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Position Roundtable: Starting Third Base
I'm convinced most Mariner fans suffer from 3TSD: third-base traumatic stress disorder. Scads of at-bats by Jeff Cirillo and Scott Spiezio sent observers into such a funk that we're convinced the team will never have a hot bat at the hot corner.
How else to explain the widespread pessimism about Adrian Beltre? It's true that the monster patrolling Chavez Ravine in 2004 didn't show up in Safeco Field last year, and it's further true that a $64 million contract brings the weight of expectation.
But we're talking about a player that will turn 27 just as the season starts, is durable barring freakish medical problems and plays terrific defense. Beltre is entering his prime, and there are serious grounds for anticipating a rebound.
Theories abound about the disparity between his 2004 and 2005. Was 2004 a contract-year fluke? Did those bone spurs in his ankle force him to keep his weight back? Did last year's hamstring problems hinder him more than anyone let on?
Time will tell whether any of these hold water. In the meantime, if Beltre can bounce back to his career averages (a .327 OBP and .455 SLG, for a .782 OPS), he'll be a help. If he can split the difference between those and his MVP year (.388/.629/1.017), he'll be an All-Star.
And if he can be the monster again, he'll cure us all of 3TSD.
Beltre, for whatever reason, would not stop swinging at the low-and-out pitch for any reasonable length of time. That's the bad part, and if he can't fix that, it's going to be real hard for him to be a solid contributor. I hope the new hitting coach can work with him, but if we could know for sure that it was the bone spur that caused him to lay off that pitch, wouldn't you seriously consider having an artificial one implanted? Sure, it's painful. But isn't the difference between 04 and 05 Beltre worth some discomfort?
Sorry, I got a little silly there. Here's the good thing: for all the complaints about that huge problem in his approach, that's really the only complaint. He spread the ball around well (look at his hit chart, for instance, it's a great distribution). The fly outs, if anything, were a little more to right. Except for frequency of hits, it's only slightly less pull-hitting compared to his 2004 chart — whereas if you look at his 2002/2003 years, they're much more pull-centric.
So when he's making good swings, he's putting the ball all over.
The approach is the start and the end of Beltre. If he lays off that pitch, he'll be great. But can he? He's done it before in his career.
Whether he has to be injured to do it will likely determine whether or not Pentland finds a nice, heavy ball peen hammer made of high-quality steal with a non-slip grip and Beltre has an accident in the clubhouse.
Watching him wave at that slider was painful. But, for me, the more enduring memory is him fouling off the hit-me fastball. He missed a ton of hittable pitches during the season. His batting average plus slugging on fastballs dropped 300 points from 2004 to last year. Whatever caused him to not be to get around on a fastball was, in my opinion, the same thing that caused him to chase that crazy slider; pitch recognition. His timing was off the whole year. He'd wave at pitches as they were bouncing in the dirt and stare at 88 MPH meatballs that floated across the plate.
I can only hope that his pitch recognition improves with experience, because Derek's right, if his approach doesn't change, he's screwed.
So, what do I expect from Beltre? Well, honestly, I don't really know what to expect. The guy has a great package of physical skills; bat speed, quick wrists, huge power, and a swing without many holes. His problems are basically all mental, and our ability to project performance based on a player's mindset is nil. All we can really do is acknowledge a wide range of potential outcomes; he could hit .300 with power and be an all-star, or, just as easily, he could hit .240 and be a drag on the line-up.
Beltre typifies the Mariner roster. There's potential for greatness, but there's very little performance certainty. On upside alone, Beltre's probably the best third baseman in the game. When you factor in the risks, he falls quite a bit. The M's roster is full of Adrian Beltre types. If everything clicks, look out world. But rarely does everything click.
42 Responses to "Position Roundtable: Starting Third Base"
Mat on
February 13th, 2006 1:55 pm
"On upside alone, Beltre's probably the best third baseman in the game."
To be nitpicky, what do you mean by this, exactly? It's tough for me to imagine, say Beltre's 90th percentile projection being better than any other 3B in the game, so I'm guessing that's not what you mean. It's also tough for me to envision a season that Beltre could have that, say, Alex Rodriguez couldn't have.
I guess I see where his upside is an All-Star third baseman, I just don't see what he has that sets him apart as having the best upside.
Mock on
February 13th, 2006 1:58 pm
The nice thing is, that either way, at least we know he'll be solid defensively…although then again, Cirillo was solid defensively. And he really wasn't good.
leetinsleyfanclub on
February 13th, 2006 2:01 pm
I think they need to hit Beltre down further in the order to take some pressure off of him. He just simply tried too hard last year, thus the repeated flailing at the low and away sliders. If, as reported, Hargrove wants to alternate left and right handed batters then the middle of the order should be:
If not, he should hit fifth. If he just relaxes and plays his game, in 2006 he will hit .280/.330/480 with 25 bombs and play great defense. I think he will also become a team leader. I'm really looking forward to watching him play this year.
Steve Nelson on
February 13th, 2006 2:11 pm
re Beltre and the slider low-and-away:
See this piece by Jeff Sulivann at Lookout Landing.
Dave's comment above echo Jeff's thoughts. The big problem wasn't Beltre chasing the low-and-away slider; it was Beltre not connecting on other pitches he should have been driving.
Jon on
February 13th, 2006 2:18 pm
In Dale Murphy's final years, he couldn't hit the low and away pitch to save his life. What's worse, he couldn't keep from swinging at it, even if wasn't near the strike zone. Until last year, I hadn't seen that again from a high profile player. Then along came Beltre. I still have high hopes for Adrian. Base on the Murphy experience, however, I have low expectations about him ever producing to the level of his contract, which could lead to more pressure and even worse numbers. True, Murphy and Beltre aren't the same player and Dale was older at the time of his woes (or whiffs), but I can't get past the similarity of their problem.
DMZ on
February 13th, 2006 2:19 pm
The beliefs that hitters are pressured more/relaxed more in different parts of the lineup and that major league hitters respond to the different amounts of pressure differently are wholly unsupported by any evidence. It's nice and easy to think, but there's really no reason to think that it caused any of Beltre's problems, or that moving him in the order would fix it.
DMZ on
February 13th, 2006 2:31 pm
That's a really nice post by Jeff Sullivan @ LL, btw. I don't agree with, him on some of it (if 20% of pitches to him were of a kind that he can't deal with at all, that's a big deal, and might be bigger than hitting fastballs worse than before, for instance), but it's definately both interesting and well-thought-out.
jtopps on
February 13th, 2006 2:51 pm
"His batting average plus slugging on fastballs dropped 300 points from 2004 to last year. Whatever caused him to not be to get around on a fastball was, in my opinion, the same thing that caused him to chase that crazy slider; pitch recognition."
Any chance the ghost of Mike Cameron is still at play here? That is, does any one put any stock in the possibility that Safeco field makes it more difficult to pick up the ball out of the pitchers' hands?
Oh wait. I looked at his home/away splits, and while he slugged a little better away (Safeco being a pitcher's park) his numbers actually seem a little better at home. The mystery continues…
Home: .263/.312/.382
Away: .248/.295/.440
Evan on
February 13th, 2006 3:09 pm
There is evidence that used to be true. When the hitters were complaining about the batters' eye, it may well have been harder to see the ball out of the pitcher's hand.
That problem seems to have been solved.
Adam S on
February 13th, 2006 3:26 pm
The hitting background is better but I'm not convinced it's SOLVED.
Mariners games averaged 10.7 K/G on the road (both teams combined) and 12.4 K/G at home, at 15% increase. I think that suggests hitters don't see as well at Safeco. BB are almost exactly the same, for what it's worth. The 15% increase was true in 2004 as well.
Smegmalicious on
February 13th, 2006 4:11 pm
I think the problem with chasing the low and away breaking ball and not hitting the fastball are the same problem. Call it confidence or whatever but he was second guessing himself. A power hitter doesn't second guess, he crushes the fastball (even if he's totally fooled he swings like he was crushing the fastball). A dose of success or confidence or maybe just knowing he's comming back to somehting familiar instead of something completely new could be just what Beltre needs.
