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The Cost of Cancer Care: Part II
The Cost of Cancer Care: Part II
The rising cost of cancer treatment competes with the availability of effective therapy as a limiting factor in our war on cancer. Specific programs are being developed that have the potential to slow the growth in spending on oncology care. The Affordable Care Act includes provisions for containing healthcare costs, such as accountable care organizations and the Independent Payment Advisory Board. Within oncology, specific programs have emerged, including clinical pathways, episode-of-care based payment arrangements, and the oncology medical home. All models of cost containment have strengths and weaknesses. Outside of the United States, explicit rationing exists through national health technology assessment organizations. Excessive demands on physicians to limit spending at the bedside could potentially create conflicts with their professional responsibility to patients. While spending for cancer care in the US is high, its "worth" is ultimately a societal decision. Recent economic modeling suggests that we may be achieving value for the money we spend.
Oncology is reaping the benefits of accelerating scientific progress. Accumulating insights into the fundamental drivers of carcinogenesis at the cellular level are leading to the development of much more effective, less-toxic therapies. The timing of this phase of advance coincides with rising economic constraints within our field—and in all of medicine. Indeed, this new era of more-effective cancer therapeutics may be inherently more expensive as patients live longer on active treatment. The cost of treatment now competes with the availability of effective therapy as a limiting factor in our war on cancer.
In Part I of this article on the cost of cancer care, I examined what appear to be the fundamental drivers of the oncology cost-curve and the impact that cost is having on patients. In Part II, I focus on ideas and specific programs that may slow the growth of spending while, it is hoped, minimizing the impact on what we all want: sustainable access to high-quality therapy and continued innovation. Finally, I will consider another fundamental question: Is current spending worth it?
What Can We Do to Lower Costs?
A possible cultural shift may be emerging in medicine. From the American College of Physicians' proposal of parsimonious care to the American Board of Internal Medicine's Choosing Wisely Campaign, an explicit endorsement of limiting spending while providing care is being proffered.[1,2] It may be hoped that by creating an ethic of waste avoidance, we can delay or minimize more difficult decisions such as outright rationing of care.[3] Given limited resources, nonbeneficial spending on any given patient detracts from resources that could be used more effectively for another. (See Table for potential cost-saving measures.)
What efforts to limit spending are either in place or on the way?
Private payers often achieve cost control through "blunt instruments" that sometimes poorly serve their beneficiaries. "Tools of the trade" include prior authorization, compendia listing and guideline requirements, quantity limits for oral drugs, patient cost-sharing, and mandated third-party disease management. Without question, employers are urging insurers to reduce costs. In my experience, patients perceive that they have less recourse with their employee benefit managers when they are being poorly served by their insurance plan.
The Affordable Care Act includes flawed elements designed to slow the growth in health spending. The Independent Payment Advisory Board empowers a panel to limit payments to providers. Since reducing benefits to Medicare beneficiaries by the panel is proscribed, this process may result in lowering reimbursement for services below the cost of actually providing the services themselves. The Components of Care Survey, conducted by the Community Oncology Alliance and Avalere Health, concluded that payments for infusion services by Medicare covered only 57% of the cost to provide the care in 2008.[4] Accountable care organizations encourage cost control through gain-sharing arrangements in which providers and Medicare share in savings accrued relative to a benchmark. However, no quality measures exist within this model to ensure that cancer patients under active treatment are not denied appropriate care. The only two quality measures related to oncology address mammography and colorectal cancer screening.
Cancer patients under active treatment comprise 1% of a payer's patients but as much as 10% of costs.[5] This leads to two questions: What novel cost-control initiatives in oncology have either been proposed or are being actively piloted? What are the strengths and limitations of these initiatives?
Clinical Pathways
Clinical pathways are specific, evidence-based tools designed to determine specific regimen use for a given stage of disease. While the level of detail within pathways can vary, they are more prescriptive than guidelines.[6] Savings can be achieved by choosing less-expensive but equally efficacious treatment protocols. An appropriate target for compliance, such as 70% to 85%, must be determined. Payers generally desire a mechanism for internal validation of pathway compliance.
Pathways are being implemented in diverse geographic regions and practice models. A statewide initiative in Michigan, for example, includes Blue Cross Blue Shield, physicians, and an oncology benefit management company.[7] Care pathways were first developed for breast, colon, and lung cancer, and later expanded to additional diseases. The pathway program included enhanced reimbursement: an upfront participation payment, increased payment for generics, and increased payment for evaluation and management codes.
The US Oncology Network has incorporated pathways into their electronic medical record system. US Oncology has compared cost-of-treatment and outcomes for non–small-cell lung cancer patients treated both on and off pathway. Outpatient costs were 35% lower for patients treated on pathway, and no difference in survival was noted. Savings appeared to be achieved by the use of less-expensive drugs and decreased use of therapy overall. [8]
Episode-Based Payments
Care for oncology patients, particularly in the adjuvant setting, is often given over predictable time frames. Instead of paying for each element of care separately, episode-of-care payments either can either pay a flat fee per unit of time or a flat fee for a defined care plan. The availability of accepted guidelines in oncology facilitates this payment approach.
Bach et al proposed such a model for metastatic lung cancer.[9] In this model, oncologists would receive a monthly payment derived from the average cost of caring for all patients with metastatic lung cancer. This payment would bundle the costs of chemotherapy, supportive care medications, and administration. Medicare payments would then be adjusted over time based on claims submitted during prior episodes. Physicians would have to demonstrate that treatment conformed to an accepted standard of care. The intent of the program would be to achieve savings by making physicians discretionary purchasers based on price. The downstream effect would also pressure pharmaceutical manufacturers to adjust drug prices downward in order to be economical within the structure of the payment model.
