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Brighton Respond to Ben White Rumours Amid Interest From Top Clubs
By Jamie Spencer
Dec 4, 2020, 9:00 AM GMT
Man Utd, Chelsea, Tottenham & Liverpool are linked with Ben White | Mike Hewitt/Getty Images
Brighton manager Graham Potter is not worried about Ben White having his head turned by interest from Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham, but already appears resigned to losing the player to a bigger club in due course.
White enjoyed a breakout year while on loan with Leeds last season, helping the club secure a long overdue return to the Premier League, but Brighton resisted selling on a permanent basis.
Brighton refused to sell White to Leeds over the summer | Richard Heathcote/Getty Images
White has since become a key asset for the Seagulls, starting every Premier League game and being an ever-present since he was substituted near the end on the first day of the season.
His performances have unsurprisingly brought attention from bigger clubs.
90min first revealed last month that Manchester United have been monitoring White alongside a number of potential targets – including Pau Torres and Dayot Upamecano – as they assess their strategy to sign a new centre-back in the coming months.
Sky Sports also later named United as a White suitor, while adding both Chelsea and Tottenham to the list of clubs keeping an eye on the 23-year-old. Chelsea's rumoured interest in White emerged as early as December 2019 when a £25m bid was mooted halfway through his loan at Leeds.
Liverpool have also been linked in the wake of losing Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez to injury, although their intention is not to spend in January – even though White ticks the boxes of a long-term prospect who could eventually replace an almost 30-year-old Van Dijk.
Brighton boss Potter has praised White's professionalism, noting that he never caused a problem when Leeds wanted to buy him and the Seagulls refused to sell. But while the player is unlikely to push for a move, there appears an acceptance that White is destined for bigger things.
"He is a level-headed guy and he wants to play football at the very highest level," Potter is quoted as saying by the Daily Mirror.
Brighton are impressed by White's professionalism | Mike Hewitt/Getty Images
"He gets down with his work. He was totally professional in the summer, despite the noise outside which you cannot control. He is a smart guy. We will try to help him enjoy his football as that is the most important thing."
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One chef, Annabelle, prepared a pork dish with fondant potatoes and celeriac puree.
However, she also included some micro herbs, called micro red amaranth, which did not impress fans.
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But in the end, it didn't entirely matter to the judges, as they enjoyed Annabelle's dish and kept her in the competition, along many others who were forced to come up with their dishes in 10 minutes.
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Hans Georg Nägeli (født 26. maj 1773 i Wetzikon i kanton Zürich, død 26. december 1836 i Zürich) var en schweizisk musikpædagog, komponist og forlægger.

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 Cherbuliez, H. C.: Die Schweiz in der deutschen Musikgeschichte. Huber & Co. Leipzig 1932.
 Türler, Heinrich et al.(ed): Historisch-biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz. Neuburg 1934.

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EC50 (48h) = 49 mg/L (measured) for Daphnia magna (OECD 202, read across)
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The read across key study was performed according to GLP and OECD guideline 202 using Daphnia magna as test organism (Laus, 2011). Nominal concentrations between 2.2 and 100 mg/L were tested over a period of 48 h. Thus, a 48h-EC50 is determined to be 49 mg/L based on the measured test concentration.

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Q: Best and most efficient way to populate different type of data I have two UICollectionView's and I am passing a unique type of data (Cats, Dogs) to the same UIViewController. Both types have unique properties like imageUrl, gender, age and etc. What would be the best way to populate this data to according Text Views?
fileprivate var isDog = false

var detailsData: Any? {
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        shortInfoMutableAttributedString.append("\(name)\n".customAttributedString(font: Font.header, textColor: UIColor.darkGray))
    }

    if let age = detailsData.age {
        shortInfoMutableAttributedString.append("\(age)\n".customAttributedString(font: Font.header, textColor: UIColor.darkGray))
    }

    shortInfoTextView.attributedText = shortInfoMutableAttributedString
}

fileprivate func fillCatInfo(detailsData: Car) {
    contactButtonOutlet.isHidden = true

    if let name = detailsData.name {
        shortInfoMutableAttributedString.append("\(name)\n".customAttributedString(font: Font.header, textColor: UIColor.darkGray))
    }

    if let gender = detailsData.gender {
        shortInfoMutableAttributedString.append("\(gender)\n".customAttributedString(font: Font.header, textColor: UIColor.darkGray))
    }

    shortInfoTextView.attributedText = shortInfoMutableAttributedString
}

Is there any other way to populate this data with less code?

A: A classic case of Polymorphism, you should create a protocol and have the Dog and Cat classes implement it. Then you can just call the functions on this protocol instance.
Below is a simplified example. In this example, it does not make sense to make the distinction, since both Cat and Dog are the same class in terms of properties. This would become interesting if you want to make  a distinction, like for example add a bark() function to only the Dog class
protocol Pet{
    var name: String { get set}
    func infoString() -> String
}

