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In 10 years at the Coombe hospital in Dublin, Ireland there were 15 cases of uterine rupture in 65,488 deliveries. Thirteen of the 15 were in women with a previous cesarean and 13 had had oxytocic drugs to induce or speed up labor.
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Q: I am currently supporting a close friend in the beginning stages of her first pregnancy. She has a history of severe childhood physical and sexual abuse and finds it very difficult to be touched, massaged, or otherwise physically cared for. This is totally understandable. However, I am having a hard time figuring out what to offer when the usual physical comforts provide no comfort. Midwives and doulas, do you have advice in terms of what I can try or other avenues to take?
A: Know that you are touching her with your eyes, with your presence, with your soothing voice. Sing to her. There are wonderful songs and labor chants that can help you light up her labor path with sound, direction and strength. Work with her prenatally to find out what places or images are the most soothing, or the most empowering to her personally, then do guided imagery during labor to take her to those safe, strong realms. Or have her identify one or a few pictures, paintings, photographs, drawings to use as focal points, then draw her attention to them while she labors. And always be ready with an outstretched hand, in case she wants to reach out and hang on to you.
- Karen Ehrlich, CPM, LM
A: I am a doula and a past sexual abuse sufferer. For me, birth itself was not as bad as one might think. If she allows touch keep it firm, not stroking movements. Sometimes just a hand on the shoulder or a massage on the head may work. Always ask her permission before you touch her. Verbal encouragement is absolutely necessary.
- Shannon
A: I loved being sung to during labor. Try reading scripture or some poetry during contractions. Try good relaxation videos from Moody Press (beautiful and majestic scenes with hymns and calm reading of verses from the Bible).
- Jennifer Crowley, CBE, aspiring midwife
A: Find someone experienced in gentle bodywork and trauma healing, such as aquatic bodywork if your friend is open to that idea. I am a survivor of sexual child abuse as well and I do aquatic bodywork with pregnant women. I am a mother of a 4-year-old boy. It is enormously helpful to dissolve the traumatic patterns before giving birth and aquatic bodywork is the most noninvasive and gentlest way if she comes to a point of allowing gentle touching.
There are some great exercises you can do with your friend that are playful and don't involve touch, like humming, sitting and rocking her body gently from side to side and back and forth and vice versa, singing according to Leboyer, etc. She can do some of the exercises also in a bathtub if she enjoys being in water (some survivors do not because that may have been the place where the abuse took place. She could do humming and Leboyer singing while taking a shower) or simple swimming and playing in water. I use a wide range of alternatives without any kind of physical but more energetic contact.
- Sabine Neumann
A: The best gift you can give your friend is the support she needs to explore for herself what is most helpful and healing. You can be a safe haven for her to discover her own voice and her own strength, which is what she will need more than anything. Power was taken from her in her abuse. Let her find within herself what she needs to take it back.
A: Read "Pregnancy as Healing" (Vol I) by Gayle Peterson and Lewis Mehl to start your search. They suggest that by "walking through" or visualizing the desired birth, the mother will come closer to realizing her goals. Other techniques are explored in Peterson's books. I am fascinated by her creative approaches and encourage you to look into them to help your client achieve her desired birth experience.
- Luna
A: I have been a midwife for 11 years, and my husband and I also minister to wounded people. By simply going back to that time and allowing them to express bottled-up emotions, and working through all of the pain, that woman can work out all of the bottled-up aggression and fears she has. But by the grace of God, she can also forgive that person, and speak a blessing over them. It releases her from holding a judgment over that person, and it also heals her as well. So when she thinks about that situation or is reminded of the incident, she can have better peace with it. Yes, the person who did it is still guilty and is not free from judgment, but it releases her from the bondage of all the pain and emotions that keep her from receiving anything good from those who would not hurt her....
She is not having a reaction to your touch, but to those done inappropriately. Her body is having a memory connection. You must be careful to not do things that will cause her to want to crawl out of her skin either. The inner healing is the only way to really set her free.
I am speaking from experience, having been abused badly when I was younger. It was intense for me to release all the pain and emotions that were keeping me from openly loving others, even my family. But the freedom comes from the releasing the person who has made you a victim, and turned you into a victor!
- Chantel
A: There are plenty of nonphysical ways to support a pregnant friend and some ways to care for her body that don't involve body contact. For example:
But even if none of this is useful, as a close friend you should be able to ask her what she wants or needs you to do to support her during her pregnancy and get an honest answer. Simply loving and caring about her is probably the most important thing you can do.
- Ellen Harris-Braun, AAHCC
A: I was raped when I was 12. In all the care I have received in health, and in my relationships this has been an issue. For me, ABSOLUTE CONTROL is important. I want no surprises. I do not want to feel like my trust or personhood is being violated. Ask before touching. If something has to be done, tell me what and why before starting; talk me through it. I had one practitioner who had me touch her the same way before touching me. This was the first person who examined me after the rape. She was wise enough to have another person enter the room, and because I was a nursing student she had them walk me though an exam of her. Although very unorthodox, it was probably the experience that helped me heal the most. If there are choices, tell me. Reassure me of your intentions. Once you start to touch me leave your hand there. Don't make sudden movements, disconnections, or progressions to areas not discussed.
