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2014 Prospects of the Year
The winner here won't surprise anyone, so I discuss a number of other players who would have merited strong consideration if we didn't have such a clear favorite. I also give a separate award to the 2014 draftee who had the best pro debut, as well as a pair of runners-up.
Prospect of the Year: Kris Bryant | 3B | Chicago Cubs
I'd say it was a unanimous vote, but considering I'm the only voter, that was sort of an inevitable outcome. Still, Bryant blew away the field, dominating at two levels, leading the minor leagues in home runs and slugging percentage, finishing second in OBP (behind a 21-year-old in low-A) and ascending the rankings to become baseball's top prospect, all in his first full year in professional baseball.
'Keep calm' on these young players
Javier Baez
It's not the debut Cubs fans were expecting, at least not given his showings in spring training and the Futures Game, but a rough first time around the carousel is pretty much in line with Baez's career to date. Baez has 153 plate appearances in the majors so far, with 63 strikeouts and a .175/.229/.364 line. In his first 153 plate appearances in Triple-A, coming earlier this year, he hit .201/.268/.388 with 53 strikeouts.
He started slowly in Double-A as well, failing to get his OBP over .300 until his 120th plate appearance, but he came around sooner and was at least up to .273/.329/.580 by the time he passed 153 plate appearances. The primary skill that made him such a highly rated prospect -- he was No. 7 coming into the year -- is still intact: He has some of the best bat speed and strongest hands I've ever seen on a hitting prospect. He needs to overhaul his approach to at-bats, as he still seems to be deciding whether to swing before he could possibly have identified the pitch type, but he's so talented that he can make mistakes and still turn it into hard contact.Xander Bogaerts
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Most notable September call-ups
Here are my thoughts on eight players who already have been called up and what they might provide in the next month in the big leagues:
Jorge Soler, OF, Chicago Cubs (No. 28 in my midseason top 50 prospect rankings, No. 26 in my preseason top 100): Soler has been up for a few days, going 10-for-19 with seven extra-base hits in his first five games in the majors.
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Top 10 sustainable breakthroughs
• Players who were no longer rookies to start 2014.
• Players who either established a substantially higher level of performance, or who established themselves as everyday players/mid-rotation starters when they were previously part-time or extra players.
While many other players had apparent breakouts this year (e.g., Josh Harrison), these 10 players all have had breakouts that I believe are sustainable into future seasons. I picked five starters and five position players.
Garrett Richards
Unfortunately, Richards' season is over due to a freak knee injury that might put him out of action into spring training of 2015, which hurts the Angels' chances of advancing in the postseason and overshadows what an amazing year he's had. Richards was throwing mostly four-seamers and sliders before this season, which made him vulnerable to left-handed batters and generally to hard contact when he left the fastball up. This year, he added a two-seamer, with more life than the four-seamer (which has some natural cut) and a different look, while also adding a curveball to complement the slider, a pitch with similar shape but lower velocity. Assuming his knee allows it, he'll return to ace status next year.
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What the Red Sox get in Rusney Castillo
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My early award winners, top contenders
With just five weeks left in the regular season, we're approaching peak silliness time, the point in the season when we start to hear narrative-based explanations for why players who weren't actually the best at their respective roles deserve more award consideration -- the voters doth protest too much, methinks, but sometimes these campaigns (for that's just what they are) work. An annual August tradition, I've broken down whom I would list if I had the major award ballots, assuming I had to file them today, along with thoughts on how each of them could change based on what happens in September.
These pseudo-ballots represent how I would vote right now on each award, not what I expect to happen, although I talk about any such differences in the commentary. I have the NL Rookie of the Year ballot, so I won't discuss that one, although at this point it's more of a battle of attrition -- the last guy not on the DL gets the award
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Mets' Matz impresses at Double-A
This year, he's had a real breakout season, throwing harder with better control and strong enough results to move up to Double-A and become one of the team's top 10 prospects.
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Best pitching tools in MLB
Best fastball
It's certainly the hardest fastball I've ever seen -- I got him at 104 mph on my gun at Petco Park in September 2010 -- and it comes out of his hand shockingly easily given its superhuman velocity.
