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Nous Sommes Tous La France! - Society of Epicurus' Message of Solidarité in Light of the Paris Attacks
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Society of Epicurus invites everyone who loves Epicurean philosophy to send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com asking Google to create a doodle in celebration of EPICURUS' birthday for February 20 of 2016. The hope is that this will coincide with next year's Epicurean symposium in Athens, Greece, and will generate greater visibility for the event.
Doodles are basically depictions of the Google logo that celebrate aspects of human achievement or of popular culture, or certain holidays.…Continue
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You can believe anything you want to believe. The only thing that **must** occur to you is death. The decision to believe or not believe anything less than the existence of death – which happens to you regardless of whether you believe it or not – comes down to Vatican Saying 71. …. "What will happen to me if that which this desire seeks is achieved, and what if it is not?"" In other words, "What will happen to me if I believe this, and what…
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What an entertaining set of historical events we've had so far this year! After the gay marriage ruling, the media circus around Kim Davis was to be expected. For a moment I felt sorry for her, but…Continue
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Bearded prophet of the meek and early archetype of the 1960s hippie.
Jesus was born Jewish, but then converted to Dudeism after he realized that the Romans and the Pharisees were fucking fascists. Today lots of people think he's the son of the guy who created the universe and that our life is in his hands. But probably he was just a dude who thought people should mellow out and stop getting so worked up about stuff. Sadly, few of his followers seem to actually realize that.…Continue
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It's rare to encounter a prophet who acknowledges the powerlessness of his gods to bring good, destroy evil, and fix the world. Rarer still to find one who acknowledges the evils that religion brings upon humanity. Habakkuk is one of the lesser, little-known prophets from the Old Testament, and one who bore witness against his own god and questioned him about the existence of evil, injustice, and suffering in the world. His disappointment is typical of those who …Continue
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I recently wrote Whose Pleasure? Whose Pain? Applying the Hedonic Calculus to Public Policy for the latest issue of The Humanist, where I discuss whether it makes sense to apply the Epicurean ethical method of hedonic calculus at the collective level. After some considerations, in the piece I argue
The May-June issue of The Humanist includes a few pieces on a secular alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous, which has recently been exposed as an inefficient system of recovery that's only supported with public funds because it's filled with religious propaganda.
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Nietzche's Zoroaster, the Atheistic Prophet
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I recently had the pleasure of listening to the translation of the original, French-language book in the Planet of the Apes series in audio-book format. I've always considered PotA folklore to be among the most underrated, most enjoyable in all of science fiction, but it also raises many interesting cultural and philosophical questions.
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Human life is under the absolute dominion of two mighty principles, fear and hope. Any one who can make these serve his ends may be sure of rapid fortune. - Lucian, in his Alexander the Oracle Monger
Alexander is a work of secularist literature written by 2nd Century Roman satirist Lucian, who tells the story of a false prophet of Apollo. It depicts the…Continue
"¡Hemos nombrado el error principal de la mente humana, la pesadilla de la felicidad humana, el pervertidor de la virtud humana! ¡Es la religión, esa moneda oscura de la ignorancia temblorosa! ¡Es la religión, esa envenenadora de la felicidad humana! ¡Es la religión, esa guía ciega de la razón humana! ¡Es la religión, esa detronadora de la virtud humana que yace en la raíz de todo el mal y toda la miseria que impregnan el mundo!"
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View from Hasenhorn Tower - Todtnau, BW, Germany
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View from the look-out tower on the summit of Hasenhorn in the southern Black Forest.
posted by: fi67
location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany
date approved: 10/19/2014
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Epupa-Falls Overlook, Kaokoland, Kunene Region, Namibia
A breathtaking view to the Epupa-Falls
posted by: g300td
location: Namibia
date approved: 10/16/2014
Clovelly Bay - Clovelly, Devon
Scenic overlook at the top end of Clovelly High Street, just off The Hobby Drive. Overlooking Clovelly Bay.
posted by: SMacB
location: South West England, United Kingdom
date approved: 10/14/2014
View from the castle Falkenstein - France
View from the castle Falkenburg.
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location: Alsace, France
date approved: 10/12/2014
last visited: 4/3/2016
Parador of Jaen - Overlook, Jaen, Spain
A beautiful view from the Parador Hotel
location: Andalucía, Spain
date approved: 10/8/2014
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Great view from the mountain Donon.
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A beautiful distant view to the Cape
location: Western Cape, South Africa
date approved: 10/3/2014
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Needles Overlook, Canyonlands, Utah, USA
You will find the most spectacular picnictable in the USA
location: Utah
date approved: 9/29/2014
View from Wisenberg Tower - Häfelfingen, BL, Switzerland
View from the look-out tower on Mount Wisenberg
location: Nordwestschweiz (AG/BL/BS), Switzerland
date approved: 9/15/2014
Scenic Overlook at Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey, Monistrol de Montserrat, Catalonia, Spain
A beautiful view to the Montserrat Abbey
location: Cataluña, Spain
date approved: 9/14/2014
last visited: 1/18/2015
Himmelstreppe (Stairway to Heaven), Rheinelbe-Halde, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Nice lookout on Gelsenkirchen
location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
date approved: 9/13/2014
Palmyra Castle Overlook, Tadmur, Syria
A beautiful view from the arabic castle
location: Syria
date approved: 9/11/2014
Falaise d'Aval and Manneporte Overlook, Etretat, France
A beautiful trail
location: Haute-Normandie, France
date approved: 9/10/2014
last visited: 7/11/2007
Storforsen Rapid Overlook, Piteälven, Norrbottens län, North-Sweden
One of the biggest rapids in Europe
location: Norrbotten, Sweden
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Ksar Ghilane Overlook, Ksar Ghilane, South-Tunisia
A beautiful overlook in the Sahara
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Pointe du Hoc is a promontory with a 100 ft cliff overlooking the English Channel on the coast of Normandy in northern France.
