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Fri Mar 4, 2016
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|Logic Colloquium
Katrin Tent (University of Münster)
Describing finite groups by short sentences
We say that a class of finite structures for a finite first-order signature is r-compressible for an unbounded function r : N → N+ if each structure G in the class has a first-order description of size at most O(r(|G|)). We show that the class of finite simple groups is log- compressible, and the class of all finite groups is log3 -compressible. The result relies on the classification of finite simple groups, the bi-interpretability of the twisted Ree groups with finite difference fields, the existence of profinite presentations with few relators for finite groups, and group cohomology.


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Kyler Wise's primary practice area is civil litigation, with a particular emphasis on commercial, bankruptcy, real estate, creditor's rights, and land use litigation.
Mr. Wise received his law degree from the Cumberland School of Law (J.D., Cum Laude, 2000), and his undergraduate degree from Samford University (B.A., 1997). Following law school, Mr. Wise was inducted into the Cumberland School of Law Curiae Honoris Law Society. Mr. Wise is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, the Alabama State Bar, and is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Wise was a partner at the Atlanta firm of Beloin, Brown, Blum & Wise, LLC.

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|This article is about the enemies in The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon. You may be looking for the enemies from the classic series, from the first two games of the LoS trilogy, or the Skylanders series.
Trolls are one of the strongest enemies in The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon. They are the heavy hitters in Malefor's Army. Their immense size and strength make up for their lack of maneuverability and wit.
In the Ruins of Warfang, there is a regular Troll and an elite troll. However, fighting the elite troll is optional.
Trolls can be subdued easily by Spyro's Electricity Breath. Other attacks can damage it, and Electricity is ideal for a quick victory.
The first Troll Spyro and Cynder faced was the one who managed to push its way through the gates of the Dragon City during the battle between the citizens of Warfang and Malefor's army. It immediately caused havoc inside the city walls, attacking Hunter on first sight, before being killed by the combined efforts of Spyro and Cynder. Trolls later appeared in the Ruins of Warfang and the Burned Lands.
Trolls are dangerous opponents when left undefeated, as they have the ability to leap great distances over to Spyro and Cynder when they're far away, and slam their massive fist on them to cause heavy damage. The Trolls also attack by slamming their heavy fists on their targets and sometimes strike them away when they're in flight. Also, you can strike it with a lightning bolt which will stop it from attacking, then you can deliver a few fast swipes.
|Spyro - Sparx - Cynder - Hunter - Malefor - Ignitus - Volteer - Terrador - Cyril - Chronicler
|Catacombs - Twilight Falls - Valley of Avalar - Warfang - Ruins of Warfang - Attack of the Golem
The Dam - Burned Lands - Floating Islands - Malefor's Lair
|Grublins - Grublin Flies -Hero Grublins - Orcs - Hero Orcs -
Trolls - Bowman Orcs - Wyverns - Shadow Apes
|Fire - Electricity - Ice - Earth - Aether - Poison - Fear - Wind - Shadow
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The recent data breach suffered by Equifax Inc (Equifax) in the US demonstrates a range of issues that are relevant to Australian entities in the context of the upcoming mandatory data breach notification regime to apply in Australia from February 2018.
Equifax in the US is a major credit reporting agency and as such holds significant information about individuals including their social security numbers, personal details and credit histories. It was reported in early September 2017 that between May and July 2017 hackers gained continuing unauthorised access to personal information held by Equifax. While the breach was discovered by Equifax in July it was not publicly reported until September 2017.
The breach is estimated to have related to the personal information of up to 143 million individuals. Many of those individuals whose details were exposed had all of the identifiers that would potentially lead to identity theft. Equifax announced that it is conducting an investigation in conjunction with public authorities and has offered free identity theft protection and credit file monitoring packages to affected individuals.
However, there has been a significant public outcry in relation to the conduct of Equifax in the context of this breach.
