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21 mpg, 7.6 ppg, 66% fg, 59% ft, 5.7 reb, 0.6 ast, 0.6 to, 0.3 stl, 1.7 blk, 2.8 pf
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66% FG! That's a great stat. As is the 1.7 blocks in just 21 minutes.
still dont know how he dropped so low to us.....only 21 mpg and hes second on our team in rebounding thats simply beast and ive been pretty pleased with how he sees the floor, hes just a few post up moves and a jump shot away from being a real threat
And I don't think he needs to be taller necessarily to play the 5. Look at Big Ben. As long as Davis shows the heart and tenacity to be an inside presense, he'll do whatever he wants down there.
He needs to get a whole lot stronger if he wants to play big minutes at center.
He's bulking up too, give him another 25 lbs, lean muscle, this dude will be a menace down low. Reggie-lite on the boards, but with better mobility, athleticism, and offensive prowess
lol and youre right i can just imagine a blake griffin or a kevin love and davis tandem would be a constant double threat
plus i think eds style of play is more suited at the 5 since hes way more effective closer to the basket.
Paired with Bargs, it doesn't really matter if you consider him a 4 or a 5. He'll be the one in the paint while Bargs is a little bit further from the basket, angling for a drive or a jumper. Is Bargs the 5 or the 4? Who cares? I think Bargs and Davis are much more complementary players than Bargs and Bosh were. Hopefully Davis reaches his potential.
How about trading Bargs, and getting some real help
9 game sample size... not very statistically significant but it is what it is. Some thoughts:
- Not a 6 rbs a night guy. Either gets ~9 rbs or ~3 rbs. 4 out of 9 games with 2 or less rbs. Matter of consistency.
- Picks up fouls almost as quickly as Amir. 2 games with 5 fouls (in 18/24 minutes).
- Raptors only won 2 games in January.
- With a depleted rotation Davis should be averaging more minutes, especially with defensive liabilities.
- Not looking much at the points. His offense is raw like sushi.
His shooting numbers from beyond 10 feet including his free throw shooting percentage are just awful
FT% = 55% compared to Reggie's 53%
Compared to 66% in his second year at UNC. In his first year he only shot 57% from the Free Throw line so maybe his wrist isn't negatively affecting his ability to shoot. Maybe he just can't shoot free throws. Can English help him become a passable free throw shooter? Only time will tell
When you look at his shot selection and FG% we find
At the Rim------------64.9%------3.2 FGA per game
Less than 10 Feet ----81.8%-----Only 1 FGA per game
10-15 Feet------------25.0%------Only .3 FGA per game
16-23 Feet------------33.0%------Only .4 FGA per game
Compare to Reggie
At the Rim------------41.9%------2.1 FGA per game
Less than 10 Feet ----26.7%-----Only 1 FGA per game
10-15 Feet------------00.0%------Only .1 FGA per game
16-23 Feet------------00.0%------Only .2 FGA per game
So right now Davis seems very similar to Evans in shooting ability except that Davis so far appears to be a better shooter than Reggie at the RIM and up to nine feet.
But beyond nine feet you never want either one to shoot the ball.
Fortunately for the Raptors both Bargnani and Johnson can shoot ball accurately from beyond nine feet.
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Buddah, you keep bringing up all these stats about Davis and how bad he is offensively, and it just baffles that you don't see the pointlessness of it.
Davis is just fine offensively, he knows his limits and plays within them...and like, he's an excellent defender and stuff, which is why the team drafted him.
