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Although the Toshiba Satellite Pro P300 (PSPCDA-00L00D) is a fast system with Toshiba's noteworthy Sleep and Charge USB ports and plenty of hard drive space, the unattractive design and lack of features when compared to similarly priced units mean that you're better off looking elsewhere.
As the desktop replacement notebook market fills up, the Toshiba Satellite Pro P300 (PSPCDA-00L00D) finds itself either matched or outpaced in almost every respect: from aesthetics and performance to multimedia features and value. In fact, the Pro P300's only saving graces are its excellent keyboard and its relatively large dual hard drives.
When lifting the screen of the P300, two words come to mind: "big" and "boring". While this isn't a problem for business users preferring functionality over style, it's odd that the same company that brought out the very stylish and powerful Satellite A300 (PSAG4A-02600M) has now presented such a dull and dreary option.
Using the Pro P300 was easy and comfortable thanks to the generous full-sized keyboard and number pad, as well as the speedy internal components.
In terms of performance, the P300 is a good notebook thanks to its strong hardware. A 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T9400 processor runs the show with 4GB of DDR2 RAM. It should be noted, however, that the 32-bit versions of Windows Vista Business and Windows XP provided with the Toshiba aren't able to properly use all 4GB, leaving around 1GB wasted.
More impressive are the two 320GB hard drives, which spin at 5400rpm and provide more than enough space for most users. It's also more storage space than most notebooks provide, even when they're as big as the P300. The 17in screen with a native resolution of 1440 x 900 also works well, providing vivid colour reproduction.
In our iTunes test, where we strain the CPU by converting 53min of WAV files into 192Kbps MP3s, the strength of the T9400 shone through with an excellent time of 1min 10sec. This was slightly slower than what we were expecting, but still indicative of a fast processor. Due to a software malfunction, our WorldBench 6 tests were unable to complete the Autodesk 3D rendering benchmarks, and this explains the relatively low score of 83.
The ATI Mobility Radeon HD3650 was able to produce a 3DMark06 score of 3901, which indicates an ability to play older games like Half Life 2 and F.E.A.R. at medium settings, but an inability to churn through newer DirectX 10 titles such as Crysis.
Sadly, this is where we have to start mentioning the similarly priced laptops that blow the P300 straight out of the water. Although NEC's Versa P9210-2500DR is just $70 more, it offers an identical CPU along with a 3DMark06 score of 5881.
The Satellite comes with a range of expansion options. Toshiba's four 'Sleep and Charge' USB 2.0 ports are brilliant, offering power to USB-based devices such as MP3 players without the need to power on the entire computer. One of these doubles as an e-SATA port, letting users connect to a range of products, such as external hard drives, at very high speeds. The lack of an HDMI port is puzzling, given the widespread adoption of the connection. Fortunately there is an S-video out port and a D-sub port for connecting to older external displays.
Toshiba, the main promoter of HD-DVD, stubbornly refuses to surrender against Sony's Blu-ray format and provides dual-layer DVD-RW optical drives across its range. In the up and coming entertainment series of notebooks Toshiba partially negates this by including built-in FM radio and DVB-T tuners, but they have strangely left both out in the P300.
In contrast, the afore-mentioned NEC has both a Blu-ray player and an HDMI port while other laptops like Dell's Studio 17 (1735) skip the Blu-ray player in favour of TV tuner cards. While these features aren't essential to business notebooks, the added extras never hurt — especially when the prices are practically identical.
Given that the P300 is a desktop replacement equipped with a 17in screen, it's no surprise that the unit is fairly heavy. Weighing in at 3.45kg without the power supply, the package is 4.2kg all up making it a back-breaking effort to move around. When we ran our battery rundown test by looping a DVD movie the Pro P300 held out for 81 minutes. This isn't a particularly good result: it will cut short the majority of feature length films just before the climax.
In terms of network connectivity, the Toshiba offers the latest options with 802.11n wireless and Gigabit Ethernet built in, along with Bluetooth 2.1 for users with compatible accessories.
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News :: Delivery of action#5 of the CSR Action Plan
(11/02/2013) Today we publish the results of Action 5 of the Commission's CSR strategy for 2011-2014 with a twofold initiative: setting out best practice Principles for Better Self- and Co-regulation and establishing a Community of Practice gathering stakeholders interested in Self- and Co-Regulation.
Today we publish here the first results of the European Commission's Communication A renewed EU strategy 2011-14 for Corporate Social Responsibility (COM (2011) 681 final) of October 2011. DG CONNECT took the lead for Action 5, which reads as follows:
"Launch a process in 2012 with enterprises and other stakeholders to develop a code of good practice for self- and co-regulation exercises, which should improve the effectiveness of the CSR process".
From December 2011 to April 2012 a group of experts helped in formulating a first version of such a code, which was then submitted to a public consultation from June 14 to September 30.
The results of this public consultation were analysed, which helped to reformulate and improve the initial text.
The Commission services were also called to give their input between late October and early January 2013. Final adjustments were made to the text.
Given the positive feedbacks received, we can finalize the above mentioned Action 5 of the Commission's CSR strategy for 2011-2014 with a twofold initiative:
Those interested to join the Community of Practice or in need of further information should register by email at email@example.com.

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In response to a request, Post #7, I offer my results of a brief sampling G Lalo 'Velin de France' paper, marketed by the megalithic Exaclair.
So what is it about?
Royal courts of Europe, perhaps.
Perhaps not ...
- Velin is a top-tier FP-friendly paper.
- Available in A4 & A5 formats; sold in pads/tablets held together with temporary binding compound at the narrow top edge. Other than matching envelopes, I am unaware of other format/s & presentations. It would be grand in a sketch+writing field book, but no.
- The paper is described as 'white', but has a base tint which begs to differ. (Stay tuned.)
- Unlined, plain edge sheets with square corners.
- There is no watermark, which to some is a green light for two-sided use.
- The paper is hefty - 100 grams per square meter, (gsm).
- The paper is almost too heavy to be crisp.
- There is sufficient rigidity / substance to caution about possible paper cuts. (Oh great - paper with a hazard warning.)
- The robust physical characteristics enable mechanised processing, likely to include duplex letterpress & sheet-fed press and related bindery work.
- The paper is sufficiently opaque that those who rely upon seeing a template / guide lines placed under the active sheet may encounter difficulty.
- The paper is of sufficient thickness that an under-sheet or padding may not seem mandatory, but I have come to prefer a few sheets of utility paper under the active sheet.
- For personal correspondence, I prefer A4; finished with a single fold over a steel straightedge: A4 to A5; then hone the crease freehand using a folding bone. The rare times that I have used Velin for personal pro forma business correspondence, it was not folded. I very much prefer to avoid folding any A5 sheet - not only Velin.
- Within its vocabulary is a sound reminiscent of a baking sheet being shaken / flexed.
- Velin is less smooth than Rhodia or Clairefontaine Triomphe.
- The texture / hand of the paper is very much suited to FP use: it has the slightest bit of tooth that allows precision penmanship when running a high-lubricant ink, (e.g. Visconti Blue), and/or from a slick nib - especially nibs with an itty-bitty bit of a baby bottom.
- I do not think the texture would impede the tine spread-close motion of flex nibs.
- The slight bit of tooth does not promote lines with absolutely crisp edges. Even though I have very high visual acuity, when observed with the naked eye at normal reading distance, that is not bothersome nor do lines appear 'sketchy'; the slight texture of the paper is readily apparent.
