![]() Giving Lindsay Lohan $100,000. Not many people would give Lindsay Lohan the benefit of the doubt in 2013. Sheen and his party were perfect guests and thoroughly enjoyed their trip to Scotland and Loch Ness," she told the U.K.'s The Mirror."They had a wonderful and relaxing time but unfortunately didn't see any sign of Nessie, although I'm sure they'll be back in the future to try again."ħ. Lavinia Turner, general manager of the Aldourie Castle Estate where Sheen and co. ![]() In July 2013, TMZreported that Sheen took two friends on a private jet to Scotland, where they took only a bottle of scotch out on a rented boat in search of the creature. Related: Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen Come Together for Daughter's BirthdayĦ. Although Richards had a restraining order against him after they first split, she's now bringing up his girls and, at times, has even taken in his twin sons with another ex-wife, Brooke Mueller, while Mueller was dealing with substance abuse. Good times! Despite the public jab, Sheen must feel somewhat grateful for the mother of Sam, now 11, and 10-year-old Lola. Sheen also referred to his daughter's mom as the "worst mother alive" and a lot more not worth repeating in an "open letter to the media" on his website. One day they're on vacation together, the next he's calling her a "washed up piglet shame pile" on social media, like he did this year on Father's Day. Sheen and Richards, who was his wife from 2002 to 2006, have had a rocky relationship for years. make me proud." The school responded with a statement noting that officials were "concerned." Um, can you blame them?ĥ. "It's on! if you have a rotted egg a roll of toilet paper or some dog sh** I urge u to deliver it with "extreme prejudice" to their KamPuss run by trolls and charlatans. "My daughter Sam was bullied out of Viewpoint school and then called a liar," he ranted to his 9.1 million followers. After his then 9-year-old daughter Sam (with ex-wife Denise Richard) was bullied at school, Sheen issued what he termed a "legitimate call to arms" via Twitter. Asking his Twitter followers to attack children. ![]() I still have a tremendous fondness for Scotty and I wish her all the best."Ĥ. I've decided that my children deserve my focus more than a relationship does right now. "She's a terrific gal - but we've mutually decided to go our separate ways and not spend the rest of our lives together. "Scotty and I had a great year together as we traveled the world and crossed a lot of things off our bucket list," he explained in a statement issued a month before the wedding was scheduled to take place. Charlie Sheen, but the wedding never happened. Rossi - who began using the name Scottine Sheen - would have been the fourth Mrs. Related: Charlie Sheen's Ex-Fiancée Brett Rossi Goes on Twitter Tirade About Him, Hookers, and Drugs "If Trump will hv me I'd be his VP in a heartbeat! #TrumpSheen16," he wrote. While the Major League star had bashed Trump before, calling him "a shame pile of idiocy" and more, he had obviously changed his mind. Actor Owen Wilson compared volatile Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to Sheen in an August interview, sending Sheen straight to Twitter. Volunteering to serve as vice president under President Donald Trump. 3, we look back at a few of the post-meltdown things he's done that raised eyebrows.ġ. "That was an episode."īut Sheen's behavior continues to be far from the norm. "I'm not crazy any more," he said during a press conference to promote his new project for FX, the appropriately titled Anger Management. Of course, he bounced back from that and by 2012 had come to laugh about it. He was the best example of the word (at least publicly) in his 2011 meltdown, when he was "winning" and calling everyone "trolls" in a bizarre series of events that ended with him being fired from the hit CBS show Two and a Half Men. He often evokes the first definition that the Merriam-Webster Dictionary provides for the word: "exceeding the limits of what is usual." The word "outrageous" is thrown around a lot, but it's never more appropriate than when describing actor Charlie Sheen.
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![]() ![]() This news organization prizes strong journalism that serves readers, and the 127-person team is young, scrappy, and hungry to grow the BDN’s journalism, capacity. Events for January 2024 Arts & Entertainment Bangor Daily News. View daily Slate Belt area weather updates, watch videos and photos, join the forum discussions at. A 132-year-old business owned by one family, the Bangor Daily News increasingly serves the entire state with an earlier shift to digital than most midsize papers. The Class AA North and South semifinals and finals will be held at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, while the Class A South and B South quarterfinals, semifinals and championship games will be held at the Portland