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There's really no reason that an abundance of Nicolas Cage GIFs should exist on the internet, but they do and your mind is about to be a little more warped because of it. This isn't Raising Arizona, these are more from the Wicker Man era of Cage.
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Teenager Liam Sutcliffe kicked an injury-time penalty to break Catalan Dragons hearts in a breathtaking finish to their First Utility Super League match at Headingley.
The Frenchmen were poised to make history with their first-ever win at Leeds when Morgan Escare's 77th-minute drop-goal put them 31-30 in front but a lack of composure brought their downfall.
The visitors gave away possession from the restart when the ball failed to go 10 metres and, after conceding another penalty right at the end for obstruction while in possession, 19-year-old Sutcliffe - deputising for injured captain Kevin Sinfield - maintained his composure to land the 30-metre goal which secured a 32-31 victory.
It was a fortuitous win for the Rhinos but a fitting way for Jamie Peacock to mark his 400th Super League appearance as he stood in as captain in the absence of Sinfield, who missed only his second match of the season with a back injury.
Catalan, who had lost on all nine previous visits to Headingley, were inspired by full-back Escare and Australian scrum-half Sam Williams, who created two tries and kicked five goals from six attempts on an impressive first start for the club.
Joe Westerman held his nerve to kick a last-gasp conversion which gave Hull FC a share of spoils and denied Wakefield Trinity Wildcats a third straight Super League victory.
The decision to appoint James Webster as head coach has sparked a Wakefield revival and they looked to have built on wins over London Broncos and Wigan Warriors after Nick Scruton's late try, but Westerman converted Kirk Yeaman's try from out wide to earn the Black and Whites a 20-20 draw.
There was nothing to separate the teams at the end of a closely-fought first half, Hull centre Setaimata Sa's opener cancelled out by Richard Mathers on the stroke of half-time.
Good work by Sa laid on a try for Richard Horne and that set the tone for an entertaining second period.
Chris Riley and Reece Lyne crossed either side of a Yeaman effort to make it 14-14 with less than a quarter of the match remaining.
Scruton looked to have won it for Wakefield, only for Yeaman and Westerman to combine to cut the party short.
Warrington made it a miserable start for new Bulls coach Jimmy Lowes in his first match after taking over from sacked Francis Cummins.
The Wolves ran in nine tries to ease to a 50-24 victory as they made amends for their shock Super League defeat at Bradford in May.
Gareth O'Brien, back from a loan stint at Swinton, was outstanding for Warrington with a brace of tries with Joel Monaghan also notching two touchdowns in their biggest Super League win of the season.
The defeat leaves Bradford nine points behind third-from-bottom Salford with only nine Super League games remaining - and adds more importance to the Bulls High Court appeal against a six-point deduction by the Rugby Football League for going into administration for the second time in 18 months.

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Roberts healthy, upbeat midway through camp
BRADENTON, Fla. -- With Spring Training more than halfway done, second baseman Brian Roberts is healthy and upbeat, and the 35-year-old remains confident he will be out there come Opening Day.
"If I was ready on February 24, I hope I'll be ready on April 2nd," said Roberts, who has been a full participant in spring games. "I'm excited. [Orioles manager Buck Showalter] would probably tell you I've been champing at the bit in his ear. I want to play.
"It's been hard to be held back almost. When you haven't played in so long…I enjoy getting my work in on the days when I don't play, but I enjoy the game more than I enjoy the staying back working. I've been back working for a long time, but I know that it's a long season, and we're trying to take the approach that will have me ready to play."
Does Roberts, who suffered multiple concussions and hasn't played a full season since 2009, plan on being able to dive and steal like earlier in his career?
"I don't foresee [playing aggressively] being a problem," he said. "I guess I haven't necessarily. I dove for one ground ball, maybe. I haven't dove headfirst on a steal yet.
My doctors don't foresee it being a problem. I have the confidence now just in being out there every day and feeling very different than I did last year. I think moving forward, everything is in the right place."
Showalter, who joked with reporters to stop jinxing things, has also been encouraged with Roberts' play and enthusiasm this spring. In seven games, he has hit .400 (8-for-20) with a homer and two doubles.
"You can see how excited he is to be back in the flow of what he does," Showalter said. I know he's not on the treatment sheet much at all."
Where a healthy Roberts will be in the Orioles' lineup remains up for debate. He has hit leadoff and second and joked with reporters that he would be OK hitting "anywhere but 10th", meaning so long as he's in the lineup, he's happy.
"That was one of the things that last year people were asking how is it [to watch the team excel from the sidelines], and it was hard, but at the same time I knew I was going to benefit from the great things that were going on eventually also," he said. "And that being able to come back and play this year, I knew that all the good things that went on last year, it was going to be hopefully the tip of the iceberg for what's going to happen this year, we hope."
Brittany Ghiroli is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, Britt's Bird Watch, and follow her on Twitter @britt_ghiroli. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Toomes wrote:I was third mostly thanks to a decent finish at Am Nats. Playing 21 tourneys doesn't hurt either, lol.
Toomes wrote:You guys are just jealous.
I played 22. It didn't count the Pro Crosstown toward am points, lol.
3 years of PDGAs now exactly for me starting with the 2007 Buckhorn Open and I've played 60 tourneys. Still looking for my first win. 5 top 3 Int finishes in 2007 and 6 top 3 Adv finishes last year. I'm depressed now. Thanks a lot guys.
Toomes wrote:Even more depressing.
What did you win?
Toomes wrote:Even more depressing.
What did you win?
Trey133 wrote:My first win was my first tournament ever at Kentwood for last years winter jam. Sadly, I did not repeat the performance this year lol, I hung over shot a 4 down first round Oh and snapp you're a monster.
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Neural Prostheses and Gait Performance: Model-Based Strategies
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The purpose of this research is to find the optimal patterns of functional electrical stimulation (FES) of muscles in the lower legs that will improve walking ability in those who have had a stroke and at the same time ensure walking stability. FES involves applying small electric currents to the nerves, which cause the muscles to contract.
FES research projects vary from simple investigations of the therapeutic effects of exercise on muscle function and skin health, to more complex studies of functional movements such as standing or walking.
|Device: EMS 2000
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Neural Prostheses and Gait Performance: Model-Based Strategies
- Walking stability and speed [ Time Frame: Within 3 mos. ]
|Study Start Date:
|June 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|November 2016
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Arm 1
Case-control study: pre- and post-stimulation (FES).
