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For pregnant women with mild psoriasis, over-the-counter topicals such as petroleum jelly or mineral oil are a good choice for treatment. Potential absorption of topical medications through the skin must be considered, particularly when medications are applied under occlusion, over large areas of skin or in large quantities. Learn more about topical treatments for psoriasis.
Topical steroids, anthralin, Dovonex (calcipotriene), Taclonex (calcipotriene and betamethasone dipropionate) and Vectical (calcitriol) ointment are classified by the FDA as category C, meaning that it has not been tested for safety during pregnancy in animal or human studies.
If topical steroids are required, the amount should be limited. Use caution when applying topical steroids on the breasts to avoid passing the medication to the baby while nursing. Superpotent steroids should be used only as a last resort. Occlusion of any steroid medication should only be done under a doctor's supervision.
Studies of pregnant women treated with systemic steroids have not found an increase in birth defects, despite animal studies suggesting they cause an increased incidence of cleft palate.
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Pregnant women and those trying to conceive should avoid Tazorac (a topical retinoid, also known by its generic name tazarotene). Women of childbearing potential should use reliable methods of birth control during treatment with Tazorac. The medication should be stopped immediately if a woman becomes pregnant.
Large doses of Tazorac caused fetal abnormalities in animal studies, although no problems occurred in human clinical trials. However, retinoids in their oral form cause birth defects. Tazorac used in large quantities or over large areas could be absorbed through the skin and harm the fetus. The drug has no known effects on sperm.


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This week's Travel Thursday post is the second Love Is In Da Blog post. The prompt is a building you love. I have put a lot of thought into this one and have decided on the Sydney Opera House. There are several reasons that I chose this particular building.
My mom spent her childhood in Australia, so it being an internationally recognized symbol of Australia it brings back many fond memories of her childhood.
My grandfather helped build it. When they moved to Australia, one of his early jobs was as one of the construction crew members. He is very sentimental about this, and he is not openly sentimental about many things. Ever since I can remember, my grandparents have had several photos of the opera house hanging in their living room.
Taking reasons 1 and 2 into consideration Australia has always been a place I have wanted to visit. I would love to be able to go with my mom and accompany her to experience it as an adult; go to places that she remembers and see how much has changed. Australia is a beautiful country and my family having lived there makes it special and more endearing to me.
The more I thought about the prompt, the more this building seemed like the perfect fit. For me it is a symbol of great times for the generations that came before me and have such loving memories of their time as a young family in a beautiful country. I hope to be able to take a picture with my family there one day. Until then, I share with you the picture of this unique building that was taken by a new friend of mine that was kind enough to let me share it with you.
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New Caledonia is a global biodiversity hotspot – the smallest single hotspot in the world. It is home to extremely rich terrestrial and marine biodiversity, and has one of the highest observed rates of endemism in the world for terrestrial flora. New Caledonia, a French overseas territory in the Pacific, is in the spotlight in this month's European Country Focus.
New Caledonia's remarkable plant diversity consists of 3,261 species of indigenous flora (74% strictly endemic), which is nearly as many as on the whole of continental Europe (3,500 species).The territory also hosts 106 species of endemic reptiles, 6 species of endemic bats and 4,500 species of invertebrates (90% endemic). The birdlife of New Caledonia includes 23 species of endemic birds. Since 2008, the lagoons of New Caledonia and their reef diversity and associated ecosystems are designated in the UNESCO List of World Natural Heritage sites.
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After a big win Monday night against Roman Catholic, LaSalle did not want a letdown against Cardinal O'Hara on Wednesday at home.
Coach Joe Dempsey was worried about the team coming out flat after the emotions of Monday. Even though the game looked like a mismatch on paper, his concern proved true when Cardinal raced out to an early lead.
But the Explorers did not panic and methodically came back to score a big win against the Lions. They used a balanced scoring attack and a staunch defense to win 67-42. Moving to 11-2 on the year, they appear on track to defend their District 12 championship. Cardinal is now 3-9.
After the Lions started with a 10-3 run, LaSalle went on an 11-0 run to take the lead. At the end of the first quarter, the score was 14-12 LaSalle after a bucket by Cardinal's Pat Hagenbach.
The Explorers dominated the second quarter to the tune of 20-9. Their defense captured the ball on some key turnovers and their shooting got hot. Senior guard Mike Poncia nailed two threes, and 6'9" Steve Collins hit one right before the end of the half. It was 34-21 LaSalle.
The third quarter was just as dominant for LaSalle as they outscored the Lions 16-5. Halfway through, senior captain Brennan Woods had an "and 1" to stretch the lead to 50-26 and the Explorers were well on their way to the win.
Coach Dempsey used a number of guys all game, subbing in and out. He got the whole bench in with the game's outcome in hand. The reserves were cheered on loudly by the other players and fans, and they did well, too.
"This is a good win all around," said senior captain Joe Brown. "We got a lot of guys in. We came out and we tried to execute the game plan really well and I thought we did that."
About the camaraderie of the players and how they all root for each other he said: "It's encouraging. We have a lot of seniors on the team, we have a lot of experience. We try to relay that message to the underclassmen and try to show that on the court."
When asked what the mind-set is against a weaker team Coach Dempsey said, "You want to tell the kids to run the stuff, run it well, share the ball. Luckily they tended to details and it worked out for us. We're playing well. I like our chemistry, I like the kids we have, they're working hard. I think at this time of the year it becomes a grind and kids get tired, you have to hope they continue to do what you ask them to."