- That bit of tooth can be exploited by those who use mixed (dry) media, such as graphite & colour pencils.
- While marketed as a premium writing paper, Velin can tolerate some wetter media, such as whopping great calligraphy nibs, and dry brush water colour work. It seems there is some sizing on the paper or perhaps highly calendered, so if I were to use a dry brush then the lightest whisper of a damp sponge would seem OK to make the paper more receptive to the media. (No apparent need for pre-treatment with pounce.)
- Smear/Dry times are typically less than Rhodia; closer to an FP-friendly laser copy paper, such as my penny-a-page utility paper of choice - HPJ1124.
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As the patches are neutral gray, that is what should be seen.
❅ For convenient viewing of the images, you may wish to scroll to the menu at the very bottom of this window, then change the FPN Theme from 'IP.Board' to 'IP.Board Mobile'.
Please Note : The scanner operates on 'fixed default' settings which render a neutral white as white through-out. Dependent upon the scanner's sensitivity etc., the base tint of the papers should be evident, as well as any colour shift of text due to the papers' base tint showing through the translucent FP ink. The changes are minor, but to me are of sufficient merit to devote some time, effort & materiel to add Written Samples to this Post.
Serendipity revealed itself in this instance: I received a request for a closer look at this paper whilst preparing Written Samples for a Review of Diamine Damson; and had not yet cleansed all pens used for Written Samples included in the Reviews of Sailor Jentle Epinard & Sky High - wanting to write them dry. The only additional bits were to ink-up a Phileas+F with Tanzanite, and the Prera with Visconti (Red) Bordeaux. Consequently, we have a surfeit of written samples with different inks that take us right round the colour wheel, loitering in the warmer climes, and nibs of quite different characteristics to hand. Whee! So let's get stuck in ...
From Moby Dick
Diamine Damson from an Estie + XF 2550 posting steel nib.
Figure 1.
- From Left to Right: HPJ1124, Velin de France and Rhodia.
- Ink is slightly wet; pen is of normal wetness.
- This nib has a 'folded' steel tip from which the nib is fashioned - not a daub of hard tipping material.
- The base-tint of the Velin shows through the translucent ink, which is faded to a dusty rose. Not altogether an unattractive appearance, but unlikely to be what one had in mind when purchasing that well poised ink.
Private Reserve Tanzanite from a Waterman Phileas + F steel nib.
Figure 3.
- From Left to Right: HPJ1124, Rhodia, Velin de France, Verge de France and Royal 25% rag.
- Ink is decidedly wet; pen is of normal wetness.
- Again, the ink is toned-down by the Velin. While Tanzanite is not a 'screaming hot' purple, some may wish to take the edge off ever so slightly, especially if using a wide nib on an A4 sheet; Velin does that nicely.
- The line quality from this nib seemed better than from the Estie XF nib. In addition, Velin is the only paper of the lot to enable significant shading from the Phileas.
Sailor Jentle Epinard from a Cross ATX + M steel nib.
Figure 5.
- From Left to Right: HPJ1124, Rhodia, Velin de France, Verge de France and Royal 25% rag.
- Ink is of about normal wetness, pen is rather wet.
- Yet again, the ink is altered by the Velin. In this instance, the ink has been very much reduced in vibrancy - which is to me a key aspect of this ink. Epinard on Velin would be a non-starter in my world.
- Yet, some of those who endure sleepless nights yearning for a return of MB Racing Green may like the subdued effect. (But you didn't hear that from me, OK? Don't tell anyone!)
- The line quality is perfectly fine; and some soft shading is apparent.
Sailor Jentle Sky High from a Sailor 1911 + MS three-tine 14K nib.
Figure 7.
- From Left to Right: HPJ1124, Rhodia, Velin de France, Verge de France and Royal 25% rag.
- Ink is of greater than normal wetness, pen is slightly wet.
- Seemingly without end, the ink is toned-down by the Velin. The bright-eyed playful aspect of Sky High is lost, leaving a nice enough Blue with shading. But there's no longer a Genie in the ink bottle - Poof!
- That said, the appearance remains impeccable: high line quality, no plump lines or feathering, no bleed- show-though, etc.
Visconti (Red) Bordeaux from a Pilot Prera + M nib.
Figure 9.
- From Left to Right: HPJ1124 and Velin de France.
- Ink is just on the dry side of normal; pen is of normal wetness.
- I constantly have problems with the (near) Red inks: on a white sheet they are simply too bright for my taste; on a Buff, Creme or Natural tint they go wonky.
- For me, this is when the Velin comes into play.
- The base-tint of the Velin reduces the 'sizzle' just that little bit, and gives a firming effect so the ink appears more stable and well-seated upon the sheet.
I recently found that Pelikan 4001 Brown and I are not on speaking terms - its far too yellow for my taste - I consider it a Tandoori Burnt Orange or some such. (sticks & stones ...) But I do think there's a chance for dialogue, using the Velin as an interpreter if you will.
Could G Lalo Velin de France be considered a cousin of Whitelines? But without the lines??
The plethora of choices to match ink, paper and pen seems practically endless.
Vortex or what?
Best Regards,
Tags : FPN Review Paper Lalo Velin de France Sandy1
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Great article John.
It's no wonder that you always hear people saying, " Goldmund gear is amazing, but it's very component dependent". The stuff works best with each other, which could be uber pricey to say the least.
Loudspeakers used during the evaluation of these amplifiers were mainly the Wilson WATTs and Puppies and KEF R107s, though Avalon Eclipses, Acoustat Spectra 1100s, MB Quart 490s, and Epos ES11s also made appearances. Front-end components consisted of a Linn Sondek/Lingo/Ekos/Troika setup sitting on an ArchiDee table to play LPs, a Revox PR99 to play 15ips master tapes, and, at various times, a Meridian 208 CD player, the Stax DAC-X1t and VTL Reference D/A processors driven by Meridian 602 and Wadia WT-3200 transports, or the Krell MD-1/SBP-64X combination to play CDs.
Preamplification first consisted of the Expressive Technologies transformer hooked into a Mod Squad Phono Drive EPS and a Threshold FET ten/e line stage, this combination then replaced by the French YBA 2 preamplifier. My Mod Squad Line Drive Deluxe also saw service as the system control center for CD replay. (Recently upgraded to the latest spec, the Mod Squad improves on its predecessor's already stunningly transparent presentation of musical detail.) The D/A processors were connected to the preamplifier with 0.75m lengths of AudioQuest Diamond, while the power amplifiers were connected to the preamplifier via 15' lengths of AudioQuest Lapis unbalanced interconnect. Speaker cable was 2m lengths of AudioQuest's new Dragon.
For comparison purposes, I used the Stereophile-owned sample of the Krell KSA-250 that Robert Harley wrote about last January (Vol.14 No.1, p.170), the magazine-owned pair of Mark Levinson No.20.5 monoblocks that I reviewed in September 1989 (Vol.12 No.9, p.138), and an Audio Research Classic 60, though this has been retubed since I reviewed it in September 1990 (Vol.13 No.9, p.134). Levels during the comparisons were matched to within ±0.1dB at 1kHz using my Mod Squad Line Drive Deluxe to pad down the more sensitive amplifier of each pair. (While this procedure in itself will change that amplifier's sound to some extent, I tried to account for this by comparing the sound with the Line Drive set to no attenuation with the sound of it out of circuit.)