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location: Basse-Normandie, France
date approved: 9/2/2014
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Mont Saint-Michel, France
One of France's most recognisable landmarks, Mont Saint-Michel and its bay are part of the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites and more than 3 million people visit it each year.
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last visited: 4/8/2016
Sunset View -- Cedar Breaks National Monument, nr Cedar City UT
The Sunset View Overlook at Cedar Breaks National Monument, nr Cedar City UT offers an amazing view of the colorful sandstone formations in this park.
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Point Supreme-- Cedar Breaks National Monument, nr Cedar City UT
An amazing view greets visitors to Point Supreme.
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Chessmen Ridge Overlook -- Cedar Breaks Natl Mon., nr Cedar City UT
The Chessmen Ridge Overlook at Cedar Breaks NM is accessible only from a short walking trail
date approved: 8/27/2014
Krappenfelsen - Annweiler Gräfenhausen, Germany
Ein schöner Aussichtsfelsen im Trifelsland. / Designated overlook in the Annweiler mountains.
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location: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
date approved: 8/26/2014
last visited: 9/5/2010
Swallowtail Trail View - Encinitas, CA
A trail with a great view of the nearby bay.
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location: California
date approved: 8/13/2014
last visited: 8/13/2014
Mt. Soledad - San Diego, CA
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Encelia Overlook - La Jolla, CA
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Sheets "All But Signed" by....Cubs!!!
From the Toronto Globe and Mail:
The Blue Jays will have a scout at tomorrow's workout by free-agent
pitcher Ben Sheets, but he's all but signed by the Chicago Cubs.
Transmission will give his left nut for this to be true (thanks to navigator for the tip).
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I always liked that commercial. I have more mixed feelings about Sheets. I'd be open to it if the base salary is cheap enough, though. I guess that's kind of like, "I'm all for a public health care option, provided it doesn't result in higher taxes or less money for other budget items."
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I would think that if the rumor's true, then it has to be for a low base salary and some incentives. The Cubs don't have a lot of money left and still have holes to fill, allegedly.
FWIW, though, this rumor seems ... uh, less than credible.
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That commercial is the balls!
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Sheets will be added to Hendry's long list of reclamation projects, but his high side is way higher than Wade Miller or Chad Fox or even Dempster.
Definitely worth a long look.
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I find this rumor hard to believe. Simply, if it was true why would he be throwing for a bunch of teams tomorrow. it dosn't make sense.
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Trying to drive his price up?
Re: Dye
Waddle and Silvy just tweeted that they're going to have Levine on to talk about the Cubs and Dye... at 12:25
that's basically NOW
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I think Lou wants Dye or at least he has hinted at by saying they were going to sign a 'significant' backup outfielder. With Soriano and Byrd both getting older I would expect to see Dye alot if he can also stay healthy.
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I figured Lou was talking aboot Rocco Baldelli.
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Oh, now we're just being unfair to the competition. First Jaramillo, then Maddux... now Ben Sheets? Will the Cardinals even show up to play this season?
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The fact that we're looking at guys like Dye and Nady to be 4th outfielders speaks volumes of our recent OF free agent signings. Fukudome, Byrd, and Soriano are so good that we need to sign somebody to get the 300-400 ABs that, frankly, we don't really want to give to them.
I'm not opposed to picking up Dye or Nady, though. Getting insurance for a corner OF spot seems like a good idea to me. I hope we've got somebody in the minors who can be insurance for CF, too. At least Fuld and/or Colvin ought to be passable 4th outfielders should something happen to Byrd and Fukudome have to reclaim CF.
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I'd prefer Nady given the choice between the two.
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Maybe the Cubs can bring back Edmonds. He's apparently willing to play for the league minimum (as least for St. Louis).
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And with the Cards' amazing new hitting coach I'd look for Edmonds to hist between 45 and 66 homers if he signs. I hear the new coach is that good.
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Cubs need Dye or Nady or somebody with pop to add to the bench--since nobody from the group of Hill, Blanco, Fontenot, and Fuld would scare the other team late in the game when "one swing of the bat" would make a difference.
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Fox could've been the guy.
But Nady can actually play some (outfield) defense, can't he? So he'd have that on Hoffpauir and probably even Dye.
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And, you know, Soriano.
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Nady/Dye...Sheets rumor...still on the lookout for a veteran relief pitcher...
when did the cub suddenly get 10-15m more to spend?
sure, sheets could take care of his own rumor + push a guy into the pen, but unless he's throwing in the 80s or he can't get the ball out of his hand quick enough when throwing to the plate i don't see how he'd be coming in under 5-7m and incentives should be involved.
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Well, it could be the case that Sheets may really not be ready to pitch with real arm strength anyway until May or June?
I'd have to agree, unless Hendry really makes it so sweet on the back-end (and Sheets having the confidence to know he is gonna deliver) that Sheets could sign a one-year for less than we are thinking.
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uggla settles w/ marlins 1yr/7.8m
...there are a few tracking him in FLA on here...well, there were more before FLA was forced into spending more money.
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"Remember way back in 2008, when then-Blue Jays GM J. P. Ricciardi put down Dunn's abilities, leading to general mockery and vilification of Ricciardi all over the internet?"
yeah...for being a lazy player who's reputation in CIN was so toxic and distracting it wasn't funny.
want to join his fantasy football pool or talk football while laughing off coaches and pulling the rest of the locker room into someone else's personal circus? dave miley can give references to how awesome it is.