- Anon
A: Many victims of childhood physical/sexual abuse have extreme difficulty
being in situations where they feel they are not in control of physical contact
that is occurring. Particularly for victims of sexual abuse, there is a connection
between a "comforting rub" and subsequent abuse. You need to break this
connection, otherwise there is no relaxation in the mother's mind associated with
the touch made by you. Instead it evokes the opposite reaction: fear and apprehension.
- Anon
A: I am a doula, mother of five and also a molestation survivor. I have also worked with women who have endured horrific abuse and had issues with touch. I think the most important thing is to help empower the woman to make decisions about her pregnancy, labor and delivery. Ask her what kinds of things feel good to her, what she would like to try. A foot massage is often a good place to start, then rubbing her shoulders, etc. Everything else will follow.
- Amy, doula, CBE, CBSP
A: At times just the sound of your voice can be helpful. I was just with a woman who wanted me to explain to her what her body was doing during each contraction. "The muscle cells are pulling together to open up your cervix. The hormones are relaxing ligaments so that your pelvis can open up and make room for the baby." This kind of talk may help her focus on the task at hand and steer clear of bad memories.
Is she open to visualization? Could she take a walk on the beach during contractions? Can she describe the scene to you? Perhaps it would give her a feeling of control if she were the one painting the picture--she could go where she wanted to. Lack of control is part of the fear that accompanies abuse. Does she believe that she is strong and able to birth this baby? Does she see the strength in her survival? Remind her of her tenacity and strength in daring to not only survive, but to LIVE life. Encourage her. Build on her strength. Look her in the eye and tell her that she can. There may be those moments when she needs someone to be strong for her, but she must also see her own strength.
Pray for her. Pray with her. Has she (or you) considered that this birth can be a redeeming experience, changing her entire perspective of who she is? There is no guarantee, but the potential is there. It's great that she is daring to even reach out for support. She must be a courageous woman. Remind her of that.
- Anon.
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I am never so innocently happy as when making roast chicken. This is a more work-intensive take on it, but it's supreme roast chicken for a feast: the bronze-breasted, crisp-skinned chickens come to the table bursting with their sour-sweet rice stuffing. The rice stuffing takes on a deep savory meatiness as it absorbs more flavor than you ever thought a roast chicken could have, but the only problem is you don't get much more than a spoonful or two per person like this. You do lose some flavor, but it's worth cooking a batch of the rice mixture in a saucepan, too, in which case use chicken stock (mine is, as ever, concentrated-instant not freshly made, though fresh organic stock from a supermarket package would be a wonderful alternative) rather than water as you need to oomph up flavor. And when the rice in the pan is cooked, fork in a little butter as you add the parsley, sprinkling with more parsley and a few toasted pine nuts in the serving dish.–Nigella Lawson
Roast Chicken with Rice Stuffing Recipe
- Quick Glance
- Serves 8
- For the rice stuffing
- 4 tablespoons butter (plus fat from inside the chicken cavity)
- 2 onions
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 cup basmati rice
- 1/2 cup dried sour cherries, roughly chopped
- 2 cups water
- 1/4 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
- For the roast chicken
- Two 5-pound chickens
- 2 tablespoons soft butter
- Make the rice stuffing
- 1. Melt butter along with any gobbets of fat from the chicken's cavity in a wide saucepan (one that has a lid). Process or finely chop the onion and garlic, and add to the pan with the butter, frying over a medium heat until the onion softens and begins to color.
- 2. Discard bits of the rendered chicken, add the rice and chopped cherries, and give everything a good stir so that the rice becomes slicked with the fat. Add the water and a sprinkling of salt and bring to the boil, then clamp on the lid and cook at the lowest heat possible for 15 minutes. While the rice is cooking, preheat your oven to 425°F (220°C).
- 3. When the rice is ready, by which I mean all the water will be absorbed and the rice be more or less cooked, fork through the chopped parsley and season with salt and pepper.
- Make the roast chicken
- 4. Spoon the cherry-studded rice into the cavities of both chickens, and secure the openings with two or three cocktail sticks. The easiest way to do this is to pinch together the flaps of skin from each side of the cavity and make a stitch to hold them with a cocktail stick.
- 5. Rub the secured chickens with the butter and roast in the oven for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. The skin should be golden and crispy and the meat cooked through; test by piercing the chickens between thigh and body and if juices run clear, the chicken's ready. The reason why the chickens take longer than you would normally give them is twofold: in the first instance, the rice stuffing impedes the flow of hot air; in the second, roasting two chickens in the oven tends to make each take longer to brown.
- 6. Pull out the cocktail sticks and let the roast chickens rest before carving.
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A POPULAR former Chard mayor will be posthumously honoured by having a new road named after him.
Dave Hill died in 2011 while serving on Chard Town Council and current members felt it would be a fitting tribute to propose the road, part of the new development being built off Jarman Way, be called David Way in his memory.
His daughter Lorraine said: "I am extremely proud and honoured that the town of Chard, for which my Dad cared for so passionately, has paid this tribute to him."
Dave was involved in a range of projects during his 24 years as a town councillor. Cllr Martin Wale said: "Dave was involved in nearly every aspect of our town.
"Apart from being mayor he chaired numerous organisations and societies which benefited all ages in our community – Crowshute House, Chard in Bloom and Chard 2000 are a few examples.
"Dave was essentially a quiet man but when he did give his opinion it was always measured, fair and only had the interests of the people of Chard at heart.