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Javier Baez brings hope -- and urgency
Javier Baez was my eighth-ranked prospect in the minors before his call-up, a move precipitated by a nearly two-month run of improved results for the talented shortstop -- .309/.376/.619 since ending a five-game hitless streak June 15, with higher walk and contact rates than he showed in April and May. Baez has initially struggled with every promotion in his pro career so far, but
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Astros clean up in Jarred Cosart trade
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Yankees prove productive at the deadline
I argued all spring that the Yanks should sign Stephen Drew to play one year at third base, then slide him to shortstop after Derek Jeter ends his Hall of Fame career this fall. They declined to give up the draft pick required to sign him, but now
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Red Sox ace Andrew Miller trade
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A shockingly low return for David Price
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Boston's return for Lackey merely OK
With Michael Wacha potentially out for the season, the Cardinals needed a better starter than Justin Masterson to shore up their rotation. John Lackey fits the bill, especially because they didn't have to dip into their farm system to acquire him. To get Lackey, the Cardinals only had to trade
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A's built for October, Sox for 2015
Even if Jason Hammel hadn't had one of the worst four-start stretches of his career, Jon Lester still would be a significant upgrade over him. And the A's needed more help in their rotation, which has been around the league median so far this year, than they needed Cespedes in their lineup, which has been among the AL's most productive thanks in large part to smart, cost-effective platoon pairings. Oakland's rotation to date has relied on Jesse Chavez, a career reliever who's already 30 innings over his professional single-season high, and Tom Milone, who's struggled away from home because he's an extreme fly ball guy with a below-average fastball. (Milone is now a Twin, traded for Sam Fuld in a swap of last-roster-spot guys.) Adding Lester and Jeff Samardzija to the rotation this month gives the A's high-impact starters for the playoffs and significant bulk innings to ward off September fatigue from pitchers such as Chavez or Drew Pomeranz, who haven't handled these workloads before. It makes the A's a win or two better the rest of the way, and it also sets them up far better for October.
They also added Jonny Gomes -- whose one major baseball skill is smacking around left-handed pitching -- to an outfield platoon mix that also considers who's on the mound for Oakland (since Fuld is a better defender than Gomes).
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A little something I did for a friend's birthday card. :)
Photo taken with phone camera (with flash), so the shiny white bits are the reflection of the colouring pencils.
Damn, Yugo is the hardest to draw! I only have a basic set of colouring pencils, so some colours I had to make-do.
Characters (c) Ankama
Drawing (c) Me
Yo, I finally finished the Brotherhood. :)
Az, Yugo, Adamai, Amalia, Eva, Cleo, Pinpin, Ruel and Juniour.
Excuse the cheesy font title.
Adamai today! The portal took me ages to get it right.
Poor bro doesn't get enough love.

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Engineering Shorter ER TimesAugust 24, 2010 6:45 am | Comments
Emergency room waiting times could be cut by over one-third and patients' length of stay by almost two-thirds, thanks to a new approach to the triage process of sorting patients for further assessment and treatment, according to research published in the International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage .
Practice Opens For Football Team Plagued By Mystery AilmentAugust 24, 2010 5:57 am | Comments
Anne M. Peterson, AP Doctors were trying to determine why 24 McMinnville High School players developed a condition that caused intense pain and dangerous swelling in their arms, hospitalizing two boys just as a football training camp was getting under way. The athletes were taking part in the immersion camp organized last week by new coach Jeff Kearin to get ready for the season.
Stem Cell Regulations Temporarily BlockedAugust 24, 2010 5:18 am | Comments
Pete Yost, AP The Obama administration's expansion of stem cell research has suffered a significant setback with a judge's ruling that blocks work on treating life-threatening conditions, say private groups pushing for scientific breakthroughs in medicine. Monday's decision by U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth will "drive the best scientific minds into work less likely to yield treatments," says Sean Tipton of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
Rural Hospital A Case Study In Medical/Financial PrioritiesAugust 23, 2010 7:54 am | Comments
Cathy Bussewitz, AP Modoc County is wedged into California's far northeastern corner, a land apart from much of the rest of the nation's most populous state. Little visited, the sparsely populated region of cave-riddled lava beds, sagebrush-covered plains and rolling ranch land has much in common with the rural areas of Oregon and Nevada that it adjoins.
da Vinci's Latest EnhancementAugust 23, 2010 7:35 am | Comments
Novadaq Technologies, Inc. a developer of real-time imaging systems for use in the operating room, announced today that it has completed the final design review for the integration of the company's SPY imaging technology into the 3-D high definition imaging capabilities of the da Vinci Surgical Robotic System.
