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Multivitamins apparently safe
A new Australian review claims that the use of dietary supplements does not increase the risk of death.
The meta-analysis included results of 21 randomized controlled trials investigating the efficacy and safety of supplementation with a combination of vitamins and minerals for an average of 43 months (at least one year) in a total of 91,074 participants, aged 62 years on average, without terminal diseases (1). The analysis showed that supplement intakes did not affect the risk of mortality due to cancer or vascular diseases. A
non-significant trend was shown for multivitamin/multimineral use and a reduced risk of all-cause mortality.
The researchers concluded that the results support the safety of supplements. They noted that the analyzed studies did not include participants who used multiple dietary supplements (e.g., two or more multivitamins or a multivitamin along with individual vitamins). Excessive long-term nutrient intake, exceeding the recom-mended daily intake values, may be harmful.
In the past, some meta-analyses have linked use of antioxidant supplement s (vitamin A, C and E and beta-carotene) to an increase in mortality risk: in 2007, a meta-analysis, which included 66 clinical trials, reported an increased risk of 16% (2). A critical expert analysis of the study showed that over 400 clinical trials repor-ting no deaths had been excluded. Following this criticism, the authors published corrections and a new meta-analysis, which still suggested a potential increase in mortality (3). A re-analysis of this meta-analysis found that while 36% of the trials included showed beneficial effects of supplements and 60% showed no efficacy, only 4% of the studies reported potentially harmful effects reflecting the safety of supplement use (4). A more recent observational study, which reported an increase in mortality risk by 2.4% (5) was criticized for serious weaknesses in planning, execution and evaluation.
Macpherson H. et al. Multivitamin-multimineral supplementation and mortality : a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Published online January 2013.
Bjelakovic G. et al. Mortality in randomized trials of antioxidant supplements for primary and secondary prevention: systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA. 2007; 297(8):842-857.
Bjelakovic G. et al. Antioxidant supplements for prevention of mortality in healthy participants and patients with various diseases. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2008; 16;(2):CD007176.
Biesalski H.-K. et al. Reexamination of a meta-analysis of the effect of antioxidant supplementation on mortality and health in randomized trials. Nutrients. 2010; 2(9):929-949.
Mursu J. et al. Dietary supplements and mortality rate in older women: the Iowa Women's Health Study. Arch Intern Med. 2011; 171(18):1625-1633.
Vitamin D3 seems to be more effective than vitamin D2
In News · January 6, 2013
A new UK review has shown that supplements using vitamin D3 could provide more health benefit than those using vitamin D2.


While some individuals would prefer to never face obstacles of any kind, there are some who know that obstacles can help a person become better, and that obstacles can be a good thing. I have a hard time thinking of obstacles in a positive light, but I am trying to learn from individuals like Joseph Bismark, and to change my thinking on such things. I am trying to change the way that I think about obstacles, and I am doing that because of the inspiration that I have found in Joseph Bismark.
When I was reading on the WordPress blog Left Handed Right Mind, I read about how Joseph Bismark believes that obstacles can be a good thing. This is something that is hard to swallow, but I am trying to change my beliefs to align with his. I want my life to go smoothly, but I need to be able to look at the negative things that happen and see them as being a powerful part of who I am. I want my life to be easy, but I need to see things as Joseph Bismark does, and I need to realize that obstacles can be good for me. I need to realize that obstacles make me stronger, believing Joseph Bismark and trusting him when he says the same thing.


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Hub Prevents isolation
Southampton Hospital Charity
Isolation is one of the toughest consequences of Covid, with visitor restrictions in place at hospitals and those less seriously ill having to isolate at home. The hub is a volunteer led service that was set up in March 2020 to provide help for those fighting Covid alone.
The project, known as the Patient Support Hub, is thought to be the first of its kind in the country. It offers a range of services to patients who are either isolated or need extra support before, during and after their care at UHS.
Set up during the first wave of COVID-19 initially to support a number of patients who were shielding due to medical conditions, it has grown into a wider support network which brings together volunteers and community providers to focus on patients' wider needs.
Since its launch the Hub has taken more than 3,500 calls from patients asking for advice, help and support and 58 volunteers have given more than 330 hours of free service a week. Each week the volunteers are in contact with patients with a range of needs, helping to ensure they are supported in their own homes following their discharge from hospital.
Emma Squires, Patient Support Hub lead at UHS
The project now offers services including delivery of food parcels and shopping, collection of prescriptions, befriending and signposting to other services in the community.
Emma Squires, Patient Support Hub lead at UHS said:
"What we are trying to do is help those who fall into the middle ground of being clinically well enough for discharge but who would benefit from a bit of extra practical and emotional support.
"That may include food parcels until they are back on their feet, an ear to listen and perhaps help to signpost to well-established community volunteering services that could help with longer-term support. Many patients refer to the service as a 'lifeline to the outside world."
The Hub is so important to people in the community. It is a network of things that all have to add up to make it successful and the Hub seems to bring all of that together for the benefit of people who need that support."
Tony Smyth, volunteering at the Hub since the first wave
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Q: iCloud & NSFileWrapper: Showing as 2 different files in Settings I have an app that uses a UIDocument that is NSFileWrapper based.  My file wrapper is a directory named "XXX.cp", with two sub-files "photo.data" and "photo.metadata".  It seems to save and load documents fine, however when I go to Settings\Manage Storage\Unknown the sub-files are listed separately:

I was expecting it to show "XXX.cp" instead of these two sub-files.  I think I have the document UTI set up and exported properly:

And I think I am creating the file wrappers correctly (especially since it reads/writes fine):
- (void)encodeObject:(id<NSCoding>)object toWrappers:(NSMutableDictionary *)wrappers preferredFilename:(NSString *)preferredFilename {
    @autoreleasepool {
        NSMutableData * data = [NSMutableData data];
        NSKeyedArchiver * archiver = [[NSKeyedArchiver alloc] initForWritingWithMutableData:data];
        [archiver encodeObject:object forKey:@"data"];
        [archiver finishEncoding];
        NSFileWrapper * wrapper = [[NSFileWrapper alloc] initRegularFileWithContents:data];
        [wrappers setObject:wrapper forKey:preferredFilename];
    }
}

- (id)contentsForType:(NSString *)typeName error:(NSError *__autoreleasing *)outError {
    if (self.captionedPhotoMetadata == nil || self.captionedPhoto == nil) {
        *outError = [[NSError alloc] initWithDomain:CaptionedPhotoErrorDomain code:CaptionedPhotoInvalidDocument userInfo:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:NSLocalizedString(@"Invalid document!", @""), NSLocalizedDescriptionKey, nil]];
        return nil;
    }
    NSMutableDictionary * wrappers = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
    [self encodeObject:self.captionedPhotoMetadata toWrappers:wrappers preferredFilename:METADATA_FILENAME];
    [self encodeObject:self.captionedPhoto toWrappers:wrappers preferredFilename:DATA_FILENAME];
    NSFileWrapper * fileWrapper = [[NSFileWrapper alloc] initDirectoryWithFileWrappers:wrappers];
    return fileWrapper;
}

But still no cigar.  Anyone know what the problem is?  Thanks!

A: Figured this out.  The problem was you need to have a filename extension of 3 letters.  Mine had only 2 letters: ".cp".  I switched it to ".cap" and it worked :P

A: I didn't change my UTI to be three characters.  It remains 11 characters.  At first I was seeing the same issue Ray is reporting.  I looked in the documentation more and found in "iOS Apps Programming Guide" - "App-Related Resources" under the paragraph of "Declaring Your App's Supported Document Types" that "For each document type you must provide the following information at a minimum:

*

*A name

*An icon

*The file types

I had provided a name and the file types, but not an icon. So I whipped up the most awesome little document icon I could in 22 seconds, added it to my project, added it to the Target's Document Types, and on my iPad, Settings, iCloud, Manage Storage, MyApp, I only see the file wrapper name, NSMetadataItemDisplayNameKey style!

A: I had the same issue, but my extension had three chars and I also had an icon. However, after reading this comment, I tried deleting the LSItemContentTypes in the CFBundleDocumentTypes section ("Types: com.razeware.captionedPhoto" in the second image under "document types") and it worked.
I also noticed that the WWDC demo "UIDocument and iCloud" has no LSItemContentType set as well.
Seems like a huge bug to me, as the docs clearly state there should be a document type.