Even in theory, this model has several flaws. It is likely that many more flaws would be apparent with more widespread application of this model to other disease types. The proposed model was based only on the use of platinum doublets. Bevacizumab (Avastin), an expensive agent with demonstrated survival benefit and an option within current guidelines, was not included in the analysis. Compendia-listed therapies cannot simply be left out of the equation. Since the publication of this proposal, the use of targeted oral therapies based on tumor mutational status, and the broader selection of chemotherapy based on tumor histology, have continued to evolve. It would appear unlikely that the savings achieved through temporal payment adjustments can keep pace with the introduction of new applications of scientific advances. Finally, the model places additional financial risk with providers in order to indirectly pressure pharmaceutical pricing downwards. Oncology clinics are already closing at alarming rates and are poorly positioned to act as an indirect price-control mechanism for drug cost.[10]
United Healthcare is currently piloting a distinct version of episode-of-care payments in partnership with community practices.[11] The pilot involves the treatment of breast, lung, and colon cancers in both the adjuvant and metastatic setting.
In the adjuvant setting, episode-of-care payments are separated according to disease, stage, and relevant biologic markers, such hormone receptor status and HER2/neu (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2) for breast cancer. Practices then selected one treatment regimen for each adjuvant group and were required to use this regimen at least 85% of the time. When important therapies emerge as new standards of care, changes are made through consensus between the practices and United Healthcare. The operating margin for chemotherapy, supportive care drugs, and ancillary supplies is converted into an episode-of-care payment. In the adjuvant setting, this payment also included independent fees for chemotherapy management and hospitalization services. Drugs are reimbursed at average sales price figures. Separate payments are made for evaluation and management services and chemotherapy administration. Hospital service fees are included in the episode-of-care payment. Since no additional physician payments occur for hospitalized patients, physicians are incentivized to manage patients on an outpatient basis when medically appropriate.
In the metastatic setting, the episode-of-care payment is based on the national average of chemotherapy drug margin combined with payment for chemotherapy treatment planning and management of hospitalizations. The episode-of-care payment is made every 4 months, independent of whether the patient is under active treatment or enrolled in hospice services. Physician work for the palliative and hospice care is covered under this arrangement.
The results? Thus far, practices seem satisfied with this model despite increased administrative work. Involving physicians in the creation of both the program and the selection of regimens for treatment of their patients appears to be a key driver of success. Payments are better structured to cover the cognitive services of medical oncologists. These cognitive services form a key pillar of the value that oncologists deliver to patients. United Healthcare achieves improved predictability of costs and better alignment of incentives.


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Third in a series of posts on preparing for the annual trade event
by Julie Livingston, director, business development and accounts, Child's Play Communications, New York City
With Toy Fair less than a month away, how will you engage the media to ensure coverage for your toys or youth entertainment products? Here at Child's Play, we've been working overtime to fine-tune our media lists and pitches on behalf of clients. This week's post will include some of our tried and true strategies and tactics for pitching the press.
Think Like a Journalist
With less space for toy coverage and so many exhibitors to see—more than 1,000 at the Javits Center alone, as well as those in private showrooms across New York City—reporters are pressed for time. So, when choosing media channels to pitch, focus on the "why"/reason an outlet would be interested, to determine the "where"/ specific outlets to concentrate on.
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Laguna Beach Garden Club: Self-guided Gate and Garden Tour of historic Crescent Bay. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. $50. Check-in and registration is at Arabella Laguna, 506 N. Coast Highway, Laguna Beach. 949-497-9086, www.lagunabeachgardenclub.org.
Venice Garden and Home Tour: Thirty gardens and homes east of Abbot Kinney Boulevard and Walk Street neighborhood adjacent to Venice boardwalk. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $70. Meet at the Neighborhood Youth Association's Las Doradas Children's Center, 804 Broadway St., Venice. 310-821-1857, www.venicegardentour.org.
The Mary Lou Heard Memorial Garden Tour: Featuring urban homesteads, fancy formal gardens, Japanese-inspired gardens, formal gardens and cottage gardens. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Also on Sunday. Free; donations are suggested. www.heardsgardentour.com.
The Long Beach Lawn to Garden Tour: Spotlights local front yards that have transitioned to water-wise, drought-tolerant designs. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. www.lblawntogarden.com.
Garden Conservancy: Tour of five private Beverly Hills gardens. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $7 per garden or $35 for all five gardens. Get tickets and map at Greystone Mansion, 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills. Ticket sales 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. 888-842-2442, www.opendaysprogram.org.
Kimberly Crest Home in Redlands: Programs, tours and Mother's Day picnic. 11a.m.-4 p.m. Free for mothers; others pay $10 for the tour. 909-792-2111.
Newport Harbor Home and Garden Tour: The tour ends with an afternoon reception at Barclay Butera Interiors. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $75 if purchased before May 7; $85 after that. Lunch is included. 949-722-9473, www.newportharborhometour.com.
Friends of Robinson Gardens: "Into the Garden" features four private gardens and tour of Virginia Robinson estate in Beverly Hills. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $200. Tour starts at 1008 Elden Way, Beverly Hills. 310-550-2068, www.robinsongardens.org.
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Backyards are in full bloom, making it a perfect time to grab a pencil and notebook and visit some. The garden gates are open and welcome signs are popping up throughout Southern California as gardeners, both private and public, excitedly show off the fruits and flowers of their labors by inviting the community to stop by.
The idea is to promote gardening as both a hobby and a viable food source, while some are fundraisers for various charities. Whatever the reason, most are set up for visitors eager to see what's been growing in these backyards.
The Sustainable Claremont Garden Club, Claremont United Church of Christ and Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden recently sponsored "Claremont Eclectic!" The self-guided tour fundraiser included six Claremont gardens. They featured everything from a backyard devoid of lawn and planted with California natives and drought-resistant plants to a lush cottage garden that might fool some guests into thinking they were in England.
