Banister is the President of Shirley & Banister Public Affairs, a media relations and government affairs firm in Alexandria, Virginia.
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The business is supported by investment firms such as CapitalG, Sequoia Capital and Draper Associates, as well as individual investors Scott Banister, Cyan Banister and Jason Calacanis, among others.
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If you need to use the banister, Meier instructs that you should simply rest your hand on it (not grip) and keep your toes pointed toward the banister as you walk down.
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Strategic investors including Scott and Cyan Banister are also participating.
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"We've got to play cleaner," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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"Tremendous job by him today," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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"We've been searching for runs," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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Rangers manager Jeff Banister was ejected for arguing the call.
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"It was more my decision," Banister said before the game.
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"He said he was good," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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"I like what we saw," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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The firm is now renamed Shirley Banister McVicker Public Affairs.
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"I thought Yu threw the ball very well," Banister said.
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Banister acknowledged RHPs Martin Perez and Nick Martinez are possibilities.
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"It's a manager's dream, really," the Rangers' Jeff Banister said.
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"After he threw yesterday we talked to him," Banister said.
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Rangers Manager Jeff Banister, who grew up in LaMarque, Tex.
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" Rangers manager Jeff Banister said, "I'm not afraid of ghosts.
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"It's almost like facing a knuckleballer," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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"The ball sounded good off the bat," manager Jeff Banister said.
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"It was kind of vintage Colby," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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"We've been punched in the mouth," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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Cashner walked Mike Zunino to follow and was yanked by Banister.
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"I could tell Donaldson was safe at the plate," Banister said.
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"Absolutely, it's very challenging, disappointing to say the least," Banister said.
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"He continues to progress in that direction," manager Jeff Banister said.
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"As these things continue to mount, there's definitely concern," Banister said.
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"I don't think one that got off the ground," Banister said.
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Jeff Banister of the Texas Rangers was the first in 290.
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"Mike Napoli is always a threat," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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"(Cashner) continues to improve every outing," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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"Tillman did a good job against our guys tonight," Banister said.
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"Huge difference; felt like he was ready," manager Jeff Banister said.
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"China has invested billions of dollars into these companies," Banister said.
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As for the banister, "it just didn't feel right," Charlie said.
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"This is familiarity," Texas manager Jeff Banister said of the decision.
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"I've got to believe that was the biggest pitch," Banister said.
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"Obviously not the way we wanted to finish the trip," Banister said.
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"He leads this ballclub on the field," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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"I like our approach against the starter," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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"It's almost like facing a knuckleballer," Banister said about batting against Weaver.
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"He sure plays like it like it is a fit," Banister said.
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Jeff Banister was dismissed as manager of the Texas Rangers on Friday.
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"The only damage was the home run," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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"I thought it was a solid outing," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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"It was a challenge for Kyle in a couple innings," Banister said.
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"I loved how Nick was really poised on the mound," Banister said.
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"It was a good feed for Odor," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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"He was pressed into duty," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said of Ramos.
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As we drove off, I saw him leaning heavily against the banister.
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"I know he is still pretty sore today," manager Jeff Banister said.
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"Attribute that to the way we play," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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"This isn't about hating the NBA or basketball," Banister told Business Insider.
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" However, as Banister notes, "I'm not cut out for later stage investing.
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"I believe it did change the complexion of the game," Banister said.
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"Kluber made it very challenging for us," said Texas manager Jeff Banister.
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Together with her husband, Scott Banister, an IronPort cofounder, Banister has made dozens of angel investments over the years, including in Space X, Uber, and DeepMind Technologies, acquired by Google for more than $500 million in early 2014.
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Earlier this year, Banister joined Founders Fund as its first female investing partner.
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Texas manager Jeff Banister challenged the play, but the umpire's ruling was upheld.
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Cyan Banister, a renowned angel investor and startup founder, has joined Founders Fund.
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"It was a night Cole was fighting himself," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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"I thought Yu threw the ball very well," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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"It was a tremendous ballgame tonight for us," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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With a sad whimper, Grace scrambled to grab onto the banister and failed.
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"I don't think one that got off the ground," manager Jeff Banister said.
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Soon, he is shown running from the police and climbing over the banister.
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"We've got to find a way to get this offense going," Banister said.
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"Pro needs to continue to play every day," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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"I thought Yu threw the ball really well," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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"It was a tough night for Nick Martinez," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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It is notable that Banister, a female investor, is ultimately leading the round.
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Banister maintained that his team's mind-set was the same after the trade.
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"We know where we're at; we know what we're up against," Banister said.
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Texas manager Jeff Banister said the team had no excuses for its play.
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The dining room table chairs were even stacked all over the stairs case-banister.
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There's a gaping central staircase, the banister of which is bordered by globular lamps.
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"Our guys continued to stay engaged, continued to battle," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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"Darvish had good use of all of his pitches," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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"Anytime a player comes off the field there's concern," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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"That decision has not been officially made," manager Jeff Banister said before the game.
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Earlier this year, it also brought aboard as partner renowned angel investor Cyan Banister.
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"It was as good as he's felt through this process," manager Jeff Banister said.
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Banister asked for a review of Encarnacion's slide at second and the play stood.
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"Just another piece of the legend of Adrian Beltre," said Texas manager Jeff Banister.
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"We've got to find a way to move past and keep grinding," Banister said.
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"Look, we've seen Cole in those type of situations," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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"Cahill was very similar to what we've seen before," said Rangers manager Jeff Banister.
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Cyan Banister of Founders Fund has also made a bet on teeth-straightening startups.
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"We'll give him a couple days down and see how he feels," Banister said.
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"I think its going to take something bigger to get people's attention," Banister said.
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It doesn't even have weekly meetings, with Banister instead describing a highly decentralized operation.
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But before we let her go, we asked Banister about turnover at the firm.
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The project was developed by Repowering London, residents of Banister House and Hackney Energy.
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"A lot of feel-good going into Boston," Rangers manager Jeff Banister told reporters.
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"They've shown up huge for us, all three of them," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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"The second inning was something we haven't seen since last year," Texas manager Jeff Banister.
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If Banister had to narrow her success down to one factor, it would be mentorship.
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That lack of production didn't send up any red flags for Rangers manager Jeff Banister.
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"Obviously, it was a tough sky with the sun, and Choo really battling," Banister said.
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"The amounts produced are not enough for commercial purposes," adds Banister of the Keasling paper.
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As part of this latest round, Founders Fund partner Cyan Banister is joining the board.
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The Rangers were 64-88 this season and 325-313 in four seasons under Banister.
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"In between the two home runs, he was really fabulous," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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Building Inclusive Worlds with Cyan Banister (Founders Fund) Kickstarting an Industry with Yelena Rachitzky (Oculus)
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"It was a challenge for Kyle in a couple innings," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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"It was a challenge for him," Banister said of Holland, his latest starter to struggle.
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"This is exactly what Yu needs to do when he goes out there," Banister said.
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"I thought it was a very solid outing for Yu," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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"We're going to give him an opportunity to get a job," manager Jeff Banister said.
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Manager Jeff Banister said he might have to rearrange the back end of his bullpen.
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"If you look at our schedule, we've got the next three Thursdays off," Banister said.
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"It was encouraging to see him settle down," Texas manager Jeff Banister said of Perez.
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"Solid effort by A.J. — a lot of deep counts tonight," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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"Obviously it was a very challenging day from the beginning," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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"Lack of multiple looks, you can't settle in on any one single pitcher," Banister explained.
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"A sweep of anybody anytime during the year is big," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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Current investors include Cyan Banister of Founders Fund, X Factor Ventures and The House Fund.
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Jeffress appears to be on a faster track back than manager Jeff Banister initially expected.
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"I would say it was more grinding than anything else," Banister said of Perez's start.
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Past judges include Cyan Banister, Kirsten Green, Aileen Lee, Alfred Lin, Roelof Botha and more.