Firstly, US media reports suggest there is general public outrage because while the breach was discovered in July, it was not publicly reported until September.
Under the new mandatory data breach notification regime, the time limit will be 30 days to notify unless an exemption has been obtained. While most people would agree that it is necessary to allow time for an organisation to investigate a breach such that the announcement can be appropriate and informed, there is an issue with the timing of this delay.
Further to this there is evidence that with Equifax being a publicly traded company, executives in the period between the discovery of the breach and the public reporting sold $1.8 million of shares in the company. Equifax denies that the executives involved in the sale knew of the breach, however there is an investigation occurring in relation to the conduct of those individuals.
It has also been reported that the company's chief information officer and chief security officer are both "retiring" immediately. Given the timing, the voluntary nature of those retirements might be questioned.
While many of the consequences go beyond the scope of compliance with privacy law, it is a significant issue for executives of entities suffering the breach to know that their personal conduct and integrity may come under scrutiny. In a number of previous US breaches where the board cannot identify a specific individual to blame it is often the entire executive team that has been replaced over a short period.
A number of class action law suits have been proposed and third party investigators have indicated that non US residents may have been impacted - which means that not only American regulators but others may be involved.
Various state attorneys general in the US have indicated that they will be looking to take legal action against Equifax over the data breach on the basis that it failed to have appropriate safeguards in place to protect consumer data. It is noted that in Australia there are two specific obligations in relation to security. The first under the Privacy Act, is that an APP entity takes all reasonable steps to keep information secure. Secondly, under the Australian Consumer Law entities do not engage in misleading and deceptive conduct. If an entity which collects information from individuals assures them that it keeps their information secure, but it does not take those steps, then it is likely to be in breach of both provisions.
In addition to these substantive issues relating to the breach there are also claims that Equifax's response to dealing with the breach has not been undertaken in the best way possible. For example, while the company indicated that it would provide affected individuals with free identity theft and credit monitoring packages the way individuals access this is to sign up and they must give their credit card details. Consumer groups have complained that this approach means that if an individual forgets to cancel the package when the free period ends they will be locked in for at least one to possibly two months of monthly fees. A bill to change the law to prevent credit reporting companies from charging for services in the event of a breach has now been put before the US Senate.
Further, while Equifax established a microsite to notify individuals and to allow them to enter their details to determine whether they have been affected by the breach, security experts have reported that the site that had been put up had standard security and not the type of security that would be necessary for keeping personal details such as social security numbers safe. This is definitely a further embarrassment for Equifax.
Also, a number of hackers have looked at Equifax's international sites to determine whether the problem is more widespread. In Argentina, hackers found that using the password 'admin' they were able to gain access to Equifax's site.
This breach raises the issue for Australian entities who collect any information that would give rise to potential identity theft which would include date of birth, address, drivers licence number or any other key identifier having in place appropriate security and also having in place a breach notification plan which could stand up to scrutiny of a type that the Equifax breach has caused.
While it has not taken up a lot of news space in Australian media, in the US media and international technology media it is an ongoing source of discussion and concern.
We will be outlining what you need to do to prepare for the new privacy laws at an upcoming seminar in Sydney. Please click here for more information and to RSVP to the seminar.
This publication does not deal with every important topic or change in law and is not intended to be relied upon as a substitute for legal or other advice that may be relevant to the reader's specific circumstances. If you have found this publication of interest and would like to know more or wish to obtain legal advice relevant to your circumstances please contact one of the named individuals listed.


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"The Starmind"
"The Starmind" (2LD04)
by David Agnew
Game Master: Brian Players: Adam, Erin
Game Date: 16 June 2017
Characters: The Doctor, Riddell, Flo
Adversaries: The Starmind
Allies: The Viyrans, The Shadow Proclamation
Time: 22-23 December 253185 CE
Space: The Shadow Proclamation, Constellation of Scytha
Synopsis: The Starmind is the most advanced artificial sun ever created, a nuclear furnace possessing limitless energy and a brilliant artificial intelligence. The Starmind is powerful, adaptive, intent—and it has gone mad! Aboard a Viyran command ship, the Doctor, Riddell, and Flo learn the incredible history of this marvel of stellar engineering as they desperately attempt to outrun it. Its intentions are ominous and its target is clear, for the rogue sun is on a direct course for the Shadow Proclamation—stronghold of justice, hallowed font of galactic law, and the foremost repository of strategic information regarding countless civilizations.
