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A miserable late September stretch tarnished what was otherwise an impressive major league debut for 23-year-old Cody Asche in 2013. Asche, who manned the hot corner for the Phils in August and September, finished the season hitting .235/.302/.389 with five home runs and 22 RBIs in 162 at bats. In the minors, Asche hit .295/.352/.485 with 15 bombs and 68 RBIs in 404 at bats at AAA Lehigh Valley.
His final numbers with the big club are somewhat in line with what many expected at the major league level from Asche, who was a nice prospect but not one widely expected to be an impact major leaguer. However, they also don't tell the entire story. As of September 15, Asche was the owner of .271/.338/.457 slash line. He had displayed a good glove at third and his short, quick swing from the left side of the plate had optimists making Chase Utley comparisons.
Asche then proceeded to close out the season on a 3 for 33 slide, dramatically dropping his numbers across the board. So what was the reason behind his slump? The answer to that question is critical in determining how big a role Asche will play in the future of this team. Did major league pitching just catch up to him, causing a regression to the level many thought was his destiny? Or was it simply fatigue that set in for a player who was playing college ball only two years ago?
Ryne Sandberg subscribed to the latter theory in September, anointing Asche as the favorite to start the 2014 season at third base for the Phillies. Courtesy of Matt Gelb at the Inquirer, the Phillies' skipper said:
"He's proven defensively he can play third base. And I think his bat has played. He's shown a good steady bat. I think down the stretch it's turned into a little bit of a long season for him possibly. I understand that. But the work ethic and the quality swing for a young guy like that is pretty good."
Asche earned the nod from Sandberg with his 2013 performance, albeit only two months. While the Utley comparisons are ridiculous – Chase is a once in a generation type of talent – Asche definitely has a good-looking swing and showed enough pop to suggest his bat might play at third in the cozy confines of Citizens Bank Park. If you're the type that trusts defensive metrics, you may have some concerns over Asche's fielding ability (they're not good). But as Sandberg indicated, he looked competent over there and, at least for me, passed the eye test defensively.
Assuming the Phillies don't add an impact third baseman in free agency or via trade, Asche will probably be the guy in 2014. Maikel Franco is deservedly a heralded prospect now after a huge season in the minors, but he is only 21 and is the type of raw talent that could use more seasoning. The free agent landscape at third looks pretty bleak, as usual, and the Phils can't really afford to be trading away what little young talent they have for a significant upgrade – making a full season from Asche the most likely scenario. As Gelb indicated, Asche would be the first homegrown player to start at third base for the Phillies on opening day since Scott Rolen in 2002. If that happens, we should find out exactly what we have in the former Nebraska Cornhusker.
Grade: B+. Asche was well on his way to an A before his dreadful end to the season. While his statistics aren't all that impressive in their final form, I still give him a B+ simply because I thought his future was either as a second division player or a bench guy on a good team. But to me, he showed the potential for more in his two months. Maybe his final 33 at bats are a red flag, maybe not… we will see. Either way, he earned a longer look for me and it sounds like he is going to get it in 2014.
The bigger problem here is that, while Asche is a nice piece, he probably doesn't have the talent to become the type of impact bat that the Phillies desperately need to contend again. Such is life when you have star-level money tied up in players that are no longer stars. Additionally, Asche's presence in the lineup means six of the seven projected regulars will either be left-handed or only useful from the left side of the plate (I'm looking at you Jimmy). That number assumes Darin Ruf is a starter and would drop to six of eight if the Phillies re-sign Carlos Ruiz or add a different right-handed hitting catcher. Obviously, none of this is Asche's fault… so for now let's just hope that he emerges in 2014 as the guy that will permanently fill a position that has been a black hole for the Phillies for over a decade now.
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B+ is too high for ASHE. I would give him a C+. A good fielder but has not shown enough power at the plate. The Phils have not had a power hitting 3rd baseman for a long time. CBPARK is built for a right-handed power hitter. Ruben should be looking to fill the void
CBP doesn't help RH power hitters. It does boost HRs by lefties, in general, although it hasn't helped Howard, for example.
How about Pedro Alvarez + Jeff Locke LHP for Asche *and* Franco? You'd add 35/40 HR to your lineup with Alvarez and Locke is controllable young pitching with some success (and some failure) at MLB level.
Take a look around the National League and tell me just how many power hitting third basemen exist. (Hint: It's not very many; in the NL it's basically Wright, Alvarez and Zimmerman)
Asche hit for more power (by ISO) than Sandoval, Headley, Freese, Chris Johnson, Mike Young, or Martin Prado. The problem wasn't that he doesn't hit for a ton of power, because few third basemen do anymore, but that he didn't get on base enough (though I'm willing to give him some time to work on that).
I don't see why Asche can't develop into a low to mid 25 homer guy in his 3 or 4 peak years a few years out. I thought the part about was it fatigue or pitchers catching up warning was fair, but I'm assuming with his nice stroke, it's more the former.
