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West is getting majorly outhustled by Noah.
Danny would look a lot better in a uniform tonight, we could really use him.
So now we're not allowed to grab rebounds? Oh my FKIN god!
Noah is just nonstop energy and hustle. Have to play against him every possession.
3 on Rose
Watson schooling Rose on that move.
PG out of control.
Refs are scum
There we go Lance
Lance is back or not
@WhatTheFFacts: Studies show that sarcasm enhances the ability of the human mind to solve complex problems!
We're playing bad and just now got a lead. We're so much better than them I think.
Damn, I WANT one of those PG24 shootaround warmup shirts and snap-away warmup pants..
I never seem to be able to find exactly what I am looking for though when I go to look...
Also I'd like to find the following...
Back in the day , I remember there used to be warmups but they were almost like baseball jerseys, where they were a sort of thicker material and buttoned all the way up the front... and on one side was the team logo /name , and on the back in silk stitched awesomeness , was the team name... I hate to admit , but I had a Bulls jersey like this with the matching warmup shorts ... lol
But since then I cannot even begin to find the same style of warmups /shootarounds ... Cause I would love to find some Pacers gear like that ..
I want an a complete Pacers outfit like that style.. Anyone know where I could find?
thanks , sorry for thread drift3
"They want to be famous. We want to be champions. They want to be rappers and backup dancers. We want to play football." - T.J. Ward, Denver Broncos
Here we go take it to them.
Waste of a possession from Hibbert.
Basketball 101- look at the basket when attempting a shot. Sheesh.
We won't win this game cause of these ****ing refs!!
Stephenson's defense is really poor tonight.
more attacking the rim please.
Reports: West did not call 'bank'.
Now that is more like it.
Paul George has been unreal no?
"We've got to be very clear about this. We don't want our players hanging around with murderers," said Larry Bird, Pacers president.
I love PG's confidence!
Paul is tired and is still kicking a**
@WhatTheFFacts: Studies show that sarcasm enhances the ability of the human mind to solve complex problems!
From what I've seen of Rose this year it seems like he's been forcing a lot of 3's. I'll take it.


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THE Football Association of Wales have confirmed that the national side will play Bosnia-Herzegovina in a friendly at Llanelli's Parc y Scarlets on August 15.
The game, which kicks off at 7.45pm, will be Wales' final preparation for the World Cup qualifiers.
Chris Coleman's side take on Belgium on September 7, Serbia four days later, then face another double-header in October against Scotland and Croatia.
Wales have faced Bosnia-Herzegovina on one previous occasion when they drew 2-2 at the Millennium Stadium in 2003 thanks to goals from Robert Earnshaw and John Hartson.
The match will be the third full football international to be staged at the home of the Scarlets regional rugby side and Llanelli RFC.
Wales are unbeaten at Parc y Scarlets having won 1-0 against Estonia in 2009 and beaten Luxembourg 5-1 in 2010.
Coleman's side have reached their highest position in the Fifa world rankings for almost 17 years.
Despite losing their last two matches to Costa Rica and Mexico, Wales have moved up three places to 38th place in the latest table.
That gives them their highest position since reaching 34th place in September 1995.
Under the late Gary Speed, Wales made the biggest yearly leap in Fifa rankings during 2011 amassing 330 points.
Speed's Wales had won four of his last five games in charge of the national side.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 3, 2011 – The USA improved to a 2-1 win-loss record in Pool A of the FIVB World League following a 3-1 (24-26, 29-27, 25-17, 25-17) victory against Puerto Rico in front of 4,132 spectators at Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan.
Veterans Clayton Stanley and Reid Priddy combined for 20 and 19 points, respectively, to lead the winners, who out-blocked the home side 14-0 with Stanley, Priddy, Ryan Millar and David Lee recording three apiece.
Héctor Soto topped Puerto Rico with 16 points and Enrique Escalante added 13. Jose
Rivera and Victor Rivera each chipped in with 11 tallies.
It was a close exchange in the first set with USA leading 8-7 at the first TTO thanks to a booming spike by Priddy. At 10-10, Escalante gave Puerto Rico a one-point advantage with a quick attack down the middle. Anderson and Priddy scored in consecutive plays for a 12-11 USA advantage and Priddy followed with a block on Jose Rivera. The second TTO found the USA team in front 16-13 thanks to a rocket by Stanley. Puerto Rico tied at 14-all with two consecutive attacks by Victor Rivera forcing a timeout. Priddy and Stanley combined with spike and block for a two-point USA lead only to see Soto and Escalante combining to plant a pair of spikes. J. Rivera broke a tie at 21-all with an accurate attack from the left side and the Americans called for another time-out. When play resumed Priddy hammered one to equalize the score but the local squad took the opening set 26-24 on their second chance with a quick attack by Muñiz followed by a long attempt from Stanley.
In the second set, Puerto Rico burst into an early 8-4 lead with offensive contributions from Soto, Escalante and Muniz. USA tied-up at 12-all after several mistakes and a block by Stanley, forcing coach Cardona to call a timeout. When play resumed, Anderson gave the NORCECA vice-champions a one-point lead and they expanded it to 16-14 when Thornton blocked Victor Rivera. A couple of errant attacks by Priddy then wiped out the American lead. At 22-all, V. Rivera again was blocked – this time by Millar – for the lead but the same player rebounded to tie the scores at 23 with a laser shot from the left side. The two sides engaged in a close battle, with the Americans prevailing 29-27 when Escalante failed with his serve and Lotman landed a big spike.
In the third set, Priddy scored with a serving ace for an 8-7 USA lead. The score continued to be close with no more than two points in it, with Soto and V. Rivera sparkling for the local side and Priddy and Stanley contributing to a 16-14 USA advantage at the second technical timeout. Stanley parlayed a block and spike to open a five-point lead at 21-16 and another bomb by the same player forced a local time-out at 22-16. Finally, Lotman and Priddy scored with powerful spikes to wrap up the set 25-17.
In the fourth set, USA built an 8-6 lead relying on the potent attacks of Priddy. The Americans increased the gap to 13-8 thanks to a block by Lee and a mammoth spike by Stanley. When play resumed after a time-out, Lee served an ace and Soto responded with a rocket. The second TTO arrived with the visitors leading 16-12. Lotnam served a lightning ace for a comfortable six-point lead and the set ended with the Americans 25-17 ahead.


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Speculation from New York and Washington, D.C., is that no high-level officials of MF Global will be criminally prosecuted for the $1 billion in customer money, including a large amount of farmer money, used to try and stave off MF Global's bankruptcy. The bankruptcy occurred anyway, costing customers all their money.
The investigation for criminal charges has lasted 10 months, and in typical fashion, the federal investigators started with the low-level employees and are anticipated to end soon with an interview of Jon Corzine, the former chief of the company. Most of the speculation is that the Department of Justice is still unable to trace where the wrongdoing began and ended.
As the New York Times noted in an article this week, typically, if a high-level employee is going to be charged there isn't an interview, charges are filed instead. As for civil charges from regulators, such as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the future is even more unknown at this point, but agencies that could file a civil suit have a lower level of proof to convict officials, especially the top executives.