Upon reaching the Shadow Proclamation's base of operations in the heart of an asteroid field, the Doctor witnesses a most innovative invasion. A new star takes its place in the heavens and begins its slow takeover of the base's photonic computer systems using nothing more than the pervasive, relentless power of sunlight. Soon, the unparalleled defences of the galaxy's greatest law enforcement agency are turned against them, and the resulting chaos leads the Doctor and his companions to uncover inconvenient truths. There is a dark side to the justice of the Shadow Architects, and the Doctor will have to expose their secrets if he hopes to use the dark to overcome the light.


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What's the one date in the year you'd want to book off work? Here in the far north of Britain, the week just gone has been one of the best of the autumn. No great surprise there – some of the rarest autumn migrants in recent years have appeared in the second half of October – though what is surprising is that while Shetland almost disappears under the weight of visiting birders and tour groups in late September and early October, by the end of the month there are none left, even on Fair Isle. Apart from those chartering planes and boats that is. In the past ten years, 23rd October has produced Siberian Rubythroat and Rufous-tailed Robin on Fair Isle so if I had to pick one date in the year to be on the magic isle, that would be a reasonable one. This year, I had five days on Fair Isle in late October, and 23rd was my last full day. Would it deliver?
The trip coincided with a spell of unusually pleasant weather, generally sunny with light and variable winds. There were plenty of migrants during my stay, although turnover was more limited than ideal. Nonetheless, you can't really complain when every day you can see a Lanceolated Warbler and multiple Olive-backed Pipits (part of an exceptional arrival throughout Shetland this year), good numbers of thrushes, Bramblings and Snow Buntings, and a wide variety of decent birds local birds, such as Woodlark, Goldfinch, Yellow-browed Warbler and so on.
By lunchtime on October 23rd 2012 I'd seen a variety of the birds mentioned above and spent some time photographing redpolls, including a stonking pale northwestern bird:
I had a text from Rob Fray in Shetland saying: "are you still on Fair Isle? Apparently there's a Little Bunting near Sheila Fowlie's." Sheila lives at Virkie, just along the road from us. Nice bird, but not too gripping. And so, by 5.30 pm, when the light was beginning to go, it looked like 2012 wasn't going to be a vintage October the 23rd. And then…
Fair Isle resident (and ex-obs warden) Nick Riddiford peered out of his living-room window at the gathering dusk and BOOOM! Siberian Rubythroat! We were there in minutes, but still not quickly enough. The light ebbed away fast, and the rubythroat played shy. October 23rd had delivered – again – but it hadn't been quite the day I had played out in my head. Plans for a dawn start (in other words, who was going to get up early and make the bacon sarnies) were made. But as the evening wore on, another story developed. The one photo of the Virkie Little Bunting that had been posted on the net was causing more than usual scrutiny. Some were saying it was Britain's second Chestnut-eared Bunting. I must admit that, from that one photo, I couldn't see how Little Bunting could be ruled out, so I went to bed thinking that the biggest bird of the day was in Nick's garden at Schoolton.