class Dog: Pet{
    var name: String
    var age: Int

    init(name: String, age: Int) {
        self.name = name
        self.age = age
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fileprivate func fillPetInfo(pet: Pet){
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let dog = Dog(name: "Ruffer", age: 8)
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The cabinet, the elections and the expert advisers
Posted on March 8, 2011 by Richard Osley // 13 Comments
CAMDEN'S Labour group met last night and decided that next month they will have elections for the cabinet posts at the Town Hall. There was always a promise from the leadership to look at how these important positions are shared out.
A compromise idea favoured by Camden leader Nash Ali and Theo Blackwell was to have a straight poll with the nine who score the most votes getting in. Nash would then decide who gets what job, similar to the way Ed Miliband divvied up the shadow cabinet.
That was voted down 15-13 in favour of contested elections for every post – the old style system Labour employed for many years and favoured by the likes of Tulip Siddiq and Julian Fulbrook.
The pros of that: members can boot out anybody they think hasn't done so well over the last 12 months – uh oh! – and therefore feel like they have a say in the direction the party goes. The cons: votes like this, as we've seen in the past, can be divisive.
One interesting thing: for a full on revolution, Labour members need to convince Nash to resign if they really were in the market for a new leader. Local government laws say they can't have an election for that position – Nash, after all is leader of the council, as well as the Labour group. It's hard to think of anybody within the current cabinet who would stand against Nash in a direct election, but they may come out of the woodwork should he ever decide to step down.
Nash shows no inclination in wanting to do that and his performance at full council last week was combative on a tough night. While he read his speech from a piece of paper, he seemed more at home than ever with unscripted comebacks to the opposition.
So, that's how things stand…
Not that we're supposed to know. Theo Blackwell, the finance chief, sent this around to all Labour members today:
Very sad new, colleagues – at least 2 of you are so concerned about jobs – or undermining others – you immediately broke the spirit of the collective agreement discussed last night not to leak to the New Journal. Richard Osley has the actual vote and the terms of what was discussed – what makes you think this will advance anything that Labour does here?? I'd like to see some of you more-leak minded people actually attack the Tories and Lib dems, but that would be asking too much I suppose!
And chief whip Roger Robinson replied with even fiercer sentiments:
I am seeking an investigation by expert advisers.
I would reiterate my email warning- if anyone is leaking to the media etc strict and effective action will be taken by the leadership of the Group including expulsion.
Stop it…whoever is doing it……..we need to be far more disciplined in the Group.
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13 Comments on The cabinet, the elections and the expert advisers
Paul Braithwaite // March 8, 2011 at 8:47 pm //
In the tradition of the "whodunit",
I suspect the leak was actually MEP candidate-in-the-offing, Theo!
Constantine Buhayer // March 8, 2011 at 10:15 pm //
Elementary dear Watson; the leak must have come from a Labour councilor whose family can afford butlers, maids and chauffeurs.
james hunter // March 8, 2011 at 11:11 pm //
As someone who voted Labour at the last local election I am shocked that there is a cowardly person/s within the Labour Group who seems to be working under cover for the CNJ.
The Camden Labour Group has gone through one of the toughest times ever for Camden Council. I have been very impressed with the way the Leader, Council Nasim Ali, has led them to victory and as you state continues to perform well with the cabinet.
Most of the backbenchers seem to be very talented too. It is sad that aomgst them there is/are people with no principles or values.
I was at London Council's meeting today and was shocked that the only Council Leader from BME community was Councillor Nasim Ali. 1 out of 33. Camden should be very proud of it's diversity and it also has more women than men on it's cabinet.
Why can some people never be straight forward and focus on the real challenges. The coalition government not the Labour Group.
Insulted Labour Backbencher // March 9, 2011 at 11:26 am //
So this can in no uncertain terms be leaks from a broken pipe in the cabinet?
Get real.
David // March 9, 2011 at 7:01 am //
Sounds to me like it was Meric Apak or Lorraine Revah.
Meric Apak // March 9, 2011 at 3:46 pm //
For the record, absoulutely not me, I would never breach the collective will and decision of the Group. And I will not get drawn into a speculative blame game on a bolg – no disrespect to Richard.
Adam Harrison // March 9, 2011 at 9:25 am //
I can spot at least two errors in the blogpost… but am not going to tell you which I'm afraid.
Richard Osley // March 9, 2011 at 11:13 am //
Oh Adam
Constantine Buhayer // March 9, 2011 at 3:15 pm //
Why does it have to be just one Labour member? New Labour moves in gangs, gone are the days of enlightened Labour individuals breaking the mold.
More likely that 4 or 5 members 'pushed' each other into sending the email and one of them clicked the fateful 'return' key.
Richard Osley // March 9, 2011 at 3:54 pm //
The healthy journalism standard of at least double sourcing information and accounts makes this guessing game rather pointless. More important is that how the people that make crucial decisions in Camden are selected is of interest to the public and worthy of debate.
Albert Shanker // March 9, 2011 at 4:21 pm //
Shanker notes how the CNJ continues to be ever obsessed by internal Labour politics but never wrote about Tory or Lib dem internal politics: is this because (a) the Tories and Lib Dems were slightly more professional than members of the Labour group in not immediately tweeting/emailing the press with gossip they misguidedly feel could advance their gripe or cause or (b) no one knew who the Tories or Lib Dems were went they ran Camden, so they were a non-story…
Now, we've had that conversation many times: any local newspaper will be most interested in the people with the final say on policies at the Town Hall. Labour has, bar four years, been in control of Camden for decades – no wonder then that it has been subjected to greater scrutiny.
Dylan // March 11, 2011 at 10:15 pm //
Richard so whose your chum in the council who leaked the email?