Corzine has testified before Congress about the transfer of money to cover at least one overdrawn account, but proof that he knew the money was coming from customer accounts is the hard situation to prove.
As can be easily understood, criticism of not filing charges against Corzine appears to repeat the frustration of 2008 when the Department of Justice didn't hold Wall Street executives accountable for the financial collapse. Comments by many observers are that risky investments are much less of a crime than raiding customer accounts, and this should result in felony charges.
"A $6.3 billon wager on the European sovereign debt proved fatal. The size of the bet was enough to wipe out the firm many times over, and as questions about Europe's health grew, a run on MF Global ensued. In the panic, the firm tapped customer money to stay afloat, which scuttled a last-minute deal to save the firm. Mr. Corzine resigned just days after the firm filed for bankruptcy," the New York Times succinctly explained.


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Between his roles in mostly romantic comedies, the witty, urbane British actor Hugh Grant loves a testy game of golf.
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"When you say to a girl, 'I play golf,' her eyes glaze over," Grant says with a shrug. "It makes them think of a man with no penis."
But when he starts talking about just how competitive he is when he plays, Grant digs in enthusiastically.
"I don't like a friendly game—I like a nasty atmosphere," Grant says with a devilish smile, reclining on a couch in an office in Midtown Manhattan. "Within the first half-hour, I want somebody to feel badly. I like to play with friends, particularly if they're gnashing their teeth at the end. I'm extremely competitive. It's just more fun if you want to win."
He positively glows when the idea of trash-talking your opponent is mentioned. "Trash-talk? Is that like sledging?" Grant says, perking up. "Sledging comes from cricket, when the batsman is standing there and the fielder who is closest to him is giving him grief. Oh, yes, I absolutely do! Although if you say something before someone swings, such as 'I do hope you'll be able to carry over that water,' the guilt sometimes outweighs the pleasure when their ball goes in. "I've read the Gamesmanship books by Stephen Potter and it's all about the act of mentally damaging your opponent without appearing to do anything. He's quite instructive about how to play 'the flurry' —where you're deliberately late and you must rush to the tee all in a panic."
He can dish it out, but can Grant take it?
"Oh, no. My game is fragile at the best of times," he says. "Everybody knows that and exploits it."
Still, to hear him tell it, no one is harder on Grant when he's got a golf club in his hands than Grant himself. As brutal as he claims to be on opponents, Grant is a font of embarrassing tales about his own game.
"I took golf up at 39, which means it's almost impossible to be good, particularly with my temperament," says Grant, a youthful 49. "There's a lot of club smashing. I once lost a 3-wood in a tantrum when I threw it into a bush. Four players and caddies couldn't find it.
"My worst golfing moment was at St Andrews. I lost a ball while putting, and on TV. I was putting uphill, and the ball rolled back down and into a stream. The TV fellows kindly didn't show it, but they recorded it."
It's hard to square the golf-course Grant with the movie-star version: the handsome British actor with the winning smile, an abundance of charm and a certain calm sangfroid, even in the most embarrassing of situations.
That's the Hugh Grant who burst into the public consciousness with 1994's Four Weddings and a Funeral, and cemented the impression with films as varied as Sense and Sensibility (1995), Notting Hill (1999), Bridget Jones' Diary (2001) and About a Boy (2002). He's got dazzling timing and a great way with comedy about characters who have heart—often in spite of themselves.
He's so good at it that critics often sell him short, assuming he's just playing himself on-screen. But the opposite is true.
Comedian Robert Klein, who costarred with Grant and Sandra Bullock in 2002's Two Weeks Notice, calls the actor "Cary Grant—suave. He's a classic leading-man movie star. He's not Wallace Beery, he's a British gentleman. There's a vulnerability he's selling. People want to hug him, he seems like such a nice fellow."
Writer-director Marc Lawrence has worked with Grant three times: on Two Weeks Notice,, 2007's Music and Lyrics and the recently completed Did You Hear About the Morgans?, which opens December 11. He says that Grant has a unique ability to make hard work look effortless on-screen.
"If you talk about romantic comedy and you line up the best who have ever done it, he'd be one of the 10 greatest we've ever had," Lawrence says. "Comedy really is difficult—either people laugh or not. What he does really is distinct, in the characters he plays and the mannerisms he uses. To come off as naturally as he does is the hardest thing to do.
"You know the saying, 'Dying is easy, comedy is hard'? The things people win Oscars for, crying and things like that, for most actors, that's easier to do than play comedy. The hardest thing is to appear like a real person, to be credible. He can do that—and be funny."
If Grant would rather spend time on the golf course than a movie set, it's because he has mixed feelings about acting. But then, acting was meant to be only a fleeting vocation: "I promised myself 25 years ago when I started that acting would be a temporary thing that I would do for a year," Grant says. "Then suddenly a funny script arrives and I think, well, I'll do one more."
Grant was reared in the West London area of Chiswick, where his father ran a carpeting firm and his mother taught French, Latin and music. Though his mother descended from nobility and his father came from a military background, Grant's upbringing was solidly middle class. His competitive spirit extended to rugby, cricket and soccer, all of which he played in high school, as well as competing on a scholastic quiz-show team.
A graduate of Oxford University (which he attended on scholarship), he participated in student theatrical productions ("I did 'Hamlet' in 'Star Trek' costumes at 21," he points out) while majoring in art history. When he graduated, he was offered a scholarship to do post-graduate work as an art historian.
Instead, he took a variety of jobs, including reviewing books, writing commercials and tutoring. He also was part of a sketch-comedy group, the Jockeys of Norfolk, which was popular enough to get a regular spot on a BBC2 variety show.
Grant appeared in his first movie, Privileged, while still at Oxford (as Hughie Grant). Though he refers to it as "a pretentious film I did as an amateur," when other film roles were offered, he found it hard to resist.
"I thought I would do it for a year and earn some money and then get my master's degree," he says. "But the next one was so bad, it was humiliating. I thought, I'll do one more movie job and be better. And that went on for 16 years. And then I finally did one I thought was quite good. But it was hard, after so many years of doing one job, to stop."
During that period, he made films that ranged from the sublime (the Merchant-Ivory adaptation of E.M. Forster's Maurice) to the ridiculous (Ken Russell's The Lair of the White Worm). He refers to those films as "Euro-puddings": "I was pretty damn bad in a lot of them—although the Champagne baron I played with a stick-on mustache was quite fun. But let's not beat about the bush: The Lair of the White Worm is quite a strange film.
"It's difficult to be good when you're saying lines that have been translated from Spanish to English by someone who speaks French. They make little sense. When you do things like that, you know hardly anyone will see them. I enjoyed the work, getting drunk at night, flirting with the actors. They were fun to do."
Then came Four Weddings and a Funeral—a triumph at the Sundance Film Festival that went on to receive an Oscar nomination for best picture and became one of 1994's most popular independent films. After nearly a dozen years in the movies, Grant was suddenly a hot commodity as a leading man.