The most important change made to the system was one that held up the writing of this review for several months, such was its anticipated impact. Though my listening room is well-equipped with wall sockets, there are actually only two 15A circuits serving these outlets. Ever since I had converted what had hitherto been our house's master bedroom into my listening room, I had intended to run new circuits to it. Somehow, there always seemed to be more urgent jobs that needed to be done around the housenew roof, new main drainage, new bathroom, new windows, new stucco, etc.but finally this Spring there was enough electrical work to be done that we managed to attract the interest of a local contractor. ("Choosing a contractor" is a phrase that, in my experience, is more true turned upside-down: they choose youif you can supply references and show a willingness to both give them money on an unlimited payment schedule and allow them to become part of your extended family. Having sunk what could have been the money for our child's education into the fabric of our home, we find the omnipresent Eldon character in TV's "Murphy Brown" to be only too real.)
But I digress. For less than the cost of a budget power amplifiera mere $373.45the electrician ran two new 30A lines to the listening room, one with the hot on one side of neutral, the other on the other. Each had its own circuit breaker and each fed two hospital-grade wall sockets. (These orange receptacles grasp the prongs of AC plugs with a clasp akin to the Vulcan death grip.) All source components and the system preamplifier were plugged into an Inouye AC conditioner, in turn plugged into one of the new lines; power amplifiers were plugged into the other new line.
The sonic effect was nothing short of stunning. Within the context of a power amplifier's characteristic sound quality, bass fundamentals relatively dropped away to minus infinity, such was the increase in their weight, while the WATT/Puppy's "hump" in the upper bass became considerably less bothersome. Yes, the characteristic sounds of components were not changedblack was not rendered whitebut the differences between those characters was heightened, the overall quality of each enhanced. The sonic contrast knob was turned up a notch, if you will, the blacks becoming a deeper black, the whites becoming more brilliant.
There is no doubt in my mind that installing these dedicated AC lines was the single most cost-effective improvement I have ever made to the sound of my system. If you can bring new AC power to your listening room without too much disturbance to your house or householdand you can find an electrical contractor who doesn't feel that he would be in danger of diminishing his social status by taking on your workdo it.John Atkinson
Great article John.
It's no wonder that you always hear people saying, " Goldmund gear is amazing, but it's very component dependent". The stuff works best with each other, which could be uber pricey to say the least.


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I had patch test recently and it shows allergy reaction on my toothpaste. I also notice that the degree of severity relates to ingredient 'sodium lauryl sulphate'. Does sodium lauryl sulphate actually cause contact dermatitis, or just elevating it's reaction? Thanks in advance.
Does Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (Toothpaste) Cause Skin Allergic Reactions?
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Allergic contact dermatitis from toothpaste
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There may be many reasons to develop allergic contact dermatitis, including cinnamates which are often in toothpaste. Sodium lauryl sulfate is a detergent and often causes an irritant, not just allergic, contact dermatitis. You may need to use a bland toothpaste, such as a baking soda toothpaste without the ingredients to which you react, to see if your reaction improves.
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Milwaukee Brewers Top 10 Prospects
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The Top Ten
1. Tyrone Taylor
What Happened in 2013: In his full-season debut, the former second round pick showed prowess in the field and at the plate, pushing himself to the top of the Brewers prospect pyramid.
Strengths: High-end athlete; well above-average run; tools to stick in center; good arm; bat projects to solid-average; good hand/eye; some pop in the stick; could find average or better power.
Weaknesses: Still transitioning from athlete to baseball player; reads/routes need refinement in center; struggles against arm-side stuff; struggles against spin; streaky hitter that will need to make quicker adjustments as he climbs.
Overall Future Potential: 6; first-division player
Realistic Role: High 4; below-average major leaguer/bench player
Risk Factor/Injury History: High risk; limited experience at full-season level; questions about offensive profile.
Bret Sayre's Fantasy Take: Taylor is the guy to own in this system if forced to carry someone on a dynasty farm team. He could be a legitimate 20/20 candidate playing in Miller Park (where his power will be accentuated) and the combination of the scouting takes on his swing and his contact rate in the Midwest League leave open the possibility of some average as well.
The Year Ahead: Taylor has the highest ceiling on the Brewers farm, a five-tool player that projects to stick up the middle. But the 20-year-old is more raw tools than baseball skills at this point, and several sources are hesitant to profess much faith in the offensive profile, despite his solid season in the Midwest League. If he can take steps forward with his pitch recognition and reaction skills, and learn to tap into his strength at the plate, he's going to offer more than just contact and speed. In the field, he has a chance to be very legit at a premium position, and that alone will end up eventually carrying him to the major leagues. If the bat steps up, Taylor will climb prospect lists as he climbs toward the highest level.
Major league ETA: 2017
2. Jimmy Nelson
What Happened in 2013: Nelson pitched his way to the major-league level, but his below-average command continued to cloud his potential.
Strengths: Big, sturdy frame; pitches with good angle and plane; fastball is plus offering; consistent in the low 90s with weight; slider is out pitch; 82-84 with tilt; shows changeup; attacks hitters.
Weaknesses: Below-average command; struggles with release points; won't finish and will miss arm side and up; changeup is fringe; gets firm and deliberate; what you see is what you get; several sources see a reliever.
Overall Future Potential: 5; no. 4 starter
Realistic Role: 5; no. 4 starter
Risk Factor/Injury History: Low risk; upper minors experience; achieved major-league level.
Bret Sayre's Fantasy Take: This is exactly what to expect from the Brewers' list. Nelson is not close to a top-100 fantasy prospect and is really ownable only in deeper formats. Could be a big ground ball guy who logs a lot of innings, but the ERA and strikeout numbers are likely to leave him near replacement-level in shallow leagues.
The Year Ahead: Nelson is a workhorse starter, with a big, physical body and two above-average offerings. The command is below average and could limit his effectiveness in a rotation, and the changeup is a fringe-pitch at present that is often too firm and lacking deception from the arm. If the command can refine, Nelson should enjoy a long career as a backend starter, and even if the command remains below average, he can carve out a role in a major-league bullpen.
Major league ETA: Debuted in 2013
3. Mitch Haniger
What Happened in 2013: A supplemental first-round pick in the 2012 draft, Haniger hit his way to the Florida State League in 2013, wrapping up his first full season with a successful 25-game run in the Arizona Fall League.
Strengths: Plus power potential; good hands; good present strength; feel for hitting; has a plan at the plate and forces pitchers to work; arm is above average; will play in a corner.
Weaknesses: Lacks high-end tools; hit tool only projects in the average range; can try to yank too many balls; struggles against balls on the outer half; game play might play under projection; fringe defensive profile; fringe run; bat has to play to projection (or above) for impact.
Overall Future Potential: High 5; above-average player
Realistic Role: 5; major-league regular
Risk Factor/Injury History: Moderate risk; yet to play at Double-A level.
Bret Sayre's Fantasy Take: A better fantasy prospect than real life one, Haniger could hit his fair share of homers playing at Miller Park. However, the hit tool is going to have to play to at least a fringe-average level or else the power won't matter all that much. Upside is for .260 and 25 homers.
