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If this really was Felix Doubront's 2013 swan song, he left something to remember him by — and a reminder of why the Red Sox own the American League's best record.
Making his last regular-season start — and barring injury, he won't start in the playoffs either — Doubront yielded two runs on four hits over seven innings yesterday in the Red Sox' 5-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in the home finale at Fenway Park.
In other words, Doubront pitched exactly like he has all season.
"I was trying to be consistent," Doubront said. "That was the big part of this year."
And lest we forget before the Sox cast him to the bullpen or aside entirely for the postseason — a distinction Doubront hardly seems to make, possibly to his detriment — the 25-year-old lefty recorded a 3.87 ERA in 1552⁄3 innings as a starter in his second full major league season, numbers that would merit inclusion in almost any playoff rotation.
Even more significantly, several of Doubront's 27 starts came while Clay Buchholz was out with a slow-to-heal shoulder problem, before Jake Peavy was acquired from the Chicago White Sox, or while Jon Lester was struggling through a midseason swoon.
Depth in all areas, especially the starting rotation, has been a prevailing explanation for the Red Sox' worst-to-first turnaround. And nobody was a bigger part of that depth than Doubront.
"There was that stretch where he was as consistent as anyone in our rotation," manager John Farrell said, referring to a 16-start roll when Doubront posted a 2.73 ERA. "He's got a full complement of pitches, some swing-and-miss to his fastball. We've talked about it a number of times this year where different guys have stepped up. In that stretch, he was as good as anyone."
Lately, though, Doubront had struggled, failing to complete the fourth inning in back-to-back starts against the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees. So, with Buchholz returning to the rotation, the Sox gave him a two-week breather.
It worked. In his first start since Sept. 6, Doubront allowed little more than a second-inning run on a two-out walk and back-to-back singles, and a leadoff homer to Kevin Pillar in the fifth. And after the Red Sox gave him a lead in the second inning on Jackie Bradley Jr.'s three-run homer, he completed seven innings for the fifth time this year.
"Sometimes when you get that much rest, a lot of days, you try to do too much," Doubront said. "It helped. The (velocity) went up. I felt strong. I was impressed because I was feeling good with my pitches."
Now, the Red Sox must decide whether to put Doubront on the roster for the best-of-five AL Division Series. There's little doubt that he's one of their 11 best pitchers, but he repeatedly has said he isn't comfortable pitching out of the bullpen.
And with an abundance of lefty relievers beyond set-up man Craig Breslow, the Sox may decide Franklin Morales, Matt Thornton or even rookie Drake Britton is a better fit out of the bullpen than Doubront.
"I don't know about that right now," Doubront said. "They have yet to tell me."
Farrell said Doubront won't be available to pitch out of the bullpen until at least the weekend, by which point the Red Sox won't have much time to make an evaluation.
Regardless, Farrell isn't about to forget Doubront's contribution. After reporting for spring training out of shape, he took a regular turn in a starting rotation that has combined for a 3.80 ERA, third-best in the AL behind only the playoff-bound Detroit Tigers and Oakland Athletics.
"You see a guy, he threw 160 innings on the regular season, 11-6 (record)," Farrell said. "You view Felix as a guy, there's more in there. He's capable of more. It comes down to the physical side of it and the endurance through a full season. But he's an extremely talented young guy."


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I've also had this error every once and a while. I have a Geforce 4 4200 Ti and a ViewSonic VG191 (1280x1024, 60hz) and am using the DVI interface. The error didn't occur very often, however, so I've since forgotten why they were there and how I made them go away. More recently, though, I've been having problems where some pixels seem to be leaking to the right and left... that is, scattered around in the video are rows of about 10 or 20 pixels of the same color, centered on a pixel which really is that color. For example, if the video was all black with a thin vertical white line running down the center there would be (seemingly randomly placed) white horizontal lines of about 20 pixels centered on that white line.
Anyway, I'm not sure why I'm getting these kind of jaggies instead of the old kind of jaggies that I used to get, but the conditions are exactly the same... that is, it only happens with hardware video overlay (and not in 3d or anything) and only once I size the video up to about full screen. The only difference between the situations that you guys are having and that I am having is that my jaggies have always occurred at 60 Hz (why would you care about higher refresh rates on an LCD, anyway?).
It was easily repeatable and, in fact, I couldn't figure out how to get rid of them. I booted into windows and noticed THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM with windows mediaplayer at full screen. So, there's nothing linux-specific about it.
I recently hooked up my analog monitor and started using twinview on clone to see if my analog monitor would show the jaggies too (I wasn't sure what the problem was at that point), and, for some reason, that seems to have fixed the problem. Neither display exhibits either kind of jaggies! It may be that the twinview mode forces that aspect scaling mode... who knows.
Also, because you guys were mentioning the problems having to do with refresh rate, I just checked, and my LCD is now running at 75 Hz. So, maybe that's what did it.