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Apple there's the good, the bad, and the ugly right now. The
good is that the company just posted another
quarter of impressive sales and earnings. The bad is
that it's finding itself increasingly the target
of antitrust attention in the U.S. and abroad thanks to its
growing size. And the ugly is certainly the reaction of
customers to Apple's announcement that it would not
be offering a recall or direct engineering fix to the
iPhone's antenna
woes (Apple's preferred solution is to hand out free cases
that limit the issue).Amid that backdrop Apple chief
executive officer Steven P. Jobs, chief financial officer Peter
Oppenheimer, and chief operations officer Tim Cook took part in
a quarterly
conference call that was equally interesting for what was
left unsaid as what was said.The first jewel from the press
conference was an attack by Oppenheimer on iSuppli's estimates of the
iPhone's cost. According to iSuppli, the recently released
fourth generation iPhone costs
$187.51 in parts (and with contract reportedly brings Apple around
$600 per phone sold). And iSuppli also has estimated that the
$499 Wi-Fi iPad costs a mere $260 to make.If accurate, even
given the cost of labor and engineering, those numbers would indicate
a massive profit margin. While not officially calling out
iSuppli by name, Oppenheimer suggest that the published estimates may
be suspect. He stated in the call, "I'm suggesting you
don't put a lot of credence in these third party reports."Actually
this may be more than just Apple trying to disguise its profit
margins -- there may be a legitimate question of the iSuppli
estimates' validity. According
to Techcrunch,
"iSuppli is well-known for low-balling these numbers in an
effort to convince manufacturers to contact them in order to connect
with their preferred suppliers, so grains of salt must be
taken."Also interesting in the conference call was
Apple's refusal to talk about its upcoming $1B
USD North Carolina data center that will be completed by the
end of the year. The 500,000 foot structure is five times
larger than the company's current data center in Newark, California.
While Apple refused to discuss how it would be put to use it is
widely expected that Apple may use it to launch a streaming music
subscription service.If Apple launches a service it will
likely come bundled with a DRM scheme different than that backed by
its competitors. Sony, Samsung, Nokia, Adobe, Cisco, HP,
Toshiba, Microsoft and Intel are all backing a new cloud DRM scheme
called UltraViolet -- which Apple wants no part of and will likely
try to lock out of its devices.Of the data center's
completion Oppenheimer would only cryptically state: "And then
we plan to use it."Also interesting was that Apple
failed to discuss Facetime interoperability. Currently only
available for video chats between iPhone 4s, Steve Jobs has said a
spec would be published allowing calls to other devices. He has
not made it clear whether this might include competitors' phones like
the Sprint HTC EVO 4G powered by Android. Video chats with
webcam-equipped Windows notebooks could also be possible. Cook
deflected this question, though, stating, "Punting that one for
another day."

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I remember many different types of people into alternative health being very sober in warning me about "night shades" ( vegetables that grew underground, or under the shade of leaves and vines ), particularly tomatoes as they were "poisonous".
I can't tell anyone how many millions of pounds of "night shades" I have eaten since my teen years or how many millions of gallons of tomato sauce based foods I've had. Not to mention how much billions of people over the centuries have had.
I see soy beans as "the modern nightshade". People who like to tell stories, love to give sober warnings about eating soy beans. Even aside from protein, soy beans are an extremely cheap source of many nutrients, including calcium,iron and essential fatty acids. Soy beans also make very nice faux meat and faux dairy substitutes.
In other words they threaten one of the most well monied industries aside from oil. Given that, I don't expect to ever see an end to the anti-soy hysteria in my lifetime.
However, I found this interesting article which debunks a lot of common myths about eating soy beans that is currently making the "night shade circuit" on the internet.
Jack Norris R.D. ( Registered Dietitian ) wrote a response to the 2010 December 09 article written by Kristin Wartman of the "Civil Eats" blog entitled "Not Soy Fast". Kristin Wartman's blog site gives this introduction about her:
That kind of weak set of credentials I've seen often with articles making *extreme* anti-soy claims.Kristin is a food writer living in Brooklyn. She has a Masters in Literature from UC Santa Cruz and is a Certified Nutrition Educator. She is interested in the intersections of food, health, politics, and culture.
Jack Norris reviewed 130 papers over the course of 3 months in preparing his response to Wartman's article. The editors of the "Civil Eats" blog decided not to publish it, but you can read that response here


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:shrug::shrug:im slapping myself with this one:flaw::flaw:
eneryone is saying that izanami is complete because of that missing eye??
this missing eye is quite interesting.
i think that everytime itachi has gooten murked by kabuto in the last couple of chapters only twice in chapter 582 and 585
and both times one eye is missing ...so what im tryna get across and please feel free to discuss and help me becuz i have no clue ...is that when he takes a fatal blow his eye is gone lmao i don't know it's weird
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A Paris appeals court has rejected two of three charges against the former head of France's domestic intelligence agency over allegedly illegal monitoring of a journalist's phone conversations.