The Year Ahead: Haniger is a hitter, but just how much he will hit is a subject of debate. While he has good hands and can produce good bat speed, he has yet to find his over-the-fence stroke and might only profile for average game power. With defensive limitation, the bat will need to play for Haniger to profile as a major-league regular, and without loud physical tools, the margin of error is slim. But after a strong showing in the prospect heavy Arizona Fall League, several sources were more confident that he can make the bat work against quality pitching, a vote of confidence as the 23 year-old will attempt to pass the Double-A test in 2014.
Major league ETA: 2015
4. Orlando Arcia
What Happened in 2013: The slick defender struggled in his full-season debut, which is to be expected given the fact that the 19-year-old lost a season to injury in 2012 and was last seen playing in the Dominican Summer League in 2011.
Strengths: Lean and athletic body; skinny but room to add more strength; impressive baseball instincts; fluid actions in the field; great hands; quick reads and reactions; natural shortstop; strong arm; good plan of attack at the plate; contact swing with some natural jump off the bat; hit tool projects to solid-average or better; average run.
Weaknesses: Needs to add strength; struggles against quality spin; fastball-first approach; well below-average power; speed is average at best; glove-first profile.
Overall Future Potential: 6; first-division player
Realistic Role: High 4; utility player
Risk Factor/Injury History: High risk; yet to play in high minors; questions about bat.
Bret Sayre's Fantasy Take: Sort of a reverse Haniger, Arcia's strengths are on the defensive side of the equation, making him a guy not worth paying much attention to in fantasy leagues. There is a chance that he could be a .280 hitter with 15-20 steals per year, but if that's your fantasy ceiling, it's not worth much of an investment.
The Year Ahead: Arcia is a highly instinctual player with excellent hands on both sides of the ball, fluid actions, and a strong arm. He's not a burner but he has range, and he's not a power hitter but he can make hard contact, showing a good feel for squaring up velocity. He struggles against secondary stuff and the bat is more about consistent contact than impact, so the profile is more about his glove than his stick. Arcia could develop into a down-the-lineup bat with an above-average defensive profile at shortstop, making him a very valuable first-division player if everything comes together. There is a high risk involved because of the bat, but the glove should at least carry him to a utility position down the line, so the major league floor is relatively high.
Major league ETA: 2016
5. Johnny Hellweg
What Happened in 2013: Hellweg's control problems continued as he climbed all the way to the major leagues, struggling to miss bats and limit damage.
Strengths: Extreme height/length; excellent extension; fastball can show elite velocity; routinely works in the 93-97 range; shows big arm-side run; hard curveball in upper 70s/low 80s; two-plane break and occasional depth; average changeup; some fade and sink.
Weaknesses: Well below-average command; struggles to control body/delivery; arm can show drag; excellent in bursts but struggles deeper into games; arsenal is fastball heavy; secondary arsenal is average at best; starter profile is shaky.
Overall Future Potential: High 5; no. 4 starter
Realistic Role: 5; late-innings reliever (setup)
Risk Factor/Injury History: Low risk; achieved major-league level; some injury concerns.
Bret Sayre's Fantasy Take: Hellweg is best left to be someone else's problem in fantasy leagues. There was a time where he made for a nice upside play, but with less of a chance to stick in a rotation (and less upside there even if he makes it), the likelihood is that Hellweg has a Jon Rauch-type career as a huge man with little fantasy interest.
The Year Ahead: Hellweg has a lot of length to control in his delivery, and when he manages to repeat his mechanics, his fastball can be a monster offering, with the ability to work mid-upper 90s with big arm-side life. The secondary arsenal often looks underdeveloped and struggles to find much utility; the curveball can get slurvy and loose and the changeup can get too firm and flat. Command is his biggest hindrance, and without a step forward, high-leverage relief won't be an option, much less starting. But the length that is at times a detriment is also an asset, and if he can find a way to repeat with any consistency, he has a chance to be an impact arm in the back of a major-league bullpen.
Major league ETA: Debuted in 2013
6. Victor Roache
What Happened in 2013: In his professional debut, the former first-round pick managed to slug 40 extra-base hits, including 22 bombs, but the swing and miss was a little more grotesque than anticipated, with 137 whiffs in 119 games.
Strengths: Monster raw power; leveraged swing capable of driving the ball out of the park; impressive strength; glove could play to average; raw arm strength is solid
Weaknesses: Questionable hittability; struggles against arm-side stuff; pitch recognition skills might be a problem; hit tool could pull game power down; limited defensive profile; most likely a LF because of range and arm utility.
Overall Future Potential: 6; first-division player
Realistic Role: High 4; below-average major leaguer
Risk Factor/Injury History: High risk; limited professional experience; questions about hit tool.
Bret Sayre's Fantasy Take: It's easy to squint and imagine Roache as a solid fantasy contributor—that power could play to 30-plus bombs in Milwaukee's homer haven. However, he has red flags that run from his injury history to his hit tool, which makes him an interesting flier and not much else. Better for shallow leagues.
The Year Ahead: Roache possesses the most sought after attribute on the offensive side of the ball—big raw power—but his overall feel for hitting and defensive limitations make the profile tough to champion. If Roache can find a way to fully tap into his well above-average raw power, his other shortcomings can be ignored, as we all can appreciate the beauty that is 35 bombs a season. But as a player that really struggles against arm-side stuff and seems to have a slower trigger because of pitch read/reaction skills, bringing that power into game action against better arms is as task with a low probability of success.
Major league ETA: 2016
7. Devin Williams
What Happened in 2013: The electric second round arm turned a lot of heads in the Arizona League, missing more than a bat an inning despite wobbly control.
Strengths: Highly projectable body; athletic; big arm strength; fastball works 90-94; touches higher; good vertical life; projects to be a well above-average offering; shows feel for 82-85 mph changeup; plays well off the fastball; shows confidence in the offering; slider can flash potential; low-80s with occasional sharp tilt.
Weaknesses: Inconsistent mechanics at present; needs to add strength; fastball command is below average; can overthrow changeup; breaking ball lacks an identity at present; slurvy slider without consistent velocity or tilt; long developmental road ahead.
Overall Future Potential: 6; no. 2 starter
Realistic Role: 5; no. 4 starter
Risk Factor/Injury History: High risk; limited professional experience; big gap between present/future
Bret Sayre's Fantasy Take: Williams was one of my favorite unheralded arms in the 2013 draft class, and is worth taking with a late second or third round dynasty league pick. It's going to be a slow burn with him, but there is more potential here than in any other arm in this system (admittedly, that's not saying much). He has the foundation to miss bats.
The Year Ahead: Williams has the highest ceiling of all the arms on the farm, but he's just starting his professional journey and he's not going to reach his ceiling overnight. With a projectable body and plenty of athleticism, Williams should be able to refine his command and pound the lower zone with his already plus fastball, that projects to develop into a 70-grade pitch. He shows some feel for the changeup, but the breaking ball will need to announce itself with more authority if the 19-year-old arm wants to climb on the national prospect radar in 2014. It shouldn't take long. This kid is going to be a stud.
Major league ETA: 2017
8. Taylor Jungmann
What Happened in 2013: In his Double-A debut, the former 12th overall pick in the 2011 draft failed to gain any prospect traction, losing his feel for command and showing an average arsenal.
Strengths: Excellent size and present strength; creates good angle to the plate; multiple fastball looks; sinker in upper 80s/low 90s; can spike a little higher with four-seamer; good natural weight to the sinker; can cut the ball as well; slider is solid-average offering; upper-70s with some tilt; will show a playable changeup; durable.