Poncia led the Explorers with 13 points. Sophomore guard Amar Stukes had 12. O'Hara's Lamotte Williams led the Lions with 11.


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Task-oriented Training for Stroke: Impact on Function Mobility (TOTS)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01322607
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : March 24, 2011
Results First Posted : April 6, 2016
Last Update Posted : April 6, 2016
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|Condition or disease
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|Behavioral: High-intensity Treadmill Exercise Behavioral: Low-intensity Lifestyle Intervention
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|20 participants
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|Task-oriented Training for Stroke: Impact on Function Mobility
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|July 2011
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 2014
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|January 2015
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A low-intensity lifestyle intervention targeted towards group exercises incorporating balance, coordination, and strength.
- Economy of Gait [ Time Frame: 3 months ]Over-ground gait economy measured using a portable metabolic monitoring system, K4b2 during a 6 minute walk, with subjects walking at their comfortable self-selected walking speed while open circuit spirometry collects break-by-break data. The K4b2 consists of a small battery pack and portable gas analyser (weighing less than 1 kg) that participants wear on their chest. Attached to the portable system is a flexible rubber facemask with flowmeter used for breath-by-breath analysis. The mean rate of oxygen consumption (VO2) will be calculated based on the final 3 minutes of a 6-minute walk under steady state oxygen consumption conditions. A 6 minute walk is a distance most representative of community-based ambulatory capacity and is a sensitive outcome measure in exercise studies in chronic stroke subjects. The higher the VO2 used during the 6 minute walk, represents a less efficient economy of gait.
- Muscular Strength [ Time Frame: 3 months ]Strength measured by torque of isokinetic maximal concentric knee extensor volitional contractions of paretic and non-paretic leg at multiple angular velocities (30, 90, and 120°/sec). The higher the number the higher the muscular strength. Also performed on resistance equipment for both the Leg Press and Leg Extension. The higher the number the stronger a person is.
- Muscular Endurance [ Time Frame: 3 months ]Muscular endurance performed on Leg Press and assessed by a force transducer, while seated. The longer the amount of time participant can maintain a force the better their muscular endurance.
- Balance [ Time Frame: 3 months ]Dynamic Gait Index - another measure related to balance and general function. It includes items of walking while changing speed, turning the head, pivot turning, walking over and around obstacles, and stair climbing. This index ranges from 0 - 24, with 24 representing a high level of balance and general function (the higher the score the better the balance).
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|40 Years to 85 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
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|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Stroke > 6 months prior with residual hemiparetic gait in women or men aged 40-85 years.
- Completion of all regular post-stroke physical therapy
- Adequate language and neurocognitive function to participate in testing and training and to give adequate informed consent.
- Able to rise from a chair unaided.
- Able to walk 10 meters without human assistance.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Regular structured aerobic exercise (> 2x week).
- Alcohol consumption > 3 oz. liquor, or 3 x 4 oz glasses of wine, or 3 x 12 oz. beers per day, by self-report.
Clinical history of
- unstable angina,
- recent (< 3 months) myocardial infarction or congestive heart failure (NYHA category II),
- hemodynamically significant valvular dysfunction,
- Peripheral Arterial Obstructive Disease with claudication,
- major orthopedic, chronic pain, or non-stroke neuromuscular disorders restricting exercise,
- pulmonary or renal failure,
- poorly controlled hypertension (>190/110), measured on at least two separate occasions
- recent hospitalization for severe disease or surgery
- severe or global receptive aphasia which confounds reliable testing and training.
- Untreated major depression as documented by a Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression score of >16 and confirmed by clinical interview.
- Pregnancy.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01322607
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|Baltimore VA Medical Center VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD
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|Baltimore VA Medical Center VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD
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|March 24, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|April 6, 2016
|Last Update Posted:
|April 6, 2016
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I've been using the Hyperpad for a few months now and I felt it was time to write a review. It is easily my favorite Blackberry accessory that I feel hasn't had a lot of coverage. Basically, the hyberpad is a mat that contains magnets that cause your Blackberry to go into standby mode. Its essentially the same thing as when you put your Blackberry in its holster. I leave the mat on my desk in my office and put my Blackberry on it since it really improves my battery life. Furthermore, you can set what alerts you get in your profiles by setting Play Sound to play in holster. For example, I chose to turn off any alerts that aren't calls, emails or BBM at work since all other sounds are probably distractions. The other great thing about the hyberpad is that is works just like a holster; when you take it off the hyberpad, the alerts go right back to what it was before you put it on the pad. There is almost no delay in placing it on the mat and taking it off.
So why should you buy a hyperpad?
- Lots of people use cases that aren't the generic holsters but still want to hibernate their Blackberrys.
- RIM recently started removing the standby option from their OSs which means you won't be able just hit a key and get it to standby.
- Its cheap! I got mine off Amazon about fifteen dollars (USD)
- It saves your battery.
- It supports most devices. I've tested it on a Storm 2, 9700 and a Tour.
So, I think I really give a good case for buying a hyberpad and adding it to your accessories. The only somewhat negative thing I have to say is that sometimes the hyberpad magnet won't pick up my Blackberry. 85% of the time it works perfectly well, and when it doesn't all you have to do is nudge it maybe a quarter inch. Its not really a design flaw, its just part of getting into the habit of placing your blackberry right over one of the magnets.