He made at least a couple errors on routine plays you like to avoid, but it happens. Or maybe it's better to say is acceptable as part of the development curve. His more challenging defensive plays showed me more about where he can get to. Seems to have good defensive instincts, which is refreshing to see in this day and age, and in comparison to some teammates. .
I feel pretty comfortable about his 2014. Enough that I feel he could be a regular on a contending club, not a bench guy, or 2nd division player. But I wouldn't discard that as a level of ability he's left in the dust.
We won w Pedro Feliz at third. He always stepped up in the playoffs though, no? I remember him whacking one in game 4 of the 2009 WS.
You can win with a below average player at any position, if you have enough other good players.
I'd give Asche a B+/A-, a bit higher than Alex's grade. Except for the 1-17 start & 3-33 finish, his bat was pretty good compared to other 3B in the last decade. He may not be a stellar fielder at 3B, but he can play 2B and perhaps learn some corner OF (reducing his toime at 3B some). I've compared him to Utley simply because Asche doesn't specialize in one aspect of offense like Howard & J-Roll. Asche does a little of everything: excellent plate discipline, some speed, and good (but not great) defense – similar (but not at the same caliber) as Chase. Asche would, if successful, provide at least some stability to a position that has been very unstable for the last 10 years or so. And that would be a relief!
I really liked watching Asche this season and hopefully he'll be at third base for the Phillies for a lomg time. He seemed to fit in with the coaches, team mates and you'd think he was a veteran watching him. Seems like fatigue at the end of the season was the cause and that hamstring injury didn't help.
The few times I( saw Asche I wasw not impressed with his bat. He has a nice, short swing, but seemed way too tentative in his approach. He needs to be a little quicker and a little more aggressive. His fielding is adequate, however, and could get better because he does have the "instincts."
All in all, I think he'll make the grade for a while, but mostly because right now he's the only guy they've got for 3rd base.
I think B+ is too generous for a .235 hitter. Maybe baseball "experts" feel he's not an impact player, but even non-impact guys should be better than .235 to warrant such a high grade.
I'm interrupting this thread momentarily to exclaim.. Shane Victorino once again, as in years past with the Phillies, came up with the biggest hit in the ALCS playoffs for the Red Sox (so far) in hitting a clutch 2-out GRANDSLAM HR in the 7th inning and helped his team come from behind tonight. I just knew when Victorino came to bat he was going to have his moment of glory in that big inning. That's why the Red Sox got him because of his experience in the playoffs and of course, a vital part of the team during the season as well.
Where are you going Victorino? "I'm going to the WORLD SERIES!"
Good for Shane. I met him 2xs and he is such a nice person.
As far as Asche- the fatigue stuff is just an excuse or a "hope" that we are banking on that he can be our savior at 3rd.
I agree on both points. Good for Shane. On Asche, it definitely sounds like more of an excuse and I'm okay with the manager protecting the rookie in that way even though I don't buy it. In 2012, Asche played 154 games across 3 minor leagues and accumulated 658 PA's. In 2013, he played 154 games in AAA and the big leagues and accumulated 625 PA's. When trying to project his future, we have to recognize that 2 months is a small sample size and his his final 33 AB's is in an even smaller one, but I wouldn't let an excuse for that 3-for-33 finish impact my grade of his 2013 results. To me, a C- seems appropriate.
I think the grade is about right. About what 3 more hits would of placed him at .250. His fielding does need a little work. I keep the feeling he'll struggle a little at first theyll pull the plug in favor of Franco. Franco then will proceed to bomb out and Asche while not becoming a superstar would proceed to have a nice career somewhere else.
"About what 3 more hits would of placed him at .250."
Sure, but 3 fewer hits would have placed him at .216. 3 hits in 162 AB's is fairly significant. Adding 3 hits to Asche's total in 162 AB's would be like adding 11 hits to Rollins's total in 600 AB's. Give Rollins 11 more hits and his average would be .270, not .252, and Jimmy's grade would be higher with a .270 / .336 / .366 line that it's going to be with the .252 / .318 / .348 line that he actually produced.
Having things gotten that bad around here and in the system that we're willing to call .235 / .302 / .389 in (the small sample size of 179 PA's) a very good result?
Well…yeah, things have gotten that bad I guess. 7th worst record and 2nd worst run differential in baseball is really stinky.
Keep having a feeling i meant.
He is better than Young or Polanco at third base because he can play deeper if necessary. I think the Phillies would have been better off with him at 3rd base for the full year rather than Young. Slumps happen. I think he could be a productive player.
The slump idea could be entirely vaiid, and shouldn't be lightly considered. Asche had a more-than-acceptable slash line before going 3 for 33. And speaking of Shane Victorino, he had been 2 for 23 in the ALCS before his slam last night – but the Red Sox weren't about to scramble for alternatives when Vic went to the plate, or any time before that. Of course, Victorino is a career pro with a history that of a seasoned and reliable vet. But all of this makes the point – that is, with any ball player, slumps happen and it's part of the game … and with a young and unproven Asche, it's just too early to tell.