Re: Dunn
not at all..retardi (for more reasons than this)is an idiot and you don't call out players like that because a radio call in fan riled you up.
i'm just saying dunn has his reputation because he unashamedly earned it. he's not even a dick or known to be hated by his peers...he's just seen as a distraction to clubhouse authority with a lack of motivation he's vocal about. life of the party syndrome...
i wouldn't go as far as to say he's wasting his talent, but if he was a pitcher a good talking to by a personality like nolan ryan or curt schilling might do him some good.
...i'm also saying his "abilities" weren't being called out as much as the person he is in the world of baseball
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rumored 4th OF, Spillborghs 2/$3.25 avoiding arbitration for this yr and next (1.3M this, 1.95M next)
ex-Cub Aaron Heilman, $2.15M also avoiding arbitration...so that's money from last yrs payroll that's been freed up for some extra squirrel poison.
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Who owes whom a coke?
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Alexander Sosa owes it to Tony Montana
Brenley not to keen on Cub's chances this year
He was on WSCR this am-
from what I remember-"Sometimes a team of charatcters has to overcome it's ability to win games and this team has to do that."
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I need a translator. Was Brenley trying to say this team will only win if it overachieves or am I not getting it right?
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Don't you speak Martian?
He's saying this team needs to overachieve.
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This is really going to put a damper on my annual spring rose-colored optimism.
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Even though at this point last year the Cards didn't have Holliday or two CY Young contenders?
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This was also scrolling across the top of the Onion's Sports page:
Sabermetric Fan Eschews Purchase Of Super 2 Arbitration Eligible Left Fielder's Jersey For High UZR Shortstop Under Six Years Of Team Control
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From Bruce Levine's chat at espn Chicago:
Breaking news: The Cubs have signed five of their arbitration-eligible players. According to sources, Mike Fontenot signed for $1 million; Jeff Baker signed for $975,000; Koyie Hill signed for $700,000; Tom Gorzellany signed for $800,000; and Jose Guzman signed for $825,000. The Cubs have filed on Carlos Marmol, Sean Marshall and Ryan Theriot. The players' numbers and team's numbers will come out at 2 p.m. Chicago time.
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Here's a link to the chat that goes for another 45 minutes or so. (He meant Angel Guzman by the way.)
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it's all a push/pull of a couple 100 grand at most...no one's contract is really stupid, imo.
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Except $1MM for Fontenot.
He is still a AAAA in my mind and on the field.
I guess a million don't buy what it used to.
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They can still release these guys in March and get out of paying them the bulk of these contracts...right?
This is from AZ Phil's Corner:
"Win or lose, the player is awarded a standard one-year MLB contract with no "minor league split" salary or incentive/performance bonuses, and the contract is not guaranteed, so if the player is released during Spring Training, the club would only owe the player 30 days or 45 days salary as termination pay, depending on when the player is released. (A player receives 100% of what remains of his salary if he is released during the regular season). The Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) is very sensitive about salary arbitration, so if a player who was awarded a contract through the salary arbitration process is released during Spring Training, the MLBPA will almost certainly file a grievance on behalf of the player, claiming the player was released for economic reasons only (which is not permitted), and asking that the released player receive 100% of his salary as termination pay. In that situation, a club would only have to show (by submitting official Spring Training game stats) that the released player was outperformed in Spring Training games by another player (or players) competing for that roster spot."
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Further down in AZ Phil's Corner there's a bit about Outright Release Waivers where termination pay comes into it too.
But I should shut up and wait for AZ Phil.
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According to Levine, these guys can be released prior to 4/1 and they only get a fifth of the money they signed for. If Fontenot has a bad spring....
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QUIET MAN: That only applies to players who are awarded a contract by the arbitration panel at a hearing.
For players eligible for salary arbitration who sign prior to going to a hearing, the player might or might not end up with a guaranteed contract. It's negotiable. For instance, last year the Cubs settled with Chad Gaudin ($2M one-year guaranteed contract) without going to a hearing, but gave him a guaranteed contract in exchange for taking less money than he wanted. Then the Cubs were on the hook for the entire $2M after he got released (less the pro-rated MLB minimum Gaudin got when he signed with the Padres in April).
Conversely, Reed Johnson signed a $3.25M non-guaranteed deal with Toronto pre-2008, so that when the Jays released him prior to Opening Day 2008 they only had to pay him $800K+ (45 days salary) as termination pay. Then the Cubs signed him for $1.3M, so that Johnson ended up with an aggregate $2.1M salary for 2008 ($800K termination pay from TOR plus $1.3M salary from the Cubs). However, if Johnson had signed a $3.25M 2008 guaranteed contract and then got released prior to Opening Day, the Jays would have been on the hook for the entire $3.25M, minus the MLB minimum salary the Cubs would have given Johnson, and RJ would have gotten all of his money.
As I mentioned on the next thread above, Mike Fontenot probably got more money than the other four arbitration-eligible guys who signed today in exchange for accepting a minor league split salary (probably about $300K) in case he gets optioned to the minors in 2010 (which very well could happen).
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You're the best Phil!
Yeah, I think it's mostly Fontenot's contract that's just silly. I know it's the first time he's arbitration-eligible but his numbers would suggest a decrease not a pay hike of more than double what he made in 2009 ($430,000 acc. to ESPN).
To me, when guys like Fontenot can double their salaries after a shitty year -- not to mention getting chosen as a super-2 over Adam Jones and Micah Owings -- the system ain't working.
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He wasn't "chosen" over Jones and Owings based on performance. It all has to do with service time.
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Submitted by Andrew on Tue, 01/19/2010 - 12:35pm.
So that's $4.3 million for those five. That's likely too much, considering that AZ Phil projected $10 million for the lot of them (at least according to the sidebar)
Just Hendry overpaying again?