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Ten Days with Android & the Samsung Galaxy S III
I've been an iPhone user since the first day it was possible to be one in Singapore. I love the platform, but I've been intrigued for awhile now by the larger-screened Android devices that I see every day on public transport here. Anecdotal evidence suggests that these enjoy greater acceptance and penetration in Asia than elsewhere in the world. The comments thread that begins here on an Asymco post are quite enlightening, for further reading on the Korean market.
The short version of those insights, from memory: the Korean market is heavily dominated by Samsung, which predominantly makes Android devices. Koreans (and other metropolitan dwellers in areas of low urban crime must fall into this category — e.g. Singapore, Tokyo) spend a lot of time commuting on public transport. Large screen phones are more suitable for information consumption than tablets in such situations, where one stands in a crowd and holds a handrail; in some cases a single session may last 1-2 hours. An interesting phrase in one of the comments called Koreans "diligent information sponges". It's hard not to imagine a face glued to a large 4.8″ screen, hoovering up the day's news and social media updates on the way to work. Games and movies are also better — I see many a Chinese drama series being watched on large phone screens whenever I take the subway. My theory is that personal security concerns may deter commuters in some cities from being fully immersed in such devices. I'd love to hear more opinions on this.
More so than for users who drive or walk or have shorter commutes, where typical smartphone sessions throughout a day are counted in minutes and not hours, the impracticalities of a large screen are tolerated here. Women I've spoken to say they wouldn't mind at all if the next iPhone had a screen that was as big as or nearly as big as the Samsung Galaxy S III (4.8″). They 'can't put the iPhone 4S in their pockets anyway'. The Galaxy Note seems impractically big, even to me, but I see many women here on a daily basis who appear to enjoy using it. The difficulty of one-handed operation does not seem to be a deal-breaker for the Singaporean/Korean/Asian user.
So having managed to resist the urge to buy an unlocked, off-contract Galaxy S II a year ago at full price, just for research, I recently found myself fixated on the idea of getting the new Galaxy S III at a subsidized price as my contract comes to an end. Note that my first reaction to the phone was amusement, followed by dismissal. Their launch presentation was absurd, and had more than a couple of WTF moments (for example, one of the presenters slipping and using the word 'bizarre' to describe it). But within two weeks, I'd convinced myself I should get one. I don't know how this always happens to me. I figured with 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Android was finally ready for prime time.
It's been 10 days. Here's what I've experienced.
Almost immediately, I noticed that battery life wasn't what it's been promised to be. Android gives you plenty of ways to break down the battery meter (and plenty of ways to have a nervous breakdown watching stats). You can see exactly what percentage of power consumption is going to the screen, the cellular radios, applications, and so on. I discovered that my phone wasn't going to sleep when the screen was turned off. It was actively trying to do something, but I didn't know what. So I shelled out 4 bucks and bought BetterBatteryStats, which promises to identify what those behind-the-scenes "wakelocks" are. If you're thinking that this is already sounding like more trouble than you want from your phone, out of the box, you'll know how I felt coming from the iPhone.
It turns out that it was a problem with Google Backup, a feature similar to how the iPhone will back itself up to iCloud over Wi-Fi each day when you plug it in to charge; except this phone was trying to do it all the time, apparently even over 3G. I turned the feature off, and things seemed to get a little better. The next big battery drain problem came from a background process associated with switching networks to find a good signal in areas of low coverage, except this was happening everywhere. My "Cell Standby" usage was at 30%, when Android users on other phones see numbers closer to 5-10%. Because I've encountered this complaint consistently from other Galaxy S III owners on forums, it could be a design or software fault.
I then spent another day reading up about a feature called Fast Dormancy, which may or may not have been the problem, depending on whether or not my phone provider has optimized their network for it — all of the above a moot point, I eventually found, because Samsung disabled the secret menu option in Android that would have allowed me to turn it off like some American users found was improving their battery life. Oh yes, I spent a few hours messing around with these secret menus too. Remember typing in stuff like *#*#49090** into feature phone dialers, pre-iPhone? That's still around.
There also also many apps you can get for optimizing your battery life. Some seem to be nothing more than placebo task killers; others are more intelligent and can disconnect the mobile data network in intervals to save battery life. Unlike iOS, where push notifications are delivered via a single Apple-managed connection that's probably kinder to battery life, many Android apps have to run in the background and do periodic checks. New tweets and emails, for example, can only be set to come in at 15, 30, 60 minute intervals, depending on the app.
The built-in keyboard has pretty bad word prediction. You can install third-party keyboards. I've tried like four. They all have their own flaws. Don't like the way the homescreen works? You can install third-party launchers. I've tried like four. You can guess they all have flaws. Android defenders point to this ability as a key strength. I'll admit I had a little fun. I used to waste a lot of time on my PCs futzing around and hacking solutions to problems. But it's far from optimal for most users. Speaking of touch controls, capacitive buttons are as bad as I've heard they are. The "Back" button area is extremely easy to nudge when holding the phone in landscape position, such as when you're watching a film or playing a game. Even in portrait orientation, if you hold the phone tight, it's easy for the fleshy bit of the palm under your thumb to creep over the edge and trigger it, exiting you from your current screen.
Charging: The phone charges via a standard Micro USB cable, but when connected to a USB power source such as a computer, it charges very slowly. I'm talking upwards of 10 hours for a full charge. Online research suggests that for some reason, it only takes in a fraction of the power being delivered to it, if it detects that data could also come down this cable. There are instructions to DIY mod your cable so that it charges as quickly over USB as via an AC adapter. This was just too much for me, so I spent even more of my valuable time tracking down a cable that does the same job out of the box. It's the McKal MM83A Supercharger cable. You're welcome.
After having gone through the things I have in 10 days, where the state and maintenance of my phone has been constantly on my mind, I think the drawbacks outweigh the large and beautiful screen on this phone (quality-wise, it's not better than the iPhone's Retina display). I haven't even mentioned the lack of really solid Twitter applications on this thing, or how Path's Android app is so inferior to the iPhone version, or how scrolling is still nowhere as fluid or as natural from a physics standpoint as it is on the iPhone, THROUGHOUT the iPhone experience. I believe scrolling can be quite different on Android, from app to app, but I'm not entirely sure at this moment.
But when I hold my iPhone now, it feels wrong. It feels more like a little camera than a phone (the camera on the iPhone is tons better, as is the selection of photo apps on iOS — I have yet to find a credible, well-designed photography app on Android. There is nothing in the league of Hipstamatic, Camera+, VSCO Cam, Infinicam, Noir, TiltShift Generator, and many others I have happily paid for on iOS. The best ones are the ones that are also available on iOS: Pixlr-o-matic, Instagram, AfterFocus). The screen feels cramped, and it's a little heavier and thicker than I'd like. I miss having the glanceability of Twitter/Facebook widgets on my homescreen alongside app shortcut icons (something that Windows Phone 7 gets a lot of praise for too). But other aspects of the iPhone user experience are beyond comparison. I don't want to mess with battery settings and tweaks. I don't want the 'freedom' to spend hours scouring the web for ways to make my phone better. I want a phone made by a solid company that I trust, optimized to the best of their ability in a combination of software and hardware design, so that I cannot possibly believe that I could do better myself. Because that frees me to do everything else. But I also want that phone to have a larger screen.
Essentially, I've been paying to relearn a lesson I already did back in 2007 with the first iPhone. I'll keep using it for now and see what else I can learn about Android (it's beneficial for my work, anyway), but I'm crossing my fingers that whatever iPhone comes next will give me every reason to sell this off, and restore my sanity. When someone asks me if they should buy an iPhone or an Android phone, my new answer is "If an Android phone is right for you, you'd already know it." It's the right choice for those people, but not most, not the way it is now.
Author sangsaraPosted on June 8, 2012 December 29, 2012 Categories GeneralTags Android, iPhone, Mobile, Technology, User Experience1 Comment on Ten Days with Android & the Samsung Galaxy S III