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Ferndale Superintendent Blake Prewitt Accepted for Lakeview Position UPDATED
Ferndale Superintendent Blake Prewitt Accepted for Lakeview Position
(Crystal A. Proxmire, March 23, 2017)
Ferndale, MI – Ferndale School Superintendent Blake Prewitt has been accepted for the position of Superintendent of Lakeview Schools. According to the Battle Creek Enquirer, discussion lasted over six hours, with the vote to hire Prewitt being made just after midnight this morning.
"Current Superintendent Dave Peterson is retiring at the end of the school year after six years with the district. Thirty-two candidates applied for his position, which should pay between $140,000 and $160,000 per year," states the report.
When his application for the position became public, both Prewitt and Ferndale School Board President Jennifer LaTosch shared assurances with the public.
There are succession plans in place should Prewitt take employment elsewhere. In an interview at the time of Prewitt's interview with Lakeview, LaTosch said "Upon receiving notice of Mr. Prewitt's interview, Vice President Jackie Hart began to update information on superintendent search firms," Latosch said. "The Governance Committee and full Board will begin working on that information in the event of the superintendent's resignation. We want to assure everyone that we will have solid leadership continuity and that our top priority will continue to be the best interests of our students in Ferndale Schools."
At that time when asked why he was looking elsewhere, Prewitt said My children will be out of the house next year. Becoming empty nesters, my wife Tonya and I began considering making a move personally and professionally. In researching Lakeview Schools I found a district that would be a good fit for my skills and abilities. We feel that the position in Lakeview would be a great next step in our lives. That being said, as I pursue this new challenge, I remain committed to doing the best job I can for the students of the Ferndale community, they deserve nothing less."
Prewitt became Superintendent of Ferndale in 2014 as part of wave of new leadership both on the Board and the Administration following the scandalous departure of Gary Meier and administrators who were siphoning district resources to start their own charter school consulting company.
In the past two and a half years, Ferndale Schools got new administrators, won a settlement against the former Superintendent, and underwent a restructuring that combined the elementary school aged students, consolidated buildings and brought revenue to the district through the sale of properties.
UPDATE: Ferndale School Board President Jen LaTosch issued the following statement….
Ferndale Schools Family,
The Ferndale Schools Board of Education was informed late last night that our Superintendent, Blake Prewitt, has accepted the Superintendency for the Lakeview School District in Battle Creek.
In a letter to the staff of Ferndale Schools, Mr. Prewitt wrote, "It is with mixed emotions that I accepted the offer. I love the Ferndale community and people I work with but my wife and I are excited to move forward with the next stage of our life. This was an opportunity that I could not pass up. The district is on a great path forward, due to all the hard work of all of you, and this will continue seamlessly. Please know that I am 100% committed to do what is best for our Ferndale students and do what is best for the community."
Mr. Prewitt's departure is a scenario the Board has been preparing for since he informed us of his candidacy in Lakeview last month. We have been active behind the scenes in reaching out to search firms who specialize in identifying the best candidates for high-level educational positions. Our top priority is to do everything within our power to ensure we identify and select the leader our students deserve. As we begin this search in earnest, the Board of Education will meet at a Special Meeting this coming Monday, March 27th at 7pm in the Ferndale High School Media Center to discuss the path forward and timeline for selecting a new Superintendent.
It is also important to note that our Deputy Superintendent, Tom Shelton, who was also a candidate for a Superintendency in Williamston, Michigan, will be staying with Ferndale Schools. He and Dina Rocheleau, our Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction, will continue the good works that the Ferndale Schools family began 3 years ago, and provide continuity into the future. As I said in the State of the District Address earlier this month, the amazing progress in our schools over the past few years was the result of the work of an incredible team of administrators, teachers, staff, parents, and community members. The collective effort of the community brought out the best in the district and created an outstanding educational foundation that we will continue to build upon as we move forward in our never ending effort to make Ferndale the best learning environment for all students.
Jennifer LaTosch
Ferndale Schools Board of Education


The Dodge brand's recent pivot decisively in the direction of higher-performance vehicles has left it with a few outliers that don't really fit with the new image. Namely, the Grand Caravan and the bargain-basement Journey midsize crossover. The new Chrysler Pacifica has effectively replaced the Grand Caravan, which will live out its remaining days as a fleet staple. And it appears the successor to the Dodge Journey, whatever it may be called, will be considerably more performance-oriented than the somewhat numb current model. In addition to the change in platform, Automotive News reports that production for the Dodge midsize crossover will be moving from Mexico to Italy when the new model debuts in 2018.
Being that it's reported to be based on the Alfa Romeo Giulia chassis, that means the new model will have a longitudinal drivetrain, meaning the base model will be rear-wheel-drive, with all-wheel-drive expected as an option. Engine choices will likely include a turbocharged I-4, V-6, and a plug-in hybrid option.
The current Giulia is built at FCA's Cassino, Italy, plant, southeast of Rome and northwest of Naples. This would not be the first time a domestic-branded FCA product was built overseas. The most recent example is the Jeep Renegade, which is built at FCA's Melfi, Italy, plant, along with the Fiat 500X. The Renegade is sold globally and is a key part of the Jeep brand's worldwide growth strategy.


Stop "shoulding" all over everything. "I should go workout, I shouldn't eat these crackers, I should be a better parent." This checklist is not productive towards your heart-call. It is merely filled with a bunch of tasks that distract us from conquering our demons and calling forth our authentic self.
When you go into Alpha Recovery, it's time to admit that you can't- or shouldn't do it all. The Alpha Female strives to do things that are just a shade short of impossible. She clutters her life with tasks and an idea of perfection. If you are trying for perfection you will never reach your goal, thus never feeling accomplished. Pursuit of perfection sets you up for failure! This is why I say progress, not perfection.
"They" are the volunteer committees, religious service, the co-workers, extended family. Really, who are the "They" in your life that you base your worth and decisions on?
I spent the first 40 years of my life doing the "right" things. I went to the right college to get the right major for the best job. I married a man with a perfect resume and pedigree. I was on track for my fairytale future. However, there was this nagging voice within me that kept telling me that something just wasn't right. It resided deep down in my core.


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Save Our NHS in Kent (SONIK) will be holding a party in Margate next weekend to celebrate the 70th birthday of the NHS.
The party takes place on Saturday, May 5 at Marine Gardens, Margate, starting at noon.
It looks as though the weather will be sunny and quite warm, so the organisers are hoping for a good turnout.
The NHS birthday is actually on July 5 but celebrations began at the start of this year.


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PAS #24: themomentwhenanappleistooheavyandhastofalldowntotheground
Alberta University of the Arts
In collaboration with the Alberta University of the Arts, M:ST presents PAS — Performance Art Studies (Germany), a professional studio that is offering intensive studies to young artists, art students and other interested people in Performance Art since 2008. The aim of these studies is to provide the participants a unique form of classes about the big topic of Performance Art and to include the participants into the international network. PAS is a place of artistic research, mediation and new orientation.
Part of programming for M:ST 5.5
performance art studies was created by german artist and pedagogue bbb johannes deimling in january 2008 with the interest of establishing a platform for artistic and social dialogue in order to shape a space for constant, critical learning and exploration its inexhaustible potential between performance art and other art genres. the studies consist of gatherings of people, who are interested in sharing experiences, view points and visions in which collective, artistic experiments are made and widen the perspective and perception through participation and sharing. the process-based experiments are learning tools for sharpening ones view on the world and questioning our role as humans and creative workers.
since performance art constantly expands and develops, there remains a huge field of unknown and undiscovered territory, which could offer solutions for artistic and non-artistic research, production and reflection. stating this means: the main learning tool within a PAS study is the process of which we are uncertain where it will lead us. this process is directed to all involved without restrictions and mainly guided by the agreed experiments. this openness towards the PAS process implies the logic that each and every one involved is using his or hers potential to sculpt the space in which we are learning, exploring and creating. aiming beyond the question 'how do we create a performance art piece?' is the soul of PAS process.
the main source of a performance work is the present body of a person who presents an artistic concept in front of a present audience in space and time. therefore PAS understands performance art as a social art form and embraces diversity of those involved in its artistic processes. skin color, age, gender, religion, political stance, social or cultural backgrounds are understood as qualities, and as tools to generate intersections where learning actually happens. the differences are treated equally and thought of as artistic formulas like color, shape, size, body, space, time, materials, which are the subjects of our artistic endeavors. this is essentially needed since the occurring intersections between humans, forms, opinions and artistic visions provide the potential to touch the unknown and create something that we would be unable to discover on our own. during this vivid process we constantly inspire, demand and challenge ourselves as a crucial deed for changing perspective and allowing content of others to be displayed. this, then could adapt or integrate within our working processes and attitudes. the collective learning pool has a very legible aim: the 'i' needs to transform into a unique readable sign, which addresses the other in order to start a dialogue.