Rumor had it that these guys wanted a total of 2.1 million between them.
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He thinks he's a power hitter now, so he wants to get PAID for those homeruns he hit back in May.
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You got to sign him somehow. You don't want to risk him hitting for a division competitor.
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I wish...
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How about signing Tejada for a year to play SS instead of Dye as 4th outfielder?
Recent comments
so far ryan williams (AAA) is the only system prospect on the "could be ready soon" horizon doing well...that said, he's not very exciting and he's assumed to be an end-rotation talent at best.
paul blackburn is getting great early returns in AA, but he's getting surprisingly low K numbers doing it. he throws lot of low/sinking stuff with good control...also assumed to be an end-rotation guy, but he's got room to be better, especially given his control as base to build on.
Speaking of pitching -- another ugly outing for Underwood at AA. Through 6 starts: 5.19 ERA, WHIP 1.69. Yikes!
Man, do we need starting pitching depth. Our best hopes are still hanging with AZ Phil in Arizona. Very scary.
jeebus... that's terrible.
*clap* *clap* *clap*
Thanks AZ. If you like him, I like him.
Awesome report, and good to see Beeler on his way back.
I'm also very happy to hear about the bi-level bump for Daniel Lewis. In the Name of Theo, he was the Last of the Full-Season Cuts, and There Will Be Blood for those who unnecessarily slow his development. Sure, he might end up in independent ball pitching for Lincoln. But if everything breaks right, he may even have a shot at joining up with the Gangs of Chicago. I wouldn't bet My Left Foot on it, though.
CHARLIE: The Cubs did the same thing with LHSP Eric Jokisch last month, and it has nothing to do with needing the player's 40-man roster slot.
The hope is that another MLB club will claim the player, so that you aren't on the hook for any termination pay (which you would be if you release him) AND you pick up $20,000 from the claiming team, all for a guy you don't want going forward anyway.
Moosetacos, I like it. All I can think of is a bearded lumberjack dude operating a Mexican style taco truck with a Canadian accent.
How strange is this for May? Is it insignificant, or does it suggest some sort of trade might be in the works?
The Cubs have sent LHRP C. J. Riefenhauser outright to Iowa.
Cubs MLB 40-man roster now stands at 37 (three slots open).
yow...the a.gordon/m.moustakas collision now makes the schwarb collision look minor in scope.
gordon broke his wrist, expected to miss 4+ weeks...and today moosetacos has been diagnosed with a torn ACL. fun times in KC.
dodgers calling up julio urias for tommorow's game. neat.
fernando-mania might have a new heir...dude is 19 (turns 20 in august) and he's got a legit argument for being MLB-ready.
Tony LaRussa, still an idiot
Happ was the #9 pick last year, and he moved from OF to 2B in the same offseason that Castro was traded.
Gleyber also in the picture at second.
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There's a nice payday for people getting into the higher-end IT job categories such as ERP specialist, IT architect, and various management roles. Those categories often clear more than $100,000, according to InformationWeek's National IT Salary Survey, compared with categories such as help desk and general IT, where median salaries are below $70,000.
How does one move onto that higher-paying track? The "formula" includes a mix of formal education; constant, hands-on, real-world learning; and a relentless drive to do progressively more challenging work.
Do certifications matter? Over the last 12 months, only 6% of staff and 4% of managers received a bonus that was tied to a certification or training, our survey finds. Just 3% of staffers and managers received a "hot skill" premium. Yet certification and education are part of moving into higher-salary jobs.
"I'm big on certifications, but you have to dig" when evaluating what a certification really means, says Paul Poteete, the chief information security officer of a financial services firm. Is it paper only--a class taken to beef up a resumé? Or does it impart knowledge and skills needed on the job? "Even if they have a certification, you look for motivation and a desire to do the job," says Poteete, who as a security chief sits in one of those well-paid, highly skilled job categories.
Management jobs have been the fastest-growing tech category since 2001, but business technology pros don't have to get on the management track to make good money. Staff specialists in data mining, infrastructure, and integration can outearn managers working in lower-paying disciplines.
John Willard, a senior IT architect, helped create his own career track at the Virginia Department of Transportation. Willard made the case to his superiors that, as tech environments move to service-oriented architectures, "you need someone to be able to see where and how everything fits together," he says. So they created an IT architect position--which, at a median pay of $108,000, is the highest-paying IT staff category in our survey.
Now Willard's managers are discussing creating a formal architecture team and set of processes. Architects have to "see the big picture," to look beyond the pieces of software and hardware they manage and consider the broad IT structure a company needs to run its business.
It's a description of what architects do--and a good road map for people trying to chart their careers to higher-paying areas. If you're in a position to bring business needs and IT capabilities together, you're on the right track.


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April 10, 2012
Guest Post: How I Taught My Daughter To Fight
I was sleeping. Soundly. And then my pregnant wife shook me awake. "I think the baby's coming," she told me. It was four in the morning. "Go back to bed," I pleaded. "It's too early." God bless my wife, she actually tried to go back to bed. But my little unborn daughter had her own ideas. Believe me when I say, that wouldn't be the last time.


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text: I have purchased a new Sony Xperia P recently, before buying phone I truly checked out all the specification of this phone from top to bottom but unfortunately I think I missed out to check the batter range of this smartphone which later on proved shocking. I wasnt aware that this smartphone have come up with a 1305 mAh battery. This is ridiculous, how come such a great phone by sony can come up with less power and capacity. Initially when I bought this phone I inspected all its internal features concerning very much about the Android Gingerbread OS that was installed into it. Also I verified its camera quality and resolution, Display, Body and also other physical appearance of this phone but however failed to know about its battery and quickly with a great excitement purchased. When I read the cover box of the package I found that this phone has only 1305 mAh batter which if you compare with other Xperia Smartphone is quite less. I am still unable to believe this thing. I am hoping there that should be at least some kind of technical limitation that would overcome this less battery capacity property. Is there any such limitation that I am really not at all aware of? Please let me know and help me out with this thing.