But the gardeners who tend these gardens look for environmentally friendly, grassroots ways of adding beauty to outdoor spaces while still being responsible. The Sustainable Claremont Garden Club, for instance, works to increase the beauty, sustainability and biodiversity of local landscapes.
"Some of our members are always keeping their eyes open for interesting gardens and that is sort of how this tour got started. I always take the opportunity to visit gardens, public or private, because I love to see all the creative ideas at work."
Most gardeners love to share their knowledge and finds, Schenk said. "It's all fun on these tours and hopefully you can find ideas that you can take home with you."
Gardener Joe Daugherty decided to eliminate his backyard garden to conserve water. He designed and installed his own irrigation systems and routinely uses rain barrels to capture what Mother Nature offers. He now marvels at how low his monthly water bills are while still enjoying a lush landscape.
"The front yard is next, but I had to wait until after the tour," he said with a chuckle.
When Sharron Neyer and Joe Reyes moved into their house in 2002, the backyard presented a perfect canvas for creativity. By the looks of it, the couple has quite a sense of humor to go along with their green thumbs. The onetime barren dog run now is home to more than 50 plants. A small "cottage" was installed in the back corner of the property, housing what Neyer calls her "women's club." And there seems to be little jokes and touches of whimsy around every curve, including a large rock with the words "… of ages" written on it and a large stone that simply says "Blarney."
"I love the idea of bringing the inside outside because of our beautiful California weather," Neyer said. "I also like putting items out all over the garden because I think they make for excellent conversation pieces. I'm also an avid believer in humor so when people come to my garden I hope they enjoy themselves because that's what I want."


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The new I-9 form: What veterinarians need to know
This spring, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services released an updated version of its Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9. And as of May 8, 2013, employers are required to start using it. The updated I-9 form is intended to be more user-friendly and includes detailed instructions for both employers and employees. It also includes changes to current sections and the addition of new sections, all in an attempt to eliminate common errors and pitfalls when filling out the forms. So what does this mean for your practice? Continue reading to find out.
What is employment eligibility verification?
First, let's cover some I-9 basics. Beginning in 1986, the Immigration Control and Reform Act was enacted to help prevent illegal aliens from gaining employment in the United States. Employers, regardless of size, are required to obtain documentation from every new hire in order to verify that employee's eligibility for employment in the United States. The term "employee" refers to full-time, part-time, temporary and seasonal staff members but does not pertain to independent contractors. You do not have to obtain I-9 documentation from contract workers.An employer must review the documents presented by each employee and attest to his or her belief that the documents are genuine by signing the I-9 form. Watch for expiration dates on documents and reject any document that doesn't seem authentic. You are not, however, responsible for guaranteeing the authenticity of the documents.
Completing the I-9 form
Employees must be given the I-9 form upon hire and complete Section 1 (with or without the assistance of a translator) on their first day of work. While a Spanish version of the form is available, it is only to be used as a reference for Spanish-speaking employees. The English version of the form must be on file with the employer for all employees, even if the employee's primary language is not English. By completing Section 1 of the form, the employee is affirming that he or she is eligible to work in the United States.
Section 2 must be completed by the employer within three days of the employee's hire date. A detailed list of acceptable documents is included on the I-9 form. Documents are divided into three categories. Documents in List A satisfy the requirement to establish both identity and employment authorization. If an employee supplies a document from this list, only one document is required. List B contains documents that establish identity, while List C includes documents that establish employment authorization. A document from List B and a document from List C must be provided together to fulfill the requirements of the I-9 form if nothing from List A is available.
Section 3 pertains to reverifications and rehires. It's used only if a worker's documentation has expired or the employee is rehired within a three-year period after termination. You also have the option of completing a new I-9 form for the rehired employee. With the updated I-9 form now in use, use that for a rehired employee rather than Section 3 of the former I-9 form.
An I-9 must also be kept on file for the practice owner unless the practice is a sole proprietorship. Sole proprietors don't need to keep I-9 forms for themselves, but they do need them for employees, just like any other veterinary practice entity type.


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DETROIT - A quartet of gunmen robbed an elderly couple on Detroit's west side Sunday afternoon.
The four men were waiting for the 86-year-old man and his 83-year-old wife to return from church to their home on Montrose Street. They forced the couple inside the house with guns drawn.
The victims did not want their names used or pictures shown as they described the robbery.
The wife said she feared the robbers would kill her husband.
"Please don't shoot my husband. Take the gun out of his head. Shoot me before you shoot him. Don't kill him," the wife said.
Her husband said he told the robbers to steal what they wanted, but not to hurt them.
"I told them take anything you want. Just don't kill us. Please don't kill us. That's what I told him. So he didn't hurt me. He just stuck that gun behind my neck and kept it there," the husband said.
The robbers made off with cash, jewelry, even the coats the husband and wife were wearing.
The victim said all four robbers were African-American men, all appeared to be in their 20s.
Their getaway car may have been a gray Pontiac.
It appeared the robbers had been watching the couple and knew when they would be returning home from church.
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Chris Christie is running for president in 2016. That is perhaps why his seemingly evasive response when asked for an opinion on the recent Supreme Court decision in the Hobby Lobby case was so disconcerting for many on the right.
In a heated exchange with CNBC's Squawk Box hosts on Tuesday, the New Jersey governor defended his pro-life views under a withering barrage of questions about how that point of view may "bog him down" with the broader electorate, and whether he or other Republicans "should run on taking away the right to choose" from women.
When asked if he thought the Court was correct when they invalidated the Affordable Care Act's birth control mandate for some companies on the basis that it violated the 1992 Restoration of Freedom of Religion Act, Christie ran afoul of conservatives when he replied, "Who knows?"