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"There's a lot of feel good, a lot of energy," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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The staircase, which retains its original newel post and banister, leads up to three bedrooms.
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HQ's only other board member, Founders Fund's Cyan Banister, refused to get involved, sources say.
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"This is the 2016 Texas Rangers, the 2016 Toronto Blue Jays," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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"It was great to see Tanner back in a major league game," manager Jeff Banister said.
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"There was a little excitement, a little drama at the end," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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"He's a huge player for us, a big player for us," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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That didn't go anywhere, but Banister did help financially back a coding school later that year.
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Banister has more years of experience as an investor than some of the firm's other members.
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Like many of those affiliated with Founders Fund, Banister is both a founder and former operator.
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"Angel investing is a team effort," said Banister, who appeared on stage to accept the award.
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The first-floor banister, newel post and stair treads were found in the house during renovations.
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"I have a chance to play in a new arena and stretch myself intellectually," Banister says.
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"The body of work speaks for itself," manager Jeff Banister said of Texas&apos recent results.
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"It was, all in all, a real professional experience for Brett Nicholas," manager Jeff Banister said.
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"I can't say enough about Yu Darvish tonight and how he threw the baseball," Banister said.
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RHP Andrew Cashner is the "frontrunner" to make the start, according to Rangers manager Jeff Banister.
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Founders Fund also hired new partners last year, bringing on board Cyan Banister and Kevin Hartz.
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Rangers manager Jeff Banister said the club chose Scheppers because he has minor league options remaining.
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But Texas Rangers Manager Jeff Banister is among those who argue that signs need to evolve.
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Jose Leclerc walked Cameron Maybin and Trout to start the ending, getting the hook from Banister.
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"It was a little different than what he's shown this season," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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Banister declined to go into specifics about what brought him onto the field after the ejection.
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Founders Fund partner Cyan Banister described how the firm's investment practices differ from other venture capital investors in a wide-ranging interview with TechCrunch last year: As for how decisions get made, Banister explained that the voting structure is dependent on the size of the check.
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When the time comes, Founders Fund's Banister has a good idea who the first patient will be.
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Banister confirmed that Darvish will skip his Monday start, but he did not offer a probable replacement.
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"Obviously the way we won tonight, contributions up and down the lineup," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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The library was made possible with the help of Samuel Banister, a synthetic chemist at Stanford University.
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He told manager Jeff Banister he could play Wednesday but the manager said he was being cautious.
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"It was not the command he's used to, but most of the misses were small," Banister said.
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A bit wobbly, she ignored her own warning and stumbled on the first step, grabbing the banister.
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"Clevinger was keeping us off balance, but Chirinos was able to get the big hit," Banister said.
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"He seems to be very comfortable in the batter's box against us," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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"This is exactly what Yu needs to do when he goes out there," manager Jeff Banister said.
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Texas manager Jeff Banister was encouraged by his club's fight in the season finale with the Angels.
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The deep stone steps are framed by a banister of oak and brass, with decorative iron balusters.
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But both Lewis and Oscar fell over the banister and plunged toward the concrete driveway below them.
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But she was intrigued by a banister wrapped in leather, like the grip of a tennis racket.
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Jeff Banister of the Texas Rangers finished second, and Buck Showalter of the Baltimore Orioles was third.
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Rangers manager Jeff Banister said that using Holland as a reliever in the playoffs is a possibility.
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"If it weren't for my kids, I'd totally move," said Cyan Banister, a partner at Founders Fund.
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Banister is a self-taught engineer and entrepreneur who has held a number of technical leadership positions.
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"My decision is to be patient and target Thursday," Rangers manager Jeff Banister told the team's website.
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"Even today, we felt like we had opportunities, just didn't cash in," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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Yes, winning the last two was nice, but ... "Well, look, we've got 28 to play," Banister said.
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"That's the confidence in our offense, kind of how they're going right now," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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"When I tell people my story, they always tell me that I should write a book," said Banister.
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Banister returned to Texas to be with his mother, Verda, who is having complications from a recent surgery.
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"To get away with this win tonight (in a) close ballgame is (good)," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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"It&aposs huge to have your 1 and 2 go back to back," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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Manager Jeff Banister said he was targeting Thursday against the A's for Beltre's return to the starting lineup.
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The combination of facing lefty CC Sabathia plus a scheduled day off Thursday appealed to manager Jeff Banister.
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Had this been an American League game, manager Jeff Banister said Beltran could have been the designated hitter.
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Caramoor commissioned "Banister" with St. Luke's and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, which debuted the piece last November.
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It still features much of its original carpentry, including the wide-plank floors, oak banister and multiple fireplaces.
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I have piles around my house: on my kitchen table, my office floor, even perilously on a banister.
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THINKING WITHOUT A BANISTER Essays in Understanding, 19603-1975 By Hannah Arendt Edited by Jerome Kohn 569 pp.
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As he descends the staircase from his bedroom, Garry somehow manages to drape his leg over the banister.
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"Right now, I don't know if I want to push him to 100," manager Jeff Banister told reporters.
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"Traditionally garland or magnolia branches are used to adorn a stairwell banister or mantle," Markle said in 2015.
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Banister was replaced for the rest of the season by Wakamatsu, who managed the Mariners in 269-29.
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"It was obviously nice for Cole to give us the start that he did," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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"He's a guy that, to me, is hard to really evaluate the whole practice part of it," Banister says.
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However, Rangers manager Jeff Banister said Sam Dyson will remain the closer, but Jeffress gives the team more flexibility.
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It's also working on new digital services — a development Banister eludes to — that will improve users on-trip experience.
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After moving to San Francisco and working at a startup, Banister earned a windfall after an exit to Cisco.
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Manager Jeff Banister planned to start Lucroy both Saturday and Sunday, but Robinson Chirinos was in the Saturday lineup.
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"It's always nice for our guys to give our pitcher, the starter, a lead," said Texas manager Jeff Banister.
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"It'd be tough to point to just one thing," Banister said of the key to the team's good run.
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"The closer and closer you get back to play, you start integrating yourself back toward the center," Banister said.
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"The four-seam and two-seam attack with the fastball was big," Texas manager Jeff Banister said of Cashner.
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So, on Thursday afternoon at Angel Stadium, Rangers manager Jeff Banister had a message for his ace right-hander.
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Lucroy sparks Rangers' rally in win over Brewers ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers manager Jeff Banister doesn't bother scoreboard watching.
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Texas manager Jeff Banister was frustrated because his team missed on a good early scoring chance in the second.
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"I don't think four days is definitely going to get rid of it completely," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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Mr. Biss, who will perform "Banister" with the New York Philharmonic in April, found the cultural affinity worth noting.
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He coiled as if to stand, but remained seated, and wound his fingers around the rods holding the banister.
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"Traditionally garland or magnolia branches are used to adorn a stairwell banister or mantle," the former actress told Grazia.
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"Diek just lost a little feel for the strike zone and feel for pitch," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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Banister House Solar, as the scheme is known, produces community-owned renewable electricity for the building and its residents.
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The Rangers (28-22) fired Jeff Banister, the 693 American League Manager of the Year, earlier in the day.
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"Really felt like Martin seemed to be in control of what he really wanted to do," manager Jeff Banister said.
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"I like how our guys are throwing out of the bullpen the last few games," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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"Early on pounding the strike zone, using the curveball, slider to get back into counts," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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A partially melted carton of Ben & Jerry's chocolate-chip cookie-dough ice cream rested on the banister of a staircase.
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"It says a lot about him," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said of Griffin's performance after such a long time away.
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" When Dinklage first told his grandmother that he was going to play Tyrion Lannister, she thought he said "interior banister.
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Rangers manager Jeff Banister said on Friday that the team had no plans to put Hamels on the disabled list.
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According to Banister, this is only the beginning and won't be enough for Silicon Valley to sever ties with China.