I say the odds are in favor of him bouncing back. Wouldn't it be glorious if he and Sexson both hit more than 40 dingers next year? I know wanting doesn't make it so, but there's too many things that indicate Beltre has the tools to recover and get back to being a monster.
chrisisasavage on
February 13th, 2006 4:39 pm
I don't think it was all Safeco. He posted a .295 OBP on the road in ~340 PA. Small sample size, but …
Also he K'd more and Walked less on the road, but hit more home-runs and doubles.
I expect a slight bounce back, but a monster??? I won't hold my breath. However, I really don't think adding a 5-10 dingers is out of line considering his tools and other aspects of his game, and his age. I'll take a .750-.800 OPS 3B w/ some pop in his bat and a slick glove over total bust at this point. Here's to hoping!
Home 285 35 75 13 0 7 43 18 3 52 .263 .312 .382 .694
Away 318 34 79 23 1 12 44 20 2 56 .248 .295 .440 .736
plivengood on
February 13th, 2006 4:57 pm
I think Dave (and in a different way, Jeff at LL) nailed this when making the observation that not hitting the fastball and chasing the slider out of the zone is part and parcel the same problem — even if they have to guess at the "why" part (though I share the guess that it is pitch recognition), and this is really a really discouraging thought. Jeff, at LL, surmised that this could be due to unfamiliarity with AL pitchers, and therefore that it will get better with AL experience, but other than that, what is to account for pitch recognition problems that we might reasonably expect will change? I really can't think of any . . ..
DMZ on
February 13th, 2006 5:52 pm
To bring up Mike Cameron again: it could be his eyes. They should already have had an eye doctor give him a work-over, but if they haven't, they certainly should. Plus, that's a pretty low-cost fix.
Jerry on
February 13th, 2006 5:52 pm
I have a question….
Not counting age-related declines, how many examples are there of a player having such a single huge season in their contract year, then not coming close to repeating that performance?
On the other hand, how common is it for very good players to have really bad seasons? For instance, suppose 2004 was Beltre's breakout year, but was pretty indicative of what he can do during his prime. How often do players that play at that level just totally bomb for a year, then go on like nothing happened?
eponymous coward on
February 13th, 2006 6:51 pm
Scads of at-bats by Jeff Cirillo and Scott Spiezio sent observers into such a funk that we're convinced the team will never have a hot bat at the hot corner.
Don't forget Jimmy Presley, Darnell Coles, Todd Cruz, Larry Milbourne, Russ Davis…
Out of almost 30 years for the franchise, we've had a grand total of maybe 5-7 years where somebody good was at the positions (the first couple of years of Presley before HE swung at everything on the same continent and Edgar's years there- you can maybe argue Blowers for a year or two). Everything else runs from below-average but not awful (David Bell) to horrific (Davis, Cirillo).
They aren't the only franchise who's had something like this happen (the White Sox had a run like that)…but it is pretty amazing.
abun24 on
February 13th, 2006 7:00 pm
For what its worth
I normally trust what I read, and don't do the math myself. So, somebody should check my math. Additionally, the NL at bats are terribly limited and sample size issues, plus bias brought on by a limited number of opponents, further blurs the picture. Still, those are, statistical significance aside, very different looking players.
Perhaps beltre's troubles are an AL/NL thing combined with pitch recognition. That seems like something that time can fix.
abun24 on
February 13th, 2006 7:05 pm
Forgot hot corner legend Doug Strange…
plivengood on
February 13th, 2006 8:44 pm
I wrote:
. . . other than [inexperience with AL pitching], what is to account for pitch recognition problems that we might reasonably expect will change? I really can't think of any . . ..
And Derek replied:
To bring up Mike Cameron again: it could be his eyes.
That's a good point. God, I hope that's it. If it is, it's hard to imagine (given how much we read about Boone's laser eye-surgery a year ago) that we wouldn't have heard about it yet, though.
deltwelve on
February 13th, 2006 9:04 pm
Doug Strange gets a pass. He walked against David Cone.
chris d on
February 13th, 2006 9:38 pm
I believe in 2004 that Beltre started the year down in the order for the Dodgers and then towards the middle of the season they moved him up. Maybe for some players the stress of hitting at the top of the order is too much for them and they put pressure on themselves. Hitting problems for Adrian seem to be psychological so why not try different a place in the order to see if it helps.
DMZ on
February 13th, 2006 9:45 pm
Do you have any evidence, like splits based on where he hits in the order, that support that argument?
BobbyRoberto on
February 13th, 2006 11:30 pm
"On upside alone, Beltre's probably the best third baseman in the game.â€Â
Hmmm, David Wright is already better, and being 4 years younger, has more upside…
Typical Idiot Fan on
February 14th, 2006 2:01 am
Don't forget Jimmy Presley, Darnell Coles, Todd Cruz, Larry Milbourne, Russ Davis…
At least Presley and Davis got their OPS above .800 one time each. Other times they were mid to high .700s. No, they weren't dominating and great, not like what Beltre's upside is, but at least they gave us a glimmer of hope at times.
eponymous coward on
February 14th, 2006 8:04 am
I saw Presley's last couple of years (when he made Beltre look like Joe Sewell), and Davis was a butcher at 3B.
Mock on
February 14th, 2006 9:05 am
Wright's year last year was not, according to my somewhat inconsistant memory, as good as Beltre's from '04. Yeah, Wright's younger, and an incredible player, but I don't know if he'll have Beltre's potential power. And while I don't know much about Wright's defense, it couldn't be too much better than Beltre.,,,
JAS on
February 14th, 2006 9:37 am
I went looking for Beltre's batting order splits, but ESPN's website is suffering from winter neglect. However, the site did show that Beltre was far better (800+ OPS) vs lefties than righties (688 OPS). As I recall, Beltre's calling card was hitting righties better than lefties. Didn't happen last year.
plivengood on
February 14th, 2006 10:33 am
chris d wrote:
I believe in 2004 that Beltre started the year down in the order for the Dodgers and then towards the middle of the season they moved him up. . . . Hitting problems for Adrian seem to be psychological so why not try different a place in the order to see if it helps.
And Derek replied:
Do you have any evidence, like splits based on where he hits in the order, that support that argument?
I share Derek's skepticism about this theory.
I went looking, too, and had similar issues with ESPN's site. Other sites, however, show that on his career, Beltre has hit best hitting fourth (minimum 250 AB), where he has hit .318/.381/.601 in 449 AB. Next best (barely) is hitting seventh, at .275/.336/.446 in 1150 AB. He has hit .267/.321/.471 in 660 AB from the fifth slot, which depending on what you value might be considered slightly better that his 7th slot numbers. Realistically, though, his career numbers anywhere other than the 4th slot aren't a lot different: in the #3 hole, he's hit .275/.315/.436 in 374 AB, and in the #6 slot, he's hit .261/.314/.430 in 970 AB. Historically, there isn't much evidence that hitting lower in the order has helped Beltre's production.
OK, you say, but 2004 stood out from his career, and it is *that* season chris was referring to and hopes Beltre can replicate. Well, in 2004, he hit better in the #3 (.400/.400/.800 in only 15 AB) and #4 (.340/.411/.657 in 353 ABs) than he did in the MOTO spots (#5 – .313/.340/.542 in 96 ABs; #6 – .297/.352/.500 in 64 ABs) except #7, where he hit .338/.347/.662 in 68 ABs — not really a lot better (and a much smaller sample) than his #4 numbers.
Surely it is worth trying to figure out what, psychologically, may be hindering Beltre. But to just start moving him around in the line-up willy-nilly, when there really isn't any evidence to suggest that it will help, might actually do more harm than good. Rather than help Beltre relax, it could end up just signalling the team's continuing lack of confidence in him . . ..