Dawn on October 24th. We were at Schoolton, the rubythroat was not… To add insult to injury, those of us who started looking for it elsewhere were gripped off by those who went in for tea and hospitality, and were rewarded with… a Blue Tit. Which, unlike Siberian Rubythroat, would have been a Fair Isle tick for me. Meanwhile, news came through from Shetland: the Virkie bunting was a Chestnut-eared! Boom! Suddenly, October 23rd was looking an even more stellar date, and now there was a decision to make – stay on Fair Isle and look for the missing rubythroat (and the pesky Parid) or leave as planned and go and see a second for Britain a stone's throw from home? Daddy or chips, which to choose. Neither was a tick but in the end I opted to catch my flight as planned. The plane was delayed, which gave me more time to look for the Fair Isle birds, but by the time I left there was still no sign of the 'throat and as for the Blue Tit… I don't want to talk about it.
And so, by 2.00, I was back on home turf, and soon had views of Britain's second Chestnut-eared Bunting. A fabulous little bird. No consolation to the two people who saw it the previous day that by now it was much more obliging. We all make those same mistakes – a skulky bird, brief views, too much time looking through your camera rather than your bins – they just get magnified when it's a second for Britain, and there's nothing you can say to ease the pain. Hopefully the forthcoming write-ups in the birding rags will present a suitably balanced picture. Go find a first, guys – and they probably will. All that aside, 23rd October had delivered once again, big style.
Almost forgotten in the melee, another great bird had been found on 23rd October, when Gary Bell came across a Pied Wheatear at nearby Quendale. That bird had, like the rubythroat, disappeared soon after being found but after an hour watching the CEB, I went off to Quendale to have a look for the wheatear with Will Miles and Jason Moss, who had come out of Fair Isle with me to see the bunting. Quendale was devoid of rare wheatears though and, with the light failing, we set off back to our house. All the bunting watchers had packed up too as we drove past Sheila's. But suddenly, flying alongside the car, was a strikingly dark wheatear, with a very white tail! I hit the brakes, the bird flicked across in front of us and there, perched up on the fence of our neighbour's house was… a very smart male Pied Wheatear! Sensational. It was nearly dark, and Jason hasn't got a fancy camera so the pics are not exactly frame fillers, but he did better than I did. Chestnut-eared Bunting and Pied Wheatear, both within 400 m of my front door – that's the nearest I can get to Jochen's post about garden birds.
The bunting spent one more day along the Eastshore road – it presumably decided that it could do better than the howling northerlies and snow that arrived overnight on 25th/26th. The Rubythroat reappeared on Fair Isle, and both Will and Jason got to see it. (Thanks to David Parnaby for the pic below.)
By the weekend, things looked to be settling down once again, but October proved to have one last day of magic left. Sunday 28th October, Paul Harvey and I were having a thrash round a few of our favourite spots, focusing on weedy areas that might offer up a Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll. Tree Sparrow, Lapland Bunting, Goldfinch – all nice birds in Shetland but not quite what we were looking for. We never did find any snowballs, but we did manage to stumble across a rather more unexpected seed-eater in with the sparrows at Brake:
The same day, Geoff and Donna Atherton reported a Buff-bellied Pipit on Foula. Two American passerines in a day, just to balance up all the eastern stuff from earlier in the week. Fabulous.
So there we are. 23rd October is MY favourite date in the birding calendar. All you frontier birders out there, you need to weigh up the potential rewards of coming to Shetland later than tradition has it that you should. Me, I know where I'm going to be on 23rd October next year. I'm already booked in on Fair Isle. Maybe see you there. I fancy a rare accentor…


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The Bruce Murray Space Image Library is a unique collection – recent and past photos and videos from the world's space agencies, artwork, diagrams, and amateur-processed space images. Bruce Murray, Planetary Society cofounder and emeritus director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, insisted that planetary missions take photos for the public as well as for scientists. Bruce literally helped change our picture of the solar system.
ExoMars image of layered deposits at the south pole of Mars
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Loveland Farm Camping
Loveland farm is the result of an ever-evolving dream which to this day continues to unfold. A campsite, yes….but with a difference, a place where sustainability comes first, the beautiful basics are encouraged and life is just that little bit simpler. A space that's inspiring and completely unique, a solution to the busy modern world.