"He never complained and was an example to us all who were lucky enough to know him."
Cllr Dave Bulmer added: "Dave Hill was much respected and regarded as a real gentleman when conducting his town council duties.
"As a fellow councillor I have very fond memories of Dave.
"He always worked in a constructive and courteous way – it is therefore appropriate that Chard Town Council remembers him by naming a street after him."


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Like at Cedars Meat House a few blocks away, Homemade Falafel does a rather nice Lebanese-style shawarma ($6). It's a simple thing, and all the better for it: just some beef, sauce, a little vegetable for crunch, and pita that gets out of the way. (Tomatoes do no good here and are best omitted.)
But it hits all those notes so well—the cinnamon-spiked beef with delicate crisp edges, the pungent and sour turnips, the squirt of nutty tahini—that it's not hard to wolf the generously stuffed sandwich down. The trick is the sauce that forms when the tahini mixes up with sweet beef juices and the pickle brine, similar in format to a Big Mac's special sauce and about as addictive.
Homemade Falafel is pretty limited in decor, and probably best suited to takeout, but they have a winning shawarma on their hands.
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All pre-orders for the album, due out March 12 on Roswell Records, will immediately receive the first single "Cut Me Some Slack"the original studio recording of the track performed by Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear at the historical 12-12-12 benefit as well as on this weekend's "Saturday Night Live" holiday episode. The soundtrack is a new collection of all-new all-original songs, each one composed and recorded exclusively for the film within its own 24-hour session on that console after it was reinstalled in Grohl and his Foo Fighters' own 606 Studios. Following its Sundance 2013 premiere, "Sound City" will also be released as an HD digital download and stream February 1 via www.soundcitymovie.com.
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BENICIA -- An inquiry about opening a hookah lounge here has led to a proposed temporary ban on the Middle Eastern-style smoking parlors.
The City Council is set to consider the 45-day moratorium Tuesday. Four council votes are needed to pass the measure. If approved, the ban could be extended for up to two years, City Attorney Heather Mc Laughlin said.
The city has no regulations on hookah lounges, establishments in which patrons smoke flavored tobacco called shisha from water pipes.
City officials are recommending the temporary ban to allow time to decide whether the controversial businesses should be allowed near schools, parks and other public places, and whether employee background checks should be required.
Also, whether hookah bars -- if permitted -- should be allowed to serve food and beverages may emerge as another issue of interest, city officials say.
Though hookah bars are exempt from California's anti-smoking rules, some serve food and alcohol and provide entertainment -- operating more like a bar or restaurant where smoking inside is prohibited under state law. Critics of this practice, including public health officials concerned about the impact of secondhand smoke on employees, have charged hookah lounges are taking advantage of ambiguities in the law to allow indoor smoking while other similar businesses are following the law.
City officials also expect the public discussion to focus on whether hookah lounges contribute to acceptance of smoking. California public health officials have expressed concern about a growing number of hookah bars statewide setting back decades of progress in reducing tobacco-related death and disease.
The issue is not new to Benicia. In 2009, hookah lounges were temporarily banned as part of a two-year moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries. The prohibition on medical marijuana businesses was made permanent last year, but the ban on hookah bars has lapsed.
There are no known hookah bars in Solano County, but several are scattered in the East Bay including in Concord, Richmond and Hayward. San Francisco also has several.
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Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman spoke Monday about the subpoena the county received in late October from the U.S. Attorney's Office for records the county keeps regarding its medical marijuana ordinance.
"In the fall of 2010, I met with U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag, and I told her everything about the 9.31 process that I could: the public hearings, the board (of supervisors) votes," Allman said. "She didn't have any kind of concern at the time (about) the program."
While it's still not clear to him why the federal authorities want the records, Allman noted that the county's now-canceled permitting program for collectives to grow up to 99 medical marijuana plants never guaranteed the applicants immunity from federal prosecution.
"We're going to comply with the subpoena," Allman said, adding that while he couldn't reveal what kind of records it specifies, the subpoena covers all records pertaining to the county's medical marijuana cultivation ordinance, County Code 9.31. "We've collected everything and delivered it to the County Counsel's Office, and that's where we are."
Other county officials confirmed last week that a federal grand jury had issued the subpoena to the Mendocino County Auditor-Controller's Office for records of funds paid to the county under its medical marijuana ordinance, County Code 9.31.
Until March, the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office issued permits under 9.31 for collectives wanting to grow up to 99 marijuana plants, an exemption to the county's 25-plant limit.
The county stopped issuing the permits and reverted to the 25-plant limit for all growers after the U.S. Attorney's Office threatened to file and injunction against the county's medical marijuana cultivation ordinance and seek legal action against county officials who supported it.
Under 9.31, the MCSO still sells zip ties for $25 apiece, which can be affixed to plants to show they are grown in compliance with state law.
In 2011, the Sheriff's Office received 95 permit applications and approved 91 of them. The permit fees started in late June of 2010, and while the permits issued that year were fewer, Allman said the numbers were "not a lot different." The popular permitting program garnered 10 applications and $30,000 in zip ties less than a month after the Board of Supervisors approved the fees for it.
"As far as the Sheriff's Office is concerned, every dollar we've taken in has a paper trail," Allman said. Receipts for the $25 zip ties and $1,500 permit for collectives to grow up to 99 plants went to the Auditor's Office, he said.