Chintan Desai on
February 14th, 2006 4:30 pm
I can't believe nobody's noticed this yet, but, Jeff, you've got his career averages waaaaaaaay wrong.
chrisisasavage on
February 14th, 2006 4:48 pm
They're right. He used OBP/SLG/OPS for his splits. That's not AVG/OBP/SLG (if that's what you were thinking). He'd have been Barry Bonds for his career if they were.
mstaples on
February 14th, 2006 9:32 pm
Perhaps it's just me, but is there much value in providing OBP, SLG, and then OBP + SLG (particularly without explanation)?
DMZ on
February 14th, 2006 9:39 pm
Jeff had mono, he's been so wiped out I'm impressed he can hit more than one key in a day. Cut him some slack, please.
Jeff on
February 15th, 2006 1:19 am
Chris and Derek are both right. I intentionally used OBP/SLG/OPS as part of my silent protest against the tyranny of batting average, and I'm also so mononucleotized that purple monkey dishwasher.
Jeff on
February 15th, 2006 1:26 am
And I'll make a note in the post.
mstaples on
February 15th, 2006 4:25 pm
Well, I certainly expect better, Jeff, given the vast sum I pay for your work on the site. In all seriousness, thanks and no worries. Slack given.
LF Monster on
February 15th, 2006 11:23 pm
I've been calling it the Curse of David Bell since Cirillo looked like a hack and it continues…
scareduck on
February 16th, 2006 8:38 pm
…we're talking about a player that will turn 27 just as the season starts, is durable barring freakish medical problems and plays terrific defense. Beltre is entering his prime, and there are serious grounds for anticipating a rebound.
Dear Mariners Fans,
Speaking as a Dodger fan, well… welcome to what we told ourselves in 2002 and 2003. Every. Single. At. Bat. Except maybe toward the end of the season, when Beltre usually managed to pick up, but the guy had a fluke 2004, maybe the biggest by any third baseman in history. And the M's paid him as though he was going to do that every year. The Dodgers made him a good offer, but in the end — like all Boras clients eventually do — he went for the money, and, well, here we (you, actually) are.
– Love,
scareduck on
February 16th, 2006 8:38 pm
Oh, and by the way —
Beltre, for whatever reason, would not stop swinging at the low-and-out pitch for any reasonable length of time. That's the bad part, and if he can't fix that, it's going to be real hard for him to be a solid contributor.
Yeah. I remember that, too.
DMZ on
February 16th, 2006 9:17 pm
I debunked the "late-season" myth here. I don't have the pitch type data Dave looked at, so I can't speak to your other point.
And as to whether it was the biggest fluke year ever by a third baseman… no.
scareduck on
February 17th, 2006 7:24 am
Season Total CPM Month
2003 .240/.290/.424 Sep. .305/.342/.543
2002 .257/.303/.426 Aug. .320/.366/.524
where CPM=cherry-picked month. I understand your point about his 2003 end of season being a leadup to the 2004 year, but I'm not sure there's anything more to that than wishcasting.
scareduck on
February 17th, 2006 7:31 am
As to the other comment — well, I don't have anything to back this up other than watching him swing and miss at a thousand low-and-away sliders. I do remember one specific game in interleague play against the Angels in 2003 when Kevin Appier was on the mound. It was a long, awful offensive year for the Dodgers, one in which Shawn Green inspired Jon Weisman to write about Green's impending career collapse, and the Dodgers to take desperate chances on placeholders like Daryle Ward, nobodies like Jeromy Burnitz, and the washed-up corpse of Rickey Henderson. The pressure was really killing Beltre, whose "potential" tag had really started to wear thin, especially because he still couldn't lay off that low outside slider. With a two-strike count on Beltre, I was just looking at Appier and thinking, he's gonna get that slider.
It came.
He swung at it.
Inning over.
DMZ on
February 17th, 2006 8:47 am
Picking one month out of candidate months to support your thesis doesn't work. I could as easily pick out bad late-season months and argue that he always runs out of gas late in the season. His 2004 September was way below July and August and right at season average! His 2002 September was horrible!
Month to month splits aren't useful, and they support no argument.
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McManus: Leadership center launched (December 30, 2001)
Arnesen: History's supreme event (December 23, 2001)
Everett Bartholf: Help for the holidays (December 16, 2001)
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Dr. Everett Bartholf, a Christian
counselor in St. Louis, Mo., is also an Assemblies of God minister with
22 years of ministerial experience. He spoke recently with Scott Harrup,
associate editor, about some of the emotional challenges of the holiday
Evangel: During the holidays,
many people experience difficult emotions. What are some common life
circumstances that create these feelings?
Around the holidays four basic issues arise. First, the holidays
create busy schedules. People feel pulled to attend family, business
and church functions and this creates stress and tension. Second, financial
stress arises when one feels obligated to buy gifts or attend functions
where people can easily spend more money than they have. Third, family
interaction may not be pleasant. Around the holidays people expect family
differences to somehow be set aside. The truth is that the family functions
no better during the holidays than they do during the rest of the year,
and often the family functions less well than at other times. Fourth,
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through them without that person.
Evangel: What counsel do you
offer to someone struggling to get through the holidays?
Bartholf: I focus on three
primary issues. First, what is the holiday season really about? Its
about Gods gift of life to us. Christ came that we could have
life and have it more abundantly. We need to recognize that the holidays
are not just times to think about family or gifts or social functions,
but are times to reflect on Gods intervention in human history.
Second, are our expectations unrealistic? As I mentioned, particularly
in regard to family interaction, expectations can be too high. Third,
are you setting limits during the holiday season? This can be in regard
to time commitments and, even more critically, money.
Evangel: So there is definitely
Bartholf: One of the things
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true. So, the first step to move beyond the problem is to come back
and focus on what is true. As we focus on what the truth is, we begin
to experience freedom from depression. The situation is not hopeless.
There are always other alternatives. We need to recognize the truth
about ourselves, seeing ourselves as God sees us. We need to recognize
the truth about our circumstances and look at them as God looks at them.
As we focus on and exercise the truth, we begin to experience freedom
from depression.
Evangel: How is the deeper meaning
of Christmas connected to lifes pain?
Bartholf: Christmas causes
us to look at the difference between what Gods ideal is and what
our real situation is. The distance we perceive between Gods ideal
and our real situation has everything to do with the amount of negative
emotions we experience. Christmas is the good news. Christmas is the
celebration of Gods intervention in history. Yet, our real experience
can look very different. If we focus on our perspective, we tend to
focus in a much more negative way. We need to look at Christmas from
Gods perspective, as a celebration of Christs coming that
we might have more abundant life. Jesus Christ promised that He would
never leave us or forsake us. He promised that nothing would come our
way that He would not give us the strength to bear up under.
Evangel: Anything else?
Bartholf: If people experience
depression, anxiety or grief during the holidays, there is help available.
I would encourage someone struggling with negative emotions to do one
of three things: talk with a pastor, confide in a trusted friend, or
talk with a professional counselor.


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MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - It took a while to get Alabama on this dance floor but finally we are there. Governor Robert Bentley this month signed into law House Bill 361, the Matthew John Dahl DUI Prevention Act.
With his signature, Governor Bentley makes Alabama the 50th state to enact an ignition interlock law. No high fives for being last on this potentially life-saving law.
The new law, which will take effect September 1, 2011, requires repeat DUI offenders and those convicted with a blood alcohol content of .15 or greater to have an ignition interlock in their car.
Cars or trucks equipped with this device will not start unless the breath of the driver is below the allowable limit. You will have to "blow before you go."
It's a shame that we need technology to keep people from doing the wrong thing especially when they have been caught before and know the deadly ramifications of their actions.
But that's the world we live in and we are glad we have this law and device now in place to be the conscious of those making bad decisions.
We appreciate your feedback.
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A beautiful villa with 6 bedrooms which is located in a good location and in a safe area. This villa is ideal for a family home. There are four bedrooms with air-con, en-suite bathrooms with hot water and a bathtub, as well as built-in wardrobes. Two other bedrooms come with air-con share a bathroom. The stylish living room has a stunning wood effect and it is complete with a nice wooden sofa. The kitchen comes with 2 fridges, built-in cupboards, and a built-in stove and is connected to the living room on the ground floor. At the front of the building, there is a big parking space built with concrete tiles and there is also a small garden.