Device: EMS 2000
Surface stimulation to contract the muscles in the lower extremity
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
This study includes stroke survivors greater than 18 years of age, >180 days from first clinical hemorrhagic or nonhemorrhagic stroke with:
- Unilateral hemiparesis with sufficient endurance and motor ability to ambulate >30 feet continuously without an AFO requiring no more than 25% physical help
- Berg Balance Scale score >23 without assistive devices
- Standing ankle dorsiflexion strength of <4/5
- Foot-drop during ambulation with gait instability or inefficient gait defined as supervision need
- Possible use of physical assistance or assistive device (cane, walker)
- Evidence of foot-drop as seen by "dragging" or "catching" of affected toes during limb swing or circumducting affected limb
- Vaulting of the unaffected limb or hiking the affected hip to clear toes.
- Intact and electrically ex-citable lower motor neurons
- Ankle dorsiflexion to at least neutral while standing with electrical stimulation of common peroneal and tibial nerves without painful hypersensitivity to stimulation
- Adequate social support and stability
- Medically stable with intact skin in affected lower limb
- Willingness to comply during research procedures
- No systemic co-morbidities
- No history of potentially fatal cardiac arrhythmias i.e. ventricular tachycardia, supraventricular tachycardia and rapid ventricular response atrial fibrillation with hemodynamic instability
- No psychological problems or chemical dependency
- No acute medical complications such as depression or chronic anxiety requiring long term pharmacological therapy. Able-bodied controls must be of similar age, body mass and stature as those with hemiparesis and must be free of any medical and disabling orthopedic problems.
Exclusion Criteria:
In addition to failure to meet the inclusion criteria, participants will be excluded from the study for the following:
- Requires an AFO to prevent knee flexion collapse in stance
- Excessive edema of affected extremity
- Absent sensation in affected limb
- History of potentially fatal cardiac arrhythmias such as ventricular tachycardia, supraventricular tachycardia, and rapid ventricular response, atrial fibrillation with hemodynamic instability
- Demand pacemakers or any implanted electronic systems
- Pregnancy
- Uncontrolled seizure disorder
- Ipsilateral lower limb lower motor neuron lesion
- Parkinson's disease
- Spinal cord injury
- Traumatic brain injury
- Multiple sclerosis
- Ankle plantar flexor contraction
- Severely impaired cognition and communication
- Painful hypersensitivity to neuromuscular stimulation of common peroneal nerve
- Knee hyperextension (genu recurvatum) that cannot be adequately corrected with peroneal nerve stimulation
- History of botulinum toxin to the lower extremity within the prior three months.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00991406
|United States, Ohio
|Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
|Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106
|Principal Investigator:
|Elizabeth C Hardin van den Bogert, PhD MS
|Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
|Responsible Party:
|VA Office of Research and Development
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00991406 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|October 2, 2009
|Last Updated:
|December 14, 2016
|Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
|Plan to Share IPD:
Keywords provided by VA Office of Research and Development:
Electric Stimulation
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
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Marco Sørensen brought the Czech Lotus team its debut win in the World Series by Renault Formula 3.5 at Spa-Francorchamps on Saturday. But the team's joy was tempered by Richie Stanaway's heavy crash in Sunday's race.
Marco Sørensen managed to avoid any trouble at the start of Saturday's race and the Dane was running third when a safety car period interrupted things. The Lotus driver capitalized on a tussle between leader Kevin Magnussen and Sam Bird on the approach to La Source, and snuck into the lead. He was able to pull away and scored his first win in the World Series by Renault with a solid two second gap over the rest of the field.
By contrast, Richie Stanaway went through disappointment at Spa-Francorchamps. Not only did his qualifying go badly but during the warm-up lap he found the car's pneumatic system was losing pressure. The Kiwi lost a lot of time in the pits and returned to the track only at the end of the race to collect some data and mileage.
Marco Sørensen: "The team had prepared a great car and I was able to follow the leaders easily without pushing hard. I saw Bird's attack on Magnussen and thought that both would go wide. I took my chance and got to the lead. I am very happy. The team did a great job and I am looking forward to tomorrow."
Richie Stanaway: "Four races, four technical problems. We are really unlucky this season. It had started already in the qualifying – I was coming to Les Combes where was lot of dirt on my second approach and I spun as if it was on ice. I did not set a time and during the warm-up lap I experienced a technical problem and had to pit immediately."
Rain hit Spa again before the start of the second race and the race director decided to start behind the Safety Car to avoid possible multiple crashes at the first corner. Both Lotus drivers kept their position when the real race started. There were many crashes and trips across the gravel. One of them occured on lap 9 when Stanaway crashed into the car in front of him and was launched up into the air. He landed heavily and unfortunately sustained fractures to his fourth and fifth vertebrae. The New Zealander is now seeing medical specialists in Paris.
The race was stopped after Stanaway's crash. Sørensen held 10th place after the restart and was ninth at the flag. However, Jake Rosenzweig and Lewis Williamson were penalised after the race as they had not done the mandatory pitstop and Sørensen moved up to seventh.
Marco Sørensen now lies fourth in the driver championship while Richie Stanaway is 17th. Team Lotus is fifth among the teams.
The whole Lotus family wishes Richie speedy recovery.


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Adult Braces - My tooth is Not Moving.
I am a 35 year old female who is currently wearing braces for the 3rd time. The 1st time I was about 9 years old. Both canine teeth needed to come down to match the others. The 2nd time I was 17 years old and my two front teeth became misaligned (one became higher than the other). And now the 3rd Time I am wearing them to correct the same problem.
After getting my 2nd set off at 18 I noticed that my two front teeth started to move. I was wearing my retainer, but the left tooth immediately started to move upwards. As I got older it continued to get worse until it became very embarrassing. Unfortunately I didn`t have the money to correct it. Seven months ago I finally got braces again. At this point all of my teeth seem to be moving as expected except for the front top left one - the one that needs the most work! I have been told that it may be ankylosed, but my orthodontist has not yet confirmed this theory. He has also told me that I have a tongue thrust, but has done nothing to correct it yet.