Kenyan Patients Receive Prison Sentence For Not Following Doctor's OrdersAugust 23, 2010 7:20 am | Comments
Tom Odula, AP A court has sentenced two tuberculosis patients to eight months in prison after they skipped their medications. The jail time should help avoid spreading the deadly disease among the public, said a senior health official. The male patients were locked up in Kapsabet prison in western Kenya nearly 10 days ago to make sure they take their pills as prescribed and do not infect others, said Joseph Sitienei, the head of tuberculosis and lung diseases at the public health and sanitation ministry.
New Technology Could Prolong Implanted Device LifespansAugust 23, 2010 7:09 am | Comments
By creating a unique system of blood vessels that is engineered to interact with the tissue surrounding an implanted device, the longevity and function of these devices may be better preserved, according to a study led by researchers in the University of Louisville Jewish Hospital's Cardiovascular Innovation Institute (CII).
3 Year-Old's Hernia Surgery Delay Hits 10 MonthsAugust 23, 2010 6:56 am | Comments
Ruby Gittens, a three-year-old from Victoria, British Columbia in Canada has had to wait 10 months for hernia surgery, even though studies show wait times increase patient risk. According to her mom, she tries to keep up with her older brother and sister, but sometimes the discomfort of her hernia means she lags behind.
3 Year-Old's Hernia Surgery Delay Hits 10 MonthsAugust 23, 2010 6:38 am | Comments
Ruby Gittens, a three-year-old from Victoria, British Columbia in Canada has had to wait 10 months for hernia surgery, even though studies show wait times increase patient risk. According to her mom, she tries to keep up with her older brother and sister, but sometimes the discomfort of her hernia means she lags behind.
World's Tallest Man To Have SurgeryAugust 20, 2010 7:35 am | Comments
Source: Fox News Sultan Kosen will have surgery to stop the abnormal growth spurts that have made him the tallest man in the world. The 27-year-old from Turkey is more than 8' tall as a result of a rare hormonal condition called acromegaly, which causes the pituitary gland to produce too much growth hormone, usually as a result of a non-cancerous tumor on the pituitary gland.
Law Looks To Protect Insurance Coverage In New YorkAugust 20, 2010 7:29 am | Comments
Governor David Paterson signed a law into effect that will add more consumer protections when health insurers discontinue a class of policies. The bill requires a written notice of discontinuations to all insured individuals covered by a group plan at least 90 days before the discontinuation date. Insurers will have to notify affected policyholders of their options and they cannot discontinue a group plan to drop a lone high-cost policyholder from the plan.
Nurse Discrimination Suit Filed Against California HospitalAugust 20, 2010 7:24 am | Comments
The California Nurses Association is suing a San Francisco hospital, claiming discrimination because managers refused to hire Filipino nurses. The suit was filed Thursday against Sacramento-based Sutter Health and the company's California Pacific Medical Center. Union leaders and Filipino activists in the Bay Area also want the San Francisco Human Rights Commission to investigate the discrimination claims.
Benefits Of Gender-Specific Knee Implants Under ScrutinyAugust 20, 2010 7:20 am | Comments
A gender-specific total knee prosthesis was developed to more closely match the anatomy of the female knee, aiming to be a better fit resulting in better outcomes for women. However, a recent study in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery found that 85 women who received a gender-specific implant in one knee and a standard prosthesis in the other knee found no clinical benefits of the gender-specific knee.
Innovative Procedure For Rare Vaginal DefectsAugust 20, 2010 7:08 am | Comments
A pediatric urologist at UT Southwestern Medical Center has pioneered a successful surgical procedure for young girls who have absent or malformed vaginas, a condition that affects about one in 4,000 females. Unknown causes and certain genetic disorders can cause girls to be born with these defects, along with others that can accompany the vaginal problems, including an abnormal neck, an absent or malformed uterus and fallopian tubes, absent kidneys and abnormal external genitals.