"After Four Weddings, I got hundreds of offers and I turned them all down," he says. "The more I turned down, the higher the money went. It was so weird. I'd been an actor for 10 or 11 years and suddenly I went from being offered maybe $40,000 for a film to being offered millions. It was utterly terrifying when I did say yes.
"I have agents I like but I've never listened to a word they said. My career is 100 percent unmanaged except by myself. That's the only reason I'm sitting here now, 15 years after Four Weddings. I've never done a film because I thought it would earn a lot. If you do that, you're building a house on sand and it will collapse quickly."
Grant is notoriously picky about the quality of screenplay he responds to: "Really funny scripts are a rare thing," Grant says. "I don't get many." But any discussion of his work habits must factor in another element: his profound ambivalence about acting in films. The part of the movie-making process he enjoys the least is when he must actually appear in front of a camera.
"It's the acting side which I find quite stressful," he says. "I could work all the time, but I don't. I will not say I'm a reluctant actor anymore because it makes me look ridiculous. If I'm reluctant, why go on?"
Grant's own perfectionism contributes to his love/hate relationship with performing before a movie camera.
"The closer the camera gets, the worse I get. I don't bear close scrutiny," he says. "I find light comedy easy in rehearsal. Then I have a problem when it comes time for the camera, in terms of freezing up. It's like when you're a little boy and you do imitations or funny voices—and then your mother has friends around and says, 'Oh, do that funny voice.' It's agony."
Did You Hear About the Morgans? is only his second film as a male lead since he costarred with Bullock in Two Weeks Notice in 2002, the other being Music and Lyrics; during that period, he was also part of the ensemble of Love Actually (2003), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) and American Dreamz (2006).
Says Lawrence, "I like to think of myself as the most neurotic, insecure person on the set. But I lost my title to Hugh. I find myself calming him down. It was the only time I felt like the stable partner in a relationship. When I discovered the depth of his anxiety, I found it strangely comforting."
Grant's discomfort in front of the camera is palpable while he's working, Lawrence explains, but the audience only sees the seeming ease, not the anxiety. "The process he goes through is obviously agonizing," Lawrence says. "His experience of doing it colors how he views it. He doesn't enjoy the experience, but it doesn't come across that way on film."
Or in person, for that matter. As he talks, Grant is casually elegant in an untucked dark-brown dress shirt, jeans and a tan pair of brushed suede loafers. He's sitting in New York's famous Brill Building, a former music-industry beehive that's now a Midtown film center honeycombed with production offices, screening rooms and editing facilities.
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Holliday's bat backs Lynn's strong arm against LA
Slugger, current No. 2 starter open second half on impressive note
ST. LOUIS -- As the Cardinals hope to ride a second-half surge to another division title, they'll look for Matt Holliday to be as he was after the All-Star break a year ago and for Lance Lynn to be everything he wasn't.
Both players hit that mark in Friday's opening act.
Behind Holliday's power and Lynn's power arm, the Cardinals, playing in front of 45,010 at Busch Stadium, returned to play with a 3-2 victory over the Dodgers, who entered the night with a National League-leading 54 wins. Now, they have just one more than the Cardinals, who have to like their division chances if Friday's performances by their left fielder and current No. 2 starter are a harbinger for second-half contributions.
"[Holliday] looked great today and Lance did what he needed to do to keep us there," manager Mike Matheny said. "He had a very good outing."
Holliday drove in all three of the Cardinals' runs against Dodgers starter Dan Haren. He followed Kolten Wong's first-inning double with one of his own and drove Wong home again with a 435-foot homer to straightaway center in the fifth.
"I made a bad pitch to Holliday," Haren said of the fifth-inning, down-the-middle fastball. "I didn't make that many mistakes, but I probably got caught up with a runner on first and tried to be too quick to home and left it right over the plate for him."
The double was the 400th of Holliday's career, while the run scored was No. 1,000.
"He's really capable of doing something every time," Wong said. "To have someone of his caliber [hitting] behind you, you definitely want to get on base, whether it's a walk, hit, whatever."
The three-RBI night had shades of 2013, when Holliday became the Cardinals' top offensive catalyst once the team returned from its mid-July hiatus. He was among the league's best second-half performers, exceeding his first-half number of doubles and matching his first-half RBI total in 24 fewer games.
This season, Holliday entered the second half with a team-high 45 RBIs, 12 of which were game-winning ones, but also a pedestrian .265 average. If the season ended now, his average and slugging percentage (.389) would be the lowest of his career. Yet he does see tangible signs of an oncoming turnaround.
"When I'm hitting the ball toward the grass and landing the ball in the grass, that's a good sign," Holliday said. "That's what I'm best at."
While Holliday is seeking to follow his 2013 script, Lynn would like to write a better one. The right-hander has struggled out of the All-Star break each of the last two seasons, having such a hard time in 2012 that he was temporarily relocated to the bullpen.
On Friday, he held Los Angeles scoreless for six innings before a pair of leadoff doubles in the seventh led to two runs. The second scored on a wild pitch by reliever Seth Maness, who relieved Lynn after 107 pitches.
For the first time since April, Lynn struck out nine, none bigger than getting Matt Kemp to swing through a 96-mph fastball to leave the bases full in the third.
"It's pretty simple," Lynn said of his approach against Kemp. "Here's my fastball. Hit it."
The results were a significant improvement over Lynn's June start against the Dodgers in which he allowed seven runs in two innings before exiting with an open blister on his pitching hand.
"Lance Lynn is just so effective attacking with his fastball, he moves it around so early in the count, both sides of the plate, and then he tends to find an extra gear with two strikes," Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis said. "He's got that instinct to put guys away late with two strikes with his fastball."
Lynn entered the year with the stated goal of being able to better maintain his stamina for a full season, and Friday's start was an indication he's better positioned to do so. Out of the All-Star break a year ago, Lynn posted a 4.91 ERA and led the Cardinals to wins in just three of his first nine starts. A year before, he posted a 6.03 ERA before being yanked out of the rotation.
"I think the experience has been a good teacher for him," Matheny said. "Physically, I think he's strong right now. Mentally, I think he realizes how quick this can slip if you start to back off at all. I see him having as strong a finish as he started."
Lynn became the NL's sixth starter to 11 wins, as Maness, Pat Neshek and Trevor Rosenthal held a one-run lead behind him. Neshek stranded the potential tying run on second in the eighth. Rosenthal had his first clean inning since June 13.
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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To ensure there is enough bandwidth for all of our onboard users, this free amenity supports general web browsing activities only. Our Wi-Fi does not support high-bandwidth actions such as streaming music, streaming video or downloading large files. You can enjoy AmtrakConnect Wi-Fi in the following locations:
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—If the NFL allowed players to wear messages on their faces, Tim Tebow would break out his old eye-black Bible verses.
Exodus 9:1 would work nicely.
"Let my people go!"
That's what Moses said to the Pharaoh who had enslaved the Israelites. It took plagues of locusts, boils, frogs and pestilence, but Egypt's ruler finally got the message.
Please don't make the same mistake, New York. Let Tebow go.
Like millions of you, I doubt he'll ever make it as an NFL quarterback. But I'd like to find out, and that will never happen if he stays with the Jets.