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Tender Deadline Signings: 11/30/21
By Steve Adams and Anthony Franco | November 30, 2021 at 8:48pm CDT
With the deadline to tender contracts to arbitration-eligible players looming tonight at 8pm ET — the MLBPA and MLB jointly agreed to move the deadline up a couple days due to the looming expiration of the collective bargaining agreement — we'll likely see a slew of arbitration-eligible players signing one-year deals.
It's commonplace for a large batch of players to sign deals in the hours leading up to the tender deadline. "Pre-tender" deals of this nature often fall shy of projections due to the fact that teams use the looming threat of a non-tender to enhance their leverage. Arbitration contracts at this juncture are often take-it-or-leave-it propositions, with the "leave it" end of that arrangement resulting in the player being cut loose. Given the widely expected lockout, there could be more incentive than usual for borderline non-tender candidates to take those offers rather than being cast out into free agency just hours before a transaction freeze is implemented.
As a reminder, arbitration contracts are not fully guaranteed. In a typical year, a team can cut a player on an arb contract at any point before the halfway point in Spring Training and only be responsible for 30 days' termination pay (about one-sixth of the contract). Releasing a player in the second half of Spring Training bumps the termination pay to 45 days of his prorated salary.
MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz projected salaries for each team's arbitration-eligible players last month, although for many of the players listed below, this isn't so much avoiding arbitration as it is avoiding a non-tender. Here's a look at today's agreements…
The Yankees have agreed to deals with infielder Gio Urshela and right-hander Domingo German, reports Mark Feinsand of MLB.com (Twitter links). Urshela will make $6.55MM, while German has agreed to a $1.75MM deal. Urshela has two seasons of control remaining; German is controllable for three years. Urshela is coming off a .267/.301/.419 showing while playing third base and shortstop. German tossed 98 1/3 innings of 4.58 ERA ball.
The Twins have signed three arbitration-eligible pitchers, per reports from Feinsand and Darren Wolfson of SKOR North (on Twitter). Right-hander Jharel Cotton signed for $700K, reliever Caleb Thielbar lands $1.3MM and reliever Tyler Duffey signs for $3.8MM. Thielbar and Duffey were both productive members of the Minnesota relief corps in 2021. Cotton was recently claimed off waivers from the Rangers.
The Giants have agreed to terms with outfielder Austin Slater on a $1.85MM deal, reports Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic (Twitter link). The 28-year-old (29 next month) appeared at all three spots on the grass while hitting .241/.320/.423 over 306 plate appearances in 2021.
Reliever Emilio Pagan and the Padres have agreed on a $2.3MM deal, reports Rosenthal (on Twitter). The 30-year-old worked 63 1/3 innings of 4.83 ERA/3.93 SIERA ball this past season.
The Diamondbacks agreed to a $2MM deal with left-hander Caleb Smith, reports Zach Buchanan of the Athletic (via Twitter). The 30-year-old posted a 4.83 ERA/4.68 SIERA across 113 2/3 innings in a swing capacity in 2021.
Earlier Deals
First baseman Rowdy Tellez agreed to a $1.94MM deal with the Brewers, tweets Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. Acquired in a midseason trade with Toronto, Tellez impressed with a .272/.333/.481 batting line and seven homers in 174 plate appearances. He's controlled through 2024.
The Yankees and lefty Lucas Luetge agreed to a $905K salary for the 2022 season, per Rosenthal. The 34-year-old returned to the Majors for the first time since 2015 and shined with a 2.74 ERA in 72 1/3 innings of relief. New York can control him through the 2024 season.
The Orioles signed lefty Paul Fry to an $850K deal for the 2022 season, tweets Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com. Fry looked like he'd be an in-demand trade candidate well into the summer, but the O's hung onto him and watched his results crumble after the deadline passed. He finished with a 6.08 ERA on the season but pitched effectively through July. Between thats strong start, a big 28% strikeout rate and an affordable salary, it's only sensible for Baltimore to hang onto him.
Pirates shortstop Kevin Newman agreed to terms with the team on a 2022 contract, tweets Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He'll be paid $1.95MM, Rob Biertempfel of The Athletic adds. A Gold Glove finalist in 2021, Newman hit just .226/.265/.309 but was one of the best defensive players at any position. He's controlled another three seasons.
The Rays and Ji-Man Choi agreed to a $3.2MM salary for the 2022 campaign, tweets Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times. The 30-year-old swatted 11 homers in 305 plate appearances and offset a low batting average with a huge 14.8% walk rate. Overall, Choi hit .229/.348/.411. He's controllable through 2023.
The Rockies agreed to a one-year, $1.025MM deal with righty Tyler Kinley, tweets Thomas Harding of MLB.com. The 30-year-old has a 4.88 ERA in 94 innings over the past two seasons, including a 4.73 mark in 70 1/3 frames this past season. Kinley's big swinging-strike rates and 96 mph fastball velocity suggest he could improve upon this year's 23.1% strikeout rate.
The Orioles are in agreement on a $1.5MM deal with starter Jorge Lopez. The 28-year-old is coming off a tough showing, having worked to a 6.07 ERA over 121 2/3 innings. Lopez induced a fair amount of ground-balls and ate up plenty of innings, though, and he'll now get another chance to compete for a spot in a wide-open Baltimore rotation. He remains controllable through 2024.
The Mariners have agreed on a $1.025MM deal with reliever Casey Sadler, per Murray. The 31-year-old led all pitchers (minimum 40 innings) with a 0.67 ERA over 40 1/3 frames this past season. Along the way, he racked up ground-balls on a massive 62.9% of balls in play against him. He's controllable through 2024.
The Brewers announced they've come to terms with reliever Jandel Gustave. The hard-throwing righty worked 18 1/3 innings of 3.44 ERA/4.35 SIERA ball across 14 appearances this past season. He remains controllable through 2024. Gustave's deal is a split contract that pays him $675K while he's in the majors, according to Robert Murray of FanSided (on Twitter).
The Diamondbacks have agreed to a $1.25MM deal with reliever Noe Ramirez, reports Zach Buchanan of the Athletic (Twitter link). The 31-year-old (32 next month) is entering his penultimate season of club control. The vertex righty had a quietly solid season in the desert, working to an even 3.00 ERA across 36 innings, albeit with less impressive strikeout and walk numbers.
The Padres have come to terms with relievers Austin Adams and Tim Hill, reports Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic (Twitter link). Adams will make $925K; Hill is in line for a $1.325MM salary. Both pitchers have an additional two seasons of arbitration control remaining. Adams overcame a staggering amount of hits-by-pitch and walks to post a 4.10 ERA over 52 2/3 innings, striking out 31.5% of opponents. Hill racked up grounders at a 60.6% clip en route to a 3.62 ERA.
The Giants have reached a $1.725MM deal with reliever Jarlin Garcia, per Rosenthal. The southpaw pitched to a sterling 2.62 ERA over 68 2/3 frames in 2021 with solid strikeout and walk numbers. He's controllable through 2023.
The A's and righty Deolis Guerra agreed to a one-year deal worth $815K, tweets Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. Guerra, 32, posted a 4.11 ERA in a career-high 65 2/3 innings with the A's in 2021. He'll give them an affordable arm for the coming season but doesn't come with a lengthy track record of big league success.
The Rockies and Daniel Bard came to terms on a $4.4MM salary for the 2022 campaign, tweets Rosenthal. Bard's Rockies resurgence after seven years away from the Majors was a remarkable story. The team opted not to trade him at the deadline, and he struggled immensely with a 6.65 ERA thereafter (ballooning his season-long ERA to 5.21). The Rockies view Bard as an important piece in 2022, however, evidenced both by the lack of trade and the $4.4MM commitment despite a shaky finish.
Right-hander Ryan Brasier agreed to a $1.4MM salary with the Red Sox for the upcoming season, tweets Robert Murray of FanSided. The 2021 season was a nightmare for Brasier, who suffered a broken finger in Spring Training, strained a calf muscle while rehabbing that injury and then was hospitalized after being struck in the head by a comeback liner while working back from the calf issue. The 34-year-old made it back to the mound in September and pitched to a 1.50 ERA in 12 frames.
Orioles outfielder Anthony Santander has agreed to a one-year deal worth $3.15MM, tweets Mark Feinsand of MLB.com. The 27-year-old was a bright spot in the 2020 Baltimore lineup but saw his OBP dip back under .300 in a down year at the plate in 2021. Santander still popped 18 homers and 24 doubles. He's controllable for another three years, and the O's will hope for a rebound from this year's .241/.286/.433 slash.
The Braves signed outfielder Guillermo Heredia to a one-year deal worth $1MM, tweets Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. Heredia, 32 in January, played a larger role than expected in 2021 given the general tumult in the Atlanta outfield. His .220/.311/.354 batting line isn't much to look at, but he was a solid hand against lefties (.258/.330/.427) and is a capable defender at all three outfield slots.
The Brewers announced that infielder/outfielder Jace Peterson signed a one-year contract. The 31-year-old was arbitration-eligible for the final time after hitting .247/.348/.368 through 302 plate appearances. Peterson split his time between second base, third base, first base and the outfield with Milwaukee in 2021, and that versatility likely tickets him for a utility role again in 2022.
Phillies reliever Seranthony Dominguez signed a one-year deal worth $725K today, tweets Rosenthal. That represents a rare pay cut in arbitration — albeit only by $3,000 — which is understandable after Dominguez missed nearly the entire season while recovering from 2020 Tommy John surgery. He made it back to the mound for one inning in the season's final game, and Dominguez should be counted on to play a large role in the relief corps next season. In 83 2/3 MLB innings, Dominguez has a 3.23 ERA and a huge 30.3% strikeout rate against a 9.9% walk rate. He saved 16 games for the Phils as a rookie in 2018.
Right-hander John Brebbia and the Giants agreed to a one-year deal worth $837,500, Rosenthal tweets. The 31-year-old signed an $800K deal with San Francisco last winter after being non-tendered by St. Louis on the heels of Tommy John surgery. Brebbia returned to throw 18 1/3 innings in 2021 but was tattooed for a 5.89 ERA in that brief time. That said, his 22-to-4 K/BB ratio was excellent, and Brebbia held a 3.14 ERA and 3.39 FIP through 175 career innings in three seasons with the Cards. Given that track record and strong K-BB%, it's not surprising that the Giants would want to take another look.
Zach Buchanan of The Athletic tweets that the Diamondbacks avoided arbitration with reliever J.B. Wendelken, signing him to a one-year deal worth $835K. The 28-year-old Wendelken was somewhat surprisingly designated for assignment in Oakland this summer despite a solid track record, and the D-backs pounced on him with the top waiver priority in the game. Wendelken posted a 4.33 ERA in 43 2/3 innings this season but carries a more impressive 3.05 ERA and 3.42 FIP with a 24% strikeout rate and 9.5% walk rate over his past 118 big league frames.
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Brewers Activate Rowdy Tellez From 10-Day Injured List
By Mark Polishuk | October 2, 2021 at 6:43pm CDT
The Brewers announced a trio of roster moves, including the activation of first baseman Rowdy Tellez from the 10-day injured list. First baseman Keston Hiura was optioned to Triple-A to make space for Tellez on the active roster. Milwaukee also outrighted utilityman Tim Lopes to Triple-A, four days after Lopes was designated for assignment.
Tellez returns after missing three weeks due to a right patella strain. The slugger and the Brewers each hope that the time off has corrected what had been a nagging knee problem for Tellez, and that he is now ready to roll for the Brew Crew's postseason stretch.
While the Brewers' May acquisition of Willy Adames has been rightfully lauded as a turning point in the season, the club's trade for Tellez in early July shouldn't be overlooked as another key move. Tellez got off to a brutal start with the Blue Jays this year, prompting Toronto to clear its first base/DH logjam and upgrade its struggling bullpen by moving Tellez to Milwaukee for Trevor Richards. Tellez responded to the change of scenery, hitting .270/.329/.474 with seven home runs during his first 167 plate appearances in a Brewers uniform.
The Tellez deal was necessary in part because Hiura struggled so badly, and he will likely finish the season with a .168/.256/.301 slash line over 197 PA at the big league level in 2021. After a huge rookie campaign in 2019, Hiura didn't hit well in 2020 before cratering this season, leaving the former top prospect as something of an unknown quantity heading into next year. Hiura is still only 25 years old and has continued to hit well at the Triple-A level, at least, but it remains to be seen if the Brewers still view him as a potential future cornerstone.
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Brewers Place Rowdy Tellez On 10-Day Injured List
By Mark Polishuk | September 12, 2021 at 11:03pm CDT
The Brewers placed first baseman Rowdy Tellez on the 10-day injured list due to a right patella strain. Catcher Luke Maile was called up from Triple-A to fill Tellez's spot on the active roster.
Tellez has been bothered by the knee problem for a while, manager Craig Counsell told media last night after Tellez was removed during the second inning of Milwaukee's 3-0 win over the Indians. Brewers president of baseball operations David Stearns told reporters (including Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) today that the team felt the IL was necessary for Tellez even as the team awaits the results of an MRI.
With only three weeks remaining in the regular season, Tellez and the Brewers are certainly hopeful that the slugger's knee will be ready to go for the postseason. Tellez has become the Brew Crew's everyday first baseman in the second half of the season, and while he has been rather streaky over his three-plus months in Milwaukee, Tellez has been good enough to stabilize a shaky first base situation.
Since being acquired in a trade from the Blue Jays on July 6, Tellez has hit .270/.329/.474 with seven home runs over 167 plate appearances, good for a 112 OPS+. That would be a significant bat to lose for the playoffs if Tellez's injury proves serious enough to sideline him into October, though that scenario might not yet be a consideration, at least until Tellez's MRI results are known.
Daniel Vogelbach can step in as another slugging left-handed first base bat while Tellez is out of action, though Vogelbach's inconsistency was one of the reasons the Brewers acquired Tellez to shore up first base. Utilityman Jace Peterson and infielder Eduardo Escobar are also options, with the switch-hitting Escobar likely to get some looks at first base when a left-handed pitcher is on the mound.
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NL Notes: Brewers, Tellez, Naquin, Smith
By Mark Polishuk | September 11, 2021 at 9:50pm CDT
Corbin Burnes and Josh Hader combined on Major League Baseball's record-setting ninth official no-hitter of the season, as the Brewers recorded a 3-0 victory over the Indians. Burnes struck out 14 Cleveland batters over eight dominant innings, though since Burnes amassed 115 pitches, Hader was brought in to finish things off with a perfect ninth inning. It was the second no-hitter in Brewers franchise history, since Juan Nieves' gem on April 15, 1987.
Baseball's "Year Of The No-Hitter" hasn't been kind to the Indians, who have now set a record by being no-hit three times in a single season. Zach Plesac has been the Tribe's starting pitcher for all three of those games, and Plesac matches Jim Perry as the only hurler in baseball history to be on the mound opposite three no-hitters in his career (let alone in a single season).
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It wasn't a perfect night for the Brewers, as first baseman Rowdy Tellez left the game prior to the bottom of the second inning due to a knee injury. Manager Craig Counsell told reporters (including Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) that Tellez has been bothered by the nagging injury for some time, and he will undergo an MRI tomorrow to determine the extent of the problem. Acquired in a trade with the Blue Jays in early July, Tellez hit .265/.325/.464 with seven home runs over his first 166 plate appearances in a Milwaukee uniform. Tellez has become the Brew Crew's top first base option, though if he has to miss time on the injured list, the team can turn to a combination of Daniel Vogelbach, Eduardo Escobar, and Jace Peterson at first base.
A sixth-inning collision between Reds teammates Tyler Naquin and Jose Barrero resulted in Naquin leaving the game with bruised ribs. Naquin and Barrero were both in pursuit of a short fly ball from the Cardinals' Dylan Carlson, but the ball eluded the duo in painful fashion, resulting in an RBI double for Carlson. In positive news, Reds manager David Bell told reporters (including C. Trent Rosecrans of The Athletic) that there weren't any concerns that either Naquin or Barrero suffered a concussion. The Reds don't play on Monday, so it seems likely that Naquin will get two full days off to recuperate, and it remains to be seen if the injured list will ultimately be required.
Caleb Smith lost the appeal of his 10-game suspension, and began serving that suspension today. The Diamondbacks southpaw was hit with the 10-game ban after umpires discovered a foreign substance on his glove during an August 18 game. Smith strongly protested his ejection from the game and subsequent suspension, though his appeal didn't result in a change of the league's initial decision. Smith has a 5.04 ERA/4.68 SIERA over 105 innings this season, moving between Arizona's rotation and bullpen amidst a lot of control problems.
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Brewers Acquire Rowdy Tellez
By Steve Adams | July 6, 2021 at 2:44pm CDT
The Brewers have been baseball's most active team on the trade front so far, and they've now struck up another deal to bring in some infield depth. Milwaukee is trading reliever Trevor Richards and minor league righty Bowden Francis to the Blue Jays in exchange for first baseman Rowdy Tellez, the two teams announced Tuesday.
Tellez, 26, brings another powerful left-handed bat to a Brewers club that recently lost first baseman Daniel Vogelbach to a hamstring injury. He's shuffled between Triple-A and the big leagues with the Jays in recent seasons, at times looking like a possible long-term answer at first base/designated hitter for the Jays.
However, Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s shift across the diamond from third base to first base cut into Tellez's opportunities, and the team's signing of George Springer created a four-man carousel between the outfield and DH when everyone is at full strength; Springer, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Teoscar Hernandez and Randal Grichuk are all in line for regular at-bats when the lineup is healthy. That, coupled with the fact that Tellez hit just .209/.272/.338 in 151 plate appearances earlier in the year when Springer was on the injured list, likely prompted to the Jays' willingness to move on from Tellez.
Those struggles notwithstanding, Tellez is an intriguing bat on which to buy low for Milwaukee. He mashed at a .283/.346/.540 clip with eight homers and five doubles in 127 plate appearances with the Jays in 2020 and belted 21 home runs for them in 2019. Entering the season, Tellez carried .250/.309/.488 batting line with 33 homers, 33 doubles, a 6.9 percent walk rate and a 25.7 percent strikeout rate in 609 trips to the plate.
Tellez struggled in his first exposure to Triple-A ball as a 22-year-old back in 2017, but his production at that level has steadily increased; he's hitting .298/.400/.638 in 55 plate appearances there so far in 2021 and batted .366/.450/.688 in 26 games (109 plate appearances) there back in 2019 as well.