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- Distance to Old Market: 15 Minutes
- Building Orientation: North
- Deposit Required: 2 months for 1 year
- Rental Term: 1 - 5 Years
- Balcony: 1
- Air-Con Units: 4
- Electricity per KW: Current EDC Price (770 KHR)
- Water: Well
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We screen for violent offenses, sex offenses (regardless of conviction type and whether it was a crime by force), and gang affiliation. Because our residents are required to pursue employment, we also check for any health issues that might prevent an individual from working, and we verify whether the person is following any prescribed treatments and/or medications. We also verify that the individual has a probation obligation.


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Machynlleth in mid-Wales is an ideal destination for a mountain biking holiday. There is plenty of accommodation, lots of pubs, cafes and other activities. There are three cross country routes starting in Machynlleth (Mach 1, 2 and 3) and in 2005 a new trail, the Climachx route, was opened to the public.
"The existing cross country routes located south of the town, Mach 1, 2 and 3, had proved very popular with both locals and visitors, so we wanted to develop a new route in the Dyfi Forest north of the town and to make it accessible without having to travel by car, therefore reducing traffic congestion in the town and helping to reduce carbon emissions.
We approached Forestry Commission Wales who manage the forest with an initial idea to waymark some existing trails but these were not suitable. So, we sought funding and were able to build new mountain bike trails in the Dyfi Forest, now home of the Berghaus Dyfi Enduro competition.
The Climachx trail is a 15km round trip, with 9km of built single track with an array of challenging technical aspects. The last descent is the longest in Wales and features rocky jumps and the 'eye of the needle' - a huge jump with a narrow landing between two trees on the other side. The finale is a sequence of eight huge swooping corners following quickly after each other. There's also plenty of informal free-riding in the forest.
Although there is a car parking area at the start of the trail, it is accessible from Machynlleth by bike. Both the main town car park and the local bike shop, The Holey Trail, provide maps of how to cycle from town to the start of the trail. The route to Climachx from Machynlleth is a quiet country lane and the total distance is a little over 4 miles. The route indicated for bikes is not open to cars and other traffic."
Future projects
"The cli-machx has been open since 2005 and two extra sections were built in 2006 with financial assistance from WCVA and Powys County Council as part of a youth employment project. We are hoping to build more in 2007.
To sample other trails, Machynlleth is ideally situated midway between Coed y Brenin and Nant yr Arian, both Forestry Commission Centres with extensive trail networks. For a serious cross country challenge, you can ride the first half of Mach 3, then cross country to Nant yr Arian, round the trails there and then back to Machynlleth via the second half of Mach 3."
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"Competitive Regional Clusters: National Policy Approaches" analyses the objectives, targeting, instruments and inter-governmental role sharing used by 26 programmes in 14 OECD countries.
This seminar is organised in cooperation with INAS CISL and Fondazione Giulio Pastore. The event will present and discuss the results of research addressing these issues undertaken in eight European countries: Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Belgium, Great Britain, Sweden and Poland.For each country, the research provides an overview of the changes in the trade union movement, not only as an actor in labour market bargaining, but also
Today the battle for talent is as important as the battle for capital. In the knowledge economy, skilled migrants can offer a significant comparative advantage to local economies. Unskilled migrants are also in demand, particularly where demographic...
The conference "Let's Go4Growth. Local strategies for the Growth of Global Companies" is an attempt to provoke practical reflection and generate proposals that will help define local strategies for the growth of companies with projections for the future.
Este evento presentará algunas de las experiencias internacionales más destacadas de promoción del crecimiento empresarial, la innovación y la iniciativa emprendedora de España, Francia, Gran Bretaña, Finlandia, Alemania, Estados Unidos y América Latina.
This site contains a list of key references on Spain. The documentary database includes documents on partnership and local governance that have been published by governments, universities and other organisations.
New forms of governance are emerging. Government, business and civil society are increasingly seeking ways to develop and pursue economic development strategies and solve socio-economic problems jointly.
This publication examines the innovation system in pharmaceutical biotechnology in eight OECD countries. Based on rich evidence, it draws policy recommendations to foster innovation in biopharmaceuticals advocating an integrated policy approach.
This study shows how knowledge-intensive services activities (KISAs) contribute to the acquisition and growth capabilities of firms and public sector organisations.
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This note, taken from Chapter 2 of Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2006, contains information about the progress in implementing reforms in line with the 2005 priorities for Spain. In addition to passing of legislation or other decisions to implement reforms, the note records earlier stages of reform, such as government announcements and draft legislation presented to parliaments.


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Verio is a US-based provider of shared hosting, VPS hosting and domain names. For shared hosting, the company provides both Linux hosting and Windows hosting.
Verio claims that they value their customers, so they only focus on affordable and reliable hosting solutions. However, the reality is quite cruel because the Windows hosting service offered by Verio is neither affordable nor reliable enough. Besides, the features are not good at all. The company doesn't even adopt any of the latest Microsoft technologies.
Now, we'd like to show you more details about Verio Windows hosting plan by presenting the pros and cons.
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Verio provides a refund guarantee for all users. If you sign up and then feel unsatisfied, you can cancel your account within the initial 30 days, which enables you to request a refund of the hosting fees you have paid.
This guarantee makes sure that your trial is worry-free, because the loss is minimized in the case that you don't like the service.
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Despite the 30-day refund guarantee, Verio Windows hosting is not worth a try because of the poor performance, lack of features, and un-considerate customer support. Detailed reasons are analyzed in below.
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These prices are not cheap, but you still have to pay attention that they are the introductory offers for the first term only. The renewal prices are even higher, which are $10.95/mo, $11.95/mo, $12.95/mo and $13.95/mo for 36/24/12/1-month terms.
The good things you can expect from the plan are a free domain name, $100 Bing ad credits and $100 Google AdWords credits.
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Verio Windows hosting plan includes unlimited disk storage, bandwidth and email accounts, and it supports unlimited domains. These features are good since you can get enough server resources.
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Unfortunately, Verio cannot achieve an excellent 99.9% uptime. Sometimes the uptime can be 99.8% or a little higher, but for most other times, the figure averages about 99.7%. Below are the recent records.
Serious latencies and slowness
Verio servers and networks are not fast although the Tier 1 service providers are the reputable ones like AT&T. The company doesn't utilize those advanced technologies such as SSDs and CDN to improve the speed of their services. The optimization of the servers and networks is also doubtful.
The evidence for these results is the monitoring result of the company's server responses and page loads. The average server response time is longer than 600ms, and page loads take more than 5 seconds.
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The technical support from Verio can be requested via live chat, telephone and support tickets. The communication channels are rich, so you can always choose your favorite one. However, the efficiency is quite a concern because the chat system and phone are not responsive, and you may not receive a ticket reply after waiting 5 hours. This might be because Verio only has a few people supporting the Windows hosting users.
Verio also has a knowledgebase available for learning basic hosting knowledgebase and resolving the commonly-seen problems. But this knowledgebase is limited in the resources. There are only a few tutorials about Windows hosting which cover IIS, MSSQL and email.
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The only reason to try Verio is the refund guarantee. However, this is not convincing enough for making a purchase because many other Windows hosting providers also provide such a guarantee while offering much better feature, speed and support.
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You know spring has come to the desert when the California poppy, Eschscholzia californica, graces us with its beauty. This dainty golden nugget of the desert is common along roadsides throughout Southern California and the rest of the southwestern United States.
California poppies are a true California native and can be grown both as a perennial or an annual, based on your climate and soil. They prefer dry soil, with little to no water, and do best in full sun. They are an excellent addition to rock gardens, country gardens, along parking strips or naturalizing on hillsides.
Average height of the California poppy is around 1 1 /2 feet tall and wide. It has blue-green feathery leaves with satiny pale yellow to deep orange petals. Sow seeds where you want the plant to be as they do not transplant well. It self seeds freely so make sure to plant it where you don't mind it spreading.