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The recent post at Unqualified Reservations, "The ultracalvinist hypothesis: In perspective" has been a spash at Econolog, gnxp, and here. The "ultravalcinist hypothesis" holds that contemporary American atheism is actually a variant of Mainline Protestantism. One Unqualified Reservations post, found by PurpleSlog via Econolog, argued that even the leftist political correctness that comes out of academia is merely a continuation of the same religious clap-trap that's been going on for centuries:
You may or may not buy this story. But I hope you can agree that the Harvard faculty in 2007 by and large believes in human equality, social justice, world peace and community leadership, that the faculty of the same institution held much the same beliefs in 1957, 1907, 1857 and 1807, and that in any of these years they would have described these views as the absolute cynosure of Christianity. Perhaps I am just naturally suspicious, but it strains my credulity slightly to believe that sometime in 1969, the very same beliefs were rederived from pure reason and universal ethics, whose concurrence with the New Testament is remarkable to say the least.
All well and good. However, I previously featured the Weekly Standard's claims that American academia used to be liberal, as opposed to leftist:
It is plain in retrospect that the American university changed as fundamentally in the decade or so after 1965 as it did in those formative years between 1870 and 1910. The political and cultural upheavals of the period, spurred by the civil rights movement and opposition to the war in Vietnam, combined with the demographic explosion, brought about a second revolution in higher education, and created an institution (speaking generally) that was more egalitarian, more ideological, and more politicized, but less academic and less rigorous, in its preoccupations than was the case in the preceding era. It was in this period, from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s, that the left university emerged in place of the liberal university.
So which is it?
Did the 1960s see the collapse of liberal academia and the raise of leftist orthodoxy? Or did Mainline Protestantism reign throughout the period, only changing which denominations (Episcopalian? Atheist?) the professoriate claimed as their own?
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As far as we can figure out, there was no official birthday when David started Luaka Bop, but it was some time in the late 1980s. So we thought maybe this fall would be a good time to celebrate that big 25th anniversary everyone says you should.
Here's the lowdown:
– From Wednesday, October 1st – Friday, October 3rd, starting at 7pm every day, we will be hosting a series performances and talks at Mmuseumm a kind of modern natural history museum located in an abandoned freight elevator, accessible through an alleyway in TriBeCa (Cortland Alley, b/t Franklin St & White St)). You can read a great piece on the Mmuseumm in the LA Times, here.
– Among many things, we will have Javelin performing out of a car radio, Kings Go Forth's Andy Noble presenting his special "Soul Field Recordings" project, Janka Nabay singing his three latest or oldest songs,(we don't really know which), and Delicate Steve & Friends performing "Harry Belafonte Live at Carnegie Hall".
– All the talks and performances will be short and sweet and over before you know it. They will also be happening in the back seat of a 1989 Chrysler LeBaron Convertible, which may or may not have belonged to Jon Voight!
– There will also be things made by David Byrne and you will get to meet the living legend that is Sparkie Martin!
– At 8.30pm every day, we will head to Forlini's Restaurant (93 Baxter Street, b/t White St & Canal St) for an after party, with nice music and specials on the chicken parm. If you've never been to Forlini's you will love it. It's one of the last of it's kind and the staff is great.
– At 9.30pm we go to Winnie's Bar (104 Bayard St, b/t Baxter St & Mulberry St) around the corner for another after party, with karaoke and more drink specials (we got some amazing singers lined up for you!). Winnie's place is great and you will love this too! It's hard to say how late we will be there but if it's fun we'll kick it there for a bit.
– All events are free!
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The "King of Beasts" once roamed over most parts of the world including Africa, North America and Eurasia. Today, however, they are restricted to the savanna, open expanses, and grassy plains of Africa, and to a small area of western India. There are about 20,000 lions in the wild today. A hundred years ago, that figure was around 200,000. Few animal species have suffered such a catastrophic decline in population.
Trophy Hunting originated back in the 1800's when hunters began to kill animals for specific body parts - often the head and pelt but made no use of the rest of the animal. Today, Trophy hunting is big business. Trophy Hunting is the tracking and shooting of a selected animal – usually, big game such as rhinos, elephants, lions, pumas and bears. Although this can be done legally, under official government licences, it is always done for pleasure.
So you want to 'pet' a lion cub - and post your picture on social media? Many people have done this before they realised they have made a big mistake! Cub 'petting' may appear harmless' - but please, take a minute to think it through - Why is the cub at the 'petting area' and not with its mother? Is it still being fed milk? if you ask - expect to be told the cub is an orphan and being hand raised to 'save it' - That almost certainly won't be true - Lion breeders remove cubs from their Mum's at less than an hour old. Mum is probably someone else on the breeder's farm being mated for the next litter of cubs to sustain the business.
Many people stumble into the dark and murky world of lion breeding through a love of animals! It's not easy to pick your way through the lies and myths that the lion breeders use to 'cover-up' their immoral business.
The term "canned hunting" stems from a 1997 edition of the BBC's "The Cook Report". The programme featured an undercover expose of Sandy McDonald. McDonald claimed he arranged hunting trips for wealthy clients to shoot a real lion - all be it drugged and in a small enclosure. He claimed to have arranged such 'hunts' on many occasions. Canned hunts are perceived by most people as being lion hunts - but that really isn't true. Lions are certainly hunted in this way, particularly in South Africa, but many other animals are also hunted in confined conditions in a number of countries around the world.