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Dynamite's new volume of DOC SAVAGE has kicked into full gear. Writer Chris Roberson has Doc Savage and his world-wide network squaring off against a hacker terrorist organization. Chris talked to Franco about his work on this book and the character.
FRANCO: CHRIS!!! Long time no see pal! How are you?
CHRIS ROBERSON: FRANCO! It has been TOO long, my dapper friend!
FA: Okay. Let's dive right in! Doc Savage! That's gotta be cool, right?
CR: Shoot!
FA: We're talking about Doc Savage. This is a character that's been around for a while. How do you tackle all of the history involved here and bring it to this new modern age we are all living in?
CR: Pretty much the same way you'd approach writing a long-established character like Superman or Captain America or even Sherlock Holmes. So long as you don't contradict all the stuff that came before, you don't really have to mention it. Readers just need to know the essential setup of a character and his world, the kind of stuff that used to appear above the title on the opening page in the comics when we were kids. That bumper sticker of a few sentences that boils it down to the essentials. With Doc, it's just been a question of establishing the basics of "man trained from birth to be perfect physical and mental specimen, has dedicated his life to fighting evil and pursuing knowledge." Then you just run with it.
FA: It's probably safe to say Doc Savage has had an influence on a bunch of modern day characters, or what made them into what they are known as today. How does that influence your approach? What you are going to put him through?
CR: It's a good point, because arguably he served as one of the primary sources of inspiration of everyone from Superman to Batman to Mr. Fantastic to James Bond. What I've tried to do is go back to the original Lester "Kenneth Robeson" Dent novels and see if I could distill the core essence of the character and his supporting cast, and then used only the other bits that I felt served the story at hand.
FA: What would you say to someone that's never thought about picking up an issue of Doc Savage? What would be your selling tagline?
CR: This is the original article, friend. The one that came BEFORE all the stuff you thought came first. Accept no imitations.
FA: You are awesome sir! Thanks for your time!
CR: No, sir, YOU are awesome! Hope to see you again, soon!
Make sure to check out DOC SAVAGE from Dynamite! Issue #6 is available at your LCS right this moment!


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Officials celebrate 'topping out' at Mint Museum tower in downtown Charlotte
March 14, 2016
(The Charlotte Observer)
A 43-story apartment tower built atop the Mint Museum in downtown Charlotte reached its highest point this week. Developer Childress Klein says the 394-unit building will open this fall, with construction wrapping up in late November. It's downtown's tallest new residential tower since the Vue opened in 2010.
3 film projects expected to spend $41M in Asheville area
March 14, 2016
(Asheville Citizen-Times)
Three film productions, including a made-for-TV remake of the 1987 movie Dirty Dancing, are expected to spend more than $41 million in the Asheville area this year. The projects are expected to provide jobs for a combined 465 local crew members and 1,411 local extras.
Ireland-based CRO opens Durham facility
March 14, 2016
(WRAL TechWire)
Almac Group, based in Northern Ireland, opened a new facility for its diagnostics business unit in Durham. The contract-research organization plans to employ 15 people initially. Almac employs more than 4,000 people worldwide, including more than 1,200 in the U.S. About 130 CROs have offices in the state.
Pair of projects brings 230 new jobs to Cleveland County
March 11, 2016
(The Charlotte Observer)
Uniquetex, a company that makes nonwoven fabrics for the health care industry, is investing $31.6 million and adding 150 jobs in Grover. It's the Chinese manufacturer's first U.S. plant. Also, KSM Castings USA will spend $80 million on an expansion of its Shelby plant, adding 80 jobs. The German company makes light metal automotive components.
American Airlines, other carriers agree to 10-year lease with CLT
March 11, 2016
(The Charlotte Observer)
According to the terms of the new lease, Charlotte Douglas International Airport will continue giving the airlines 40% of profits from parking and concessions. Under a new provision, the carriers will provide debt guarantees for expansion projects at the airport over the next decade. Charlotte City Council is scheduled to vote on the lease agreement on Monday.
Chase opens 2nd commercial banking office in NC
March 11, 2016
(The News & Observer, Raleigh)
Chase's new commercial banking office in Cary will cater to businesses with revenue from $20 million to $500 million. It's the bank's third commercial office in the Carolinas; others are in Charlotte and Greenville, S.C.
Titan cancels Wilmington area project
March 11, 2016
(Greater Wilmington Business Journal)
Titan America said it will suspend construction of a proposed cement plant in Castle Hayne. The controversial project, introduced in 2008, drew supporters, who cheered the 160 jobs it would create, and opponents, who were concerned over a potential negative environmental impact.
Raleigh's Clintrax acquired by New Jersey company
March 11, 2016
(The News & Observer, Raleigh)
Clintrax Global has been acquired by WIRB-Copernicus Group, a privately held company based in New Jersey. Financial terms were not disclosed. The Raleigh-based pharmaceutical-services company has 30 employees and generated $7 million in revenue last year.
Wal-Mart workers to get raises this month
March 11, 2016
(News & Record, Greensboro)
The state's largest employer is giving raises to more than 1.2 million workers, part of Wal-Mart's $2.7 billion plan to provide better pay, better training and educational opportunities for its employees. Starting this month, workers hired before Jan. 1 will be paid at least $10 per hour. Employees are also eligible for quarterly cash bonuses based on their store's performance.
