to know what happened, said Arthur Spitzer, the legal director of the ACLU of Washington, who said he was disappointed by the decision.MORE IN Wire NewsUNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. Full StoryTroubling as the details of the McLaren Report were, a news item out of Russia earlier this week... Full Story
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Cosco Inc. of Columbus, Ind., is announcing the recall of about 670,000 Arriva and Turnabout infant car seats/carriers. When used as an infant carrier, the handle locks on each side of the seat can unexpectedly release, causing the seat to flip forward. When this happens, the infant can fall to the ground and suffer serious injuries."This is a serious problem that puts infants at risk," said CPSC Chairman Ann Brown. "The handle locks on these car seat carriers can release without warning. Even if you regularly buckle your child into the seat, parents who have this car seat should call for a free repair kit immediately."There have been 151 reports of the handle of the car seat/carrier unexpectedly releasing, resulting in 29 injuries to children. These reports include skull fractures, a broken arm, bumps to the head, black eyes, scrapes and bruises. According to the reports, some injuries occurred to children who were restrained in the seat. "Parents should continue using these rear-facing infant car seats, but should not use the carrying handle until a repair kit has been installed," said NHTSA Administrator Ricardo Martinez, M.D. "Safety is our highest priority. A child safety seat that is installed and used correctly is the most effective safety device available for young children in automobiles."The recall involves Arriva and Turnabout infant car seat/carrier models manufactured between March 1, 1995 and September 9, 1997. The manufacture date and model number are written on a label located on the side of the seat. The car seat/carriers have the following model numbers:
If the car seat/carrier does not have the model name written on it, the unit can be identified by the model number and manufacturing date. Some car seats/carriers also were sold with strollers.Juvenile product, mass merchandise and major discount stores nationwide sold the car seats/carriers beginning in March 1995 for about $29 to $59 when sold alone, or $89 to $139 when sold with strollers.Cosco will provide a free repair kit that will make the handle stronger. The repair can easily be done in the home. Until a repair kit has been installed, CPSC, NHTSA and Cosco advise consumers not to carry the seat by the handle. Consumers may continue to use the product as a car seat or in combination with strollers. The CPSC, NHTSA and Cosco remind all parents and care-givers to properly restrain their infants in the car seat/carrier at all times. To receive a free repair kit or for more information, call Cosco at (800) 221-6736 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. EDT Monday through Friday, or visit Cosco's web site. Consumers with questions about this recall campaign can call NHTSA's toll-free Auto Safety Hotline at (888) DASH-2-DOT (888) 327-4236) or (202) 366-0123 in the Washington, D.C., area [Ask for 99E-022]. Consumers also can call the CPSC Hotline at (800) 638-2772 for more information.This recall is the result of a cooperative investigation conducted by CPSC and NHTSA.Recall Facts
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The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) requires states to hold schools and districts accountable for making "adequate yearly progress" (AYP) toward the goal of every child achieving proficiency in reading and mathematics by the year 2014. In schools that repeatedly fail to make AYP toward meeting state proficiency standards, NCLB provides for a progressive series of increasingly intensive interventions. Schools that do not make AYP targets for two consecutive years are "identified for improvement," and states and districts are expected to provide assistance and interventions to help these schools improve student achievement as well as providing parents with additional educational options. Schools that continue to miss AYP targets for two additional years are identified for "corrective action," at which point the district must implement at least one of a set of specific interventions that include replacing staff, replacing the curriculum, reducing the school's management authority, bringing in an outside expert, adding time to the school calendar, or reorganizing the school internally. A fifth year of missing AYP leads to "restructuring," which requires major changes to the governance of the school.
This report presents the results of exploratory quasi-experimental analyses that were conducted as part of the National Longitudinal Study of No Child Left Behind (NLS-NCLB), in two states and three school districts, to examine the relationships between certain features of NCLB accountability and subsequent student achievement in Title I schools. The most rigorous method for examining the effectiveness of educational interventions is a randomized controlled trial, which randomly assigns students or schools to "treatment" and "control" groups. However, this approach would not be legal in the context of Title I accountability provisions, which under the law must be applied equally to all Title I schools. Instead, this report examines the relationship between the first two stages of the NCLB accountability system and student achievement using a quasi-experimental regression discontinuity (RD) design, which can provide causal inferences that approach the validity of randomized controlled trials.