China's State Council introduced a ban on the use of Tiger bones in traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in May 1993 under intense pressure, with the Clinton administration in the US and Cites separately threatening trade sanctions. Late in 2009, a newspaper article appeared in South Africa called "Anger over lion bones sales". It highlighted the existence of a little-known trade in African lion bones that were being used as a substitute for tiger bones in Traditional medicine.
"It goes without saying that the import of animal body parts as trophies should be banned outright by the British Government. I'm really shocked that they haven't already done it, in truth, the whole world should do it." Dr. Brian May, Founder of Save Me Trust.
The most extreme version of trophy hunting is "Canned Hunting". The animals which are born in captivity are taken away from their mothers within hours of being born so they can be used in petting zoos. When they become of age, they then spend the rest of their life in caged compounds waiting to be released into a larger compound for the so
I shared the outrage of many of my constituents when earlier in the summer, Cecil the Lion was killed by a "trophy hunter". I am grateful to those who contacted me then, and indeed since, asking me to support legislation to ban the import of hunted remains such as skin, skulls and teeth.
The killing of Cecil the Lion lured from his home in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park by American trophy hunter Walter Palmer in July this year, shocked and outraged people around the world. Cecil was a popular figure within the park, head of his own pride and the subject of a research project by Oxford University's Wildlife Conservation
We would like to see Cecil's Law prevent the import of any trophy into the UK - it would stop hunters importing trophies back to the UK. We want to introduce legislation that would make animal heads, skins, claws and teeth effectively contraband. In the outrage that followed the illegal slaughter of Cecil, we found out that Britain has allowed the importation of lion trophies with the correct paperwork.
After the senseless vanity killing of Cecil's son Xanda, just two years after Cecil's death, we must have a new law. That law is Cecil's Law. Cecil's Law will stop hunters importing their gruesome trophies back to Britain. We are calling on
Today, checking on the situation regarding the Minnesota dentist who killed Cecil the lion, I discovered that a rival male has killed one of Cecil's cubs who were abandoned by Cecil's brother, Jericho. Almost certainly the other cubs will be killed as well. This is what lions do
Blood Lions follows acclaimed environmental journalist and safari operator Ian Michler, along with Rick Swazey - an American hunter - on their journey to uncover the realities about the multi-million dollar predator breeding and canned lion hunting industries in South Africa. It's immoral, unethical, against the animals welfare and has no place in this century.
Trophy hunting: who benefits? Trophy hunting only benefits the fat cat hunting operators. On September 2nd, Melissa Simpson (Director of Science-Based Wildlife Conservation at the Safari Club International) placed an Opinion Piece in the National Geographic Daily News entitled "African Lions Should Not be Listed as Endangered". "Unless this continues, lions will go extinct".


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Game #95: Blue Jays at Yankees pregame
Toronto (45-49) at New York (48-44)
at 1:05 p.m. ET at Yankee Stadium
Today's lineups:
Alex Rios, RF
Matt Stairs, LF
Vernon Wells, CF
Troy Glaus, 3B
Frank Thomas, DH
Aaron Hill, 2B
Gregg Zaun, C
Howie Clark, 1B
John McDonald, SS
PITCHING: RHP Dustin McGowan (5-5)
Johnny Damon, DH
Derek Jeter, SS
Bobby Abreu, RF
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Hideki Matsui, LF
Melky Cabrera, CF
Robinson Cano, 2B
Andy Phillips, 1B
Wil Nieves, C
PITCHING: RHP Chieng-Mien Wang (10-4)
NOTES: 1B Lyle Overbay became light-headed and passed out in his hotel room on Thursday morning. He showed up to the park with scrapes on his forehead and nose after falling and hitting a chair, and was kept out of the lineup as a precaution. Overbay met with a local doctor and he didn't suffer a concussion and was deemed OK. Overbay said a similar accident happened to him roughly 10 years ago. … LF Reed Johnson was given a day off. … Toronto manager John Gibbons said LHP Scott Downs was not available out of the bullpen for Thursday's game.
entering Thursday
1. Boston 56-38 (–)
2. New York 48-44 (7)
3. Toronto 45-49 (11)
4. Baltimore 42-52 (14)
5. Tampa Bay 37-56 (18.5)
entering Thursday
1. Cleveland 55-39 (–)
2. Seattle 53-39 (1)
3. Minnesota 49-45 (6)
4. New York 48-44 (6)
5. Toronto 45-49 (10)
6. Oakland 45-50 (10.5)
73 Comments
When I came on this site it was the first time I ever posted,It was all baseball talk and it was fun I'm not very good with a computor I type with one finger,I read this site for a long time before I posted,Then along came a poster who was ignorant gsumner took care of him no loss,
now take bosoxbrian he insults our team our GM our manager and all of us he is an instagator he is on the boston site and the new york site and manny more,He has more than one e-mail address,He will use one or more of them to back himself up,
What gets me is the rest of you or most of you blame gsumner for the trash talk and all he is trying to do is get rid of him so you can talk clean baseball,Tell me why a boston fan comes on our site and trash talks us and most of you accept this I thought you people were smarter than this,I for one would rather have gsumner than bosox,gsumner is a jays fan bosox is not,
Now for baseball.The jays need a catcher with an arm I dont care how nice or cheap zaun is they need an arm,I like johnny mac but we need a shortstop who can hit also we need beddard if AJ comes back and stays of the dl our pitchen will be good,Thomas was brought here to fill the stands didin't work,Trade Thomas keep stairs,It would be a mistake to trade glaus he's lame but game,I like johnson but trade him his back might not hold up.Why are we hanging on to john ford griffon put him in a trade package.