The California poppy was voted our state flower by the California State Floral Society in December 1890, having beaten out the Mariposa lily and the Matilija poppy. However, the state legislature did not make it the official state flower until 1903.
In the early 19th century, this flower was named Eschscholzia californica by the German botanist, Adelbert von Chamisso, for his friend and colleague, Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, while on an expedition to California and the Pacific coast. California poppy leaves have been used medicinally by Native Americans, and the pollen was used cosmetically. The seeds are used in cooking. The 1,745 acres of the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve comes alive with this state flower during the months of February through mid-May.


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Harness Racing Commission
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The Delaware Harness Racing Commission, pursuant to 3 Del.C. §10005, proposes to change its Rule 8 by a change to Rule 126.96.36.199.4. The Commission will hold a public hearing on the proposed rule changes on June 10, 2008. Written comments should be sent to Hugh J. Gallagher, Administrator of Harness Racing, Department of Agriculture, 2320 S. DuPont Highway, Dover, DE 19901. Written comments will be accepted for thirty (30) days from the date of publication in the Register of Regulations on May 1, 2008.
The proposed changes are for the purpose of updating Rule 8 to reflect current policies, practices and procedures. Copies are published online at the Register of Regulations website: http://regulations.delaware.gov/services/current_issue.shtml. A copy is also available for inspection at the Racing Commission office.


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Creating My Way to Success shared this adorable Hanging Hair Tie/Clip Holder made out of jeans!
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How cute is this Bedside Organizer from We Talk of Christ, We Rejoice In Christ?!
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Dead & Breakfast-Rebirth
Dead & Breakfast is a (metallic) horror punk band from Italy that has been around since 2007. The ghoulish group includes Pachu (vocals/bass), G.I. Joe (guitarist/vocalist), and a drummer name Piffy. Preceded in life by 2012's "Worse Case Scenario", "Rebirth" is the latest batch of goodies from this heavy rockin' trio that (unfortunately) shares it's name with one hell of a crappy movie. Unlike the so-called "horror comedy" film of the same name (which is neither scary or funny kids), Italy's Dead & Breakfast serves a purpose in life and actually knows what it is doing! Built out of raw heavy metal, (basement) hard rock, and electrified punk(!), Dead & Breakfast's third full-length album seems poised to challenge all of the preconceived notions that some metalheads still seem to have about horror rock. If that sounds like you (and all you know about the genre starts and ends with The Misfits) then be sure to give this one a shot.
For more information on this powerful trio be sure to head here.
Labels: 2017, Dead & Breakfast, horror-punk, Italy, punk metal


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July 15 1917 May 27 2005
We thought that you were one that would be around forever
God had different plans for you
All though you are gone you, you will never be forgotten.
You will always be that warm feeling in our hearts and that ever
loving touch on our shoulders.
We know that you will forever watch over us and keep us safe.
You were our parents, grandparents and friends.
We deeply miss you, Grandchildren and Great- grandchildren
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Editor, the Tribune: Columbia is fortunate that dedicated candidate Karl Skala seeks re-election to the Third Ward. It truly is unfortunate that his opposition is reduced to guttersniping attacks on him. Without pay for being a member of the city council, Skala treats representing our city as more than a full-time job. He does his research and knows his facts. Developing expertise through national League of Cities conferences is an important part of that job. Skala is conscientious, experienced, intelligent and highly qualified. Above all, he is known for his integrity. Accusing Skala of spending too much on dinner is a tactic of a candidate who knows his own qualifications are small potatoes in comparison. In short, his opponent�s personal allegations against Karl Skala�s integrity are a clear sign of desperation.
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Rose Tripi - Board Chair
Rose Tripi was born and raised in New York. She earned a BA. in Spanish and MA. in Education from the State University of New York at Buffalo. After teaching and working in Public Relations, she moved to Gettysburg with her husband, Joseph, a retired orthopedic surgeon, where she served on numerous non-profit boards in Adams County. She became president of the Gettysburg Hospital Auxiliary; the Adam...
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Judy Young - Board Vice Chair
A native Pennsylvanian, Judy came to Chambersburg in 1959 to attend Wilson College, where she met her husband, Richard. Following graduation in 1963 Judy began teaching at Grandview Elementary School in Greenvillage PA, and received her M.Ed. degree from Shippensburg U in 1967. She retired from a most rewarding 45-year teaching/school librarian career in 2008. Judy and Dick lived away from Chambersb...
As self-proclaimed theater groupie/geek/nerd, she is happy to be adding Totem Pole Playhouse to her list of activities, which include Central Presbyterian (ordained as Elder in the Presbyterian Church) and Grove Family Library. A proud Wilson College Alumna, she is a member of the college's Magazine Advisory Board, and lends supports to the Wilson College choir and a Capella group, "The Diversitones," a hangover from when she was a Wilson "Ten Tone" in the 60's. Her passion for theater and music have remained strong; she and Dick are loyal season subscribers to TPP, returning numerous times during those 40 years away, to attend TP productions with family and friends, keeping up a tradition that goes back to the days of the Stapleton-Putch dynasty. And saving the best for last, they are the parents of 2 sons and grandparents of three great kids!
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Maureen Flannery Spang - Board Secretary
Maureen Flannery Spang is a Central Pennsylvania native. She graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts in 2001 with a degree in Political Science and minors in Russian and Asian Studies. Maureen attended the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law in Washington, D.C. and graduated magna cum laude in 2004. After law school, she served as law cler...
Maureen was first introduced to Totem Pole Playhouse as child when she attended A Christmas Carol with family friends who lived in Chambersburg. She has enjoyed attending performances at the playhouse throughout the years. Maureen joined the Board in 2014. Along with her husband and daughter, Maureen looks forward to many exciting seasons at the playhouse.
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Kevin B Stouffer - Board Treasurer
Kevin B. Stouffer, CPA is a Manager with Smith Elliott Kearns & Company, LLC. Kevin is a native of Boonsboro, MD. Kevin joined Smith Elliott Kearns & Company in 2004 after graduating cum laude from Shippensburg University. He specializes in providing audit services to governmental clients.
Kevin and his wife, Angela, reside in Chambersburg, with their son Daniel. Kevin is also a membe...
Kevin joined the Totem Pole Board of Directors in the winter of 2013. He looks forward to another successful season for the playhouse.
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Elise Overcash - Board
Elise Overcash received a BA from Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, and studied voice at the School of Music with further studies in Carlisle and Baltimore. She had a long professional career as a soloist in Concert, Recital, Orchestra and Church Music, and taught Voice both privately and at the Cumberland Valley School of Music. She sings regularly with the Merc...
Her husband Steve is a retired clinical psychologist, where Elise had been employed as his secretary and office manager. They are the parents of 2 grown sons and the grandparents of 3.
Always interested in the theatre she was active in plays in high school, college, and Green Hills Professional Theatre. Elise was in the original cast production of Totem Pole Playhouse's A Christmas Carol in 1987 and 1988 as a caroler, Fezziwig daughter, party guest and other parts. She was an original founding board member of Totem Pole Playhouse when it became a not-for-profit organization in 1993, and served as a board member for 16 years, many as secretary or president, ending in 2011. In that time she helped to organize The Friends of Totem Pole Playhouse, the Theatre Fun Fest and the Capital Campaign. She co-produced Music & Memories from Totem Pole Playhouse in 1995 with a cast of current and former TPP greats. Elise and Steve have attended TPP since 1975 and been season subscribers since 1986.
After serving on the board with former Artistic Directors Carl Schurr and Ray Ficca, it is exciting to again be a part of the board with Rowan Joseph and a talented and passionate group of directors. I love Totem Pole Playhouse and will work as hard as possible to ensure the future and success of this great treasure.
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Dana Witt - Board
A native of northern Virginia, Dana Witt is a graduate of Gettysburg College with a B.A. in Sociology/Anthropology. Past employers include the National Geographic Society and Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau (now Destination Gettysburg), and she currently is employed by the Gettysburg Seminary. Passionate about the arts, Dana also sings with Schola Cantorum of Gettysburg and directs the...