Weaknesses: Lacks impact stuff; can lose his release points; tendency to miss arm-side; doesn't pitch with a lot of athleticism; below-average command (present); changeup is average at best; routinely plays fringe or below; some sink but mechanics can get deliberate and giveaway the pitch.
Overall Future Potential: 5; no. 4 starter
Realistic Role: Low 5; long relief/no. 5 starter
Risk Factor/Injury History: Low risk; mature arsenal; 26 starts at Double-A level.
Bret Sayre's Fantasy Take: That strikeout-to-walk rate of nearly 1:1 in Double-A speaks volumes about how interested I am in Jungmann from a fantasy perspective. He has name recognition at this point and little else. Pass.
The Year Ahead: Normally you wouldn't draft a non-descript workhorse starter with the 12th overall pick in a loaded draft, but that's the reality of the former Longhorns ace. He has the body to log a ton of innings, and the stuff is solid-average, so with sharp command he could find sustainable success at the highest level. But without bat missing stuff, his pitch-to-weak-contact approach gets put to the test when he struggles with the free pass, a problem that he can successfully side-step in the minors but one that will likely limit his major-league production if he doesn't take a step forward.
Major league ETA: 2014
9. David Goforth
What Happened in 2013: The diminutive righty eventually transitioned from starter to reliever, where he saw a spike in his stuff and put himself of the fast-track to the major leagues with a strong showing in the Arizona Fall League.
Strengths: Near elite arm strength; fastball can work in the mid-upper 90s; power pitch; easy plus-plus offering; shows bat breaking hard cutter in the upper 80s/low 90s; shows a low-80s slider that can miss bat; aggressive late-innings approach.
Weaknesses: Shorter than listed height; needs to work down to create plane; secondary arsenal comes and goes; hard slider/cutter can play too short/flat; shows below-average curveball and changeup; command is below average.
Overall Future Potential: 5; late-innings reliever (setup)
Realistic Role: 5; reliever (middle)
Risk Factor/Injury History: Low risk; limited Double-A experience.
Bret Sayre's Fantasy Take: There's really nothing to see here from a potential good middle reliever. Even if you're in an NL-only league that counts holds, you don't want to bother here.
The Year Ahead: What Goforth lacks in size he makes up for with fastball velocity, an attribute that will eventually carry him to the back of a major-league bullpen. He doesn't have wipeout secondary stuff, but if he can refine his command, he can pound with mid-upper 90s fastball and make the slider/cutter combo more effective as a result. It shouldn't take the 25-year-old righty long to establish himself as a legit back-of-the-bullpen force at the major-league level.
Major league ETA: 2014
10. Yadiel Rivera
What Happened in 2013: In his first pass in the Florida State League, the Puerto Rican shortstop swung an empty stick, making weak contact and slugging an anemic .314.
Strengths: Excellent hands/actions on defense; fluid and effortless; arm is strong enough to make the throws; can stick at the position all the way up; bigger than expected raw power; has a plan at the plate.
Weaknesses: Hit tool is well below average; linear in-game stroke; fringe bat speed and weak contact; raw power doesn't translate into games; struggles against off-speed offerings and good velocity; lacks plus run; range built on instincts and positioning.
Overall Future Potential: 5; major-league regular
Realistic Role: High 4; utility player
Risk Factor/Injury History: Moderate risk; glove can play; bat is big question mark; yet to play at Double-A level
Bret Sayre's Fantasy Take: Rivera is like a poor man's Orlando Arcia from a fantasy standpoint, and Arcia wasn't all that interesting. He shouldn't be rostered outside of Yadiel-only leagues.
The Year Ahead: I'm still relatively high on Rivera despite the realities of his bat, as the fluid and natural actions in the field are above average at a premium defensive position. With a solid approach and good raw pop, you would think the bat had more projection and promise than it currently shows, which is possibly true. While the bat needs to step up for him to become a major-league regular, the baseball instincts and glovework will eventually carry him to the majors. But its utility-at-best profile if the stick doesn't start packing a bigger punch, and the pitching isn't going to get any easier at the Double-A level.
Major league ETA: Late 2015
Prospects on the Rise:
2. 3B Tucker Neuhaus: A second round pick in the 2013 draft, Neuhaus has all the tools to blossom into a top 10 talent in this system, a distinction that his paper grades make a case for right now. With a very big arm in the field and a clean, powerful stroke at the plate, the 18-year-old brings potent dual-threat profile to the field, a player with the potential to hit for average and power while showing a good glove at the hot corner (his eventually home). He's very young, so it's going to take time. But the projections make him a very interesting prospect to keep an eye on.
3. SS Franly Mallen: A recent signing in the J2 international market, Mallen was one of the top shortstop prospects available in the class. The 16-year-old Dominican will show good actions in the field with a strong, and enough bat speed and bat control at the plate to offer average or better offensive projections. Because of his age, the projection (both physically and emotionally) is very abstract, but in a system that is thin on Latin American talent, signing Mallen was a step in the right direction.
Factors on the Farm (Prospects likely to contribute at the ML level in 2014)
2. 1B Jason Rogers: With big boy raw power from the right side, Rogers has a chance to hit his way to the major-league level in 2014, but positional deficiency clouds the path, as does his struggles against arm-side pitching. If you put Hunter Morris and Jason Rogers together, you might just have a first-division first baseman: Hunter Rogers/Jason Morris.
3. RHP Ariel Pena: Large and in charge Dominican arm with a big fastball, Pena has the stuff to pitch at the major-league level in 2014, even though his below-average command points to a bullpen future.
Top 10 Talents 25 and Under (born 4/1/88 or later)
The contents of the Brewers minor league cupboard are not pretty, and when we expand the scope to those players 25 and under the picture doesn't get much prettier. With Ryan Braun and Jonathan Lucroy long gone from qualifying for this list, and Khris Davis just missing the cutoff, the only name of note is shortstop Jean Segura.
Segura exploded in his first full season in the big leagues, hitting a robust .294/.329/.423 while manning shortstop on a daily basis—something many scouts long ago thought would not be possible. Segura doesn't look the part of an impact talent, but his contact ability, surprising pop and excellent speed will allow him to be a high-end shortstop at the major-league level for quite some time. Segura is the no doubt number one player on this list and the drop off behind him is significant.
Parsing the difference between Wily Peralta and Jimmy Nelson can be difficult at times. Nelson has a little more upside and could sit in the middle of a big-league rotation, or his control/command development could stagnate and he could end up in the bullpen. With a narrower range of outcomes and a major-league resume, Peralta gets the nod from me as a workhorse fourth starter who should help solidify the back of the Brewers rotation for a few years. In the end, both players are likely to end up with similar roles, so the nod goes to the guy with the MLB resume.
The only two other talents that merit mention on this list are two players that have inspired doubts. Both Scooter Gennett and Tyler Thornberg have been questioned in scouting circles because of their size and because of what role they will be charged with filling at the highest level.
Gennett has hit everywhere he has been, including at the big-league level, but he will have to continue to hit .300 to have value in the Brewers lineup every day. That is a tall order for any player, particularly one who will consistently be challenged by major-league arms and will have to prove he is up to the task.