"The fact is that, when you're an executive, you're Supreme Court makes a ruling and you've got to live with it unless you get the legislative body to change the law or change the constitution," he added. "Why should I give an opinion on whether they're right or wrong? At the end of the day, they did what they did."
"I don't think that's the most central issue that we need to talk about this morning, when you look at the challenges that face our country," Christie said. "And, if I allow people to put me in that box, shame on me. I'm not a good politician, and I'm not a good leader."
Many other prospective 2016 candidates with widely divergent views on social matters, including Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Rand Paul (R-KY), all issued positive statements on the Court's ruling just hours after it was announced on Monday. Christie's delayed and divergent opinion on the case, or lack thereof, prompted a barrage of scornful rebukes from conservatives.
National Review's Jonah Goldberg called Christie's response "lame" and "disappointing." AllahPundit chided the Garden State governor for "yammering on about what executives are supposed to do when a court rules, as if he's addressing a leadership seminar." Conservative author and radio host Tammy Bruce reflected on Christie's comments and mused simply, "Jackass."
This response from the right is understandable. At best, Christie displayed uncharacteristic and dubious caution about weighing in on this divisive social issue. At worst, he was demonstrating a penchant for slippery equivocation.
Moreover, conservatives are not predisposed to extend New Jersey's governor the benefit of the doubt on social policy, regardless of his personal views on the morality of abortion. From the governor's position on access to firearms in New Jersey, to his views on Islam in America, to his state's ballooning debt, to his infamous embrace of President Barack Obama in the wake of Hurricane Sandy; conservatives generally don't trust that Christie is "one of us."
These are all valid concerns, but the latest – centering on his decision to keep his opinions on Hobby Lobby to himself – is not. Christie's response to this question was perfectly legitimate, centering as it did on his understanding of enumerated powers. In the executive, the president's opinion on Supreme Court decisions matters less than does the opinion of members of the congressional leadership who alone have the power to reverse them.
However unlikely, given Christie's fondness for bombast, his position could just as easily have been interpreted as an indication of his intention to return the executive to its rightful place in American politics and reversing the presidency's monarchical drift. That is, after all, the sort of president conservatives have long said they desire.
Early in the Obama presidency, amid a surge of public sector activism, conservatives of many ideological stripes rediscovered one of America's least activist commanders-in-chief: Calvin Coolidge. A flurry of renewed interest the hands-off style of America's 30th president prompted conservative columnists and politicians to laud "silent Cal's" republican, unadorned presidency. Though offering a somewhat idealized version of Coolidge's philosophy, conservatives of a variety of ideological stripes longed for a return to his preference for noninterventionist government and his apparent belief that he could rarely improve the silence.
A passage from The Encyclopedia of the American Presidency best illustrates Coolidge's habit of frustrating journalists with his caution.
During the 1924 presidential campaign, a reporter asked him: "Have you any statement on the campaign?" "No," replied Coolidge. "Can you tell us something about the world situation?" asked another. "No." "Any information about Prohibition?" "No." When reporters started to leave, Coolidge said solemnly: "Now, remember – don't quote me."
It is clear today that conservatives appreciate Coolidge's thoughtful restraint in theory far more than in practice. After years of nearly unprecedented and divisive activism from the White House, culminating Obama's brutal 2012 reelection campaign based on fracturing of Americans on the basis of race, sexuality, gender, and class, conservatives seem more interested in settling scores.
This is a forgivable impulse, but it is counterproductive. The strain of libertarian thought coursing through the country as faith in the ability and competency of government erodes heavily favors the conservative approach toward financial and budgetary matters. The president's self-evident failure to safeguard American interests abroad and restore prosperity at home has renewed the public's faith in Republicans as stewards of the nation's affairs.
"Democrats are counting on the president's edge on social issues to make up for a weak economy," Politico reported in June of 2012. In the end, it did. In the immediate wake of that shocking loss, Republicans seemed comfortable declaring, as former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels advised in 2010, a "truce" on social matters in order to fight political battles on more favorable ground. That sentiment has disappeared in the intervening years.
A conservative president can never pursue or advance through the power of example conservative social policy if he or she is never elected to office. Many on the right seem more contented to go down swinging so long as they maintain their principled integrity in the process. Democratic candidates for high office, meanwhile, evidence no such scruples. They run as moderates and govern as liberals, and the Overton Window shifts ever further to the left in the process. It is time for Republicans to think a bit more strategically, pick their battles, disband the circular firing squads, and leave the ideological litmus tests to the left.
Chris Christie didn't stumble when he refused to offer an opinion on Hobby Lobby. In fact, in the definitional sense, he was acting like a conservative.


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March 6, 2015 6:00 am
A look at ever-increasing player salaries and the player best-positioned to eclipse the $300 million mark
Giancarlo Stanton got his first at-bat of the spring Thursday, making him the first $300 million ballplayer to step onto a major-league field. (Whether he opts out midway through that contract is an open question, but no matter.) Three years ago, when we were still stuck at $275 million, Maury Brown wondered who would be the first player to break that threshold.
"Professional baseball is on the wane. Salaries must come down or the interest of the public must be increased in some way. If one or the other does not happen, bankruptcy stares every team in the face." – Albert Spalding, 1881
June 5, 2013 5:00 am
Some 20 players could be suspended for ties to Biogenesis, as the league seeks testimony from Tony Bosch in a case that could have far-reaching financial implications.
Major League Baseball may seek to suspend as many as 20 players, including Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun, as part of the investigation into the Miami-area Biogenesis anti-aging clinic, according to a report by ESPN. The league has been pursuing legal avenues, including a lawsuit against Biogenesis, Biokem, Tony Bosch of Biogenesis, and others, seeking damages. That and other pressure may have finally taken a toll on Bosch as, according to the ESPN report, he is ready to cooperate with MLB investigators in exchange for their dropping the case. With Bosch testifying against players, the league could begin the suspension process "within the next few weeks."