The analyses discussed in this report do not answer the question of whether the NCLB accountability system as a whole was effective in raising student achievement in the two states and three school districts that were studied. Rather, these analyses were intended to explore the usefulness of the regression discontinuity method for examining the effects of certain aspects of the NCLB accountability system, specifically, the effects of not making AYP or of being identified for the first year of school improvement status (after missing AYP for two consecutive years), which are far narrower questions than the effects of the entire NCLB accountability system.
The analyses in this report rely on student-level state assessment data in three districts and school-level assessment data in two states, based on tests administered in 2003-04 and 2004-05; however, some of the analyses could only be conducted in one district or state because of sample size limitations.
The RD analyses conducted for this report used an assignment rule that accounts for the fact that to make AYP, each Title I school must reach the relevant state proficiency standards in reading and mathematics overall and for all relevant subgroups. Similarly, schools that did not make AYP for the first time must achieve AYP for the school overall and for all relevant subgroups to avoid becoming identified for improvement. This means that a school's assignment to treatment status (either not making AYP or being identified for improvement) depends on having its lowest-scoring subgroup-subject combination fall short of the state standard.1 The RD analyses examine the relationship between the minimum AYP score for which a school is accountable and the school's subsequent achievement, assessing whether schools with minimum scores below AYP cutoffs (the treatment group) show achievement bumps in the subsequent year that distinguish them from schools with minimum scores that exceed AYP cutoffs (the comparison group).
The study does not assess the total impact of NCLB on all schools, including those that are making AYP. It is possible that NCLB affects schools that are currently making AYP as well as schools that have not made AYP and those that have been identified for improvement. Schools that are currently meeting AYP may perceive a threat of missing AYP and becoming identified for improvement in the future and take action to avoid being identified. Thus, no school can be viewed as entirely unaffected by the NCLB. In addition, this study examined only the effects of missing AYP or being identified for improvement for the first time, and did not examine the effects of assignment to later stages of school improvement status, such as corrective action or restructuring. Consequently, the schools included in this analysis may have experienced a relatively weak intervention relative to the full set of progressively more intensive interventions prescribed by NCLB. Although missing AYP once provides a warning of potential interventions that may lie ahead if the school does not make AYP again, and although this warning could potentially have an effect, the warning itself is not the primary treatment that NCLB is intended to provide. The RD analysis also examined schools that were identified for improvement for the first time in 2004–05 (based on 2003–04 testing), but we do not know whether these schools experienced substantial external assistance or undertook serious improvement efforts by the time the study's outcome measure was collected about 6–8 months later (i.e., spring 2005 testing).
In this context, readers should bear in mind that all the estimates produced by the analyses in this report may understate the full, systemic effect of NCLB on student achievement in the two states and three districts that were studied. The analyses conducted for this report should be viewed as estimating the marginal effect on student achievement of a school having not made AYP or being identified for the first year of school improvement status in these states and districts. Assessing the larger systemic effects of NCLB on all schools (including those that made AYP and those identified for later stages of school improvement status) would require a different approach, such as one that examines differences in achievement trajectories across states.
Key Findings and Implications
Utility of RD method for assessing effect of missing AYP and first-time identification for improvement. Findings from two states and three cities cannot be generalized to produce a national estimate of the effect of missing AYP or first-time identification for improvement on subsequent student achievement, but the RD method could be applied to each state across the country. Our analysis using school-level data in two large states suggests that the RD method applied to aggregated, school-level data would lack sufficient statistical power to produce a useful state-level estimate of these effects. But the state-level estimates could nonetheless be used in a 50-state meta-analysis that could produce a valid estimate of the average effect across the country. Student-level data, where available, can substantially increase the precision of the RD analysis, making it possible to produce useful state-level estimates of the effect of missing AYP or first-time identification for improvement.