@DavidE, this says he's better defensively than Young and Polanco.
Regarding Young, you're right — Asche was immediately a huge improvement. But if he's ever anywhere near as good as Polanco I'll be shocked.
@Hk, thanks man.
I think the emergence of Maikel Franco as a star is critical to this team's future.
I know Schmenk and others here will disagree with me but if he shows any potential in Spring training I'd add him the 40-man roster.
I'm a great believer in natural talent rising to the level of the challenges they face and on a Phillies team likely to bring around 20 aging triple A-quality hacks, kicked around has-beens and never-weres north with them in April, Maikel Franco already stands out as a better bet – and there is your additional right-handed power hitter
Where do you put him? At third with Asche given a look in left , platoon Ruf and Howard at 1st, move Dom Brown's arm back to RF and let Revere and switch-hitter Hernandez battle it out CF.
The Phils end up with more speed in the outfield and young right-handed power at both corners of the diamond. If Revere wins out, the switch-hitting Hernandez appears to be a competent and promising sub for various starters.
Or trade Asche and Revere now along with Jesse Biddle to the Marlins as the core of a trade for you-know-who. In that case, Dom stays in LF while GS moves into RF. The Marlins would lose an oft-injured star but end up with two young regular starters and a young #4 or 5 pitcher. Yes, there may be quite a few teams who would consider offering more for Stanton but considering his fragility I'm not so sure they'd be quick to pull that trigger. The Phils have to gamble and better they do it on a young injured star than an old injured star.
As much as I like Revere, he's a more natural short fielder and this isn't softball. I don't believe Asche will ever rise beyond the level of a Rick Schu and I can't understand the continued faith in Biddle. So I'm obviously hoping the Marlins think tank resembles the one RAJ has assembled. If the Marlins want more, throw in Mini Mart – or offer them Howard if they'll pick up even 10 years of the remaining 90 years on his contract.
Many here, including me, doubt Ryno has the green light to platoon Howard due to his exorbitant salary. It would sting sitting him on the bench even when he's healthy but the reality is it stings more when he's allowed to start against lefties and only serves to wear down his aging body sooner. In other words, the team would get more back out of that contract by platooning him and in the process do everybody concerned, including Ryan, a favor. He can still be an high RBI impact player if used properly and his body is not wasted against the Pedro Felicianos of the league who own his number.
"A long season" for young Asche?
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Final Fantasy XIII ReviewBy Rob Manuel - Posted Mar 05, 2010
Final Fantasy XIII occupies an important place at a crucial time in RPG development. It may bring in a new wave of fans, but it might also weather the series' decaying fan foundation. While it's an experiment that doesn't always get everything right, but it undoubtedly provides a unique experience for anyone willing to invest the time.
The Pros
- Battle system focuses more on strategy
- Gorgeous visuals and great music
- Streamlined experience trims the bloat
The Cons
- Takes forever for the game to truly blossom
- Annoying quirks within the battle system
- Hardcore fans may revolt in light of dramatic changes
Final Fantasy XIII isn't a weekend rental, it's a commitment. Sure, that sounds obvious to any fan of the blockbuster role-playing series, but Square Enix's dramatic changes to its formula will prove jarring to many longtime fans. Not everyone will enjoy being thrust into a world of chaotic action and feverous flipping of menus. Don't get me wrong, the new battle system is more of an evolution of previous systems rather than a cheap gimmick. But even as a longtime fan of the series, I wonder how others will come to terms with so many drastic changes. I, for one, grew to truly enjoy it.
Of Clouds and Lighting…
It all begins on the planet city of Cocoon -- a world on the verge of breaking wide open. Fear of foreign sleeper agents spreads like wildfire through the streets. Men, women, and children indicated as a foreign threat by only a special mark are forced to board packed trains in order to be "relocated" back to their homeland of Gran Pulse. Of course, the trains never make it there. Those who know where the trains really go fight against the totalitarian government (if you can't connect the dots at this point, I'm not going to do it for you).
Check your expectations about party members at the door. Pink-haired Lightning is not the game's core heroine. Neither is Snow, the snowboarder-looking fellow the hero, nor Sazh, the guy with the Afro. FF13 instead spreads the focus across the six main characters and how they interact with one another. After contracting the mark of the l'Cie -- think of it as a Doom spell with a loophole -- this ragtag team must work together to overcome their differences in order to survive. The story surrounding the characters just isn't as strong as the characters' personal interactions. Lighting tries to overcome her loathing of Snow in order to protect him from a vindictive Hope. Sazh balances his hatred of l'Cies, the military detaining his son, and the sinking suspicion that someone in the group is the cause of all his problems. It has all the marking of a "Lost" episode with more Chocobos.
With that said, Square often lays on the soft piano a little too thick. Not every cutscene has to be an After School Special. You'll be inundated with enough big blurry eyes and gritted teeth in the first twenty hours alone that you'll wonder how they ever make it through a battle without having an emotional breakdown. The clips may have the sheen of "Advent Children," but it's hard to care about the problems of your characters when they seem to whine about them with every close-up.