Grifols investing $210 million in Johnston County plants
March 10, 2016
(The News & Observer, Raleigh)
Grifols will build a new plasma fractionation plant and a separate purification plant for intravenous immunoglobin in Clayton, where it employs about 1,600 people. The Barcelona-based company — Johnston County's largest private employer — doesn't yet know how many new jobs will be created.


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hmm......not a lot of activity here. B/W2 have come out today (i thought it was later) so i went ahead and bought White2. So, as soon as i start the game up and get to where i pick my starter, Oshawott, i'll start resetting for it.
oh, and thanks to those who have congratulated me
Im in complete and utter shock right now. I start up my White2 and save where you get your starter, shut it off and put White into my DS. within 2, YES 2, encounters, i find this little lady!!!! im at a lose for words here!!
whelp, there's my ghost-type shiny, let's try going into Emerald for my black/orange type (Cacnea please!)
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Board Composition and Shareholder Wealth: The Case of Management Buyouts
Lee, Chun I., Rosenstein, Stuart, Rangan, Nanda, Davidson, Wallace N.,, III, Financial Management
* The role of the board of directors (BOD) in the corporate governance process had received considerable research attention in recent years. Although the board is legally authorized to ratify monitor managerial decisions, critics have argued strongly that management generally dominates the board by its influence on the selection of outside directors, and by its control over the agenda of board meetings and the information provided to outside board members. Hence, the issue of BOD effectiveness is an empirical question.
A growing body of recent empirical research appears to support the notion that outside directors are important in monitoring managerial actions. However, only a limited number of studies focus directly on the issue of the BOD's impact on shareholders' wealth (Byrd and Hickman [4], Rosenstein and Wyatt [25], and Shivdasani [26]). This study contributes to the evolving empirical literature by focusing on the narrow, but yet unexplored, issue of the role of the BOD in management buyouts. It examines whether wealth gains in MBOs are affected by the composition of the board of directors (the proportion of independent outsiders), and if so, whether the BOD helps to mitigate the agency issues inherent in these transactions.
In a management buyout (MBO), an investor group that includes management makes a bid for all or part of a publicly held corporation. The nature of these transactions inherently provides for conflicts of interest. While management, as potential owners of the privatized firm, has the fiduciary obligation to obtain the highest price for shareholders, it also has an incentive to make the acquisition at the lowest possible price. This conflict is more pronounced when the entire firm is taken private, because the firm's top management is generally part of the buyout group. Although the courts and regulatory agencies play a role in helping to ensure that shareholder interests are served, the primary responsibility for maximizing shareholder wealth rests with those corporate directors who are independent of management.
While the CEO and other top executives control the board of directors under normal circumstances, the role of outside directors assumes greater importance when serious agency problems surface between inside managers and shareholders, for example, in response to financial distress, an incompetent CEO, or takeover bid (see Lorsch [22]). In going-private transactions, independent outside directors are specifically charged with protecting shareholder interests (see Lederman and Bryer [19]).
Although a considerable body of empirical research has evolved on the operating characteristics and shareholder wealth effects of management buyouts (see [11], [14], [15] and [23]), the role of the BOD in such transactions has not been examined. Our empirical results indicate that for bids where the entire firm is to be taken private, the increase in shareholder wealth is substantially higher when the board is numerically dominated by independent outside directors than when insiders and nonindependent outsiders control the board. For transactions in which management takes only a segment (business unit) of the firm private, the results are inconclusive. A comparison of these results indicates that independent directors play an important role in going-private transactions, where serious agency problems exist between top managers and shareholders. However, independent directors appear to be less important in unit management buyouts, where top management often negotiates at arm's length with the purchasing group. Additionally, in going-private transactions, high levels of inside ownership, which mitigate the agency problem between managers and shareholders, have a positive impact on abnormal returns.
The paper is organized as follows: Section I discusses conflicts of interest for manager and the role of the board of directors, and then presents research questions. …


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Mavericks build huge lead, hold on to defeat Thunder in Game 3
The opening minutes had the look and feel of a movie we've all seen before. The Thunder had been through this so many times there was no real cause for concern. In the back of your mind you might have thought Oklahoma City always bounces back, even when things are brutal. But then the missed shots kept mounting, and the turnover count kept climbing. Seven minutes in, this turned into a horror flick. And the Thunder had no answer for the bad guys from Big D. A nightmarish start swung the momentum in this Western Conference Finals squarely back to Dallas, as the Mavericks used a dominant opening quarter to waltz to a wire-to-wire 93-87 win in Game 3 on Saturday night at Oklahoma City Arena. The Mavericks took a 2-1 series lead and regained home court advantage just two nights after the Thunder stole it first with a tough Game 2 victory. Dallas outscored the Thunder 27-12 in the first quarter to set the tone for what was in store for much of the final three. The Mavs used a renewed defensive effort to swarm the Thunder with double teams, traps, contested shots and a clogged paint. The Thunder missed 13 of its first 17 shots, a 23.5 percent shooting clip, and turned the ball over seven times. In the first six minutes, the Thunder went 1-for-7 with four turnovers. "We just did not play well from the start," said Thunder coach Scott Brooks. The game was all but decided in those first 12 minutes. It took three minutes for the Thunder to score its first field goal. When it looked like the worst had passed, the Mavs pressed the gas and put on a ball movement clinic offensively to run away. The 15-point first-quarter deficit grew to 23 in the first two minutes of the second period. The Mavs assisted one another on 10 of their first 14 made field goals. The Thunder spent the next 29 minutes playing catch up. Dallas' lead stood at 22 with 8 1/2 minutes left in the third period and was at 18 with 1:30 left on the third-quarter clock. OKC didn't get it back to single digits until Russell Westbrook scored on a driving layup with 6:33 left to play. "It's really tough to come back from 20 down," said Nick Collison. "You're going to make a run and eventually they're going to make some plays. You need to be almost perfect at that point when you get that big of a hole." The Thunder has toyed with this disturbing trend throughout the playoffs. Oklahoma City has trailed after one quarter in 11 of its 15 games this postseason. But this was as bad as it's ever been. "Tonight, we didn't trust each other," said Kendrick Perkins. "We just got to have trust in each other. That's the bottom line." But Perkins continued. "When we get down, I don't like our body language," Perkins said. "We got to do a better job of holding our heads up and continuing to keep pushing." For the first time this series, the Thunder couldn't rely on Kevin Durant. He scored 24 points with 12 rebounds and five assists, but went just 7-for-22 from the field and missed all eight of his 3-point tries. Westbrook bounced back from a well-documented fourth-quarter "benching" in Game 2 to score a game-high 30 points on 8-for-20 shooting but had seven turnovers. This time, Westbrook played the entire second half and scored 14 points in the final frame. But no other Thunder player scored in double digits. After getting 50 points from its reserves in Game 2, the Thunder's bench tallied just 16 points Saturday, all from Collison and James Harden. The Thunder shot just 36.5 percent and had more turnovers (14) than assists (11) while knocking down just one of 17 3-pointers. "Frustrating," Durant said. Game 4 is Monday. "We just need to find a way to be more locked in when the game starts," Collison said. "Once the ball's in the air, we can't ease into the game. I don't know why we do that. We have to be much (sharper) when the ball is thrown up. That's what they were tonight. They took it to us."