The case against former DCRI police agency chief Bernard Squarcini was an issue in France's presidential campaign this year.
DCRI was said to illegally collect records of phone conversations between a Le Monde newspaper reporter and a Justice Ministry source under President Nicolas Sarkozy — a Squarcini ally. Sarkozy lost the presidency to Socialist Francois Hollande in May.
Defense lawyer Patrick Maisonneuve said Thursday that the dismissed charges were: violating the right to secret correspondence and receiving improper records.
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Hell, I get paid for being one!
Be a nerd and be proud of it!! I'd say visit a convention, and you'll convert to Otakuism in a frikkin' instant, sorta speak.
I rather idolize artists like Stan Lee and Kishimoto, instead of the talentless bags of mess like [insert mainstream artist name here]
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It's a tricky thing, trying to parent somebody else's kid. It's rarely (OK, never) appreciated, but what if the message you need to send is actually important -- and not just, "Maybe if your Noah went to bed earlier he'd do better in our baseball games"?
Well, a Massachusetts school is learning a letter in the mail flagging a child as obese is not always the best way to alert parents to a potential weight and health problem.
The parents of 10-year-old Cameron Watson told WFXTthey were offended after receiving a letter from his school that labeled Cameron as obese, based on state-mandated Body Mass Index testing. They say despite a score which landed him in the 95th percentile, Cameron plays football, practices martial arts and is preparing to wrestle in a state tournament this weekend at 95 pounds. In other words, they feel like the test has mislabeled -- and branded -- their son.
Tracy Watson told the station that after the so-called "fat letters" (view one here) went out, "There were a number of children that, you know, went to bed not feeling great about themselves that night. And that bothered me." So the Massachusetts selectwoman has filed with the state to end BMI screenings in Massachusetts schools, which are usually conducted when a student is in 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th grades. Parents can currently opt-out of the testing if they don't want to participate.
A statement posted on the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's websitepoints out that "children with high BMI are more likely to become overweight or obese adults and be at a higher risk for diabetes, heart disease, and some cancers. Helping children maintain a healthy weight may prevent serious illness later in life." The department also told WXFT that "BMI screenings are intended to raise parents' awareness about the issue."
The state reports 32% of students tested qualified as overweight or obese.
Which brings us back to the part about it being difficult to raise concerns about other people's children. The state says the screenings "are intended to raise parents' awareness", a worthy goal and nothing personal. This is merely: "Hey we ran a test. Your child fell into this range. Here's a letter with the results to let you know."
Still, as feelings may be bruised and BMI is far from flawless as a measure of overall health, do you agree with mandated BMI testing and mailing results to parents of students determined to be at-risk? Is the practice helpful or harmful?
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Honestly what is wrong with this world???
we live in a sick environment man.
^^ It will be interesting to see what America Does about gun control ..
Admittedly, Australia and America have completely different opinions and culture with regard to opinions on Guns, but when Martin Bryant went on a massacre about 15 years ago here in Australia, Killing about 30 people from memory in one of our states Tasmania, our then Prime Minister John Howard Banned Guns competely straignt away.
I think America must go down a similar Path, but i cant see it happening because there would be a massive outcry with many people there, and like the black market with Drugs, Guns will still somehow get into the country and into the wrong hands anyway...
so i honestly dont know what the answer is to be honest...
very sad


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Lenox chamber pushes back at its critics
LENOX -- The town's Chamber of Commerce, targeted by some in town government for not executing the tourism-oriented events and marketing mission deemed crucial to the local economy, is pushing back.
In a conversation at the nonprofit's Lenox Library office, Executive Director Ralph Petillo blamed the chamber's "negative PR" on its failure "to toot our own horn. We're alive and well, moving forward and doing what we can for the members first."
A high priority, he emphasized, is to "create a good relationship with the town rather than having the chamber be asked to do something after the fact." He said the organization intends to approach Town Hall to suggest "events that we think would be good for the town to be interested in" and explain why.
He listed Chamber-supported attractions such as a proposed week of the Gilded Age in early September, a Harvest Festival based on the Apple Squeeze, the early December Lenox Caroling Festival, a potential health-and-wellness festival from late January through February, the Berkshire Cycling Classic that began last May, and a June car show expanded beyond a British focus.