Celebrity Surgeon Dies In CrashAugust 18, 2010 7:18 am | Comments
Sandy Cohen, AP Celebrity plastic surgeon Dr. Frank Ryan, who made headlines for performing multiple surgeries on reality TV star Heidi Montag, has died. He was 50 years old. The California Highway Patrol says Ryan's 1995 Jeep Wrangler went off the side of Pacific Coast Highway near Malibu and landed on its roof Monday afternoon.


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These People Ode poems are examples of Ode poems about People. These are the best examples of People Ode poems written by international PoetrySoup poets
You looked down at me, blue eyes intent on freezing, looked past my tears, and
said you loved me.
There was no expression on your face, no warmth in your kiss, you told me you
cared, and wanted only me.
I placed my hands on your back, kissed that mouth and told you how beautiful I
thought you were. Then you smiled that first smile you told me I was absolutely
When the sweat was dry, and the air was still, you wrapped your legs in mine, and
stroked my hair. You shared all the moments of your past, the plans of the future,
and the child like excitement of your dreams overwhelmed me into tears.
I fell in love with you. I fell hard. I fell for a man who felt nothing for me. I fell into
the arms of something that I dreamt was there, but faded, like the scent of your
skin. I never knew how blind I was. I never thought it would hurt to let you go. I
never thought I would have to. I never thought you would ever hurt me, instead
you crushed me.
You told me you loved me, and you cared. You told me I was worth everything, but
you left me. You just left me. No note. No call. No email. Nothing. You just
disappeared leaving me to feel like everything everyone had ever said about you;
everything you said you were, was true.
I danced with you. I let you in to my heart. You saw my soul. You knew everything.
You were everything to me. How could you do this to me? Why did you have to lie
and tell me it was only me? Why did you tell me I was it for you? Why did you tell me
you loved me, and cared so damn much? Why didn't you stop to think about me
just once before eating that cake you so had to have.
You looked down at me, eyes still frozen, and begged me to have that baby. There
was a beautiful smile on your face, and you said you loved me.
You watched me move, and I heard you sigh. I thought it meant everything. You
said I was everything. You said you loved me. I thought you loved me
Engulfed in flames, the old church looks like hell,
A crowd has gathered, they already mourn,
Gone is the stained glass, silent is the bell
that welcomed the faithful and the forlorn.
They come fully armored in hats and masks,
Strong men and women will battle this beast,
The ladder is raised while the fire grows,
~Calmly they begin tasks~
though upon sweat and smoke soon they will feast,
and what horrors they'll face, God only knows.
Soot clings to their skin, their faces are red,
The roar of the devil shatters the night,
A five alarm that is threatening to spread
to the row-homes that one spark could ignite.
Monsters bare fangs and never die easy,
Flares from the inferno swallow the roof,
Surely its madness to battle this blaze,
~Observers watch, queasy~
Arson suspected, their body of proof
hides somewhere within the flickering haze.
Words are left unspoken by this dark crew,
This morning they had buried a brother,
Poison they taste, toxins of iron blue
stoke pyres that no hero can smother.
Some are born to rescue all in danger,
Think, life is too dear for ash and cinder,
And with old burns just hold the hose tighter,
~Oh, Bless you, brave stranger~
Nothing will move you, nothing will hinder
'Til Heaven calls home each firefighter.
We'd really like to thank you
i'm sure you left it here with love,
it really was so kind of you
but we didn't want your bug.
We thought you'd like to know
we really felt the pits
we thought of you quite often
when we had the squits.
Next time you come to visit
please leave your bugs at home,
'cause, when you bring them with you
they sure do like to roam.
So next time that we see you
I hope you come alone,
you can bring Rosie and Katie
but leave your bugs at home.
She swept away the tired day
with purple broom that stained the sky
and the sun swept under the rug
was the sparkle in her eye
She walked on a bridge of cloud
with such glowing presence and luminescence
that it left crumbs of stars in the sky.
I woke up this morning with tears in my eyes,
your face was in the morning paper;
they shot you dead like a dog,
hunted you out all day and night.