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An excellent 21st century adaptation of Ibsen's classic play. Well acted with a great set. Some adult language.
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Great modern day adaptation on the classic Ibsen tale. I wish I could live in the condo they had on stage. It was fabulous. Sarah Agnew was amazing as Nora.
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We had a great time. The actors were all very good and the set was well done as well. We almost never give 5 stars, so consider our rating as 4-1/2.
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Enjoyed it alot, there was some language that my wife didnt like. But all in all excellent play , we enjoyed ourselves and the theater was very nice and so were the people working that day.
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"Savvy, droll and deliciously caustic" —Variety
Using Henrik Ibsen's masterpiece A Doll's House as a springboard, award-winning playwright Rebecca Gilman has crafted a bold and insightful adaptation that transports Ibsen's classic into 21st century suburbia. With a happily-ever-after ending that is as audacious today as Ibsen's original was over a century ago, Gilman's _Dollhouse _raises questions about women and financial independence, marriage and motherhood, and how keeping up with the Joneses may be setting us behind.
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No prob Jelf... since then we have also added an RSS icon with the link to the upper right corner of each page as well.
No prob Jelf... since then we have also added an RSS icon with the link to the upper right corner of each page as well.
Thanks man, PS3news.com on the go
I've just installed a copy of tapatalk on my Samsung Galaxy S running Froyo, an it's working great! It's a little bit slow but i'm putting that down to connection for now.
Also, the copy of tapatalk I've got is pre-activated so anyone on android can use it for free! I'll upload it later though (if that's allowed, Boss??) cuz it's far too late here!
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk.
Nice to hear saviour07 and +Rep!
If you wish to post it using a free file-sharing service (RS/MU/etc) that would be fine as well.
Finally got round to uploading it to MU: http://www.multiupload.com/D5FETYUWHW
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I get 'Tapatalk plugin is not activated in this forum'
Just curious if its just me, or whats your plans for tapatalk?
It used to be, but perhaps during the upgrade the install didn't cross over for some reason. I will have CJPC look into this when he has time and report back here. Thanks for letting us know!
Update: It should be fixed now, let us know if it's not though. Thanks again!
Lately I can't connect to forum on Tapalk. I tweeted to you as well.
I use that a lot when I am not home.
Noted... when we moved domains is around when it stopped working most likely. We will readd support for the mobile apps at some point, there are just a few things on the to-do list ahead of them.
I will reply back to this thread when they are back online to test though
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The Pac-12 women's tournament, which has suffered from low attendance in Los Angeles, will move to KeyArena in Seattle starting next season.
The Pac-12 women's basketball tournament is relocating to KeyArena in 2013, sources have confirmed. Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott will make an announcement Monday.
"Hypothetically, if it did, that would be great," first-year Washington coach Kevin McGuff said last week of the relocation. "Seattle is a community that really supports women's basketball and I think we could have a very successful women's tournament there."
The women's conference tournament format made its debut at McArthur Court on Oregon's campus in 2002. It drew 27,415 fans for the four-day event. Organizers moved it to San Jose, Calif., in 2003, averaging about 18,000 fans until it relocated, again, to Los Angeles, playing at USC's Galen Center in 2009.
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A total of 7,720 attended the four-day session last week.
Washington ranked fourth among the 12 conference teams in regular-season attendance this year (2,054) and the Storm averaged 8,658 in a KeyArena configured to hold 9,686 last summer. The facility has a maximum capacity of 17,072 for basketball.
"We want people to see the great players that we have," said Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer, who has long opposed playing the event in Los Angeles. "We are trying to grow our sport."
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The Storm has the No. 2 and 22 overall picks in the WNBA draft on April 16.
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Regarding "The only difference is that they're from different places":
The issue with the merging isn't really a question of where it comes from, it's more of the cultural differences between the two groups. In general, society looks down on otaku, and otaku want the riajuus to stay out of their business. It's like the difference between preps and nerds. Rather, I propose cutting out the nerd section of GE and merging it with JE, calling the section "Comics & Cartoons", or something.
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The time this name was put in was a point in the timeline that J-Dramas, Tokusatsu, and Jpop had been getting big. Seeing as they didn't fit into "Other Anime and Manga" since it was live action, and would probably not get any activity if posted in elsewhere. Due to this, the name was shifted to Japanese Entertainment. Now that K-pop has gotten bigger, that's definitely an issue.