They'd rather play Mark Sanchez. At this point, they'd rather play Felix Sanchez. Sunday's 17-10 win in Jacksonville was the latest installment in the screwball comedy into which the Jets' season has degenerated.
A week after getting benched, Sanchez started. Greg McElroy went from last week's savior to the inactive list. Tebow, who missed the past two games with broken ribs, was upgraded to No. 2.
That left coach Rex Ryan to answer what normally would be a silly question: If Sanchez had gotten hurt, would he have sent Tebow in?
"I wasn't going to put a backup tackle in, so absolutely," Ryan said. "What do you want me to say?"
Admit this whole Tebow thing has been a publicity stunt gone bad, Rex. The Jets brought in football's biggest distraction to get headlines and run the Wildcat offense.
Headlines have come. Offense hasn't. Not the Wildcat, the Bobcat, the Tomcat or any other kind. Sanchez is playing like a rookie. He has little help, but his decisions are so bad the Jets have decided the only way to win is to make him disappear.
Sanchez passed only when he had to Sunday. That worked against the woebegone Jaguars, but it's no way to get to the Super Bowl. While Sanchez stayed busy handing off, Tebow spent the day in his hometown scratching his whiskers and thinking how things have changed.
"Sure, the competitor in me wants to play," he said. "I have a lot of great memories here, from Pop Warner to high school to college.
"I love the city of Jacksonville. But I'm New York Jet, and we're just happy to get the win today."
Since Tebow cannot tell a lie, we'll assume he is happy. He was his usual sunny self after the game. He talked about the sick child who was his special guest at the game.
For the 1.3 millionth time: You have to love the guy and want the best. So imagine how happy he'd be if he could actually play.
"I'd love to play," he said. "But we're just happy for the win."
Yeah, yeah.
He's thrown seven passes this season and rushed 29 times. In a way, it's been a good career move. Not playing keeps the myth alive. His fans can proclaim he hasn't had the chance to show how good he can be.
But the NFL knows. That's why only the Jets and Jaguars showed any interest in Tebow when the Denver Broncos decided to trade him. Tebow said the final decision was Denver's, but he reportedly was given his choice of destinations.
New York was obviously better for marketing, and the Jets convinced him he'd be part of the offense. They knew what they were getting.
Tebow throws like the average backup tackle. So what changed with the Jets?
Tebow must feel duped. He's gotten plenty of publicity, but it hasn't helped his brand. It's sure nothing like the Tebowmania that gripped America this time last year.
I think that was mostly a magical mirage. In the AFC divisional playoffs, New England showed what happens when defenses force Tebow to pass.
The best thing he could do is find a team with a proven, confident starter, then spend a couple of years improving his footwork, legwork, armwork and brainwork.
None of that is getting any better in New York, where Woody Johnson is acting like a Pharaoh. Apparently convinced that any publicity is good publicity, the Jets' owner said he has no intention of ending the quarterback comedy.
Tebow says that's OK by him. Hey, everything is OK by him. But underneath that smile, he has to be feeling a bit like Moses.
Tebow might be the one NFL player plugged in enough to unleash locusts, boils, frogs and pestilence on the Jets.
We'd hate to see it come to that. It's been hard enough trying to endure Sanchez.


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By Jay McCall, Business Solutions magazine.
If you're among the 60% of VARs that still don't offer managed services, now is the time to take another look at what you're missing.
While attending a recent training session for MSPs (managed services providers), I was struck by a statistic from a recent CompTIA study that stated only 40% of VARs are currently offering any kind of managed services. Surprised by this revelation, I reached out to some industry experts to get their take on what's holding some VARs back from making the move to an annuity business model. Following are their comments on common fears, objections, and misperceptions — as well as some helpful advice for VARs willing to take a second look at this business opportunity.
Confront Your Managed Services Fears
There are a handful of fears/concerns most VARs have about selling managed services. Perhaps one or more has been holding you back:
"Annuities are small compared with break/ fix revenue" — True, but shortsighted. "Many VARs sell product or project contracts where they deliver a solution, receive payment in 30 to 60 days, cover their operating expenses, both fixed and variable, and recognize their profit," says Jason Bystrak, director of sales at value-added distributor Ingram Micro. "Managed services and cloud services are an annuity business model where revenue and profit are deferred over 12 to 36 months, and VARs need to make sure they have access to working capital to cover operating expense gaps and maintain profitability while making the transition."
"How do I know what to charge?" — This is a legit concern, but there are a couple of ways you can address it. One thing you should be doing is getting involved with industry trade shows in this space. A good place to start is with two associations that have a strong managed services focus, CompTIA (www.comptia.org) and ASCII (www. ascii.com). In addition to the valuable information you can learn by attending training sessions at these events, the opportunity to network with other MSPs is even better. "Seek out an MSP that doesn't sell in your area and ask them how they're pricing their managed services," recommends Eric Townsend, SMB and managed services director, North America, at Intel. In addition to networking, some of the managed services vendors have configuration tools that take the guesswork out of managed services. CharTec, a master MSP and HaaS (hardware-as-a-service) vendor, has a configuration tool that enables MSPs to create quotes for hardware and software solutions and wrap those around a managed services offering.
"What exactly should we be managing?" — There are a lot of options to consider with managed services, including PCs, phone systems, printers, network appliances, and storage devices. According to Townsend, "If you're a small VAR, you may start with just a couple of services, based on your current skill set. As your MSP practice grows and matures you can become more efficient at delivering these services by creating policies and procedures that make it easier for new hires to ramp up on delivering services. If you spread yourself too thin, it makes it difficult to do anything well."
What It Takes To Move From Break/Fix To Managed Services
If you're considering making the move to selling managed services, you need to take into consideration a few key things you'll need to do to ensure success. First, you need to assess your current customers to determine how ready they are to make the move. Townsend recommends segmenting your customers into three categories: A, B, and C. "Your 'A' customers are the ones who have been asking you if you offer services, 'B' customers are the ones you've had for a long time and you've done project work for them in addition to selling hardware and software," he says. "A 'C' customer only buys hardware or software and you only hear from them once a quarter. The reality is that you're going to lose some customers when you make the move to managed services. However, you'll be in a position to gain more customers, too."
Make Training A Top Priority
One of the most important decisions a VAR needs to make before selling managed services is to invest in training. "The average managed-services contract is worth $72,000 over a three-year period," says Alex Rogers, CEO of CharTec. "If you don't invest in training, you're throwing money away as you lose potential business during your learning curve." So, exactly how much should you expect to pay? According to Rogers, a VAR with about 20 employees will need to invest $1,500 to $2,000 a month for a PSA (professional services automation) and RMM (remote monitoring and management) tool, plus an additional $2,000 to $5,000 a month for the first year to get the sales team and technicians trained. If you keep in mind the $2,000 per month average cost for a managed services contract, it will take three managed services contracts before you start to reach your breakeven point.