There's no "I" in "Battle System"
The key term here is "strategy." Characters start with three different roles to begin with but can later expand to all of them around the half way point of the game. These roles dictate what a character will do in battle. For example, healers heal. Ravagers focus on black magic. Sentinels pull enemies towards them. But a healer won't be able to attack nor can a ravager heal himself. With only three members to a team, you'll need to find the right mix of offense and defense to get the job done. But that's not the tricky part.
You don't control the roles of the individual members but you develop up to six sets (or paradigms, as FF13 calls them) that you use to change tactics according to need. Do you need everyone to hold back and heal or go all out for a single attack? You have to time your paradigms so that as one tactic ends, you set another one up. If you plan the paradigm shifts correctly, it's like an active reload in shooter games, and you'll be rewarded with a full time bar to open up more attacks. Square ingeniously pulls the focus from single actions to something that functions as team effort. Shifting a member from one job or starting out with a different paradigm actually has a significant effect on the battle. One of the big drawbacks to this, however, is an inability to command your other party members during battle, which can make the difference between life and death.
While most of your choices take place on a 2D menu, the action actually happens on a 3D plane, with characters and pieces moving all the time - and all without your prompt. Every attack and spell in the game is bigger and does more damage, both from you to enemies, and vice versa. That's a problem when you assign one character to act as the sentinel (i.e. the Lighting Rod of Hate) and there's no prompt to keep your teammates clear of danger. Likewise, there's nothing in your bag of tricks that will keep your members from clustering around the same spot. Adding insult to injury, losing your leader means losing the battle. The other two members of your party may be master healers, but once you go down, it's all over. There are always way to work around some of these issues, though.
Even with these little problems, the game outside of battle is more than forgiving. Dying in battle does little more than put you back to where you were right before you stepped into a fight. Even if you haven't saved for hours and you've used every potion in your inventory, you still leave the battle no worse for wear and a little wiser for it. FF13 encourages you to take risks and experiment. Your health goes back to full after every battle as well, so there's no need to look for that inn after a fight. Also, perhaps, because there isn't one…
The Lazy Susan of Monsters
FF13 is a streamlined run from one boss to the next. No towns. No inns. No shops. And for the most part, that describes the questing on Cocoon, which fills in the first 20 to 25 hours of the game. Save points scattered throughout the world after every five or so battles act as your shop. But the game is so tight-fisted with coins that you'll only buy the occasional potion or Phoenix Down to keep you going. Honestly, I don't miss shops or inns as much as having some sense of progress. In past Final Fantasy games, towns always gave you a reference point in your journey -- "How far am I from the last town?" "How close am I to the next?"
Without those landmarks, it's hard to tell how far down the rabbit hole you've tumbled. More or less, FF13's low points on Cocoon resemble a conveyor belt of enemies coming at you with the occasional cutscene thrown onto the assembly line. It seems that Square Enix has designed the game so that there's a litany of creatures, minus the grind, and cutscenes peppered throughout the experience to keep you motivated in a land that has nothing to explore. The absence of towns doesn't change the way you play, but it's a jarring experience that some may never forgive.
Can you Get Stockholm Syndrome from a Game?
The real core of the game doesn't start until you finally hit Gran Pulse – a large sprawling land of free-roaming fields and quests. While some of the sections in the later half of the game still won't give you much wiggle room, Pulse provides warps to different sections to take on particularly nasty enemies once you're strong enough to survive the fights. Quests provide not only a distraction from the main game, but new challenges that you won't encounter in the main quest; there's a good chance you'll need a second playthrough. The wizards at Square Enix, however, were smart enough to let you skip the first part of the game and dive right back into the wild wasteland that is Gran Pulse.
Regarding visuals, FF13 is a stunning showcase for for HD gaming. From the vivid fields of Gran Pulse to the smaller sections of the game, it's filled with beautiful details that can be only picked up with a big hi-def screen. When the characters aren't crying their little eyes out, the battle scenes strike that "Advent Children"-like chord that many fans will appreciate. Though the heroes' super iridescent skin sometimes spoils the illusion, FF13 presents a package pretty enough to hang on your walls.
And of course, there's also the music. Though this is the first Final Fantasy game without Uematsu as the main composer, FF13 presents a rich soundtrack that matches its visuals, though I could have done without a couple of guitar rifts and sad piano moments. What hurts the soundtrack the most is that none of the songs are very memorable. After 60 hours of gameplay, I can't remember a single song but I can still hum Celle's Aria from Final Fantasy VI.
Can you Spare Some Change?