I'd rather have someone who insults our team than someone who viciously attacks and intimidates/threatens people into leaving just because they disagree with him.
On baseball, yeah we need a catcher.
If we want Stairs for next year we can always resign him.
Thomas is unmoveable unless we eat his salary, same with AJ.
Ha, great line "lame but game", fantastic.
I agree on Johnson, but only if we can find a lead-off hitter (Aaron Hill could get another shot).
As for Griffon, that ship has sailed. He's in his late 20's, he's a career minor leaguer. He therefore has no value to anyone else.
Too bad, seemed like a good guy.
robertlee,I kind of thought you would be the first guy on If only to speak against gsumner which was not called for bosox will be next,Please lets stick to baseball.
gsumner how do you like the way the game has gone so far and anyone else.
Give me one good reason you think we're the same person.
We both think JP's an idiot. Oh WOW that's a unique opinion.
Neither of us think gsumner knows what he's talking about.
I guess gsumner is just soooo smart that it's only possible for 1 person in the entire world to be dumb enough to disagree with him huh.
Do you honestly think it was acceptable for him to post that info about that guys company? just because the guy told gsumner he's a idiot and wouldn't appologize?
And he's threatened me that "I'm going to get it" if I don't appologize for diasagreeing with him.
Ok you're the one who brought up everything other than baseball.
I posted in response to you.
You want to stick to baseball, TAKE YOU OWN ADVICE.
Don't anybody bring up this nonsense about me being someone I'm not and I'll stick to baseball, nothing more – nothing less.
robertlee,I never said any thing about you being bosox even if you were I don't care you talk good baseball,so please don't jump to conclusions,
What do you think of this game well pitched so far,not on TV out west just fan 90.
You mentioned bosox having more than one email, I'm the one gsumner has accused of being bosox.
and then
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SOMEONE ELSE WITH ANOTHER ONE (i was distracted)
I'm watching on digital, but listening to the fan because I cant stand the Yankee comentators.
McGowan struggled with his command but gutted out a really good game.
Oh, correction.
there wasn't a third big hit.
It was Hill with a 2 run triple and then Zaun with a single.
I disagree with the Fan guys.
Gibby needs to show total faith in his guy, or the struggles will continue.
I think it has to be Accardo's to lose.
Where I live I cant buy the baseball package last year I lived in Regina where I did have it,I turn the sound off for I can't stand jamie or tabler.
Yeah, I don't really like our TV guys either.
One guy I did like when he was in for a couple days was Sam Cozintinno, I though he did a good job in the booth.
Atleast relative to the rest of them.
Allright, Blue Jays win!
Clutch hitting, and pitching.
If they could bring focus and intensity everyday, I think they'd be a lot better than they are. One of the many reasons I don't like Gibby.
3 straight hits with men in scoring position.
That's the story of the game in my opinion.
Ok, so apparently I wasn't watching the game very closly,
Hill's triple was only 1 rbi.
Sam Cozintinno talks like a blue jay fan the rest of them except fletcher talk like idiots.On fan 90 I like allan but jerry I can take or leave.
Now for gibby will JP fire him or praise him????.
Oh, I don't doubt JP will praise Gibby.
Right up until the day after the season is over when he fires him.
I don't mind the Yankees commentators at all. I watched the last few innings of the game and they seem to call it pretty well with little bias, same with any other game i've seen with them. I prefer listening to them over Jamie Campbell, nothing against the guy but he just doesn't seem to fit. I do like Pat Tabler, Jim Hughson and dislike Rance Mulliniks and Fletcher. Best ever though has to go Dan Shulman (sp?) and Buck Martiniz hands down.
Why is Wells still in the 3rd spot? that frustrated me today, either put him at the lead-off spot or the 6th and don't put him back untill next year or untill they are officially elminated from a playoff spot.
Yeah, Wells should be leading off.
What is with the glitches on mlb.com today?
Personal preference on the comentators I guess. But you're right Shulman is the best.
Beats me I've had to reboot and sign in four times today is it them our my computor.
Wells in leadoff I like but Wells or JP dosen't,I dont think gibby would care.
It's them.
I noticed during the game that the mlb.com home page got stuck with the Jays/Yanks game being in the bottom of seventh but it was actually the top of the ninth.
I think Wells is ok with batting 1st (he made comment before Reed coming back, that Reed could hit 2nd).
I think JP's making the call.
What now Seattle is in town and they wont roll over easy "BUT" Jessie Lsytch is in town,This kid is great another win for sure count on it.If anyone thinks Posada will make a good fit I don't think so to old.Even though he says he will leave the yankees if they don't offer him enough money I don't think he will ever leave.
i personally like wells in the #3 hole. he has the perfect mold for someone in that spot. just a plain good hitter, will put some balls out of the park but not a slugger. he is in a slump right now but you have to show faith in your guy. he is our franchise player now after that big contract and he will eventually raise his average. moving him around all the time will make it worse.