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"To move Elvis over ... it's huge to get a guy 90 feet away from scoring, big at-bat," Banister said.
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Then, in 93, Ms. Kim fell between a stairwell banister, fracturing her right wrist and jaw and dislocating her hip.
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And he can climb the stairs on his own, though he still has to hold on to the banister tightly.
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"Very challenging tonight for Martin, kind of a tale of two different types of pitchers," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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In October 2015, Banister House in Hackney, east London, became home to the borough's first community-owned solar power project.
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"You can talk about the hitting of Rua and the pinch hitters and the ABs," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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"I believe HQ can grow into the next generation-defining entertainment platform," Banister wrote in a statement provided to Recode.
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"We got to win tomorrow," said Rangers bench coach Steve Buechele, who served as acting manager in place of Jeff Banister.
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"There are a lot of great companies in this world, but very few that tackle difficult and uncomfortable problems," Banister said.
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"It's at the point where we didn't necessarily see the progress results we thought we would see," manager Jeff Banister said.
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RHP Tanner Scheppers, on a rehab assignment in the minor leagues, is not "that far off," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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Still, manager Jeff Banister liked Darvish's work as the Orioles did not do much except for the homers in the win.
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His individual aim, he told Banister, was wrapped in that pursuit: He wanted to win a Gold Glove in the outfield.
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The comment was in response to a tweet from Cyan Banister, an angel investor, who with husband Scott, invested in SpaceX.
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Passengers started taking some of their own precautions, such as walking more slowly down the staircase rather than holding the banister.
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"He continues to impress us every single night in what he goes out there and does," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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Banister put a note to herself on a post-it reminding her to check in on the company, and she periodically did.
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"I'm guessing he likes the visual in this ballpark, but he's been really our most consistent hitter all year long," Banister said.
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"What these guys did tonight was exceptional," Banister said, raising his voice inside the office of the visiting clubhouse at Safeco Field.
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"We came back out and proved that this team has great resiliency and stayed in the moment the entire time," Banister said.
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"We're going to get him into a doctor on Monday, check all the boxes off and make sure he's OK," Banister said.
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He is founder, chairman and CEO of Shirley Banister & McVicker, a public affairs consultancy based in Alexandria, Va. View the discussion thread.
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RHP Austin Bibens-Dirk is a candidate to make the start on Sunday in Washington, manager Jeff Banister said before Friday's game.
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"Thank goodness we had Delino Deshields sitting down there at the bottom of the lineup for us," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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Manager Jeff Banister said before Sunday's game that Beltre was "making progress," but there was still no definitive timetable for his return.
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So a year ago he raised $850,000 from Social Capital and Shrug Capital plus angels like Cyan (Banister) and Secret's David Byttow.
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"I feel comfortable that there's a group of guys that are going to get this thing going," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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The room, used as a den, is enclosed by a stainless-steel banister continued from the stairs, and overlooks the living room.
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Texas Rangers: Manager Jeff Banister worked miracles in his first season, taking the Rangers from worst to first in the AL West.
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"We had some great times here, but it doesn't last forever," Banister, who was 325-313 over all, said in a statement.
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Founders Fund partner Cyan Banister is spearheading the investment for the firm, and plans to take a seat on the company's board.
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"You don't come in here and expect to put a ton of runs on the board against that pitching staff," said Banister.
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Investors include Max Levchin (this is the PayPal co-founder's first investment in India), Scott Banister, Neeraj Arora, Naval Ravikant, and Ruchi Sanghvi.
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For Cyan Banister, who shepherded the deal through to investment for Founders Fund, happening on Contraline was a combination of luck and persistence.
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At Disrupt SF, Founders Fund partner Cyan Banister is going to tell her story, and it might not be the narrative you'd expect.
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Before joining Founders Fund, Banister was a wildly successful angel investor, with portfolio companies including Uber, Thumbtack, SpaceX, Postmates, EShares, Affirm and Niantic.
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"Wilson hasn't caught back-to-back games yet," manager Jeff Banister said of how he plans to use his two former Detroit catchers.
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RF Shin-Soo Choo, who left Tuesday night's game with lower back stiffness, was held out of Wednesday's lineup by manager Jeff Banister.
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"I informed Jeff Banister of our decision earlier today," Rangers president of baseball operations and general manager Jon Daniels said in a statement.
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RHP Tyson Ross (thoracic outlet syndrome surgery) most likely will make his next start in the majors, manager Jeff Banister told reporters Sunday.
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The company had earlier raised only very small seed and Series A rounds from renowned investors Scott Banister, Tim Draper and Peter Thiel.
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Rumors have swirled around Kroll's behavior toward women while at Vine, but Banister says she "became comfortable after looking at everything" before investing.
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Cashner walked Seager to lead off the bottom of the seventh, prompting Texas manager Jeff Banister to bring in right-hander Jose Leclerc.
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Manager Jeff Banister said after Sunday's game that LHP Cesar Ramos, a reliever, is "most likely" going to start Monday's game at Oakland.
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Manager Jeff Banister said although he allowed five runs and 213 hits in five innings, there were some positives from Gonzalez's season debut.
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"It was nice to see him get the two hits the other night that dropped in for him," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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Girardi, having removed his jersey, examined the infield as Banister trailed close behind and Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman strolled around the perimeter.
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"These guys continue to go out, there's great energy in the dugout, they played well on the field," Banister said of his club.
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The NBA star and studio analyst also committed capital to Toonstar's recent seed funding, a round led by Founders Fund partner Cyan Banister.
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HandUp had previously raised $1.7 million from investors like Jason Calacanis, Alexis Ohanian, Marc Benioff, Cyan and Scott Banister, Precursor Ventures and others.
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They tore down the walls that enclosed the home's central staircase and installed a custom iron banister and fresh walnut wood stair treads.
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"It was a situation in the second inning where he kind of lost a little bit of command with the secondary stuff," Banister said.
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"We had four strikeouts early with runners in scoring position where we could have created some separation for ourselves," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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Banister said he liked the movement on his fastball at times and noted Gonzalez's secondary pitches had more life on them than last year.
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"We have to have a certain amount of trust when we look in the mirror," Founders Fund Partner Cyan Banister said in a statement.
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"The only expectation I have for Colby is to go out and pitch the game he is capable of pitching," manager Jeff Banister said.
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IRL has received an undisclosed amount of funding from Floodgate and Founders Fund, and Cyan Banister (Scott Banister's partner) led the Founders Fund round.
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"Yes, we're going to take a look at it and see what it looks like, see how Derek responds in the bullpen," Banister said.
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But it becomes problematic when an industry and a city known for progressive inclinations remain silent on something as important as this, Banister said.
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Meanwhile, the Texas Rangers, who won the division in 2015 and 2016, fired Manager Jeff Banister with 10 games left in his fourth season.
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Cyan Banister is leaving Founders Fund to become a member of a new early-stage investment and operations-focused firm called Long Journey Ventures.
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"I felt like tonight offensively might have been our best approach all year long with everything that we did," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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Recharge's earlier investors include Binary Capital, Floodgate, entrepreneur Rick Marini, Eniac VC, Expansion VC, investors Scott and Cyan Banister and early Google engineer Harry Cheung.
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Banister taught herself to code, and held a number of technical leadership positions prior to angel investing, including overseeing support infrastructure and performance at Cisco.
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Banister spoke this morning at Disrupt about the handful of values she cites as key to making the transition from the streets to VC investing.
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Rangers manager Jeff Banister indicated before the game that his club likely will start either RHP Nick Martinez or LHP Cesar Ramos at St. Louis.
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Cyan and Scott Banister Seed investors Cyan and Scott are an investment power couple with money in Uber, SpaceX and many other high-profile startups.
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INF Jurickson Profar was called up from Triple-A Round Rock and will play shortstop for the duration of Andrus' absence, manager Jeff Banister said.
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"We've got to get some hits," manager Jeff Banister said after Texas' 6-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners on Thursday in the series finale.
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"Our guys are going to continue to grind at-bats out," said Texas manager Jeff Banister, whose team matched it season high with 22013 hits.
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IRL, founded by Abe Shafi and Scott Banister, is looking to break the pattern, focusing on positivity to get people excited about hanging out offline.
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IRL CEO Abe Shafi IRL CEO Abe Shafi Shafi teamed up with PayPal's first board member Scott Banister and early social network founder Greg Tseng.
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His four-banister installation "IDPS" (2016) recounts stories of immigration throughout the region through an emergent style of embroidery from Hmong refugee camps in Thailand.
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He had completed 14 of 123 passes for 125 yards at that point, with two touchdown passes to Albert Okwuegbunam and another to Barrett Banister.
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BUT THE STAIRCASE hallway, with its original turned-walnut banister, gives a hint of the idiosyncratic adornment that Cotton has created in the upstairs rooms.
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He also slid down a banister on a visit to the White House and once crashed a helicopter in the Atlantic while chasing a dolphin.
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"He's the guy that needs to be complimented on everything, just the complete game really, and he's been playing that way," Manager Jeff Banister said.
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"It was a challenge for us, but thank goodness we had Delino DeShields sitting down there at the bottom of the lineup for us," Banister said.
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"Bibens-Dirkx did a heck of a job coming in, giving us some innings that we desperately needed in that situation," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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Bench coach Steve Buechele filled in for Banister on Saturday in his first full game managing in the big leagues and will fill in again Sunday.
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"In just a few years, ridesharing has evolved from a niche service to an indispensable element of our global transportation system," Banister said in a statement.
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Manager Jeff Banister said it was precautionary, adding that he wanted to make a double switch and that it made the most sense to remove Chirinos.
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Banister gave Diekman the save chance because closer Sam Dyson worked four of the last six games and he wanted to give him a day off.
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This included refurbishing the ornate oak front door, the parlor-level wainscoting and the carved staircase banister, as well as the decorative fireplaces, Mr. Nikci said.
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The image has the grand sterility that marks most pictures out of North Korea: the colossal mural, the sparkling clean banister, the eerie sense of emptiness.
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Binary Capital led the round, with participation from Floodgate, entrepreneur Rick Marini, Eniac VC, Expansion VC, entrepreneur-investor Scott Banister and early Google engineer Harry Cheung.
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The round was led by Founders Fund and its partner Cyan Banister, with participation from former investor Lightspeed Ventures, which had previously invested $8 million. 3.
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The names and quotations defending Jordan were compiled by Shirley & Banister Public Affairs, a conservative firm which Jordan has hired to help him weather the crisis.
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"At these early stages it's all about founders... and Niv has a pretty good eye," Founders Fund partner Cyan Banister, who personally invested in Dror's fund.
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She had been thrown down a couple of flights of stairs by her sick cunt boyfriend so hard that the banister had been thrown completely off.
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His campaign turned to the PR company Shirley & Banister Public Affairs, which distributed statements on the matter and set up a website presenting support for Jordan.
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And as soon as we finished that, I had to slide down a banister and jump from the second story and land on a moving horse.
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He and I and a few friends fabricated a circular stairway for the bin, hung ropes to serve as a banister, and added a second floor.
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Odor's 11th-inning HR salvages win for Rangers SEATTLE — Texas Rangers manager Jeff Banister went from happy to frustrated in a matter of seconds late Saturday night.
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Banister was so smitten with Buttigieg that she tried pitching Founders Fund, the elite VC firm founded by Peter Thiel, to open an office in South Bend.
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Presumably, that's why he and many others (Cyan Banister, Keith Rabois, Ron Conway, James Currier) made the switch to "real" VC — to win over the best deals.
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The startup has raised $547,000 from investors including Scott and Cyan Banister (plus their AngelList syndicate), Social Starts, Sterling VC, Vectr Ventures, Brian Cartmell and Ramen Underground.
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The latter was initially called a foul ball, but with Texas down a run with two runners on and no outs, manager Jeff Banister challenged the call.
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"It was impressive for Tony with the layoff, the injury, the pitches that he made, the ability to work his way out of the inning," Banister said.
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"The ball that Mitch hit there late as a pinch hitter, he hit it about as good as you can hit it," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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Girardi held a discussion with the umpiring crew, after which stadium workers were summoned to begin unrolling the tarp, bringing Rangers Manager Jeff Banister onto the field.
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In an animated meeting with umpires, Banister appeared to be question why now, after multiple hours of rain — and Chapman's control problems — the game was being halted.
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When Silicon Valley tunes in to the Golden State Warriors game on Saturday, Cyan Banister hopes they notice some Mandarin among the blue and gold team merch.
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As Mr. Gardarsson, a former gymnast, scrambles around his cell, over furniture and down the banister into the unwelcoming room below, his dexterity and control are mesmerizing.
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"It's hard to gauge and the reason why is these businesses aren't capable of operating at the same scale a normal business could operate at," Banister says.
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"For too long we cowered to the side and were not able to fight back," said Diana Banister, a Republican consultant who works on social conservative causes.
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"We had some guys that are supposed to do some damage for us against left-handers — Mike Napoli, Delino DeShields, Lucroy, Elvis drew a walk," Banister said.
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Ordinary objects in our lives — a banister, a dress, a spinet piano, a little mailbox in the woods, rumpled bedsheets, burning paper — accumulate memories over the years.
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But even as she struggled, her hands turning white as she gripped the banister, she turned to me and said, "This must be so hard for you."
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Shaked looks sultry, running a hand through her hair, affixing an earring, draping a white jacket on her shoulders, caressing a banister as she descends the stairs.
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He grants that a lot of people need a kind of existential banister, some philosophy or belief system that grounds them in historical time, and that's fine.
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" Texas manager Jeff Banister said of the All-Star pitcher, "There are times when guys go out there and they're not as sharp as they want to be.
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These Y Combinator grads have worked in a number of high-profile vision startups and raised $2.4 million in seed from folks like Scott Banister and Trevor Blackwell.
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After a tossed banister rail struck one state trooper in the face, 66 armed members of law enforcement lined up around the edge of campus and opened fire.
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Instead of polenta bubbling on the stove and her sister's warm embrace, Nora encounters Rachel's beloved German shepherd hanging from the banister, strangled by his leash, rotating eerily.
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"A situation tonight where we come out, swing the bats and put some runs on the board is a positive for our offense," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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"The flexibility of Drew, where we can play him at different positions, we can maneuver him around that lineup against some right-handers," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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"I've seen this before with Carlos, when he's locked in, he's extremely challenging, he's a true professional hitter with a ton of power," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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"He has been swinging the bat well," said Texas manager Jeff Banister, who said Lucroy has been getting the barrel of the bat out front on offspeed pitches.
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I spent each day trudging through a dark fog, thinking about how I could hang myself from the second-story banister in our foyer without traumatizing my parents.
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"I hoped she could figure out a way to align profit with her mission and create a company that didn't rely on a nonprofit model," Banister told TechCrunch.
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Hercules was waiting on the staircase that led up to her room, his legs stretched all along the step, his feet jammed into two slots in the banister.
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RHP Tony Barnette (left oblique strain) pitched to hitters before Saturday's game against Oakland and will likely pitch in relief early next week, Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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Texas manager Jeff Banister didn't want Profar, who started at third base, involved in a critical defensive play with the game in the balance after witnessing him limping.
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"I think the people that are the most vocal in this city, in San Francisco, are some of the most silent in this issue," Banister told Business Insider.
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After each pitch, the judges (we're talking folks like Cyan Banister, Kirsten Green, Aileen Lee, Alfred Lin and Roelof Botha) will put each team through a Q&A.
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The storm knocked down three of the lamps and damaged the fourth, while also breaking sections of the banister and supporting posts on the 19th-century stone stairs.
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"(We) would much rather give him the extra time now so we don't create a bigger situation for us further down the road," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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But with SS Elvis Andrus rested yesterday, Rangers manager Jeff Banister put Hanser Alberto at shortstop and kept Profar at second in place of suspended 7B Rougned Odor.
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Then, the soon-to-be 2-year-old explored the second level of the home, which has a realistic banister and balcony and connects to an outdoor patio.
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"I think Nick has handled every situation that we've put him in over the last three years about as good as any pitcher we've had," manager Jeff Banister said.
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"The seventh inning has been a challenge for us in quite a few games," said Texas manager Jeff Banister, who thought it was right time to pull his starter.
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"We decided overnight it was probably best" to place Griffin on the disabled list, manager Jeff Banister said, and recall southpaw Alex Claudio, which the Texas Rangers did Sunday.
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"We were glad to get him back," said manager Jeff Banister, whose team dealt him to Detroit on March 29 because it had acquired another Tigers catcher, Bryan Holaday.
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"We have a tremendous front office that is always looking for talented players, and they're not afraid to take some risk along the way," Rangers Manager Jeff Banister said.
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Up!" the photographers, crammed into a balcony above, begged each model as she descended, eyes cast downward and banister gripped for balance, and rewarded those who did with "Bravo!
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"To be able to insert Gomez and Nap and have them come back and do what they did is crucial for us going forward," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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Manager Jeff Banister told reporters before Friday's game that Bush received a cortisone injection and that the team is hoping to get him back in action by the weekend.
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But in reality, it's hard to say how big that market really is, Founders Fund Partner Cyan Banister, who has invested in a handful of sextech startups, tells TechCrunch.
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But Typhoon Mangkhut knocked down three of the lamps and damaged the fourth, while also breaking sections of the banister and supporting posts on the 19th-century stone stairs.
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"The story is how electric his stuff was and how he was able to manage his secondary stuff, how sharp it was at times," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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"As far as tonight, look, offense put some runs on the board, got sideways on the pitching side of it," Texas manager Jeff Banister told reporters after the loss.
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Recode first reported last month that HQ was raising money, and that Founders Fund was planning to lead the round and take a board seat for partner Cyan Banister.
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Cyan Banister is an accomplished angel investor who, along with her husband, won TechCrunch's Angel of the Year award last spring for prescient bets on SpaceX, Uber, and DeepMind Technologies.
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NOTES: Rangers manager Jeff Banister said there's a "good chance" that OF Carlos Gomez, who signed a minor-league deal with the club last weekend, will join the team Thursday.
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The 39-year-old nine-time All-Star will likely get significant time in the field in the postseason, which manager Jeff Banister believes is a good thing for Beltran.
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Colon picked the ball up and threw out Segura, then laughed it off when manager Jeff Banister and the training staff came out to the field to check on him.
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Currently in his home, Scott has a sixteen-foot Christmas tree and garland wrapped all the way up his staircase banister as well as wreaths that hang on the walls.
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It retains some of its original leaded-glass windows on the first floor, two fireplaces and banister woodwork, while Brazilian tigerwood floors, molding and other period-style details are new.
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In its Series A round, Niantic raised $30 million in funding from an investor group including Alsop Loui Partners, Google, Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, Cyan and Scott Banister and others.
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There's no banister, the stairs are steep, and the walls would have been painted black, so that the handprints of the enslaved men and women using the stairs remained invisible.
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The thrusting terraces have views of Roosevelt Island and the Queensboro Bridge, Just as dramatic are the plunging views inside, from the apartment's treacherous catwalks and banister-free floating staircases.
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The flag, styled professionally in the actual designs of Nazi Germany, hung prominently over a banister at the 7,000-person Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the start of Sanders' speech.
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"Obviously, he was a guy who was so good for us last year and obviously good for us in certain stretches this year," Texas manager Jeff Banister said of Odor.
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When the world ends and swallows Beverly Hills for all it has wrought, all we can really hope for is a snake-covered banister to hold onto for dear life.
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"I know he likes to play in this ballpark," said Rangers manager Jeff Banister, whose team rallied from the same 3-1 deficit for a 4-3 win a night earlier.
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"At the time, and it still remains one of my biggest passions, I was interested in how software could create new meaningful ways of working," said Banister of the Thumbtack deal.
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Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads A visitor to the Brooklyn Museum on Saturday, October 6, fell to his death while sliding down a stairwell banister, the museum confirmed to Hyperallergic.
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The photo depicts a visitor leaning over the banister at Pyongyang's Mangyongdae Children's Palace, looking out at a model of the Unha 3 Space Launch vehicle in a space-themed hall.
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"Colin was extremely talented, a warm and caring person and I will miss him," said Cyan Banister, an HQ investor from Founders Fund, who is a board observer at the company.
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You'll hear from the likes of Marillyn Hewson, the chairman, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin; Cyan Banister, a partner at Founders Fund; and Mike Judge of HBO's "Silicon Valley" fame.
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The funding was led by angel investor Cyan Banister and Ludlow Ventures, with participation from GroundUp Ventures, Shrug Capital, Airbnb cofounder Nate Blecharczyk and HQ Trivia founder Rus Yusupov, among others.
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Additional investors and advisors include 500 Startups (Dave McClure), Auren Hoffman, Nirav Tolia, Scott Banister, Alex Schultz, Maria Thomas, Jeff Epstein, Donna Wells, Brian Roberts, Jason Putorti, Erik Moore, and others.
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Last month, Founders Fund brought aboard renowned angel investor Cyan Banister as its first woman partner; First Round Capital in February brought aboard Birchbox co-founder Hayley Barna as venture partner.
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Cyan Banister, partner at Peter Thiel's venture fund Founders Fund, is helping organize a mass protest in solidarity with protesters in Hong Kong at Golden State Warriors games in San Francisco.
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Founders jammed the seating area to hear from speakers — including Ray Dalio, Cyan Banister and Andrew Chen — on topics ranging from fundraising tips to where you can find new users today.
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"To be able to insert Gomez and Nap and have them come back and have them do what they did is crucial for us going forward," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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Start with two sibling creations: say, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Timo Andres's "The Blind Banister," a concerto closely related to it, at least in the mind of Mr. Andres.
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The trend has continued in recent weeks, with Jeff Banister of Texas, John Gibbons of Toronto, Mike Scioscia of the Los Angeles Angels and Paul Molitor of Minnesota being pushed out.
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And while Elizabeth Warren has welcomed the antipathy of Peter Thiel, the Trump-supporting tech titan and Facebook board member, Buttigieg has welcomed the avid support of Thiel's business partner Cyan Banister.
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"We've got to find a way to get him back into the good pitches, being able to stay back over the rubber and get down the slope, make quality pitches," Banister said.
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In this episode, Founders Fund partner Cyan Banister and Super Ventures managing partner Matt Miesnieks joined TechCrunch editor-in-chief Matthew Panzarino to talk the past, present and future of augmented reality.
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In her second week on the job, DeVos met with Diana Banister, whose firm has worked with conservative clients such as Citizens United, Tea Party Patriots and the Susan B. Anthony List.
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Rangers Manager Jeff Banister said he occasionally left his office and poked his head into the locker room and saw that his players were dialed up and wanted the game to resume.
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"The home needed some updates to bring it up to code, but the bones were amazing," says Cole, citing the nine fireplaces and intricate woodwork, including that of the entryway's stately banister.
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The move, first reported by Axios, brings Banister back to her early-stage roots as an investor after years at the multi-strategy and multi-stage investment fund founded by Peter Thiel.
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The lively pianist Jonathan Biss takes on Beethoven's stormy Piano Concerto No. 303 as well as "The Blind Banister" by Timo Andres in which the composer fences with the shadow of Beethoven.
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Now she worries about the chipping paint on the banister in the home, which was built in 1915, adding that her son had tested positive for lead while living in another house.
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His co-founders at IRL also include Scott Banister, the first board member of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook; along with Krutal Desai and Henry Khachatryan, who previously founded GetSponge.