In an email message, Katherine Lockridge, president of the organization since January, stated that she has studied comparable chambers around the county and has found that the Lenox group -- representing an estimated 75 percent of the town's businesses -- is performing along the same lines, although "a few things need tightening up."
She termed chamber critics as "a very vocal, though small, group of naysayers."
Lockridge contended that "the chamber is the favorite whipping post for certain individuals in Lenox. And when some of those individuals don't get their way, they pull out their whip, find a weak spot, and go for blood."
Membership, which averages $375 a year, has been growing steadily, according to Petillo, and now stands at 170 businesses.
"I think we're on a very positive upturn on member participation and the increase in the number," he said.
"There's this perception of the chamber being non-functional when it's just the opposite," Petillo contended, adding that the membership level in Lenox is comparable to other tourist towns in New England.
"It's been a long history of negativity," he said. "I don't ever recall the chamber standing up for itself. There's pride in this chamber and its board.
"The chamber has to walk the line between members, non-members and the town," he added. "It's all about what people perceive a chamber should be."
"We're open to moving forward, to shaking hands with the town and becoming more involved with it," Petillo said.
To increase representation from businesses along the busy Route 7 & 20 commercial corridor north of town, Petillo said the chamber is forming a council to pursue that goal. Another priority is to increase year-round business activity in Lenox Dale.
Petillo pointed out that the chamber is becoming "more globally oriented" with an enhanced website designed by Kevin Sprague's Studio Two Internet and PR company. The site, lenox.org, has drawn increased traffic, town government leaders have praised it for its design and content.
He noted that non-members are being given a no-cost, phone directory-style presence on the site, in response to requests from Town Hall.
He suggested that the chamber has been bypassed on some occasions when the town has forged ties with promoters for new off-season events. But Petillo acknowledged his organization often moves ahead on projects without consulting the town.
As for the chamber's fi nances, Petillo said the annual budget is about $70,000, with $36,000 in debts for brochure and website advertising still to be collected.
"That's where we are every year at this time," he said. "That money will come in; it always does. It's the cash-flow situation."
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Written entirely in verse, the rhythms of the language in this epic tragedy encompass its themes of dignity and kingship with fitting grandeur and pathos, as the capricious and narcissistic Richard is brought to his own destruction.
Revitalised, original, and comprehensive, this is Shakespeare for the new millennium.
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"excellent production"
This is excellent. admittedly it's rather slow, and not the most exciting play Shakespeare ever wrote- but this audio book has tremendous charm, I've listened to it repeatedly.
It's the BBC, of course- and it shows; excellent cast and superbly produced with all those tiny sound effects- rain, a bird cry, the click of billiard balls- which one barely notices but which make it all seem real.
I remember a critic writing that he found all Samuel West's performances strangely cold. If that is true it suits the role of Richard ii, he really captures the peevish, self-pitying poetry.
I forget who plays Harry of Hereford, but he's excellent, a real feeling of vigor and action with the right degree of temper and coldness. His charismatic brute force carries along the play- and he does very well with some of the doggerel he has to spout.
The only real flaw is the sound effects- symbolic objects, such as crowns, give off a mystical vibration, which is fine for crowns. Unfortuately gauntlets also give off a peculiar sound and in the scene where everyone is throwing down their gauntlets it sounds like a row in a tin-can factory.
The other draw back is that the BBC didn't cast this and the two Henry IVs together.
"All star cast bring Richard II to life"
This is an all star cast that does Richard II justice. Beautifully nuanced performances that bring meaning to what can be a difficult play to get to grips with. The language is brought to life by skilled actors like Samuel West, Joss Ackland and Damien Lewis. Recommended for all students of Shakespeare.
"Hard to tell which character is speaking"
This is beautifully recorded by the BBC, but without knowing the play well, it gets confusing -- who is talking now. Perhaps a cast with audio might help, an audio legend of sorts. Nonetheless, I am glad to have visited this wonderful play again, with a fine cast and great tempo.
"Very Well Done"
The first half hour is a little slow but this is a top notch production. Sam West makes a great Richard
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Job and the Existence of a Good God
This deserves a post of its own, since I have been speaking about Job and a good God here, and here.