Collectives applying for the permit had to provide the applicants' names, mailing address, physical address, phone numbers, driver's license numbers and doctors' recommendations for all patients for whom the medical marijuana was to be grown, among other information, and had to be inspected.
"The difference between eradication and this (permitting program) was that this allowed monthly inspection to ensure compliance with state law, and they paid us to do it," Allman said of the now-canceled program.
Anyone who applied for the 99-plant permit also had to sign a waiver releasing the county from liability arising from the application or enforcement of the permit's conditions, and agreeing that the signer understood that the permit would comply with state law and that it did "not confer upon (the applicant) and/or managers, employees and members of the collective immunity from prosecution under federal law."
Allman said his department has always been "transparent and clear," but that the recent cancellation of the permitting program and the federal subpoena muddies the already murky waters around marijuana law.
"This increases the gray area of medical marijuana, and the more gray area we have, the more time it takes to investigate marijuana grows," Allman said. "Until we get to a point where the laws are black and white, we're going to continue to have a lot of misunderstanding about what the voters' intent was in the passage of Proposition 215 (the Compassionate Use Act of 1996)."
All that said, Allman said he isn't worried about what the federal authorities will find in Mendocino County's medical marijuana ordinance records.
"In my heart I know they're going to find nothing wrong," he said. "I guess they're going to have to find that out themselves."
Regarding how recent federal activity affects future regulatory efforts for medical marijuana in Mendocino County, Allman said he hopes something good comes of it.
"There is a haze over the 9.31 discussion," Allman said. "I welcome it. I've been asking the U.S. Attorney's Office for four years for more clear direction on marijuana."
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A woman who was behind the wheel in a car crash that killed a teacher has been jailed for eight years and five months this morning.
Paula Barnes appeared at Swindon Crown Court for sentencing after pleading guilty in November to causing death by dangerous driving and failing to surrender.
She had been on the run from police and a judge issued a warrant for her arrest in April 2011.
She was later found in Holland following a police investigation. Barnes, 45, of Aldbourne Road, Baydon, caused the death of 49-year-old teacher Diane Wright by driving dangerously.
Mother-of-two Mrs Wright, 49, died in the crash on an unclassified road, near Wanborough, on September 23, 2010.
Inspector Steve Cox, head of roads policing at Wiltshire Police, said he was delighted with the senrtence.
"We are pleased with today's sentence as it reflects both the seriousness of these crimes and the anguish that Paula Barnes has put her victim's family through," he said
"This case has been a long and complex one after Barnes tried to evade justice by fleeing to Holland where she hoped to remain undetected.
"The fact she was caught, arrested, extradited and has now been sentenced is testament to the hard work and dedication of the Wiltshire Police Serious Collision Investigation Team.
"Barnes was arrested after being released from hospital on November 4th 2010 following a two vehicle collision in Foxhill, Baydon, on September 23 2010.
"During this collision, the driver of the other vehicle involved, Diane Wright, sadly died from her injuries at the scene.
"Barnes was then bailed to attend court on April 15th 2011 but failed to show. Nothing was seen or heard from her again
"After an intensive search involving the Zephyr Regional Financial Investigation Team and the Serious Organised Crime Agency, Barnes was arrested in Holland on November 9 2012 and we were successful at an extradition hearing which led to her being brought back to the UK.
"Barnes has proved to be a callous and manipulative woman who thought she was above the law.
"We hope that today, Diane's family can feel that justice has finally been served."
The 49-year-old, who lived in Woodshaw, Wootton Bassett, was decsribed by her husband David, a sergeant with the Metropolitan Police in Hillingdon, as his best friend.
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"We are all finding it difficult to come to terms with her unexpected death.
"Diane was always friendy and generous to everyone. She could not do enough for people. She is a wonderful wife, loving mother and a friend in a million. Words cannot describe the way we are feeling since her death.
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Although many in the agriculture industry considered the defeat of Proposition 37 in California a success for the industry, proponents of the law did not take the loss well. Proposition 37 would have required all food items to be labeled if they contained genetically modified organisms.
GM labeling proponents appeared shocked by the outcome of the voting, but don't let their disappointment convince you the issue is dead. They have new initiatives in the works.
If California's proposition 37 had passed, it would have been the GM labeling crowd's biggest win to getting GM foods labeled in the United States. Without a state victory, the push to get foods labeled isn't exactly on the back burner.
The setback is not deterring the anti-GMO crowd. It is moving forward, just on a different scale. In California, one county passed an initiative to ban the growing of GMO crops. The initiative makes it illegal in San Juan County to "propagate, cultivate, raise or grow plants, animals and other organisms which have been genetically modified." The only way they can be grown is if they are grown by health care providers and researchers.
But the main goal of the anti-GMO movement is still to get food companies to label products that contain GMOs. To achieve that goal, these activists have a three-pronged approach.
In order to get companies to label foods that contain GMOs they still need to win an initiative in one state. Now that California's Proposition 37 failed, the first prong of their strategy has moved to Oregon and Washington state by planning new state initiatives that would require labeling of GMOs.
Their second prong strategy is to focus on Washington, D.C., and the Food and Drug Administration. They've already announced the intention to force FDA to label GM foods by threatening a federal lawsuit. The Center for Food Safety filed a petition October 2011 as part of its strategy to bring a federal lawsuit against FDA. Also, with President Barack Obama's re-election, supporters of GM labeling expect support from the president because they view him as being supportive of labeling.