Should all the players be suspended, it would mark the largest number of suspensions for performance-enhancing substances in the history of professional sports. In 2005, the first year of mandatory drug testing, MLB suspended 12 players between April and November of the year, the largest amount of suspensions at the major-league level to date. At the time, first-time suspensions against the joint drug agreement between MLB and the players' union were only for 10 games. Since then, the number of games a player can be suspended for has increased dramatically to 50 for a first violation, 100 for a second, and a potential permanent suspension from both MLB and minor-league baseball for a third.
May 6, 2013 5:00 am
Jeffrey Loria's club is seeing a historic decline in tickets sold in the second year of its new ballpark.
"Nobody loves me, nobody cares,
Shel Silverstein didn't write this about the Marlins. For one, he died just a few short years after the club was christened in South Florida. Certainly, the Marlins are loved by some, just not by as many as they could, which is to say the current owners haven't done themselves any favors. In poll after poll, column after column, Jeffrey Loria is ranked as the worst owner in all of North American professional sports.
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April 29, 2013 5:00 am
Maury explains the challenges that MLB faces in attracting young and minority fans.
Whether it was the release of the movie"42," the anniversary of Hank Aaron surpassing Babe Ruth as the all-time home run leader, or one of many articles each year telling baseball it has an "issue," Major League Baseball decided recently it was time to create a task force to deal with the decline of African-Americans at the highest levels of the game. Baseball, like other professional sports leagues, likes to create this type of task force. It shows that the league cares, and well meaning be damned, is often stocked with people that likely aren't difference-makers. Recommendations will be made, but they will be around things that don't get at the heart of the matter, because those things are difficult—if not impossible—to fix.
The "problem" isn't really a problem in the way that MLB's task force is likely to look at it. It's about the change in society, the growth of other sports, the power of television, the internet, how fast players can transition, the growth of other minority groups now playing the game, and, yes, marketing.
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April 22, 2013 5:00 am
Rain (and snow) has wreaked havoc on the schedule in the first few weeks, but bad weather isn't always a significant drag on attendance.
We often think of baseball players as being the Boys of Summer. We envision the warmth of the sun on our face while we are laughing with the kids who are on break from school. The ballpark experience is the full embodiment of "summer."
The problem is, we're not quite there yet. Just because the 2013 season is underway doesn't mean that we're getting summertime weather. Far from it.
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March 25, 2013 5:00 am
Maury questions the league's decision to press charges stemming from the Biogenesis scandal.
"I don't know how anyone can put on a uniform and not care about winning." —Dave LaPoint
"I was trying to win at all costs" —Lance Armstrong, after admitting to PED use
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March 4, 2013 5:00 am
A look at which way each AL team's attendance will move during the coming season.
Attendance is a funny thing in Major League Baseball. Oftentimes, we pay so much attention to the correlation between paid-attendance numbers and on-field performance that we forget that the team's performance during the previous season can have just as much of an impact on how many fans come to the ballpark.
Since we at Baseball Prospectus have just rolled out PECOTA's player and standings predictions, I decided to go one step further and use this data to project teams' attendance marks. Using historical data, the latest "Red Book," and examining what has gone down in the offseason, here are my attendance predictions for each American League team. (Part two of this series, on the National League, will run next week.)
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February 25, 2013 5:00 am
Maury explains the trend that contributed to this year's dormant hearing season, including quotes from the late Marvin Miller.
Several years ago, when I was deep in the throes of researching Major League Baseball's labor past, I contacted former MLB Players Association Executive Director Marvin Miller to ask him some questions about the defining early moments of the players union. I knew well of Curt Flood's struggles and eventually the Peter Seitz ruling that allowed for free agency. It was well documented, and only a scrub would phone Miller without having that information in his or her back pocket. But, I had latched onto another labor facet that preceded free agency. It was still fuzzy, but the impact of salary arbitration seemed larger than it was often portrayed, taking a back seat to the struggles of Flood and the breaking of the reserve clause. So, as I talked to Miller, I brought up the subject.
"Which was more important, achieving salary arbitration or free agency?"
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February 15, 2013 5:05 am
Will Fowler's career year persuade our panel to side with his salary figure, or will Coors kill his case?
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February 11, 2013 11:16 am
Jim Crane may have been telling the truth...but not the whole truth.
Depending on what you read, clubs in Major League Baseball are either making a massive profit, breaking even, or, if you listen to the owners, often running in the red. Since baseball is a private industry, trying to determine the truth is a matter of educated guessing, wild hyperbole, or a case of "no comment" coming from the league and clubs.
So when an owner talks about the financial status of the club he runs, it prompts a fair amount of discussion. As we've seen with the leaked financial documents from the likes of the Marlins and others, the truth typically is on the side of ownership not only making a profit, but a handsome one at that.
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February 7, 2013 10:20 am
Will the BP arbitration panel show Max Scherzer the money after his career year?
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February 6, 2013 11:20 pm
An SI.com story by Tom Verducci links Jhonny Peralta to Biogenesis, the Miami-area lab being called the "East Coast BALCO." But, what may be more disturbing, Peralta is another ACES client.
First, it was Manny Ramirez. Then, it was Melky Cabrera. More recently, it has been Bartolo Colon, Gio Gonzalez, Nelson Cruz, and Alex Rodriguez. Now, according to a report by SI.com's Tom Verducci, Detroit Tigers shortstop Jhonny Peralta has been found in the records of Tony Bosch and Biogenesis, the wellness clinic in Miami that is being coined the "East Coast BALCO."