1) If God exists, and if he is good, and if he wants us to believe he exists and that he is good, then he should have a morally acceptable reason for causing intense creaturely suffering that is remotely understandable from our perspective.
2) There isn't a morally acceptable reason for an existing good God to cause intense creaturely suffering in our lives that is remotely understandable from our perspective.
3) .: Either God doesn't exist, or he isn't good, or he doesn't care whether we believe he exists and is good.


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I have a quilt design in mind that I want the top in whole cloth with applique on it. I found a beautiful damask in deep navy fabric that is the color I want in a wide width but I am a bit concerned about it being thin.


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Restaurant operators may be doing OK for now but they remain concerned about the future. Plus, the latest report on the Gross Domestic Product disappoints, Canadian chains' sales grow and much more in This Week in Foodservice.
The National Restaurant Association's Restaurant Performance Index provided split results in August with the Current Situation Index rising 0.6 percent to 100.7 driven by increases in both comparable store sales and traffic. But the overall Index dropped 0.2 percent to 100.5 due to a substantial fall of 0.9 percent in the Expectations Index to a level of 100.4. This marks one of the few times in the history of the NRA's RPI that operators feel the present situation is better than the future.
The good news is, of course, that both sub-indices remain in positive territory as is the case for the major index, which indicates that the industry continues to enjoy a period of expansion.
Capital investment results were also mixed. The report stated that 53 percent of operators made a capital expenditure for equipment, expansion and/or remodeling in the last three months. This is the fourth straight month that better than half of respondents indicated they had done so. In keeping with their overall cautious feelings about the future, 45 percent of operators plan for capital expenditures in the next 6 months which is down from 53 percent in July.
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The Baltimore Ravens are going to run the football Sunday against the Colts. Maybe not as much as fans and experts think they should or as much as Ray Rice would like, but there is no question that the Ravens will make the ground game a big part of its plan.
And why wouldn't they?
Rice remains one of the game's elite backs and Indianapolis ranked 29th against the run this season -- 2-14 Kansas City racked up 352 yards rushing in a loss to the Colts just two weeks ago.
Indianapolis' defensive line has had a heck of a time staying healthy this season. As a result, even with Robert Mathis and Dwight Freeney crashing from the outside of the Colts' 3-4 look, opposing offenses have been able to find openings on a consistent basis.
The one guy who could have a say in slowing Rice and Bernard Pierce: Indianapolis linebacker Jerrell Freeman. A relative unknown, signed in January after spending three seasons with the Saskatchewan Rough Riders, Freeman led the Colts in tackles with 145 this season.
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In this "Break It Down," our focus is on Freeman's ability ... and how Baltimore might get its running backs past him and into the secondary ...
Freeman's best game of the season came in a 20-13 Week 12 win over Buffalo, when he recorded 16 tackles. The Colts still coughed up 135 yards on the ground (their seventh-worst number of 2012), but that number might have been much higher if not for Freeman's efforts.
On the first play in our spotlight here, Freeman buried Fred Jackson for a 3-yard loss on a counter. The Bills used fullback Corey McIntyre as a lead blocker, plus pulled guard Andy Levitre into the hole where Freeman (No. 50) was headed.
This play should have been set up for a big gain. The Bills did a great job taking care of Indianapolis' linemen, plus sealed off Freeney (No. 93) to Jackson's left. All that stood between Jackson and the secondary was Freeman, with two Bills blockers in his way.
Freeman took on Levitre, then avoided a (pretty terrible) block attempt by McIntyre. After standing up Levitre in the hole, Freeman cast him aside to drop Jackson for the loss.
Later, the Bills tried to slip C.J. Spiller out of the backfield on a screen pass. Instead, Freeman turned in arguably his best play of the game.
He kept his eyes locked on Spiller in the backfield, then matched him stride for stride in a race to the sideline -- Spiller moving to his left, Freeman to his right. By the time the speedy Spiller caught the ball, Freeman was waiting and dropped him for a 4-yard loss.
Shortening Freeman's 145-tackle season to two plays does him a bit of injustice, but those efforts against Buffalo provide a pretty good idea at why he succeeded this year -- he plays aggressively, with a nose for the football, and is able to cover a lot of ground in a short period of time.