On a national consumer focus, the activists have launched a national coalition called GMO Inside that advocates for increased consumer awareness of GMOs in foods. The coalition launched the week before Thanksgiving, one of the biggest food holidays in the United States. GMO Inside started by "offering tips and suggestions for consumers on how to remove unwanted GMOs from their holiday feasts."
This new coalition is composed of the following groups and individual who are leading its approach: Food Democracy Now!, Green America, Institute for Responsible Technology, Nature's Path Organic Foods, Nutiva and Vani Hari, a food activist writer and a two time elected North Carolina delegate, endorsed by President Obama.
The anti-GMO groups have blamed Monsanto and the other companies and organizations that raised funds to defeat Prop 37 as bullies who want to control the market. However, what the activists don't explain is that Prop 37's wording was confusing. The proposition, as written, would have required any processed food to use the words "Partially Produced with Genetic Engineering" or "May be Partially Produced with Genetic Engineering." The wording does not make it clear to consumers if the products contained GMOs, which was the goal the activists claimed they wanted to achieve.
In the end, consumers were not gaining what they were told they would. This could have opened up a plethora of potential lawsuits, which would have bogged down the legal system.
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Today we continue our positional tier rankings. Last offseason, Derek Carty tackled the tiers by himself; this spring, we've decided to attack them as a team. Players at each position will be divided into five tiers, represented by the number of stars.
Five-star players are the studs at their respective position. In general, they are the players that will be nabbed in the first couple of rounds of the draft, and they'll fetch auction bids in excess of $30. Four-star players are a cut below the studs at the position. They will also be early-round selections, and they're projected to be worth more than $20 in most cases. Three-star players are the last tier in which players are projected to provide double-digit dollar value in auctions, and two-star players are projected to earn single digits in dollar value in auctions. One-star players are late round sleepers and roster placeholders. As was the case with our positional rankings series, the positional tiers aren't simply a regurgitation of the projected PECOTA values.
We retained last year's roster requirements for the positional tier series. Dollar values come from our PFM using a 12-team, standard 5x5 scoring format, with 23-man rosters and the following positions: C (2) 1B (1) 2B (1) 3B (1) SS (1) CI (1) MI (1) OF (5) UT (1) P (9). The minimum bid for players is $1, and, as we did last year, we'll allocate $180 of a $260 budget to hitters. Players needed to play in 20 games at a position to qualify there. The PFM is customizable, so if your league uses a different format, you can adjust it to match your league settings and see how it impacts players' dollar values.
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We have split the starting pitchers into two articles. The American League tiers are below; you can find the National League tomorrow.
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You could make a case for Verlander to be by himself, but Price and Hernandez have proven themselves to be remarkably consistent as well. Thus, while Verlander has reached a higher ceiling, all three offer a level of stability rarely found at this insanely volatile position.
Five-Star Value Pick: If Hernandez were on a team that supported him a bit more at the plate, his win totals would likely surpass 15 each year, and he would be treated like Verlander and Price. Instead, he has to get value by logging tons of innings with amazing ratios and striking out the world. He has posted four straight seasons with at least 232 innings, and his ERA has been over 3.06 once during that span (2011, when he threw 233 2/3 innings of 3.47 ERA ball.)
Four Star
I almost broke up this group, as I see some separation between the top three and bottom four, but then I'd have had six tiers. Though they are all in the same tier, you have a mix of profiles here—from proven veterans like Sabathia and Weaver, who have been excellent year after year, to late-career breakout wonders like Dickey, who turned the corner once he became a knuckleballer, and then had his transcendent season a year ago, but still faces some skeptics.
Then, you have the up-and-coming mid-20s potential stars in Darvish and Scherzer, who both showed flashes throughout 2012 of how high their ceilings are. And, we're not done yet, because we also have two young stars, one of which is still more potential than performance (Moore) and the other of which showed the excellence (Sale), but has a dark cloud overhead regarding his mechanics and potential for injury. Even the White Sox were worried last year, as they briefly shifted Sale back to the pen to protect him before realizing he was far more valuable to them as an ace.
Four-Star Value Pick: I think the concern over age and move to the American League surrounding Dickey is a bit overstated. First off, the age piece is close to irrelevant for a knuckleballer. Meanwhile, if he pitches at or near his 2012 level, then the '27 Yankees wouldn't stand a shot against him. If he was still with the Mets, I think he'd be more appropriately valued, but his move to the American League East has created a buying opportunity—especially since some still think it's the AL Beast.
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Shields has been a favorite of mine for years, and were he still with Tampa Bay, he would easily be in the four-star camp. Unfortunately, the move to Kansas City comes with some risk factors. Moving out of Tropicana Field (3.34 career ERA) is a definitely a concern, but Kauffman Stadium helps pitchers, too; I'm more worried about his departure from that Tampa Bay defense. Shields' increasing ground-ball rate (from 41 percent in 2010 to 52 percent last year) was handled adeptly by the Rays (.723 defensive efficiency, tied for first in the majors), but the Royals, who ranked 28th with a .689 mark, might not be so friendly.