For smaller VARs, Townsend believes they can save some up-front costs on their PSA. "I've seen some small VARs start out tracking their services using Excel spreadsheets," he says. "Once they grow to 10 customers, they move to a freeware PSA system, and then when they grow to 20 customers on a managed services plan they move to a professional PSA solution." When it comes to RMM tools, however, Townsend believes it's necessary to make this investment in the beginning. That said, many RMM vendors price their tool in such a way that allows MSPs to start small. "For example, an MSP that wants to manage 10 end points at a customer site can pay just $3 per end point per month," he says.
Three MSP Pitfalls To Avoid
One of the biggest mistakes a VAR typically makes when transitioning its business to managed services is not changing its sales compensation model. "If you continue to pay your salespeople the same way, they'll be more incentivized to keep selling break/fix services and things won't change," says Bystrak. A new sales model needs to be implemented that changes the incentive to the annuity sales model. "Your salespeople should be commissioned on what you want more of: hardware profit, labor profit, agreements, and customer retention," says Rogers.
Another common mistake new MSPs make is trying to get in the game by undercutting their competition on price. All the experts I talked to agree this is not a sustainable business model. "Maybe it will work for six months to a year, but you won't make enough profit to cover the expenses necessary to provide your customers with the level of service you're promising them in your SLAs [service level agreements]," says Townsend.
A final pitfall to watch out for is thinking you have to make all the decisions and handle all the customer services yourself. As mentioned earlier, networking with other MSPs will be a key part in your success. Your vendor and/or distributor partners have a stake in your success and many have the available resources to help you with training, give you advice when you run into difficult situations, and even to advise you on best practices for partnering with other providers to cover the services you're not currently skilled enough to offer or are outside your areas of interest. By plugging into managed services events and developing relationships with other MSPs and services providers, you can still make the move to managed services — and the opportunity to start earning recurring revenue is far from saturated.


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An elderly woman has been found dead after a fire tore through a home in Chessington.
Seven fire engines and 35 firefighters battled to put out the fire in Moor Lane.
A man in his 90s was rescued from the house by a neighbour before the fire engines arrived shortly after 5.30pm and he was taken to hospital with burns.
London Fire Brigade said breathing apparatus crews found the body of an elderly woman, also believed to be in her 90s, in the semi-detached house.
The fire was finally put out at 7.17pm with a neighbouring property also damaged.
Police said they were called at 5.30pm. The neighbouring houses had been evacuated.
A woman was found dead inside the semi-detached house, police said. Her next of kin had been told of her death.
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"Sadly, a woman died at the scene.
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The Visit Ukiah Task Force met Wednesday to discuss the new logo and slogan proposed by Z Group Communications, and according to program administrator Shannon Riley, the group plans to adopt them.
Earlier this month, the Walnut Creek marketing firm presented its remodel of the Visit Ukiah logo that included a simpler font, no grapevines and the tagline of "Far out. Nearby."
"We believe the far out' brand captures the essence of Ukiah because it is inclusive of all the assets and particularly the independent or eclectic vibe that is so prevalent in this community," said Riley, adding that the decision to move forward with the logo was made after "careful consideration and review."
Many Ukiahans expressed dissatisfaction with the logo, particularly the slogan, in letters to the editor of the Ukiah Daily Journal and on the newspaper's Facebook page. Many were also disappointed that a local firm was not hired for the project.
"Local professionals will always be considered first for our work, just as they were in this process," Riley said. "However, the key is that we were looking for destination marketing experience and expertise that would distinguish Ukiah in an extremely competitive travel industry.
"At the end of the day, this is not a contest," she continued, adding that the Task Force believes most of the comments about the new campaign proved its relevancy. "We're pleased with the level of local engagement and actually believe that most of the critique is evidence in support of the brand -- that Ukiah, the place, the people and the experience are unlike anyplace else."
John Arend, president of Z Group, said Thursday that his staff had received a "ton of positive feedback" about the new slogan and "we think we're on the right track," though there are "a couple of people being pretty vocal" about their dislike of the campaign.
Arend said because his firm "wants to include everyone and is diligent about talking to members of the local public, we obviously open the door to constructive criticism, which, in the long run, will be taken to heart."
Though Arend said overall "we're pleased and pretty solid on where we are right now, this is a process, and we are constantly looking at ways to enhance how we deliver the message."
By the end of December, Arend said the full campaign, including the website and brochure, will be revealed, and he was "anxious to get the rest of the message out" because he said it will help people "gain more of an understanding of the strategy behind it.
"Over time, (the campaign) will be better understood and embraced," he continued. "Within the next 30 days, it will become very evident that it's a really-on-target brand positioning that resonates with visitors, and potential visitors, and that's what it's all about. It's going to be terrific for tourism in Ukiah."
Scott Schneider, president and chief executive officer of Visit Mendocino, agreed.
"(The slogan) is intriguing -- it will make people stop and think, and that's what you want," Schneider said, adding that it's not the job of tourism marketers to "make sure the locals like what the logos look like. Logos are meant for visitors, not locals."
He said the fact that the logo was garnering so much attention and feedback was a good thing, because it meant the marketers had "done their job.
"The job of Visit Ukiah is to turn Ukiah into a destination, and this is the first major step in that direction," he said. "We have to remember that it's about the visitor, not about us. What really matters is if the lodging properties like it, and we've only gotten positive feedback from them."
Schneider said if Riley received an official letter from representatives of the lodging industry stating strong opposition to the slogan that it should hold sway, but "lodging as far as we know is in full support."
Riley said the campaign was not created for the City of Ukiah, but is "an advertising campaign that is managed by Visit Ukiah, paid for with hotel bed tax the city collects from out-of-town visitors, and directed toward potential visitors, primarily in the Bay Area. The (Visit Ukiah) program was created when the Ukiah voters passed Measure X in 2006, which increased the local bed tax and dedicated that increment to the promotion of the Ukiah area."
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Today is one of "those" days. It's 7:00 AM, raining. I have a dentist appointment, haircut appointment and then I need to hit the bank. The dentist is across the other side of Berlin and I'm getting a crown so I expect a very long needle. So far the German dentists have been far better than my evil NYC guy. One thing I find strange is they don't play any music in the dentist office here. I never realized how much I actually want that elevator crap playing! All I will hear today is drill and German.
The haircut salon is a different story. I will be treated to extremely loud gay vocal electrohouse. This is better than nothing and it diverts my attention from the housewives getting their hair dyed burgundy. This is a weird trend of older East German ladies and it's truly not right. At least I get a long creepy scalp massage.
My Deutsche Bank skips the music and has televisions set to news channels. Today I have to explain that for some reason after two years with the same pin number this past weekend I couldn't remember it. I tried to use the card to get cash out and after the third incorrect try the machine kept my plastic. I hope they discover a cure for Alzheimer's sooner than later.
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ATHENS — Another South Texas reservoir that has benefited from rains several years ago is kicking out big bass.
On February 6 Richard Flores of Seguin pulled a 15.09-pound largemouth from Choke Canyon Reservoir while flipping a 10-inch plastic worm in 12 feet of 57-degree water. That fish is now Toyota ShareLunker 478.
Flores' fish continues a string of big bass that is significant. Of the seven fish entered into the Toyota ShareLunker program so far this year, three have weighed 14 pounds or more and one more than 15 pounds. Average weight of the entries thus far this season is 13.9 pounds.