I'm sure NVidia will start looking into this sooner or later (since it's a problem on windows, too), but at the moment it's such a minor issue that I don't really care too much -- the way I have it set up now works fine without any jaggies... and it sounds like that aspect-scaling fix works well, too. It *would* be useful for them to put that in the FAQ somewhere, though.
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PHOENIX, AZ (March 19, 2015) – Last week, the Semper FI Fund received a very special gift from our dear friends and supporters, Bob and Renee Parsons: a check for nearly one million dollars, matching the 2014 LPGA Tour winnings of champion golfer Cristie Kerr! Read the rest of this entry »
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This month, the Boca Royale Golf and Country Club hosts the 6th Annual Semper Fi Fund Golf Tournament, a fundraising event that's raised over half a million dollars and counting for wounded, critically ill and injured veterans. Read the rest of this entry »
Spitzer StrikeoutsMarch 20, 2015
New Braunfels, Texas - In honor of fallen Marine, Sgt Thomas Spitzer and to support the Semper Fi Fund, Canyon High Softball player Brooke Vestal will be taking pledges throughout the softball season on the number of strike outs she throws. Read the rest of this entry »
2015 Army Ten-MilerMarch 18, 2015
Washington, DC - Now in its 30th year, the Army Ten-Miler (ATM) is held each October in Washington, DC and the Semper Fi Fund and our America's Fund Program are proud to be a part of their 2015 Military Community Partners. Runners will be able to choose to fundraise for the Semper Fi Fund and our America's Fund Program! Read the rest of this entry »
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Has a nice first step with good straight-line speed off the edge. Comfortable playing with his hand on or off the ground. Flashes bend to get under the blocker's pads and turn the corner when coming off the edge, particularly in a wide technique. Will use a swim move and inside counter against a lesser tackle. And flashes the burst and hand use to become an effective bull rusher off the edge. Can get leverage at the point of attack, particularly when taking on the tight end or lead blocker. Does a nice job sniffing out screens and making stops in pursuit. Has the speed and burst to make plays on the backside pursuit. Is able to defend the flat and keep the back from bouncing plays outside, and comfortable coming downhill to make stop on the sweep or outside run. Has a good motor and does a nice job working to the quarterback. Has some experience working in coverage, particularly on zone blitzes, and has decent hips for his size.
Doesn't play with great instincts against the run. Tends to play on his heels when it comes to taking on blocks on the edge, as well as filling against the inside run. Will get pushed off the ball at times when taking on tackles. Will lose outside contain too much on the misdirection plays or quarterback bootlegs. Doesn't really wow you with his first step off the edge. Needs work and polish in coverage.
Upshaw is a good effort pass rusher that has the potential to play either end or linebacker at the next level. At Alabama, he wound alternate between the two, able to show he could effect the game at either position. He's at his best coming downhill off the edge. Most of his plays against the run come in pursuit, where he has good straight-line burst and speed. As a pass rusher he has a good first step, but it's not a guy that is going to blow by most of the better tackles he faces. But he flashes the potential to develop a better array of pass rush moves to help offset that lack of elite burst. He's a playmaker that always managed to show up in their big games, but he doesn't have the ideal physical tools that project well to the NFL.
(10/22) vs. Tennessee: 1 sack, 1.5 stuffs, 2 pressures, 1 FF
(11/5) vs. LSU: 1 sack, 2 stuffs, 1 pressure, 2 QB hits
(1/9) vs. LSU: 1 sack, 0.5 TFLs, 0.5 stuffs, 0.5 pressures
2011: 13 GP/12 GS, 52 tackles, 18.0 TFLs, 9.5 sacks, 1 INTs, 0 PDs, 2 FF, 0 FR
2010: 13/11-52-14.5-7.0-0-2-4-1
2009: 14/1-15-1.0-1.0-0-0-0-2
2008: 13/0-22-3.0-0.0-0-2-0-0
- missed 2 starts in 2010 with a high ankle sprain
Upshaw reminds me a bit of LaMarr Woodley in that he's a bit of a tweener that doesn't have the elite athleticism that teams are looking for in those types of players (like compared to an Aaron Maybin), but winds up being a pretty good pro player because he just knows how to play football. Like Woodley, I think he'll work best in a 3-4 and on a team that he'll have someone opposite him that can also put pressure on the QB. In such a scheme/situation, I think he can be a productive pass rusher that can give you 8-10 sacks. He played at around 270, and I think he's best off slimming down the 265-270 range than where he was this off-season. I'm not sure if his bulking up is because of him wanting to be an end, or whether because his work ethic isn't all that. I think he can play end in a 4-3, but I don't think he would make a great end. He lacks the ideal first step to really set up guys there, and unless he improves his technique and adds an array of moves, I think his production would be more in line with a 6-sack complementary guy than a guy that scares teams. I think he's a solid starting end like Alex Brown, that if he's playing opposite a Pro Bowler you'd be happy with him, but there's nothign special about his potential there. I think his potential is much higher as a 3-4 guy. He'll need some more seasoning in coverage, playing in space, and showing more awareness and discipline as a run defender, but I do think he'll get better there. Like a Woodley or Terrell Suggs, he might not be the best player on a top-notch defense, he'll be an integral part of that defense. That's what he was at Alabama, and I think in the right scheme that plays him on the edge and wants him to attack upfield most of the time, he'll be very good in that role.