I`m getting so frustrated! How can I know for sure what the best course of action is? Why have I been having such problems with my teeth moving as an adult? Is it possible that my tooth is not ankylosed, but is just extremely slow to move back into place? Thank you for any and all advice!
Ankylosis seems like the most likely explanation, especially if you cannot move the tooth with pressure applied with your finger. This condition occurs when a tooth is essentially attached directly to the socket. An ankylosed tooth cannot move because of this attachment to the bone. It is difficult to diagnose because the attachment to the socket only needs to be in one small area of the root surface.I would suggest you find someone in your area who has a small volume Cone Beam Computed Tomographic machine since you need a 3D view of the tooth the diagnose the condition.
Mark G Hans, DDS, MSD
Professor of Orthodontics
School of Dental Medicine
Case Western Reserve University


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Scarlett Johansson's Red Carpet Retrospective
On the Monday of Scarlett Johansson's cover shoot, chaos loomed over Manhattan, thanks to winter storm Nemo that hit over the weekend plus the start of New York Fashion Week. But Johansson arrived unfazed and on time at Ramscale Studios with one request: Coffee-Mate Fat Free Hazelnut Creamer. Because she was training for Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which started filming last month, the actress stuck to a strict diet — the creamer was her only vice. One cup later, she was off, donning lace Dolce & Gabbana, patent leather Miu Miu, and red mesh Giambattista Valli. Chatting all things fashion with MC's Nina Garcia, Johansson noshed on a peanut butter Rice Krispies treat before changing into her own BDG jeans and vintage cardigan. Heading home for some rest on her only day off — her schedule at the time required eight Broadway performances of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof each week — she graciously bid adieu in her raspy, low voice and sped off, the very picture of balancing-act perfection. —Ashley Ross
Johansson in a Dolce & Gabbana dress and David Yurman and Eternamé rings.
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There had to be hundreds of guys in that class. (I don't recall seeing any females. I'm sure I would have remembered.) The week after the test the results were posted on a board outside the classroom. I scanned the list, starting at the very bottom, which is where I was sure I placed. But my name was not down there. I looked again. There had to be some sort of mistake. After skimming through page after page, I came to the first page, the top, where the ones who got the best grades are listed. There to my astonishment right near the top was my name. Now I knew there had to be a mistake of some kind.
But there wasn't. I was mortified. The last thing I wanted was to stand out, to be called attention to, because that would mean additional assignments or some such thing.
I was right. Not long after the test I was awarded sergeant stripes. I didn't want them. I knew they would carry additional responsibilities. All I wanted to do was the bare minimum that would get me a D- and get me out of there.
So I put the stripes in my pocket and hoped no one would notice. But of course they did. I made it through a couple classes and drills; mostly the course consisted of drills that included marching and whipping the gun around and parades. The officers were upperclassmen. The underclass guys were the lowly recruits. You walked across campus in your uniform and frat guys would yell at you from their windows, mocking and jeering.
I made the mistake of telling a friend who was also a senior officer about the stripes. I thought our friendship trumped his loyalty to the corps. I was wrong, of course.
So one day a real Army officer, not an upperclassman, calls me aside and gets right in my face. Yelling, "Attention!" and all that, and I stand there like a statue, only statues don't tremble in terror, and he says "Soldier, where are your stripes?"
I answer in a shaky whisper, "In my pocket sir."
His face is beet red. His cap is pulled down over his eyes. "In your pocket? Don't you want to be a soldier?"
I had to answer the truth. "Not really, sir."
I had no interest in fighting people who had never done anything to me, a sentiment best put by Muhammad Ali, heavyweight boxing champion of the world, who answered, when asked why he opposed the war, "Man, I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Cong."
Finally, thankfully, mercifully, the next-to-last class arrived. The only problem is this is the class where every single soldier had to take turns leading the drill. I was terrified. I couldn't even follow orders. How could I possibly give them? I would be marching right foot out when it was supposed to be left foot, you know, little things like that.
So I did what any sensible inept young male would do: I skipped the class. The next class, the very last one, seemed to go OK, and I thought I had gotten away with it when suddenly the dreaded words: "All men who did not complete the leadership drill fall out."
There were five of us. I figured I was in for an hour of utter humiliation and that I would be the worst of the five. But there was no way out. I had to do it. And then I learned a lesson. No matter how bad you think you are at something, there might, just might, be someone even worse. Turns out that compared to the other four I was a regular Gen. Patton.
I barked out the commands, "To the rear march. Left flank march." And so on. Then came the turn of the guy next to me. A guy I grew up watching on television. An Indiana high school sports legend. Let's just say that his commanding style wasn't quite up to his athletic prowess. Nervous and under pressure he told us, ordered is not the word here, to "Go left. March backwards. Turn right."
Always the good soldiers, eager to obey, we turned right, right into a wire fence alongside the bleacher in the field house. We got all tangled up.
Now panicky, he told us, "Get out, get out."
The commanding officer had seen enough. He lined us up. I thought maybe we would be shot. Instead we got yelled at.
"Men, in my 30 years of wearing this uniform proudly serving my country, you are the worst excuses for soldiers I have ever seen."
One of the five, nervous, said, "Thank you, sir."
I told my draft board — back then you could get drafted — that I had served my country for my two years. "I protected and defended Indiana University. Despite being one of the worst soldiers in American history, I did my job. The university is still there and in good shape."


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NEW YORK — Many small business owners are saying they're ready to hire.
That's the finding of a survey released Thursday by Bank of America. Thirty-one percent of the participants in the survey said they plan to hire during the next year. They include many owners who are optimistic about prospects for their businesses over the next 12 months — more than half said they want to hire workers to handle an expected increase in sales.
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Not a big fan of his team, but good for him.
Yes sir! He certainly deserves it.
Did anyone hear his postgame press conference after Saturday's game 1. A reporter asked him why the offense is so much better than the first few years as coach . Brown said that was his fault and yet he did it on purpose. he said he spent every minute in practice on defense for his 1st 3 seasons - never spent anytime on offense and never emphasized offense. (and he was constatnly criticized by experts about his offense and how bad his system was) This past season he gave the offensive responsibilities to his assistant and spent some time on it.
I really think that is what JOB should be doing - but it might be too late.
I'd have voted for Nate McMillan, but I don't get a vote.