Wells is a typical three hole hitter.most times but right now he is slumping they should have left him in leadoff until they got home what could it have hurt at least he was hitting the ball.
HOW ABOUT McGOWAN:"WOW"And I was one of those guys that was screaming to trade him while he still had some value,he sure has some now,I mean to the team.
It was sure nice to see Hill come up with a big hit.
I see that alot of you guys want to trade Thomas. I think you guys miss the point that even though he is not living up to our expectations, but he still is doing much better than our last year DHs. With already over 14 homers, which is higher than what we had that year in that spot, with almost a half of a year to go.
My reason for trading thomas is the money I think stairs can do the same job and use the money to pay a good catcher with an arm can call a good game and hit 270-280 that may cost more than 9 mil,but it's a start or add some and get a good shortstop with power.Thomas may have 14 homers but he's slower than molasses in Jan.in Canada I might add lol.
My reason for trading thomas is the money I think stairs can do the same job and use the money to pay a good catcher with an arm can call a good game and hit 270-280 that may cost more than 9 mil,but it's a start or add some and get a good shortstop with power.Thomas may have 14 homers but he's slower than molasses in Jan.in Canada I might add. lol.
Two postings I win
Kind of a dead night Jays played this afternoon boston rained out yankees must have the night off,
anybody out there who thinks the jays still have a chance for the playoffs like dumb me.
What kind of moves do any of you think they have to make to contend or do all of you think it's to late,I say a shortstop with power but who.
If this team started to hit they can beat the best of them,why is it that all of these big bats go flat so often this year it makes no sence.
Believe it or not Toronto played the Yankees and beat them, Boston lost too which is nice. Minnesota also lost, so we can try and chase down three teams at once. I think a shortstop/second baseman with speed(something we lack) and good OBP numbers would be better than power(something we shouldnt be lacking). What do you all think of Luis Castillo? FA next year, Min spending lots of cash soon on Nathan and johan, its an interesting idea. The only problem I see is Hills transition to ss.
I'd like to see the Jays get Wilson Betemit from the Dodgers to be a long-term solution at short. (Long term meaning three years of arbitration-eligibility.) We'd obviously have to offer Matt Stairs, since we'd only have him until the end of the year anyways, he'd mostly be riding the bench for us, and the Dodgers need his power bat. Considering Stairs' low salary we may not need to toss in a lagniappe. The Dodgers wouldn't trade Betemit to the Yankees for Proctor, which isn't surprising considering the Dodgers already have a pretty good bullpen. Hopefully the power bat would be more enticing.
I don't think Wilson Betemit would be that much of an improvement to this team. He is only batting just over 230, and he has yet to steal a base this year. To bad Jose Reyes wasn't a free agent next year.
Hey guys I just heard what I thought was intersting. They say that in these next 11 games that the bluejays play, if they don't go 7-4 (which will bring them back to .500), Gibbons will be fired. What do you guys think about that?
I belive if Santos can stay healthy we may see him is Sept.He has power I dont know about speed,But what we need to combat speed is a catcher with an arm,even if they hire a pitchen coach that can teach these pitchers to be quicker to home plate Zaun is to slow at the best of times,JP tried to address this last winter but he signed a flake then he had no choice but to hore Zaunfor a little more money,as it turns out the other guy flopped anyway.
To fire gibby now would be a mistake all we would get is gibby number two Whitt wait until the end of the season and look for a good manager,Ifor one am tired of catchers for manager,my choice would be Cito Gaston but would he work under JP????.
If Jose Reyes wanted to come to Toronto that would be a good thing,Luis Castillo would also be a good thing.
Look at Molina now 40 pounds less,he comes here to fat yes I said fat I have some extra pounds myself,What I am trying to say if he had been lighter he would have played better and still been here.
Thomas to much money for his bat the thrill is over he has his 500 homers trade him.
Yikes I mean to hire Zaun SO SORRY.
Betemit's BA isn't impressive, but his OBP and SLG are great.
torgen,on Wilson Betemit I'm not sure he would be a good fit in toronto even though he is a switch hitter has A good OBP his power is better this year his AVE is only 238 not good and where would you play him,So far he only sizes up to be a utilty player,Thats only my opinion.
You'd play Betemit at Short. The Dodgers have only used him at third this year, but he played some short with the Braves and he weighs less than Hill, so it's not like he doesn't have a middle infielder's build.
Batting average doesn't measure anything that OBP doesn't measure better. Do you think the A's care that Cust only hits .260?
You seem to like this player a lot,okay tell us how you would get him here,And remember you can't just throw him in at short maybe a month in -AAA-ball at short.They want glaus we need glaus,Also the yankees are looking at Glaus to play first,your turn.
Am I the only one who thinks we need a catcher with an arm.,stolen bases are hurting this team big time.
When JP took over this team he said he didin't belive in stealing a base it was not the way to go anymore,But he forgot to tell the other teams close to "90"against us this year already,Zaun says I dont care about the runners I care about the quality pitch only,This guy has to go the reason is obvious.
As noted, Betemit has some experience at short, but if he needs more playing time the fall/winter leagues are an option.
I already said we offer Stairs because they need a power bat and he's cheap. If they want a utility guy as a throw-in we have a few options. It's not like we're asking for their top 3B prospect, Andy LaRoche. If they're not interested then we don't deal.