LaMarr Woodley, Steelers.
Upshaw would play end in the Falcons scheme, at least initially as they transition to the 3-4. And while I don't think he's got the ideal skills to be an elite guy in Nolan's scheme, I do think he's a good foundation piece for the Falcons to build their base 3-4 around. He would like fill a similar role as Cameron Wake and Elvis Dumervil have in Nolan's scheme, which is primarily as a pass rusher. And while like those two he has the potential to be a double-digit sack guy, he's going to need a bit more talent around him to really maximize his skillset. As a rookie, he'd likely work predominantly as a situational rusher and carve out a bigger role in Years 2 and 3. But you probably really wouldn't start to see him hit his stride until Year 3, when presumably the Falcons would be a full-fledged 3-4 defense and he has gotten more comfortable in the scheme and his role within it.
Upshaw is a solid first round pick that may not have elite potential, but in the right scheme can be a very good player. He's ideally probably taken in the latter half of the round, somewhere between picks No. 15 and 25.
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Springfield Armory Loaded Micro Compact 1911 Pistol
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For many years the Springfield Armory Ultra Compact with its 3.5" barrel was sufficient to meet the needs of the carrying public who wanted a small 1911 pistols which could be concealed in nearly every situation regardless of what you were wearing. Over time, however, the race to produce small and smaller guns created the environment which would eventually lead to the introduction of the EMP. In the meantime, Springfield Armory developed the Loaded Micro Compact.
The barrel of the gun shrunk down from 3.5" to 3" even. The gun retained the bull barrel and the front of the slide received Springfield's "Extreme Bevel" treatment which shaved off all of the characteristic rough edges which might hinder reholstering in a tense situation.
Advances in technology allowed Springfield Armory to upgraded the Loaded Micro Compact 1911 pistol to a forged aluminum alloy frame which was significantly lighter than the stainless steel frame of the Ultra Compact. The new developments in aluminum alloy production allowed the final product to be lighter but avoided the prevalent reliability problems which typically plague small-frame guns when firing large caliber ammunition such as the .45 ACP.As with all "Loaded" 1911 pistols, the Springfield Armory Micro Compact gets a match-grade crossdrilled trigger, fully supported match-grade barrel, High Hand beavertail grip safety, Delta hammer, ambidextrous thumb safety, lowered and flared ejection port, and a dual-spring full length guide rod.
Being a premium pistol, all Springfield Armory Loaded Micro Compact guns (Model #: PX9801LP) come with upgraded Tritium 3-dot night sights. They are low profile combat style sights and are made to offer as little drag as possible when drawing the gun for presentation.
Only a Bi-Tone finish is offered for this gun with the forged slide and barrel being made of stainless steel and the aluminum frame receiving a black anodized hardcoat. The Micro Compact is finished out with Cocobolo hardwood grips which sport both a double-diamond design as well as the Springfield Armory log engraved in the center. The gun ships from the factory with two 6 round magazines.
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Stunning 1861 T-4 $50T4 $50 1861 PF-2 Cr. 4.
This stunning early note was last offered in our January 2009 FUN Signature Auction. It remains the single finest example of the type that we have offered at auction and when it was last sold, it was presented with the following description, "Few Montgomery issues show the beautifully textured, bright white paper exhibited by this wonderful T4. The mint green overprint is as deep as the day it was printed as are the blue serial numbers and the black ink devices. It was also endorsed on the back on May 25, 1861 by a Confederate captain who was an assistant commissary of subsistence. Fricke's Condition Census Top 10 for this number includes notes in the AU to Unc range and he mentions that there are few true Uncs. The lot we present tonight is one of those true Uncs. Previously, the finest example of this issue to pass through our auctions was a PCGS graded About New 58 which surpassed the $34,000 mark in our 2006 Central States Signature Auction. The striking current piece that we are offering boasts an even higher grade of PCGS New 62."
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I spent most of my christmas break making a new mold. The new batch of acrylic I ordered are not going to work. So I had to order a new batch. (everything is a bit delayed)
Acrylite 65 is supposed to have twice the impact resistance of the regular acrylic. But I found it having terrible property under heat. It becomes slightly opaque when exposed to heat. A quick test in front of the halogen 55w high beam confirmed that it won't work.