Utility of RD method for assessing effect of later stages of improvement status. Regardless of whether school-level or student-level data are available, it is not clear that the RD method can produce useful estimates of the marginal impacts of later phases of improvement status (i.e., School Improvement II, Corrective Action, and Restructuring), when the most intensive interventions of NCLB are triggered. The RD method estimates impacts only for schools entering a particular stage of improvement in a particular year, and the comparison schools are only those that were at risk of entering the same stage of improvement in the same year but made AYP and avoided entering the stage. These numbers are quite small in any individual state, severely limiting the power of the analysis. A 50-state, multiyear meta-analysis might have sufficient statistical power to produce useful national average estimates of the effects of some of the later stages of improvement status; further investigation of the number of schools across the country moving into each stage (and at risk for moving into each stage) would be necessary to assess this prospect.
Effect in three cities and two states of not making AYP on school performance. In two cities, RD analyses using longitudinal, student-level data found that schools that did not make AYP showed positive impacts for some student achievement outcomes in 2003–04 or 2004–05, but the effects were not consistent across years and outcomes. In the third city, we found no significant student achievement effects. Statewide RD analyses conducted using aggregate, school-level data found a significant positive impact on the achievement of the lowest-achieving subgroup from the preceding year, but only in one of two states and only in one of two years examined.
Effect in three cities of not making AYP on subgroups' performance. In two cities where RD analyses could be conducted, the analyses showed no evidence that gains in schools that did not make AYP were concentrated among bubble students (students who had prior achievement scores just below the proficient level). Similarly, in three cities where RD analyses could be conducted, the analyses produced no evidence that not making AYP had specific effects for particular racial or ethnic groups (white, Hispanic, black), special education students, students with limited English proficiency, or economically disadvantaged students.
Effect in one city and one state of first-time identification for improvement on school performance. The study found no statistically significant achievement effects in schools identified for improvement in the year subsequent to identification, in the one state and one district where RD analysis was possible.
This report is available on the U.S. Department of Education's Web site at www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/opepd/ppss/reports.html#title.
1. This description is slightly oversimplified, because it ignores complications associated with safe harbor gains, confidence intervals, and standards for non-test outcomes, such as test participation rates, attendance, and graduation.


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Hendrik De Villiers
Representing: RSA
Gender: Male
Athlete Year of Birth: 1981
Athlete Place of Birth: Pretoria
Athlete Weight: 154 lbs
Athlete Height: 6'
Athlete Lives: Stellenbosch South Africa
Website: http://hendrikdevilliers.wordpress.com
WTS Ranking: No Ranking
ITU Points List:: No Ranking
Athlete Biography
Triathlon has been my profession since 2004, since it interfered too much with my studies(qualified accountant and employed by TATA STEEL - but they give me flex time to pursue my dreams and goals). I am a devoted family man, married the love of my life, Lizanie, in 2007, got a 2-year old little princess and expecting a boy in February 2011.
My first family consist of mom, dad, 3 brothers and myself being the 2nd of 4 boys.
Live is most enjoyed with loved ones and holidays on a beautiful place - beach or mountains.
The first light shone upon me in Pretoria 1981/12/22. Welkom, a Gold mining town was where I grew up an finished school. After that I moved to Potchefstroom, where I studied, started triathlon in 2000 and that was my summer(8months in the year)base.
The next phase of my life, I will continue in the beautiful Stellenbosch(50km) from Cape Town - a business(training) and lifestyle decision. Time will tell the outcome, but with my firm believe I have only great expectations.
Thanks for the Support and reading.
Athlete Sponsors: TATA STEEL , Kiwami, Nike, Futurehealthsa.co.za, Oakley, Black Spade Racing,
Athlete Language: English, German, Afrikaans
Athlete Tri Entry Year: 2000
Athlete Education: B. Comm.accounting
Athlete Hobbies: Spending time with my family
Athlete Children: Mienke 2y Milan - due in Feb 2011
Athlete Sports Hero: Haille Gebreselassi
Athlete Proudest Moment: Winning London Triathlon 2006 World Cup win 2007 - Richardsbay
Athlete Injuries: none
Athlete Coach: Advisor - Lindsey Parry


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- For monetary damages, $350,000 may be awarded for the loss of society and companionship to the spouse, children, parents or minor siblings of a deceased adult. In the case of a loss of a child, $500,000 may be awarded.
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Shortly after learning that they'd lose Cliff Lee for at least 15 days to a left oblique strain, the Phillies had their 13-game win streak in San Diego snapped in a 5-1 loss.
– The Phillies had just three hits tonight, and one of them came off the bat of Roy Halladay.
– In the fourth inning, the Phillies wasted a gift from the Padres. After Polanco led off the inning with a single, Jimmy Rollins reached on a fielding error by shortstop Jason Bartlett. With two on and nobody out, Hunter Pence struck out on a fastball up in the zone, and Shane Victorino flew out to center. Following a walk by Ty Wigginton to load the bases, Galvis was retired on a lazy fly to center. Two on, nobody out. No runs. It's becoming a familiar story.
– This team is not coming through on situational hitting, as the fourth inning indicates. They're now hitting just .227 with runners in scoring position, and .179 with two outs and runners in scoring position.
– The Phillies came within one out of failing to notch an extra base hit for the third time this season. However, Wigginton bailed them out with a meaningless double to score Rollins in the ninth. The Phillies are 0-2 in games in which they fail to slug an extra base hit. They're 7-6 in games in which they register an extra base hit. Though it is a limited number of games, this statistic is more evidence that the Phillies biggest problem offensively is a lack of pop. This team is capable of stringing a few hits together; the problem is they're predominantly singles. When it comes to scoring runs, extra base hits are crucial.
– For the first time this season, John Mayberry Jr. did not get the start against a left-handed pitcher. He did have a pinch hit appearance against Luebke in the eighth, but struck out, looking lost in the at bat. There's not too much more you can say about Mayberry right now. He's been a far cry from the man we saw in the second half of last season. Still, it's early, and the law of averages suggest he'll come out of this terrible funk.
– The Phillies have scored 2 runs or less in 9 out of 15 games this season.
Pitching and Defense
– Halladay and Brian Schneider were battery mates for the first time since 2010, and though he pitched well, Doc didn't look quite like himself being paired with Schneider. He went 7 innings, allowing five hits, with four walks to five strikeouts. It took him 117 pitches to get through seven. The walks and high pitch count made for an uncharacteristically inefficient start by Halladay's standards. Still, he only allowed two runs, and certainly pitched well enough to win. To borrow the familiar term, he battled tonight.
-In the second inning, Doc did something he has never done before. After striking out Nick Hundley to start the inning, the good doctor issued three straight walks to load the bases. It was the first time in his career that Halladay had ever done that. He was bailed out though when Freddy Galvis made a fantastic play, diving to his left, and throwing to first from his back to get Orlando Hudson. The play was superb, and that's something we've come to expect from Galvis as he has been nothing short of amazing at 2B this season. The Padres would score a run on the play, but Galvis's effort allowed Halladay to get out of a bases loaded jam with minimal damage when he struck out Cory Luebke in the subsequent at bat.
– Walks have been something of an issue in the early going for Doc. After walking just seven batters through all of April last season, he already has eight walks this season. There is not too much cause for concern, however, as Halladay has walked more batters in the month of April than any other month throughout his career.
– Michael Stutes pitched a rough 8th inning. After getting the first two outs, he walked Cameron Maybin, opening the door for a three run rally by the Padres. With a player like Maybin at the plate, who was hitting just .167 coming into the game, Stutes has to be more aggressive and get the out there.
– Four of the Padres five runs came with two outs.
Game Notes
– Halladay has yet to throw a home run ball this season.
– This was another demoralizing loss for the Phillies as their starting pitching was once again good enough to win the ballgame, but the bats failed to pull their weight.
– Despite the loss, chances are this day will be remembered more for the injury to Lee than anything else. After starting the season with Howard and Utley on the DL, the Phillies now take a hit to their greatest strength–starting pitching. The injuries, coupled with the current lack of offensive execution, certainly make it seem as though the Phillies are a snake-bitten team right now.
– The Phillies go for the series victory tomorrow when they send Joe Blanton (1-2, 4.26) to the mound against rookie righthander Anthony Bass (0-2, 3.38). The Phillies haven't lost a series in San Diego since 2006.
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The good news.
I won a couple hundred at the track tonight.
I have Luebke in fantasy and tongiht helped.
The bad news.
I had a choice between fat Joe tomorrow and the Padres skell for sunday in fantasy and I took fat Joe.
I could use the win and some Ks. So have a burger for me in the morning Joe.
good for you AFW! lol
i don't blame schnieder being the reason for doc's off day with control, stuff like that happens to the best. however schnieder can't throw! he couldn't even reach the bag! yes maybin had a good jump but a good throw would have made it close. and then of coerse maybin scored on a hit. then stutes was charge with a wid pitch when it clearly was a passed ball! and if chooch wasn't able to play because of his wrist being swollen who's the backup catcher? if schnieder gets hurt who the hell catches? i don't know what's going on but it seems to me the whole organization is in a funk! schnieder should be released, kratz should be brought up , poly should be designated or traded, luna should be brought up. we need to see if anybody can hit or we're in deep doo doo! not that we're not already in it.
Just read some of the older threads. I dont think Chuck A is going to ever be happy for me 🙁
That hurts me on the inside because I like him.
Regarding all the other points. When you field a team this old its part of all of it.
The franchise is in a funk because of Ruben.
He chose to do this even with the best salary situation in baseball.
He is on the Omar Minaya path to ruining a franchise.
Its tough as a fan to watch it happen. But its been going on for years.
So, where's all those folks who were predicting an MVP type season from Pence?
(Hint: MVP's dont swing at pitches over their goddamn head)
If you want to see what a real MVP candidate looks like, watch a Dodgers game.
Pence definitely has some issues he needs to fix – he probably believes that he is the only hope the Phils have for a winning season. This is a distraction -just look at how Howard has fallen in grace over the past few years.
Pence is a free swinger.
With a big loping swing.
Best suited for a team with a few disciplined hitters and he sticks out as the free swinger in the middle. Not at all a good fit for the Phillies.
MVP on the Phillies who isnt a pitcher?
That wasnt me.
Stutes is terribly off. Even in the outings where he got through them he was throwing garbage stuff and hoping for the best. I like Sutes but he has to do better. I had a sense when he was bought in it was like Cholly was waving the flag.
Retool means revise or reorganize.Something the Phillies don't need. They are fine just the way they are.
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Thanks, Fritz.
A decision to turn a roster over must be a very difficult one. I also think that the smart GMs know to start doing it before it becomes obvious to everyone else that it needs to be done. I think that in the Phillies case, Ruben can do it and still field a playoff offense next year. Everything that is happening to the Phillies now, while regrettable, are things that are completely reasonable and forseeable given the age of the roster. The team got old. Its a very hard thing to keep blending youth with age year after year while still staying a WS team and payroll contraints. The Phils didn't do it and now they are too old. I think Cliff Lee will be shut down. Thats a bad injury for a pitcher.
I think Ruben should try to make few trades this year with an eye towards next year. Then he can look at the FA market in the winter. If Shane wants 5 years, he is not gonna get it. I think two years in enough. Galvis can stay at second. Putting actual offense at 3B and LF is gonna make this team look a lot better. Its time to change, I think.
The Dipsy
Fritz…please tell me you are indeed serious.
I'm not counting this season out at all. It's way too early for that. But if you're looking to the future…as in next year…. I think the following needs to happen:
– As expensive as it will be, try to re-sign Cole. Young, home-grown lefties don't grow on trees.
– Insist that Ryan Howard work hard all winter long so he is in top baseball shape for the start of the '13 season. Anything we get this year is great, but I really don't expect too much.
– Keep developing Freddy Galvis. He's the future of this infield. It's time to face the fact that Chase is not coming back to play consistent, meaningful baseball.
– Same with Domonic Brown….unless he can be packaged in a good trade. If he's consistently hitting well at AAA on June 1 and this offense is still scuffling, I would bring him up here for good.
– Re-sign Vic, but NOT at 5 years. 3 years tops, maybe with an option?
– Do NOT pick up Polanco's option.
Chuck – I would not turn down a chance to improve my club for next year if it means sacrificing a bit for this year. I think this is a "take a step back" year. This club does not have the personnel to contend. My plan for this season:
Trade Joe
Trade Polanco
(not saying you can get a ton for either)
Stick Galvis at 2d and keep him there
And the biggie: If you can't sign Cole by July, then you HAVE to trade him. If he's not signed ny then, he's not gonna sign. You cannot let walk and get nothing in return. A bitter pill to swallow. But you can get a ton for him.
A big FA in the winter and a few smaller ones and you'll be set. If someone wants Jimmy, you can trade him and move Galvis to SS.
The Dipsy
This is harsh medicine but in my mind necessary.
And please just trade Dom Brown. Someone will give you value for him.
The Dipsy
I said not too many weeks ago that I wouldn't be shocked at all if ne of the Big 3 spent some significant time on the DL. And, what do you know??…. Cliff Lee has landed there. Oblique strain?? Yeah…that's at least a month. And who knows what else may pop up for these guys. So trading Joe would ONLY be an option if 1) all three are healthy 2) the Phillies are out of it by the deadline 3) Cole has indeed resigned. If Cole is traded you gotta keep Joe.
Joe is an FA, so he's gonna walk anyway, Chuck. You can trade them both and then your rotation for next year becomes: Doc, Cliff, Worley (who I'm convinced can pitch), FA, Kendrick.
The problem with all of this is that it goes against Ruben's philosophy of needing to have absolute certainty in his roster. He is gonna have to understand that the pieces that he loses this year, he can and will pick up in the off season.
The Dipsy
I haven't had a opportunity to read all of the comments today or the articles, so if someone has already mentioned it ….sorry. I have recently read some of the comments that suggest trading Cliff Lee. I wouldn't want to trade him anyway, but I think because of his first experience of being plucked out of the Phillies to be traded away for Doc, he made sure he has a NO TRADE contract. He wanted to end his career in Philly.
We have to keep Cole Dipsy..Every one else can be traded…I still have hope that Dom Brown can correct his problems enough…We preach youth and complain about aging/old stars but then want to get rid of the youngest of the Aces…??
Here's the latest on Cole from MLBTR:
"The latest from Buster Olney of ESPN.com..
There's still no conversation between the Phillies and left-hander Cole Hamels on a new contract, Olney tweets. A high profile agent who doesn't know Hamels told Olney (Twitter link) that between the Cubs, Dodgers, and other major players, the lefty will get a six-year offer as free agent. Other agents presume that at some point this season Hamels will be so close to free agency that he'll test the market rather than sign with the Phillies, tweets Olney."
6/138. Ruben, just do it. NOW. Get it done.
They can't do this if there is no conversation. And which side stands to benefit from not talking? Not the Phillies.
If however, these pundits don't really know WTF is going on, if they are just shooting their mouths off to make news, then maybe there is dialogue. Who knows?
Having "dialogue" doesn't necessarily mean that you have to be talking all the time. Sometimes being silent is just as loud and effective and not always in a negative way. I still think the Phillies will get this done …. or at least have a very good chance of getting it done. Or maybe I'm just full of sh!t.
Haha, Or maybe we all are!
Think about this: Why would Cole sign NOW? The only way he would sign, I believe, is if he could get close to the deal he feels he can get on the open market. My guess is that Cole will get 7/175. I doubt Ruben is offering anything close to that. IMO, if it was gonna get done it woulda been done by now. Once Cain's contract went down……well, that was very bad.
The Dipsy
Dom Brown should have been traded a year ago when he had value.
The greatest GM in the world has turned the #1 prospect in the sport into valueless.
But its what he does.
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