They said you'd always been a bad seed
and youths were dying because of you;
they said you're a criminal on the run
with a dirty face and shaggy head.
But I know you better than they do,
you preached love to all the people;
you fought for them, young and old,
you lit up their nights with your heart.
And now as I see you lying dead,
it seems my dreams have vanished as well;
they can call you names, any names they want,
but I know there's only one like you,
there's only one like you,
there's only one Che Guevara.
(Repeat Refrain)
You lit up their nights with your heart,
you lit up their nights with your heart,
you lit up their nights with your heart.
BROTHERS and SISTERS
Brothers and sisters
Of mine,
Children of heavenly
Gather under the banner
Of our immortal
And pray
For love to bring
To mortals' hearts
And nothing
© Demetrios Trifiatis
21 January 2013
Oh how I wish
I could set free
the native American Indian
with pride and dignity
taking them back
across the great open plains
to their sacred home
in the lush green vallies
where buffalo are plentiful
and roam
so the Indians can live in peace
one with nature once more
where the eagles soar
setting them free as the wind
wild untameable as a magnificent stallion
running toward the setting sun.
Peter Dome.copyright.2012.
Family, the enemy of our souls wants us to believe
The lie that we are alone
He wants us to believe
That we are treading hopeless road
But the cloud witnesses who urge us on
Tell us another story
The road we tread with light and beauty and fellowship
My friends, we are never alone
Written 09292012
Note: Giving good orderly direction.... " Give A little Obama Love "
To-day is a New Day
Time for people to Pray
If their were No Unity
Where would we be to-day?
Why is it..
That all of 'GOD' People
Are so...!
War Torn Today..
With nothing going on
With nothing to speak of..
So little to say!
So, looking back on Reflection
In a more Democratic Way
Let's give the Future back
To the Children
- And -
Let Jesus lead the way
So, Why not give them Love
Show them another way
Remember that Obama Care
Is a Health Care which is
Oh! so very rare..
It could really save the Day?
Do you know a better way?
It is meant for people with
No Insurance...
Not for those...
Who just don't care!
For it is just an annoyance
Who really need Insurance?
So, if you have Insurance
And that is all that really
Matter to you...
Remember that their are
Men, Women and Children
Who needs' a plan too...?
For the Obama Plan is high
In Demand
And Gods' People are too...
Note: Remember that if you need a Health Plan
then we need one too...
If I was Leonard Nimoy I would rush about the place,
I would hold my long pointy fingers in front of me as I sprang from door to door,
My pointy boots deftly propelling me from shadow to shadow my pointy ears sleek in the dark,
I would wear an elf's cloak like a slender bony wraith and be like Pan in the woods.
If I was Leonard Nimoy, ceaselessly running here and there,
I would fondle things, peruse things, and look under things and open cupboards,
A real nosey sneak, climbing through windows and going through draws,
I'd sniff other people's belongings with my long sensitive nose,
trying on peoples clothes, reading their diaries, wearing their shoes.
If I was Leonard Nimoy I would be a real cheeky bastard,
Quickly rushing about, hands in front, cloak flapping behind,
Stooping like a thief in the dark, arranging dinner dates, making phone calls,
Then I would vocally abuse people and adroitly cut them down.
If I was Leonard Nimoy I would use my Vulcan logic to orally molest people,
I would line people up with my stone hard glare and coldly hurl verbal perversions at them
Willowy fingers, hunched shoulders, flat black hair, pointy ears, spikey shoes, cloak fluttering behind.
Expressionless, cool, thin and dexterous, I'd cause a right awkward mess behind the scenes.


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As some of you may know, I have a particular fondness for Season 18, and Tom's costume from that. However, upon rewatching it recently, I noticed that there appears to be a variation in the "?" motif on Tom's shirt. It's just very slight, and most noticable on "The Leisure Hive", but he appears to have one shirt where the "?" appears to be vertical and of a less ornate design, and the other - which is the most used - has them at an angle, and are a little more stylised.
Just wondered if anyone else had noticed similar, or whether I need to get my specs changed!!!!


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Imagine having a typical toddler running around your house one minute and then watching as he reverts back to an infant the next, unable to walk or feed himself. That's life for one Ham Lake boy.