I've also tried polycarbonate, but they just don't compare to the clarity of normal acrylic, not to mention the better UV resistance. So I'm going back to regular acrylic.
This is completely experimental. I find a way to semi embed an LED ring light in to the front (inside) of lens protector directly. These(accent ring lights) are not weatherproof, but I think if I just seal all the resistors and connections it would be fine, especially because they are going to be behind the acrylic shell. Overtime dust might get in between as well. Too early to tell. But I think it looks better than the waterproofed LED strips. Send me a PM if you want me to send you one. They are not that expensive, so it's worth the try for the look.
I can't find any with black circuit board, that would look a bit cooler when the bike is off, since they sit all the way in the front of the lens protector.
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- Depletion Of Natural Resources Is Prevented
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Now, wind and solar power are not only renewable energy resources, but they are completely environmentally natural. Renewable energy is also about helping the environment as a whole.
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Renewable energy is also a way for the current generation to help protect future generations. No one wants to leave the future population in turmoil, when the energy sources are no longer available, or the world becomes barely liveable.
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Tuberculous meningitis in children: problem to be addressed effectively with thorough contact tracing
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Worldwide, tuberculosis is the most common cause of death from a single infectious agent in children. There has been an increase in its incidence in Europe in recent years. Early diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis in children is extremely difficult because of its nonspecific early presentation and it is universally fatal if not recognised and treated. Young children are at increased risk of acquiring tuberculosis and it is more likely to be disseminated in neonates. In summarising the cases of three children with tuberculous meningitis admitted to our centre, we highlight the importance of diagnosis and contact tracing of the source case.
Conclusion Diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis requires a high index of suspicion, thorough contact tracing, and appropriate investigations with early treatment as the key to reducing morbidity and mortality.
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From a practical point I'm confident that no Starfleet, Klingon or Romulan engineer would have constructed their ships the way they did,
unless it was absolutely necessary for optimal FTL performance.
If there was an optimal shape or design for FTL performance we'd see all races use it. Instead we get the saucer Earth ships, the long-necked Klingons, the arrow-like Tholians, the spherical First Federation, etc.
Agreed, it may not be necessary for FTL performance but might be a proven reliable Federation design and eases the task of performing maintenance and repair for Starfleet engineers.
Someone like Scotty could fast and easily fix (or sabotage) the warp drive of the
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but might find this more difficult and time-consuming with an alien design and/or one that has less than two warp nacelles.
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The fighter: Former BYU, NFL quarterback Jim McMahon aims to win the toughest challenge of his life
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Jim McMahon has never been one to back down from a challenge.
Whether it was overcoming a freakish boyhood accident that nearly ruined his vision in one eye, being a free-spirited Catholic who attended LDS Church-owned Brigham Young University and wound up with a record-shattering career that included arguably the greatest comeback victory in college football history, or helping lead the Chicago Bears to the only Super Bowl championship in franchise history, the former BYU and NFL quarterback has always tackled the obstacles he's faced in his life head-on — often times literally.
And now that he's battling the toughest challenge he's ever faced in his life, McMahon is determined to win this fight, too.
For the past couple of years, it's been well-documented that McMahon has been dealing with severe headaches, memory loss and the early stages of dementia, brought on by concussions he sustained during his NFL career.
It's a devastating health issue, one that McMahon blames for the deaths of two of his former teammates, Dave Duerson and Andre Waters, who both committed suicide.
But now, it looks like there's light at the end of that terribly dark tunnel for McMahon.
"I had a guy in New York (Dr. Scott Rosa) that figured out I had vertebrae that was cutting off my spinal fluid. It was all backing up into my brain," he said in an interview a few days ago while in town to play in a fundraising golf tournament to improve athletic facilities at Roy High School, his alma mater. "Once they adjusted those two vertebrae and all that stuff came out, I haven't had any headaches.
"It's a non-invasive procedure. He invented a machine that does all the work. I don't know what it does, whether it's air or suction, but it just moves the vertebrae enough to let the fluid get out.
"He said, 'I can't reverse the damage that's been done,' but with all that fluid in the brain, that's what causes lesions and all these problems, all these diseases," McMahon, 54, said of Dr. Rosa's diagnosis and subsequent treatment. "He said, 'I can't reverse any of that, but I can keep the pain down as far as you're concerned. I can keep your head from filling up (with spinal fluid) all the time.'"
Badly needed relief
The treatment has been a godsend for McMahon, who's always been such a notorious fun-loving character, but found himself spending many of his days in a darkened room, lying down or watching television, because the constant, chronic headaches were so painful that he simply didn't feel like doing anything else.
"The headaches were so bad he would drop to his knees," said Laurie Navon, McMahon's devoted girlfriend of the last 7 1/2 years whom he met at a charity golf event in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
"Oh, yeah," McMahon said. "My head was hurting so bad I didn't want to do anything. She'd always say, 'You coming out of the room today?' And I'd say, 'No, not unless I have to go do something.'