Instagram More Like: The greatest currency on Instagram is Likes. When you obtain more likes your Instagram post will certainly move higher in the newsfeed. It will likewise obtain future posts to move higher promptly as this is how the Instagram newsfeed functions. Instagram reveals people posts from people they have connected with in the past.
Much more likes get you a selection of other advantages like even more followers as well as traffic as individuals will checkout your whole account if they like what you share. If intended properly likes can become an essential part of your overall Instagram approach.
Pictures are possibly the most integral part of your Instagram posts so allow's start with them. As you are sharing a photo to obtain more likes think about just what drives your followers to such as posts. Check out your old posts and also analyse them. See which ones obtained the most likes.
If you have a brand-new account or haven't published a lot in the past, you need to check out your competitors' accounts and see just what they are posting as well as just what's working for them.
As soon as you are specific concerning the kind of photos that get likes you could develop comparable ones and also share them.
There are generally two sorts of photos you intend to share, photos and also created photos.
If you are sharing the picture on its own, you could simply add a filter and it will certainly be ready for posting. A research study from Track Virtuoso found that for optimum interactions you should use the Mayfair filter or otherwise include one at all as posts without filters perform second-rate.
And a number of designed images like the above. It readies to keep varying between photos as well as developed photos.
If you want likes, request for them. Social Bakers discovered that tweets got retweeted a lot more when individuals requested for retweets.
You can do this by including a simple message like 'Please such as this post' in the subtitle. Placing it as overlay text on the photo can aid also.
A company that on a regular basis publishes interesting quotes and asks individuals to like them with a message in the inscription is Foundr. They have used it to get a great deal of likes. This has helped them overcome a million fans also.
The aforementioned study from Track Maven additionally found that posts with 11 or more hashtags obtained the most likes on Instagram.
So, you must include a minimum of 11 hashtags every time you publish. You can add extra, but take care not to put more than 15 as your post can end up looking spammy.
If you are sharing something preferred you could use some hashtags from this listing of 100 finest Instagram hashtags for likes. They work wonderful for posts on general subjects.
However if your posts belong to a particular niche you need to utilize a tool like Hashtagify to find pertinent ones only.
Track Expert discovered that posts released between 10 PM as well as 3 AM get the most interactions.
Hence, if you desire your posts to do best, you should arrange your post utilizing an excellent Instagram organizing tool. I have actually noted the 7 ideal Instagram organizing apps here.
If you have an adhering to on various other social networks it would be a good idea to reshare your Instagram posts onto these socials media. They will lead your pals and also fans from these accounts onto your Instagram account, thereby obtaining you a lot more likes. Instagram lets you immediately share posts to Tumblr, Twitter And Facebook when you publish. You must try it out.
Neil Patel randomly suched as photos of people he didn't adhere to as well as located that for every 100 likes he made he returned 21.7 likes and also 6.1 follows. This strategy continued to work even if he really did not follow these individuals back.
For that reason, make it a habit everyday to go through the preferred Instagram feed and the feeds of popular hashtags and also like posts you discover enjoyable or beneficial. Soon you will certainly obtain both likes as well as followers.
Prefer to win competitions are a simple to carry out Instagram marketing method to drive up involvement. For this contest all you have to do is post a photo on Instagram and ask people to such as the post to take part in the competition. As it is an easy task lots of individuals will certainly do it. If your involvement is enduring this will be an easy method to enhance it.
For stronger outcomes run a like and also tag to win competition where you ask people to not just like the post, but additionally tag somebody they recognize in the remarks. Some of the identified people will additionally such as the post and tag someone else.


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Matt Cain reiterated to reporters (including Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle) that Opening Day is the "cutoff" for contract talks between him and the Giants. Cain said Giants GM Brian Sabean feels the same way. Larry Baer, the team's CEO, discussed the Cain negotiations and more in a live chat with fans earlier today.
Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer is in no hurry to sign a multiyear contract, he tells Tyler Kepner of the New York Times. "There's a long time for that coming," Hosmer said of a possible contract extension. "For me, I haven't even experienced an opening day yet….I feel like it wouldn't even be fair to this team to start thinking about that." Last January, MLBTR's Mike Axisa featured Hosmer as an extension candidate.
Sports business consultant Marc Ganis tells ESPN New York's Adam Rubin that if the Dodgers are worth $2.15 billion, it greatly raises the ceiling for the prices of baseball's big-market teams. Ganis estimates the Yankees would be worth $4 billion, the Red Sox $2.5 billion and the Mets roughly $1.5 billion. Only the biggest markets would have higher price tags, however, since they offer the most lucrative local broadcasting deals.
Also from Henry Schulman (Twitter links), Gregor Blanco says he chose the Giants over the Marlins in the offseason since San Francisco hitting coach Hensley Meulens promised Blanco a legitimate chance at a roster spot. It looks like Blanco made the right choice, as he's poised to start the season in the majors after a big Spring Training.
Alexi Amarista's impressive camp has made him a candidate for a utility job with the Angels, but Mike DiGiovanna of the L.A. Times says Amarista is too inexperienced at the big league level to make Maicer Izturis expendable. Izturis' name has been connected to a few trade rumors this spring as several teams are in the market for infielders.
Cesar Izturis (Maicer's older brother) has been told he will make the Brewers' roster, says team media director Mike Vassallo (Twitter link). Izturis' minor league deal with Milwaukee allowed him to ask for his release if he wasn't on the 40-man roster by March 30, but now his $875K salary for 2012 is guaranteed.
MLB.com's Jordan Bastian (via Twitter) predicts the Indians to make a "big roster reduction" on Saturday as the team starts to pare down its roster from its current 41-player state. Bastian says the Tribe has been "looking at trades" as well, and indeed Cleveland has at least one notable deal reportedly in the works.
If the Angels cut Jason Isringhausen, the veteran reliever tells MLB.com's Alden Gonzalez that he'll probably retire, though there's a slight chance he'll keep pitching if he gets the right offer. "It depends on who's that team that might call, who they'd be," Isringhausen said.
Those team values are absurd and unsubstantiated. The Dodgers deal is an outlier in that they owned the stadium & all the land around it. They also have a multi-billion dollar TV deal pending with Fox, and are in the second biggest market.
Rumor has it that they ended up paying over $600 Million more than Cohen's group. the Astros just sold for $680 Million (not counting the discount), and I find it hard to believe that the Dodgers are really worth $1.5 BILLION more than that.
I'd bet that team values range from around $400 Million (for the Rays or Athletics maybe) to $2 Billion (Yankees). Forbes places the Dodgers value at $1.4 Billion (Oakland a's at $321 Million), and Maury Brown suggests that these numbers are fairly reliable when valuing clubs.
I think you overvalue the land aspect of the deal, first and foremost. The real reason the Dodgers were an outlier when compared to previous MLB team sales is that McCourt was able to hold the sale under the protection of a bankruptcy judge. The development of the pool of buyers and the "bidding" process were able to proceed with hardly any interference from the Commissioner's office and the community of MLB owners.
With that said, you are correct that they are an outlier. What you don't consider is that irrelevant of the circumstances, this is a still a market-setting transaction. Other teams looking to make a massive sale are bound to make adjustments to create similar circumstances. For instance, (and although I don't know the economics of team-owned broadcast networks), the Yankees do not have to offer their broadcasting rights to the YES network. Another factor that far outweighs land ownership is the franchise itself, the history and the fan base, the merchandising, the international reach of the brand. When you consider those factors, the degree to which the Yankees and the Red Sox, for instance, were valued above the Dodgers by Forbes, is much easier to understand. It creates a situation where at least certain teams can hold out until qualified buyers who can pass the political process of MLB ownership approval are willing to increase their ante perhaps far beyond what the Guggenheim group paid for the Dodgers.
It's certainly very complicated. Personally I think that the future value of the land surrounding the stadium has immense value (and that's why McCourt wanted to have partial rights). All this talk of high-end retail or NFL stadiums shows just how valuable it *could* be.
That said, there's a lot of things impacting valuation. For example, should Peter Angelos sell the Orioles (not suggesting he is, just an example) the value would be hurt because the team does not own OPACY. However, Angelos would likely include his controlling interest in MASN, making the Orioles a more intriguing purchase. Since the two are separate entities however, there's nothing suggesting that Angelos would have to sell them both as a package deal.
I agree that the land is IMMENSELY valuable. My point is that it is already factored into the Forbes valuation.
Good for Blanco having a legit shot at making the Giants' major league roster. Always liked him when he was with the Braves. Average might not be great and his power doesn't even exist, but he's posted exceptional walk rates throughout the minors and a walk rate a tad below 13% in over 800 big league plate appearances. His BABIP was like 100 points below his career average last year which is why his batting average was so God-awful. If it goes back up to around .330 like it was during his two good seasons in the majors (and most of his minor league seasons), he can actually be a good lead-off type hitter.
Nice to finally see some legitimate speed on the Giants as well.
yea, i agree. it makes sense that he would not even try with the marlins, who are stacked in the of right now.
Well, at least Mets fans have one thing going for them.
Reports are that Hamels is either very close to re-signing with the Phillies or may actually have worked out a new contract with them already and both are just waiting to announce it.
If that is indeed the case that can only be good news for Matt Cain. Instead of being the 2nd best FA pitcher at the end of the season he jumps to the head of the class and probably gets himself a few more dollars in the process.
With his deadline being opening day for a deal with the Giants it's getting close to crunch time.
Chances are they are waiting like the Red Sox did last year with Adrian Gonzalez so it doesn't penalize them for this years salary.
They don't have to wait with the NEW CBA. The rule has been changed. Hamels 2012 salary is locked and loaded and won't change.


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As we look at 1 Thessalonians 4 verse 1 to 8; has a subtitle in a lot of bibles called, 'The Call to Sanctification'.
The doctrine of Sanctification, has to do with being set apart, consecrated and dedicated to God. Paul is writing to the Thessalonians, and encourages them that even though thy are doing well, to rise to a level holiness in their daily living. It is really encouragement to us all, things may be going well spiritually in our lives, but there always can be improvement.
As Christians we should not just be happy with the status quo, we should always be trying to do better, because the standard that has been set for us is Christ Jesus, Our Lord and Our Friend Himself.
Some people live as if all that is important is Salvation and escaping earth to get to heaven. Could be said just have a ticket for the ride. Our Lord and Our Friend is deeply concerned with each of His followers daily walk. He has sent the Holy Spirit to be our comforter and help.
Comforter, not just to keep us comfy, it is more comforting us in the realities of life, which can be good, but most often quite challenging. Helper, as we face the circumstances of life, and try to grow through them.
The Holy Spirit is with us, to help us, in how we live our lives, to instruct us in be great representatives of the God we serve. To do this we need to continually Grow in our knowledge of God, and as much as the knowledge we gain is to build us into stronger faith, it is also to build us more in compassion for action.
Our Lord and Our Friend came not just for the eternal aspect of His followers, but also to enable us to live as examples in a dark and sinful world that does not know Him.
Walking to please God, by using the word 'walk' or 'live', The Apostle Paul has put an emphasis on actions.
Actions through learning, we can never learn all about God, there is to much about Him for our comprehension.
Actions in having progress in our lives, and in our walk to please God.
Actions as our faith is being strengthened, but not actions without using our faith in Him. Faith without works is dead.
Actions not to live like the people of the world, we have become Kingdom People.
The word walk is an 'action' it requires effort, and Paul through this letter to believers is telling us to rise in our levels of holiness in our daily living.


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Benito Juárez är en ort i Mexiko.   Den ligger i kommunen Mexquitic de Carmona och delstaten San Luis Potosí, i den centrala delen av landet,  km nordväst om huvudstaden Mexico City. Benito Juárez ligger  meter över havet och antalet invånare är .

Terrängen runt Benito Juárez är kuperad västerut, men österut är den platt. Den högsta punkten i närheten är  meter över havet,  km sydost om Benito Juárez. Runt Benito Juárez är det ganska tätbefolkat, med  invånare per kvadratkilometer. Närmaste större samhälle är Ahualulco,  km norr om Benito Juárez. Omgivningarna runt Benito Juárez är i huvudsak ett öppet busklandskap.

Ett kallt stäppklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är maj, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är december, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är september, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är mars, med  mm nederbörd.

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The tree spirits (also known as Siren) are very magical beings, able to transform themselves into various shapes and forms, but they always have a plantlike appearance. They would not show themselves when more than one possible victim is in visual range. If they would spot a lonely wanderer in their territory and they decide to emerge from the water, they would always try to take a form very appealing to the victim.
It is believed that they have a quite common appearance in water, where they live, and only transform once emerging above the water surface. Unknown as well is the real size of those creature, though it is said they can be of enormous size.
Once they have found a victim, they would try to lead into deeper water and there they would try and kill the bewitched victim, seize them with a strong grip and pulling them into the deep water, drowning them.
The ice spirit always have a certain cold aura around them and it is said they could turn water into ice if they so would wish. They are usually alone, avoiding the company of other ice spirits. Though rather lonely spirits, they are usually very friendly to other species, despite of their look and usually only make use of their powers to help others or to protect themselves. When they die, their body would usually turn completely into ice after a few hours.


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Could you manually eject a floppy quick enough to prevent data loss?
I have the vague recollection of "Panic Ejecting" floppy disks by lifting the latch on the drive after immediately regretting a command I had typed. At the time, I was young, impulsive, and blessed with only enough computing knowledge to be dangerous.
This likely happened first on the school's TRS-80 Model III, though it is possible I also did the same with my Commodore 64 or a friend's Apple ][.
The most likely scenario, if my memory is accurate, was typing "SAVE" at the BASIC command line when I meant to type "LOAD". Programming BASIC one tended to SAVE the program often, creating a type of "muscle memory". This could lead to quickly typing SAVE, and committing an experimental change to disk, when what you really wanted to do was revert.
For this specific example, how effective would it be punching out early / hitting the Eject as soon as you realized your mistake?
For similar experiences of regretting a disk command on early 8-bit systems, how successful might this be for other scenarios?
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We did the same thing on our Apple IIc...I have no idea if it worked, but my brother swore by it if he died in Castle Wolfenstein, so at least anecdotally, it worked – Quasi_Stomach Apr 7 '20 at 16:58
Castle Wolfenstein is the canonical 80s example of yanking a disk from the drive to prevent the game from deleting your save file when you died. Runner-up is Floyd in Planetfall saying "Oh, boy! Are we going to try something dangerous?" when you saved the game. – Jim Nelson Apr 7 '20 at 17:04
NOTE: "data loss?" is not a yes/no question. If the command you typed is going to cause some number of blocks to be written, that will take some time. Depending on when you unlatched the drive, none or some or all of the blocks may be overwritten. Suppose it's "some." Will you be able to find the ones that weren't overwritten, and read them? That isn't a yes/no question either. The degree of difficulty will depend on how the file system works, on luck, on your tools and/or skills, and I don't know what all else. – Solomon Slow Apr 7 '20 at 17:36
@Jim, but Floyd wanna play Hider go Seeker! – Geo... Apr 7 '20 at 18:58
Ultima III is another culprit. At least in the earliest ports, it auto-saves as soon as one character dies. If the last one dies, continuing with that saved game becomes impossible. Very annoying. A list of hints for the games in the German "64er" magazine even stated that, when going to the hidden land Ambrosia "don't yank out the disk" because what happens looks similar to your whole party dying. – TeaRex Apr 8 '20 at 7:08
I did that all the time on the Apple II. The reason it worked was that some time was needed for the motor to spin up to the correct speed, and that the Disk II didn't really have an "eject" mechanism, but that you could very directly mechanically lift the read-write head from the surface of the disk.
That meant that if you were quick enough to lift the latch just when the drive light turned on, you could prevent a write with 100% percent success rate.
Important for some games.
The possible failure mode is that some sector would be half-written, and therefore it wouldn't be possible to read it again, but that never happened to me.
dirktdirkt
I definitely remember doing this on PCs with 5.25" drives as well (not often, but when I'd done something dumb [not uncommon] and immediately realized it [less common]). Mechanical open/close FTW! I remember being frustrated by a 3.5" drive that wouldn't let me do it -- the mechanism was still mechanical, but it had a lock or something it would put in place when the drive was spinning. :-| – T.J. Crowder Apr 8 '20 at 14:59
@T.J.Crowder I always wondered if the PC drives had a shorter spin-up time than the Apple II drivers. I think I never tried this stunt with a PC drive. – dirkt Apr 8 '20 at 16:39
Theoretically, yes.
The disk needs time to spin up to speed before reading or writing can occur. While it varies between platforms and drives, it's at least a couple hundred milliseconds. That's arguably just enough time to realize you shouldn't have hit enter, and to pop the drive latch. Especially if you subconsciously realize it before you even hit enter and then hit enter anyway, like I usually do.
But if you're not fast enough, you can absolutely end up writing garbage to the disk if you interrupt it mid-write.
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Even if you corrupt the disk, it might be better than nothing. Wiping out the first few sectors of a file is a lot worse that wiping out the whole file, especially if you are up to the challenge of reconstructing the blown up portions to salvage what you can... – Geo... Apr 7 '20 at 19:01
it also needs to seek to the proper sector. That gives you a few more milliseconds to react – Jean-François Fabre Apr 7 '20 at 19:47
If a game for the C64, Apple II, or other system that allows direct control over the drive electronics were designed to ensure instant invalidation of information on disk. If loading a game required that some track be entirely valid, and the head was left sitting on that track, it would probably take less than 1/60 second to start invalidating data on that track. If there was no need for the "scribble data" to be readable, there would be no need to wait for the drive to be up to speed. – supercat Apr 8 '20 at 20:43
Depending on the machine, it might need to spin up, seek to the directory (probably in track 0), wait for the head to settle and the disk to rotate to the correct position, read one or more sectors, then seek to the relevant track, and wait again, before it could begin to write anything. IIRC, all that could take a few seconds, so I wouldn't be at all surprised to find you could open the drive door first. Would be risky, though! – gidds Apr 8 '20 at 23:13
As a former floppy disc repair technician, you can indeed do this, but you risk damaging the read-write heads and/or the alignment of the heads, rendering the drive unusable until it is repaired or replaced.
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Didn't most 5.25 drives (slim style drives below half height excepted) mechanically link the drive locking lever with the head lift mechanism? – rackandboneman Apr 8 '20 at 19:40
In that case, whilst the media is still spinning, the drive would keep you from being able to open it, thus the write operation would continue anyway, so no point in trying to stop it. If one were to try to force it, even more damage would certainly occur. – Bjorgen Eatinger Apr 8 '20 at 20:46
I used drives with several different types of drive door, and all of them not only let you open the drive at any time, but also unloaded the head as part of the door-open mechanism. So doing that while the drive was running shouldn't cause any physical damage — though of course it could corrupt the data if it was writing at the time. – gidds Apr 8 '20 at 23:17
Those must have been very old drives, which did not also attempt a partial eject of the disc itself. I worked in the area of the factory performing drive head alignment, and most of the drives that came in for me to repair, had been tampered with in the manner described above. It's just not a good idea. – Bjorgen Eatinger Apr 10 '20 at 2:04
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Uychi (, ) is an urban-type settlement in Namangan Region, Uzbekistan. It is the administrative center of Uychi District. The town population in 1989 was 14,088 people.

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Occupy Me, Tricia Sullivan (Gollancz 978-1473212978, £8.99, 288pp, tp) November 2016. (Titan 978-1473212978, $13.99) September 2018.
I had planned to pick up Tricia Sullivan's Occupy Me two years back when it was first published in the UK. I never got around to it. When the novel was shortlisted for the 2017 Arthur C. Clarke award, I made serious plans to read it with the rest of the nominees. I failed to do both. Just as Occupy Me was to be consigned to that long list of unread novels I'd never get around to, I was asked if I would like to review the recently released US edition. I immediately put up my hand. This time, come hell, high water, and deadlines I was going read Occupy Me, and what a gonzo experience it turned out to be.
The first indication we get that this is going to be a mind-boggling ride is when orthopaedic surgeon Doctor Kisi Sorle, having just wounded and murdered members of Austen Stevens's family, shoves the dying businessman into a magical briefcase. Skip a few short chapters and Doctor Sorle, travelling by plane, is suddenly attacked by one of the flight attendants. Said flight attendant is a higher-dimensional being named Pearl who recognises Doctor Sorle as the person who stole her waveform launcher (AKA the briefcase). The struggle that ensues sees both Sorle and Pearl sucked out of the plane, plummeting thousands of feet to the sea below. At this point, the magical briefcase, which has come along for the ride, flaps open, shoots out a fireball and then, in a moment that's utterly insane, vomits out a pterosaur.
If at this point you think there's no way Occupy Me can top the sudden appearance of a flying dinosaur you would be wrong. For one, Pearl – did I mention she has wings that exist in another dimension – has no idea what she's doing on Earth or what her mission is. Her search for an identity brings her into contact with the Resistance, an organisation that appears to exist outside causality and whose primary objective is to promote "small but targeted acts of human kindness." Pearl is working for the Resistance when she has her tussle with Doctor Sorle. As for the good Doctor, it appears he's been possessed by an alternate and corrupted version of himself who, with the help of Austen Stevens, has pilfered billions of dollars from Pace, a multinational known for stripping the resources of third world countries.
I had tremendous fun reading Occupy Me. It's a novel crammed with ideas. Sullivan's breathless prose – toggling between the perspectives of Kirsi Sorle and Pearl – explores the nature of time and reality, corporate greed and whether kindness can be engineered. Of all the ideas that Sullivan presents, the timey-wimey characteristic of the Resistance is the most fascinating, especially how the organisation crowdsources acts of goodwill. There are also lovely character notes, in particular, the brief but touching relationship between Pearl and Akele, the owner of a junkyard who finds and cares for the bewildered higher-dimensional entity when she first appears on Earth.
However, with the focus regularly shifting between showstopping set pieces and dazzling ideas, it's never entirely clear what's at stake. Is this a thriller about globalisation and corporate greed? Is it about a higher-dimensional entity trying to regain her sense of purpose and identity? Is it about saving what's left of the Universe from entropy? (I haven't even mentioned the bird creatures that appear in the book's second half.) Even the Resistance and its survival, pivotal to the plot and the characters' motivations for the first half of the novel, fades into the background as the narrative reaches its climax.
Occupy Me is a novel that has plenty to say but never finds the time to say it. There are significant, albeit brief, conversations about the treatment of the third world by multinationals – it's what motivates Kirsi Sorle to embezzle Pace's money – and whether the Resistance's objectives are inherently moral: is it appropriate to orchestrate altruism? As Pearl's friend Alison says during a rare quiet moment:
The whole point of kindness is that it doesn't give you anything back. Kindness is like feeding the birds. You offer seeds and don't control where they go or what they do.
It's a fascinating take on what it means to be selfless, but it's never developed beyond this conversation, ultimately overwhelmed by Sullivan's desire to keep the story moving, to continue upping the ante. While it makes for a genuinely exciting read, once the adrenaline rush fades there's not enough substance to hold the novel together.
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Drummer Anton Fier Dies at 66
Drummer Anton Fier Dies at 66 reports the New York Times.
Even at his musical peak in the 1980s, Anton Fier, a drummer, producer and bandleader who brought power and precision to his work with acts as diverse as the Feelies, Herbie Hancock, Laurie Anderson and his own star-studded ensemble, the Golden Palominos, seemed to glimpse a dark end for himself.
The film and music critic Glenn Kenny, in an email, remembered running into Mr. Fier in the mid-1980s at the Hoboken, N.J., nightclub Maxwell's, then a cauldron of indie rock, and querying him about alarming details on the sleeve of the Palominos' album "Visions of Excess."
The rear cover featured a photograph of Mr. Fier, visibly drunk, quaffing a cocktail at a rock club. With it was an acknowledgment that read, "For Jim Gordon and Bonzo," a reference to the Derek and the Dominos drummer who murdered his own mother during a psychotic episode, and to John Bonham, the Led Zeppelin drummer who died at 32 after consuming some 40 shots of vodka.
Mr. Fier (pronounced feer) seemed to be hinting at his own grisly demise. "I don't care," Mr. Kenny recalled him saying. "I'm not going to live to be 35."
With anyone else, the episode might fit a familiar narrative — the self-destructive rocker in a death spiral. But throughout his life, friends said, Mr. Fier always resisted easy categorization.
He was a punk-rock provocateur who could extemporize, seemingly for hours, about free-jazz pioneers and Ghanaian percussion luminaries; an artist with big ambitions and a web of platinum connections, but also a loner who shunned interviews and self-promotion; a prickly contrarian who seemed to revel in confrontation, but who was also known among friends for a kind, generous spirit.
"Anton was kind of like a Tootsie Pop, with a hard exterior and a soft core," the singer-songwriter Lianne Smith, a close friend who worked with him, said in a phone interview.