Dana has served on the board of Totem Pole Playhouse since 2007. She is thrilled to see wonderful changes at Totem Pole over the last few years, and is looking forward to a fabulous future of professional theatre in Caledonia!
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Issac Bucher - Board
Isaac Bucher, a Gettysburg native, is owner of Mister Ed's Elephant Museum and Candy Emporium in Orrtanna. He attended Penn State University, earning a degree in Agricultural Science with a minor in International Agriculture and completing graduate coursework in Agricultural and Extension Education.
After creating an award-winning agricultural education program at Annville-Cleona H...
In addition to the Totem Pole Playhouse board, Isaac is a Gettysburg Adams Chamber of Commerce Ambassador, committee chair for Taste of the Town Gettysburg, elder at Lower Marsh Creek Presbyterian Church and member of the Adams County Young Professionals.
Isaac was introduced to Totem Pole Playhouse more than a decade ago and was impressed by the professional performances of unique theater in his own backyard. An avid theater-goer, Isaac loves taking quick trips to NYC as well as traveling the world with his wife Nicole and son Larkin.
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Rowan Joseph has worked in the entertainment industry for over 35 years as a producer, director, and actor; 2016 is his third season at Totem Pole Playhouse.
As founding Managing Director, Joseph built, opened and operated The Century Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, where he presented Paula Vogel's Pul...
He served as the Executive Director of the Laurie Beechman Theatre, on Theatre Row in Manhattan, for seven seasons presenting hundreds of both new and established artists, including Holly Hunter, Ben Stiller, Robert Sean Leonard, Julianne Moore, Ethan Hawke, Lewis Black, and the early work of such acclaimed writers as Aaron Sorkin, Alan Ball, Donald Margulies, and Peter Hedges.
In Los Angeles, he ran legendary film & TV director Garry Marshall's the Falcon Theatre for five seasons. Under his management the Falcon began a five-play subscription series, a highly regarded children's theatre program, numerous theatrical & TV events and several workshops of the musical, Happy Days, a New Musical based on Marshall's hit TV series from the '70s.
Joseph continues to co-own and operate Theatre A Go-Go, Inc., along with business partner Shane Partlow. TAGG has presented such national tours as An Evening with Jack Klugman and the all-male production of The Queen of Bingo, which Rowan directed and co-stars in with Partlow. Other productions include: Tapestry, The Music of Carole King: Off-Broadway (Union Square Theatre), Cincinnati (Playhouse in the Park), Cleveland (Playhouse Square); The Queen of Bingo: off-Broadway (Greenwich House Theatre), Chicago (Buckingham Theatre), and Los Angeles (Coronet Theatre); Bent, Los Angeles (Coast Playhouse); and One Slight Hitch, Charlotte, NC (Charlotte Rep), Kansas City, MO (Waldorf Astoria DT).
As an actor, Joseph began his career as a member of the prestigious Mirror Repertory Company in New York City alongside Academy Award-winners Anthony Hopkins, Geraldine Page and F. Murray Abraham. He has appeared in leading roles in numerous stage productions in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and across the U.S. His TV credits include roles on Gilmore Girls, Boston Legal, Treme and this past May on HBO's critically-acclaimed series, Veep alongside Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Hugh Laurie. His film credits include Raising Helen starring Kate Hudson, Princess Diaries 2 with Anne Hathaway, The Campaign, with Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis, and Grudge Match, starring Robert DeNiro and Sylvester Stallone. He was also featured with best friend and business partner, Shane Partlow, on the 23rd edition of the Emmy Award-winning reality series The Amazing Race.
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Mary Louise Lucas - Board
She is a proud Chambersburg native who graduated from CASHS and Shippensburg State College (now S.U.) with both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Elementary Education. She is married to Chuck Lucas — they are the parents of 2 adult daughters, both of whom worked at Totem Pole through-out high school and college, and the grandparents of 4 grandchildren. She is a member of St Paul U.M. ...
Mary Louise began an interest in Totem Pole in the mid-50s when her parents regularly brought her to plays as a child at the "theater on the hill" (across Rt. 30 from our current location). She began working as an usherette in junior high school, became head usher through her college years, and was a house manager about 6 years ago. She now continues to serve T.P. as a member of the Board of Directors and by helping out any way she can where it is needed. She loves the 'magic' of the theater and seeing the final product of newly-constructed sets and actors come together for an awesome experience. "I feel T.P. is worth every effort we can ALL give to preserve it for current and future generations to treasure and enjoy. It offers quality entertainment and is a cultural icon right here in our very midst. I feel it is under-appreciated locally by many."
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Andrew O. Mackey - Board
Andrew O. Mackey was born and raised in Chambersburg. After graduating from Chambersburg Area Senior High School in 2001 he attended Lynchburg College, VA, graduating in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Management. Upon graduation from college he became employed by Valley Agency Company as New Business Development Producer. He obtained a PA Property and Casualty Insurance Licens...
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Gibco GlutaMAX-I is an improved cell culture supplement that can be used as a direct substitute for L-glutamine in your cell culture media.
L-glutamine is an essential nutrient in cell cultures for energy production as well as protein and nucleic acid synthesis. However, L-glutamine in cell culture media spontaneously degrades, generating ammonia and pyrrolidine carboxylic acid as byproducts.
GlutaMAX-I is a dipeptide, L-alanine-L-glutamine, which is more stable in aqueous solutions and does not spontaneously degrade. Gibco GlutaMAX media and media supplemented with the GlutaMAX-I supplement are suitable for both adherent and suspension mammalian cell cultures with little or no adaptation required.
The mechanism of dipeptide utilization involves the gradual release of peptidase during culture to allow the gradual hydrolysis of the dipeptide in the medium (Figure 1). This can be compared to the strategy of a fed-batch culture in which L-glutamine is continuously fed into the culture but maintained at low concentration. The result is an efficient energy metabolism and a high-growth yield.
Figure 1. Controlled delivery of L-glutamine from media to cells in culture.
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When cells are cultured in media that contains GlutaMAX-I, the cells gradually release aminopeptidases which hydrolyze the dipeptide, slowly releasing L-alanine and L-glutamine into the culture media. The L-glutamine and L-alanine can then be taken up by the cells and utilized for protein production or in the TCA cycle. This can be compared to the fed-batch culture strategy in which L-glutamine is continuously fed into the culture but maintained at a low concentration. The result is an efficient energy metabolism and high growth yield without excess ammonia.
Figure 2. Human mesenchymal stem cells cultured with GlutaMAX media and stained with DAPI nuclear stain and primary CD105 antibody bound to a secondary Invitrogen Alexa Fluor 488 antibody.
Figure 3. Human mesenchymal stem cells cultured with GlutaMAX media under adipogenic differentiating conditions and stained with Hoechst 33342 nuclear stain, Invitrogen LipidTOX Green neutral lipid and Invitrogen MitoTracker Red.
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Figure 6 compares MDBK cells cultured in D-MEM with 10% FBS and L-glutamine or GlutaMAX-I supplement. Cells cultured in GlutaMAX-I reach peak density two days later and viability declines less rapidly than that observed in cultures with L-glutamine supplementation. The slight increase in lag phase is attributed to the time needed to release the peptidase and digest the dipeptide.
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Figure 4. Cell growth. AE-1 mouse myeloma cells were seeded at 1x105 cells/mL. Samples were taken daily after three days and evaluated in triplicate for cell density. Cell viability was determined by trypan blue exclusion. Cell density continued to increase in samples containing GlutaMAX-I past the point when L-glutamine containing samples decreased in cell density.
Figure 5. IgG1 production. The samples from Figure 4 were also examined by ELISA for IgG1 production. GlutaMAX-I containing samples outperformed L-glutamine–containing samples.
Figure 6. MDBK cells were seeded at approximately 1x105 cells/flask in D-MEM with 10% FBS and L-glutamine or GlutaMAX-I in 25 cm2 T-flasks.