"And when I was on a plane, it was the worst. You get compressed and with the cabin pressure, I would literally have to squeeze my head for as long as the flight lasted.
"The only time I felt good is when I was laying down," he said, "and (Dr. Rosa) said that's because when you lay down and the gravity gets off you, (the spinal fluid's) moving up to where some of it would get out. But every time I was upright, it was constantly banging in my head."
And he admitted that, at times, the crippling pain, anguish and frustration got so bad that he contemplated going to that same, terribly dark place where Seau, Duerson, Waters and too many other former players found themselves — and taking his own life.
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Lovely complex smart accommodation, the only thing the site is missing is a shop. You have to drive out if you need anything.
Enjoyed our short break with family. Great central position for east coast. Will return if price deal could be slightly more reasonable.
I like the hoilday complex it looked wonderful but did not enjoy the location we was staying at regards the apartment. We was opposite a building site witch I did not like . The site map was not accurate it stated a site shop but did not have one and the appliances even the washer dryer was hard to work and did not dry properly. The site will be great once complete but I did not like we are we stayed . We had great weather and made most of the outdoors. But for the value we paid for the week the site I think could have done better. We may return to the local for holiday or may not . Overall out of 10 I give the site a 3 .
The only pub on site is always empty,food just ok last time I ate there the burger was red in the middle.Beer expensive, Bulmers cider fruit and lime drink twice the price I pay at home and three times the price at a supermarket.Could be something to do with the pub been empty every night.
We really enjoyed out stay at the Bay in Filey, it is in a beautiful location, and very handy for th beach, the pool was lovely but not really anything else for small children, we have a four year old and 8 month old so couldnt use the go active facilities, a bigger play area would have been ideal.
had a lovely time and the accomodation was 'gert gooder' - only 2 suggestions - needed a cupboard in the kitchen to put our groceries & also a bathroom cabinet or somewhere to put the toiletries & (oops I meant 3) the mirror to shave should of been in a better place
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Liked the Police, but hated the song Roxanne. Eddie Murphy did the better version.
"panic" only comes from having real expectations
I guess I'm in the minority. I liked their music but the train has left the station as far as being interested in a reunion. Maybe if they did it in the mid-90's when they were within 10 years of being relevant, but 21 years is a bit much to generate any excitement with me.
a super volcano of ridonkulous suckitude.
I simply don't have access to a "cares about RBI" place in my psyche. There is a "mildly curious about OBI%" alcove just before the acid filled lake guarded by robot snipers with lasers which leads to the "cares about RBI" antechamber though. - Nate
Not a big fan of his solo stuff....too "AC" for me.
It's been successful for that audience though.
The only way this will work is if Andy and Sting are kept away from each other at all times when not on stage. Previous reunions and reunion attempts have been marred or scuttled by their bickering.
I'd be willing to pay big bucks to see them in concert.
Skipped school to get tickets for The Police on the "Ghosts in the Machine" tour. Moms found out and made me sell the tickets...FOR FACE VALUE!
I did get to see them on the "Synchroncity" tour, though.
"Booing on opening day is like telling grandma her house smells like old lady."--WOY
As for that article on David Byrne, I loved this quote: I was a peculiar young man, he wrote in a reflective entry last April. Borderline Aspergers, I would guess.
Borderline Asperger's? Ya think?
Chris Farley was borderline fat.
". . . acquiring J. Blanton from Oakland for, apparently, Bailey/Cueto, Votto and a lesser prospect. I do it in a second . . . The Reds' equation this year is simple: Make Matt Belisle your #3 starter . . . trade for Blanton, win 85 or more, be in the mix all summer." - Paul Daugherty, Feb. 8, 2008
Sending out an SOS...(times 200)
1. Led Zeppelin
3. Pink Floyd
Each band member of these groups would wind up with at least 100 million dollars after it was said and done. It still hasn't happened. The ladies of ABBA don't want to spend any time with their ex-husbands/bandmates. Robert Plant for several reasons has never wanted a Zeppelin reunion. Pink Floyd did reunite for one perfomance and blew away everybody at Live 8. But David Gilmour is not very keen on much else and probably feels they left Pink Floyd the right way doing that. If the Police reunite it will have to be for more than money.
The only thing (besides Bonzo's death) keeping them from a full reunion has actually been John Paul Jones' reluctance to do anything IIRC.
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I simply don't have access to a "cares about RBI" place in my psyche. There is a "mildly curious about OBI%" alcove just before the acid filled lake guarded by robot snipers with lasers which leads to the "cares about RBI" antechamber though. - Nate
I have several too.Robert Plant for several reasons has never wanted a Zeppelin reunion.