Only one in 10 million people are affected by the neurological disorder called opscolonus myoclonus syndrome, or OMS. Jamie Solberg describes it as one of the mystery diseases doctors can't diagnose on TV, and she's hoping to spread awareness.
On some days, it seems like the Solbergs have their own speed track with three kids racing around. The youngest is 20-month-old Tell.
"He's a wild man," said Shane Solberg. "He doesn't take any guff from either one of his brothers."
On the surface, Tell looks like a typical toddler -- but he only started walking again a few weeks ago.
"He'll have his good moments, which are 15- to 20-minute bursts," Jamie Solberg said.
In April, the boy was at Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. At first, it was because he had begun to walk weirdly, tilting his head to the side. At first, doctors diagnosed him with a viral infection caused by the flu and an ear infection they thought would clear up. Just a few weeks later, his condition went downhill fast.
"He basically can't do anything," Shane Solberg explained. "He can't walk. He's shaking. His whole body is shaking."
Those symptoms are caused by a syndrome seen in just 25 children a year in the U.S.
"Instead of your immune system attacking the bad things in your body like it's supposed to, it started attacking everything and started attacking his nervous system," Jamie Solberg told FOX 9 News.
It took weeks for Tell to learn all the basics all over again -- crawling, walking, and feeding himself.
"Your heart just sinks," Shane Solberg said. "What can you do? You are in shock."
Now that he's back at home, the Solbergs say FOX 9 cameras caught Tell on a good day.
"We're just taking it day by day because the prognosis is from one extreme to the other," Shane Solberg said. "It could be he's perfectly fine, he has no relapses to he could lose and be mentally or physically impaired."
With so few cases a year, little is known about OMS, but the Solberg family wants others to know that catching it quickly is important.
"We feel unbelievably fortunate that they were able to do this and the doctors at Children's stepped up to the plate and figured this out," Shane Solberg said.
It is still unknown what causes OMS, but Tell's doctor told FOX 9 News it is most often associated with neuroblastoma, a malignant cancerous tumor that develops from nerve tissue in infants and children; however, Tell's physicians remain hopeful that he will make a full recovery despite concerns he may face potential learning deficits down the road.
Online resources:
- Team Tell: http://teamtell.weebly.com/
- Baby Tell on CaringBridge: www.caringbridge.org/visit/BabyTell
- OMS Baby Tell on Facebook: www.facebook.com/OMSBabyTell
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Projects in astronomy, atmospheric sciences and engineering proposed for summer 2014 are listed below:
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Sept. 27, 2010 -- Elderly women with osteopenia, a condition with low levels of bone mineral density, can reduce their risk of hip fractures with regular daily exercise, a new study says.
In people diagnosed with osteopenia, bone mineral density is lower than normal, but not low enough to be classified as osteoporosis.
Researchers in Finland studied 160 elderly women with osteopenia, 84 of whom were assigned to an exercise group and 76 who didn't receive training in how to work out.
Women in the exercise group attended supervised balance, leg strength, and impact training weekly for a six-month period from October to March each year from 1998 to 2001. Both the exercise and control groups were followed for a period of about seven years.
During that time, 17 women trained in how to do proper exercises were treated in hospitals for fractures, compared to 23 in the control group.
No hip fractures occurred in the exercise group during the follow-up, compared to five hip fractures in the control group. This is significant, the researchers say, because broken hips increase mortality risk in elderly women.
The women who exercised also "demonstrated a significant gain compared with the control group in mean leg strength."
During the follow-up period, only one woman in the exercise group had died, compared with eight among those in the control group.
The authors write that 30 months of supervised, mainly home-based exercising methods followed by voluntary training at home had a positive long-term effect on balance and gait in high-risk elderly women.
What's more, "life-long physical activity was associated with reduced risk of fractures," the authors say.
The researchers say that regular daily exercise should be recommended for elderly women with osteopenia.
The authors write that falls cause at least 90% of all hip fractures, which have a high mortality rate.
SOURCES:News release, Archives of Internal Medicine.Korpelainen, R. Archives of Internal Medicine, Sept. 27, 2010; vol 170: pp 1548-1556.