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So I was in Arizona for a week of school visits and the Tucson Book Festival and it was great fun. I have lots of fond memories, but I have to admit what I am missing the most is the amazing, fresh-squeezed orange juice that my lovely librarian host spoiled me with.
Mary, my librarian host, had two orange trees in her backyard laden with fruit:
which she harvested regularly:
and let me make into juice!
she had an electric juicer which made the process quite exciting (and quick):
I think about 6 oranges made this jug--those oranges were very juicy!
and delicious!Ahh, freshly squeezed orange juice from fruit just picked off a tree...it's a sublime liquid that cannot be described. It is really just like drinking paradise!
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
drinking paradise
Posted by Grace Lin at 9:00 AM
5 comments:
- Lori said...
Love it! I want some fresh squeezed orange juice!
- March 23, 2011 at 10:12 AM
- Jillian said...
I don't think I've had fresh squeezed orange juice in years, if not ever. I don't drink orange juice a lot, though I do like it lots. Wow!
- March 23, 2011 at 5:58 PM
- Melanie said...
How does Mary feel about hosting a random Arizona tourist? ;)
Also, I won the ChinaSprout Where the Mountain Meets the Moon giveaway. I'm excited to add it to my collection!
- March 23, 2011 at 11:22 PM
- Grace Lin said...
It was amazing! I like orange juice, but it's not been something I ever craved for... until now!
- March 25, 2011 at 8:22 AM
- Mary said...
I had a fabulous time hosting Grace!
My second refrigerator is filled with oranges ready for squeezing at a moment's notice. The heavenly sweet aroma of orange blossoms now permeates my yard!
- March 31, 2011 at 12:30 PM
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In the meantime, you can tell the gov't entity that controls your park about:
-Chavez Ridge in Los Angeles (formerly the largest hook-up spot in the area, lots of needles, lots of criminal elements, gang activity, etc.)
-San Lorenzo Park in Santa Cruz (disc golf pushed out homeless camps and needles no longer litter the ground)
-Pier Park in Portland (formerly a gang-fighting location, that park used to be the murder capital of that city, until disc golf transformed it, now the entire neighborhood is being transformed and gentrified)
-Mackey Park in Sacramento (formerly called "Tweakerville" the vapors from the meth labs used to be so heavy that people using the park would pass out and need emergency medical attention...today is a safe park with childrens area, disc golf, and bringing the neighborhood together)
All of the above were disc golf courses installed at the request of city police departments to abate criminal activity, and they are all fantastic success stories, and have saved their cities immense amount of money while raising surrounding property values and commerce.
Add to this list Rosedale Park in Kansas City, Kansas. The course was installed in 1984. Before that time, you didn't let your kids play there with your supervision during the daytime. It was a huge park for prostitution. So much so there's a sign that says you can't back into the parking lot (which was a signal you wanted to pay for sex). Now, Rosedale is KC's busiest park with 2 disc golf courses. It's also got 2 softball fields that are packed every nigh of the spring/summer/fall, and a shelter that has 2/3 big parties every week.
Nice Timko...one day somebody should perhaps compile factual stories from all these courses, and try to get written narratives from relevant government officials, police chiefs, etc.. It would have to be a big community effort, relying on locals to get their local stories and testimonials. This could grow into a large book. Whenever a park board grows concerned about disc golf and tries to sully its reputation and shut a course, then all the local players will have to do is whip out the book, go to public meetings, and simply read from it during open comment periods. Would be a great tool...


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The stuff kids really need for high school
Here are some easy tips to help you upgrade your childs supplies for high school. more
We know we need to teach our kids many things like good manners, how to tie their shoe laces, ways to keep safe. But parents need to add another essential skill to the childhood education list – the ability to be compassionate.
And according to some psychologists, philosophers and even the Dalai Lama, compassion is one of the most important things we can teach our kids for the very survival of humankind.
There's a growing area of study, it seems, called "the science of altruism" which claims that barring some brain disorders, all kids are born hardwired to show compassion, it just needs the adults in their lives to nurture and develop it.
"Sympathy is indeed wired into our brains and bodies; and it spreads from one person to another through touch," writes Dacher Keltner, psychologist and author of Born to be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life, who also adds that "sympathy is our strongest instinct".
"Because of our very vulnerable offspring, the fundamental task for human survival and gene replication is to take care of others. Human beings have survived as a species because we have evolved the capacities to care for those in need and to cooperate."
Kids need to grow up in an empathetic environment to unlock their compassionate natures, says Maia Szalavitz, co-author of Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential – and Endangered.
She says the key is nurturing, responsive parenting. "Babies whose needs for touch, comfort and soothing are not met regularly by one or two primary caregivers will have difficulty developing empathy – just as babies who aren't exposed to speech will not be able to learn to speak.
"People are most empathetic when they feel calm and safe – if your own needs aren't being met, it's hard to think of someone else's. This is why it's impossible to spoil an infant by responding to him or her—and why punishment doesn't make bullies into nicer people."
As the Dalai Lama says: "If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion."
The article was written by Fiona Baker for Kidspot, Australia's best parenting resource.


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Toynamis collection of Robotech and Macross toys may have shrunk slightly over the last few years, but there were still really cool things to see in their San Diego Comic-Con booth. The most recent releases have focused on the Zentraedi Battlepod, with a 1/100 line of repaints and accessorized versions to represent the different members of the alien army. The final member of that line, the Light Artillery pod with dual multi-missile pods, is still on the way from China, but Toynami had one mint in package to keep the fans excited! Like most of the other toys on display this ones card still read Coming Soon, so theres no firm release date yet. But thats not nearly all...
The Harmony Gold guys have hinted at it before and even showed off a photo at Anime Expo, but in Toynamis SDCC booth was an actual 1/100 Officers Battlepod! Otherwise known as the Roiquonmi Glaug, this is one of the most highly sought after designs from Robotech and collectors couldnt be more excited. The prototype looked amazing, and appropriately huge in scale with the other pods and 1/100 Veritechs. Unfortunately thats all there is to report on the Glaug, as its note card also said Coming Soon.
But what good are the bad guys if you dont have good guys to fight against them? Other than a variety of the currently available 1/100 Valkyries (with and without the Super Weapon Sets), Toynami debuted two brand new prototypes from the Macross film Do You Remember Love! On display in both Battroid and Fighter modes was the exotic variant VE-1 ELINT Seeker with signature radar dish, while a Fighter mode VT-1 Super Ostrich flew nearby. Tucked away behind them was a VF-1D trainer with Super Weapon pack. In front of them was a single placard marked Series 5 with the now familiar Coming Soon notation.
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Great job offer, after 2 months of looking, following a merger that closed down my last employer.
Big Move. Kids are reluctant, but ya gotta work.
Goodbye Boston area.
Hello West Palm Beach area.
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Great job offer, after 2 months of looking, following a merger that closed down my last employer.
Big Move. Kids are reluctant, but ya gotta work.
Goodbye Boston area.
Hello West Palm Beach area.
Good luck!
You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?