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After Trout was walked intentionally, Rangers manager Jeff Banister brought in Shawn Tolleson, who just one night earlier gave up five runs and five hits without recording an out against the Seattle Mariners.
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"The only thing they really ever spent money on was food… It was one of these things where they weren't extravagant, they were extremely purposeful about every dollar that they spent," Banister said.
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"I think the story again was the inability to plate runs," said Texas manager Jeff Banister, whose team is without regulars Adrian Beltre, Carlos Gomez, Mike Napoli and Robinson Chirinos because of injuries.
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When you slid down the banister of the solarium, just as we had done as 8-year-olds and again as 20-year-olds chasing our youth, your joy and laughter were contagious.
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Banister said that could be the result of hitters' thinking more about hitting than about looking for a sign, or merely of the ability of a player to separate the two and focus.
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Timo Andres's "The Blind Banister" is inspired by Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2; Martinu's neo-classical "La Jolla" for piano and chamber orchestra channels Haydn, whose Symphony No. 98 rounds out the program.
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Banister acknowledges that she may not be allowed in China again, or that some of the companies she works with may be penalized or banned in the country as retaliation for speaking out.
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Manager Jeff Banister said after the game he is getting the barrel of the bat on front of breaking balls and even made a loud out when he lined to right in the sixth.
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Chilly drones, warm guitars and hushed cymbals lend it a sensory intimacy, while the lyrics express abstract emotion in vivid imagery, whether it's of tree bark or getting your head stuck in a banister.
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Banister was asked after the game about the "script repeating itself" with the performance of his bullpen, which gave up seven runs in the seventh inning of Saturday night's 20-24 loss to Seattle.
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Cyan Banister realized long ago that Zivity, a subscription-based online community of artistic nude, glamour and pin-up photography that she founded in 2007, was never going to be a highly profitable endeavor.
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Her well-kept building has a wide, handsome marble and oak foyer where one can envision the children of the original owner, a Union officer in the Civil War, sliding down the gleaming banister.
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A startup called Panda today is debuting a video chat app with voice-activated lenses and filters, and tells Axios it has raised $850,000 from Social Capital, Afore Capital, and Cyan Banister, among others.
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Fifteen former Ohio State wrestlers and four former coaches have also come forward to support Mr. Jordan, providing statements that were sent to reporters by the conservative public relations firm Shirley & Banister Public Affairs.
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This, I imagined, was a place where you could slide down the banister, chat to the uniformed elevator men who always knew the best gossip, and access that magic telephone line called room service.
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"I felt like we had a little bit of an opportunity in the first and then again in the third but (Odorizzi) made some pitches when he needed to," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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"To watch him play (Friday) with such a heavy heart, it solidifies even more what I know about him and the man he is," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said to the Dallas Morning News.
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A six-run eighth inning that broke open a 22005-22006 game included three homers from the Mariners, an ejection of Texas pitcher Tom Wilhelmsen and jawing between Servais and Texas manager Jeff Banister.
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In my two visits to Julianna's house last year, I watched her as she watched her 7-year-old brother, Alex, run around the house and jump off the stairs and slide down the banister.
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The offering sounds both brilliant and preposterous, yet it has already attracted some smart investors, including Scott and Cyan Banister and early Google engineer Harry Cheung, who've provided the company with $650,000 in seed funding.
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He's getting an extra day of rest, which may not be a coincidence given the fact Texas has a day off Thursday that will permit manager Jeff Banister and his coaches to attend the game.
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The joint statement by former OSU coaches, as well as a joint statement by former OSU wrestlers who support Jordan, was released by Shirley & Banister Public Affairs, a PR company employed by the Jordan campaign.
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In a blog post announcing her decision to join Long Journey Ventures, Banister wrote candidly about the tensions between the institutional investment firm and her own instincts as an earlier-stage backer of startup companies.
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Some people see that as an inorganic prospect, but Banister plans to explain how simple it can be to invite someone along to that concert, or conference, or hackathon, and make a difference in their life.
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Cyan Banister is a partner at Founders Fund, where she invests across sectors and stages with a particular interest in heavily regulated industries, marketplaces, SaaS and businesses that help people with basic skills find meaningful work.
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"We were inspired by what Kickstarter has done," explained Banister, who acknowledges that plenty of tipping mechanisms have been tried in the past but says one of ThankRoll's secret ingredients is to throw in special sweeteners.
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Now, Banister and Zivity's longtime general manager-turned-CEO, Nadya Lev, think they've struck on a more lucrative opportunity that can not only shine a light on the creative class but help artists get paid, too.
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Chirinos left Saturday s game in the bottom of the ninth, although manager Jeff Banister said it was for precautionary reasons and because it was the best spot in the order to execute a double switch.
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I had to reconcile myself to the fact that come December, there would be a Christmas tree and a menorah, candy canes next to Hanukkah gelt, stockings on the banister and latkes in the frying pan.
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Scientifically speaking, these innovative methods of creating cannabinoids are important if we want to do comprehensive research on their effects, says Samuel Banister, a chemist at the University of Sydney who was not involved with the study.
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"Graveman had a heck of a night, good running life on a hard fastball and nothing straight and then a cutter that was in on left-handers and away from right-handers," Texas manager Jeff Banister said.
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Robert Seman Jr., 48, was walking through the Mahoning County Courthouse with police in Youngstown after a pre-trial hearing when he quickly ran from the officers and jumped over a banister at around 9:30 a.m.
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Notoriously, he redecorated the grand seventeenth-century staircase at Sudbury Hall, in Derbyshire, by putting egg-yolk-yellow paint on the walls and painting the elaborately carved banister in white, like icing on a royal wedding cake.
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NOTES: RF Shin-Soo Choo, who left Tuesday night's game with lower back stiffness, was held out of the lineup by "cautious" manager Jeff Banister, who was also without 1B Mitch Moreland (calf) for the fourth straight game.
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According to a Bloomberg story, investors at the San Francisco-based outfit now include its billionaire cofounder Peter Thiel; cofounder Ken Howery; managing partner Luke Nosek; managing partner Brian Singerman; partner Geoff Lewis; partner Scott Nolan; and Banister.
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Here are the media investment theses of: Cyan Banister (Founders Fund), Alex Taussig (Lightspeed), Matt Hartman (betaworks), Stephanie Zhan (Sequoia), Jordan Fudge (Sinai), Christian Dorffer (Sweet Capital), Charles Hudson (Precursor), MG Siegler (GV), and Eric Hippeau (Lerer Hippeau).
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These startups made their way to the finale to demo in front of our final panel of judges, which included: Cyan Banister (Founders Fund), Roelof Botha (Sequoia Capital), Padmasree Warrior (NextEv), Susan Wojcicki (YouTube) and Matthew Panzarino (TechCrunch).
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Flex, the tampon alternative you can wear during sex, has raised a $3 million seed round led by Vivek Ranadive's new fund, Better Our World Capital, with participation from Cyan Banister of Founders Fund, Ellen Pao and others.
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With portfolio companies like uBiome, Mosaic, NovuMind and Osaro, as well as syndicate partners like Sean Parker, Yahoo founder Jerry Yang, Joe Lonsdale's 8VC, Scott Banister and Peter Thiel, ZhenFund appears to be well-entrenched in Silicon Valley.
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He gave up five hits, walked one and struck out eight Royals before giving way to Bush, who worked a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his first save "(Darvish) was extremely sharp," Banister said after the game.
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"They were still engaged and they were talking about the game, and they still had a little bit of agitation of being pulled off the field, so I could still hear the comments every so often," Banister said.
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She also met her husband, Scott Banister, who co-founded the company, and the two together and separately began writing seed-stage checks, including to SpaceX, Uber and a long list of companies that are now household names.
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Last year, attendees heard from Evan Spiegel (Snap), Sebastian Thrun (Kitty Hawk), Aaron Levie (Box), Shan-Lyn Ma (Zola), Jess Lee (Sequoia), Bob van Dijk (Naspers), Chris Dixon (a16z) and Cyan Banister (Founders Fund) — to name just a few.
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Astros RH Joe Musgrove (2-4, 22) Scheduled starter Yu Darvish was pushed back to Saturday after Tuesday's game by manager Jeff Banister and Holland was tabbed to make the start after being demoted to the bullpen on Sunday.
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According to a statement on its website, Banister Law, together with Gilbert + Tobin, filed the suit in the Federal Court alleging some vehicles were fitted with defective diesel particulate filters meant to trap and burn soot from the engine.
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Mr. Biss said he wouldn't have located the Beethoven in Mr. Andres's "The Blind Banister" had it not been pointed out to him; Mr. Adams said that the piece is so good that he had forgotten about the link.
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The team is partially owned by several tech leaders and prominent VCs, but Banister told Business Insider that more in Silicon Valley aren't doing enough in support of what she called a mass human rights violation in Hong Kong.
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"When you get right down to it, what we do, we're privileged to be able to do this, and when real life punches you in the mouth, you take notice and this becomes a distraction for that," Banister said.
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As for whether San Francisco is doing enough for founders — or founders enough for San Francisco — Banister suggested both are coming up far short, saying of the city that "it should be the most technologically advanced" in the world.
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The Startup Battlefield contestants, approximately 20 in number, pitch for six minutes each, including a live demo, followed by a six-minute Q&A with our elite judges — investors like Roelof Botha, Jeff Clavier, Cyan Banister, Kirsten Green and Aileen Lee.
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This week, Katie Roof, Matthew Lynley and I — Alex Wilhelm — were joined by Cyan Banister, a prolific investor on her own (Uber, Postmates, the list goes on), and partner at Founders Fund, a team with more than $3 billion under management.
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Rangers manager Jeff Banister told reporters he can see Darvish bonding with the team as he gets himself ready and the Japanese pitcher has had his family around him this spring to help ease his transition back to baseball life.
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"Even if we reach Ready Player One haptic suits — where we're plugged in and we can feel everything — it doesn't replace the fact that we are social creatures and we like to go around and actually see reality," Banister says.
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A-list investors: Dror has been able to attract the who's who of Silicon Valley as investors into his fund, including Banister, Chris and Crystal Sacca, Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, Amity Ventures, Social Capital, David Sacks, Keith Rabois, and Kevin Rose.
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Jordan has hired a top-flight conservative public relations firm, Shirley & Banister, which released a statement on Monday from six former wrestling coaches who said Jordan had no knowledge that Dr. Richard Strauss was molesting or sexually assaulting OSU wrestlers.
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"Banister," which will have its New York premiere after the Beethoven concerto, is the first installment of Mr. Biss's Beethoven/5 project, in which each of five composers produces a companion piece to one of the five Beethoven piano concertos.
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Together they stood on the landing and gunned the creatures lurching up the stairs at them apart, one by one, until the walls dripped with gore, the banister fell over, and the stairs creaked with the weight of the dead.
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When seed-stage valuations began soaring to levels that gave them both pause, they hit the brakes, and Banister, a self-described workaholic, headed over to AngelList as an "ev-angel-list" to help recruit people like herself to its platform.
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Working with Ms. Kim, they developed a plan to combine the two units into a single home, while significantly opening up the ground floor and preserving a few original details, including the front door, banister and some of the trim.
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But nothing compares to Mimi's unparalleled ability to turn even the most mundane everyday objects into the perfect high fashion prop; case in point, this stairway banister that she's wrapped herself around while still making Tyra proud and totally finding her light.
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Total raised: $1.5 millionLast round: $1.5 million seed in November 2019Key investors: Cyan Banister (Affirm, ClassPass, Postmates), Ludlow Ventures (Honey, Scentbird, Wag), Secocha Ventures (Brigit, Eaze, ePayLater)Wardrobe is another peer-to-peer closet share app exclusively for New Yorkers, for now.
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A discussion of the realities of AR at its turning point and its potential to be the next big platform with Cyan Banister (Founders Fund), Ross Finman and Diana Hu (Escher Reality), Phil Keslin (Niantic Inc.) and Nathan Kong (The CurioPets Company).
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This morning at TechCrunch SF 2018, Founders Fund partner Cyan Banister shared her inspirational journey from a homeless teen at the age of 15 to now a venture capitalist who's invested in startups like Uber, Thumbtack, SpaceX, Postmates, EShares, Affirm and Niantic.
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"After he gave up the leadoff double on the fastball, he got away from I think what his best pitch is, and that's the fastball," said Texas manager Jeff Banister of Bush, who blew his second save in a span of four chances.
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The biggest retaliation Banister was concerned about, she said, was whether or not the team would cancel her season tickets, but she figured that would be the least of it, if she didn't speak up when others in tech have remained silent.
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In outlaw days, someone stole the steps to the elevated train station at Livonia Avenue in Brooklyn, and there were no plans to replace them until a photograph of a man shimmying up the banister ran on the front page of a newspaper.
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Babysitters put on The Exorcist in the living room, and I only pretended to go to sleep, then sat cross-legged on the second floor, head thrust between the banister rails, intent on learning what happens when a demon possesses a little girl.
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When they arrived for a tour, there were aesthetic choices they didn't like, including recessed LED ceiling lamps with a frigid quality of light; a new kitchen with cheap cherry cabinets, mosaic tile and a portly fridge; and an awkward replacement banister.
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So far they've only hosted friends and family, but they are getting in touch with Tanglewood Festival organizers about next summer's visiting musicians — which means it's entirely possible that Renée Fleming or Wynton Marsalis might be sliding down the banister before long.
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Cyan Banister (Founders Fund), Cindy Gallop (MakeLoveNotPorn) and Lora Haddock (Lora DiCarlo) will discuss the opportunities — and challenges — of building a successful sex tech startup, and how to capitalize on a market that's projected to be worth more than $123 billion by 2026.
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Its three-story lobby lights up with flashes from cameraphones before performances; nearly every concert-going Angeleno seems to have a picture on Instagram of the high-arching ceiling, the intricate details carved or forged into every banister and railing, and the chandeliers.
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In the moments after a dramatic 2-1 comeback win over the Seattle Mariners, Banister was eager to talk about the game but kept getting asked about hobbled starter Yu Darvish, who will skip his Monday start to be re-evaluated by team doctors.
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Jude Gomila, the co-founder and CEO of Golden, a high tech digital information platform that recently raised a $5 million seed round led by Marc Andreessen of Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Cyan Banister of Founders Fund, SV Angel and Gigafund, sums this up.
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These startups made their way to the finale to demo in front of our final panel of judges, which included: Cyan Banister (Founders Fund), Roelof Botha (Sequoia Capital), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Kirsten Green (Forerunner Ventures), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures) and Matthew Panzarino (TechCrunch).
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"It's like, why are there so many movie sequels made?" asked Timo Andres, who took Beethoven as a starting point for "The Blind Banister," a piano concerto that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and that the New York Philharmonic will play in April.
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One major Republican megadonor, who had been one of the biggest backers of pro-Paul super PACs, Silicon Valley titan Scott Banister, pledged on Wednesday to Cruz as well -- though he said he has not yet decided to give to a Cruz super PAC.
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Written about 20 years after the main work was completed, it proved to be the part of the piece that the composer Timo Andres focused on in "The Blind Banister," a concerto written on Mr. Biss's request as a kind of response to the Beethoven.
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Banister called on other tech leaders, like Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, to speak up in support of the protesters, but said that many are hesitant to do so because they have business interests in China or have taken direct investment from the Chinese government.
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Mr. Lambrecht specializes in what he calls "antiques engineering," meaning he recovers and repurposes items like a dark-oak chest that he has bleached and then painted with an imitation marble top, or sections of an old painted banister transformed into chic lamps and sconces.