He gives Rick Carlisle and his time as Pacers associate head coach a lot of credit. But also gives Pop credit. Give Rick credit for seeking him out as he wasn't the Spurs lead assistant
Coach Brown in a timeout.. "Ok guys, play hard, get the ball to Lebron and react fast to whatever Lebron does."
Really though, I like his emphasis on D. Why can't we do that? There are many contributing factors to the Pacers decline, but Coach (Mike) Brown leaving is definately one of them.
Good for Mike.
Definitely a credit to Brown, but recognize a lot of coaches don't have the luxury of doing something like this.
Unless you have a super talented team doing a lot of winning off the bat or you have a guy like Lebron, it would be very, very difficult to make your games watchable at all to fans with that kind of coaching strategy.
With Lebron able to QB the offense, you don't need an elaborate offensive plan to survive. If you got a young talented guy like that carrying the load for 40 mins a game, you can afford to have the rest of your team focus their energy on defense.
Ugly as it was for them, they were able to generate points and Lebron James himself is a draw that is going to sell tickets. You can run any kind of offensive scheme you want and people will come to watch him.
That being said, Mike Brown deserves COY. He's done a fantastic job.
Once an assistant for us now coach of the year. Congrats to him.
You beat me to the punch!
I have confidence that this team can learn to play "good" defense if it was emphasized like Brown did.
Congrats to Brown. If I was voting, I'd probably would have voted for the Miami coach due to the huge turn around from last season.
I don't necessarily agree with this selection. I think the team's improvement has more to do with the personnel upgrades, particularly the Mo Williams trade, than the coaching. I respect Mike Brown as a coach, but I would have given more consideration to guys like Rick Adelman and Eric Spoelstra.
Good for him, but if he wins it, more than half would be because he has Lebron James. I would've voted for Rick Adelman though...
Isn't it interesting how good of a coach you are when you have with the likes of a Jordan, Kobe, Shaq, LeBron . . . . .
Phil Jackson made his living swinging on those kind of jersey-tails.
Rick Adelman hands down. No one did more with less in the league than he did. I like Mike Brown but to me they picked the wrong coach. Hard to argue with only 2 home losses all year though.
By the same token, Stan Van Gundy was courted by at least 3 teams. He had his choice and to nobodys' surprise, he picked the team that had the bonafide franchise superstar. It's what everyone would do, given the option.
It goes hand in hand. It definitely is a players' league, and the teams that have the best players are going to attract the best coaches.
I disagree completely. The Rockets talent level is easily top 10 in the league, and that doesn't include T-Mac. Man to man, they have more than Cleveland does, outside of LeBron. I also disagree with Miami's coach being a front runner as well. hey did improve, but the team is better than it was last year as well, the same arguement that could be used agaisnt Brown.
For those questioning Brown winning the award - suggesting that the cavs have a ton of talent and James - my reply to that is have you seen the cavs play defense. Defense loike that is a result of coaching - great coaching.
Wait you do not think Cleveland is as talented as Houston? Really? Sorry if I misunderstood I am just kind of stunned to hear that. Houston does not have a go to player and I certantly think they have top ten talent without McGrady condsidering there is only 16 teams that make the playoffs and they are ranked 5th in the stronger conference. Listen as I said I love what Mike has done in Cleveland and I can tell he is a big part of that turn around, but it would interest me to see what Cleveland would have done in the Western Conference with their record if they had to face those teams more than twice a year. Also on that note Lebron who should be the MVP this year gets all of his other teamates involved while Houstons go to guy Yao does not create as well as Lebron so to me Lebron should win MVP while Adelman who has always done a great job as a coach should have won. JMHO
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A BABY died from picking up an infection in the womb after her mother was kept waiting three-and-a-half hours for an unplanned Caesarian section.
Jessica Harrison died at Southend Hospital on September 30 at just eight-hours-old after she inhaled infected material before her birth which caused aspiration pneumonia.
A two-day inquest, at Chelmsford Coroner's Court on Wednesday and Thursday, heard that Jessica's mother Mary- Jayne, of Woodleigh Avenue, Leigh, was waiting for one specialist at the hospital, in Prittlewell Chase, who was dealing with another birth.
An extra consultant, who was available, was not called in to help.
Questioning Pauline Moore, the midwife in charge of coordinating staff that night, assistant coroner Yvonne Blake asked: "Women give birth at inconvenient times.
You must have called for help at inconvenient times before, why didn't you call for help on this occasion?"
Mrs Moore replied: "Because we hoped for a good outcome."
Ms Blake then said: "What you're saying to me is the only reason for not calling the oncall consultant is that you thought it would be all right?"
The co-ordinator didn't visit Mrs Harrison but relied on data from scan reports as to her condition.
Mary-Jayne went into labour at about 9.40pm on September 29, 2012.
By 3am, the pregnancy had not progressed at adequate speed, and Dr Fozia Malik, the specialist registrar, decided to send her for a Caesarian.
However, he was then sent into theatre to help a woman who had been fully dilated for two hours, was not on pain killers and overweight.
By 4am, Mary-Jayne was showing signs she was suffering from an infection and was given antibiotics and paracetamol through a drip.
She waited until about 6am before she was seen by Dr Malik again, by which time it was too late to perform a Caesarian and Jessica was born at about 6.30am by forceps delivery.
Baby Jessica showed signs of inhaling meconium, a stool which is passed when a baby is in distress in the womb.
Doctors tried to get her breathing on her own.
However, they were unable to help her survive longer than eight hours. She had no other underlying health issues.
Dr Malik and two midwives told the inquest with hindsight they would have acted differently, but said Mrs Harrison didn't appear to be an emergency case and the other birth took longer than expected.
Mrs Harrison, questioning Dr Malik, said: "Three-and-ahalf hours, I think that's too long, so much could be done in that time."
She replied: "I wouldn't have planned three-and-a-half hours, but there was an emergency. I was tied up elsewhere."
The inquest also heard evidence suggesting a speedier delivery may not have helped Jessica.
Pathologist Michael Ashworth said: "The infection must have been picked up from the umbilical chord in the womb, so it was before birth, but I am unable to say if it was hours, days or whatever period."
JESSICA'S heartbroken parents claim Southend Hospital got it all wrong when it came to their care.
Mary-Jayne and her husband Simon, spoke out about the care they received as assistant coroner Yvonne Blake recorded a narrative verdict at the inquest into Jessica's death.