The dream began back in 2007 when fashion designer Jeff Griffin and his family took a trip to Canada, whilst there they met a man who hung wooden pods in trees. This got Jeff thinking….If we can combine our love for the outdoors and our passion for what we do across areas other than fashion, we could create something really unique. Three years on Griffin put these ideas into action.
Loveland Farm is a creative place where people come to relax in an environment that is fun and at one with the outdoors. Working with the local community to create a social atmosphere bringing together outdoor sports, lectures and live music.
We dream of building a sustainable future and have developed the campsite using green technologies, for instance our composting toilets. Plans for the farm and future ideas flow consistently, with plans to offer more accommodation options including more geo-dome pods, yurts and converted barns in the not so distant future.


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August 8, 2011 TOP GEAR: BOTTOM FEEDERS
It's far from perfect but I've always been immensely proud of what we, as a nation, have tried to create in the British Broadcasting Corporation. A bastion of, sometimes flawed, but generally reliable truth amidst a sea of heavily distorted news sources. A concept which becomes increasingly more important as our news sources become controlled more by click throughs than by any form of moral editorial duty.
That said, I've been a hater of the BBC's Top Gear programme for some time now. I find it's crass, sensationalist, offensive and base level "humour" appals me and is the TV equivalent of internet service's "click through chasing". Article's within it are made with an eye on "you have to see that piece!" mentality from BOTH sides of the argument. It's a Richard Littlejohn on the television. A show designed purely to be "spoken about", good OR bad, which fuels it's own fire of fuckwittery. It has less and less to do with either cars or with motoring every series. In fact, it seems to exist purely to rile good people and to add fuel to the fire of morons. It is heavily immoral in my eyes and goes against much of what the BBC was built to represent.
I have friends who have appeared on the show in one of their "skin of his teeth" races between the mighty motorcar in a strange terrain and some "experts" of the odd terrain. I won't say which particular "race" on here, but they both told me that the presenter involved wasn't there for the first two days. It was during those 2 days that ALL of the exterior shots of the race were filmed. The shots where the mighty motorcar battled gallantly against the elements supposedly driven by the "expert" presenter. Then, on the 3rd day, the "star" arrived, filmed a few hours of internal shots and was promptly helicoptered away, presumably to film a 'science documentary' for the hard of learning wearing more hairspray than Joan Collins c1986.
The race was then presented on the show as a noble battle in which the car won, or lost, by a nose after it looked like all was lost then like the car was miles ahead only to find out it was level pegging as they approached the line. Ooh! The tension….. Did their scriptwriter used to write those Tony The Tiger Frostie's ads?
In all fairness, this was made to entertain idiots. And it succeeded. Most viewers were probably thrilled by the pseudo-seat-of-the-pants spectacle and were none the wiser. In fact, some probably knew it didn't happen exactly as it was presented to them on film but didn't care. No harm done really. It was just a silly fake race between an expert and an idiot.
BUT… if you take this engineered and pre-scripted approach to "entertaining" and then use it to enforce a political agenda then it takes on a far more sinister angle. As George Monbiot reported in today's Guardian the show has seen fit to take this formula of "entertaining" films and use it to make a bullshit propaganda film to promote the show's Climate Change Denial agenda and attack, directly, manufacturers of electric cars. They purposely ran down most of the car's battery prior to starting the film, a fact proven by the car's onboard records, JUST to insinuate in their film that electric cars are unreliable and a waste of time.
Last Sunday, an episode of Top Gear showed Jeremy Clarkson and James May setting off for Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire, 60 miles away. The car unexpectedly ran out of charge when they got to Lincoln, and had to be pushed. They concluded that "electric cars are not the future".