Thornburg's role remains uncertain at this time. Scouting circles have long felt he would shift to the bullpen, and while I have remained higher on his potential to start, even I am beginning to see the writing on the wall. Thornburg's stuff plays up in shorter bursts and should lead to sustained success in a relief role—something that impacts his value when compared to other under-25 talents in this organization. If I had more faith in his future as a starter, he would likely rank more closely with Peralta and Nelson.
The Brewers' major-league roster will have to be augmented by free agent talent—as with the recent signing of Matt Garza—if the team expects to contend over the next few years, because the young talent approaching the big-league level won't have the impact necessary to supplement the Milwaukee roster. –Mark Anderson
A Parting Thought: While the farm system is near the bottom in baseball, the Brewers can at least boast some high-ceiling talent at the lower levels (Taylor, Arcia, Williams) and some low-risk/low-ceiling arms nearing the majors, which could end up making this list look a lot better than it currently does in only a few years.
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Well, at least Tyrone Taylor and Victor Roache make the Reggie Cleveland Top 100 Prospect All-Stars.
Jan 29, 2014 03:18 AM
You know it's a rough system when the top prospect has a High 4 realistic role.
Jan 29, 2014 04:31 AM
Overall Future Potential: 5; reliever (middle)
Jan 29, 2014 04:50 AM
How is Hellweg's potential "High 5" with Low risk but behind another "High 5" with Moderate risk (Haniger) and a regular 5 with Low risk (Nelson)?
Jan 29, 2014 08:09 AM
Player specific; nature of the future role. Hellweg is going to be a major league pitcher, but he's likely to end up in the bullpen. Nelson has more value because he has a a better chance to start. Position players tend to have more value than relievers.
Jan 29, 2014 08:13 AM
So shouldn't Nelson's potential be higher or Hellweg's risk higher or something? If Hellweg is 55/Low he should rank higher than a 50/Low or a 55/Medium, otherwise the scale doesn't work.
Jan 29, 2014 08:35 AM
Read my response above. It's about future role.
Jan 29, 2014 08:49 AM
Sorry I'm just trying to understand the system because it's used for all players on all teams. I thought the numbers represented the future role. If better chance to start or being a position player is more valuable shouldn't that be reflected either in the number value of the role or in the risk of achieving it?
Jan 29, 2014 08:55 AM
I know he's a ways away, but any love for the portly David Denson?
Jan 29, 2014 08:42 AM
It's strange to see(and Rivera) move up so far in the rankings from last year with such lackluster offensive showings. Did fielding improve that much or did the space in front of them in the rankings empty out?
Jan 29, 2014 09:00 AM
Does Gennett have enough bat to off-set the questionable def. at 2nd? What kind of triple stat line would you expect from him?
Jan 29, 2014 09:21 AM
Two unrelated questions:
Jan 29, 2014 09:36 AM
Bellin Detances
Clint Coulter was that bad, huh?
Jan 29, 2014 09:48 AM
Devin Williams gets some Taijuan Walker comps... no so much for stuff, but for athleticism. Any similarities?
Jan 29, 2014 10:05 AM
What an awful system. Hopefully the FO is getting ready for a massive rebuild. Hangier and Nelson are the only guys on the list with any realistic hope of being contributors in the future.
Jan 29, 2014 10:18 AM
Why do some players get potential tool grades as opposed to those that get stuck with actual grades? For example Devin Williams does not get his actual tools rated.
Jan 29, 2014 20:27 PM
Probably Handsome
It seems logical to list his potential tools rather than his current tools, given that Williams is on this list because of the way that he projects to develop. Jimmy Nelson, by comparison, is pretty much what he is going to be. Or at least that is what we are presumably supposed to infer from the respective scouting reports. Basically, I understand "the tools" part of the report as "this guy is on the list because: …."
Jan 29, 2014 21:57 PM
I'm curious on the Brewer's international scouting. How is the team viewed in the industry when comes to being competitive in signing international free agents? Do the Brewers have a focus in any particular countries?
Jan 30, 2014 02:07 AM
Any word out there on "Calvin and" Hobbs Johnson? 14th rounder from UNC Chapel Hill dominated in his pro debut, finishing the year in Low A.
Feb 01, 2014 11:32 AM
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Go to Bob Giraldi's website, and in his retrospective reel, you'll find a clip of Travolta singing "I'm stuck on Band-Aid, 'cause Band-Aid is stuck on me." You should ask Bob if you can run that reel here. It's really amazing to see all the works he's done through the years. Truly one of the great directors ever, and one who came out of an Agency.
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Club zeroing in on Draft options for first round
SEATTLE -- White Sox director of amateur scouting Doug Laumann said the team has narrowed its list to five or six players for the 17th selection in Thursday night's first round of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft.
"I've never gone through a Draft where every single option you have is taken away from you," said Laumann during a Tuesday conference call, adding that his staff is confident with the 10 or 12 guys going ahead of the White Sox. "We know enough about the guys ahead of us. We are real confident one of the guys will remain available and we'll get a guy we really like."
Laumann said that both general manager Rick Hahn and executive vice president Ken Williams have been involved in the process and the meetings taking place in Chicago over the past few days. This is Hahn's first Draft in charge and will show his imprint, but the marching orders haven't changed for taking a player with impact.
That player could be a high-school middle infielder or college pitcher. But Laumann believes the team can get someone with a high upside and someone who is signable as well.
"We might have one guy and I'd rather not comment on any specifics, one guy we deem to be a superior talent that for more than just signability reasons might slide a little bit," Laumann said. "We are going to have to play that game, if the percentages of taking that risk to get him signed outweigh getting the guy we want. We are going to get a guy we want and can sign and address things we need to get done."
As for the team's second-round pick at No. 55, Laumann joked that he felt good about that pick until he started putting his board together. He told the story of a past Draft during which the White Sox had to decide between two players for a particular early pick and the guy they didn't take was available to them in the next round. So, it's even more speculative at that stage than the first round.
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Trump says NFL too worried about players' safety
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San Diego Let's say you're a single mom in your mid-30s. You've recently taken your 2-year-old son and 12-year-old dog and moved away from your husband. The divorce is ugly, and your job search is tough. You'd like to move back in with your parents in Illinois, but the court says that taking your son out of California would be considered kidnapping until the divorce is final. You find an apartment in what seems like a good neighborhood in Ocean Beach. You sign a six-month lease and pay $1050 for the first month's rent and $1300 for the deposit. But within a week of moving in, you complain to police that the ex-con who lives in the building has raped you in your own apartment while your son slept nearby. I'm sure you're thinking it couldn't get much worse. But it does. Despite your pleas, despite letters from a police detective, social workers, and your psychologist, the apartment manager won't release you from your lease or refund your deposit.
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Nimitz Pointe seemed like an answer to Howes's prayers. "It was close to my son's day care, right across the street from Dusty Rhodes Dog Park, and really close to Dog Beach. And I love the ocean. The building wasn't so nice, but hey, I have a dog and I have a kid."
Howes's father, who had flown in from Chicago, helped her move on October 27, 2006. "I moved into apartment 107, which is right by the office."
In a nearby apartment lived a 28-year-old man with prior convictions for theft, possession of stolen property, and possession of methamphetamine. Howes did not know about her neighbor's criminal past when she met him two or three days after moving in. "I had snuck out one night," she recalls, "because my dad was driving me crazy and I wanted to smoke a cigarette. So I was outside, and I ran into [the neighbor], and we had a chat. He was really forward with me, and I told him, 'No, I am completely not interested.' I told him straight-out, 'I am in the middle of a nasty divorce. I'm totally not interested in any romantic relationship, absolutely not.' "
After meeting her neighbor, Howes says, "I'm trying to avoid him, but he keeps knocking on my door. He comes and meets my dad one day. He is on me like white on rice. Every time I turn around, the guy is right there."