Final Fantasy XIII occupies an important place at a crucial time in RPG development. It may bring in a new wave of fans, but it might also weather the series' decaying fan foundation. At times, the game feels like Square Enix's last stand against the tidal wave of action games and Western RPGs sweeping the landscape. It eschews the grinding, getting lost, and the time loss after botching a fight, but at the cost of the positives you got from those things (player-set leveling goals and exploration, for example). The shift from individual actions to team strategy not only fits the story theme but presents a unique gameplay element to the genre. Once you actually have your team together, battles become more a matter of strategy than strength. Final Fantasy XIII is an experiment that doesn't always get everything right, but it undoubtedly provides a unique experience for anyone willing to invest the time.


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Over the last four months, Outlook.com has increased in popularity and risen to more than 25 million active users. The eventual replacement for Hotmail, Outlook.com is clean, fast, and easy to use. Now, it's available on Android too.
Developed by SEVEN, a Microsoft development partner, the Outlook.com app on Android allows everyone to take advantage of Exchange ActiveSync, regardless of whether their Android device actually supports the feature. The app is nearly identical to the one released for Hotmail, supporting push notifications, calendar and contact sync and device integration, multiple account support, and more. Unfortunately, the app is not nearly as clean and simple as the website. Hopefully, Microsoft's team of engineers will develop a more Outlook.com-inspired version of the app in the near future.
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It's a clash of the tech titans at Ala Moana Center.
Microsoft's first Hawaii store opened Thursday morning almost directly across from the Apple Store.
More than 3,000 people showed up after hearing the buzz Microsoft has been making in Hawaii, but were they lined up for the tech hardware and software or something else?
"Yeah, we're pretty much here for the tickets," said one person.
"I see an iPhone, I see a Mac, but you're here for Microsoft?" asked reporter Brenton Awa.
"I'm actually here for the Macklemore concert," said the person in line.
Microsoft knows how to draw a crowd -- with free concert tickets! Workers handed out more than 2,000 of them to the fans who camped out overnight.
The next step -- keeping them coming back.
"It's not just the concert, we're investing in the community," said Jonathan Adashek of Communications Strategy. "We do a lot of things to become part of the fabric."
Microsoft had the hype machine churning in its expansion to Hawaii.
Giant ads hang around Ala Moana Center and the company's signs are easily visible throughout the mall.
There's goodwill -- to the tune of $1.3 million in software grants donated to local organizations like the Palama Settlement.
This is Microsoft's 39th full line store in the U.S. The goal is to win customers from Apple or elsewhere, one at a time.
"When we build those relationships, our customers are going to get what they're looking for -- choice, value and service," said Adashek.
When you open a store right across the walkway from Apple, you can a plan to cherry-pick their loyal followers. Microsoft says bring in your iPads and iPhones and they'll buy it off of you. They'll buy other smartphones, too.
It's an uphill climb. Bloomberg reports Microsoft sold just 1.5 million of its Surface tablets during the last quarter of 2012 compared to Apple's sales of 23 million iPads.
But, if today is any indication, if Microsoft is going to lose this battle, it won't go quietly.
One of those in-store deals is $100 off the Surface tablet.
The Macklemore and Ryan Lewis concert with Neon Trees started at 6 p.m. at the Kaka'ako Waterfront Park.


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Upgrades: Gold bolt, some aftermarket trigger, custom grips that match the paintjob a little.
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Looking for upgrades, can add the $250 camera in sig, or MAYBE the matching pinokio in pic (has a tiny crack on release lever, even if it breaks it will still work.
This gun shoots NICE. Only putting it up to see what I get.
Can get a shooting video on a HD camera uploaded soon.
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Wis. AG names DCI deputy administrator
Published On: Jan 27 2013 03:23:50 PM CST
Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen has chosen a high-ranking Milwaukee police officer to serve as the state Division of Criminal Investigation's second-in-command.
Milwaukee Assistant Police Chief Patrick Mitchell will take over as DCI's deputy administrator on Monday. He'll make $97,000 per year.
Mitchell began his career as a police officer in Milwaukee in 1985. He has served as assistant chief since June of 2011.
He'll replace Dave Matthews at DCI. Matthews was promoted to division administrator in October.
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A generation ago, almost 15 percent of children in the United States born with sickle cell disease died before the age of two. Many more died in their teens. 1
Today, babies born with sickle cell disease face a far more promising future. Children and adults can benefit from treatment options that help mediate complications of the disease. According to data from CDC's National Vital Statistics System, the proportion of deaths from sickle cell disease among children decreased from 12 percent in 1979 to approximately 3 percent in 2006. Since the signing of the National Sickle Cell Anemia Control Act 41 years ago, considerable progress has been made in biomedical research, disease surveillance, and care coordination.
But as patients and families know all too well, barriers to care and quality treatment persist. Between 90,000 and 100,000 people in the U.S. currently live with sickle cell disease, making it the most common inherited blood disorder in the country. Minorities bear a disproportionate burden, with the disease occurring in roughly one out of every 500 African American births and one out of every 36,000 Hispanic American births. And far too many have struggled to access the quality care that they need to manage the disease and live a healthy life.
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By directly addressing barriers to care and coverage, the Affordable Care Act has created new opportunities for those living with sickle disease to access affordable, high-quality health insurance and medical services – opportunities that many may never have had before.
Because of the law, sickle cell disease and other pre-existing conditions can no longer be grounds for denial of coverage from health insurers – a provision of the law that would provide security to 129 million Americans with pre-existing conditions.
Young adults living with sickle cell disease can now stay on their parents' health insurance until the age of 26, ensuring smoother transitions from pediatric care to adult care.
In addition, screening for sickle cell disease among newborns is now one of the preventive services covered at no cost under the Affordable Care Act. Thanks to the law, approximately 71 million Americans can now access these screenings and other important preventive services without having to pay a co-pay or deductible.
The law is also helping community health teams to explore new opportunities for improved disease management through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Innovation Center – and expanding access to care through investments in community health centers, where nearly two-thirds of patients served are people of color.
Meanwhile, agencies across the Department of Health and Human Services are working to make the most of these opportunities. At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), researchers are studying how sickle cell disease is managed at the community level through a state-based project called PHRESH (Public Health Research Epidemiology and Surveillance of Hemoglobinopathies). Using data collected from the program, CDC is helping states build capacity to monitor health system changes stemming from the Affordable Care Act – giving them the tools they need to identify the most effective interventions, highlight quality measures, and zero in on the "hotspots" of chronic conditions where they are needed most.
At the Office of Minority Health, one of the office's strategic priorities – leading the implementation of the first-ever HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities – includes strengthening the cultural and linguistic competency of the health and health care workforce to improve health care quality and reduce health disparities. And as implementation of the Affordable Care Act continues, the Office of Minority Health's outreach and education efforts in minority communities are helping to reach those living with sickle cell disease and others who stand to benefit most from the health care law.
Three years after its passage, the Affordable Care Act has touched the lives of millions of Americans – including the thousands living with sickle cell disease. And this is just the beginning. On October 1, millions of Americans will have a chance to enroll in affordable health insurance coverage through the new Health Insurance Marketplace, with coverage beginning as early as January 1, 2014. While the fight against sickle cell disease continues, the health care law is giving patients and families affected by sickle disease unprecedented opportunities for improved care and expanded coverage – and new hope for a healthier future.
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Evergreen Honors Master in Teaching Alums with 2012 K-12 Distinguished Educator Award
Janet O'Halloran, Kate Hudson (formerly Trafton) and Tim Holman have been selected as Kindergarten‐12 Distinguished Educators of 2012 by The Evergreen State College.
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Evergreen Engineer Sets the Pace
Rich Davis, College Engineer at The Evergreen State College is being recognized for his significant and continuing contributions to fields of Educational Facilities management.
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The seventh annual In the Spirit: Contemporary Northwest Native Arts exhibit debuts Thursday, June 21, with a free opening reception for the artists and guests at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma.
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Rock County sheriff's officials said a woman found dead in a barn Wednesday in the Town of Plymouth had apparently been shot by a neighbor, who also shot himself.
The victim, Christine Gestrich, 59, was found dead in a shed by deputies when they responded to 6707 W. Stuart Road in Plymouth Township at 8:18 a.m. for a report of a shooting.
Deputies reported hearing a gunshot when they arrived at the scene and found Daniel Bellard, 75, in a different shed suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A shotgun was with him when a SWAT team found him, according to investigators.
Bellard was treated at the scene by a SWAT doctor and was taken by helicopter to the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison. He is hospitalized in critical condition and is being guarded by sheriff's deputies.
Sheriff's officials said Bellard's wife reported the shooting.
"We know that she approached the barn on a skid loader. We believe that she was attempting to perhaps remove snow, and then from that point on we're still trying to ascertain what occurred," Rock County Sheriff Bob Spoden said.
Detectives said it appeared there was an altercation.
The sheriff said it's not yet clear what motivated the shooting.
"They have been neighbors for some time, we have been made aware that there were in the past some disputes over boundaries, land property boundary, prior to this incident occurring," Spoden said.
Town Chairman Larry Harding said the neighbors' disputes never made it to the town board. He said the incident has greatly affected the community of about 1,200 people.
"Everybody feels sad. This is a close community," Harding said. "Everybody is going to be affected by this one way or another; it was two town residents."
Spoden said three firearms were taken from the property as evidence.
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July 8, 2011-- Home Textiles Today,
CHICAGO - Textiles veteran Murray Engle has been named to the newly created position of residential sales manager for The Mitchell Group.
Engle previously handled major accounts for the coated fabrics company. He will be responsible for Mitchell's Chinato- China sales and reports to John Kessler, national sales manager.
Engle began his career in Dalton, Ga., working at his family's textiles factory. He joined Ametex Fabrics and held several posts over 15 years. He moved to Cone Mills as president of the company's home furnishing division and later went to work for furniture manufacturing company.
"With our China business increasing by leaps and bounds and our overall business growing, the timing was perfect for Murph to take on new responsibilities and challenges," said Bill Fisch, president. "He is an industry legend, and we're thrilled to have him."
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Homecoming CAA Blood Drive
Wed, 30 Oct 2013 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Each CAA institution, including JMU, works with its local blood service center and designates one day during the fall term to conduct a campus-wide blood drive. Student groups, faculty, staff, and alumni are all encouraged to participate. The eleventh annual CAA Blood Challenge was an overwhelming success in 2012, with 4,381 donors and 4,613 productive units of blood collected from nine CAA campuses. Over the past 10 years the CAA Blood Challenge has helped to save 110,157 lives!
JMU's CAA Blood Drive will be held Oct. 30 in Transitions from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., in partnership with Virginia Blood Services.
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For Phase One Fridays I highlight Phase One recipes from the past that have been my personal favorites. I make this salad every summer, as soon as Costco starts carrying the fresh mozzarella pearls and I have fresh basil in the garden!)
This Tomato, Olive, and Fresh Mozzarella Salad with Basil Vinaigrette is the perfect salad to make when it's fresh tomato season and your garden is bursting with tomatoes and fresh basil. However it can also have mood-enhancing properties if it's a very rainy first week of summer where you live, even if you have to buy tomatoes from Costco and it takes every basil leaf you can manage to snip from your puny plants.
I have to confess though, it was the adorable mozzarella pearls made by Bel Gioisio Cheese I found at Costco that really inspired this salad. If you're not familiar with fresh mozzarella, it's a very soft cheese that comes packed in brine. The "pearls" are tiny pieces about the size of marbles, and they were delicious with the tomatoes and fresh basil.
I tried the salad a few different ways, but I actually preferred it with plain old black olives from a can rather than with Kalamata or Spanish olives. I used the extra large sized olives.
Tomato, Olive, and Mozzarella Salad with Basil Vinaigrette
(Makes about 4 servings, recipe created by Kalyn)
1 can large black olives, cut in half (6 oz. olives after draining)
3 cups cherry tomatoes, cut in half
1 cup fresh mozzarella pearls, cut in half (or use regular fresh mozzarella and cut into pieces
1/2 cup vinaigrette dressing (I used my favorite vinaigrette, but any type of homemade or bottled vinaigrette that you like will work. A good choice would be Newman's Own Olive Oil and Vinegar Dressing, which is widely available and has only 1 gram of sugar.)
1/2 cup chopped or torn fresh basil leaves
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
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Leaders of Iowa's public universities are expected to discuss budget and tuition plans with lawmakers.
Iowa Board of Regents President Craig Lang and President Pro Tem Bruce Rastetter will testify Tuesday to the Legislature's education appropriations subcommittee. They'll be followed by University of Iowa President Sally Mason, Iowa State University President Steven Leath and outgoing University of Northern Iowa President Ben Allen.
Higher education leaders are generally pleased with Gov. Terry Branstad's budget proposal, which would give them enough funding to freeze tuition next year for undergraduate students.
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Concerts begin at 7pm, so most people begin showing up between 5pm and 6pm.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to bring, use, consume or possess on the premises of any alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage.
The following items can be brought into the park; chairs, blankets, coolers, food, beverages, dogs on leashes.
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Pediatric and adolescent mental health emergencies in the emergency medical services system." Pediatrics. 2011;127(5):e1356-66."
Self-reported violence-related outcomes for adolescents within eight weeks of emergency department treatment for assault injury." J Adolesc Health. 2011;49(4):440-2."
Development, validation, and utility of internet-based, behavioral health screen for adolescents." Pediatrics. 2010;126(1):e163-70."
Feasibility and effects of a Web-based adolescent psychiatric assessment administered by clinical staff in the pediatric emergency department." Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010;164(12):1112-7."
Feasibility of an interactive voice response tool for adolescent assault victims." Acad Emerg Med. 2009;16(10):956-62."
Heart rate and posttraumatic stress in injured children." Arch. Gen. Psychiatry. 2005;62(3):335-40."
Characterization of interpersonal violence events involving young adolescent girls vs events involving young adolescent boys." Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2004;158(6):545-50."
Persistence of posttraumatic stress in violently injured youth seen in the emergency department." Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002;156(8):836-40."
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Now there's something you don't see on TV every day…
I rather like Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Unfortunately, I seldom get to watch, mainly because I usually show up at work sometime between 7:00 and 7:30 AM, and I don't like watching more than a few minutes of video on my computer.
However, Hugh Laurie, star of House, was interviewed by Conan and revealed himself to be not unlike me in that he's definitely a booster of reason and science in medicine over irrationality and dubious "complementary and alternative medicine" (CAM) therapies. In fact, his attitude towards CAM appears to be not at all unlike that of the character he plays on House. Check out the interview. (If you want to watch, the relevant part of the interview begins at about 23:50 into the show.)
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I'm Back- Thoughts on the Latest News in Baseball
I know, I haven't posted in a week, but that's within good reason. I was trying to get through this horrible week alive, and now that I have, I'm free for two weeks. I got through five painful midterms, and now that I have, the daily posts will return. The hot stove is still pretty hot from the Winter Meetings. A couple of acquisitions went down, a few non-tenders, and plenty of rumors.
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It's great to have you back! I'm glad all your midterms are over. I'm homeschooled, so I don't have that problem🙂 Lots of interesting stuff is going on in the Hot Stove. Thankfully, Jake will probably be staying! Enjoy your break!
Elizabeth, thanks for stopping by RSBS. Personally, I kind of hope Manny ends up a Yankee. Wouldn't that be some homecoming reception: BOOOOOOOOO!!! at Fenway? Ha, that'd be one of those priceless moments from MasterCard.
Congrats on surviving midterms, Elizabeth. That's worthy of a standing ovation!
The clean, shaven, and professional Yankee ideal would definately be challenged by Ramirez. It'd be like Axel Rose joining the 3 tenors. I can't imagine a world where Manny is a Yankee. It can't possibly happen. Can it?
I would rather someone else sign Burnett for five years, and someone else did. It makes the Yankees better on paper for 2009, but the entire contract must be looked at to evaluate properly.
Glad mid-terms are done Elizabeth! How can Manny go to NY? There's no scoreboard for him to hide in! Have to agree with Jeff – the Booooooooooos would be heard on the West Coast! Enjoy your two weeks of freedom!
Hey, Elizabeth …
Good to see you back blogging again !!! … I hope all went well on all your mid-term exams !!! … Well, it looks like the Red Sox are out of the Mark Teixeira sweepstakes. So, that's great news for the Yankees; maybe, they will come through with a last minute "final best offer" deal to bring Tex to the Bronx !!! … I would offer Mark Teixeira, a, "9 year / $198 Million contract ($22 Million per year) … Anyway, we will see what happens in the next week or so !!! … Also, whatever the Yankees do next, I really hope they "do not" sign Manny, for many reasons … I agree, Manny will not be a "good fit" on the New York Yankees !!! … Take care, Elizabeth … And, by the way, we had our "first major snow fall" of the winter here in NYC, and the East [probably, Boston too] … A perfect day to talk about "baseball" !!! … Jimmy [27NYY]
Yes, we do have one hell of a rotation. And you can have Lowe, as long as we get Sheets.
And good job surviving midterms, or finals week as it's known over here. I did too.


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This team........
well, this thread devolved into a Jerry Jordan discussion, shows how bad this game was.
some highlights: Clyde and Bernie King pairing up for an enlightening color commentary, pointing out all the Knicks faults throughout the game, pretty much how to play the game of basketball, not just players sucking. this is a subtle way of saying Antoni can't coach what he's got.
Antoni yelling at TD. I don't think any other coach yells at his players, I see them discussing how to play, make plays and encouraging players. Same thing happened with N8 the gr8, Antoni yelling until N8 was gone.
Melo fouling like a b*tch, just no reason for it, total bad attitude that makes it's way from the game onto the team. He may be a phenomenal shooter, but he's a sh*tty player.
Fields playing better. why he got taken out for long stretch is beyond me. oh yeah, Antoni substitution madness.
Girafferies...long neck. no offense. the man is one highlight per night, and then NOTHING.
BRANDON JENNINGS. the man Knicks management passed on for Jordan Hill (they also passed on Ty Lawson). making the Knicks pay and pay and pay and pay. what a joke, this is exactly what the Knicks have needed for the past... how many years? Felton came close to getting a true PG and he gets traded away with nothing in return as far as PG. and what have Knicks done about it?
these games are making me very sick of the whole Knicks organization. I like the players we have, but without a solid PG, we have nothing. Baron von Davis, aging and aching, is not the answer. aging Mike Booby is not the answer. Imon Shumpervert is not the answer. Toney Douglas...? hahaha. we need some BRAINS in this organization, starting at the top. D'ohlan's got to go. he's an imbecile. he doesn't see what's going on here? F*ck Antoni and his entire crew of idiots! clean out the organization! just do it!
Eli, take me away!
This team........
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There are three positive things I've seen in this game:
- the commentating trio of Dedes, Clyde and Kings is good,
- there is some growing chemistry between Shump and Landry,
- there were plenty of "fire D'Antoni" chants.
Rest of the story is known to us all, STAT's struggling, Melo's bricking, Shump's lost etc. etc. At least we have Fields back.
Right now I'm about to start making my Nuggets @ Knicks thread and maybe that's the game where our losing streak stops.
This is getting pathetic, there is no effort in this team at all.
NY doesn't need a big name coach to be good. We just need a coach that has defensive fundamentals and one that isn't scared to stand up to his players/stars and get them to run whatever offense he runs and BELIEVE in his system. Since Melo arrived and D'Antoni switched to the half-court to acclimate, this team has done nothing but SUCK!
D'Antoni is not the right coach for this team, sorry but that's REAL TALK! He needs to coach a team full of point guards and have them run and gun for him to make the playoffs and get bounced in the 1st/2nd round. His Run&Gun style could never win Championships, his half-court offenses don't make the PLAYOFFS!


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