Quite a change. From one of the most academic places in the country to one where they can't even read simple voting ballots. As Soup said, good luck!
Good for you, man.
How old are your kids?
This space for rent.
kids are 11, 9, and 6; girl, girl, boy.
The oldest is still angry but they should all adapt well.
They'll forget about being upset with moving when you tell them they can wear shorts in the winter. It worked with my nieces.
Btown, are you reconnected in your new locale? Update your circumstances.Originally Posted by btowncolt
Good luck Tom
Will you guys make it down there for the start if the new school year?
Originally Posted by Jose Slaughter
They start way early down there-- August 10th (Wednesday), so no.
I'll move down in September to start working and live in an apartment temporarily. Depending upon how the timing of buying a home down there and selling a home up here works out, the wife and kids will join me in a few months, after starting out the school year up here.
We've been frantically preparing our house to go on the market in a week. Painting, carpets, tiling, yard fix-ups, de-cluttering, moving some stuff to storage.
A big pain in the butt.
We're going down there to house-hunt this week.
I am so sick of his slacking. Btown better be on here producing 24/7 until he gets his Wal-Mart greeter position finalized.Originally Posted by vapacersfan
Must be tough to move the kids during the middle of the school year. Good luck with everything.
I hear Will Galen's available to babysit.
Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
And life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in black elms,
Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you
bought a house... it's official, in 3 weeks I'm a Floridian.
Thanks guys for the support.
This has been one stressfull summer. Job loss, job interviews, deciding to relocate, getting my house ready to sell, house-hunting down there.
I almost need a vacation from joblessness!
Originally Posted by Jay@Section204
I'm a great babysitter! Baby sat for two nephews one time in an emergency and they told their mother spontaneously when driving home, "Uncle Will is fun!"
I live in motown and if I get a semi-decent job I would move down to North Florida Tampa area. I just hate the winters. Winters are only for penguins and bears, not for humans. I work in the auto industry and I hate Henry Ford for starting it all in this cold freezing god forsaken place. Michigan however is beautiful in summer and fall.
Pacertom - house prices on South florida have increased by a lot. be careful what you get into. I would probably wait for a correction!
Good luck Tom. I'm sure the kids will settle in quickly.
With a family of 5, I couldn't really wait in a temporary housing situation.Originally Posted by pacerwaala
I did opt for as much land as I could get. I think that big lots (>1 acre) will retain value far better than bigger houses on smaller lots. Mnay houses will always be built, but there will remain a buildable land shortage, at least for non-swampy places with convenient access to the coast and work areas.
It was always in my mind that 1 acre + decent sized house > tiny lot + mansion, both for the way I like to live (privately) and in financial terms.
Congrats Tom and welcome to South Florida!
BTW, my wife is one of the few honest mortgage brokers left down here.


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Date: Aug. 29, 2013
PIO Number: 13-8-36
Always trying to find new and innovative ways to combat crime, increase safety and protect the public, the Broward Sheriff's Office is testing the water in Oakland Park.
Working with the City of Oakland Park, the Oakland Forest neighborhood was selected as the test site for SmartWater CSI, a forensically encoded liquid used to mark property and assets likely to be stolen during a burglary. BSO Explorers, Oakland Park Neighborhood Response Team and Citizen Observer Patrol canvassed the Oakland Forest neighborhood this past weekend, handing out over 1,000 flyers notifying residents they can obtain a SmartWater CSI kit at a safety neighborhood meeting Thursday evening.
The meeting will be taking place:
6:30-8:30 p.m. Aug. 29
Pines Clubhouse/pool
2760 S. Oakland Forest Dr., Oakland Park
Community outreach personnel will be discussing neighborhood crimes and providing safety tips and information to help residents protect their homes and valuables. SmartWater CSI representatives will also be on-hand instructing those present how the SmartWater CSI technology can help safeguard their property and how to utilize it.
"Our ultimate goal is to apprehend criminals and prevent crimes and we're hopeful SmartWater can assist us to accomplish both," Sheriff Scott Israel said. "This product has proven to be successful overseas and we're thankful for the cooperation from the City of Oakland Park for joining us in this trial."
SmartWater is a water-based, clear solution which is brushed or sprayed onto property, drying totally invisible. Each bottle contains the owner's unique forensic formula (PIN) which is logged into a secure database so recovered property can be traced.
***MEDIA NOTE: Only residents of this neighborhood will be able to obtain the kits free of charge for this testing.
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So you've scoured the Earth and still haven't come up with the perfect name for your baby. Maybe it's time to look skyward to broaden your horizons. There's a whole galaxy of interesting and evocative celestial names to choose from, including those of planets and their satellites, constellations and single stars. These range from simple human names like Faye and Helene to those carrying the romantic resonance of Greek and Roman myth.
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Delabar becoming an important 'pen fixture
BOSTON -- The Blue Jays never could have envisioned just how important right-hander Steve Delabar would become to their bullpen following last year's midseason trade with Seattle.
Delabar was acquired for outfielder Eric Thames in a deal prior to the Trade Deadline. At the time, the move was overshadowed by another trade -- as outfielder Travis Snider was sent to Pittsburgh for Brad Lincoln. But it's Delabar who has become the more valuable addition.
The 29-year-old Delabar has been an integral part of Toronto's bullpen ever since, and now finds himself among the league leaders in almost every category for relievers. He's also proven himself to be equally capable facing lefties (.583 OPS) and righties (.675 OPS).
"You want to be the guy who can get anybody out -- not just, 'You're a righties guy or you're a lefties guy,'" Delabar said. "You want to be able to get everybody out so that you're a reliable reliever coming out and [not] get a quick hook and get three guys going in one inning because you have to do matchups. Every guy that we have in the 'pen can get everybody out -- it's just about executing pitches."
Delabar entered play on Saturday afternoon with a 3-1 record and 2.14 ERA in 17 games this season. The native of Kentucky leads all American League relievers with 25 strikeouts, while his 21 innings rank fourth.
Perhaps the most encouraging thing is that Delabar has found a way to limit the amount of home runs while he's on the mound. When Delabar was in Seattle, the long ball proved to be his Achilles' heel, as he surrendered nine in 36 2/3 innings.
That hasn't been nearly as problematic in Toronto. He allowed just two after joining the Blue Jays in 2012, and didn't surrender his first this year until a solo shot by Tampa Bay's Yunel Escobar on Thursday.
Overall, it's a stark difference from the way Delabar began last year in Seattle. Prior to the midseason trade, he was sent back and forth between the Majors and Minors on three separate occasions. But now, he finally has a firmly cemented role in the big leagues.
"I'm just down there trying to grind it out with the rest of the guys," Delabar said. "They call our name, we're getting up, getting in there. Last year, it was the same thing -- but it was more I didn't know when I was going to get in.
"This year, it's still about the same -- but you have an idea of when and what might happen. So you kind of just pay attention to what's going on and make sure you're ready."
Gregor Chisholm is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, North of the Border, and follow him on Twitter @gregorMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Route finding and prep
The traffic in any foreign city always has its own culture, and of course India's is definitely something to experience. My recollection of previous visits was of higher noise levels and utter chaos. Maybe further travelling and riding solo through places like Rome since my last trip to India have extended my capacity to appreciate the nuances of local conditions?