Howes mentioned to the man during their first conversation that her TV had been damaged during the move. One night, he knocked on her door and asked her and her son to come watch the movie Over the Hedge at his house. "He gets my kid completely worked up on the idea, so I said, 'All right, we will come down and watch Over the Hedge.' So I left my dad in my apartment, and we went and watched half of it, and we came back. I told my dad, 'This guy is really a creep. He is really nervous and jumpy.'
"I put my dad on a plane on Halloween. Next day, November 1, I drop my kid at day care, and I'm out running errands. I came back to the apartment at about 3:30 with a million bags. I walk up to my door with four or five large bags and five more still in the car, and [the neighbor] is standing at my door. I asked, 'What are you doing here?' 'Oh, I've been looking for you all day. Let me help you with those bags.' 'No, I'm fine.' 'No, no, I insist.' 'No, I can get it.' He's not taking no for an answer, and he keeps following me. I told him I had to walk my dog, and he says, 'Well, I'm coming with you.' He smelled a little boozie; it was clear he'd been drinking. I said, 'No, thanks. I'll walk my own dog.' But he grabs my dog and starts walking a million miles a minute. And I am running after him in heels, yelling, 'Give me my dog. I will walk my dog.' "
Howes says he walked her dog several blocks to Collier Park and stopped at a bench. She caught up and sat down on the bench, at which point the man, she says, "tries to kiss me. I said, 'No!' And he said, 'Okay, it is totally cool. I completely understand,' and he backed off. I said, 'I have to take my dog home. I have to get my kid.' So he walks me home, and I put my dog back in my apartment. He goes to his apartment and is back at my door in a minute, and he has one of these big 32-ouncers of beer. I said, 'I am going to get my kid,' and he asked, 'When are you going to be back?' "
Despite her neighbor's unwanted advances and attentions, Howes didn't consider calling the police. "I just thought he was a big flake. And when I told him no, he immediately backed off. And the last thing I wanted was more problems."
At 6:30 that evening, Howes says she was back in her apartment eating Pick Up Stix with her son when the neighbor knocked on the door. "He seems completely normal, really calmed down. And he said, 'Just came over to see if your son wants to watch the rest of the movie.' I said, 'No, I don't think that is the best idea.' He said, 'Come on,' and my son is yelling that he wants to watch the movie. So I said, 'Okay,' and we watched the rest of the movie."


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Rural Health Care: Challenges & Opportunities
Ira S. Moscovice, Ph.D., Professor, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Paul D. Moore, R.Ph., Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Atoka County Health Care Authority, Atoka, OK.
Dr. Moscovice began with a historical perspective on the evolution of rural hospitals over the last 13 years. Between 1987 and 1996, rural hospitals changed in three significant ways:
Due in part to their small size, rural hospitals are extremely sensitive to public policy. Whether at the State or Federal level, public policies have a tremendous impact on smaller facilities; they cannot adapt or respond as quickly as large urban facilities to changes. Rural hospitals do not have the patient base over which to spread losses; as a result, the smaller volume and bed-size facilities are especially vulnerable to changes.
Rural hospitals during the past decade have been increasingly paid as sole community providers, that is, if a hospital is the only inpatient facility within a 35-mile radius, the Federal Government will reimburse that hospital on a cost basis, which can be financially beneficial to the facility.
The goal of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA) was to decrease Medicare and Medicaid spending by $128 billion over 5 years in both urban and rural communities. Mechanisms to achieve these goals included expanding enrollments in managed care plans and reducing fee-for-service payments and programs.
Dr. Moscovice highlighted the following favorable provisions of the BBA that affect rural hospitals:
He noted the following unfavorable provisions of the BBA that affect rural hospitals:
Many rural hospitals have entered the managed care business. Dr. Moscovice explained that managed care in rural areas is increasing slowly but steadily, particularly serving the commercial (mainly preferred provider organizations) and Medicaid markets, and less so regarding Medicare. The proportion of rural hospitals with managed care contracts has increased dramatically over the past decade.
The Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (MRHFP) is a prime example of a national policy designed to accommodate State and local variation. The program provides regulatory relief and a cost-based payment option for smaller, low-volume facilities that lack the resources needed to meet hospital staffing and other requirements under Medicare.
As part of the BBA, States that wish to participate in the program must develop their own criteria for designating CAHs in consultation with their State hospital associations. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services also provides grant funds to States for the purposes of planning and implementing the program with an emphasis on integrating emergency medical services, primary care services, and acute care services at the local and regional levels.
Requirements for a CAH include:
Dr. Moscovice believes that the MRHFP should not just be thought of as extra reimbursement for small rural facilities but rather an opportunity to develop networks and create linkages. Currently about 10 percent of small rural hospitals have been or are in the process of being designated as CAHs. This number is expected to grow to approximately 25 percent in the next 3 to 5 years, representing a significant change for many small facilities.
Paul Moore offered an operational perspective as an administrator of a small facility in Atoka County, Oklahoma, that converted to a CAH in 1999. Coming from a rural area that includes 15 percent elderly and 21 percent Medicaid population, Mr. Moore stated that his hospital consistently lost money during the mid-1990s and that deciding to convert to a CAH was a matter of survival.
Upon initial examination of the qualifications of the MRHFP, Mr. Moore realized Atoka Memorial Hospital already met many of the qualifications such as bed size and other requirements of the State's Rural Hospital Flexibility Program. A financial feasibility study revealed that it would be more advantageous to be paid on a cost basis rather than by diagnosis-related groups. Utilization trends illustrated that more than 80 percent of the hospital's patients were Medicare beneficiaries. Perceptions of the medical staff, employees, board of trustees, and community were also considered.
Factors to consider for CAH conversion include the potential for:
There is sometimes a misconception that a rural hospital should be a smaller version of a large urban hospital. Mr. Moore emphasized that it is important to realize that each community is different and has its own set of circumstances.
To answer the question "Why did they do it?", Mr. Moore responded with four primary reasons:
Mr. Moore shared what he learned in formulating the decision to convert Atoka Memorial to a CAH. As the first CAH in all of Oklahoma, he learned a great deal about the process of conversion along with officials in State government and the regional office of the Health Care Financing Administration. He also learned a lot about the importance of case management. Improved knowledge of networking and diversification of products and meeting a need in another community were also valuable experiences. And he learned about the value of cost-based reimbursement as a CAH.
Mr. Moore's philosophy is that "rural is not second rate." His hospital's mission is to provide access to quality health care that is appropriate to the community's needs and to prove there is value in doing so.
According to both Dr. Moscovice and Mr. Moore, rural hospitals cannot secure their financial good health alone. Public policymakers must partner with rural hospitals to ensure local access to health care services.
Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program Status Chart. Rural Research Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Moscovice I, Wellever A, Stensland J. Rural hospitals accomplishments and present challenges. University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center. July 1999.
Ricketts TC, editor. Rural health in the United States. New York: Oxford University Press; 1999.