This is the tier that can win you your league. Whether it's a return to greatness (Lester), a sustained return to greatness (Peavy), staying healthy (Johnson, Anderson, Morrow, and even Fister if you're looking solely at his 2012), or results catching up to the skills (Sanchez), if these guys realize their ceilings, they will add another staff ace to teams that might already have landed their top arms from the two tiers above.
Three-Star Value Pick: I'm going to cheat and go with two: Lester and Fister. I'm giving Lester a pass for 2012, because it was just a nightmare scenario in Boston, and it's not like his velocity plummeted or he got hurt. He threw more innings than in 2011 and actually shaved his walk rate from 9.4 percent to 7.8 percent.
Fister, meanwhile, was sidelined by a nagging left-side injury twice, limiting him to just 161 2/3 innings. Had he stayed healthy, folks might have noticed that he essentially kept all of his strikeout gains from the second half of 2011 and posted a career-best 51 percent ground-ball rate, which surprisingly did not doom him in front of the Tigers' shaky infield defense.
Two Star
The top three in this tier are definitely on the cusp of moving up, but Wilson's walks elevate his WHIP, Hellickson's lack of strikeouts cuts into his value, and Kuroda is 38 years old and has somehow posted his two best major-league ERAs in the last two years despite also posting his two worst HR/9 rates.
Cobb has become a fantasy darling thanks to his brilliant spring training numbers, which include a 2.81 ERA, 0.94 WHIP, 28 strikeouts, and just five walks in 25 2/3 innings. Jason and I repeatedly professed our love for Cobb on the podcast well before this spring, so these gaudy Grapefruit League stats are only hurting our chances to steal him in our leagues.
Harrison is a mini-Hellickson in that his lack of strikeouts simply caps his fantasy value at a certain level; his ratios are so strong that you can't ignore him nonetheless.
Two-Star Value Pick: Hammel was limited to just 118 innings last year, which is a damn shame because he was in the midst of a breakout season. Despite Baltimore's dream run to a playoff berth, I think Hammel's emergence didn't hit the radar as hard as it should have considering the incredible gains he made against stiff competition. A healthy Hammel will easily earn his draft-day cost, and if he picks up where he left off in 2012, then he could become an integral part of your rotation regardless of league format.
One Star
Home-run Holland would be a sweet nickname for the Rangers lefty if he were a hitter; it's about the worst nickname possible for a pitcher. The promising youngster has only posted one HR/9 rate south of 1.0 in his four-year career: a 0.9 effort in 2010, over just 57 1/3 innings. He has the chance to be special if he can rein in the homers, as he showed in a second-half run back in 2011, when he posted back-to-back shutouts to start a 97-inning stretch of 2.77 ERA and 1.16 WHIP work, along with a 10-1 record. He showed glimpses of that dominance for three starts here and five starts there, only to blow it with a run of multi-homer outings that erased all of the good work.
Tillman needs to show more of what we saw in 2012 to move up a tier or two, but he is a very intriguing option after what appears to be a big step forward, which came with the improvement of his secondary stuff. Meanwhile, the Angels find three-fifths of their rotation within this tier, which can't be heartening to Halos fans. That said, I do like Blanton a good bit. He has shown promising underlying stats, but like Holland, home runs have sunk him. Hopefully, moving to a friendlier park yields results more commensurate with Blanton's skills.
There is a mixed bag of upside at the back end of this tier, too. Can Niemann get a role and stay healthy all year? Is Porcello's standout spring training (21-to-0 K:BB) an indication of things to come? Will Davis' bullpen success transfer back into the rotation? How likely is Romero to recapture the magic he lost entirely last summer?
One-Star Value Pick: I already spoke about him, but it's Blanton for me. I'm drawn to the component skills and his escape from homer-friendly Citizens Bank Park.
Paul Sporer is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @sporer
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Paul, is Erasmo Ramirez out as a starter in Seattle? Is Brandon Maurer in? What do you think of him?
Mar 26, 2013 05:31 AM
It looks like the Eraser is out for Maurer. Erasmo had a fine spring, but Maurer's was insane so it won out. Maurer will be a rookie throwing his first MLB innings so I think he'll perform as such which means inconsistently. I could see taking a flier in AL-onlys, but nothing crazy.
Mar 26, 2013 17:03 PM
Anybody concerned about Weaver this year? Steady decline of velocity and now attempts to change his delivery...
Mar 26, 2013 06:48 AM
A little, but velocity has never been his thing so even a drop doesn't necessarily terrify me. He succeeded with a dropped velo last year. Push-come-to-shove in a draft, I might still take Scherzer, Moore, and Sale ahead of him myself, but that's because I'm a huge strikeout guy.
Mar 26, 2013 17:39 PM
I hear that the reason you don't see younger knuckle ballers is because it takes so long to build up the muscles to throw an effective Knuckle ball.
Mar 26, 2013 07:41 AM
Mark Buehrle? Justin Masterson?
Mar 26, 2013 07:58 AM
I feel like Porcello would be a great target for the Cubs, giving up Soriano+ lots of salary.
Mar 26, 2013 08:09 AM
Trade a 24 year old pitcher with three years of MLB experience, still under team control at reasonable prices and still plenty of untapped potential for a 37 year old corner outfielder still owed $36 million? Even if the Cubs paid all of Soriano's salary that's an awful deal for the Tigers.