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Here are the details about the upcoming release on January 3rd at 10 PM EST:
You can attend the New Release Party on January 3rd from 8-10 PM EST HERE in the MFT forum, where you can enjoy fun, games, and PRIZES!
The MFT release, including all new stamp sets and Die-namics, is on January 3rd at 10 PM EST. You'll find all the newest products HERE at release time.
You have just a few more hours to submit your entry for this month's guest designer contest. Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win $200 in stamp sets and Die-namics, and play along with the MFT Design Team for a month.
And while we are at it, how about we make your life even easier with a "cheat sheet" of all that's new?
We've also included the shopping list as a downlodable PDF File: MFT_Jan2012_ShoppingList Be sure to print your out for quick reference at tonight's New Release Party on Splitcoast Stampers. It will be very handy for contest questions! We'll see you tonight beginning at 8pm on THIS thread on the MFT Forum on Splitcoast!
I'm going to send you on your way to visit with all the designers who have prepared a little something for you today! Be sure to leave comments as you go for the chance to win one of 2, $10 gift certificates given away daily. The winners will be posted on January 3rd just before the release party, on the MFT blog.
Meredith Winston – this month's Guest Designers


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Eva Mendes: Her Street Style
The star always looks effortlessly gorgeous especially on her days off! Check out her coolest on-the-street looks. Read on for our exclusive interview with Eva Mendes from our March 2012 issue!
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Eva's Timeless Style
While Eva may look camera shy in this photo, her outfit screams comfortable chic. As she heads into the airport to meet her heartthrob beau Ryan Gosling, she dons a cozy maroon duster, oversized scarf and tan lace up booties.


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MOSINEE, Wisc (WSAU) Central Wisconsin Airport is waiting to hear about possible FAA cutbacks that might impact airport operations. A list of smaller, regional airports that would lose air traffic controllers was supposed to be announced today. Now those cuts will be announced on Friday.
If air traffic controllers are cut, airport take-offs and landings would be controlled by towers at larger airports like Minneapolis. Those control towers might be overseeing multiple airports, and flights might be delayed or cancelled.
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Spirit Stories: In Your Own Words
I have been a member of Shirley Maclaine.com for over a year. This evening I just came across the weekly featured Spirituality Story.
Ever want to raise your hand and say, "My name is_______ and I am: 1)unorganized 2) a procrastinator, 3) my sun is in Scorpio, my moon is in Gemini and I have a Taurus rising? (I can almost hear the groans now....)
A wanna-be-writer by trade, I came across a story on the Spirituality site tonight that made me stop what I was doing (who says surfing the net is not exercise?) and send this out.
Ten years ago, our favorite muppeteer passed away. Jim Hensen was his name. He died of pneumonia in 1991. I know this is factual because it was his death that prompted me to drive myself to the ER where I was found to have the same strain of the infectious disease which took his life. Immediately placed in special care, it was three weeks before I was well enough to be discharged. The master of muppeteer's saved me.
Five years later a man by the name of Walter Cronkite called my house on my birthday. Now who do you know that gets a phone call from Walter Cronkite? I know this is factual because it not only was my birthday -- it was his birthday too. We were born on the same day (separated however, by 38 years). I had written my first fan letter which brought tears to the office staff's eyes. (I know because they called me too!) and it was deemed so special that those lovely people ensured my letter was in his satchel. America's father called on his 80th birthday to give me his regards.
One year ago I visited Louisa May Alcott's home in Concord, MA. for the first time. Encountering the most intense psychic experience of my life, I bolted from Orchard House and had to be driven out of Concord in a supine position. I know this is factual because to this day I get an almost panicked feeling holding a certain girls book. (Also...there was a witness.) Little Women's author had literally laid on my chest to get my attention.
Last night I went to bed. I heard a whoosh. The door slammed shut in my bedroom so loudly that it woke me up. I know this is factual because I remember "peeking" over the bedcovers, shaking-in-my-well, never mind what was shaking. This morning the door which was closed was now open. Obviously, someone is trying to get my attention.
I thought back to these three world renown figures who had touched my life. What did they have in common? The answer came almost immediately. They are storytellers.
Tonight I came across this website. I am a writer. This is one of my stories.