But it wasn't unexpected: Nissan has a monitoring device in the car which transmits information on the state of the battery. This shows that, while the company delivered the car to Top Gear fully charged, the programme-makers ran the battery down before Clarkson and May set off, until only 40% of the charge was left. Moreover, they must have known this, as the electronic display tells the driver how many miles' worth of electricity they have, and the sat-nav tells them if they don't have enough charge to reach their destination. In this case it told them – before they set out on their 60-mile journey – that they had 30 miles' worth of electricity. But, as Ben Webster of the Times reported earlier this week, "at no point were viewers told that the battery had been more than half empty at the start of the trip."
It gets worse. As Webster points out, in order to stage a breakdown in Lincoln, "it appeared that the Leaf was driven in loops for more than 10 miles in Lincoln until the battery was flat."
When Jeremy Clarkson was challenged about this, he admitted that he knew the car had only a small charge before he set out. But, he said: "That's how TV works". Not on the BBC it isn't, or not unless your programme is called Top Gear.
At a time when the fossil fuel crisis is causing panic in Govenments across the world and at a time when wars are waged for these very resources Top Gear has deemed it necessary to undermine the work of manufacturers trying to find a way to circumnavigate the problem in a safe and beneficial way. Whether the car is amazing or not, to purposefully undermine the entire concept purely to fit with their infantile and long running "anyone who drives a Prius is a dickhead" campaign is not only immoral it breaks the BBC code on many levels. Not least this part of the charter:
We will be rigorous in establishing the truth of the story and well informed when explaining it. Our specialist expertise will bring authority and analysis to the complex world in which we live
If they want to pretend that a race across Loch Ness between a Ford Fiesta on waterskis and a Transit with wings is a tight run thing, or that a Range Rover would beat a Sherman Tank in a race across the breeding grounds of rare birds in the name of "providing entertainment" then fine, I won't watch it personally, but many will. Not a problem. But to abuse their position as "experts" of motoring to push their own political agenda is an appalling misuse of the BBC's airtime and a massive violation of their code.
None of which even touches on their series of sexist and racist flavoured idiocy about Mexicans, Truck Drivers, women in general and anyone who dares to not agree with their "ooh! Motorcars are ace" infantile drivel.
Overseas sales have been keeping this show dragging along for years now. I'm sure that cash is most welcome in times like this. But personally, I'd rather the BBC put a motoring programme bout motoring on the TV and let Clarkson and his gimp go and spout bile elsewhere. I haven't watched the show in years, I urge you to do the same.
Moreover, I insist you watch this clip of Stewart Lee discussing the multitude of other reasons why Top Gear is utterly deplorable. Not only briliantly accurate it is one of the best stand up routines of recent years.
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I really wish I could provide you with structured, reasoned post written in full paragraphs that more or less hung together. But I can't: things are moving too quickly, and I promised myself I would work on my SSHRC grant application today. So here are some quick points.
- The odds of a Canadian version of the financial meltdown happening anytime soon are very small. Say what you will about the cozy clique of Canadian banks, it must be acknowledged that they are well-nigh indestructible. There were no bank failures here in the 1930's, and it looks as though they'll pull off the same trick this time around as well.
- The odds of a catastrophic decline in the value of mortgages are also very small. Yes, housing prices will no doubt soften in the next few months. But we're nowhere near the point where significant numbers of people will be walking away from their houses because they are worth less than their mortgages. (CIBC's Benjamin Tal has a good take on this here.)
- I haven't seen data or heard of anecdotes that suggests that credit in Canada is drying up. That doesn't mean there isn't any; I just haven't seen it. Or maybe I missed it; if you see something (for example, over here) that suggests otherwise, please let me know in the comments.
- As long as the Bank of Canada can keep dealing with the liquidity issues, the main problem will be dealing with the slowdown in the US real economy.
- If the recent expansion had been driven by exports of manufactured goods to the US, we'd be in deep, deep trouble right now. Let's all be grateful that this isn't 1998.
- The concern is what will happen to commodity prices. China has been an important driver of global demand. Can they keep it up?