Expo. Get the latest Slate Belt news, sports and entertainment from Bangor, Pen Argyl, Wind Gap, PA. With the exception of Class AA, quarterfinal contests begin Friday in Bangor, Portland and Augusta. Grant’s crews will be doing the 24 quarterfinal games in Bangor and the 16 in Portland while NFHS will be responsible for the 24 in Augusta. “ tells us what they want, how they want the broadcasts to go and we use their graphics and everything.” Mainer’s popular Dream Chaser Lures are hooking fish and anglers alike. “We are a true sub-contractor in that way,” Grant said. The 88-year-old challenging the legend of LL Bean’s iconic boot. The site has a long wooden walkway that leads over a marshy area to the lighthouse, which itself is shorter than many in the state with a tower height of 23 feet (seven meters).There is a monthly fee of $10 for the WHOU livestreams and $11.99 a month to subscribe to NFHS Network.įred Grant, the owner and chief executive officer for North Maine Media Inc., the parent company of WHOU (100.1 FM in Houlton), said in addition to the regional semifinals and finals, his on-air talent and crews will be working many of the quarterfinal games for NFHS. The lighthouse is active as a Coast Guard aid to navigation. BANGOR The City of Bangor and Food & Medicine Transportation for All is hosting a Transit Driver Appreciation Event in Pickering Square on Friday, March 17 at 12 p.m. It’s located in a small town of about 450 people located about 40 miles (64 kilometers) up the coast from Portland, the largest city in the state. The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Castine will be joining the Ellsworth Unitarian Universalist Church for worship this Sunday, Sept. McLean said the group has been working with local authorities in the aftermath of the collapse.ĭoubling Point Lighthouse has stood since the late 19th century and is located on the Kennebec River. This is a wonderful after-school activity for kids who are interested in developing their artistic skills and experimenting. The website of Friends of Doubling Point Light directed visitors to a message that said the lighthouse was “closed to visitors until further notice” on Sunday. Karen McLean, a member of the Friends of Doubling Point Light, said the group intends to repair the lighthouse, but there is no timeframe to do that yet. Explore all upcoming bangor daily news events in Bangor, Maine, find information & tickets for upcoming bangor daily news events happening in Bangor, Maine. “It was a team effort,” said Cummings, whose department is in a small city a few miles away. He said numerous public safety safety departments responded to the scene. May 14, Hammond Street Congregational Church, Hammond and High streets. Cruise ship docks early in Bangor ahead of. Maine news, sports, politics, election results, and obituaries. The collapse of the bridge happened at low tide and caused some of the victims to fall eight to ten feet, and they landed in a somewhat rocky mudflat below, Cummings said. BANGOR Indoor yard, bake and plant sale, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. BDN EVENTS Community News Manage Account. We have been working with Cam and his agent to find the best fit for him moving forward and he will always be a Carolina Panther in our hearts." "Every year difficult decisions are made and they are never easy. "One of the distinct pleasures of my career was selecting Cam with the first pick in the 2011 draft," he said. Panthers general manager Marty Hurney issued a statement on Tuesday about Newton. Newton, who holds most of Carolina's career passing records, missed 14 games last season with the Lisfranc injury and the final two games of the 2018 season with a shoulder injury that also required surgery. The Panthers have been to the playoffs only once since then, a wild-card loss to the Saints in 2017. Newton was the NFL MVP in 2015 when he led the Panthers to the Super Bowl, a 24-10 loss to Denver. His rehab has gone well and a league source told ESPN that he was on track to fully participate in a June minicamp before the coronavirus pandemic forced the NFL to suspend offseason programs. Newton, who will turn 31 in May, continues to rehab from foot surgery that was performed in December. That his deal will cost about what the Panthers would have owed Newton in the last year of his contract is a plus, in that it doesn't restrict a team that entered free agency with just over $30 million in salary-cap space. Bridgewater's understanding of Brady's system, which is expected to closely resemble what the Saints did, gives him the advantage of experience that Carolina's other young quarterbacks don't have. This is significant, particularly with the NFL suspending offseason workouts indefinitely as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. New Panthers offensive coordinator Joe Brady worked with Bridgewater during his two years as an offensive assistant with the Saints before taking over as LSU's passing game coordinator last year. The former first-round pick of the Vikings has been slowly boosting his stock since a knee injury cost him almost two full seasons (2016-17). Pro Bowl tight end Greg Olsen, who parted ways with the Panthers in January after nine seasons, responded to Newton's comment on Instagram with one of his own: "Sounds familiar."