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- Hassell T, Gleave, S, and Butler, M (1991) Growth Inhibition in Cell Culture. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 30:30–41.
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- Yang M, Butler, M (2000) Effects of Ammonia on the Glycosylation of Human Recombinant Erythropoietin in Culture. Biotechnol Prog 16:751–759.
- Christie A, Butler M (1994) Growth and Metabolism of a Murine Hybridoma in Cultures Containing Glutamine-based Dipeptides. FOCUS 16:1,9.
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As always, you can find all my pictures on my flicker here. All the outfit credits are after the cut.
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Mouse is in the fantastically designed and moody sim, West of the Rain.
Outfit Credits & Slurls
Hair – Mithral "Nirnroot"
Head – Catwa "Kimberly"
Skin – Lara Hurley "Diana"
Eyebrows – League "Ella"
Eyes – Banana Banshee "Hely"
Jewelry – Maxi Gossamer "Dream Feather"
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That stands for "today's sojourn through SoHo." I just have a couple things to say, so I'll be uncharacteristically brief.
Banana Republic's candles are exceptional. I like them all, although it's confusing to me why the one with a name like "Fireside" smells so intensely vanillick. (I'm sorta making up that word cuz I don't know if one says 'vanilla' or 'vanilla-like.' I'm sure if enough people see this post, someone will tell me. They always do.) Shouldn't it smell more like firewood? It's nice, though. And another of them smells woody and smoky. They're to be commended in that they all smell kinda dry, not too sweet. There must've been a temptation to make the Sangria one smell sweetier and fruitier, like an Escada perfume (I look a' thee, Tropical Punch. That said, I used to wear a fake of you, and I got complimented by guys in a grocery store. Hmmm, was I in good shape then? I'd like to think it was the perfume they said smelled great; but hell, it was a gay part of town and I had a toned body a few years back. Whatevz), but they held back and it's fruity-but-not-too-sweet. So their candles rock.
Their fragrances? (Eaux de Toilette, which Comptoir Sud Pacifique call "Eaux de Voyage"--good for you CDP! Sharp and bold. You rock for that. So much for brevity. And coherence. I'll quote the SOV here: "Oh gosh, I'm not posh. I do what I'm doing, yeah.") Not so great. Nothing particularly wrong with them, they're just not up to much. Like, I'd wear Corduroy or Black Walnut, but I'd never, like, pine for them, you know? But the worst is their main one, which I smelled today for the first time in a while. I've been a little interested in their newer ones, and I remember the main one being flimsier, but I tried it again today, as I read the description: "Modern, clean...." There was another word in there, but it seemed like what they were implying was that you'd smell essentially of nothing. Of just "clean." And clean in the way that things are clean in Gattaca. Because really, isn't everyone who shops at BR (and especially Club Monaco and FCUK) trying to live in Gattaca? Anyway, so I sprayed it on, wondering if it would prove to be this amazing cologne that really did smell of modern, clean minimalism; and if so, what kind of layering possibilities could that create? Something that gives you a minimalist clean scent, something between laundry, ozone and stainless steel--you could match that with anything ozonic or aquatic; maybe with green smells or that Marc Jacobs one that's very figgy. Hmmmm, just the smell of cleanliness and simplicity, that would be interesting. So did it smell like that?
No, not at all. It started out with what I guess was a grapefruit smell--something zingy but not in a ginger zingy or a nose-tingling way. Then there was this weird fern(?) or green(?) accord that persisted a while. Then it was all laundry detergent. Which is what I expected initially. Pleasant? No. Interesting? Yes. Because even though it had that green/fern accord, which smells kinda 70s, but they did it light here, which was unexpected, it said NOTHING from start to finish. It had less personality than Clinique's Chemistry. It said absolutely nothing. And if you can appreciate fragrance at all, then you know what I mean. A good fragrance, for the generic you, is one that speaks to you. It could be Stetson Original, Individuel, Polo, CK One, Baldessarini, Gentleman, Equipage, Un Jardin Sur le Nil, 5 O' Clock au Gingembre, or anything. Even Lady Stetson. As long as it says something to you deeply, it's a good scent for you. Maybe not for the rest of us, especially if it's something like, say, Le Male (cuz let's face it--that's LOUD), but it's the best for you. And for the peeps out there who like fragrance (and I guess you wouldn't be on this page if you din't), you know that some scents have something to say, some have more to say, and you don't necessarily have to like them to say that; but there are also scents that say nothing. And this BR one falls into that category.
I think it's amazingly ironic that it bills itself of smelling like nothing but clean and tries to do so by communicating nothing. If the description were the perfume brief, and they had a talented perfumer, I'm sure that it could smell like that--there's new scent tech coming out all the time; what they can do with raw materials now is astounding. But alas, it only could've been. (They're playing some love song written to the tune of Greensleeves on the radio now. It's distracting. And it's really crappy. How fitting.)
So that was BR. I also sniffed some scents at French Connection UK. I went in there specifically to try to bribe a cashier to steal one of the mannequin wigs for me. Because they're cool, and if one fit, I'd shave my head and wear it all the time. I smelled their two fragrances, which were bland and terribly preictable. The first was this one that was supposed to smell really fresh, but smelled really HARSH like Demeter's Gin & Tonic, but with a lemon note. I tried to like it, but it was gross. The other was better, but so forgettable that I don't recall it, except I remember them telling me it was the "more masculine" of the scents, which were both "technically unisex." Yeah, that technically unisex thing is huge--right now, the trend at the expensive houses is to make everything unisex, which makes sense from an artistic standpoint, and if it could make florals more acceptable for men, which would be awesome. But it'll never work in the US at least. Because the companies know that they can keep Americans convinced they have to wear their own "gender" of scent, and that's a scent strategy that potentially doubles your consumers. God help us, Gaultier is trying to introduce makeup for men, and please cod, let this never take on. Just my personal bits: 1) It's so nice to NOT have to wear something more. I mean, now everyone's getting manicures and pedicures and shaving this and trimming that.... who needs one more thing you have to do? 2) Honestly, most women can't put on makeup. So let's not make men try and have more dumb-looking faces out there. If you can't wear makeup, girls, don't wear it. You'll probably look better without it--no woman NEEDS to put on lipstick and eyeliner to look presentable. 3) I'm sure men wearing makeup would look like men who get their eyebrows waxed: ghastly. Now granted, someone from Los Angeles told me the other day that those are only the men with the bad wax jobs. The ones with the good wax jobs, you can't tell. But finding a good eyebrow waxer seems like it would be as difficult as finding someone who can take your dark brown-with-gray hair up to when-I-was-23 light brown with NO orange. In other words, damn forking hard. So I'll pass on the whole eyebrow waxing thing. For the record, though, I've been known to put on makeup for occasions--like do the whole raccoon-eye thing on Halloween or New Years' Eve or shit (see above); but not for everyday.
That was FCUK. I stop into Mont Blanc to smell some Presence, because I like the way it smells. The person behind the counter, who I really wanted to talk about the cologne with (without him thinking I was hitting on him), didn't seem to want to engage. Or maybe didn't know anything about the colognes, which I think may have been the case, since he called Individuel a "day fragrance" (IIRC, the shite smells like electric neon raspberry-strawberry, the olfactory equivalent of staring into a pink eclipse) and said that his other main fragrance is Le Male. OK, that's all I needed to hear. It was like when that chick who sells tickets at Angelika told me that that STUPID Woody Allen movie, Rebekah and Clairemooneydoo's Most Awesome Barcelona Adventure, was a "good movie," like "Woody Allen grows up." She was serious, incidentally; if she's in college, she hasn't met the "older man who's doing well" yet who will date her and hopefully teach her a bit about culture. (No, I'm not old enough yet to be that guy. He has to be in his 40s and have more gray in his hair.) Oh, and Presence is discontinued. So I left.
And I only mentioned Club Monaco because they had an awesome orange belt that I wondered if I should buy. I mean, I AM orange, right? Oughn't I to own the perfect shade of orange belt? Unfortunately, it was one of those wire ones that you have to tie, and I can't figure those out. Fortunately, I'm just fat enough to never need to worry about people seeing my belt, because I wear all my shirts untucked. Thanks cod that is doable these days. In the 50s, they'd ship you off to a leper colony if you went around with your shirt untucked.