Yes, Page and Plant did tour together a couple of times. But when they first started, John Paul Jones was not invited. Their choice and not Jones's. They then called the first Page and Plant album " No Quarter" which was JPJ's big showpiece during Zeppelin's concerts. A bit of an insult if you ask me. Led Zeppelin was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame not too long after the first P&P record and tour. In his induction speech Jones said to the two of them "Thank you, my friends, for finally remembering my phone number."
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What You Need to Know to Make Recruiters Part of Your Career Strategy
Technology has dramatically changed the way that companies hire and individuals conduct their job searches. Innovations in job search tools such as social networking sites, job search engines, resume and cover letter software, and online skill assessment tools have expanded the options that job seekers have to pursue openings. The technologies employers use to find candidates have evolved as well. Applicant tracking systems, online screening tools, digital testing, and sophisticated background checking services all help employers target the best talent.
And yet finding the right person for a high level job is still an extremely complex job—all the more so today, when companies can source talent from across the country and around the world. Plus, there are some intangible aspects of the talent search process that computers just can't handle. This is where recruiters
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Most job seekers know all about networking, searching for open positions online, and posting their resumes to job boards. But there's one way of finding a job that's still a mystery to many: working with a recruiter. Many people don't know how or whether to contact recruiters, or what to do if a recruiter gets in touch with them. Others approach recruiters the wrong way, which hurts their chances of finding a job through a recruiter.
To successfully work with recruiters, it helps to know a little bit about what their goals are and how they function. Below, I'll explain how recruiters assess candidates, what to do if one contacts you, some best practices for working with recruiters, and some key mistakes to avoid.
Understanding Recruiters
Just as professional sports teams want to draft the best athletes, companies want to hire the best available talent. When they're serious about hiring the top employees in their industry, companies turn to recruiters.
There are three types of recruiters: agency recruiters, corporate recruiters, and contract recruiters. If a recruiter contacts you, it's fine to ask him what type of recruiter he is.
Agency recruiters, the type of recruiter most people are familiar with, are third party vendors hired by employers. There are three subcategories of agency recruiters: contingency, temp/temp-to-perm, and retained.
Contingency recruiters are only paid upon successful hires. Their fee is typically 20% to 33% of a new hire's starting base salary or total compensation. Though that fee sounds substantial, contingency recruiters need to charge this much to stay in business, as the contingency search field is competitive and low-yield. Contingency recruiters are competing against other search firms and employers' own hiring efforts, and if employers decide not to fill a position or to put it on hold, they lose opportunities for income.
Therefore, contingency recruiters' time is precious. Every minute of their day is spent trying to make placements. That's why they may not call you back to let you know they received your resume. But rest assured if your background is a fit for one of their searches they will contact you, as it's money in their pocket if you get hired.
Temp and temp-to-perm recruiters work very much like contingency recruiters, but hire for temporary positions or positions where an employer would like to test someone out before permanently hiring him or her.
Retained recruiters search mainly for senior management positions or for positions requiring niche skill sets. Clients also use them for critical hires and confidential searches, and when they need to hire someone quickly. Like contingency recruiters, they're paid a percentage of a new hire's base salary or total compensation, plus travel expenses. Typically, they are paid one-third of their total fee up front, one-third upon reaching an agreed-upon benchmark, and the final third upon successful hire.
Corporate or in-house recruiters work directly for hiring employers. Companies with large HR departments sometimes have corporate recruiters on staff. They perform the same work as contingency recruiters, but exclusively for one company.
Contract recruiters function like corporate recruiters, but are hired on a short or long-term contract basis to fill permanent, temporary, or temp-to-perm positions. Companies use contract recruiters if they have a short-term spike in hiring or if they are short-staffed because someone left. Some recruiting agencies also hire contract recruiters.
Want a Recruiter to Find You? Don't Leave Your Job
Recruiters target passive candidates—people who aren't looking for work. Employers prefer to hire currently employed high performers. Unfortunately, there's a stigma attached to candidates who are unemployed. For that reason, it's a mistake to quit your job just because you hate it. It's far better, in my opinion, to stick it out and seek your next job while you're still employed. Otherwise, you can add months to your job search.
Active candidates are people who are aggressively seeking new jobs. Sometimes they're unemployed; other times they sense bad times ahead for their companies and are looking to jump ship. Some employers can be more reluctant to hire overly active candidates because they fear an active candidate will take a job out of necessity, and that he'll leave once he finds more appealing work elsewhere.
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$50,000 'of the Night' performance bonuses
Fight of the Night*
Knockout of the Night
Submission of the Night
*Ordinarily both the winning and the losing fighter get $50,000 for being in the fight of the night. However, in a response to fighters failing to make weight, the UFC said previously that fighters must make weight to receive a performance bonus. Thus, despite losing Benoit earned an extra $100K in his first UFC.
The Knockout of the Night was Diaz's 11th, putting him in third place behind Joe Lauzon and Anderson Silva, who are tied at 12 each. Diaz previously won five Fights of the Night and five Submissions of the Night.