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This is the perfect distraction. Focus on 'deifning marriage' while the President signed the NDAA (allowing him to unilaterally declare folks 'domesitc terrorists' and thereby indefinitely detain them without criminal charges). Ignore the fact that Obama has kept the Bush/Cheney era 'defenses' in a plethora of lawsuits that simply ask for the 'evidence' concerning 9/11, the Iraq War and the pseudo-War on Terror. This is a smoke screen. Focus on what is essentially a 'no brainer'. (Seriously, who can state with a straight face that 'not allowing certain people to marry' is somehow constitutional and non-discriminatory??) while our Bill of Rights continues to be whittled down. Soon, the Preamble will only contain a Bill....and we know who they will get to pay that bill. We need electorally enforced term limits...every election year, VOTE OUT ALL INCUMBENTS. These paid-spokespeople we call "Representatives, Senators, Supreme Court Justices and Presidents' cater to the elite, are controlled by the money printers, and are unapologetically screwing the working-class/poor, while touting and claiming to 'tax the rich'. Priorities people...defend marriage's definition, or defend our right to NOT have 'drones' murder us, our children and our siblings, ALL WITHOUT ARREST, CHARGE, ARRAIGNMENT, TRIAL OR CONVICTIOn.
What a convoluted load of legal rubbish. They forget that this is about the Federal rights which must be granted to ALL people regardless of who they are, who they marry, what color, sex or orientation they are. DOMA is as un-American as it gets. Discrimination on the basis of what the federal government deems as what marriage entitlement means is completely unacceptable in this day and age. Instead of eating the millions of dollars defending this stupidly called law and continuing to hurt so many people, these idiots need to have their heads reexamined and their hearts reinstalled. The amount of time and money that has been wasted on 'Defending Doma' is simply reductive and inhumanly disgraceful. Nearly every 1st world nation already gives 'Federal rights' to same sex couples, even if they call it Permanent partners or common law spouses etc this a F all to do with the religious definition of marriage and everything to do with the FEDERAL definition of marriage which governs just about every tax, immigration, and licensing law their is regardless of whether same sex marriage is legal or not in any state. I thought America was so proud to call itself the land of equality? I don't see a little * at the bottom that says 'except if you are gay or married to someone who happens to have the same physical parts as you'. Doma doesn't have a leg to stand on will be history very shortly.
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LSU's Death Valley Ranked As Loudest Stadium In NCAA
A Saturday night in Tiger stadium brings plenty with it…football, bands, tradition, and more than anything…NOISE.
Death Valley is been ranked #1 in the NCAA's latest "Top 5 Loudest Stadiums" video segment. View the video here.
The rest of the top 5 consists of another SEC school west of Baton Rouge, a Pac-12 school in the Northwest, a big 10 program in the Midwest, and an ACC far away from the west.
No. 5: Lane Stadium, Virginia Tech
No. 4: Camp Randall Stadium, Wisconsin
No. 3: Kyle Field, Texas A&M
No. 2: Autzen Stadium, Oregon
No. 1: Tiger Stadium, LSU
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Flashpoint Theatre Company Closes its 10th Anniversary Season with One-Man Musical HERRINGBONE, 7/10-27
Flashpoint Theatre Company finishes its 10th Anniversary Season with the Tom Cone, Skip Kennon, and Ellen Fitzhugh's one-man musical Herringbone. Flashpoint's first musical will run July 10-July 27. Its Opening Night is Saturday, July 12 at 8 p.m. All performances take place at the Off-Broad Street Theatre at First Baptist Church, 1636 Sansom Street. Tickets cost $25. Discount tickets for students and seniors are $22. Tickets are available at www.flashpointheatre.org.
Ten-time Barrymore Award nominee and F. Otto Haas Award winner Ben Dibble, stars in Herringbone. He plays 10 characters in this one-man theatrical tour de force. In this quirky musical, George Herringbone is a unique kind of vaudeville star. He has the looks, he has the voice, and he has the moves. He also has a little help, which is more than he and his family bargained for. This harrowing vaudevillian ghost story explores the true price of fame.
"This may be the most challenging role I have ever attempted. I play the narrator of my own Depression-era coming-of-age story in which I play ten characters, all of whom talk to each other constantly, while singing and dancing. It is a romp of a show and a truly intimate and entertaining look at the price of fame," said Dibble. "I have performed solo cabarets before, but never attempted a piece this virtuosic and physically exhausting. I hope part of the joy will be in seeing one guy really give you a unique story in an intimate space."
The background for the show comes from Flashpoint Theatre Company's Artistic Director Thom Weaver's family. Weaver's great grandparents were Billy and Vi Randall, who toured the country as Vaudeville performers. The creative team has used a suitcase of archives and old photos from Weaver's family as part of Herringbone's dramaturgical research.
"It's only fitting that a season this ambitious finishes with our first-ever musical. It's an eerie, funny, and powerful piece, and Ben Dibble is poised to show Philadelphia something they've never seen before," said Weaver. "And for me, given my family's relationship to vaudeville, it's a particularly special moment to celebrate that history. I hope Vi and Billy Randall are proud."
This show is directed by Bill Fennelly. Fennelly is an Assistant Professor of Theater at Drexel University's Westphal College of Media Arts and Design. His work has been seen on Broadway, Off Broadway, and regionally. Bill has been the Resident Director for the Broadway National Tour of the award-winning The Lion King, and was Associate Director for the world premiere of The Gershwins' Fascinating Rhythm, which moved to Broadway. The set and lights are designed by Weaver. TONY Award Winner Rob Kaplowitz is designing sound. Kathleen Geldard is the costume designer. She recently designed Tribes at the Studio Theatre in Washington D.C. Barrymore Award winner Dan Kazemi is the Music Director. Jenn Rose is the choreographer. Melissa Erlick is the Stage Manager and Amanda Jensen is the Production Manager.