However, if the Ravens can manage to block him or run him out of position, the possibility for some very big plays will be there. Indianapolis' defensive line will struggle to hold its own up front, and there is a big drop-off in tackles from Freeman to fellow inside linebacker Kavell Conner (145 to 54); players from the secondary ranked second, third and fourth on the Colts in tackles.
That 352-yard performance by the Chiefs against Indianapolis came, in part, because Freeman was eliminated on more than a couple plays.
Pictured below is a play on which Jamaal Charles picked up 23 yards in Freeman's direction. The Colts' linebacker found himself caught up in traffic after the snap, then lead blocker Patrick DiMarco wrapped around the corner to seal him off, leaving Charles with green grass into the secondary.
Later, Charles and the Chiefs victimized Freeman by using his aggressiveness against him. Brady Quinn handed off to Charles on a play that started headed to Freeman's left. Charles counted back the other direction, though, as DiMarco (circled) pushed back Freeney.
Freeman, meanwhile, charged hard toward Charles' initial point of attack, then could not double back past DiMarco to make a play on the football.
Seeing those types of plays should be very encouraging for the Ravens -- especially since their fullback, Vonta Leach, is substantially more potent as a blocker than DiMarco.
Remember that play above, where Freeman plugged a hole against two Buffalo blockers? While the Ravens will use pulling linemen to create similar situations, they also frequently simply entrust Leach to plow the way for their running backs.
Case in point: The 78-yard Pierce run pictured below, which was a standard inside run that left Leach one-on-one with Chase Blackburn.
Leach dominated that battle, sending Pierce clear into the secondary.
But the Ravens' offense (especially when Rice is on the field) relies on counters and cut backs to move the sticks on the ground. As Charles and the Chiefs showed, Freeman can run himself out of position on such plays, which could be deadly against Rice's against-the-grain ability.
Here, against the Redskins, Leach drives upfield between Baltimore's left tackle and tight end to block a linebacker. Washington's second inside backer then crashes in that direction, leaving Rice with a wide-open lane to his right.
That one turned into a big gain for Baltimore and is a shot to remember for Sunday -- without question, the Ravens will try to force the Colts to overpursue, while Baltimore closes off either Freeney or Mathis on the weak side.
Freeman will be key to preventing big plays in those situations. Athletically, he's more than capable of doing the job, even if a blocker or two stands in his way. However, if the Ravens can catch him leaning the wrong way, Freeman does not have a ton of extra run support flanking him.


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Rangers get down to business, sign top picks
By Chris Cox / MLB.com
ARLINGTON -- The Rangers signed two of their first-round Draft picks on Wednesday, after they were selected on Monday in the 2010 First-Year Player Draft. Outfielder Jake Skole and catcher Kellin Deglan both agreed to terms and have been assigned to the Arizona League. Skole signed to receive $1.557 million over three years, with a present value of about $1.5 million. Deglan agreed to terms on Monday with a $1 million signing bonus. "I think it says a lot about these two players. There was no holding out for whatever reason," general manager Jon Daniels said. "These guys wanted to go out and play baseball. They're passionate about it, they want to win, they want to go out and compete. They don't want to sit at home this summer, they want to go out and play. "They've got to have that inner drive, motivation and desire. It's pretty clear both of these guys do and our scouts did a great job as far as evaluating that aspect of it." Jake Skole had committed to play baseball and football at Georgia Tech. But he insisted that being a first-round pick wasn't a necessity in signing as quickly as he did. "It didn't have to be the first round, it just had to be somewhere high up there in the first few rounds," Skole said. "It's a good atmosphere here and everything feels right. It's almost a no-brainer." Skole was the Rangers' 15th-overall pick, and was compensation for not signing last year's first-round pick in Matt Purke. Had the Rangers been unable to sign Skole, they would not have received a compensation pick in next year's Draft. He said his relationship with area scout Ryan Coe and the rest of the organization factored into his quick signing. "We had a good relationship with Ryan and all the scouts here at Texas," Skole said. "We've been talking about it prior to the draft and we were able to talk it over and work it out even before this time came." Kellin Deglan was the first of all first-round Draft picks to sign, agreeing to terms late Monday night. His relationship with another Rangers scout may have also played a factor in his signing. "Me and Gary McGraw, we've had a good relationship since last year and ever since then the Rangers have been real high on my priority list," Deglan said. "So I couldn't be happier to be with the