Mar 26, 2013 14:48 PM
We are talking about a pitcher who might not even have a spot to start for a guy who hit over 30 home runs last year. Don't see that as being that bad for the Tigers. Obviously near all his salary would need to be picked up, but Soriano's can still hit and is a large improvement over Dirks.
Mar 26, 2013 19:00 PM
I think that'd be a horribly short-sighted deal for the Tigers. I don't think he's that much of an improvement over Dirks and his difference over Dirks isn't nearly as large as the difference between Porcello the next-in-line SP for Detroit should the suffer an injury. I'd be beyond angry if my Tigers did that deal.
Mar 26, 2013 19:03 PM
I enjoy these articles, but the timing leaves a lot to be desired. What percentage of drafts won't have been completed by the time the last of these articles comes out?
I for one ,would like to bet on the Eraser being in the rotation within a fortnight of opening day, and the carcass that is Blake Beavan being dragged off to Triple-A
Mar 27, 2013 01:54 AM
What happened to the NL starters and relievers? I thought those were to be out today?
Mar 27, 2013 09:07 AM
Mar 28, 2013 05:56 AM
Well the projections have been available for some time, no? Those could've been retrieved from the PFM before this piece ran.
Mar 28, 2013 16:47 PM
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Jon: I'm here with the JBL® On Air Wireless station. What makes this speaker system so cool is that it uses Apple's AirPlay® technology to wirelessly receive your music from your iPod®, your iPhone®, your iPad® or your computer using your home Wi-Fi network.
If you're a fan of outside the box design aesthetics, you'll obviously be attracted to the On Air Wireless music station because of its unique form factor, but this speaker system isn't just all about looks. In fact, it's formed this way to employ JBL's HALO technology and what that does is spread your music evenly across your listening area. HALO stands for Horizontal Acoustic Level Optimization and there's actually three speakers inside the dome here that deliver big sound.
But the main thing that really makes the JBL On Air Wireless station so epic is its wireless ability using AirPlay. As long as I'm within range of my home Wi-Fi network, I can listen to any of the tunes that are on my computer, my iPod, my iPhone, or my iPad and have full functionality over them. So I can choose the tracks, what have you — adjust the volume using my IOS device. It's really easy to use.
And of course I can take the On Air into any room in the house. In order to zap my music to the On Air from my computer, I would just select the On Air as my speaker from within iTunes and it works in a similar way for any IOS device. I just click on the AirPlay icon, and choose the option to send the tunes to the On Air instead of having the music come out of the internal speaker or the headphone jack. And when I'm through listening to my MP3 collection, I can always stream Internet radio on the On Air too.
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Located in the heart of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, this eco-friendly hotel is within a 15-minute walk of O2 Academy Newcastle, St. James' Park, and Castle Keep. Quayside and Gateshead Millennium Bridge are also within 1 mi (2 km).
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This smoke-free hotel features a restaurant, a bar/lounge, and a coffee shop/café. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include self parking, conference rooms, and dry cleaning.
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Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. 9 meeting rooms are available. This eco-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, laundry facilities, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
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- 24-hour front desk
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- Number of meeting rooms - 9
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Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge.
Jurys Inn Newcastle has a restaurant serving breakfast and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
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If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
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Check-in time starts at 2 PM
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I have to laugh. Ever since President Barack Obama's re-election, pundits (both right and left) have praised Gov. Bobby Jindal for pointing out the obvious: that Republicans need to stop being the "stupid party."
Yet at the same time, the good governor seems hell-bent on growing yet another crop of the same. His huge slices for funding of higher education makes it even less likely that the next generation can climb out of the "stupid" hole.
What is happening to education under this governor — from K through college — is abysmal. I believe Superintendent John White said that the "ineffective" teachers are the ones leaving the system. Nonsense. I know dozens of fine teachers.
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Louisiana, let's wake up and stand up to hypocrisy. We can start by demanding the restoration of funding to Louisiana's public colleges and universities.
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The ground is shifting under global capitalism and corporate citizenship.
Company leaders in sustainability, sensitive to the arguably epic changes appearing at the interface between business and society, enter 2014 making new commitments that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago.
Get comfortable with new sustainability concepts such as, "Natural Capital", "Business For Peace" and "Startup Diplomacy" among other bold emerging corporate initiatives.
They'll become increasingly important in 2014. But the outlines of this amplified sustainable business zeitgeist are already visible:
"Natural Capital" –
Here is the "Natural Capital" thought progression for "internalizing externalities":
"There's no business to be done on a dead planet" – the late conservationist David Brower.
"By understanding the relationship between natural capital and business performance, companies can conceive of strategies to minimize and mitigate risks, while generating value through improved resource efficiency, reputation and sustainability-based innovation." – Polly Courtice, LVO and Director, Cambridge Natural Capital Leaders Platform www.cpsl.cam.ac.uk
"The EP&L [Environment Profit & Loss] statement is an essential tool and a shift in how companies can and should account for and, ultimately, integrate into business models the true costs of their reliance on ecosystem services …[it] will help Puma build a more resilient and sustainable business model and ultimately better manage its impact on the environment." – Jochen Zeitz, Puma chairman/CEO and chief sustainability officer at Puma parent company PPR. www.Puma.com
The "Natural Capital" community is expanding rapidly.
An example at the forefront of this movement, Puma is developing "natural capital" values on all of its environmental key performance indicators such as water consumption, waste and land use – this as a foundation for an even more ambitious sustainability commitment – an Environmental and Social P&L account , incorporating values for worker safety and working conditions as well as fair wages.