Of course, Asian traffic is renowned amongst travellers and that around Kochi was no different. Essentially, if there is a gap, it is filled by someone or something else filling it, usually from a different direction.
Peter, who manages the guides in Kerala and Sri Lanka stated Indian vehicles can manage happily without brakes but not without a bell or horn. 'Driving by ear!'!
To me its all about three areas, and these apply equally in the UK:
1. Reading and anticipating others on the road. Awareness is key!
2. Having confidence. Everyone else is reading you too so you being confident helps them.
3. Road positioning. Your location, speed and direction are all observed by other users and these can be more indicative than signalling.
Put these together and you can fit right in. As always when travelling, it should be a case of 'when in Rome....' So we got out there and became Kerolan road users. I love it!
Whilst preparing our route and investigating various options, we came across a festival. Most people were either watching or part of a big parade with two fully dressed elephants at the head. Great to see and very inspiring.
The trainees attending this course were based in one of three locations: - Kochi in Kerala, South West coast of India, near to the course base; Delhi and Rajistan in, north India and Sri Lanka, with 4 or 5 from each location. It was good to meet them all for an evening meal and discuss the various travelling options. Our 24 hours of trains, flights and transfers paled somewhat in comparison to those from north India, who had spent three days on train carriages. No beds or air conditioning. Seats were considered a bonus and food was sought at station stops. Not surprisingly, they all retired early for some proper kip.
What I learned today:
We rode past a wagon unloading its sacks of local spices. An old guy skinny as a rake - probably not 60kg himself - had a sack balanced on his head, carrying it away to its destination across the road in the shop. As I rode past, I saw it had 50kg printed on the hessian. There'll not be many folk in the UK who could carry nearly their own weight on their head – what a skill!
- See the previous day's blog [2]
- What happened on day 3 [3]?
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Hi, I'm new to this website but I'm hoping someone out there can help me out? Please?
I've had epilepsy for around 9 years now but just in this past half of the year i noticed some strange twitching. Well first I'll inform ya of my medications that I'm currently on.
- Trileptal (Oxcarbazepine)
- Phenytoin
- Dilantin
- Topamax (Topiramate)
- Depakote (Divalproex)
- Minocycline (For skin care)
- Imitrex (For Migraines when needed)
Now, what I've noticed is that sometimes my right arm will spasm out and my forearm will spazz and jerk forward and I cant stop it. One time it happened while i was speaking and I just started having a hard time breathing and couldnt talk. What's going on?
I have had grand mal and petit mal seizures. And about a year ago, I got the VNS placement. I don't believe that the VNS is causing this but I'm not sure.


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Hello everyone,
Last month I posted a link to a questionnaire on the disc golf community, and I am back to announce the winner of the raffle....(drum roll please) Disc Golf Course Review member For the Glory is the winner of the $35 gift certificate! My sincere thanks go out to everyone who participated in the questionnaire.
As promised, here are some papers that I wrote with the help from the questionnaire responses. I've posted them to Google Docs, which I've never actually used before, so please let me know if you're having trouble viewing them. I've set it so you may comment on the papers, as you wish.
The first is the cultural domain analysis project. One of the questions from the questionnaire was used for this project: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wqk ... aPw5g/edit
The second is the finalized write-up of my findings. It's not as in-depth as I'd hoped it would be, but I had to cut a lot of information out to comply with paper length limits: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q4K ... oDlmU/edit
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"Now class, pay attention!" Sister Mary Margaret began authoritatively with Monday's dissertation on spiritual life. "You must be present to witness God's wonder and awe."
In 1964, nuns at St. Charles Grammar School in San Carlos had a way of beating a subject (religious or otherwise) into the concrete floors of our upper-level classroom. With a 4-foot pointer in hand, our teacher walloped her elongated weapon for decorum across her palm as she praised God's mystical glory.
"How can you be present for something you can't see?" I wondered.
Assuming the position – elbows firmly planted on the edge of my desk and my 14-year-old face cupped in my hands – I pretended to be engaged as my mind flittered to the fantasy world of young love and the prepubescent hunk of burning love sitting dangerously close just to my left. Now that I could be in attendance for!
During my 16 years of parochial education, that phrase was repeated over and over, but I never took the time to understand its meaning. After all, life was busy. Working a part-time job while going to school and investigating intricate ways to maneuver around the opposite sex left little time for introspection, let alone reflection.
Then my children's father entered my life. As we began creating a world that looked ever so promising, I was confident I had finally grasped the significance of those words. What could be more awesome than being in love and the excitement that goes with it?
But in 1981, I experienced an epiphany. The true meaning of wonder and awe was revealed with the birth of my first child, Michelle.
Peering down at this perfect little creature with sapphire-blue eyes and tuffs of finely spun white cotton-candy hair, my heart stopped beating. The miracle of birth took my breath away. From the moment she was placed on my chest, I knew I was forever changed. Wanting to relive that experience, I gave birth three more times.
But when my father passed away last October, part of his legacy was the realization that I could have such experiences every day, not just on special occasions.
Jack Madden was a man of few words. In fact, he rarely had much to say because he preferred to be an observer rather than a talker.
Watching him smile joyfully at the sound of a baby's giggle or smell a freshly budding rose from my garden silently told me, "Live your life awake."
For Dad, it was the little things that gave him pause to reflect, revere and honor. Big things were easy to detect. They exploded like a brilliant display of fireworks on the Fourth of July. True magical wonders required a moment of silence to unearth.
Since the privilege of witnessing the surrender of his soul back to his creator, I've made it my mission to carry on where he left off. I'm now a voyeur. Oh, not the kind that peeks in windows. That would be creepy. No, I peer into the minutiae of my day.
When a timeout is allowed, I soak in my surroundings. I permit the enchanting sensation of wind dancing with my hair or the smell of fresh-cut grass to saturate my five senses. I don't overanalyze the experience with words. I just allow myself to be present.
So, if you see me on the street and I look as though I'm not breathing, don't worry. There's no need for CPR. I'm just being a spectator in a marvelous mind-blowing moment. They are everywhere I look.


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Sanchez diagnosed with second concussion in month
CHICAGO -- Catcher Hector Sanchez was diagnosed with his second concussion in a month, prompting Giants manager Bruce Bochy to hint that the 24-year-old could miss the rest of the season.
Bochy said Tuesday that "it'll be a little while" before the switch-hitting Sanchez conceivably could rejoin the Giants.
Bochy emphasized that Sanchez's health is the Giants' primary concern.
"It's hard to rush a kid back and see this happening again," Bochy added.
Sanchez endured his latest mishap last Saturday, when a foul tip struck his catcher's mask while he was performing for Fresno in an injury rehabilitation game.
Bochy noted that Sanchez, who tends to endure more than his share of physical abuse, had switched from using a hockey goalie-style protective mask to a more traditional catcher's mask. The change, it was believed, would reduce Sanchez's chances of sustaining concussions.
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Haft-Baked Ideas, and follow him on Twitter at @sfgiantsbeat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.