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Yeah, activity theft from other forums is really the biggest problem with clubs. Clubs are really just DCC threads for a specific topic, and I think those kinds of things make much more sense being placed into the forums that already exist for those topics.
This too. I see 10/29 relevant active threads split across GE and JE topics, 18/29 including video games. While the JE section doesn't get much activity, there's often a good 5-10 relevant threads in the clubs section that are fairly active at said time.
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Best budget compact (<200 euros)?
I am looking for buying a compact as a present and have narrowed it down to the older models below because i want few megapixels - usually meaning sharper images - and of course keep the price lower.
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The new DC Universe animated film, "Green Lantern: First Flight" premiered at Comic-Con International: San Diego Thursday night. CBR News was there to preview the film, which comes to DVD today.
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Vegetables (approx. 0.3 mg per 1 cup spinach or mushrooms).
WHAT IT MEANS: According to study coauthor Patricia Chocano-Bedoya, MD, the research indicates that shooting for the higher ranges consumed by the study's participants might be a target goal for preventing PMS development. Women with the highest intakes of thiamin, 1.9 mg/day, had a 25 percent lower risk of developing PMS, and women consuming 2.5 mg of riboflavin per day had a 35 percent lower risk of developing PMS than those consuming less. And you may have noticed some overlap in foods rich in both of these vitamins; says Dr. Chocano-Bedoya, "Thiamin and riboflavin may each individually reduce the risk of developing PMS, according to our results. However, most of their food sources are the same, for example, pork, and legumes."
Given those parameters, some yogurt or cereal in the morning, fresh fruit and vegetables at lunch, and a healthy dinner with legumes or pork could easily fill your B vitamins quota. (Want more detailed suggestions? The Rodale Recipe Finder's roster of healthy recipes can help you find all sorts of delicious ways to enjoy the natural PMS remedies of your choice.)
Dr. Chocano-Bedoya reminds us that this dietary change would be a preventative move, as opposed to treating the symptoms once they occur. "It is important to clarify that our study focuses on prevention of PMS development rather than treatment of symptoms. In this population, women who on average consumed more foods with riboflavin and thiamin daily had lower risk of developing PMS in the next two to four years than women with the lowest intakes."
Why didn't the study found a protective effect from supplements? "This might be explained by differences in the bioavailability of B vitamins in foods and supplement sources," says Dr. Chocano-Bedoya. Or it might be that there are other nutrients in these vitamin-rich foods that affect PMS symptoms; previous studies have found that high dietary intakes of vitamin D and calcium may lower the risk of PMS. It's also possible, she says, that some women in the study were already taking B vitamin supplements (other clinical trials have found that supplements containing B vitamins can alleviate PMS symptoms).


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White Sox's Humber tosses perfect game
SEATTLE Phil Humber had Tommy John surgery before his career even started. He bounced around a bit as he tried to make it in the major leagues.
Now, well, Humber is perfect.
Humber threw the first perfect game in the majors in almost two years, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 4-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday.
"What just took place was just awesome," he said.
It was baseball's 21st perfect game and first since Philadelphia's Roy Halladay threw one against the Florida Marlins on May 29, 2010. It was the third in White Sox's history, joining Mark Buehrle against Tampa Bay on July 23, 2009, and Charles Robertson against Detroit on April 30, 1922.
Before Saturday, Humber was best known as one of four prospects the Mets traded to Minnesota for two-time Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana in February 2008. That's no longer the case - not after tossing the majors' first no-hitter of the season and the second April perfect game in major league history.
"I don't even know what to say," Humber said. "I don't know what Philip Humber is doing in this list. No idea what my name is doing there, but I'm thankful it's there."
He was drafted No. 3 overall by the New York Mets in 2004, one pick after Justin Verlander went to the Detroit Tigers. But Humber was sidelined by elbow-ligament replacement surgery the following year and didn't win a game in the majors until 2010 with Kansas City.
With the White Sox lined up on the top step of the dugout, Humber fell behind 3-0 to Michael Saunders leading off the ninth. But he rebounded to strike him out. John Jaso then flied out before Brendan Ryan, another pinch hitter, struck out to end the game.
Ryan took a checked swing and missed at a full-count pitch that was outside and low, but the ball got away from Pierzynski. Ryan lingered outside the batter's box for a minute, unsure of umpire Brian Runge's call, and Pierzynski fired to first to complete the play.
"I was more nervous than I was in the World Series," catcher A.J. Pierzynski said. "There was no build up for this, it just happened. And you want it so bad for the guy on the mound and you want him to have that achievement forever and you want to have him remembered forever. It's a special thing that Phil did."
Humber fell to his knees when it was over, and his teammates rushed toward the mound to congratulate him.
"I saw it get away from A.J. and saw the umpire ring him up and at that point, a ton of emotions and a lot of joy and excitement," he said. "Most of all, just gratitude. Just thankful for where I'm at."
His wife, Kristan, is nine months' pregnant and due May 8. He called her after the game.
"Humber pitched a great ballgame and Pierzynski did a great job working with him out there," Mariners manager Eric Wedge said. "We really never got anything going."
Ryan didn't want to talk about the check-swing call.
"I will say it was a pretty outstanding game he threw," he said. "Had his slider working, obviously in and out of the zone, kept his pitch count down. ... Pretty outstanding stuff from him today."
Humber struck out nine and threw just 96 pitches in his first career complete game. The right-hander went to a three-ball count only three times.
It was quite a contrast to his first start of the season, when he went 5 1-3 innings and threw 115 pitches in a no-decision against Baltimore on Monday.