The company's ultimate goal: a comprehensive P & L statement offsetting the value of these "natural capital" costs with valuation of the benefits of Puma's operations in creating jobs, paying taxes, philanthropic initiatives and other positive impacts on society. In this pursuit of competitive advantage and reputational advancement, Puma is applying valuation methodology developed by PwC and Trucost.
Puma is by no means alone in addressing "Natural Capital" valuations. Other companies developing such accounting management include Unilever, SABMiller and Coca Cola. The Cambridge Natural Capital Leaders Platform has developed a web-based "natural capital tool kit". And, according to Triple Pundit, the First World Forum on Natural Capital, held in Edinburgh in late November, 2013, "over 500 business leaders, NGOs, government folks and a handful of media [addressed] how one might go about pricing the myriad benefits of nature."
"Business For Peace"
At its September 2013 "Leaders Summit" in New York City, The United Nations Global Compact www.unglobalcompact.org launched its global Business For Peace initiative , a powerful new engine to help business do what it does best: improve the standard of living and quality of life, invest in market development and generate economic stability.
Augmented by new "B4P" web technology, "Business For Peace" is building public-private partnerships via its 101 local networks across some 140 countries, supporting infrastructure development; job creation and training; and cultural and interfaith understanding and tolerance.
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart, former Chairman of Royal-Dutch Shell and now UNGC Vice Chairman, has issued this invitation: "Joining … will help companies in troubled zones to better identify and manage risks, engage in dialogue, establish local priorities and conciliate groups…"
"Startup Diplomacy"
One of the cardinal principles of current sustainable development progress is partnering – public-private cooperative programs achieving both business and social objectives. And one of the greatest stimulants to economic success is entrepreneurial spirit and expertise.
Now comes an uber-partnership that merges these powerful forces – "Start Up Diplomacy", being championed by the U.S. State Department and UP Global www.up.co , a non-profit enterprise "empowering entrepreneurs and their communities around the world." At a late-2013 "Youth Forum Startup Weekend" these partners brought together Youth Forum delegates from thirty countries for a crash course in business creation.
The U.S. State Department /UP Global partnership intends to reach 1,000 cities and train 500,000 entrepreneurs by the end of 2016.
Capitalism's flexibility
This is, of course, a subjective selection of sustainability harbingers. "Black swans" – and, yes, "white swans" (clearly, sustainable development presents business opportunities as well) — will no doubt appear. But capitalism's systemic flexibility over many decades is hardly debatable.
Ironically, that flexibility may have been best articulated by the late American Socialist, Michael Harrington: "Capitalism's most daunting characteristic is its ability to co-opt the reforms, even the radical changes, of the opponents of the system."
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John Paluszek, @Bis1John, is senior counsel at Ketchum and executive producer of Business In Society www.businessinsociety.net , video programs reporting and analyzing news of business addressing global social issues.


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What will they think of next?
Did you know that now you can purchase a DNA Paternity test either online or at your neighborhood CVS Pharmacy, RightAid, Walgreens, Furth and more?
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So, what does this mean for the writers of soaps? If someone switches the lab results, all that would need to be done is get another one of these kits and take another test. Zip, zap, done.
Could this mean the end to the "Who's the daddy" storylines that drag on for months and months and months? Time will tell, I guess.
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2 Bedroom Roof Top Apartment in The Market Courtyard - Jerusalem Suites
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The Roof Top Studio in the Market Courtyard was absulutely perfect for us. Situated in a quiet back street with a fine view from the balcony, and at the same time only a few minutes walk to the Old City. If you cannot find food you like in Mahaneh Yehuda (the Jewish market) across the street, you will probably not find it anywhere else either. The next time we come to Jerusalem we will surely consider to stay in The Roof Top Studio.
Really nice. DIna made everything for our happiness (except the weather) ! We hope to come back soon. Thank you very much.
Good accommodation at a reasonable price-performance ratio. Balcony, kitchen, bathroom, living room and bedroom practice. Straightforward check using an access code and key acquisition by Safe opening. Quiet at night, even though the center of life. Mahane Yehuda Market Centrally located at. Service very helpful.
Gute Unterkunft mit vernünftigem Preis-Leistungsverhältnis. Balkon, Küche, Bad, Wohnzimmer und Schlafzimmer praktisch. Unkompliziertes Einchecken mittels Zugangscode und Schlüsselübernahme durch Tresoröffnung. Nachts ruhig, obwohl mitten im Leben. Zentral gelegen am Mahane Jehuda Market. Service sehr hilfsbereit.
The apartment was exactly as it was pictured and described on the website. The place is very pleasant and functional. Everything is very clean. A pleasant surprise: the apartment is very quiet despite the proximity of the Mahane Yehuda market, very lively. In addition, the presence and availability of the "housekeeper" Shlomo are very precious and valuable. We felt right at home!
L'appartement était exactement comme il avait été photographié et décrit sur le site. Le lieu est très agréable à vivre, et fonctionnel. Tout est très propre. Une excellente surprise : l'appartement est très calme malgré la proximité du marché Mahane Yehuda, très animé. En outre, la présence et la disponibilité du "housekeeper" Shlomo sont très précieuses et appréciables. Nous nous sommes sentis vraiment comme chez nous !
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