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- Oliver Wendell Holmes
So, why this post? For a long time I've been complaining that I don't have enough time or I'm too busy...I think I've run out of excuses. Its time to get my shit together (GMST)...find balance, stop sweating the small stuff and work towards goals that will make our lives so much simpler. I am so guilty of being lazy when I have too much time on my hands, and then running around crazy when I have a deadline. In the world of Covey, I'm spending way too much time in quadrant 1 (important and urgent) and quadrant 4 (not important and not urgent)…time to shift the priorities, and its all about planning. (Yeah, I'm a time management nutter and like to read about it, but not actually act on it...see point 5 below.) Some things are beyond my control...but I can be responsible for the things within my control.
I wear a tonne of hats in my daily life, the most important being wife and mother. In addition, I work full time (almost…6 hrs per day), I run a small business from home, and hold a few positions on scrapbooking design team. In between this, there's time with hubby and kids, after school activities, house stuff, and trying to find some "me" time for the things I like to do. Usually, the busier you are, the more time you can make or find. I have days where I sit on the lounge and watch tv…love that down time. I have other days where I'm incredibly busy and exhausted by the time I flop into bed.
So, what can I do to help me meet the objectives of GMST?
- Learn to say NO
- I have to remind myself that its is okay to say no. I just have to trust my instincts when I'm asked to do something and have the confidence to decline. I really don't need to take on more than I am capable of doing and cause myself even more angst.
- Not that hard...its pretty bloody obvious. If my washing needs folding, and I'm watching tv, why not combine the two activities. Simple.
- Limit the amount of time I am "connected". We all suffer from FOMO (fear of missing out)occasionally...sometimes I should just suffer from AMO (actually missing out) and move on. lol. The world of facebook, twitter, forums and blogs will still be there tomorrow.
- Diarise it, timetable it, make appointments with myself to get.it.done...allow for down time.
- Don't make it so rigid that I can't deviate from the routine.
- Waiting for the kids while they're having 1/2 hr swimming lessons...great time to check my emails or surf the web...otherwise I'm just sitting on my arse.
- Instead of bitching that I have loads of washing to do...put a load on...it only takes 5 minutes to get that machine loaded and switched on. Better yet, put the timer on before work so that its done by the time I get home.
- Talking at the kitchen bench? Wipe it down instead of standing there idle, or chop up some veges for future meals.
- Try not to get overwhelmed by the big list of "things" that need to happen.
- Remember how you eat an elephant...one bite at a time.
- Break down those really big shitty jobs into smaller tasks and prioritise them. Don't want to declutter the whole kitchen...do one drawer or cupboard at a time.
- Instead of opening, reading and putting it away to deal with later...just handle it once!
- Don't pile that paperwork up on the bench. File it, pass it on, act on it or bin it.
- Have you seen what's available?! Here's a few I've come across from The Organised Housewife, Life...Your Way, Planning with Kids...there are loads more to discover...share away peeps...we all need help.
- Stop making excuses that they are just kids. They can help too...even if its just making them responsible for their things, setting the table, or matching socks.
"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference"
- Reinhold Niebuhr
Thanks for popping by.
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Mother and Cub
A female coastal brown bear (Ursus arctos) and her cub in Lake Clark NP, Alaska
Coastal Brown Bear on a Beach in Monochrome
A coastal brown bear (Urus arctos) looks for clams on a beach in Lake Clark NP, Alaska. This is a black and white conversion of an image that is also in my collection.
Alaska Brown Bear on the Shore
Distant view of an Alaskan Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) on the shore in Lake Clark National Park, Alaska.
Brown Bear Cub in a Meadow
A coastal brown bear cub (Ursus arctos) stands up in a meadow of flowers and long grasses.


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Columbia Police Searching for Suspects After Armed Robbery
COLUMBIA - Columbia police officers responded to a report of an armed robbery on Heriford Rd. late Saturday night.
According to the Columbia Police Department, the victim told officers he heard a knock on the door at approximately 10:05 p.m. He opened the door to find a man pointing a handgun at him. The armed suspect then walked into the house with another suspect. The two suspects left with several items.