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12/2/13 8:51 AM by Eisenberg
Overeem made way more than that in his first UFC fight. Thats pretty awesome for Benoit though...thats life changing money for a young fighter.
12/2/13 8:41 AM by XblacksheepX
first fight in the ufc.first fight on the card.first time 100.000$ fight of the night double-bonus.probably also gets 20% of Sampo's win money for him not making weight.way to make your losing ufc debut. :DSampo took the fight on 8 days notice though and missed 1.5 pounds, while both man fought like hell. short notice should cut him some slack.
12/1/13 2:31 PM by FlowWithTheGo
I'm glad Ryan got paid. He showed up, made weight, and fought. Paid to do what it was he was there for. I hope he comes back and gets a W.
12/1/13 2:20 PM by epwar
First time someone on the first fight earned $100,000?
12/1/13 3:44 AM by Calavaro
First time someone new in the ufc makes a 100k in a losing effort?


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Martin St. Pierre scored with 8:25 remaining to give the Columbus Blue Jackets a 3-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes in a preseason game Friday night. Alexandre Giroux and R.J. Umberger also scored for the Blue Jackets, who finished the preseason with a 5-2-1 record. Columbus will open the regular season Oct. 7 at home against Nashville. Patrick Dwyer and Jussi Jokinen had the Hurricanes' goals. Carolina (1-4-0) travels to Nashville for its final preseason game before opening the regular season against Tampa Bay. The Hurricanes have scored only six goals in their four preseason losses. Both teams used their top goalies. Steve Mason made 35 saves for the Blue Jackets, while Cam Ward had 29 for the Hurricanes.
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WASHINGTON, May 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When it comes to finding a way to finance government-run health care, the administration of Barack Obama is floating a VAT trial balloon echoing that of President Bill Clinton in 1993.
The Obama administration's VAT trial balloon is being floated by Kenneth Baer, spokesman for Obama Budget Director Peter Orszag, who was quoted in the Washington Post on Wednesday as saying a VAT is "unlikely to be in the mix" but did not rule it out, despite Obama's central campaign promise not to raise taxes on families making less than $250,000: "While we do not want to rule any credible idea in or out as we discuss the way forward with Congress, the VAT tax, in particular, is popular with academics but highly controversial with policymakers."
In April of 1993, newly inaugurated President Clinton was exploring ways to pay for his government health care plan, including a VAT, as noted at the time in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Trial balloons wafting over Washington say the administration may be considering a value-added tax -- VAT for short -- to fund universal health care coverage. And President Bill Clinton himself is keeping the balloons aloft. "There are all kinds of arguments for it on policy grounds," Clinton said Friday at a press conference. Clinton said he hadn't decided to include a VAT in his health care plan. But he said he didn't mind the fact that two top administration officials said they liked the idea.' We've had a lot of people from business and labor come to us saying they thought that that tax would help make their particular industries more competitive
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The sweatshop high street - more brands under fireGuardian probe reveals 13p per hour wages behind cheap clothes.
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Both Bono and The Edge praised Taymor's work and said they wanted her to be with them during their first foray into musical theater.
"Julie is an incredible artist, really a very gifted girl," Bono said. "I think it's -- it's a shame she's not with us to see it to its conclusion, because a lot of what's magic about it is hers."
"If it's a big success, I think it serves everybody involved and Julie, as well, because, you know, this show is so much about the contributions she made," The Edge added. "So I think the best thing we could do for the show and -- and for Julie is turn this into a success"
Last month, "Spider-Man's" producers closed the show for three weeks and brought in a new director, Phil McKinley, to fix it.
"Some people call me 'Spidey Doc,'" McKinley said.
The show certainly needed a jolt of inspiration. A song was added and the love story between Peter Parker and Mary-Jane Watson was further developed.
"The last version of 'Turn Off the Dark' had a lot of magic and mysterious stuff," Bono said. "It was beautiful actually, in so many ways. It just, it didn't cohere."
"This time you have a really clear story line," Bono continued. "You have characters that you're getting to know. The music is in a system where it's legible and there's lots of really obvious stuff that has been fixed."
While the show's storyline has been revamped, Phil McKinley made it clear this was still "Julie's show." He also said the flying apparatuses the actors use to lunge through the air continues to astound audiences, and watching a live performance of "Spider-Man" is the closest to what you would see on a film set.
"It's amazing that they can do this kind of technology, you know, here in the theater," McKinley said. "What I think is unusual about all of the flying is that it is not theatrical flying. It is really film flying."
McKinley not only directed the award-winning musical, "Ben-Hur," in London, but also directed hundreds of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus performances. He said his experience helped him understand the technical aspects of the "Spider-Man" production.