Then I bopped in Sephora. Damn, that place is such a disappointment these days. The word naff comes to mind, even though I hate the concept behind that word. There are only three men's scents I'd spray in that store: Polo, Eau d'Orange Verte or maybe Baldessarini del Mar, and that Prada one that smells of orris, which is an impressive scent to me, because when I'd first smelled Prada I declared it all shite, and my mom wears Prada occasionally, and I absolutely detest the smell of it. I may just get her some Beyond Paradise or Burberrry London for her birthday. Hmmmm, maybe I should get a scent that's xmas-appropriate, though, if she's going to wear it when I'm down at xmas. Then again, that may not make any difference--she was wearing Pleasures Intense at xmas. That's nothing near an xmas scent. It's a finnocking good scent, though. I wish my mom wore more Esteee. ANYWAY.... You can't find estee lauder in Sephora, there's so much else you can't find. It's just a huge storehouse for dreck. Sure, they have Opium and some Chanel stuff (blech), but almost all of it is the new JLo or the Escada-of-the-month or whatever Calvin Kliein or Armani is out now. You used to be able to go in there and smell such a wide range of things, from ancient ones to totally modern; now it's like a bigger, more expensive KMart cosmetics department. Such a shame. But while I was in there, I checked out the new version of Happy--who can keep up with how many anorexic versions of that polyanna scent they come out with?!--and guess what? It's not unpleasant. There you have it. Then I sprayed Burberry London on a strip--I love that stuff. So floral, almost berry-like. It almost smells like actual flowers some time when you smell the strip. I have to buy that for someone one day. Then I smelled Chanel No 5 to see how it compared with the Burberry---still hate it. Then I smelled Un Jardin Sur le Nil again, and everytime I smell it, I like it more. It's really great for a unisex fragrance--fruity but dry, a little earthy and "vegetal." A roommate of mine wanted to buy it once, but didn't because it was in the "women's" section in Sephora. Ugh. And Hermes calls it unisex, so who is Sephora to classify it like that?! Same with Eau de Cartier--the original formulation is in the women's section, the "concontree" is in the men's. I guess the concentree is probably a more traditionally masculine variation on it, rather than a more concentrated version. Canny of Cartier to do it like that--disappointing, but canny.
And that was the last of the smells. Oh wait, I ambled into Fresh for a while, but I just hate that place. It's all crap except the cucumber one. The Milk scent COULD be something good, but how would we know? It doesn't come in a spray, and it's too hard to get what it would smell like as a cologne by smelling the soap. The Tobacco Caramel scent is a disgrace. How hard could creating something called Tobacco Caramel be? I'll tell you: not hard at all. You just plop together some variation on coumarin and you have tobacco (some of the most expensive "tobacco" scents I've smelled, and I mean EXPENSIVE, smelled just like tonka and nothing more; so you can just put something comarinick in something and get a tobacco note; if you're feeling ambitious, you could combine coumarin with myrrh resinoid, like I've seen advised on a fragrance page) and then any of the accords available to suggest caramel. Hell, a few entries ago I discussed caramel furanone, which is supposed to create a carmel/maple note in extreme dilution. So how is it that their Tobacco Caramel smells nothing like tobacco or caramel? I think it smelled like the crappy, hamstery part of Atlas Cedar. Basically, it offended my nose. If you want something from Fresh, buy the Cucumber Baie. It's bearable. If you like lemon, you might like their Sugar scent (why isn't it called "lemon sugar"?).
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I'm Jacob Weisberg, chairman of the Slate Group. I started here in 1996 as Slate's first political writer, which involved convincing Bob Dole's handlers to let me on their campaign plane because this Internet thing was going to big. After six years of that, I took over from my guru Michael Kinsley as Slate's editor. After six years of that, I handed the reins to David Plotz and took charge of Slate's business side. My job these days is figuring out how to pay for the work we do as journalists.
I read Slate's political coverage before anything else. This week, John Dickerson frames the big question you're going to be hearing next week: If Joe Biden runs, what's his rationale? Really wanting to be president isn't a good enough answer. Jim Newell, Slate's newest addition on the politics beat, writes that there's only one constituency that actually wants Biden to run. It's the media, desperate for a Democratic bloodbath to match the Republican melee. Meanwhile, Jamelle Bouie argues that Bernie Sanders can make it a genuinely competitive contest even without Biden.
Beyond politics, you shouldn't miss two deep dives that I haven't stopped thinking about. One is an excerpt from Timothy Snyder's new investigation of the Holocaust, Black Earth. Snyder's piece, "The Banality of Good," explores the motivations of those who rescued Jews during the Holocaust, and their surprising inability to explain their actions. And Leon Neyfakh, our criminal justice reporter, took advantage of funding from Slate Plus members to explore the police killing of an unarmed black man in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 2013. In this case, something unusual happened: the white cop went on trial for manslaughter.
Over in culture land, I loved Dana Stevens' film lover's tour of Japan, her effort to relate to the country through places connected with Hayao Miyazaki, Akira Kurosawa, Godzilla, and Sofia Coppola. I also had a good time reading Forest Wickman explain that typing noise that doesn't sound like real-life typing that always accompanies words appearing on a computer screen in action movies.
And as a veteran, it's exciting to read the wave of new talent that we've recently welcomed to Slate. One of my favorite books writers, Laura Miller, gives the quasi-repentant journalist-turned-pick-up-artist Neil Strauss surprising credit. Michelle Goldberg digs into the dodgy background of the Planned Parenthood "defector" Susan Thayer. Christina Cauterucci explains why American Apparel is in trouble—and why she still shops there.
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Well AiG are now advertising for positions at the new park. And, despite Ham's affirmation that the Ark Encounters is not a ministry, and thus should get government funding, all prospective employees are required to sign the AiG statement of faith. Have a read of it if you are interested, but here are the points that are particularly ridiculous.
Section 1: Priorities
1. The scientific aspects of creation are important, but are secondary in importance to the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ as Sovereign, Creator, Redeemer, and Judge.And
Section 4: General
6. By definition, no apparent, perceived or claimed evidence in any field, including history and chronology, can be valid if it contradicts the scriptural record. Of primary importance is the fact that evidence is always subject to interpretation by fallible people who do not possess all information.
Wow. Even if there is evidence for something, you can't believe it. Imagine signing that, just to get a job


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Gulf oil sector needs strategic cost transformation: Global Expert
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According to Richard Forrest, the instability in global oil price offers difficulty for businesses in the region to make a �step change� in their operating models
The petroleum industry in the Middle East needs to take a strategic approach to cost transformation to maintain a competitive place in the challenging oil economy, says global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney.
According to Richard Forrest, Global Lead Partner of A.T. Kearney's Energy and Process Industries Practice, the instability in global oil price offers difficulty for businesses in the region to make a 'step change' in their operating models.
Considering the present market condition, the oil price outlook requires a structural response from both national and international oil companies, Forrest said while addressing a networking event held exclusively for members of the Middle East Petroleum Club (MEPC).
Forrest said: "The current oil price outlook requires all companies to take a hard look at costs. Oil companies need to prepare for a future with continued market uncertainty – it requires a structural change from across the industry. Strategic cost transformation goes beyond today's traditional response of delaying projects and renegotiating with suppliers."
He also indicated that the North American shale companies were among the first to respond to the new environment affected by fluctuating oil prices. Some in the industry have managed to reduce upstream costs by more than 50 percent in the previous years.
"We are at a critical point in time where oil companies globally need to reflect and act on the oil market outlook. Industry leaders will look to implement the next wave of comprehensive strategic cost transformation," he said.
Forrest said companies will now be considering how to optimise their portfolio, reduce costs across the value chain, reshape their operating models, and explore how best to leverage the abundance of M&A opportunities in the market.
MPEC is oil and gas industry membership club initiated by the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC).