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Towers still standing?
TORONTO — Blue Jays Nation may not have seen the last of Josh Towers. As Mike Rutsey reports in the Toronto Sun today, Toronto plans on bringing Towers back for 2008.
"At this point we intend to bring him back," Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi told the paper. "We need all the pitching that we can get. We plan on Towers being here."
Towers, who made $2.9 million last season in the final year of the two-year contract he signed after '05, is eligible for arbitration this winter. So, he could garner around $3 million. Considering the options on the free-agent market, Ricciardi is content with Towers as his fifth starter at that price.
"For the fifth spot in a rotation, for $3-million bucks, that's what starters are going for," Ricciardi said. "Just look at the numbers and do the math."
Towers' numbers have been the issue, though. Even so, it looks like Towers will once again be in the mix for the fifth spot, along with Jesse Litsch, Casey Janssen and Gus Chacin (if healthy). The Jays still have some interest in Matt Clement, but only if it's with an inexpensive contract.
The Jays have also reached out to free-agent catcher Michael Barrett, but his status as a Type A free agent may make Toronto hesitant to sign him. If they signed Barrett, the Jays would have to give up a first-round pick, which the club doesn't want to do. Meanwhile, the Jays are still talking to Sal Fasano about being their backup to Gregg Zaun.
Yesterday, David Purcey was added to Toronto's 40-man roster. This was just a paperwork move, but it does protect Purcey for the upcoming Rule 5 Draft, which will be held at the Winter Meetings. To make room on the roster, the Jays designated outfielder Cody Haerther for assignment.
So, there's some baseball news for you guys to chew on. I'm going to go back to grieving over Michigan State basketball's tough loss to UCLA. Ah well, at least the Spartans ballers are giving me something to root for these days. The Bulls are just killing me and the Bears have been thoroughly disappointing.
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Okay – I've supported Josh Towers for a while for two reasons: I assume that if he was successful before, he can be so again; and it sounds like he's a great kid and trying hard.
That being said, even I have to say – what? – to this recent news.
It really irritates me that players don't get pay cuts… Towers is not worth 3 million per! He is worth 1.5m maybe. That being said I would rather have him in the 5th spot to start the year over Litsch who I see in AAA this year and in the rotation come 09. Litsch pitched fantastic last year but being so young he could use another year in the minors to develope and get stronger.
The question is what do you do with Towers once he struggles? He is terrible in the pen since his first inning is always his worst and at 3mil that's a little expensive to be sent down to AAA.
I would prefer to see Jansen in the 5th spot over anyone the Jays are looking at. Especially with Ryan hopefully returning at full strength, the pen is deep enough without Jansen.
Forget Clement, Towers or any other waste of money and use it on a catcher!!!
Towers, in my view, is being signed for backup and trade bait. If they didn't offer him a contract, they'd simply release him without getting anything in return. If they sign him for 1 year at 3 mill or less, he likely has trade value to someone for somebody in return-particulary this year when the free agent market has little to offer for starters..
As much as I dislike the guy, he's probably as good as an alternative for reclamation projects as anyone else.
However, I see the depth chart for the 5th starter as follows:
If Ryan comes back strong and healthy then Janssen gets added to the mix which also makes Chacin and Towers both trade bait.
My personal preference is Purcey, because he's a power lefty with McGowan type stuff from the left side and we need a lefty in the rotation. However, I think even Purcey has to take the job away from Litsch.
The kid pitched remarkably for us in September and has earned the right for the spot to start the season.
I'm reading (both from the media and you guys) that the jays aren't interested in Barrett because he's a type A free agent. My question is what makes a guy a type a free agent? especially a guy who's supposed to be a backup catcher, wouldn't that make it a tough situation for him (to have to give up a 1st round draft pick to sign him)?
I think a type A free agent means that he is past his arbitration years.
As far as pitching goes, I still don't know why they are in love with Towers. I suppose if he doesn't make the rotation, he would still be worth something on the trade market. He could be a #3 guy for KC or sombody. I would sooner see Chacin as #5, because he seems to know how to win games, injuries or not. Litsch and Purcey deserve another season in the minors, and would add a lot of depth in case of injuries.
It took my breath away. Sure, Towers might have "some" value (as any type of pitching does these days), but not at the salary that he would garner through arbitration! I thoroughly doubt that he will be challenging for that 5th spot. In my estimation, he's got to climb ahead of Litsch, Janssen, and Chacin (plus all those rumors about Purcey being ready, even though they just added him to the 40-man so he's protected from the rule 5). Even if he does beat out the other 3, he won't hold that spot for very long, making him an expensive long man once again.
On a side note, it was a small caveat, but Scott Podsednik was granted his release by the Chisox. I think JP should be ALL OVER THAT. It's a great fit since we need a leadoff-hitting LF. Then we may not even have to platoon with Reed!Imagine the speed in the OF with Pods, VW, & Rios, not to mention the speed on the basepaths!
If you look at Podsednik's numbers the last 2 years, you can tell why he was released. And he only played 62 games last year.
enigma-this might help
I pulled this off the Sporting NEws web site.
Though this is not considered a strong market, 47 free agents are classified as Type A — which means they rank in the top 30 percent of players in their position groups. Teams that lose a Type A free agent are compensated with two draft picks. Teams that lose a Type B free agent — one of the 45 players ranked from 31-50 percent at his position — get one pick in return.
To be honest I thought Towers fit the long relief role pretty well. It doesnt hurt having him come in and eat up innings when the Jays are down 5+ runs in a game with no pressure. Also he could spot start if one of our regulars goes down for a start or two, instead of stretching out a guy like Janssen or recalling someone from the Minors. He would be nothing more than the 12th pitcher on the roster, and if we find we dont need him later in the year, a National League team may take a chance on him.
I am sorry, but I just cannot see the justification for keeping Towers,It was like I done my bit , got my money , don't need to try anymore,my heart was in my mouth every time he took the mound last year,unless we were already in a losing situation when it did not matter,,Ian
How does Purcey in some of your minds get thrown to the front of your 5th starter predictions??? He has done nothing except for this years AFL showing. You take the AFL accomplishments out and he hasn't even done enough to crack the AAA roster. My 5th starter depth chart:
Free agent
I wouldn't sign Towers as there HAS to be a free agent out there that is cheaper and more effective than Towers.
JP is still showing us how smart he is,TOWERS BWAAAHHH HAAA HAAA HAAA.2008 another bust changes in 2009 can't wait so long.
Purcey has always had the stuff-a 96 mph fastball and a devastating cureball. What he didn't have was good control.
He flew through the lower minors, but struggled at AAA as a result-until someone finally figured out the reason for the poor control.
Purcey had a mechanical problem-excessive head movement in his delivery. He was sent down to AA to solve the problem and solved it in the latter part of 2006. If you look at his stats before his injury in 2007-he was lights out. His era was well under 1.00 and his K to walk ratio was exceptional-unlike what it had been in the past.
Then he got injured, tried to pitch through it in 3-4 starts and got bombed-which is why his era jumped.
The Purcey seen in the AFL is the real deal-and you will see that in AAA this year, where I expect he'll go. But, he's got phenomenal stuff and he will be a factor with The Jays at some point this year. Remember-you heard it hear first.
To put guys like Towers, Chacin and Banks who all throw batting practise fastballs ahead of him in a depth chart, only shows you're not that familiar with Purcey's capabilites. Frankly, we should trade Towers, Chacin and Banks if we can.
For a couple of years, I kept saying McGowan was going to be a front of the rotation type pitcher-few believed me, but now he's starting to show the promise. Purcey has the same capability-maybe even better for us since both Boston and New York are weaker against a lefty.
I also remember a lot of Jays fans never did believe in another pitcher who got sent all the way down to single A to sort out mechanical issues. I guess it's a good think someone believed in him, or Roy Halliday would be pitching for someone else.
Agreed Purcey has the potential no question… But for this upcoming season he is far down the list on 5th starter status. If he sees action in the bigs this year it is due to lots of injuries infront of him. They see a left handed Mcgowan in him and don't want to try and rush him the way they tried with Mcgowan. Jansen has to be the leader for the 5th spot based on last year, him being a natural starter and also based on stuff. Agreed… Trade Chacin for anything and don't sign Towers. Oh and they will get a free agent to push for the 5th spot… You almost have to incase Ryan isn't ready.
I think the 5th spot depends a bit on whether Bo is ready to answer the call. If Accardo has to close for a while, they will need Jansen in the pen. In that case, Chacin would be my choice for the 5th guy, and maybe with his history of arm problems, the extra rest would help. If Bo is OK, which seems likely, I don't think Jansen will be denied the 5th spot, and Chacin would be a very good long reliever coming out of the pen. I would like to see Litsch and Purcey get some more time in the minors, and trade Towers for a draft pick or something to get rid of his salary. The depth chart as I see it now would be: Jansen, Chacin, free agent?, Litsch, Towers, Purcey. I just hope if Towers pitches well enough in Spring Training to make the squad that he doesn't then go down in flames like he did last year.
Hey, you guys are forgetting about Litsch. In his last 3 starts against Boston, New York and Tampa Bay, he went 20.1 innings and only gave up 3 runs. Those last two starts in New York and Boston proved the kids grit.
Except for 3 starts in which he was trying to power the ball and lost sink, he was a very consistant starter. He ended up with an era under 4.0 which is better than Chacin has ever had, and better than Banks in AAA, or Towers at any level.
Janssen will not start, because there's no way Ryan will be ready at the start of the season regardless of what you hear from the Jays. It normally takes 12-14 months to come back from TJ surgury, so I don't expect Ryan to be healthy until June.
I also like Taubenheim-who performed very well in AA after getting demoted from AAA-so he might also be a possibility.
Forget about any free agents, the only ones out there are all used up-and we'd likley be commtted to them for 2-3 years. We have better guys in the minors with Purcey and Taubenheim. The free agents out there are like Towers, Banks and Chacin and we already have a surplus of those types.
So I'd still be looking at:
Haven't forgot about Litsch he is my main man down in AAA and waiting for AJ to get hurt. Having Jansen move into the 5th spot for this year would show that JP feels that AJ is gone after this year utilizing his opt out clause. If that happens a rotation of Halladay, Mcgowan, Marcum or Jansen and Litsch might be pretty good come 09 assuming the pithcers continue progressing like they have been.
If you stretch Jansen out over the winter and Ryan isn't ready you can simply pop Jansen back into the pen where he would be more than strong enough. When Ryan joins the team in late May/early June you could move Jansen back into the rotation if someone is struggling (Towers). If Ryan starts with the team out of spring traing Jansen is in the rotation with ease do to his off season program. Jansen had too good of a year to be a 7th inning guy this year, and with a pen of Ryan, Accardo, Downs, League (returning too form I hope) and Wolfe plus others you are plenty strong without Jansen.
Well we do agree on one thing, you can never have enough pitching. They are stretching Janssen over the winter just in case. But, I still think Litsch gets the first shot regardless, and I'd still rank Purcey over any of the options including Litsch; but I think Litsch deserves the shot because of how he pitched this year.
I also would like to see a combo of Ryan, Accardo, Downs, League, Wolfe, Janssen, and then possibly Frasor and either Tallet or Romero in the pen.
I'd keep Jannsen, League and Accardo as our 7-8th inning guys, so we have at least one fresh each night. If we're going to serious contend, we need that in order to ensure none of them get overused. If Frasor comes back to the form he's capable of, we could then have 2 of the 4 go one night and the other two the following.
Serious contenders have that depth in the pen, and if we are to seriously contend, we need it too.
I would love nothing more than to see Purcey have a breakout year in AAA next year, but thats the thing, he is destined for AAA even if he does have a great spring.
How is Taubenheim ahead of Chacin?.. Im pretty sure we have saw the last of him.
If Chacin has a solid spring I would put him in our 5th spot. A lefty in the rotation would be usefull. Janssen was effective out of the pen, and if aint broke dont fix it, we could always stretch him out later in the year if need be.
The leading candidates for the 5th spot are
and Janssen.
Towers, very outside chance and if they jays keep him probably will be a long releif guy.
If they sign a fee agent you can throw him in there too, and anyone else is not even worth mentioning.
I agree with starting Janssen in the bullpen. As much as he is one of my favourite players on the Jays, denny said it right, If it aint broke, dont fix it. Im wondering what happened to the talk of Matt Clement? the guy has the right numbers for a 5th spot starter, and sure, even if we have to sign him for 2 or 3 years, AJ is definetly gonna get hurt, or possibly opt out (for 09), then we HAVE to start at least two of the options we have now. I think we Ricciardi should plan for the injury we all know is coming and sign clement. I really cant understand why anyone still supports Towers. Hes proven that he cant pitch in any situation except the worst, and Gibby (as dumb as he is) clearly has no faith in Towers. So why sign someone who will only pitch every 19 days??
I think any long term future Chacin had with the Jays went out the window when he was charged with DUI this spring. If he makes it here this year, it will only be until Purcey replaces him. Once Ryan comes back Chacin becomes trade bait. The left handed depth chart behind Purcey includes both Rickie Romero and Cecil Brett-both highly thought of prospects and both a lot better than Chacin.
I will make a prediction, though. Regardless of who starts the season as our 5th starter, whenever Purcey is ready-he becomes the guy-and it will be much sooner than any of us think. He has at least as high of an upside as McGowan and we need a strong lefty to have a chance to win.
Taubenheim was sent down to AA from Syracuse to sort things out-it worked. In his
5 starts there his era wa 2.01 and the BA against was .193-so don't write him off yet-he'll start in AAA.
Woops-make that Brett Cecil
gnorman. U can't trade draft picks in baseball.
Shocking/tragic news about Joe Kennedy. 28 years old, my condolences to his family.
Well, Josh Towers just cost us some more. As a result of Towers being on the 40 man roster Lee Gronkiewicz was left off. Now one could also question why Tracy Thorpe and Jean Marchi were kept on the roster and not Gronkiewicz, who had a better era than either of the 3.
Gronkiewicz, was up last year from AAA, went 4 innings and had an era of 2.25. In AA/AAA, his era was 2.41.
Well, we will see him in 2008. The Red Sox just picked him off.
Brilliant move.
My thoughts and prayers go out to Joe Kennedy's family in the wake of this terrible tradegy
Sad news about Kennedy… Too young!!!
Chacin ***** and I can't stand watching games when he starts… His pace is ridiculously slow!!! Trade pizza face I mean Chacin for anything as his stuff and personality aren't big league material. I'm thinking our AAA rotation will be excellent this year and should be a good battle for who will be called up once AJ has a hang nail.
Wouldn't it be pretty exciting if we got Barrett ? He's a good young catcher with more pop then Zaun, not sure how his throwing arm is.
I thought i was done wasting my money to watch Towers lose.
Oh well. Hopefully we can trade him once he gets some value.
What do people think of the trade market for the Jays ??? Would it make sense to trade Accardo while his value is highest comming off a season as a proven closer ? especially since the Brewers lost Cordero and need a closer bad ? They do have JJ Hardy at short stop.
Just wondering if people think the Jays might get creative especially since Jansen is prob gonna be in the Pen anyways.
I actually like the deal for Hardy deal providing Ryan and League both come back healthy.
I'd pass on Barrett; I think our own Robinzon Diaz is a better option.
Why would they give up draft picks for a catcher that is just going to clog up the system for all the up and comeing catchers?!? Thigpen and Diaz will be a great one two punch in the future. There immedidate need is a back up catcher that can throw and is cheap with a short contract.
I don't know about anyone else, but I have some concerns about what Jordan wrote in his mail bag in regards to Towers, which is likely the current Blue Jays thinking.
Jordan states Towers is likely not tradeable, and if he doesn't fill the 5th role spot he'd likely fill the long relief role. I have no problem with him potentially filling the 5th stating spot if everyone else is injured. However if he doesnt make it dump him.
My take is the bullpen currently stacks up as:
In addition, there's Tallet and Davis Romero, both lefties sitting in the wings.
So who goes to make room for Towers? If they don't think they can trade him, why sign him in the first place?
If we non-tender him, I believe we get a draft choice from the team who signs him-maybe that's all he's worth-and it certainly is more palatable than signing him and having to watch him, while one of the more capable relievers gets sent down.
The question should be… Who would you rather have for the year, Towers or Chacin? You will need one of them this year and with Chacin's injury troubles my pick would be Towers.
good choice
Think Green SASK R,R,
Towers may have a good year we could do worse.
Is Sall looking for big bucks if not why have they not signed him yet.
It's hard to get up for this team with JP and Abner in control.
If they rush BJ they are playing with fire.
That isn't the question at all or at least it shouldn't be. Litsch pitched better for us than either Chacin or Towers. In 2007 Litsch's era was 3.81, Towers was 5.38 and Chacin was 5.60.
There is NO WAY, they start Towers ahead of Litsch-unless Litsch is injured. Chacin-maybe if he's healthy, because he's a left hander-but not Towers.
And to keep Towers in the pen for long relief is also a mistake. If you can't trade him don't sign him-period.
Hey Garry-Congrats on the Grey Cup.
The Yanks are discussing a trade with Minnesota for Santana and we're going to sign Josh Towers.
Yup, that sounds about right!!
In my opinion Litsch will have to pick up right where he left off to be considered for the 5th spot. His age is the only thing not in his favour as the Jays have a big fear of rushing young talent.
If Litsch pitches great in the spring and Jansen gets moved back to the pen then yes Litsch will be the 5th starter. What happens when Jansen has a great spring as well and Ryan breaks with the team? You can't waste Jansen in a 6th or 7th inning role when he is a projected starter for his career.
If I'm running the show I trade Chacin and dump Towers. Jansen breaks in the rotation and Litsch is the first call up. Actually I sign Towers for depth since it's not my money. LOL
Regardless of what The Jays say, Ryan will not be ready by opening day. Recovery from Tommy John Surgury takes 12-14 months-so I don't expect him back until June.
In order to contend we need depth in both starters and the pen. For the 5th, 6th and 7th starters I see:
David Purcey
I really have no problem if they keep both Chacin and Towers-as long as they keep them in AAA as back up. Where I have difficulty-particulary with Towers, is if they sign him for 3 mill and then feel polical pressure to keep him up here-like they did last year-and take up a valuable spot in the pen.
I also like the idea of having Janssen, Accardo and League all mix it up for the 7-8th inning. If we seriously contend, we should have two sets of short guys, Like League/Accardo and Janssen/Frasor. One team pitches one night and the other the next, keeping them all fresh for the stretch run in September.
Janssen will get his chance to start-but if all are healthy-it will be 2009 not 2008.
Pen #'s
Ryan (06) 1.37era Closer
Accardo 2.14 Set up
Downs 2.17 Set up
League(06)2.53 7th -8th
Wolfe 2.98 7th -8th
Tallet 3.47 6th -7th
Frasor 4.58 6th -7th
Long man ?
That looks like a pretty deep pen even without Jansen's 2.35era. With our starters going deep like they did in 07 we should be more than ok.
So Ryan takes till May sometime to be ready… Everyone moves up a spot and we should still be ok. I would hate for the Jays to bounce Jansen around from pen to starter and have him get hurt.
I think what the Jays are really missing in the bullpen is a situational lefty other than Scotty Downs. Downs is awesome and all, but he can't pitch every single game. And Tallet really doesn't cut it because his success with runners on seems, well, unsuccessful.
Sure, the Jays will have another lefty when Ryan comes back, but he's not coming in in the seventh to pitch to one batter.
I guess there's Purcey and Romero in the minors, but it seems like management's plan with those guys is to let them really take their time in AAA or AA.
What do you good folks think? Think JP will try and pick a lefty up for the bullpen?
Also, weren't left-handed batters hitting Tallet pretty hard?
hem.gold i believe the jays were willing to speak to Kennedy about being a situational lefty. Unfortunately he passed away. I don't know if they'll look at other guys for the job, or if they'll be content with Downs and Tallet.
Remember we have Davis Romero coming back. He was a good lefty for us in 2006 and got injured in spring 2007. The real question is who are the 7 guys in the pen? When Ryan comes back the locks are:
Then there's Frasor, Romero and Tallet fighting it out for the last spot.
This is why it bugs me so much if they do sign Towers and throw him in te pen. That would likely mean Frasor Romero and Tallet go down.
One way or the other, though, it's deep
I'm not so sure about Davis Romero. He's only pitched in seven major league games in his entire career, so I'm not sure he's a lock for anything.
Also, I'd say League is still a question mark. He looked better as the season progressed, but still not great. He's going to have to have a very impressive spring in order to crack the 25 man roster. But who knows, maybe he'll be this year's Jeremy Accardo. Heading into the spring in 2006, people were saying Accardo was going to get cut from the Jays entirely….
whoops, I mean spring of '07….
THANKS gsumner
We have a glut of pitchers "WOW" what a break.
Ryan may wound up as a starter, Accardo may be the closer Jansen the setup man,all we can do is wait and see,remember TJ SURGERY is no joke some never come back.
Well we have a small glut with starters as well so Ryan either has to make it as a reliever or get sent down. lol
You're right about Tommy John-I can't believe Riccardi is trying to convince fans that Ryan will be ready by spring training-sort of reminds me of Ryan's initial injury diagnosis of a back problem. They'd better not rush him back, if they do, he could be done forever.
Actually the pitching surplus will be bigger next year than this coming one. I expect Purcey, Rickie Romero and Cecil Brett to be knocking on the door. It'll be different having a glut of left handed power starters, won't it. But I think Purcey makes it this year.
JP is all PR Ryan will be back no soner than May or June.
I agree with June-any earlier than that is pushing it
So Garry, what do we have to do to get those celebrating Rider fans outta here-amn they've been drunk for 3 days now. lol
Give them another 5 days we have thick heads out here lol
A.J. Burnett took 14 months to return after Tommy John surgury which he had in 2003. Since he's been with us, he's been on the DL two to three times as a result of issues relating to the surgury. Some guys take up to 18 months to recover.
So Ryan went under the knife May 10th and JP expects him back by February-9 months.
I think Mr. Rogers should sniff what JP is smoking these days. On the other hand maybe it's a good thing we have a glut of relievers.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) –
Major League Baseball pitchers who undergo "Tommy John surgery" to repair a ruptured ligament in the elbow will usually recover completely from the operation, pitching just as well as they did before the injury, a new study shows.
Of 68 Major League Baseball pitchers who underwent the surgery between 1998 and 2003, most (82 percent) returned to play within an average of 18.5 months post-surgery with no change in average earned run average or walks or hits per innings pitched, Dr. Brett W. Gibson of the Penn Sports Medicine Center in Philadelphia and colleagues found.
I agree that having Ryan in Spring Training is optimistic unless there have been vast improvements in surgical and rehab techniques. I would also plan my bullpen as if League was not going to break camp with the club either. In that case, you will need Jansen in the pen.
If Litsch carries on like he did last year, the #5 spot is his to lose, which leaves Chacin and Towers.
I like Chacin as a long reliever, mainly because he is at his best the first time through the order, and he knows how to win ball games.
As for Towers, I don't think he has a place on the team, but if you let him walk, you get nothing. There are a lot of teams out there who are worse off for pitching than we are, who would give up a good position prospect for a Towers or the like.
I like that plan. So at the start of the season the bullpen stacks ups as
Tallet and Romero sent down to AAA. I think League will be ready-he moved his winter home from Hawaii to Florida so I think he's working out in Dundedin all winter and that hopefully should have him ready to go. If not, either Tallet or Romero can be added.
Sign Towers and keep him in AAA until Ryan comes back. When that happens trade both Chacin and Towers, because Purcey and Rickie Romero should represent options at that point.
Does it really make sense to sign Towers for 3-4 million so he can pitch in AAA? I'm really not getting why the Jays are even contemplating keeping this guy. Let him loose so he can get a fresh start somewhere else….
I don't even think we have to wait for Ryan to look for a trade. If one of our starters goes down, we would still have Jansen, and Chacin stretched out, plus Romero, Purcey and Taubenheim in AAA. We could even get a look at Ryan Houston if a spot in the pen opens up. I wouldn't trade Chacin at this point, though. He certainly is a long way from making $3 mil/year, and you can't have enough pitching. Even if Gus has to sit in AAA for a while, id doesn't kill us financially.
If we don't offer Towers a contract by December 12th he becomes a non-tendered free agent and we get a draft pick when he signs elsewhere. Why Riccardi doesn't go that direction is beyond me. By the way both Kevin Cash and David Bush fit into the same category.
gnorman-you're right-I forgot about Ty who also adds depth in the starters depth chart.
I have some concerns when JP says he might look for a trade for a reclamation type pitcher. I do realize you can never have enough, and if he trades Towers or Banks-no problem. But it's looking like we might have a glut already-so I hope he doesn't trade for someone like Oka and give up one of our real prospects like Purcey, Romero, Cecil, Ty, or some of the other fine pitching talent we have in the lower minors.
If he's so ancious to do a trade-do a deal with Boston for Jed Lowrie. Too bad we let Boston just simply sign Lee Gronkiewicz without getting anything in return. He could have been packaged with Lind and possibly have done that deal. Of course, that means you can't be asleep at the switch and simply let Boston walk in and sign your prospects like they did with Gronkiewicz.
Other catchers who might become available non-tendered free agents are: Geronimo Gil, Robby Hammock, Chris Heintz, Koyie Hill, Pete LaForest, Carlos Maldonado, Adam Melhuse, Corky Miller, Gustavo Molina, Eric Munson, Miguel Olivo, Matt Treanor. So come on Sally do a deal we want ya back
My thinking on what J.P is thinking is… Towers is a reclamation project with the hope he can turn it around and get back to his 05 numbers. Granted he isn't a typical project "good stuff coming off and injury" type guy like Clement but 5th starters fall in the 3-4mil range and would be a great 5th guy with his past numbers.
I don't buy the fact that Litsch is major league ready right now… Whos to say his 90's tops fastball doesn't get lit up next year and we don't have a guy to turn too??? We need depth period. from anyone, since we are bound to have injuries or stuggles.
Well, Tom Glavine doesn't get it past 90 either and he's won over 300 games. Sinker ball pitchers like Glavine and Litsch don't need to throw hard-they just get a lot of ground ball outs.
Towers on the other hand only gets it to 86 or 88 and it's flat with very little movement. That's why, unless Towers has absolutely perfect control and stripes the corners he gets lit up-in a hurry.
With Litsch as most sinker ball guys-there's more room for error than there is with a guy like Towers.
The only time Litsch gets lit up is when he tries to over throw it (just like Glavine)-and loses the sinking action-He went through that spell for 3 games and gave up 14 runs in 10 innings-which is what got his era up to 3.81.
The kid proved himself, when he started in NY and Boston in September, went 14.1 innings against two of the best hitting lineups in baseball and only gave up 2 runs in those two games.
Towers career era over 7 years in the bigs is 4.96, 2005 was his career year-anyone expecting that 2005 performance again is dreaming cause it isn't going to happen.
There is depth behind Litsch-Purcey, Chacin and Taubenheim, and behind them Romero. I'd also prefer Banks over Towers-so count it 5 behind the kid.
One other important point. This year they're contemplating paying Towers $3 million, Litsch will likely be at sub 400K.
LET TOWERS GO!!! Man are JP and Abner that thick,Then again JP has already shown us his propensity for telling lies,maybe we are getting a special edition from him during the off season,,Ian
Tampa traded Delmon Young for Matt Garza. I can't believe TB did that deal. Maybe JP can trade Towers for something of value.
Would Young have ever looked good in a Blue Jays uniform.
Litsch isn't Glavine and to compare the two is a little ridiculous. Glavine makes his living off his changeup without that pitch he would have lasted 1 year maybe. Tust me I hope more than anyone that Litsch turns into a right handed Glavine but its a little too early in his carreer to make those claims. You can never have enough pitching depth and hopefully someone somewhere is interested in Towers for a potential trade down the line
Litsch actually reminds me more of a young Roger Clemens than anyone else. He doesn't throw the heat that Clemens used to, but his build and delivery, and the way he carries himself are very similar.
one must question JP's motives, is he trying to build a team of losers,keeping towers is Madness but then Abner & JP are not exactly Towers of strength either , got to be one of the weakest pairings in the league
would be my choice for 5th starter in that order.Ian


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Denver is known for its various species of beer geeks, outdoor enthusiasts and sports fans. More and more, it's becoming known for its music, and the varied climate of the scene cultivates a diverse cluster of fans, from metalheads to hippies to Juggalos. Here we have the complete Denver music fan field guide. Keep reading, and you'll find colorful illustrations and descriptions of the most common fans in the Mile High City. Consider this a cheat sheet for astute people-watchers to help identify the fans that inhabit our fine city. This edition is new and improved, with brand-new illustrations and descriptions of seven more types of fans, from hip-hop purists and jaded DIY dudes to Fraydians and folk guy, all alphabetized for ease of navigating.
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Backpackers Backpackers are similar to hipsters, but exclusive to the hip-hop world. Backpackers avoid anything viewed as mainstream like the plague. They could have a favorite artist while he's underground, but as soon as he gets on the radio, that artist becomes part of "the problem." Backpackers are especially fond of under-appreciated, usually "conscious" rappers like Aesop Rock, the Roots, Eyedea, Sage Francis, Talib Kweli, Slug and Immortal Technique. They also have an unhealthy love of MF Doom. Burners Burners identify with burning events, where a few days (or weeks) of dance music and art exhibitions culminate in the flame-filled demolition of a wooden structure or art edifice. Burners often have money from ventures outside of their cultural identity, which can be put toward things that might enhance the self-expression of the burner experience. They often refer to Burning Man as "the pilgrimage." These folks want to celebrate art, music and beauty in the middle of the desert, and feel the need to "burn" their conventional self on occasion. Crusties Crust punks travel in packs, and many disregard traditional social norms as a rejection of the government and/or a traditional lifestyle, and in turn, they drift around, sometimes with multiple dogs, clad in black clothing, patches, lackluster personal hygiene, in a group of three or more. You can often find them at DIY shows, events and venues. Many crusties are vegetarian or vegan. Jaded DIY Veteran The DIY newbie often becomes the Jaded DIY Veteran after a ridiculously short period of time. It's usually about two short years of optimism before the door has been opened to another decade of complaining about the DIY "scene," which has inevitably wronged them in some vague way, typically involving an ego trip about not enough people supporting their solo noise act, which is seldom rehearsed or performed outside of their own house. Don't attempt to engage in having an opinion that differs from that of the Jaded DIY Veteran, for they know all and see all. The Feminist Major For anyone who was hoping that gender politics and music could remain separated from one another in this modern world, the feminist major is here to respond with an emphatic no. Rolling out of the college dorms and into the underground, the Feminist Major can be found delicately nodding their head to almost any kind of music featuring a strong female lead. As easy as it would be for many leather-jacket-wearing dude-bros to dismiss these fans as rabid, man-hating lunatics, at the end of the day, you have to admit that gender ratios in the arts are incredibly unbalanced, and they kind of have a point. That still doesn't mean they're going to shave their armpits. Folk Guy Folk Guy is here to tell you exactly why he has all the answers, and why absolutely everyone else on the face of the planet is wrong about absolutely everything. Brace yourself for political pamphlets, invites to anarchist events and an entire set list that's brimming with songs referring to other people's antiquated political slogans thrown haphazardly into the makings of a chorus. Don't hate Folk Guy for his overly sensitive eyebrows and condescending attitude; you would be mad, too, if you'd read one Marx book in high school and then turned it into the text from which you would forever after paraphrase and misquote, then assure yourself of your own intellectual superiority. Although Folk Guy can tell you why cell phones are stupid and why owning a car is murder to the environment, he still owns and uses both on a regular basis to travel to and from his lowly position at a corporation. Fraydians The Fraydians are a fairly placid bunch. They're casual fans of pretty much any modern, middle-of-the-road rock and pop act you can probably list. Put it this way: If a Pandora station were programmed to suit the individual tastes of these folks, the station would primarily consist of the same sort of earnest, reflective and poignant but ultimately banal tunes favored by bands like the Fray -- the kind of songs you're likely to hear at Starbucks or over the speakers at American Eagle Outfitters. These folks are the reason the Triple A and Hot AC formats exist. Goths It's hard to peg someone as goth these days in Denver and elsewhere because, for the most part, the identity has become so crowded with people wearing the stereotypical attire of goths that it's become hard to tell the difference between authentic goths and those in costume. True goths have a pronounced disdain toward society, preferring to be social misfits. These folks might or might not worship Satan. Hippies In 1965, Drop City, one of the first rural artist communes, was formed in southern Colorado. Hippies have been flocking to the state ever since, attracted by the laid-back lifestyle, 300-plus days of sunshine and plethora of farmers' markets. Are you feeling the love? Using crystals to affect your mood? Have you started seeking the source of your problems in the rotations and movement of the planets? Have you ever given a significant chunk of your life to a Phish tour? You, or someone you know, might be a hippie. Hip-Pop Heads These are mainstream-rap fans. These people dig whatever's hot at the time, so their taste is dominated by radio-friendly danceable beats and easily accessible and universal lyrics (generally about partying, going hard in the paint, etc.). You can find them at pretty much any mainstream hip-hop show, from Gucci Mane to Waka Flocka, and (ironically) Independent Records. Hipsters Travel and Leisure named Denver as the tenth-best city for hipsters in the United States. This contemporary subculture has a penchant for the retro and hip, and those who fit the makeup of this species take advantage of Denver's impressive music scene, microbrews and crafting culture. Hipsters have an affinity for fixed-gear bikes and drip coffee. They have sausage casings for pants, possess a general eccentricity in personality and hobbies, and have access to, or knowledge about, things you've never seen or heard of. Chances are pretty good that they're either in a band, want to be in a band, or are dating someone in a band. Juggalos A Juggalo is a devoted fan and follower of Insane Clown Posse (ICP), a clown-loving, Faygo-guzzling hip-hop duo out of Detroit, Michigan. Juggalos come from all walks of life and consider themselves a family. The FBI considers them a gang. They tend to have radical cult-like feelings toward ICP and its other followers, and they can most likely be found donning Hatchet man hockey jerseys and various other paraphernalia and sometimes wearing face paint. Nationally, the best place to see them is at the Gathering of the Juggalos. Locally, you can find them at Skyline Park. Metalheads Metalheads are simply committed listeners of the hardest-rocking genre. The community of metalheads value authenticity within the group by maintaining disinterest in commercial appeal. The musicians themselves maintain a sincere refusal to sell out. Metal dudes have long hair, plenty of leather, motorcycle boots and the need to mosh and headbang. Punks Punk isn't just defined by music; it's defined by an attitude. For the most part, punks oppose the government and are extremely politically aware. Often, they'll emulate the style of members of the Ramones or the Clash -- or they're drunken rabble-rousers in the tradition of bands like NOFX and the Dwarves, who have a pronounced refusal to take shit, are supportive of anarchy and show disdain toward the mainstream. Hip-Hop Purists The Hip-Hop Purist is someone who resists any type of change in the hip-hop genre. Any music that pushes the boundaries of traditional hip-hop is indicative of the death of genre. You can often find them lamenting about the narrowing of hip-hop to rapping and production. The Purist owns a sizable vinyl collection, perhaps with some cassettes and maybe even some 8-tracks, if they're super-old-school. They won't listen to anything past the '90s, though the hip-hop purists before them ironically considered the '90s the death of hip-hop. Look for these cats at cyphers, park jams, open mics and other places where the seeds of hip-hop are sowed. Ravers There's a reason that Denver is one of only four stops on the Global Dance Festival tour, and that's because electronic dance music has made a home here. The scene is strong, and ravers can enjoy the multitude of electronic artists that come through town and feel comfortable donning neon American Apparel to their heart's delight. (See also: PLUR.) Ravers plan their years around shows like STS9 at Red Rocks, Camp Bisco, Skylab and Caffeine. Ravers wear old festival bracelets and newly beaded bracelets. They keeps a supply of glow sticks handy. Neutral colors have been nixed from their closets. Rockabillies Holy pompadour! If you're somewhere where they play the old-school blues rock of the '50s, you're likely to run into a rockabilly revivalist, a member of the culture that idealizes -- and emulates -- the nostalgia, fashion and music of the 1950s. (See also: Greaser.) These folks have Immaculate hairdos, rolled cuffs, Chuck Taylors, and a car that pre-dates the plot of The Outsiders. You can generally find Rockabillies at places like Rockabillies (duh), the Skylark, old car garages and various retro watering holes.
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FS#28 - #debug message not displayed.
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Last edited by William F Pokorny (wfpokorny) - Saturday, 10 December 2016, 14:46 GMT
The #debug message stream is only being flushed when it hits a newline character,
#debug "This line prints,\n but this line doesn't."
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This is a known issue; I think a convention of flushing the #debug stream at the end of each #debug statement is a reasonable idea.
No: doing so would defeat the purpose of having buffered debug output in the first place. Instead, a single, forced flush right before the render starts should be enough.
In 3.6 some macros produced a progress bar by printing dashes.
If you only flush the buffer before render then those progress bars will be broken.
If you are worried about buffers because of file redirection, then it makes sense performance wise to actually redirect output to a file buffer, then only flush the file buffer when it's full, and at end of the render.
For the message window display it makes sense to flush after each #debug command.
In 3.6 some macros produced a progress bar by printing dashes.
This did not work in 3.6 either, the buffering was included there already. One intelligent way to restore a meaningful progress output would be to implement a smart handling of "\r" (backslash-r) that would be detected by the debug message printing code and convert them into progress messages handled similar to the parser token progress messages. This could be implemented i.e. by appending any #debug stream message that ends with a backslash-r to the parser progress message display. Regular text stream output would remain as is, meaning only the last "progress debug" message before the next new backslash-n would be printed. This would reduce output of debug message junk to log files (if used), yet it would also permit meaningful progress reporting from inside the SDL.
- Field changed: Status (Assigned → Tracked on GitHub)
Now tracked on github as issue #172.


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Every week, a DIY expert spares us a trip to the grocery store and shows us how to make small batches of great foods at home.
Today, Alana Chernila of Eating From the Ground Up shows us how to make our own yogurt. Alana is the author of The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making.
What is the food that everyone can, should, and wants to make at home? I get that question a lot, and my answer is yogurt. We all have our own preferences with tang, flavor, and consistency, and as soon as you jump into the enchanted world of home dairy culturing, the perfect yogurt can be yours. Even more? Homemade yogurt is fresher, better for you, easier to make than you might think, and an absolute money saver.
My hope here is to put everything I know about making yogurt at home in one place. First, I'll lay out the basic process and science of the process, and then I'll offer three different methods to make yogurt at home. I know there are many yogurt methods and people who make yogurt! So please, feel free to jump in and let us all know how you make yogurt at home or ask any questions that come up for you in your own kitchen.
In the interest of full disclosure here, I'll tell you that yogurt tends to be a gateway for making other foods at home. Once those cultures work their magic in your own kitchen, I can't predict what you might want to make next. Don't say I didn't warn you.
What you need:
1. Milk: Good milk makes good yogurt. Ideally, use the freshest, most local milk you can find, but any milk (of any fat content) will work, as long as it is not labeled "ultra pasteurized."2. Culture: You can use either a dry powdered culture available online or you can just use plain store-bought yogurt. If you are using plain yogurt, make sure that it is not past its expiration date and that it has some long names of active cultures such as lactobacillus bulgaricus or lactobacillus acidophilis listed on the side of the tub. After you make your first batch of yogurt, you can use your own yogurt as a starter for several generations of yogurt before starting again with a new store-bought or powdered starter.
The Process:
1. Heat the milk to 185 degrees F. You can measure this with a thermometer, or you can do the brave finger test: dip a finger in and it should be too hot to touch, but not boiling. This process of heating and cooling the milk helps the yogurt to firm up when it cultures.
2. Cool the milk back down to 110 degrees F (or comfortably warm on your finger). You can do this by just letting it sit, or you can place the pot into an ice bath.
3. Add the culture. Whisk either the store-bought yogurt or powdered culture with a bit of the warm milk — then whisk the culture mixture into the rest of the warm milk.
4. Pour the mixture into the container in which you'll be culturing the milk (the container of the yogurt maker, the crockpot, or the jar). You want to keep this container warm so that the liquid inside can stay at about 110 degrees F for several hours.
5. Let it sit for 5 to 7 hours, or until relatively firm. Then refrigerate for at least 2 hours before eating.
Three methods for home yogurt making:
1. Yogurt maker: Most yogurt makers use electricity to do the job of keeping the milk at 110 degrees for you. Look for one like this that cultures the milk in glass containers. Heat 4 to 5 cups milk (for most yogurt makers) in a large saucepan to 185 degrees F. Allow to cool to 110 degrees F. Combine ½ cup plain yogurt OR 3 tablespoons powdered starter with a bit of the warm milk, and whisk the mixture into the rest of the milk. (Note: to see how much powdered starter you need, follow the directions of that particular starter.) Transfer small cups of the yogurt maker and let culture for 5 to 7 hours, or until set. Refrigerate for 2 hours before eating. This method is good for people who want to make smaller amounts of yogurt, or who want cute little cups of yogurt for lunch boxes.
2. Crockpot: This method takes longer, but with very little active time. It's great for people who want to make a lot of yogurt at once. Heat the milk directly in the crockpot on the high setting until it reaches 185 degrees F. Depending on your crockpot, this will take 1 to 2 hours. Unplug the crockpot and shift the lid so that heat can escape, letting it sit until the mixture goes back down to 110 degrees F. This will take another 1 to 2 hours. Add the starter to the milk (first whisking powdered starter or plain yogurt into a bit of warm milk, then adding it to the crock pot). Keeping the crockpot unplugged, replace the cover and wrap the whole thing in a warm blanket. Let it sit for 5 to 7 hours, or until firm. Most crockpots will hold ½ gallon of milk, for which you should use about ¾ cup yogurt or 1 to 4 tablespoons powdered starter (again, following the directions on your starter when it comes to quantity).
3. Jar in a warm place: Follow the method for the yogurt maker. Pour the warm milk and culture into a large jar.Place in an oven with the pilot light on, or in a spot near a burning wood stove. Or alternatively, wrap it in a towel, then put it into an insulated cooler.Let sit for 5 to 7 hours, or until set.
Variations:Make raw milk yogurt: (Note that raw milk can be used for any of these methods, but this is how to keep it raw by heating it to a lower temperature.) Instead of heating the milk to 185 degrees F, only heat the milk to 110 degrees F. Add the culture immediately and continue as above. Raw milk yogurt can be a bit runnier than yogurt made with milk heated to 185 degrees F, and if you prefer a firmer yogurt, add about ½ cup dry milk powder for every 4 cups milk when you add the culture.
Make flavored yogurt: Heat jam to 110 degrees, and spoon it into the bottom of the container before adding the milk mixture. You can also add maple syrup, vanilla, or a mixture of cocoa powder and sugar or instant coffee and sugar to the milk when you add the culture. (If you're making flavored yogurt, it's good to make a small bit of plain as well so that you have plain yogurt for your next batch.)
Make Greek yogurt: Line a colander with cheese cloth, and pour the finished yogurt through the cheese cloth, being sure to catch the whey in a bowl. Let drain for about 30 minutes, or until the yogurt is a good texture for you. (Be prepared to have much less yogurt than you started with!) Yogurt whey, the liquid that drains from the yogurt, is especially good to drink. I like to combine 3 cups cold whey with the juice of 1 lemon or lime, 1 tablespoon maple syrup, and ¼ teaspoon ground cardamom. This creates a delicious and refreshing drink with just enough cardamom to make it exotic.
1. My yogurt didn't set! Try a new kind of milk or culture. Your milk might have been ultra pasteurized, or your yogurt might not have active cultures anymore.
2. I don't like the taste/texture of my yogurt! Try a different culture. Every combination of cultures creates a different kind of yogurt. My favorite store-bought yogurt to use as a culture is Fage Greek yogurt, but look around and you'll find the right culture for you.
3. My yogurt got moldy within 10 days! Make sure that all your receptacles and utensils are very clean. Yogurt should stay good for 3 to 4 weeks, unless unwanted bacteria is introduced into the process through unclean materials.
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chris RQZ necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 98 diseños de 24 diseñadores freelance.
Vanity Girl Hollywood
Vanity Girl Hollywood™ was created with one simple mission in mind: to bring a little piece of Hollywood glamour to women throughout the United States and Canada. A little backstage moment before you hit the day running, if you will. We accomplish this by doing one thing (and doing it glamorously): creating lighted Hollywood-style vanities and mirrors. Just like the ones you see backstage at a runway show or on a high-fashion photo shoot.
Founded in 2008 by Maxine Tatlonghari, this hot new brand has already achieved great buzz including becoming a supplier for the 2010 Olympic Games, coverage in cnbc.com, testimonials from leading makeup artists and mentions throughout the blogosphere. We've lit up the faces of some of the world's most glamorous women including Kim Kardashian, Mariah Carey, Carrie Underwood and Jennifer Love Hewitt. Vanity Girl signature pop-up vanity bars can be seen at some of Hollywood's hottest events including the Golden Globes Lounge, Sundance and ABC7's Extreme Homemakeover parties.
Made in America
Vanity Girl Hollywood™ is headquartered in West Hollywood, CA. Our lighted vanities and mirrors are proudly made in Los Angeles by Versa Products Inc™. As a leader in American furniture manufacturing, this company boasts an impressive client list and green manufacturing practices. They are best known for making the VersaTable. Visit Versa Products Inc.™, for more information.
We need a brand new website front page redesign because our current site is outdated. It's platform is big commerce. We have two successful products and are very social media driven.
-Fun, lively
-Light colors
-Simple and clean
-We want our products and call to actions to be primary focus
What we would like on the front page:
-Contact information in header
-Company propositions
-Our products and convincing selling points with call to action buy buttons
-Chat section has to show (maybe name it something more creative and less "sales person")
-Social media tag (Instagram)
-Intro to blog section
Additional things you can include:
-Youtube review section
-About Us
Our company propositions:
-30 day full refund satisfaction guarantee
-lifetime warranty
-all our products are made in the united states in our los angeles facility!
We love simple, modern, and elegant designs with parallax scrolling that has storytelling/selling points. Please also include how it would look on mobile. We don't like drastic mobile views, and want the desktop layout to look similar to mobile. Good luck!
-Please don't use our current sliders (we are not a fan of them)
-Do not all caps the header navigation
-Colored navigation bars
-Patterned backgrounds
-black backgrounds
-black/gold combinations
-Header section shouldn't be too tall as we want more room for the products
Please look into our website: http://www.vanitygirlhollywood.com for content. Our logo (ai file) is attached. You can remove the border and change the colors. We want to stray away from the hot pink if possible. Thank you!
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In creating a Facebook Page for myself, it has afforded me the chance to try something on Facebook that I've been wanting to do for awhile: create an ad and run it. (I have similar designs to do one on Google since I read Eric Hellman's eBook pirating post, but that will wait another month.) I took it as a great opportunity to run an ad experiment and see how it turns out. Perhaps experiment is the wrong term here; that would imply a hypothesis and controlled variables. However, I'd like to get a dataset and use it as a starting point for further refinement. So, perhaps it is more of an adventure than an experiment, but that doesn't mean that discovery doesn't happen.
That's the ad I designed on the right. I thought leaving the same title and picture as my Facebook Page would be a good start. The only part of the ad that I was uncertain about was the wording of the ad. There are not many times in your life when you are sitting at the keyboard of your computer and pondering the question, "What kind of wording would entice people to click on my ad that features my name and part of my face?" I made a few attempts at some different phrasings (there is a character limit on the ad), but this one seemed like the one that made the most amount of sense considering the content of the Facebook Page. This isn't a complete sell on the content, but just a bread crumb trail to the main course. So, with the wording done, I moved onto the next section.
Here's where you get to figure out who you want to see your ads. I set it for the United States without designating a specific area. My low end age would be 23, the youngest age that someone could graduate with a Master's degree. Gender didn't matter, so I left it as 'all'. You can target people by their interests and likes; I was rather unoriginal and picked two words "libraries" and "librarians" as my two words. (It should be noted that as you click on buttons and write in words, there is a sidebar that recalculates how many people your ads could potentially reach.) This brought the number down from 137 million to roughly 250,000 people; for some perspective, according to the ALA there are 150,000 librarians in the US and 192,000 other library staff. (It should be also be noted that keywords operate on an OR settings. In other words, it will gather up anyone who has libraries OR librarians as a like or interest in their profile.) Sounds like I'm in the right ballpark, so I moved on. You can choose to target certain connections or non-connections on Facebook. I opted to pick people who not already connected to my Facebook page, lowering my potential reach ever so slightly. I skipped by some of the advanced targeted features (no, I don't want to target people on their birthdays, thank you) and went down to the pricing.
And here's where I had to get my wallet out. You can set your budget limit on either a lifetime basis or a per diem. Since this was an experiment, I opted for a budget of $30. I picked a date range starting on December 1st and running to December 28th, a four week period. I figured that was a reasonable price over a reasonable time period to see how this works and then fiddle with it. You can buy ads a couple of different ways: you were pay by the click on the ad or by the number of impressions (read: times the ad is run). The clicks are a set amount, but you buy impressions by increments of one thousand. You can see the advantages and disadvantages of each: pay per click is more expensive but you only pay for anyone who acts on the ad versus pay per impression where I can generate thousands of ads and hope that someone picks my ad.
Since you bid on ad space, this brings up a whole new predicament; you have to set a maximum bid you would offer for advertising space. You can go with the suggested bid (a safe move), use a higher bid to ensure more coverage and more advertising risk, or use a lower bid that is budget friendly but possibly not going to run as much. Since this is an experiment, I opted for the suggested maximum bid and just let it fly. This was $0.71 for 1,000 impressions, a decent number considering the scope of this endeavor as well as the duration. I wanted to see what this would look like over time, so I went with it.
So, after ponying up my credit card and doing the other Facebook 'paperwork', my ad was submitted for approval by their ad team. In an hour or so, I got the approval email. And so, I hopped on the advertising interface to see what it looks like when it's all done. Here's a screenshot of the impending campaign.
Since it started on Wednesday, I've checked on a couple of times. The early data is that my average bid is coming in much lower than my maximum bid; my maximum bid is $.71 and my average bid is $.19. At present, the 11,508 times the ad has been displayed and a total of 8 people have clicked on it. I've roughly spent a quarter for each click.
Naturally, I'll be following this as the month goes on. I'm jotting down some notes to see how things pan out, so I'll see. I'll certainly be doing a blog write-up on this when it is complete. In the meantime, I'm curious if anyone has seen library or library related ads on Facebook.
(I sheepishly admit that I have an ad blocker on Chrome and Firefox, therefore defeating my own advertising purposes. I wonder how much of a factor that is for the ads that run.)


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Martial Arts "Birthday Parties"
The origin and history of Martial Arts is a controversial issue. One can see signs of martial arts in Egyptian, Greek, African, Japanese, Chinese, Thai, as well as other cultures.
The first fighting systems on earth probably evolved alongside humans because mankind must have always had a need to defend himself against animals, as well as against his fellow man. Ancient murals and sculptures show fighting poses from Egypt, India and Babylon dating from as far back as 5,000 years ago. The martial arts as we know them probably did not evolve until systems of offensive and defensive skills were devised in or imported into China. These fighting skills were combined with intangible elements such as compassion, discipline and self-control.


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You are about to start signing up for a random lottery chance to be selected to register for the 2015 Boston Light Swim. The lottery signup will be open for 14 days. After that time everyone who has signed up will be entered into a lottery pool and randomly selected to fill the spots in the 2015 event. Upon being selected from the lottery pool you will be automatically charged the registration fee.Good luck.
The Boston Light Swim has been a local tradition since 1907, the Boston Light Swim is the oldest open-water swim marathon in the United States of America. Participants begin the race in the water at Boston Light on Little Brewster and continue past George's Island and Rainsford Island, under the Long Island Bridge, around Thompson's Island, finishing 8 miles later at the L Street Bathhouse in South Boston. This swim is perfect for individuals who would like to try a cold water ocean swim. Many swimmers in the past have used this swim to prepare for an English Channel crossing. The 8 mile swim is a non-wetsuit event.
Each swimmer must be 18 years old or older on the day of the swim.
Swimmers will be required to have swum the BLS in the past 2 years OR show proof of a long distance, open-water swim of at least 2.4 miles within one year of the event. Each swimmer should be able to swim a mile in under 37 minutes.
In addition to the eligibility requirements, each swimmer is also responsible for supplying his or her own support person and motorized escort boat with a marine radio (no rowboats, canoes, or kayaks allowed unless used as secondary support).
Each solo swimmer must have 1-2 support crew and they will be required to attend the pre-race meeting on Friday (someone on the escort boat to help you prepare for the swim, watch out for your safety, and help you with your feeding schedule).
No wetsuits will be allowed for inclusion in official results.
For the 2013 and subsequent races, we will be enforcing cutoff times along the course as part of our safety procedures.
Swimmers must be at:1. Rainsford Island (42.314433, -70.952067; +42° 18' 51.96", -70° 57' 7.44") within 2 hours of starting the swim2. Long Island (42.309623, -70.974574; +42° 18' 34.64", -70° 58' 28.47") within 3 hours3. Thompsen Island (42.322267, -70.998743; +42° 19' 20.16", -70° 59' 55.47") within 4 hours4. At the finish (42.32862, -71.033295; +42° 19' 43.03", -71° 1' 59.86") within 5 hours.(GPS coordinates are in both decimal and degrees/minutes/seconds)
We reserve the right to pull you from the race at these pre-designated points if you are not swimming quickly enough to meet these cutoff times, but will review each situation on a case-by-case basis. The aim is not to penalize slower swimmers, but rather to ensure everyone's safety.
There will be a 5-hour time limit on the course (the event will conclude at 12:00 pm).
All fees are non-refundable! Due to the nature and complexity of this event, refunds will not be issued for any reason, including if the event is cancelled.


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(AP) -- An appeals court says federal officials should have consulted wildlife agencies about potential harm to a tiny, threatened fish before issuing contracts for water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
An 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Wednesday ruled that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation violated the Endangered Species Act when it failed to consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Service in renewing 41 contracts a decade ago. The appeals court sent the case back to a trial judge for further proceedings.
The ruling arises from one of several lawsuits filed by environmentalists seeking to protect the Delta smelt. The ruling won't affect water flows since protections for the smelt were kept in place during the lawsuit.


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Records of the Malagash Salt Mine Workers' Union and the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers' International Union, Local 9-823
- MS-9-29, Microfilm Box 1
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File contains two microfilm reels with ca. 550 pages of records from the Malagash Salt Mine Worker's Union and the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union, Local 9-823 (1937-1946; 1958-1968). Materials include Malagash Salt Mine W...
Malagash Salt Miners Unions.


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Detecting Diphthongs in Spanish
Diphthong means double sound. The Spanish word is diptongo (deep-tohn-goh). Diptongos are the combination of two vowels, from the Spanish-speaking point of view. For instance, the vowels i and o combine to make io as in patio (pah-teeoh) (courtyard or patio).
Diptongos are always made up of a weak and a strong vowel. Calling vowels "weak" or "strong" is a convention of the Spanish language. The convention comes from the fact that the so-called strong vowel is always dominant in the diphthong. To the Spanish speaker, i and u are weak vowels, leaving a, e, and o as strong ones.
To visualize this weak or strong concept, consider a piccolo flute and a bass horn. The sound of the piccolo is definitely more like the Spanish i and u, while the base horn sounds more like the Spanish a, e, and especially o.
Joining the weak to the strong
Any combination of one strong and one weak vowel is a diptongo, which means they belong together in the same syllable. In fact, they're not only together, they're stuck like superglue; they can't be separated.
In the diptongo, the stress falls on the strong vowel. An accent mark alerts you when the stress falls on the normally weak vowel. In the combination of two weak vowels, the stress is on the second one.
Try these examples of diphthongs:
bueno (bvooeh-noh) (good)
cuando (kooahn-doh) (when)
fiar (feeahr) (sell on credit)
fuera (fooeh-rah) (outside)
suizo (sooee-soh) (Swiss)
viudo (bveeoo-doh) (widower)
Separating the strong from the strong
When two strong vowels are combined, they don't form a diphthong. Instead, the vowels retain their separate values, so you must put them into separate syllables. Here are some examples:
aorta (ah-ohr-tah) (aorta, just as in English!)
feo (feh-oh) (ugly)
marea (mah-reh-ah) (tide)
mareo (mah-reh-oh) (dizziness)


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On Hiatus
[READ PAGES OF "ALONE" AHEAD OF SCHEDULE BY SUPPORTING HERE: www.patreon.com/oliveoilcorp] "Alone" is a series of vignettes depicting the budding relationship between Jack, a widower and quiet owner of a diner, and Sarah, the lively new owner of the coffee shop next door.The comic explores both of their lives before and after finding each other, as well as the ways in which their pasts interfere with their present relationship. Alone contains/will explore themes of death, mourning, substance abuse and navigating queer/minority identities. "Alone" contains instances of strong language. This is a mirror site for Alone and other stories created by me. You can find Alone with the most current page here: http://alone-comic.com/


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How it works
Tokenize columns in production databases and in copies of databases before they are shared with third-party developers and big data environments.
Dynamic Data Masking
Administrators can establish policies that determine the dynamic masking approach: Return an entire field tokenized or dynamically mask only parts of a field. For example, security teams can establish policies so those with customer service representative credentials will only receive credit card numbers with the last four digits visible, while customer service supervisors can access the full credit card number.
Easy Implementation
IBM Guardium for Tokenization's format-preserving tokenization capabilities allow organizations to restrict access to sensitive assets without changing the existing database schema. A REST API implementation makes it fast, simple, and efficient for application developers to institute sophisticated tokenization capabilities.
IBM Guardium for Tokenization helps organizations comply with security policies and regulatory mandates like PCI DSS, Sarbanes Oxley, HIPAA, the GDPR, and more.
How customers use it
Technical details
Software requirements
Guardium for Tokenization requires a virtual data security module (DSM) virtual appliance depolyed on a VMWare hypervisor (ESXi Server 5.5 or higher) and a Tokenization virtual appliance deployed on a VMWare hypervisor (ESXi Server 5.5 or higher) .
The DSM virtual appliance may require additional resources based on the number of agents that are being managed.
Applications or Databases that need tokenized data are required to make REST API calls to the Tokenization virtual appliance (server) to receive tokenized objects. The following minimum requirements should be followed:
- DSM Number of CPU Cores: 2 (min) and 6 (recommended)
- DSM RAM: 4-16 GB minimum
- DSM Hard Disk space: 100-200 GB
- Tokenization server CPU cores: 4
- Tokenization server RAM: 16 GB (min) and 24 GB (recommended)
- Tokenization server Hard Disk Space: 100 GB
Hardware requirements
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NES-ZIONA, Israel, Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PROLOR Biotech, Inc. (NYSE MKT: PBTH) today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a notice of allowance for a patent application covering the company's long-acting reversible-pegylation technology (RPeg). Upon issuance, the new patent will provide added intellectual property protection, including additional compositions and configurations of long-acting drug product, in addition to the already-issued U.S. patent covering the RPeg platform. PROLOR licensed the RPEG technology platform from Yeda R&D Ltd., the commercial arm of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. The company expects this new U.S. patent will be issued in the next few months.
PROLOR is using its RPeg technology to develop long-acting therapeutic peptides and small molecules. RPeg's expected key competitive advantage is its unique ability to enable development of long-acting drugs that target the brain and must therefore be able to penetrate the blood-brain barrier. The RPeg technology has been shown in animal models to significantly enhance the half-life and improve the biological activity of a variety of peptides and small molecules, including compounds that need to cross the blood-brain barrier, such as the appetite suppressant peptide PYY, PROLOR's GLP-1/Glucagon dual receptor agonist MOD-6030 in development for obesity and type 2 diabetes, and the diabetes-related compound exendin-4, the blood pressure controlling hormone ANP and the intravenous antibiotic drug gentamicin.
PROLOR Biotech, Inc. is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company applying unique technologies, including patented CTP technology and its long-acting reversible-pegylation technology, primarily to develop longer-acting proprietary versions of already approved therapeutic proteins that currently generate billions of dollars in annual global sales. The CTP technology is applicable to virtually all proteins. PROLOR is developing a long-acting version of human growth hormone, which successfully completed a Phase II clinical trial. It also is developing long-acting versions of Factor VIIa and Factor IX for hemophilia and a GLP-1/Glucagon dual receptor agonist peptide for diabetes and obesity, all of which are in preclinical development. For more information, visit http://www.prolor-biotech.com.
Safe Harbor Statement: This press release contains forward-looking statements, which may be identified by words such as "expects," "plans," "projects," "will," "may," "anticipates," "believes," "should," "would", "intends," "estimates," "suggests," "has the potential to" and other words of similar meaning, including statements regarding the results of current clinical studies and preclinical experiments and the effectiveness of PROLOR's long-acting protein programs, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may affect PROLOR's business and prospects, including the risks that PROLOR may not succeed in generating any revenues or developing any commercial products, including any long-acting versions of human growth hormone, erythropoietin, interferon beta, GLP-1 and other products; that the long-acting products in development may fail, may not achieve the expected results or effectiveness and/or may not generate data that would support the approval or marketing of these products for the indications being studied or for other indications; that ongoing studies may not continue to show substantial or any activity; that the actual dollar amount of any grants from Israel's Office of the Chief Scientist is uncertain and is subject to policy changes of the Israeli government, and that such grants may be insufficient to assist with product development; and other risks and uncertainties that may cause results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. The results of clinical trials in humans may produce results that differ significantly from the results of clinical and other trials in animals. The results of early-stage trials may differ significantly from the results of more developed, later-stage trials. The development of any products using the CTP platform technology could also be affected by a number of other factors, including unexpected safety, efficacy or manufacturing issues, additional time requirements for data analyses and decision making, the impact of pharmaceutical industry regulation, the impact of competitive products and pricing and the impact of patents and other proprietary rights held by competitors and other third parties. In addition to the risk factors described above, investors should consider the economic, competitive, governmental, technological and other factors discussed in PROLOR's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date the statements were made, and we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements, except as required under applicable law.
Shai Novik, President
Barbara Lindheim
PROLOR Biotech, Inc.
BLL Partners, LLC
Tel: +1 866 644-7811
+1 212 584-2276
Email: [email protected]
SOURCE PROLOR Biotech, Inc.


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Rob Garver served as a national correspondent for The Fiscal Times, based in Washington, D.C., from 2013 to 2017. A longtime reporter on the intersection of the federal government and the private sector, he previously reported on the FDA's botched oversight of drug trials for ProPublica and worked as senior researcher for Bob Woodward during the writing of Woodward's New York Times bestselling book, The Price of Politics. Garver holds a master's degree in public policy from Georgetown University and a bachelor's degree from the University of Vermont.
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RIM BlackBerry Torch 9800 is a phone for all those customers who wanted something of both worlds – a multi-touch screen and RIM's renown QWERTY keyboard design. The device will feature a 3.2-inch touchscreen with a resolution of 360x480 pixels (not exactly groundbreaking stuff), 512MB RAM, 5MP camera, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and quad-band 3G. The design and hardware of the BlackBerry Torch seem great for the most part, but equally impressive should be the software that will be employed in the new smartphone. First before most we should mention the brand new web browser that will support tabs and pinch-to-zoom. RIM's acclaimed messaging/email prowess are of course present, along with much improved social networking and multimedia capabilities, which will all be part of the new BlackBerry 6 operating system that will be powering the Torch.


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Types of tea
All types of tea derive from the same plant, the tea plant Camellia sinensis L. Kuntze. Depending on the further ... read more
Quality Assurance
In order to guarantee true tea pleasure, the tea industry consequently applies a series of quality control measures. ... read more
Quality assurance
Herbal and Fruit Infusions have to undergo a series of quality control measures prior to being marketed. Not only the final ... read more
Tea as well as herbal and fruit infusions are natural products which offer a broad variety of tastes and flavours. These beverages have become firmly established as part of the European way of life and are associated with culture, lifestyle and well-being. As commercial good they connect people all over the world.


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