The hope for the Brewers is surely that Tellez can provide an immediate boost at a position that has been a point of frustration so far in 2021. Keston Hiura struggled with the move to first base and has twice been optioned to Triple-A Nashville, although to his credit, Hiura has been hitting quite well since his latest recall. Vogelbach was helping to solidify the position with a strong showing for the first few weeks of June, but the aforementioned hamstring injury came with a recovery timetable of at least six weeks.
It's not clear just how the Brewers will divide the playing time up — particularly once Vogelbach is healthy — but Hiura and Tellez ostensibly form an intriguing platoon. Tellez can also be freely optioned for the remainder of the current season, so he could be an up-and-down piece in Milwaukee for now, just as he was with the Jays. Looking longer term, he's under club control for three more years beyond the current campaign and will be eligible for arbitration for the first time this winter.
For the Blue Jays, this marks the second under-the-radar reliever they've picked up in the past week or so. They're not even a week removed from acquiring Adam Cimber and injured outfielder Corey Dickerson (whose left-handed bat could potentially replace Tellez on the depth chart if he makes it back this season) in a trade that sent Joe Panik and minor league righty Andrew McInvale to the Marlins.
Richards, like Cimber, wasn't an obvious trade candidate. He'd only just joined the Brewers in mid-May, coming over from the Rays as part of the Willy Adames trade, and is controllable through the 2024 campaign. So far in 2021, the 28-year-old has tallied 31 2/3 innings of 3.69 ERA ball while striking out 31.7 percent of his opponents against a 9.8 percent walk rate. He gives the Jays a pitcher with ample experience as both in the bullpen and in the rotation, having started 48 games between the Marlins and the Rays from 2018-19.
The 2020 season was a miserable one for Richards, who limped to a 5.91 ERA for Tampa Bay while posting career-worst strikeout and home-run rates. That came in a sample of just 32 innings, however, and he's bounced back nicely through the season's first three months. Overall, Richards owns a 4.34 ERA, 23.1 percent strikeout rate and 9.5 percent walk rate in 325 1/3 innings at the MLB level.
Francis, 25, was Milwaukee's seventh-round pick in 2017 and has posted a solid season between Double-A and Triple-A thus far. He's worked exclusively as a starter, tallying 59 2/3 innings with a 3.62 ERA, a 27.3 percent strikeout rate and a 7.1 percent walk rate. Francis is an extreme fly-ball pitcher who ranked 25th among Milwaukee farmhands on last week's rankings from Eric Longenhagen of FanGraphs. Longenhagen notes that a newly added slider quickly became the best of Francis' four pitches in 2021 and calls him a potential back-of-the-rotation arm with a excellent feel for pitching but mostly fringe stuff on the mound.
Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic first reported that Tellez was headed to the Brewers in exchange for Richards (Twitter link). Sportsnet's Shi Davidi tweeted that Francis was also going to the Jays in the deal.
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Blue Jays Notes: Tellez, Atkins, Manoah, Pearson, Hatch
By Mark Polishuk | May 16, 2021 at 6:17pm CDT
The Blue Jays may be dealing with yet another injury absence, as Rowdy Tellez suffered a mild left hamstring strain that forced him out of today's 10-8 victory over the Phillies. While batting in the eighth inning, Tellez slipped on home plate after hitting a line drive to left field, as a would-be double was limited to a single since Tellez was moving gingerly down the first base line. Jays manager Charlie Montoyo told Sportsnet's Arden Zwelling and other reporters that "there's a good chance" Tellez would be placed on the 10-day injured list.
An injury would compound that has already been a very tough start to the season for Tellez. After seemingly breaking out during the 2020 season, Tellez has hit only .188/.225/.282 with two home runs over 89 plate appearances this year. Despite making a lot of hard contact, Tellez has only a .222 BABIP and has only two walks against 20 strikeouts. The Jays already sent Tellez down to the alternate training site in April as a result of his struggles, and it's possible he would still in the minors if he wasn't needed to help fill a hole on Toronto's injury-plagued roster.
With Tellez likely to join George Springer, Joe Panik, and Alejandro Kirk on the IL, the Jays may need to make a 40-man roster adjustment to add another position player (unless they're willing to play with a very short bench). Such MLB-experienced players such as Tyler White, Dilson Herrera, Breyvic Valera, and Richard Urena are at Triple-A but would need to have their contracts selected to the 40-man before being able to join the big league team.
Injuries were naturally a big topic of discussion when Toronto GM Ross Atkins met with the media prior to today's game. Speaking to Zwelling, Sportnet's Ben Nicholson-Smith (Twitter links) and other reporters, Atkins gave a positive update on right-hander Thomas Hatch, who has yet to pitch this season due to a right elbow impingement. Hatch is on pace to be activated from the 60-day IL when first eligible, as he is up to three innings of work at a time. Capable of working as a starter, reliever, or in a swingman role, Hatch could be a valuable asset to Toronto's pitching staff is he is able to return healthy.
Top prospect Nate Pearson would also naturally be a boon to the rotation if he is able to live up to his potential, but Pearson has dealt with a number of setbacks this year — a groin injury that delayed his season debut to May 9, a rough performance in that first outing, and then a demotion to Triple-A. Pearson will now miss his next Triple-A start due to a minor shoulder impingement, but Atkins says the Jays "don't expect him to miss too much time at all."
With Pearson a question mark and the Blue Jays rotation still in need of help, all eyes have turned to Alek Manoah, whose first two Triple-A starts have resulted in 12 scoreless innings. Selected 11th overall in the 2019 draft, Manoah was ranked 79th on Keith Law's preseason top-100 prospects ranking and 83rd on the Baseball Prospectus list, and the right-hander has now slipped into the current top-100 listings of Baseball America (93rd) and MLB Pipeline (98th).
Manoah's performance has naturally also caught the eye of the Jays front office, as Atkins said "he's making that [a promotion] very much something that we're discussing and talking about….The objective and subjective views of how effective he will be at the major league level are all really encouraging. He absolutely maximized his off-season and maximized Spring Training, and he's getting absolutely every ounce out of Triple-A baseball right now."
When Manoah might make his debut is still up in the air. The 23-year-old did lose a season of proper minor league development in 2020, his time at the alternate training site last season was shortened due to a bout of COVID-19, and Manoah's two Triple-A appearances are his only games played above the low-A ball level. As Zwelling noted, however, the fact that the Blue Jays began Manoah's season at Triple-A rather than Double-A is likely a sign that the team has confidence that Manoah is ready for a somewhat aggressive promotion if he keeps impressing in the upper minors.
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Blue Jays Place Joe Panik On Injured List, Recall Rowdy Tellez
By TC Zencka | May 7, 2021 at 3:46pm CDT
The Blue Jays have placed infielder Joe Panik on the injured list with a left calf strain, per Scott Mitchell of TSN Sports (via Twitter). Rowdy Tellez will be recalled to take his roster spot.
Panik is in his second season coming off the bench for the Blue Jays. The 30-year-old can play all over the infield, though with a healthy Bo Bichette, Panik's glovework has been limited mostly to second and third this season. The former All-Star and Gold Glove Award winner owns a .226/.241/.302 triple slash line across 54 plate appearances.
Tellez had a rough start to the season, slashing .183/.222/.267 across 63 plate appearances. If nothing else, Tellez comes back after a short, but effective tune-up in Triple-A. In the first three games of the minor league season, Tellez went 3-for-10 with a pair of doubles, a home run, and three walks against three strikeouts.
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Blue Jays Activate George Springer, Place Hyun Jin Ryu On 10-Day IL
Center fielder George Springer will make his long-awaited Blue Jays debut Wednesday against the Nationals, the team announced. Springer will serve as Toronto's designated hitter and bat in the leadoff spot. In other moves, the Blue Jays placed left-hander Hyun Jin Ryu on the 10-day injured list with a right glute strain, optioned first baseman/DH Rowdy Tellez to its alternate site and recalled lefty Travis Bergen.
The Blue Jays signed Springer to the offseason's richest free-agent guarantee, a six-year, $150MM pact, but have not gotten a single at-bat from the ex-Astros standout this year. Springer suffered an oblique strain during the spring, and just when it appeared he would return, he went down with a quad strain. The three-time All-Star didn't recover from the latter injury as quickly as expected, so the club has spent the month relying on Randal Grichuk and Jonathan Davis in center.
Grichuk has hit a more-than-respectable .289/.345/.500 with four home runs in 84 plate appearances, thus helping the Springer-less Jays stay afloat in the early going with an even 11-11 record. Springer has enjoyed a much better career than Grichuk, though, having slashed .270/.361/.491 hitter with 174 homers over 3,587 PA. The 31-year-old is also above average in the outfield, where he has posted 26 Defensive Runs Saved and a 10.4 Ultimate Zone Rating since entering the league in 2014.
Springer's activation spells bad news for Tellez, who has gotten off to a poor start this year with a .183/.222/.267 line and one homer in 63 trips to the plate. Those numbers are a far cry from Tellez's output in 2020, when it appeared the 26-year-old broke out with a .283/.346/.540 showing and slugged eight HRs over 127 PA.
The Springer addition is a welcome one for Toronto's offense, but the Ryu loss is a tough blow for its pitching staff. Ryu's IL placement is retroactive to April 26, but he'll still miss at least one start. The Jays' ace exited his latest start this past Sunday after throwing 3 2/3 scoreless innings against the Rays, and has recorded a 2.60 ERA on the season over 27 2/3 frames. Ryu, Ross Stripling, T.J. Zeuch and Nate Pearson represent starting options on the IL for the club, which will somehow have to battle through those absences and cobble together a rotation.
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Latest On Blue Jays Roster Outlook
By TC Zencka | March 28, 2021 at 5:15pm CDT
Alejandro Kirk, Trent Thornton, Tim Mayza, and Rowdy Tellez were given good news today. The quartet made the Blue Jays opening day roster, per Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca (via Twitter).
With the increasingly-popular Kirk earning his roster spot, the Blue Jays have a decision looming on Reese McGuire. If the Blue Jays decide against carrying three catchers, they will have to expose McGuire to the waiver process. There is a possibility that Toronto keeps him on the roster, however, especially if George Springer starts the year on the injured list. With Joe Panik and Jonathan Davis also announced as members of the bench, there's probably not room for McGuire if Springer is healthy enough to play. Infielder Breyvic Valera will also have to be designated for assignment should he not make the roster, as seems likely.
In terms of the bullpen, the final roster spot will go to either Julian Merryweather, Francisco Liriano, or Anthony Castro, notes Gregor Chisholm of the Toronto Star (via Twitter). A.J. Cole was in the running as well, but he is less likely to start the season with the big-league club. Merrweather has some multi-inning potential as a power arm, and he is slated to pitch once more before a final decision is made. He's also the one of the four who is already on the 40-man roster.
Speaking of which, Panik needs to be added to the 40-man roster, as does Mayza. The 40-man roster is currently full, though since McGuire and Valera are both out of options, they could be DFA'ed to open the space needed. Ben Nicholson-Smith of sportsnet.ca provides a visual representation of the decisions ahead for Toronto.
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AL Notes: Eloy, Royals, Tigers, Rangers, Rowdy
By Connor Byrne | September 25, 2020 at 7:18pm CDT
White Sox left fielder Eloy Jimenez suffered a mid-foot sprain on Thursday, and the club doesn't expect to have him for its season-ending series against the Cubs, manager Rick Renteria told Scott Merkin of MLB.com and other reporters. It's unknown whether an early playoff return is in jeopardy for Jimenez, who has helped the White Sox to a 34-23 record and a postseason berth with his stellar offensive output. The 23-year-old's regular season concluded with a .296/.332/.559 line and 14 home runs in 226 trips to the plate.
The Royals have placed reliever Greg Holland and outfielder Jorge Soler on the 10-day injured list with oblique strains, per a team announcement. They reinstated reliever Ian Kennedy from the IL and recalled first baseman/outfielder Ryan McBroom in corresponding transactions. The season's now officially over for Holland, who enjoyed a major bounce-back year in his return to KC after signing a minor league deal in the offseason, as well as Soler. A 48-home run hitter a season ago, Soler totaled eight in 173 plate appearances this year and finished with a .228/.326/.443 line. He'll be eligible for arbitration for the final time during the offseason.
Tigers third baseman Jeimer Candelario is done for the year, as the club announced that it has placed him on the 10-day IL with a low back strain. Candelario, whom the Tigers acquired from the Cubs in 2017, made notable strides in 2020. The switch-hitting 26-year-old significantly upped his hard-contact rate en route to a .297/.369/.503 mark and seven homers in 206 PA. He leads all Tigers in fWAR with 1.6.
The Rangers will be looking for starters in the offseason, especially if they trade Lance Lynn, but it doesn't appear reliever Jonathan Hernandez will fill any voids in their rotation in 2021. Hernandez informed the Rangers that he'd rather stay in the bullpen next year than transition to a starting role, TR Sullivan of MLB.com tweets. The rookie Hernandez has been one of the main bright spots this season for Texas, with which the 24-year-old has posted a 2.51 ERA/2.49 FIP and registered 9.42 K/9 against 1.57 BB/9 across 28 2/3 innings. Hernandez has averaged almost 98 mph on his fastball along the way.
The Blue Jays don't expect first baseman/designated hitter Rowdy Tellez to be ready for the wild-card playoff round, GM Ross Atkins told Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet and other reporters. Tellez has been on the IL with a right knee strain since Sept. 9. He put up a career-best .283/.346/.540 line with eight homers in 127 plate appearances before then.
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In a world of high technology and social media, with declining newspaper circulations and fragmenting TV audiences, do the so-called 'mass media' still matter? Are traditional print publications entering a death spiral, and therefore not worth bothering with? They are certainly being fundamentally challenged. To take just a couple of recent examples, the PR world is having to get used to the idea that PR Week is no longer weekly in print form but to become a monthly magazine. Last week it was announced that the world's oldest continuously-running newspaper, the shipping journal Lloyd's List, which began in 1734 as a notice pinned to a London coffee-house wall, was to cease printed publication and go digital-only.
A few days ago meanwhile, I was invited to give a talk about my book on media training as part of London's Social Media Week, where the buzz from tech evangelists was all about a dawning era of massive data and connectivity, with information and content flying from all directions on myriad devices. Even with this prospect, I have become more convinced than ever that in a world of data overload there will still be a future for curated news and information from trusted sources. As Professor George Brock puts it in his new book*, 'Journalism's value lies in something it has done before: sifting, distilling, taking the signal from the noise.' Newspapers are morphing into 'News Brands' and the BBC has become as influential in online news as it has been for years in broadcast. New research from Ofcom suggests the traditional sources of news remain the big beasts of the media landscape: 78% get still their news from TV, 40% from newspapers and 35% from radio. It reinforces the importance of effective media training; the skills and challenges in dealing with editors and reporters, for most organisations, will be as important as ever for the foreseeable future – whether their words are read on dead trees or an iPad.
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Impact of Covid-19 on Salisbury's Studio Theatre
Jackie Pilkington was recently interviewed by the Salisbury Journal about the impact of Covid-19 on the theatre.
Jackie, who handles the publicity for Studio, said:
Like every theatre in the country, Studio has been adversely affected by the pandemic. With no indication of when theatres will be able to open, entertain audiences and start generating income, The future is uncertain – particularly in a small theatre like Studio which has under 100 seats.
Our hard-worked-for extension is not complete and needs to be fitted out, and there are many jobs that need to be finished by the builders. However, we have been extremely fortunate in receiving three grants; the first for £10,000 from the Government's Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund, to provide for business costs during the pandemic and another £10,000 which Elizabeth Batten, an avid Studio supporter, left as a bequest in her will. This has paid for a mezzanine level for additional wardrobe storage.
Salisbury Area Board gave a grant of £4,384.80 for fencing and hedging around the property.
"We cannot be complacent, however, as water, electricity, gas, insurance and maintenance costs still have to be paid, whether audience support is there or not," added Jackie. "We would welcome any financial aid to keep us financially viable until we can again open our doors."
Anyone able to help can contact Jackie by email – jackie@pilk.co.uk.
The full article is here: The impact of Covid-19 on Salisbury Studio Theatre
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Semi-autonomous cars a source of driver distraction
You were injured in a car crash and found that the initiator of the crash was driving a semi-autonomous vehicle. If the driver was not drunk or negligent in some other obvious way, then it could be that the very technology meant to assist the driver led him or her to become distracted. Distracted driving crashes are not uncommon in Pennsylvania. Every year in the U.S., an average of 3,000 people are killed in such accidents.
The problem of complacency
Semi-autonomous cars can counteract the effect of distraction by sometimes taking over the brakes or the steering wheel, but they are not self-driving cars; they still require drivers to be alert. Unfortunately, drivers can begin to feel too safe in semi-autonomous cars, let their guard down and fall into distractions.
Plenty of research backs up this claim. The Journal of Safety Research found that drivers suffer from slower reaction times, a typical sign of inattention, when in automated driving.
Automated driving not perfect
The AI programs in semi-autonomous vehicles are not perfect. For example, faced as they are with a multitude of data with every situation encountered on the road, they may experience a lag of one or two seconds. At high speeds, this is dangerous. The cameras and sensors may fail to gather data on occasion, especially in bad weather.
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If a vehicle defect unknown to the driver is to blame for a crash, then you may be able to pursue a claim with the automaker. In most car accidents, though, drivers are at fault, so you would file against the guilty party's auto insurance company. Particularly if you suffered from brain or spinal injuries, it may be wise to see a lawyer for a case assessment.


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Feb 2, 2022 - Politics & Policy
Scoop: Key Senate Dem considering a scale-back of the CTC to please Manchin
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One Senate Democrat — desperate to revive a cornerstone of President Biden's progressive agenda — is open to scaling back eligibility for the child tax credit to lure support from Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Axios has learned.
Why it matters: Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) has been at the center of negotiations to revive the CTC, which expired Dec. 31. His openness to a concession signals to Manchin he's serious about coming to a compromise.
Driving the news: Bennet told Axios he's amendable to lowering the income limit for the full payment from $150,000 for families and $90,000 for individuals without adding a work requirement.
Bennet did not say how much he's willing to reduce the income limit but confirmed the White House knows he's willing to consider lower caps.
"I always believed those were reasonable caps, but I'm happy to think about other caps if that's important to getting something done here," Bennet said.
Manchin, for his part, told West Virginia MetroNews he wants to prioritize it for those making $75,000 or less.
But, but, but: Bennet's outreach puts the White House in a tough spot: supporting a means-tested child tax credit means that some families making less than $400,000 a year will see their taxes go up in 2022 — which could be construed as a tax increase.
The president has vowed not to do precisely that.
The big picture: Five Senate Democrats sent a letter to the president and Vice President Kamala Harris last week.
The lawmakers urged them to reinstate the expanded child tax credit through the Build Back Better agenda, after Biden said during a news conference it may need to be dropped.
The letter was signed by Bennet and Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).
Others, like Booker and Brown, have not publicly indicated they'd be open to a lower income cap.
Nonetheless, they acknowledge it's one of the paths forward, a Democratic aide told Axios.
"I spoke to the president the other day. He's a hundred percent for" the child tax credit, Brown told Axios.
He declined to say whether he'll propose lowering the income cap to Manchin.
"I'm troubled it's gone away temporarily, but it's coming back," Brown said.
What they're saying: House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) told the Washington Post he'd support a lower income cap in a revived form of the child tax credit to get Manchin's support.
The big picture: Last year, Democrats experimented with an expanded the credit for one year, offering some relief for households making up to about $400,000 a year.
They also increased the subsidy to as much as $3,600 — from $2,000 — and deposited the money directly into parents' bank accounts.
Biden planned to extend it in his Build Back Better plan, but it died in December — in part after Manchin said he couldn't support it.


ELLABELL - Lamar Lacey Roberts, 80, died March 18, 2008, at St. Joseph's Hospital.
Roberts was a native of Effingham County, but was partially raised in Florida, returning to this area near the outbreak of World War II. Roberts was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U. S. Army in Germany from 1945-1946.
Upon his return from military service he began farming in Bryan County, growing peanuts, cotton, corn, tobacco and market vegetables. For many years, he was a fixture of the Savannah Farmer's Market during the summers and on a number of occasions was interviewed by the media. After retiring from farming, he raised blueberries. He also was employed for years by Atlantic Industries Metal Fabrication.
Roberts was widely known as one of those special "characters" who made almost any event a true comedy show, collecting a variety of nicknames such as "Buckshot" and "Uncle Punk." He, along with his late brother Leland, taught the younger generation the old Carolina-Georgia Lowcountry style of deer hunting with its traditions. They were affectionately known as the "Ringling Brothers." Their hunting clubs had many candidates wanting to join. Roberts was a Christian who played a major role in the life of Olive Branch Baptist Church as a deacon and worker.
"Uncle Punk" also was predeceased by his parents, B. B. and Ester Roberts; two sisters, Louise R. Dowdy and Lesby R. Williams; nephews Glen and Bobby Williams and nieces Jewel Hart and Debbie R. Collins.
Surviving are a sister, Laliae R. Seay of Pooler, who was like a second mother to him; nephews, Carey and Mark Roberts of Ellabell and Wayne Seay of Pooler; nieces, Cathy R. Tarver of Pembroke, Sheryl R. Horwitz of Skidaway Island, Tammy R. Minis and Pamela R. Baker, both of Ellabell, Sue R. Long of Springfield, Marsha S. McKendree of Pooler, and several great- and great-great nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held March 21 at Olive Branch Baptist Church. Burial was in Lower Black Creek Cemetery.