īridgewater has been a hot commodity since he had a strong showing while filling in for the injured Drew Brees in New Orleans last season. Bridgewater went 5-0 as a starter, saving a promising season. Please do not try and play me or manipulate the narrative and act like I wanted this. I love the Panthers to death and will always love you guys. That news came hours after Newton responded to the team's post on Instagram saying that he could seek a trade. The contract is expected to be done by the time the new league year begins Wednesday, the source said. On the same day the Carolina Panthers gave Cam Newton permission to seek a trade that he says he didn't ask for, the team agreed to give free-agent quarterback Teddy Bridgewater a three-year, $63 million deal, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter.īridgewater is guaranteed $40 million in the first two seasons, a league source told ESPN's Dan Graziano. Panthers give Teddy Bridgewater $63M deal Cam Newton unhappyĬHARLOTTE, N.C. The Panthers then added Darnold earlier this offseason, but he’s been a letdown with 10 interceptions in his last six games while playing in front of a stadium with plenty of empty seats.You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser Teddy Bridgewater went 4-11 as a starter last season before being traded to the Denver Broncos for a sixth-round draft pick. ![]() Meanwhile, the Panthers have struggled to find a replacement since Newton left. ![]() 31 after one season with the New England Patriots, with coach Bill Belichick going with rookie Mac Jones as his starting QB. ![]() He’s run for 16 touchdowns during that span. Newton is 7-16 in his last 23 starts with 20 interceptions and 17 touchdown passes. As he said to me, he’s as healthy as he possibly could be.” He’s healthy now and you see he’s healthy. ![]() “Cam understands that these are football decisions and football-based evaluations that you have to make. “We made a football decision at the time based on his health,” Rhule said. The move saved Carolina $19.1 million under the salary cap. The MoCA has become a popular cognitive screening instrument in PD addressing particular frontal and executive functioning. Thus, STN-DBS tends to impair specific cognitive subdomains, which are not adequately measured by the total score of the MDRS. However, further specified neuropsychological tests showed an impairment of executive functions as decline of verbal fluency and worsened attentional inhibition of automated reactions in PD patients with STN-DBS. Multicenter, randomised, controlled trials revealed no change of global cognitive function in the DBS-group postoperatively compared to PD patients in the non-surgical group as revealed by an unchanged total score of the MDRS. The MDRS is recommended by the Movement disorder society (MDS) to detect mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in Parkinson’s disease. One of the most often used screening tests represents the Mattis Dementia Rating Scale (MDRS). Recurrent findings are unchanged total scores of screening tests assessing global cognitive function in PD patients with STN-DBS, but deterioration of specific cognitive subdomains. Studies on cognitive performances in STN-DBS operated PD patients revealed heterogeneous results. One important aspect in the decision process represents the patient´s cognitive profile and the risk to develop postoperative cognitive decline, since new postoperative onset of cognitive disturbances due to STN-DBS affects activities of daily living and psychiatric function. The current recommendations for appropriate, preoperative patient screening comprise the assessment of the overall health condition, age, comorbidities, neuropsychiatric profile, the severity and L-dopa responsiveness of the different motor symptoms and motor fluctuations. Careful patient selection is an essential determinant of consistent, favourable, postoperative outcomes after DBS surgery, since about one third of DBS failures could be attributed to inappropriate patient selection in past studies highlighting the need for careful preoperative evaluation. In Parkinson´s disease (PD), deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) has emerged as an effective, established therapy in specific patients in advanced stages of the disease. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Pötter-Nerger received lecture fees from Abbott and Licher, and served as consultant for Medtronic, Boston scientific, Abbott and Abbvie. Gerloff reports honoraria from Bayer Healthcare, Boehringer Ingelheim, Acticor Biotech, Sanofi Aventis Amgene, and Prediction Bioscience. Koeppen reported no financial disclosures. Hamel received lecture fees and honoraria for serving on advisory boards and travel grants from Boston Scientific, Medtronic, and Abbott. Moll served as medico-scientific consultant to Abbott. Gulberti received travel reimbursements from Medtronic. Schaper reported no financial disclosures. Buhmann served on the scientific advisory boards for Bial and Zambon and received honoraria for lectures from Abbvie, Bial, GE Healthcare, Grünenthal, TAD and UCB. Zittel received research support from Merz Pharmeceuticals and honoraria from Brainlab AG. U.Hidding reported no financial disclosures. Vetorazzi reported no fincancial disclosures. Kirsten received travel and attendance grants from Abbott and Abbvie. Alsalem reported no financial disclosures. Gülke received travel and attendance grants from Abbvie, Abbott, Medtronic and Bial. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.Ĭompeting interests: I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: E. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE poli-cies on sharing data and materials. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.ĭata Availability: All relevant data are within the paper and its Supporting Information files.įunding: This work has been supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Sonderfor-schungsbereich (SFB) 936, project C8. Received: Accepted: FebruPublished: April 7, 2022Ĭopyright: © 2022 Gülke et al. PLoS ONE 17(4):Įditor: Mathias Toft, Oslo Universitetssykehus, NORWAY (2022) Comparison of Montreal cognitive assessment and Mattis dementia rating scale in the preoperative evaluation of subthalamic stimulation in Parkinson’s disease. Citation: Gülke E, Alsalem M, Kirsten M, Vettorazzi E, Choe C-u, Hidding U, et al. “I always tell people around here that one of the greatest assets Tad had was he allowed me to coach him. “Tad didn’t look at himself as being special,” said Hicks, whose team won the 1981 Class 3A state title in Boulder. To his credit, Boyle never let all the attention get to his head. At home, Boyle had to place a restriction on answering phone calls because they got in the way of his homework. ![]() Hicks, now retired and still residing in Greeley, said he had a special mailbox put in his office to hold all the recruiting material Boyle received. The 6-foot-4 guard was averaging almost 29 points per game in the days before 3-pointers. The top recruiters in college ball began making the trek to Greeley during Boyle’s junior season. Then he’d say, ‘Let’s do it again.’ “īoyle’s coach at Greeley Central, Larry Hicks, recalled looking up from his desk one day and seeing Kentucky coach Joe B. After Tad lost, he’d grab and shake me to get out all his frustrations. “When we were a little older, we’d play one-on-one in the driveway. “Tad still kids me that I never let him win,” Hugh said. The small plastic ball did not bounce well, so dribbling became optional. Their basketball battles began at a young age when a cottage cheese container taped to the bedroom door would serve as the basket. Their sibling rivalry, both believe, accelerated Tad’s basketball development. Hugh Boyle, five years Tad’s senior, was a talented player himself at Greeley Central and later at the South Dakota School of Mines. He would draw the defenders toward him and then pass the ball to somebody for an open shot. “I’ll tell you what, Tad had no problem holding his own,” said David Freemyer, who would later become a prep teammate of Boyle’s. ![]() The competition often included UNC players, as well as the area’s high school stars. “That’s great in the business world, and it’s perfect for coaching.”įolks in Greeley learned of Boyle’s prowess as a basketball player long before he earned Converse All-America honors at Greeley Central in 1981.īoyle was 12 when his older brother, Hugh, would take him to the Northern Colorado campus for pick-up games. “When he told me he was going to follow his passion, I wasn’t surprised. “Tad was doing great with us,” Carlson said. It was a leap of faith.”īoyle called his branch manager, Butch Carlson, who still holds that position at what is now called RBS Wealth Management, located just off Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall. “It’s a good thing I wasn’t married at the time and had put some money away. And the bad news is, it’s a restricted-earnings position that the NCAA had in those days, and it paid $16,000 a year,” Boyle recalled. “Mark said the good news is, there is an opening on their staff. Later that year, Boyle received a phone call from his former University of Kansas teammate, Mark Turgeon, the current Texas A&M coach, then an assistant at Oregon. I decided I wanted to be a college basketball coach.”Īt that point, Boyle was earning six figures as a stockbroker and considered his “other” job, as head coach at Longmont High, to be little more than a hobby. I decided then I’d better pursue my passion. “With an experience like that, you start to realize it could be over in an instant. If my car had been a few feet farther into that intersection, I wouldn’t be around today. ![]() “But really, that accident got me thinking. “I tell people to remember that I once had a head injury, and if I forget to call a timeout I have an excuse,” Boyle said with a chuckle. He was knocked unconscious, but the air bag likely saved his life. The collision crushed the front of Boyle’s car. Then in his eighth year as a Boulder-based stockbroker, Boyle was heading to work one morning when somebody ran a red light and plowed into his vehicle at the intersection of McCaslin Boulevard and South Boulder Road in Louisville. ![]() “Except the part about waking up in a hospital bed,” he said. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close MenuīOULDER - Tad Boyle jokes now that he survived a horrific car accident 16 years ago because “I’m so hard-headed.” But, frankly, the new Colorado men’s basketball coach remembers little about the collision. ![]() " Call of Duty: Black Ops III deploys players into a dark, twisted future where a new breed of Black Ops soldiers emerges and the lines are blurred between our own humanity and the technology we created to stay ahead, in a world where cutting-edge military robotics define warfare. ![]() Graphics: GeForce GTX 470 1GB / Radeon HD 6970 1GB.Processor: Intel Core i3-530 2.93 GHz / AMD Phenom™ II X4 810 2.60 GHz.Operating System: Windows 7 64-Bit / Windows 8 64-Bit / Windows 8.1 64-Bit / Windows 10 64-Bit.General Stability Improvements.Added measures to address exploitative 3rd party peripherals.Black Ops 3 Zombies update for PS4:įixed an issue where incorrect voice over lines were playing in various levelsFixed an issue where all players would hear the Galil firing audio regardless of their distance from the shooterFixed an issue that would cause the “fire sale” audio to play too loudThe Thundergun will now grant players XPFixed an issue with time attacks not working properlyFixed a crash that occurred while using the “Eye Candy” GobbleGumFixed a bug that occurred while using the “Idle Eyes” GobbleGum before a host migrationFixed various collision and pathing issues.įixed various Elemental Staff bugs.Fixed Panzersoldat pathing issues and bugs.Optimised streamer performance in the map.Kino Der Totenįixed an issue where players were being targeted by zombies immediately after teleporting.Fixed an issue where players would experience a black screen while teleporting.Shangri-laįixed an issue where players would lose their primary weapon after picking up the cymbal monkey.Fixed an issue where wall buys could lose functionality.Shi No Numaįixed an issue where Flogger kills were not counting towards daily trap challenges.Moonįixed a bug that would cause a “connection interrupted” error when deploying the QED.Fixed a host migration crash.Fixed a “Widow’s Wine” exploit.Ascensionįixed various Gersh device bugs.Addressed collision exploits. When the Xbox One does release the Zombies Chronicles DLC, players can expect that all of the bug fixes released today on PS4 will be carried over to the Xbox One version.Ĭombined Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Update Notes for Xbox One and PS4: Xbox One players don't have these same updates to download as Zombies Chronicles hasn't been released yet but will be arriving in June. Nacht der Untoten, Verruckt and Shi No Numa from World at War, as well as Kino Der Toten, Ascension, Shangri-la, Moon and Origins from the first two Black Ops games. That means plenty of fixes for the games eight new fully remastered maps, among other subtle fixes to items and bonuses.įor the record that means players should start seeing updates across: The Zombies Chronicles DLC was released earlier this month costing £24.99 and can be purchased from the PlayStation Store. If you're wondering why, it's because these changes only impact the new Black Ops 3 Zombies Chronicles DLC released earlier this month. What is clear is that this new Black Ops 3 update provides General Stability Improvements for both PS4 and Xbox One, however other changes are limited to Sony's PS4 platform. Treyarch has released a massive new Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 patch across all platforms (PS4, Xbox One, PC), although not all changes occur across every game. Call of Duty Black Ops 3 UPDATE for PS4 Zombies Chronicles now LIVE (Image: Activision) ![]() Let them use their creative skills to fill the pages with the colors of their imagination, and the end result may make a beautiful Halloween decoration for your walls. The fun and educative coloring sheets are suitable for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners as well as older children. Select any of these as each one is sure to make an excellent holiday craft for your kids. Here is a collection of some awesome Halloween coloring pages selected based on their innovativeness and accuracy. Self-reliance and perseverance to complete any job. Pumpkin coloring pages are a fun way for kids of all ages, adults to develop creativity, concentration, fine motor skills, and color recognition. ![]() Printable Scary Pumpkin coloring pages are a fun way for kids of all ages to develop creativity, focus, motor skills and color recognition. Get this free Halloween Coloring Page and many more from PrimaryGames. Various popular characters from kids’ TV shows, such as Mickey Mouse, Hello Kitty, The Muppets, and Garfield, often appear on Halloween-themed coloring pages. Download and print free Two Scary Pumpkins coloring pages. Download and print these Scary Pumpkin coloring pages for free. Our Halloween coloring pages include costumes, trick-or-treaters, monsters, ghosts, witches, haunted houses, and more. Festivities today include carving Jack-o’-lanterns, bobbing for apples, playing Halloween pranks, sitting by a bonfire, and telling ghost stories. The word means ‘Holy Evening’ and its origins can be found dating back all the way to the 16th century. Halloween, short for “Hallows’ Evening” is a celebration to honor past loved ones which included saints (hallows) and martyrs. Halloween is one of the BEST times of the year and coloring activities can make it even more fun. Jack O' Lantern coloring pages are a fun way for kids of all ages, adults to develop creativity, concentration, fine motor skills, and color recognition. There are pumpkin coloring pages with images of pumpkins on the vine, jack-o'-lanterns, pumpkin candy, a scarecrow and pumpkin, a ghost with a pumpkin, and even a tower of pumpkins. Halloween Coloring Pages can get your kids geared up and excited for the holiday. Download and print free Scary Pumpkin Face coloring pages. Click the Scary Pumpkin coloring pages to view printable version or color it online (compatible with iPad and Android tablets). There are around 10 pumpkin coloring pages for kids over at Woo Jr., each one cuter than the next. ![]() But unless your eyeballs are biased by too much time looking at in-season defensive metrics, Harper just does not look the part of an albatross defender. If he could’ve caught all of four more fly balls over the course of the entire season, the figures tracking his range would look a lot different.Īgain: He did not do that, so his defensive stats look bad. He made 12 of them, going 1-for-6 on unlikely plays, 1-for-4 on even plays, and 10-for-15 on likely (but not routine) plays. Taking out the impossible, the remote and the routine plays leaves only 25 batted balls that tested Harper’s defensive limits in 2018. Mike Trout has above-average range for a center fielder but has converted only two of 46 remote opportunities since 2014. If Harper has never made plays like that in the past, he’s unlikely to start doing so with any regularity now, and they’re not enough to make or break him as a defender. ![]() He converted none of six opportunities to make “remote” plays, but Harper has never made a play considered remote by Inside Edge in his entire career - those are reserved for top-end sprinters like Billy Hamilton or guys with the freakishly good instincts and reaction time of Mookie Betts. He flubbed two of 275 plays considered routine, certainly plays he’d like to have back but nothing to indicate egregious defensive shortcomings. Harper’s 2018 Inside Edge stats account for all 285 putouts he made in the outfield. Check it out: Fangraphs player pages include granular defensive data from analytics firm Inside Edge, which rank every defensive opportunity a player gets by the likelihood of the play getting made, separating the impossible (a 0% likelihood), from the remote (1-10%), the unlikely (10-40%), the even (40-60%), the likely (60-90%) and the routine (90-100%). ![]() 900 career mark, he’s 26, and his principal offensive skills - power and patience - aren’t the type that suddenly disappear.īryce Harper (Tommy Gilligan/USA TODAY Sports)īut it’s a far, far bigger leap to suggest that Harper will now be one of the worst defensive outfielders in baseball just because the stats showed him to be that in 2018. 889 OPS this past season was more or less in line with his. We can feel confident that Harper will remain a very good hitter in 2019 and beyond, as his. Generally, it’s safer to use a three-year sample than any one season to estimate a player’s actual skills in the field, but obviously a lot can change about any player’s defense over the course of a three-year period.Įssentially, the widely accepted advanced defensive stats - and, by extension, WAR - do as good a job as any at showing what happened in the course of a season, but the fielding stats are nowhere near as useful as their offensive counterparts for predicting what will happen moving forward. While stats like UZR and DRS (along with the Statcast-driven Outs Above Average, in which Harper was also quite bad) represent the best publicly available methods to quantify a player’s defensive contributions, on a single-season basis they rely on samples far too small to be a definitive indication of a player’s actual defensive ability. Naysayers crawl out of the woodwork to denigrate WAR as a stat practically anytime it is used, but if there’s a fair criticism of the metric, it’s that it gives a ton of weight to defensive numbers that tend to be extremely finicky. By ’s version, he was worth only 1.3 wins above a replacement-level player, or below average by the standards of big-league regulars. By Fangraphs’ version of the stat, Harper finished with 3.5 WAR - a pretty good but not very good season, 52nd among MLB position players. 393 on-base percentage in the campaign, but the defensive metrics were bad enough to suggest something far below a superstar-caliber season in terms of Wins Above Replacement (WAR). Harper hit 34 home runs and posted a strong. While he played more center field than he did in any year since his 2012 rookie campaign, his defensive value plummeted as he notched a -14.4 UZR - the worst mark among all qualifying Major League outfielders - and an alarming -26 defensive runs saved (DRS) in 2018. In his final season before free agency, Harper endured his worst statistical season as an outfield defender. I guess you could say Bryce Harper’s defensive stats in 2018 are… for the birds. ![]() Unlike FL Studio, Reaper is suitable for simultaneous recording of several audio channels of live instruments from a few interface inputs. You can adjust the monitoring effects, for example, whether you want to hear the reverb in your headphones while recording vocals. Unlike many other programs of this type, you can use this one to create your own menus, toolbars, and macros, as well as to change the look and color scheme of the interface.Įither it is an audio or a virtual instrument, you create a track, press the left red button to record and then press the main recording button to start. Verdict: Reaper is a digital audio workstation (DAW) and serious Adobe Audition alternative. Other features include support of VST plug-ins, addition of digital noises, tones and DTMF sequences, waveform/spectrum and spectrogram representation, sound statistics, iPhone ringtone support, and more. You can apply different filters and effects with a real-time preview of results, edit multiple options at once and perform many standard sound editing tasks such as copy, paste, and others. However, I don't quite like that it's not open source, so unlike Audacity, there's no way to adjust its code if it doesn't meet your exact requirements. This software is based on the Ocen Framework, a powerful library designed to simplify and standardize the process of creating audio editing and analysis applications across platforms. It is worth noting that, unlike many free audio editors, Ocenaudio has correctly marked axis, not an arbitrary volume rate. ![]() Your open files are displayed in the list on the left, and the selected file will be displayed as a signal on the left. ![]() Ocenaudio has a less confusing interface than Audacity but is still a powerful audio editor. It is an ideal Adobe Audition alternative for people who need to edit and analyze audio files without wasting time of tutorials. Verdict: Ocenaudio is easy to use, fast and functional cross-platform audio editor. One of my favorite apps is Avid Channel Strip AAX plug-in that emulates the equalizer and dynamics. You get a Boom, sequencing drum machine, Mini Grand, a simulated Grand piano with multiple sounds and reverbs, plus variable dynamics with a single knob, a DB-33 organ with wheels with a rotating speaker, Structure Free that plays instruments based on samples, and more.Īs part of the basic setup, you get a variety of AIR effects that cover all the major bases when mixing. With the built-in Pro Tools, you can play up to 128 stereo tracks at 48 kHz, 64 tracks at 96 kHz, or 32 tracks at 192 kHz with the ability to record up to 32 tracks simultaneously.Īvid has a wide range of virtual tools. The Edit window handles all recordings, arrangements, detailed audio and MIDI editing. The main interface has two windows: Edit and Mix. Despite its price, you can use the free version of the product, which is now called First. It is a cross-platform app for professional audio editing for music, movies, games, and broadcasting. Verdict: Among all programs like Adobe Audition, Avid deserves special attention. You need to configure the project for keeping or adapting the rate, and then also regulate the tracks and imports. However, it's a bit complicated to make it work. The main news in 10.4 is the Smart Tempo, which automatically detects tempo information of any material. You can record audio at up to 24-bit, 192 kHz resolution. Logic Pro 10.4 can display timeline with the appropriate colors of the region, elements of tracks control or tracks Smart Controls for each track even in the form of plug-ins. Mind that Logic Pro 10.4 supports touch panel. The main tracks are available in several forms: audio, for recording live tools, MIDI, for recording MIDI data from a keyboard, electronic drum kit or another input device, and a tool that combines them to use with virtual connectable instruments. The main screen is customizable and can include everything you need - depending on how you fill it, of course. To start using Logic Pro X, you need the latest Mac with OS X v10.12 (Sierra). Verdict: Logic is a simple and multi-functional Adobe Audition alternative. ![]() While it would be great for the app check-in to serve as your placeholder and alert you when it's your turn to enter - especially if that helps prevent you from traversing terminals only to be disappointed - that's not the reality of its use as of today. TPG Lounge member Jochai Ben-Avie shared that, "Checking in on the app saved me a few minutes because the Amex employee didn't have to manually enter my data, but I still had to check-in at the desk outside the lounge and I think I was only added to the waitlist once I had checked in in person." ![]() But while having a code may speed up the process at the entrance door with the lounge employees, unfortunately, it isn't usually going to result in skipping the line. You can go ahead and request a QR code to access the lounge from right there in the app. Almost full is the highest capacity designator there is in the app, so translate that to mean there's quite likely a wait to get in. If it says very busy or almost full, be prepared for there to be a wait to get inside. (Screenshot courtesy of American Express) Riley goes on to share this has led her to "reconsider my love of airport lounges because they have become more aggravating than beneficial." ![]() ![]() "Good luck if you have a short connection at DFW," shares TPG Lounge member Christina Riley, who reports encountering waits at multiple lounge locations. That's not a super slow travel day, but nor is it a recent record-setter.Īccording to the feedback in the TPG Facebook Lounge, in addition to waits at the Denver location, multiple travelers have faced frequent waits in locations such as Seattle (SEA) and Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW), too. It happened on a day that just under 1.7 million people were flying in the U.S., according to the Transporation Security Administration. While the lounges don't always require a wait to get in, the quoted 30-45 minute wait we recently faced to enter the Denver lounge wasn't a one-off. If you haven't been to the lounges a lot lately, this could be a shock. In addition to the limited hours, another challenge - and the one we recently faced - is that there may be a wait to get in the Centurion Lounges. Related: Amex adds live lounge capacity indicator to app You may have to wait to get in to 8 or 9 p.m.įor the Centurion Lounges to really meet the needs of a wider swath of travelers, the current hours aren't sufficient. In contrast, the United Clubs I frequent in Houston (IAH) have hours that generally run from 5:45 a.m. In Miami (MIA), the lounge closes at 6 p.m., aka before dinnertime. The LaGuardia (LGA) location doesn't open until 8 a.m., well after the first and even second bank of business travelers have boarded their flights. The Denver Centurion Lounge location closes at 5 p.m., and that's not listed as temporary. Get the latest points, miles and travel news by signing up for TPG's free daily newsletter. We didn't have that kind of time to spare anyway, so we turned around to take the train (and our empty stomachs) back to our actual terminal. I didn't wait that long to get into a hot nightclub in my 20s, and sure wasn't waiting that long with two kids for an airport lounge. Instead, we were met with a 30-45 minute wait just to get in. Our dreams of "free" avocado bruschetta, salads and other small plates of nibbles from the live cooking station were dashed. Taking advantage of the lounge access perks that come with our $695-annual-fee The Platinum Card® from American Express (see rates and fees) felt like a better plan than paying airport prices for drinks and snacks for four at the end of an already pricey ski trip.īut when we hopped terminals and arrived at the Centurion Lounge in Terminal C, it was full. Others prefer to spend as few minutes as possible in the airport and usually skip lounges altogether, even if they have complimentary access.Īfter skipping most lounge visits during the majority of my pandemic-era travels, on a recent trip through Denver International Airport (DEN), it was mealtime and my family needed something to eat. Some folks look forward to visiting airport lounges and love to linger as long as possible, watching planes maneuver on the tarmac, potentially with a stiff cocktail in hand. |
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