Mr Harrison said: "I can't stop the sequence of events playing in my mind, as to what we could have done to prevent it. If interventions were made earlier, my opinion is Jessica would be with us today."
Mrs Harrison said: "I feel Dr Malik took on too much. The woman before me was an emergency, but so was I, so was Jessica – the baby I carried around and felt kick for nine months, whom I let her sister talk to. It breaks my heart that she will never meet her sister."
She added: "I'm disturbed that I never met the co-ordinator until she was here (at the inquest) speaking.
"I never met her, yet she played such an important role.
"I'm outraged that, despite everything, she never came to see for herself her patient. She just relied on computer screens."
Mr Harrison added: "If I knew people were concerned, people were upset, people were trying to put a case across that there was some concern, I would have stepped in. I would've have used as much of my argumentative power as possible to push and push for that second theatre to be opened."
Southend Hospital has made changes since the tragedy - including giving midwives more encouragement to "escalate" cases if they are worried about the women involved.
Jessica's delivery is now used as a case study in training.


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WCU Announces J-Term Classes
Hattiesburg, Miss., December 6, 2012 - William Carey University is offering unique classes during the J-Term, January 7-11, 2013, on all three campuses. The deadline for registration is Friday, December 21. J-Term classes offered on WCU's main campus in Hattiesburg include a course on The Life of William Carey, web page design, contemporary worship practices seminar, basic EKG interpretation for nurses, adventure based counseling, educational psychology, recreation for children, introduction to the Old Testament, and a dance and musical theatre workshop with former professional ballet dancer and Broadway star Jonathan Sharp.
On WCU's Tradition campus, students have the option of taking a history of the Bible course or a nursing course. The New Orleans campus is offering New Orleans History.
For more information, visit www.wmcarey.edu or contact admissions at (601) 318-6051.


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Part of a priesthood or auxiliary leader's responsibility is to assist and support teachers. The quality of teaching in the Church will improve as leaders and teachers develop a supportive and caring relationship.
In priesthood and auxiliary organizations, leaders are assigned to work with specific teachers. For example, a member of a Primary presidency may be assigned to work with those who teach children ages 8 through 11. A member of an elders quorum presidency may be assigned to work with the quorum instructors.
Orientations for New Teachers
If you are a newly called teacher, your leader will meet with you, preferably before your first class. He or she will talk with you about the importance of your call and give you the materials for the class. After you have taught your first lesson, you and your leader should briefly discuss the experience.
Contacting Leaders to Counsel with Them
Contact your leader frequently to share experiences, discuss the needs of those you teach, solve problems, and seek counsel. This will provide an opportunity to review your plans for continuing improvement as a teacher.
Such contacts are most effective in person, but if necessary they may be made by telephone, mail, or some other means. You should initiate the contacts whenever you need to but at least once every three months.
When a female leader meets with a male teacher or a male leader meets with a female teacher, they should leave the door open and ask another adult to be in an adjoining room, foyer, or hall. They should avoid circumstances that might be misunderstood.
As you look forward to counseling with your leader, prepare to talk about:
How you are feeling about your calling as a teacher.
Experiences you have had with your class.
Examples of how class members are responding to the lessons you teach.
Specific needs of individual class members.
Your goals as a teacher.
What your leader can do to help you accomplish your goals.
Topics that you feel should be addressed in teacher improvement meetings.
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Some leaders attend the same class each week as part of their callings. Other leaders, such as members of Primary presidencies and Sunday School presidencies, are instructed to arrange with teachers to occasionally visit their classes (see


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LSProject: Changing Climate, Changing Forest - Part I
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There are a lot of ways climate change stands to affect Lake Superior. There's the reduction in ice cover, rising lake temperatures, the increase in storminess and declining water levels. But it's not just the lake itself that stands to be impacted by the changing climate. The rising temperatures and increase in severe weather events are altering the ecology and forests in the Lake Superior watershed. The forest as we know it—full of birch, spruce, pine and firs—might not be that way for much longer.
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Original war department records include orderly books, oaths of allegiance, lists of men and officers in state regiments, quartermaster accounts, correspondence, supply records and many more military records relating to the Revolutionary War and later compiled to comprise this collection.
Numbered Record Books
- Conflict: Revolutionary War
- Records: 179,570
Numbered Record Books
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- Numbered Record Books
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- Record Group:
- 93
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- December 7, 2011
- Last Update:
- August 10, 2012
- Description:
- NARA M853. Numbered record books include indexes, records of military operations and service, records of accounts, and supply records.
The descriptive pamphlet (DP), published by NARA, and written by Howard H. Wehmann, provides a great deal of information and background for this title. Much of it is used here on this page. To read or download a copy of the DP for M853, use this link.
These document images are digitized from NARA microfilm publication M853, which reproduced 199 numbered record books, with related separate indexes and one unnumbered record book, concerning Revolutionary War military operations and service, pay and settlement of accounts, and supplies. These records are part of War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93. Most of the numbered record books were created during the period 1775-1783 but some were continued in use or were begun in the early postwar years, and a few are copies made after 1800 of earlier records. The separate indexes were compiled in the 19th and 20th centuries by custodians of the records.
In order to understand how the numbered record books came to be the distinct body of records they presently constitute in the War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, it is necessary to understand the composition and organization of the entire Collection in terms of its major components.
Many of the Revolutionary War records acquired by the War Department were placed in one or the other of two large files of unbound material. Muster rolls, returns, pay lists, guard reports, and other records showing the military service of persons in particular organizations were placed in one of these files (reproduced as Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-83, M246). Letters, receipts for pay, supply returns, and other records of a miscellaneous character were placed in the second file generally referred to as the "Manuscript File" (reproduced as Miscellaneous Numbered Records (The Manuscript File) in the War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, 1775-1790's, M859).
Some bound records were taken apart and their contents added to these files. The photographic copies of records made in 1914-15 were kept together as a third major record aggregation. "Compiled military service records" were created mainly from the information in the records composing the file of rolls, returns, and related items.
To index these compiled records—which consist of one or more paper jackets for each person whose name appears in the rolls and returns file, with one or more cards in each jacket containing information copied from the original records, a "General Index" was prepared (reproduced as General Index to Compiled Military Service Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers, M860). Another name index, the "Special Index" (reproduced as Special Index to Numbered Records in the War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, 1775-1783, M847), was prepared for the "Manuscript File."