Rangers." Daniels said that the Rangers' current budget situation and upcoming change in ownership played no part in who the club targeted with their top two selections. "We lined our board up based on talent with no exceptions. We had these guys rated very, very highly," Daniels said. "The fact, that they wanted to sign adds to that allure for us. We would have taken them regardless of that. We had these guys rated extremely high based on their ability to play the game." Daniels obviously believes in the talent level that Skole and Deglan bring, as he said he expects both to be with a Class-A short season affiliate of the Rangers in Spokane, Wash., in the coming months. "We think these guys are mature enough where they can handle the talent of playing in Spokane this summer," Daniels said. "We don't have a date set, but that's our expectations. Some guys are able to handle it. "A bunch of guys can do it at a younger age. We think these guys have the makeup to handle it." A native of Roswell, Ga., Skole was only the Rangers' second outfielder to be drafted with the club's first pick, joining William Simpson in 1975. In his senior season at Blessed Trinity High School, his season was shortened due to injury, but he still hit .452 with six home runs and 21 RBIs in 14 playoff games. "It feels great to be the first pick of this organization," Skole said. "There are great things happening here and I'm just happy to be apart of it. I appreciate the opportunity and good things are to come, I promise." Deglan, a native of Langley, B.C., was a member of Canada's national team and played against the Rangers' squad in the Dominican Summer League in May. He was the first Canadian taken in this year's Draft. "I just wanted to say thanks to the Rangers for believing in me right from the get-go. They've shown a lot of interest in me," Deglan said. "Growing up, I always wanted to be a big leaguer. I quit hockey when I was 10 and just started focusing on baseball."
Chris Cox is an associate reporter for MLB.com This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Discussion in 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' started by Vulcan Princess, Oct 18, 2011.
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OK kids, this is it. I did my best. I was going to put "desperately look around for publisher of coming-of-age memoir," but that would have been too close to him, even closer than the Fiber One or "fatter than author photo" box. Have fun, and maybe I'll see you in Boston!
Thanks to Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, this year's secret weapon collaborator on several of our bingo card's boxes.


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Things to Read This Weekend
It's the weekend. Time to catch up on some Journal coverage you may have missed or didn't have time to read.
Here are five picks that should be on your list: A look at Malaysia's efforts to retrieve the MH17 black boxes, a Deutsche Bank scoop, an insight into Apple's iPhone plans, a story on Google's latest project, and a look at the optimal amount of sleep.
As attempts to retrieve the bodies and flight recorders from MH17 dragged on, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak risked a gambit that European leaders wouldn't: sending officials into a war zone to meet with armed rebels whose government almost no one recognizes. The recorders were retrieved successfully, delivering a political victory for Mr. Najib's government, still reeling from its missteps after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
An examination by the New York Fed found that Deutsche Bank's giant U.S. operations suffer from a litany of serious financial-reporting problems that the lender has known about for years but hasn't fixed, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. A Fed official said the size and breadth of errors strongly suggest the need for "wide-ranging remedial action." A Deutsche spokesman said the bank has been "working diligently to further strengthen [its] systems and controls."
Apple is preparing for its largest initial production run of iPhones, with screens on the new devices measuring 4.7 inches and 5.5 inches. The tech giant is betting that the larger screens featured on what is commonly known as the iPhone 6 will lure consumers now attracted to similar devices from the likes of Samsung.
Google has embarked on what may be its most ambitious and difficult science project ever: a quest inside the human body. The project will collect anonymous genetic and molecular information to create what the company hopes will be the fullest picture of what a healthy human being should be. The hope is that this will help researchers detect diseases far earlier, pushing medicine more toward prevention rather than the treatment of illness.
Experts generally recommend seven to nine hours a night for healthy adults. But sleep scientists say new guidelines are needed to take into account an abundance of recent research in the field and to reflect that Americans are on average sleeping less than they did in the past. Several sleep studies have found that seven hours is the optimal amount of sleep—not eight, as was long believed—when it comes to certain cognitive and health markers.