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Tuesday night at 10:00, NBC's Dateline will air a special report on Nadya Suleman, the single mother of octuplets who, already, has six other children. Her story raises important ethical questions about fertility clinics, a relatively unregulated industry according to a local professor of medical ethics.
Professor Robert Olick teaches bio-ethics at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse. Olick says the first ethical consideration for a fertility clinic should be the health of the mother and her fetuses. "This should be done with the informed consent of the woman with respect to the procedure itself, with respect to the implantation, as well as the number of implantations to be done."
The California fertility clinic implanted Nadya Suleman with six embryos, two of which became twins. Professor Olick says most clinics would have implanted only two in a woman her age, but he says that's a self imposed industry guideline. He says fertility clinics are relatively unregulated. "Obviously, physicians need to be licensed and qualified to to this procedure. Laboratories and doctors offices are regulated, but in terms of the choices women make and specifically the number of embryo implantations, there aren't any laws and binding rules."
There's also the question of social responsibilty. Should a single mother, with six kids and limited income, be assisted by a fertility clinic to have even more children? Olick says, "I don't know that we want government telling people how many children they should have, but certainly it's something a physician and others involved in the process ought to consider".
For her part, Nadya Suleman told Dateline she was fixated on having children and said her fertility doctor did nothing wrong.
Contacted by phone, Doctor Robert Kiltz,who heads the Central New York Fertility Center in Syracuse,said he hopes the Dateline special will leave a positive impression about how fertility clinics help parents have children. Kiltz said "every person has a right to have children." He added: "this is a free country and this is one of the benefits."
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Tips for catching kokanee: 'They're not like a rainbow'
COUGAR, Wash. (AP) - Jeremy Jahn says lakes and reservoirs containing kokanee generally have plenty of the tasty landlocked sockeye salmon for anglers to catch.
So, his message to anglers: Lighten up and share your information.
"If you're having a good day and somebody's having a bad day, make their day by helping them out," said Jahn of Oregon, whose other name is "Kokanee Kid."
Jahn even has a website with a mission statement: "To convert all fishermen into kokanee addicts."
Although not a guide, Jahn does sell some kokanee tackle and gear. He also freely gives out his cell phone number to chat with anyone about kokanee fishing.
Jahn has not fished at Southwest Washington's two kokanee waters - Merwin and Yale reservoirs on the North Fork of the Lewis River. So far, he's limited himself to Oregon.
But Jahn offered his insights from fishing in Oregon at a meeting of Southwest Washington Anglers, a Vancouver sportsmen's group.
And while not specific to Merwin and Yale, his suggestions offer plenty of ideas to test locally.
Jahn said he believes kokanee strike tackle because it irritates them, not because they are hungry, although he readily admits a lure without corn on the hook will catch very little.
"They're not like a rainbow thinking it is something they want to eat," he said.
Since the goal is to irritate fish, gear that works erratically in the water is great.
Certain lures, like hoochies, do not generate their own action and need to be paired with a dodger, Jahn said.
Tie the leaders short.
"Eight inches is as long as you want to go with a hoochie behind a dodger," he said. "I've fished them as short as 4 inches."
Many lures create their own action. Among them are Shasta Tackle's Wiggle Hoochies, Mack's Wedding Ring spinners, other spinners and Yakima Bait's Spin-N-Glo.
Because they create their action, they can be fished behind "lake trolls," which are several spinner blades and a rudder. But, Jahn said, lures such as a spinner also can be fished behind a dodger.
"Some say a spinner won't rotate properly behind a dodger," he said. "In my opinion, that's awesome. I want that spinner to kind of flicker, flutter, make some kind of oddball turn and be more of an irritant to that fish."
Here are several other pieces of advice from Jahn:
Depth: Kokanee have a large air bladder and show up well with good electronics.
"They are very easy to spot on your sonar," he said. "If you fish 5 to 10 feet below the school you usually end up picking up bigger kokanee...The bigger ones are usually holding below the school."
Trolling speed: For "longlining" (without downriggers), he suggested 0.8 to 1.2 miles per hour. When using downriggers, try from 0.8 to 1.9 miles per hour.
"Turns are extremely important when longlining," Jahn said. "It does a couple of things for you. A turn is going to drop gear on one side of the boat. If you're turning your boat toward the right, the gear on the right-hand side is going to drop in the water and it's going to raise the stuff on the left-hand side of the boat.
"It's also going to slow down the stuff on the right and speed up the stuff on the left. That causes automatic erratic action."
Colors: His top five favorites are silver, gold, pink, orange and chartreuse.
"As soon as you find that magic combination, switch out all your rods to it as fast as possible and ride it. That can last 10 minutes or all day. It can last into the next day."
Jahn said he does not switch dodger colors as often as lure colors. A gold-silver dodger is a good color to begin with.
When using lake trolls, have a 28-inch leader from the end of the troll to the lure.
Corn: Jahn, like most kokanee anglers, prefers Green Giant white shoepeg corn. He uses a combination of products to toughen and scent the corn.
"I have the fat part of the corn on the hook with the part that was on the cob facing directly back," he said. "It makes the lure work better in the water....If you use scent with your corn, it will slowly time-release it into the water instead of it being flushed out."
While Jahn contends kokanee strike out of irritation, not hunger, he always tips his lures with corn.
"I believe the scent is the irritant on the corn. I'm not quite sure what they think it is, but if you're fishing without corn you're really going to have a hard time catching any."
Lake trolls: A "Cousin Carl" lake troll by Half Fast is his favorite.
"It has a lot of drag and is not much fun, but is really effective if you want meat in the boat."
Table fare: Kokanee are great eating and need to be on ice after the catch.
"Keep your kokanee cold," he said. "Kokanee are a very fragile fish. If you squeeze them too hard you can actually get marks in the meat. If you keep them outside of ice the bones will separate from the fillets. It's a sockeye salmon, one of the best fish around if you take care of it."
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TV: Olive Garden, the new gay ghetto
Robert Gant is best known for playing Michael Novotny's HIV positive boyfriend Ben on the American version of Queer as Folk. He's very talented, an out and proud actor, and very vocal on GLBT issues. Also, my friend met him once and said that he's totally really nice and that his ass looks incredible in jeans.
Whycome is it, then, that I saw him in an Olive Garden commercial yesterday?
Here is a man with an impeccable resume playing both straight and gay characters, he's got the piercing blue eyes of a Siberian husky, and yet the man is shilling for unlimited breadsticks?
This isn't the first commercial Robert's been featured in lately, either. Volkswagen had him a couple years ago, and before that he was the twinkle-toed Good Humor man!
I can't really hold the Good Humor thing against him, because that was when he was just getting started (also, he's just goddamn adorable in that. Deliver ice cream to me any time, Bobby!). But Volkwagen and (I still can barely say it) Olive Garden are both post-QAF. I understand that the man's got bills to pay, but come on!
So what's happening here? Is Gant financing a big comeback project? Or can he just not find work because he's too gay, too old, or perhaps at this point just too commercial? Whatever the forces keeping Robert Gant from pressing his chiseled features toward those of another man, maintaining electric eye contact whilst they passionately remove each other's shirts, I am virulently opposed to them.
We've taken enough crap as homosexuals, we should not have to suffer seeing one of our own brought so low. Now that marriage is legal in New York, I've been looking for my next fight and I think this might just be it. Damn the gay ghetto, damn ageism, and DAMN Olive Garden! GET ROBERT GANT SOME REAL shirtless WORK!
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