Timeline of record acquisitions and losses
August 7, 1789
An act of Congress (1 Stat. 49), established the Department of War in the Federal Government. The act provided that the Secretary of War should have custody of all records in the office of the Secretary at War, the head of the old War Department created by the Continental Congress in 1781.
November 8, 1800
Most of the records were destroyed by a fire that swept through the building occupied by the Secretary of War.
August 1814
British troops occupied Washington and burned Government buildings. The War Department's Revolutionary War records were in a fireproof room and escaped injury from the flames, but some of them were destroyed or carried away by persons who entered the room after the fire. As a result of these events there were, until 1873, few records of the Revolutionary War period in War Department custody.
Secretary of War William Belknap purchased a private collection of Revolutionary War records for the Department from Professor Charles A. Joy of Columbia University. The items purchased consisted primarily of records associated with the activities of Timothy Pickering, Quartermaster General of the Army from 1780 to 1785, and with those of Samuel Hodgdon, Commissary General of Military Stores during the latter part of the war. Hodgdon also served as an Assistant Quartermaster in Pennsylvania. Secretary of War Belknap obtained smaller quantities of Revolutionary War records from other persons, but the records he accumulated did not remain in the War Department very long.
The records acquired by Belknap were transferred to the State Department for use in connection with a proposal to publish the archives of the Government of the Revolutionary War period.
July 3 & 16, 1889
By War Department orders, a Record and Pension Division was established in the War Department to take custody of the military records of the volunteer armies of the United States and to transact the pension and other business of the Department connected with those records.
The Division was designated the Record and Pension Office of the War Department by an act of Congress of May 9, 1892 (27 Stat. 27). Col. Fred C. Ainsworth became chief of the Office. At Ainsworth's instigation, Congress passed acts of July 27, 1892 (27 Stat. 275), and August 18, 1894 (28 Stat. 403), which directed the other executive departments of the Federal Government to transfer military records of the Revolutionary War in their possession to the War Department.
As a result, not only were the records that the War Department had sent to the State Department in 1888 returned, but they were accompanied by personnel returns, oaths of allegiance, and other military records taken from the George Washington Papers in the State Department. Military records of the Revolution were also received from the Pension Bureau of the Interior Department and from the Treasury Department's Office of the Auditor for the Interior Department. The transfer of these records was accomplished in a number of transactions between 1894 and 1913.
Further adding to the War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, some records pertaining mainly to the activities of the Quartermaster General's Department were received from Henry G. Pickering, the great-grandson of Quartermaster General Timothy Pickering.
Photographic copies of Revolutionary War records in the possession of individuals and institutions in several states were made by the War Department to supplement its original records, thus completing this collection.
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1-11......Lists of Continental and State Troops and Militia, 1775-83.
12-76....Orderly Books. June 23, 1775-Sept. 27, 1783.
77-81....Receipt Books of Samuel Hodgdon, Commissary General of Military Stores and Assistant Quartermaster. Oct. 1778-Sept. 1779 And Mar. 1780-Nov. 1789.
82-88.....Letters Sent by Timothy Pickering, Quartermaster General. Aug. 5, 1780-July 9, 1787.


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Multiple New Figure Lines Announced...
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To buy action figures, take a look at BigBadToyStore.com, Toynk.com, BriansToys.com, and MonkeyDepot.com.
As youve no doubt seen from our ongoing coverage of Comic-Con, Mattel has a huge presence at the show with a major booth and a number of panels showing off new and upcoming products. I had the pleasure of attending Mattels DC Comics panel at San Diego, and it turned out to be quite momentous. Over the next year the company is starting a new 4 inch figure line and totally revamping its 6 inch scale as well. You can check out photos of all slides shown at the panel, but here are the quick hits:
- New tagline: Mattel & DC Comics - A Celebration for Collectors of All Ages!
- Panelists included: Julian Montoya (WB Consumer Products), Kevin Kiniry (DC Entertainment), Ames Kirshen (WB Interactive Entertainment), H. Eric Cornboy Mayse (Four Horsemen), Danielle McLachlan (Mattel Marketing), Ruben Martinez (Mattel Product Design), Bill Benecke (Mattel Product Design) [Note: interestingly Scott Toy Guru Neitlich was not in attendance]
- Man of Steel Movie Masters line continues with an upcoming black suit Superman. All figures in this line were sculpted by the Four Horsemen
- Debuting with Man of Steel are new Quick Shots toys, small figures that fly via slingshot action
- Batman Classic TV Series will see lots of products including a Julie Newmar Catwoman figure with increased articulation and gold claws (who is appropriately scaled taller than Adam West Batman), the Batmobile with seatbelts (and it fits the figures with their cloth capes!), the SDCC exclusive Batusi Batman, and much more. In addition to the SDCC exclusive Catwoman Barbie there will be a Batman Ken later in 2013
- In 2014 Movie Masters will shrink down to a 4 inch scale with the new title DC Comics Multiverse and feature characters from both video games and films
- The initial Multiverse plan is 3 waves, 18 figures, coming to shelves in Spring of 2014. Figures will have 14 points of articulation
- Multiverse Wave 1: Arkham Origins Bane and Deadshot
- Multiverse Wave 2: Arkham City Batman, Azrael, Mr. Freeze, Batman Armored Edition
- A teaser for future movie-based Multiverse figures showed a film still and prototype image of Michael Keaton Batman!
- In 2014 DC Universe Classics will be replaced by a new 6 inch line called Total Heroes
- Initial Total Heroes plan is 10 figures at retail in 2014 starting in Spring. Figures will have 14 points of articulation and the new form factor was developed in collaboration with the Four Horsemen. Total Heroes will have fabric capes and accessories, and retail for $9.99!
- 6 of the initial 10 Total Heroes: Batman, Superman, Aquaman, Flash, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Sinestro
- Matty Collector will offer an exclusive Total Heroes Black Manta (Q1 2014, $20) with removable helmet, multiple weapons, and interchangeable hands and heads (animation/comic styles)
- Fans in attendance at the panel got to vote for a figure. Choices were: Reverse Flash (my vote), Batman Beyond (the clear crowd favorite), Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes), or a Customizable Hero Builder with a generic body and multiple interchangeable parts (I have to admit that the panelists didnt really do a great job selling this one)
- Mattel is running a very special auction program for the Make-A-Wish Foundation featuring one of a kind 2-Up Paint Masters of DCUC Azrael Batman, Batman, Hawkman, Kilowog, Steel, and Superboy. Place your bids for a good cause here: http://stores.ebay.com/make-a-wish-store
- A smattering of other 2014 toys was shown including the kid-targeted Robo-Joker with Batman and Superman figures, along with the usual assortment of crazy Batman toys
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Nebraska leading returning running back could miss the remainder of spring workouts after tweaking his knee.
Coach Bo Pelini said that Ameer Abdullah hurt his knee and would be out at least a couple weeks. It's possible Abduallah may not return this spring and rest the injury until the start of fall camp.
Abdullah stepped in for the injured Rex Burkhead last year and led the Cornhuskers with 1,137 rushing yards. With Burkhead gone and backup Braylon Heard transferring, the Huskers are especially thin now at tailback this spring.
Sophomore Imani Cross is the only experienced I-back in spring now.


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From the Life of the Buddha written by Bhikkhu Nanamoli, I read the following content:
The Blessed One was once living at SAvatthI in Jeta's Grove. A deity called Rohitassa came to him late in the night, paid homage to him and asked: "Lord, the world's end where one is neither born nor ages nor dies, nor passes away nor reappears: is it possible to know or see or reach that by traveling there?"
The Buddha:"Friend, that there is a world's end where one is neither born nor ages nor dies, nor passes away nor reappears, which is to be known or seen or reached by traveling there — that I do not say. Yet I do not say that there is ending of suffering without reaching the world's end. Rather it is in this fathom-long carcass with its perceptions and its mind that I describe the world, the origin of the world, the cessation of the world, and the way leading to the cessation of the world."
Could anyone be good enough to paraphrase the colored words since being a Chinese I cannot understand it,especially the word rather used here? The simpler but more detailed, the better. Thank you very much in advance.


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November 11, 2013
One Move
National League Central
This is the fourth installment in the One Move series. If you'd like to check out any of the previous editions in this series, you can find them here: AL Central, NL West, AL East.
Chicago Cubs
The rationale for such a move from the Cubs perspective is layered. It's unlikely that they'll compete with the Cardinals, Pirates and Reds in their division for 2014, which makes the move less effective as you lose a year of Price's prime, and you're absolutely paying for that year. The reason you make this move though, is the increasingly rare opportunity to acquire elite pitching on the open market. It's reasonable to suggest that whichever team does trade for Price will also work hard to extend him, meaning you acquire him now or you acquire him never. The Cubs are Mariana Trench level deep in hitting prospects, with multiple elite bats to boot. What they lack are impact arms, and while acquiring C.J. Edwards in the Matt Garza deal was a step in that direction, they still need more.
Price gives Chicago a front-end option for their rotation and would allow them to field a competitive team in 2015, depending on the progress of some of their remaining prospects. It's certainly an aggressive move, but one that would represent to the league and fans both that ownership and management is ready for this team to compete in the near term. While this might not seem like the best reasoning, this is an ownership group that has been criticized for their lack of spending in one of the country's largest markets. With a new TV deal on the horizon though, the front office has the chance to acquire an impact arm who isn't yet on the wrong side of 30. Finding pitchers that have established themselves as elite rightfully costs a pretty penny. Even getting the chance to acquire such arms is rare and for a team that could be competitive in the next few years, acquiring (and extending) such an arm would be a coup.
Cincinnati Reds
The money is obviously a concern here, but as mentioned in my previous article, every team in baseball is seeing a boost thanks to new national television contracts. Also helping here is the likely departure of Bronson Arroyo, who was not tendered a qualifying offer. The Reds payroll currently sits at $79.35 million before taking into account arbitration cases. Last year it sat at $106.855 million, so there should be room to add a contract in the general range that Choo is seeking. While there are plenty of concerns about Choo's inability to hit left-handed pitching, this would be a move with the short term in mind, giving the Reds another crack at St. Louis—a team they actually bested in third-order wins last season.
Milwaukee Brewers
In Lee, the Brewers would be receiving a long term rotation option. He's not the top of the rotation type that he looked to be, or at least was perceived to be, when he signed a $5.25 million out of high school. What he is though is a high probability mid-rotation type, who works with a four-pitch mix and has a slider that can miss bats. Six years of control might seem like a lot for LA to give up in this scenario, especially when Ramirez only has one more year left on his contract. There is a mutual option for 2015 however, for $14 million, meaning that the Dodgers would pay $30 million over the course of two seasons for a third baseman that hits extremely well. In return, they'd be giving up a high-floor pitcher who they seem intent on not giving a chance in the major leagues, as they're tied to every available pitching option on the market. Milwaukee gets another option for their rotation, as well as clearing $16 million from this year's payroll that they can use to address their first base deficiency.
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals
The Cardinals were the best team in the National League when it comes to run differential, and second in the majors trailing the Boston Red Sox. They did all this with working with a shortstop who may well have been hitting with a broom. This issue was amplified in the playoffs, as flaws tend to be, and have many calling for St. Louis to consummate one of the above trades or sign the likes of Stephen Drew. My contention is that, as bad as Pete Kozma is (and yes, he's bad), a lower key move is called for here. Perhaps reaching once more into their system and instead turning to Ryan Jackson or signing a veteran like Brendan Ryan who can hit just as little but will field his heart out. A big factor in the NL-leading run differential was their relentless ability to hit with runners in scoring position. That's unlikely to continue heading into next season of course, but with their closest rivals facing key departures, St. Louis is likely to be the best team in the NL Central whether they upgrade at shortstop or not.
The beauty of the St. Louis Cardinals, and the reason we all hate-admire them is their depth. Their ability to develop and retain their talent. To reload when one of their starters goes down. The best way for them to retain that advantage is to not trade it away. Yes, this means they might be overloaded at certain positions but as we've all seen teams with eight starting pitchers can be looking for help by June. That's why depth is so important. I'm not advocating never cashing in on that depth, but giving Stephen Drew eight figures per year on a multi-year deal and losing a first round draft pick in the process doesn't seem like the St. Louis way. Making a smaller move (perhaps a trade for Alexei Ramirez?) allows them to still keep their eyes on a big move down the line. As long as they can address the position by July 31st (or really, by the time playoff eligible players need to be set), St. Louis shouldn't have any issues. Thanks to St. Louis' ability to shift Allen Craig to the outfield to offset the loss of Beltran, and the inability of Cincinnati to do the same for the likely departure of Choo, St. Louis has time on it's side in determining how to address their shortstop deficiency. There's no reason to commit long term this Winter when the benefit of the upgrade won't be season until next postseason.
Craig Goldstein is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @cdgoldstein
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Nov 11, 2013 04:00 AM
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Nov 11, 2013 05:07 AM
If i cant make hot off the press topical references without you jumping down my throat, well, I dont know why I even bother.
Nov 11, 2013 07:09 AM
The cubs have too many needs to justify gutting their farm system for one player, even a David Price. And it's unrealistic to suggest that LA would give up six cost controlled years of Zac Lee for a sliver of ARam's injury riddled decline
Nov 11, 2013 07:34 AM
Ramirez had been healthy in the two years prior to this one and had produced great numbers at the plate. Add in that the third base market has tumbleweeds blowing through it and I dont think its a stretch. Thats a win now organization and they'd be getting two years of Aramis.
Nov 11, 2013 07:40 AM
Aramis' healthy 2011-2012 doesn't count in 2014. In 2013 he became a shot horse, and shot horses don't ever get un-shot.
Nov 11, 2013 07:49 AM
I don't think it's fair to criticize someone's injury history and then completely ignore their apparent health for two out of the last three years. Also, your dead horse produced 32% better than league average last year (132 wRC+). That puts him sixth (by that metric) in the league for 3Bs if the minimum is 350 PA. I'm not saying he's the best thing since sliced bread. He's not, as his defensive issues are very real. He's also a terrific hitter, and if 1-2 years of him keeps them from a 3 year deal with Uribe or someone else...it's not inconceivable. It's definitely a long-term loss for LA, but they don't have to treat the long-term like most other teams.
Nov 11, 2013 08:12 AM
If Aramis manages to limp into the batter's box 350 times next year, I'll eat my hat [reaches for salt, wonders if maybe mustard might go well with hat, etc]...
Nov 11, 2013 09:46 AM
That's fair. I by no means guarantee his health going forward but I also think it behooves us to look at a three year sample of health instead of just last year. Especially since it wasn't a catastrophic injury that derailed his season. I don't intend to ignore your point regarding his health though. It's a legitimate concern.
Nov 11, 2013 10:23 AM
The Cubs aren't likely at all to contend for anything over the next two years where Price is under contractual control. Makes no sense at all to give up the substantial package of controllable minor league/young players that it'd take to get Price. Aramis is getting very long in the tooth, plays lousy D, and is coming off an injury riddled season. Conceding that the Dodgers are playing "for now"
Nov 14, 2013 10:44 AM
I guess I think they're closer than you might, and that adding Price would be a huge step towards competing. Again, it depends on what the overall package would be but there are conditions where I think it's the right move, even with a substantial prospect package heading the other direction.
Nov 14, 2013 11:05 AM
Ditto, mblthd. -Freese = +. Craig, the Cards may have had the best run differential, but they ranked 25th in OPS against lefties, only .001 above 27th or 28th. All the Sox had to do was start a good lefty to take Wainwright out of the Series and put the Cards down two. And the Cards had no depth at all on the hitting side: the worst bench of 10 teams in playoffs and one of the worst in the majors. Sign or trade for (b/c no free agent really fits the need) a good RH-hitting SS and they address both problems in one proverbial fell swoop.
Nov 11, 2013 07:44 AM
I don't have a real problem with that set up, but it is also something they could do in the middle of the season whenever they want. That essentially supports the "stand pat" idea, because it doesn't involve any external moves. I don't think it's the worst idea to see if Freese can get off to a hot start (if only to increase his trade value), knowing that they have this option as a fallback.
Nov 11, 2013 08:14 AM
The Cards had virtually the same personnel in 2012 and had one of the very BEST teams vs. LHP. Of course, you can't discount an entire season's worth of PA's, but I feel the team's deflated performance against lefties was akin to its inflated performance with RISP. That is to say, a team with Craig, Holliday, and Molina shouldn't have nearly as much trouble against southpaws going forward.
Nov 11, 2013 09:29 AM
How much does it matter if the Pirates start the season with Tabata in right and Gaby Sanchez at first? Is it not essential that they find someone with a bat to replace Jones, Morneau,and Byrd?
Nov 11, 2013 12:30 PM
Am I wrong in seeing that Garrett Jones is in his 3rd year of arbitration? I would role with him for now, as he was pretty solid in 2012 before a rough 2013. I agree it's not a strongsuit, but they have Polanco waiting in the wings, and I think another mid-rotation starter, in a relatively cheap/short deal would be a better option. Corner OF could absolutely be an issue though.
Nov 11, 2013 15:18 PM
You are correct, but he's due for a raise and seems to be in decline. My guess is that he is gone. But thanks for yet another interesting column.
Nov 11, 2013 19:05 PM
I think with having both Adams and Craig for only one position, it would probably be best for the Cardinals to trade one of them and one of their plethora of power pitchers to the Rangers for either Profar or Andrus. Preferably, Profar.
Nov 11, 2013 16:25 PM
Assuming they don't deal the farm for a Tulo or the like, I'd just like to see the Cardinals pickup a good bat off the bench. I don't think they need any other sweeping changes, as I'd be just fine with Adams at 1st, Craig in right, and Taveras coming up to play center. I know most don't think he stays in CF, but I think most things I've read say he can handle it these first couple of years. Another bat to add to the bench, though, with Freese, Jay, and the like would be nice.
Nov 11, 2013 18:14 PM
Absolutely, that should be an option. I didn't mean that they should do *nothing* all offseason, but mostly in regards to not making a big move for the sake of making a move. Their bench was exposed in a major way in the playoffs and I full expect them to address it with a combination of prospects, prospects forcing veterans to the bench and a few low-key free agent signings (all this assuming they don't land a big fish like Tulo). Great point!
Nov 11, 2013 18:17 PM
It does give them a pretty poor outfield defensively. Probably all of Craig, Holliday and Taveras (as a CF) would be below average.
Nov 12, 2013 05:34 AM
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