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Post subject: The Dirtbag Trifecta?
I'm not posting long articles or links because you should all know this story and I look forward to hearing your thoughts about this fascinating story. Please feel free to correct me, agree, or add your own points which I may have missed.
Hope you all are having a great day and staying warm!
Not to divert from your post, but WHERE THE HECK HAVE YOU BEEN???
I think Northam is going to be hounded into resigning (and no great loss, IMO). I have said elsewhere that people can and do change over time - I certainly have. I don't understand why he would have said he was in the pic and then walked it back to say it wasn't him but that he had done blackface at another time. He won't be called on to resign due to his abortion/infanticide stance but rather for his 30+ year old choice.
Fairfax will skate because he's black, his accuser is black, and they're dems.
Herring will also be forced out because of his actions as a dumb kid. He should have gone as a white Michael Jackson.
Slick! How've you been???? Where've you been??
slick is alive!! Thank goodness.
I've been trying to get another business going while having some issues from a heart surgery in Oct so I've been preoccupied and no time to mess with this stuff. All good now so GAG can return to rag on me some more.


Tonight we had dinner and drinks out with several of my college friends/sorority sisters in Kansas City. A small farewell get-together. Sadly it was long overdue and the last time I'll see those friends for awhile. But we always find a way to keep in touch and reconnect!