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Dazzlebling wrote:Hi Manapa,
I don't think there's anything about interview procedure on the website, but I'll have another look at it. I visited the monastery recently and asked the secretary if I'd be able to get an interview - but forgot to ask about actual procedure in the room. I know I have to have a chaperone. Maybe I'll just phone up and ask nearer the time. It was quite difficult getting someone on the phone when I phoned there before my first visit.
Excuse my ignorance What's A21? Is that something I can find on the Access to Insight website? There's info about Lay Buddhist practice there.
Dazzlebling wrote:I am ... not sure of the procedure when I go into the room to speak to him because I am not familiar with Theravada protocol.
If it was a lama, I would bow with palms together.... I would then sit down on an indicated seat near to the lama in order to have a conversation. Next I would get up, say thank you with palms together, bow, and leave the room.
clw_uk wrote:I dont think offering money is a good idea, isnt it against the Vinaya for monks to receive money?
Ngawang Drolma wrote:Triple Bow
Sanghamitta wrote:I guess from your reference to an escort you are a woman.
If so then you need to take particular care not to offer to put any gift into the Ajahn's hands directly, as you say, he will indicate where to put things.
Peter wrote:Just to be clear, I think a monk not touching or being touched by a woman is in the Vinaya. The bit not in the Vinaya is the cloth bit.
gavesako wrote:Ajahn Sumedho likes good coffee.
And he is very easy-going, don't worry about asian protocol too much...
Peter wrote:Just to be clear, I think a monk not touching or being touched by a woman is in the Vinaya. The bit not in the Vinaya is the cloth bit.
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA – Two divers kicked their way out of a 42,000-pound truck after it tipped over on Haven Avenue on Thursday.
Rancho Cucamonga Fire Department received a call at 2:22 p.m. that the trailer had tipped over onto Haven Avenue after attempting to make a left turn off of Sixth Street.
"I think when I turned the materials shifted and caused the truck to turn," said Malkiat Singh, driver of the truck that was carrying multi-colored cable wires.
Malkiat Singh and passenger Sukhdep Singh shattered the glass on the passenger side of the vehicle and crawled out for safety.
Fire Capt. Augie Barreda said both drivers were out of the vehicle upon arrival, but there was a diesel spill.
"The truck can carry 150 gallons, and the driver said the tank was about three-quarter full. And I'd say a quarter to half of the tank emptied," he said.
Barreda said the spill has been contained but Haven Avenue south of Sixth Street will remain closed until about 7 p.m.
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Pakistan will ask Interpol for help in arresting ex-President Pervez Musharraf for his failure to prevent the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the interior minister said Tuesday.
Rehman Malik said the government was seeking Musharraf's arrest because he allegedly failed to provide adequate security for Bhutto, who was killed in a gun and suicide bomb attack in 2007.
He made the comments in a televised address to lawmakers in Sindh province, Bhutto's political stronghold.
An Interpol spokeswoman said any eventual request from Pakistan would be "assessed in accordance with our rules and regulations." The spokeswoman for the Lyon, France-based international police agency was not authorized to be publicly named according to Interpol policy.
Musharraf, a one-time U.S. ally, went into self-exile in Britain in 2008 after being forced out of the presidency he secured in a 1999 military coup. The current government is being run by Musharraf's political rivals, and the president is Bhutto's widower and political heir.
A Pakistani court issued an arrest warrant for Musharraf last year over the allegations.
Musharraf, an ex-army general who wants to return to Pakistan to contest what will be bitterly contested elections likely this year, said the government was playing politics over the case. Musharraf has repeatedly denied any legal responsibility for the killing.
"This is all politics," he told ARY television station on Tuesday. "It's just point scoring and nothing else."
Pakistan may ask Interpol to issue a so-called red notice, the agency's highest-level alert, equivalent to putting a suspect on its most-wanted list. Such a notice on Musharraf would alert police in all member countries to heed the Pakistani warrant and arrest Musharraf.
It is unclear whether Malik will go ahead with his threat.
The former prime minister was killed on Dec. 27, 2007, shortly after returning to Pakistan to campaign in elections Musharraf agreed to allow after months of domestic and international pressure.
Two police officers and five alleged members of the Pakistani Taliban have been charged in connection with the assassination. But Zardari's Pakistan People's Party has continued hinting that it believes Musharraf or his allies may have been involved.
Zardari asked the U.N. to investigate the assassination. The probe found Musharraf's government didn't do enough to ensure Bhutto's security and criticized steps taken by investigators after her death, including hosing down the crime scene and failing to perform an autopsy.
The U.N. officials were not tasked with finding out who the culprits were. But they identified two main threats facing Bhutto - Islamist extremists like al-Qaida and the Taliban who opposed her links to the West and secular outlook, and members of the "Pakistani Establishment," the term used locally to refer to a powerful and shady network of military, intelligence, political and business leaders that the PPP has long maintained is an enemy of the party.
Bhutto's father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, was executed in 1979 by a military dictator, and the party's rhetoric has long been infused with tales of political martyrdom at the hands of the army.
After her death, the PPP rode a wave of public sympathy to garner the most seats in the February 2008 elections. Months later, the party forced Musharraf to step down as president by threatening impeachment, and the presidency was eventually won by Bhutto's widower Asif Ali Zardari.
Musharraf later left for London, and has since spent a good deal of time on the lecture circuit, including in the United States.
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Despite hoping to build on the excellent performance from the Red Bull Ring, where Marco Sørensen won both races, the Hungarian weekend provided tricky weather conditions and the car set up become a major lottery for the Lotus WSR team.
Heavy rain fell at the Hungaroring before Saturday qualification, which became a fight against time, with four interruptions before being brought to an early end by the red flag. Marlon Stockinger performed excellently in qualification, clocking the seventh fastest time. Marco suffered in these conditions managing only 20th place on the grid. The double-winner from the Austrian round had good speed in the race, but points eluded him as he finished 12th, with Marlon right behind in 13th.