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McKinley said the crew tests "every inch of line" every day and they are taking numerous precautions to keep their actors safe. While there have been no injuries since he started working on the show, he said the danger is still there.
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Quail are experts in camouflage, say researchers
It turns out that quail are experts in camouflage, especially ground-nesting Japanese quail. According to researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology, mother quail are familiar enough with the patterning of their own eggs that they can choose laying spots to hide them best.
According to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Japanese quail are a ground-dwelling and nesting bird. They build strong, sturdy nests on the ground and usually camouflaged under vegetation. This type of quail mature at six weeks of age and are usually in full egg production by 50 days of age.
According to P. George Lovell of Abertay University and the University of St. Andrews, quail know camouflage so well that they lay their eggs on a substrate that maximizes the eggs' natural camouflage. Researchers also discovered the maximization appears specific to individual birds.
Researchers theorized that quail might make optimal egg-laying decisions based on the special characteristics of their own eggs. To test this theory, they offered female quail in the lab a choice between four different backgrounds on which to lay their eggs.
The experiments showed that most quail mothers lay their eggs on background colors to match the spots on their eggs. That strategy is known as disruptive coloration, in which contrasting patterns on surfaces make the outline of an object, such as an egg, more difficult to see. Quail laying eggs with little pattern instead picked lighter surfaces to correspond to the principal background color of their eggs.
The findings reveal that quail in the wild reduce the chance that their eggs will be discovered and taken by predators through cautious decision-making, according to researchers.
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I was disappointed in your recent article about a personnel matter at Union Elementary School. What happened to innocent until proven guilty? Mrs. Bush has been teaching at Union School for many years. My child was in her class during the same year as one of the parents quoted in your article. I volunteered in the class frequently and did not find it chaotic. Nor did I find Mrs. Bush, a disaster. If you are going to print such comments, you should at least ask around to see if other parents might have a different view. I am not trying to belittle the parents concerns. Certainly, they should be addressed. Like all of us, Mrs. Bush is not perfect. But a teachers job is a hard one. And your article did a great disservice to someone who has worked hard and cared deeply for our kids.
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We have three individual awards for the outstanding performers in our industry across the generations, plus awards that recognise business excellence, industry alignment and organisations that are enabling the industry to reach the Tourism 2025 aspirational goal of $41 billion total tourism revenue in 2025.
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This might seem to be a bit of an odd request but I thought perhaps some of the SOCAL adventure guys could help. Some Brit friends are riding across country and will be stopping in Lone Pine on 395 with their next stop being Three Rivers out of Visalia. They have asked if there is a route through the Sierras so they can avoid an long detour south. I am unfamiliar with the area and don't have a topo map. However my Rand McNally state map shows a paved road west out of Independence which joins a limited access road that eventually comes out on 180 north of Lone Pine. Has anyone made this cut? Does it really exist and is the road paved, gravel or other? Another route appears to be the J41 west off of 395 just north of Pearsonville. I believe they'll be riding rental bikes which probably means Harley.
I ask the question because I have ridden my GS on some of these roads marked as "limited access" in Idaho and eastern Oregon and they were rough paved. The last time I was on one of these, we had joined up with two guys, one on a Harley and one on and old Gold Wing, and they did fine.
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The captain of the
assuming that there had recently been one besides Commodore Wesley, could have just retired or gotten promoted. Heck, he could even have died, either naturally or in the line of duty. There just aren't any facts to go on.
We are talking about the captain's chair of a starship, the most prestigious one in the Starfleet (and possibly just one out of 12).
Any vacancy would be immediately filled (with plenty of candidates for such an esteemed job) and I lack the imagination that Starfleet just waited for this vacancy and then rescheduled all the other 4 starships to take part in the M-5 war games.
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Also, there is no evidence I'm aware of supporting the idea that the high-backed command chair denotes a flag ship. I'd be interested, if
, or someone is aware of any production notes on why it was done.
I would love to learn more myself. But the fact remains that the Lexington was the lead ship in the M-5 war games
with a flag officer in command which could very well qualify as a flagship.
And there are not that many flag officers commanding TOS starships:
Commodore Matthew Decker -
USS Constellation
Commodore Robert Wesley
- USS Lexington
Captain Chandra -
Captain Harris
- USS Excalibur
Captain James T. Kirk
- USS Enterprise
Captain Krasnovsky -
Captain Ronald Tracey -
USS Exeter
Captain ? -
USS Defiant
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In other words, the fact that three chairs are alike (
Enterprise, Exeter, Defiant
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), proves nothing, when only a third, or less, of the command chairs in ships of that class have been sampled.
I don't know if that's something we may have forgotten but IIRC the bigger chair used to identify the "boss" at any conference table. Considering your Star Wars comments in the other thread just check out Governor Tarkin's chair at the Death Star conference. His is the biggest because he is in charge and Admiral Motti and General Taggi and Darth Vader (!) will do as he says...
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