I'm not sure where you got that Glaus to NY as a first baseman thing, but it sounds blatantly preposterous–like the kind of thing a NY tabloid would come up with on a slow news day.
that might not be a bad deal,in 57 games at short he has 9 errors in 95 games Toronto has 10 errors,Give this kid some time in fall/winter leagues and if he can bring up his BA he could be okay,
What do the rest of you think.
I like Betimit, but I like him at SS not 3B.
Typically you'd want more than 20 HR from 3B and that's about all he'll hit.
Overall a Glaus for Betimit and Billingsly (or another young pitcher) deal would be a good trade.
Or Stairs for Betimit straight up.
I agree on the points bout Betimit's avg not mattering, he gets on base and has a good slg %.
But I looked him up and he weighs 230lbs so he might need to lose a little to play SS everyday.
Also, with a 360 on base % he could be a lead-off hitter if we traded Reed Johnson, to open up left field for Adam Lind.
torgen Liked him for short as did I,torgen also liked the Stairs deal.
Bases loaded no outs one run in same old same old.
That's Batista for you, walk the bases loaded on 12 pitches 1 inning, 3up 3down on 8 pitches in another.
I say keep johnson he's a hard nosed player to hard to come by his hit by pitch count is to good.
Use Lind for trade bait he has a lot of value I like him but he can hrlp the team better as trade bait.
I'm also fine with that. Only concern is Johnson's health (back).
I's hard to watch this team play ball,I think I'm going to go watch paint dry.
The Dodgers have a couple of young OF's but if Lind (with Glaus) is what it takes to get Betimit AND Billingsly then I'd definitly do that.
Curtis Thigpen could be converted to 3B, and our first pick this year Aerens(sp?) is said to be a future 3B (when he matures physically).
I was going by Rotoworld's data that said he was 190. MLB.com says he's 230.
Yeah, it's true.
As the old saying goes "Speed thrills".
Sadly the Jays have none (or just don't use it).
I wonder what Arnsberg says when he goes out to the mound hey kid get out of this inning and I'll buy the beer,I know what Gibbons said you may have cost me my job.Anyway we might still WIN lol.
Good job Rios.
Batista what in the catfish hunter is going on here,When he left Toronto I danced a jig,now look at him it makes me sick.This team is not and I dont think will play for Gibbons,Does it have anything to do with "hildy" the ship is sinking or "Lilly" big fight in the tunnel,Sometimes these things carry over.
I don't know if it's about that stuff, but I do think it has a tonne to do with his lack of intensity.
The manager is supposed to set the tone, and the tone he sets is a frequescy so low only dogs can hear it.
He looks worried tonight but it could be anything,"WOW" now thats fire but Hill still went down swinging.
If we lose this three game set I'll give up for this year.To bad so sad.
I think that the way to solve the scoring problems might be to put the only three guys that are hitting consistantly (Hill, Rios, Glaus) back to back and move Reed down the lineup for now until he regains his stroke. Im not sure if we should lead off Vernon or not, but it worked before. At least we have that bullpen, its as deep as any in baseball right now. Good thing the Yankees are getting shalacked now too (by Tampa no less).
What was Gibby thinking by pinch hitting Stairs for Clayton instead of Zaun. If Stairs hits a homer for Zaun, Phillips plays catcher. If he hit it in Claytons position, he would have had to play either 2b, ss, or 3b. It makes no sense what gibbons does sometimes.
Will it make sense if he picks up his last paycheck tonight,Who would you like to see in as manager,Is their anybody out there that can do the job,Mabey "CITO".any one,Mabey some of you still think they should keep Gibbons.
I've said this before, but it was a while ago.
I don't think Cito would ever work for a clown like Riccardi.
On the line-up.
How about:
khoenig: Gibbons had already been ejected. Blame Whitt for that one.
Garry: Gibbons thought Butterfield would make a good manager, but if we're not trusting Gibbons' opinions then maybe he wouldn't. My impression is that Cito is better with veterans, and we have a bunch of young guys (including pitchers), so maybe he wouldn't be a good fit.
Thats right blame Whitt Not Gibbons.And to think if gibbons goes it might be whitt"HELP
I'm getting right sick and effing tired of Jays unable to get men home from scoring position. I read Rios had a double, but neither Wells nor Glaus could bring him home. Gibbons says everyone is trying to be the hero, so here's an idea: work as a team. Use Wells to bunt and move him ahead. Suicide squeeze and get Rios home. Jeez, it's at least an idea. The pitchers have got to be getting frustrated at the hitters, so try and manufacture runs. The team doesn't need more intensity, they need creativity. Right now, they're about as unpredictable as gravity.
Howie Clark could have played.
Robert: Howie Clark had already been used.
Oh, my bad.
That was dumb. What the **** were they thinking?
Bases loaded 0 outs 1 run scores how many times has that happend this year.
Get Cito use Butterfield to help with the young players.
I just heard on sports net that Phillips has been released.
I assume this means either Fasano is coming up as the back-up or Thigpen coming up to split time with Zaun.
I can't imagine Thigpen would be brought up to back-up but maybe as a platoon.
Sorry to repeat myself but, Cito wont come.
And Riccardi wouldn't ever hire hime.
Cito's got an aggressive personallity, Riccardi would find it hard to control him.