An improvement in the weather on Sunday, provided a qualification period in glorious Hungarian sunshine. Marco Sørensen proved that he was not phased by Saturday's disappointments, qualifying 4th on the grid, while Marlon Stockinger managed 14th place .
Both drivers profited from successful successful race strategies, especially Stockinger . Immediately after switching the red lights went out on the start line, the compressor failed in Marco's car and he fell to 10th place. Stockinger gained one position off the start line and moved up to thirteenth place. Marlon pulled into the pits at the very last moment in the pit-stops window, giving him space and clear track. Marlon then returned to the track ahead of Marco in 7th place. He held his position until the end of the race, which meant second place for him among the rookie drivers. Marco Sørensen had a long fight in the group with Carlos Huertas and William Buller, and finished in ninth.
Both Lotus cars from the Czech team scored ponits in Sunday's race at the Hungaroring.
Marco Sørensen: "The race just went completely wrong, its hard to believe that we can be this unlucky, having a compressor failure in the start of the race. This weekend is one to throw in the trash, we have to look forward to Paul Ricard and maintain focus. Technical failure is hard to prevent and i'm sure the team is doing whatever they can to prevent it "
Marlon Stockinger: "The whole weekend was kind of up and down. But in the second race we had a really great car. Although I messed up qualifying, race was good . We could only get better and it also happened . Again, we have chosen a good strategy , I stayed on track for a long time and we benefited from that. I enjoyed summer break, but it was just too long, I could not wait to race. For us, the drivers, is this kind of a pause too long, we want to race!"
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March 6, 2013
Texas Birding Classic Spreading Its Wings This Spring
AUSTIN – Grab your binoculars and birding guides and get ready for fun at the 17th annual Great Texas Birding Classic. The registration deadline for year's event, which will feature a number of firsts, is April 1.
The Texas birding tournament, which has been a week-long event for 16 years along the Texas Gulf Coast, is going statewide and will last an entire month – from April 15 to May 15. The new format will allow participants to compete in more than one of the 42 categories and choose what days they wish to participate based on weather and personal schedules.
In addition to the traditional competitions, such as the Big Sit!, this year there will be nine regional Big Day tournaments, a Texas State Park tourney and Sunrise to Noon contest. Team fees have been lowered from previous years, as well, making participation easier and more economical than ever before.
"You'll now be able to participate from anywhere in Texas, including your own backyard," says Shelly Plante, tournament director. "Any birdwatcher from the backyard birder to those who may be more competitive is welcome to join the event. There's a tournament category for everyone."
Plante manages the nature tourism program for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, which oversees this friendly annual birding competition that raises funds for Texas conservation projects. Since the inception of the Great Texas Birding Classic in 1997, adult teams that recorded the most bird species in various categories have directed $789,500 in grants to avian habitat conservation.
If you're thinking of entering the birding competition, check out some helpful tips from previous years' tournament competitors. Learn how to mentor or chaperone youth birding teams, tips for teams doing a Big Day, strategy for taking on the Weeklong Tournament and suggestions for finding team sponsors to cover a team's registration fees.
Habitat conservation grants, which this year will be awarded to projects anywhere in Texas, are funded through event sponsorship and registration fees. This year's event sponsors include Toyota, as well as a new awards ceremony sponsor, Audubon Texas. To learn more about the tournament, visit: www.birdingclassic.org, or call (512) 389-4500.
To download a high-resolution video with information on this year's event as well as a look back at a winning team of teens called The Thrashers who competed in the first Great Texas Birding Classic in 1997, go to: http://tpwd.texas.gov/files/video/
To view the video report on YouTube, visit: http://youtu.be/_UPcCvY8UD4
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CAIRO: Egypt's Islamist-dominated constitutional assembly has passed a rushed draft of a constitution to ease public anger against the expanded powers of President Mohammed Mursi and preempt an expected court decision to disband the assembly this weekend.
The proposed constitution says the country will be governed by the "principles" of Islamic law, the same wording that was in the constitution under the deposed dictator, Hosni Mubarak.
But critics said that some of the language was open to interpretation and could allow conservative Islamists to impose a more rigid version of sharia law.
The draft, passed on Friday, was sent to the presidential palace. The quick action was planned to head off an anticipated ruling by the highest court to dissolve the assembly before its draft was complete.
Mr Mursi's promise to protect the chamber from judicial oversight led to his decree last week that broadened his powers, igniting countrywide protests against his rule.
It was unlikely the demonstrations would stop even if Mr Mursi rescinded his declaration now that he has a constitution to put to a public referendum. Anger was already shifting from the decree to the constitution, which opposition leaders criticised as not reflecting the will of secularists, women, Christians and other non-Muslims.
Dozens of secularists and Christians have boycotted the assembly in recent months, leaving the majority Islamists with a relatively free hand. The draft constitution says that Egypt is a Muslim nation and that - for the first time in the republic's history - parliament must consult clerics on legislation "related to Islamic sharia".
Ultraconservative Islamists were pressing for the document to explicitly say that sharia was the "primary source" of legislation. But moderates in the Muslim Brotherhood opted for less strict wording.
The Supreme Constitutional Court was expected to rule on Sunday whether to dissolve the assembly amid accusations that it was unrepresentative. The court disbanded the original assembly in April on similar grounds.
The case has become a test in the separation of powers between Mr Mursi and his Islamist supporters and the courts and opposition parties about a document that sets the tone of the country's political future. ''The only way to break the impasse is to listen to the pulse of the street, as opposed to following a group [the Muslim Brotherhood] that has attempted to steal the revolution,'' a statement from an alliance of opposition parties said. ''Mursi has exceeded Mubarak by attempting to drive the country into civil war, for which only he will be held responsible.''
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