Little wonder, then, that his death on Sept. 14 at 66 — confirmed by a cremation notice from a service in Basel, Switzerland — left as many questions as answers. The cause was rumored to be voluntary assisted dying, the location said to be in Switzerland, and suicide itself did not seem out of the question. Plagued by money troubles and waning career prospects, he had openly discussed the topic among friends in recent years. But where? When? How?
He had certainly fallen on hard times. Dogged by money woes, lacking musical inspiration and, after injuring his wrists, hindered in playing drums to his own high standards, he had lost his only outlet. "He had a lot of pressures and a lot of anxieties," Ms. Smith said. "But when he played music, he was a complete human being."
Anton John Fier III was born on June 20, 1956, in Cleveland, to Anton J. Fier Jr., an electrician and former Marine, and Ruthe Marie Fier. His parents split up when he was young, and Mr. Fier, who was known as Tony in his school days, endured a difficult relationship with his stepfather, a polka musician, he later told friends.
Turning to music, he worked in a record store as a teenager and eventually drummed his way into the Cleveland proto-punk scene, recording with a version of the Styrenes and playing on "Song of the Bailing Man," an album by Pere Ubu, the conceptual band that calls its genre "avant garage."
Mr. Fier followed his musical dreams to New York, where he brokered his encyclopedic knowledge of music into a job at the SoHo Music Gallery, a record store catering to the downtown music cognoscenti. There, he seemed more interested in chatting about records than selling them.
Mr. Kenny recalled, "I remember walking in one day and these two cats" — Mr. Fier and the experimental saxophonist John Zorn, a fellow clerk — "were sitting up front talking about Charlie Parker, treating browsers like they were minor inconveniences."
Mr. Fier did more than talk about music. A gifted and ferocious drummer, he got his big break in 1978 when he answered an ad in The Village Voice placed by the Feelies, a cerebral indie group from New Jersey that The Voice had recently called the best underground band in New York. The group was looking for a drummer.
"We asked the people who called what they thought of Moe Tucker," Glenn Mercer, the band's guitarist and vocalist, said, referring to the Velvet Underground's drummer. "We were thinking in terms of very simple, primitive drumming. I think he was the only one that even knew who she was."
With a bookish air and a subversive sensibility, Mr. Fier fit the ethos of the band. His explosive drumming helped fuel the group's first album, "Crazy Rhythms," which the critic Robert Christgau later described as "exciting in a disturbingly abstract way, or maybe disturbing in an excitingly abstract way."
But Mr. Fier's personality proved explosive as well, making his tenure with the band a short one. As the Feelies pulled up to a gig at one club, where the line was around the block, he gushed about how thrilled he was to be in the band. After a raucous set that had the packed house cheering, his mood inexplicably turned.
"When the show was over, he was like, 'You guys are so controlling, I can't believe it,'" Mr. Mercer recalled Mr. Fier saying. "Just like that, a 180."
Even so, Mr. Fier's career continued to flourish. He joined the Lounge Lizards, John Lurie's avant-jazz combo, for their first album, released in 1981, before Mr. Lurie rose to fame as an archetype of New York cool with his roles in Jim Jarmusch's indie films "Stranger Than Paradise" and "Down by Law."
His career rose to new heights in the mid-1980s: He toured with the jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock following Mr. Hancock's 1984 pop-funk crossover hit "Rockit," and played on Laurie Anderson's acclaimed 1984 album, "Mister Heartbreak."
By that point his musical ambitions could not be contained behind the drum kit, so Mr. Fier formed the Golden Palominos, an ever-evolving indie-rock supergroup that attracted a parade of guest stars, including Michael Stipe, John Lydon and Richard Thompson, through the rest of the 1980s and into the '90s.
"The band revolved around anyone Anton liked at the time," Syd Straw, the iconoclastic singer-songwriter who got her start with the group, said by phone. "He had pretty bizarre social skills, but he was a magnet for brainy musicians. I think that he was, at heart, an amazing casting director."
In whatever musical role, Mr. Fier was exacting. "He never 'settled,''' Chris Stamey, a founder of the indie band the dB's who performed with the Palominos, recalled in an email. "And this could be unsettling at times. But we all wanted to see that blissful smile when something finally met his high standards."
Through the 2000s and early 2010s, Mr. Fier began to focus more on producing, working on albums by Ms. Smith, Julia Brown and the guitarist Jim Campilongo, although he did continue to perform with a highly regarded combo headed by the singer, guitarist and bassist Tony Scherr, a former Lounge Lizard.
He also quit alcohol, a habit that had grown prodigious, particularly since the hard-partying Hancock tour, Mr. Stamey said.
Hounded by creditors, however, Mr. Fier drifted further and further off the grid, avoiding even banks. He seemed to conclude, in eerily analytical fashion, that life was no longer worth living. Ms. Smith said he told her that he wanted to "fly to Thailand, have a wonderful vacation, take a lot of drugs and walk into the ocean."
The pandemic seemed only to deepen his despair. Without work or family (his only marriage, in 1976, lasted less than a year), he began researching his options. Last fall, Mr. Stamey recalled, Mr. Fier told him that he had been burned when he paid $900 over the internet for a veterinary tranquilizer, which he had decided "was the most peaceful way to go."
A few months ago, Mr. Fier texted his friend J.P. Olsen, a filmmaker and musician who had recently moved to Indiana, asking him for his new address. Mr. Fier had some boxes he wanted to send him. On Sept. 21, word began circulating that he was dead, apparently from an assisted suicide in Switzerland. Four days later, Mr. Olsen received the boxes, which were filled with piles of Mr. Fier's clothes.
And on Oct. 1, Nicky Skopelitis, a Palominos guitarist and the executor of Mr. Fier's estate, received the cremation notice, dated Sept. 14, along with Mr. Fier's remains.
Questions about his last days linger. But in a way, friends said, that seems fitting for a man who was only too comfortable with loose ends.
Two years ago, Mr. Stamey urged Mr. Fier to write a memoir, to pull him out of his funk. Mr. Fier's response, Mr. Stamey recalled, was curt: "He said that he wanted to be the only one who didn't write a book."
Correction: Oct. 13, 2022
An earlier version of this obituary misidentified the recording by the group Pere Ubu on which Mr. Fier played. It was "Song of the Bailing Man," not "Datapanik in the Year Zero."