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Mr. George Howarth: The hon. Gentleman raises an important subject. It is not a partisan issue, but one of which all of us in the House have an understanding and in which all of us have a vested interest. We have to get the process right if we are to be able to conduct our politics properly in future.
Article 8 of the directive requires member states to establish a special regime for the processing of what the directive defines as sensitive personal data, which includes information about an individual's political opinion. If the hon. Gentleman will forgive me, I shall not deal in any detail with the amendment, because he has referred to the approach that we undertook in Committee to adopt and it would be as well if I were to give him some idea of how we intend to proceed on that basis.
The Government's preferred option, as the hon. Gentleman rightly acknowledged, is to deal with the matter through subordinate legislation. Paragraph 10 of schedule 3 permits the Secretary of State to make an order specifying further circumstances in which sensitive personal data may be processed. When the matter was debated in Committee, my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department explained that the Government intended to make an order under that provision that would allow the processing of political opinions data collected for canvassing purposes. I repeat that undertaking today.
As I said, the amendment is not a party political issue, but one which affects all Members of the House, and the Government expect to approach the matter on a cross-party basis when bringing forward the necessary order. In response to the hon. Gentleman's specific question, I cannot say when we shall be in a position to introduce the order; however, preliminary work has been started and we hope to make swift progress. I can assure him that the restrictions on the processing of sensitive data set by the Bill will not be brought into force until the order is ready. In view of that undertaking, I hope that the hon. Gentleman will feel comfortable in withdrawing his amendment.
Mr. Greenway: We should have liked a date, but the Minister has given me the assurance that I sought. The whole House will be gratified to learn that we can go trundling up and down the streets, canvassing our constituents. I suppose that I should ask the Minister whether what he promises will happen before the European elections, but I wonder how much canvassing
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will be done, given that no one will have a clue whom they are voting for--but that is another story. We are grateful to the Minister and, in that spirit, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Miscellaneous exemptions
Amendments made: No. 55, in page 60, leave out lines 13 to 19.
No. 56, in page 60, line 26, leave out 'if' and insert 'to the extent that'.--[Mr. Robert Ainsworth.]
Transitional relief
Amendments made: No. 57, in page 61, line 22, leave out 'sections 7 and' and insert
'section 7 (as it has effect subject to section 8) and section'.
No. 58, in page 61, line 26, leave out 'as' and insert 'relevant'.
No. 59, in page 61, line 31, leave out from beginning to '12A' and insert 'sections 7 and'.
No. 60, in page 61, line 33, leave out 'section 9' and insert 'sections 8 and 9)'.
No. 80, in page 63, line 45, leave out from beginning to end of line 2 on page 64.
No. 81, in page 65, line 9, at end insert--
'Part V Exemption from section 22
. Processing which was already under way immediately before 24th October 1998 is not assessable processing for the purposes of section 22.'--[Mr. Robert Ainsworth.]
Mr. Cohen: I beg to move amendment No. 7, in page 65, line 9, at end add--
'Part V Change to the definition of relevant filing system after 23rd October 2007.
20. The definition of relevant filing system in section 1(1) of this Act shall be modified so that the definition ends after the third occurrence of the word 'individuals'.
21. Paragraph 20 shall have effect after 23rd October 2007.'.
My amendment is about structured manual files, on which there was an important debate in the other place. Such files will not be subject to the new law, so the Bill will allow organisations such as the Economic League to flourish.
The problem relates entirely to the private sector; there will be no problem in the public sector, because the freedom of information legislation will provide access for every individual to manual files, barring personal data. The human rights legislation, too, will minimise the files and personal information held by public bodies if they invade privacy.
In a briefing note on manual records dated 29 January, available on her website, the Data Protection Registrar said that if the Government's approach to structured manual records was
"the correct interpretation of the Directive, it is hard to see how it makes practical sense".
It seems that that advice has been ignored.
In another place, Lord Williams of Mostyn, the Under-Secretary, said about the relevant filing systems:
"We do not wish the definition to apply to miscellaneous collections of paper about individuals, even if the collections are assembled in a file with the individual's name . . . on the front".--[Official Report, House of Lords, 16 March 1998; Vol. 587, c. 467.]
There will therefore be a legal reason for some unscrupulous private sector bodies to evade all data protection control.
For example, a private sector organisation such as the Economic League, which kept dossiers on trade union members for the purposes of blacklisting them, will be allowed to keep whatever information it likes, however inaccurate or irrelevant it is, and to disclose it to whomever it likes, so long as it keeps the information on paper and in date order. Similarly, that aspect of the Bill is a godsend to private investigators, allowing them to indulge in covert surveillance of individuals, and will encourage the use of enforced subject access. They, too, will be able to evade all data protection controls.
The lack of data protection controls means that individuals will have no rights, and there will be unlimited disclosure to anybody of secret dossiers and files of irrelevant or inaccurate information, which may be kept for ever. In short, organisations such as the Economic League, and private investigators, will enjoy the same level of total exemption as MI5, MI6 and GCHQ. It is hard to believe that that is what Ministers really intend.
The Government have produced a convoluted definition of a relevant filing system, because they are worried about the costs to the private sector. My amendment is a compromise, telling the private sector that it has nine years to bring all personal files into the ambit of data protection controls. At least after that time, malicious or unfair use of personal data kept on manual files would cease.
Mr. Hoon: I am grateful to my hon. Friend for explaining the purpose of his amendment. I hope that I shall be able to reassure him about the specific examples that he has given. As hon. Members will be aware, the Data Protection Act 1984 does not apply to manual records; it is concerned only with the automated processing of personal data. However, the 1995 directive, to which the Bill gives effect, requires member states to apply their data protection laws to certain manual records. Article 2 of the directive attempts a definition of the manual records that it intends to cover. That definition is accompanied by a more detailed commentary in recitals 15 and 27.
The definition of a "relevant filing system" in clause 1(1) is based on those provisions of the directive. The Government's purpose has been to cover all the manual records that the directive requires member states to cover, but to go no further than the directive requires. The purpose of the directive is to bring within the scope of data protection law the manual records that lend themselves to easy manipulation of the information contained in them, as computerised records do.
The Government support that approach. The greatest risk of infringement of privacy comes from manual records held in such a way that specific information about particular individuals can be easily identified and extracted. I hope that my hon. Friend will accept that his example of a card index held, say, by the Economic League, would be covered by the Bill, because with each card there would be the possibility of identifying information about a particular individual. Such a system would be included under the Bill.
To that extent, I hope that my hon. Friend will be satisfied that the Government have had regard to his concerns. Where manual records are not structured in such a way as to permit the easy manipulation of specific information, the risk of infringement of privacy is much less. The directive does not require data protection law to be applied to such records; nor does the Bill.
My hon. Friend's amendment would extend the application of the Bill to such records; the Government do not believe that necessary or desirable. To do so would be to impose additional burdens on business and others who use manual records in circumstances in which there is little or no threat to privacy. It would put UK data controllers at a competitive disadvantage.
I agree that the amendment would not come into force until 23 October 2007, but deferring implementation does not necessarily remove the difficulties of substance that I have identified.
I must tell my hon. Friend that the Government cannot accept the amendment. I hope that, given my assurances, my hon. Friend will feel able to withdraw it.