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Dragonfly's limited partners include Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon (A16Z), Salil Deshpande (Bain Capital Ventures), Cyan Banister (Founders Fund), Olaf Carlson-Wee (Polychain Capital), Neil Shen (Sequoia China), Eric Xu (Baidu founder), Bob Xiaoping Xu (Zhenfund), Zhang Tao (Meituan-Danping), and Bao Fan (China Renaissance Bank CEO).
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Joey Gallo (team-leading seven homers) went deep for the fifth time in seven outings on Tuesday, raising legitimate questions about how Texas manager Jeff Banister plans to keep the explosive 23-year-old in the lineup when veteran third baseman Adrian Beltre returns from injury.
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Haniger 's single off the top of the wall came after teammates Jarrod Dyson and Guillermo Heredia led off the seventh with back-to-back singles "You could clearly see (in replays) that it hit the top of the wall and stayed in the ballpark," Banister said.
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A curved staircase with a brass and iron banister in the gallery connects to the top floor, where there is a spacious landing with more book shelves, along with three large bedrooms, two with a separate en-suite bath, two smaller bedrooms and another full bath.
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Horowitz joins Cyan Banister (How to get your first yes), Asher Abramson (How to create great growth assets for paid channels), Lior Zorea (What VCs want in a term sheet and how you can get what you want), and Dalton Caldwell (How to get into Y Combinator).
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Whether these incentives are enough to prompt more pledges on a meaningful scale remains to be seen, but Banister says that she and Lev decided to spin the business out of Zivity after launching it on the platform and watching hundreds of its artists begin using it within weeks.
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Unlike other bucket-list paintings — at the Louvre in Paris, the Mona Lisa is sequestered behind a wooden banister; at the Uffizi in Florence, Botticelli's "Birth of Venus" sits in a recessed niche — "Starry Night" hangs right on the wall, with no special protection except some nonreflective glass.
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Banister declined to confirm or comment on a recent WSJ report that Founders Fund is in the process of closing on $3 billion in capital commitments across two funds — a flagship fund and an opportunity type of fund to support its companies as they remain private ever longer.
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"Our guys know where the urgency is to win baseball games, and to win them in the fashion we did in this set of three, comeback wins, just to show heart and grit that these guys have is a huge plus for us moving forward," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said.
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Meanwhile, Jeff Banister is burning his bullpen to the ground and strutting over to the gas station for more kerosene: Dyson has pitched the most games of any reliever in baseball, Diekman sits 24th in appearances and Bush is on a similar pace despite only getting called up in mid-May.
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At his Henrietta Street house, up the stairs and past a faux Roman statue of a naked man — Emperor Hadrian's young lover Antinous, who died under mysterious circumstances — Lumley has hung his clothes up to dry along a line tied to the banister in homage to Severs and his museum.
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In a wide-ranging conversation at a San Francisco event on Wednesday, we talked with Banister about that path, along with her investing style, which still sees her make angel investments of $1.5 million or less in companies that are often ambitiously futuristic or boringly practical and very much needed.
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I remember lumbering down the back stairs, at the end of pregnancy, when the bladder just doesn't have much room to expand, gripping the banister tightly and thinking with envy about the house I grew up in, where the bathroom was at least on the same level as the bedrooms.
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Hannah Arendt, the philosopher and political theorist, was always acutely concerned with questions of how to make thought and knowledge matter in the struggle against injustice, never more so than in the last two decades of her life, when the rich medley of the material collected in "Thinking Without a Banister" was created.
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But Maurice's comedy of errors — the cigarette butt in the lap, losing the note with the correct address, tearing out a page from a phone book at the gas station, killing an old man for ordinary postage stamps, tearing his clothing on the banister — is breathtaking, and Ray's instincts are not much sharper.
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Psychology lecturer Mark Sergeant of Nottingham Trent University told Metro UK that polishing the banister on company time is "very effective at work" and a "great way to relieve tension and stress," especially after you discover someone has stolen your tupperware for the second time in two weeks and you were really looking forward to that homemade lasagna for lunch.
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"For Yu to come back with 11 strikeouts and one walk, three of which were after a leadoff triple, for him to come back in his second start and have those type of pitches and bear down like that and really make some great pitches to come off the field without giving up anything, shows me his competitive edge," Banister said.
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Kroll outright denies to Axios that he ever sexually harassed any colleagues or employees while with Twitter, and also provided his first statement on the matter: Founders Fund partner Cyan Banister says she "became comfortable after looking at everything" during due diligence, and believes that her joining the board can help guide the executive team on issues of management, diversity and inclusion.
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His new piano concerto, "The Blind Banister," is a deeply complex tribute to Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major; you can hear both works performed by Jonathan Biss at Caramoor (July 10), part of a concert with the conductor Joshua Weilerstein and the Orchestra of St. Luke's that also features tribute-type pieces by Haydn and Martinů.
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The Birds Outside Sang often views big feelings through a kaleidoscope, picking up all their intricacies: love is splintered into memories and gratitude, death becomes more about impermanence in general, sadness manifests itself in sensory detail ("Please come quick, I've stuck my head in the banister again / But I just wanted to know what it would feel like / With one part of my body alive").
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She has witnessed extraordinary changes that it has been her job to report: She went to Nepal with Edmund Hillary to cover the first successful ascent of Mount Everest in 1953, then a feat of immense difficulty and now a climb that can be done by any amateurs who can afford the fee, following permanently fixed ropes as one might use a banister to climb the stairs.
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After that, I had the opportunity to sync up with the investors who lead that round, Cyan and Scott Banister, and I began thinking about ... I thought a lot about traffic patterns, because here in San Francisco and the Bay Area, you'll have people, a lot of drivers, who will come from the outskirts and they'll drive in San Francisco, but many of these people, they can't afford to live in SF. KS: Right.
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Oh you real effulgent frailties Look a book, a banister, a sinister affirmation of how little we achieve in looking a bog, an orchard, an icy shore shorn of longing a flower, a power- line flecked with lingering over their split tails, then the mass of them amassing living darkening cloud When they settle I am slumped in my plushest lonely meadow, nook look, look the augur of them in the unfamiliar immediacy of any old mothering oak
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Our media columnist Eric Peckham (who is hard at work on the Unity EC-1, which we will start to publish here shortly) pinged his network of media investors to figure out what the media VC world is up to in mid-2019: Here are the media investment theses of: Cyan Banister (Founders Fund), Alex Taussig (Lightspeed), Matt Hartman (betaworks), Stephanie Zhan (Sequoia), Jordan Fudge (Sinai), Christian Dorffer (Sweet Capital), Charles Hudson (Precursor), MG Siegler (GV), and Eric Hippeau (Lerer Hippeau).
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Cyan Banister, Partner, Founders Fund How to win an institutional seed round Asher Abramson, Co-Founder, Demand Curve How to create great growth assets for paid channels Lior Zorea, Law Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP What VCs want in a term sheet (and how you can get what you want) Dalton Caldwell, Partner, Y Combinator How to get into Y Combinator There will be about 50+ breakout sessions at the show, and attendees will have an opportunity to attend at least seven.
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STARING OUT OVER the banister from the rooftop terrace of an eighth-floor penthouse on the Marais's Rue Vieille du Temple, it's immediately clear you're in Paris: Across the park below, past the mansard roofs of the low Haussmannian buildings that have fronted these streets since the late 19th century, the Eiffel Tower and the Place de la Bastille's column pierce the gray clouds in the middle distance and, looking west, the cyan blue and cherry-red tubes of the Centre Pompidou dominate the skyline, their chromatic hues clashing against the beige city.
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The daughter of contemporary art gallerists, Barber moved from her native Sydney, Australia, in 2012 to Berlin, where, in her studio, Mary Lennox, she often crafts monumental Rorschach-like installations that seem not merely to defy gravity but to openly taunt it: armfuls of dried pampas grass, amaranth and loopy hops that hang from hooks on the ceiling; a geyser of translucent lunaria seedpods — glinting like silver dollars — in place of a chandelier in a Paris apartment; a staircase banister wrapped with cherry and orange boughs braided with Queen Anne's lace.
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