It's Thigpen they're bringing up. (It's at the bottom of the article).
I hope we bring up Fasano. He seems to work well with our pitchers outside of game situations. Of course he's a butcher at the plate anywhere but AAA, but Zaun has been too.
Maybe we should make Fasano our manager. At least he's been a good enough catcher to have stuck around in the majors for years, unlike Gibbons who only had 57 career plate appearances.
I already know Cito wont come just wishfull thinking,Phillips gone no loss,They will probably bring up Fasano to bad I would like to see Thigpen show his stuff.
Read my last post again.
Anybody else think that the team bringing up Thigpen means that he'll be in some kind of platoon with Zaun and that it's a clear sign that the team is playing for next year?
I expect Lind will be next.


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Whatever is going on in Newfoundland and Labrador these days certainly is politics but it most certainly is not democracy.
What is dizzying, to borrow Tim Powers' word, is the pace at which the province's Conservatives are trying to keep a back-room political plot hatched over Christmas from exploding into a catastrophe as large as Danny Williams' polling numbers.
"Everyone should have a right to put their name on a ballot assuming they adhere to the rules," write Tim Powers in the Globe and Mail last week. That is certainly true but it assumes that the rules are clearly known or, to be more accurate faithfully applied by the "officials" who, after exampling Brad Cabana's nomination documents, "decided they didn't fit the criteria set out by the party."
Perhaps the most useful way to look at this political farce is to use not Brad Cabana as our test subject but no less a person than Tim Powers.
You see, when Danny Williams took to his heels and fed the Confederation Building, Tim's was one of the first names some people offered up as a potential replacement.
Some other contenders, like finance minister Tom Marshall and then-education minister Darin King said they would take the time over Christmas to talk with friends and family. They'd come back after Christmas end let the world know what they'd decided.
By Friday, December 24, though, that had changed. Marshall, King and presumed heir-apparent Jerome Kennedy held news conferences to say that they'd be backing Kathy Dunderdale instead. Dunderdale, you may recall, was supposed to be the interim leader and had indicated she had no interest in the job.
Off went everyone to Christmas holidays.
Another minister dropped out and by December 30, Dunderdale wanted the job. Virtually the entire caucus, she said, backed her.
Curiously that was the same day the party announced it would accept nominations for leader until January 10.
Now if either Tim or Rick Hiller – living in Ottawa, were still pondering their future, they certainly wouldn't have had much time to get their papers in order. By the time the party announced that it would accept nominations, the race was effectively over. That's exactly the point that cabinet minister Ross Wiseman and his executive assistant made to Cabana on January 5. Since the entire caucus and their district associations backed Dunderdale, the odds of winning were very slim.
Besides, wrote Chick Cholock, Wiseman's executive assistant, a contested leadership would put at risk Danny Williams' legacy. "We do not want a Party [sic] divided now that Danny has moved on," wrote Cholock in an e-mail."
None of the arguments Wiseman and other Conservatives have offered about Brad Cabana had anything to do with following rules or his quality has a candidate.
They had everything to do with an apparent desire within the caucus to avoid a contested leadership fight of any kind. In other words had Tim or Rick decided to go all-in now that the caucus made a decision, they would almost surely have been met with exactly the same arguments that faced Cabana:
- They wouldn't stand a chance since all the people now determined to be party members had already decided, and
- a leadership contest in itself created the risk of fracturing the party beyond repair.
The Conservatives could lose the October election, as Cholock suggested in an e-mail he sent Cabana before nominations closed on January 10.
Wiseman and others did slide in another interesting qualification that doesn't appear anywhere in the Conservative Party constitution. Cabana hadn't lived in the province very long, Wiseman noted in a scrum he gave after Cabana revealed Cholock had visited him on January 5 to try and discourage him from running. Nor had Cabana been very active in party functions, apparently. There are two other grounds by which both Tim Powers and Rick Hillier would be disqualified.
If you are tired of the tedium that is federal politics, there is a drama unfolding in Newfoundland and Labrador. But the party that Danny Williams built is hell bent on showing that what they are up to is about as far from democracy as Parliament Hill is from excitement.
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The hockey world is saying goodbye to its greatest hero. Gordie Howe, the man known as Mr. Hockey and truly the greatest player--let alone Red Wing--to play the game has died at the age of 88.
I was too young to ever get to watch Gordie play, but you didn't have to witness his greatness first-hand, his accomplishments and his legacy are so enormous that anyone who loves the game of hockey will agree he was simply the best. There's really not much I can say that hasn't already been said, and likely in better words from people far more familiar with Gordie Howe than myself, but I felt the need deep within my hockey-loving soul to at least address the news publicly. Howe's presence in modern day Red Wings hockey was subtle but invaluable to generations of new players coming into the league. For kids like Dylan Larkin or Andreas Athanasiou to meet a man like Gordie and understand the greatness they are privileged to succeed by carrying on the Red Wing way is something many other teams simply cannot offer. Howe was quite literally a link to the Red Wings' past, and helped personify the essence of the Red Wings and what it meant to wear the Winged Wheel.
A marvelous hockey player and an outstanding human being, Mr. Hockey has earned his final sleep.
Friday, June 10, 2016
Gordie Howe has Passed Away
Rest in Peace, Gordie Howe.
Posted by Brad Butland at 3:33 PM 0 comments
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