The police released the following descriptions of the suspects:
The first suspect, a black male, was roughly six-feet-tall, heavy set, wearing a dark colored jacket, jeans, boots and a stocking cap. He also had a goatee.
The second suspect, a black male, was roughly 5'6" and wore a dark colored jacket as well.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to call the Columbia Police Department, 573-442-6131, or Crime Stoppers, 573-875-TIPS (8477), to remain anonymous.


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From a transdisciplinary approach to flexible spaces and coffee shops, designing for collaboration in health and science research environments is changing
By Rich Hlava
A push for interdisciplinarity at the university level really took off in the '80s and '90s as schools followed successes at the Santa Fe Institute and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology in Illinois. In 2004, the US National Academies released Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research, which advised how to lower the barriers to interdisciplinary research. A decade ago, the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and others began touting the benefits of multidisciplinary research and its connection to innovation.
George Brown College – Daphne Cockwell Centre for Health Sciences in Toronto, Ontario. (Stantec/KPMB)
And yet, opening up research to discovery from other disciplines has been a challenge in science institutions. Lab space is often still organized in siloed departments in separate areas of campus with proprietary lab spaces tucked into dark corners of respective buildings. Day-to-day interaction can be limited.
While separate labs and departments may sometimes be needed for specialized equipment, by and large, institutions now recognize that these scientific disciplines often have similar requirements. And bringing them together in theme-based research settings can spark new synergies and perspectives that are essential to breakthrough discoveries. Today's researchers are being gently nudged into shared spaces for their benefit.
Team-based approaches are surging in the private sector. The agile workforce is now sought after. In robotics, biomedical research, and drug development, teams are assembled from clusters of people in different specialties. These clusters of specialists iterate a broad range of scenarios quickly.
George Brown College – Daphne Cockwell Centre for Health Sciences in Toronto, Ontario. (Stantec/KPMB)
Similarly, the healthcare industry is becoming interconnected with care delivered across a continuum. Nurse practitioners, for instance, are now expected to master a broad spectrum of knowledge. And the earlier they can get in touch with all the various facets of practice in their education, the better. In hospitals and in the working world, barriers are becoming blurred.
Simultaneously, the design of new spaces for science and health research and education is rising to take on new challenges. The team-based approach is mirrored in a changing pedagogy in higher education toward collaboration and interdisciplinary thinking. Education and research are not so different in that much of the real learning happens outside the classroom or labs. How do you provide space that facilitates learning in the new pedagogical model while replicating the impromptu learning and collaborative situations that are the norm in the real world? And going one step further, how do you apply this multidisciplinary approach to solving today's problems?
Design strategies that foster this interdisciplinary approach have been in development for the past 10 years but continue to morph as pedagogy evolve. Here's the latest thinking in science and education design:
Carnegie Mellon University's Scott Hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
It starts with the process
The University of Lethbridge's new Science & Academic Building is taking a step beyond interdisciplinary collaboration toward a transdisciplinary approach to teaching and research. Transdisciplinary approaches bring together different disciplines (e.g., Chemistry and BioPhysics) to generate innovative ideas or approaches that move beyond discipline-specific solutions or approaches, to solve real-world problems.
Transdisciplinary thinking is familiar to designers—we know the best buildings are designed collaboratively. At Lethbridge, we needed a nontraditional approach to spark the transdisciplinary culture the University desired. We leveraged an Integrated Design Process, where multidisciplinary user groups participated in the design process together in large group sessions in which research process and space needs were discussed simultaneously. These sessions exposed these researchers to a transdisciplinary way of working together in an open collaborative format, laying the groundwork to achieve the goal of fostering transdisciplinary environment.
Science and Academic Building at the University of Lethbridge in Lethbridge, Alberta. (Stantec/KPMB)
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Creating collisions. Breaking down barriers.
How do you break down those barriers between departments, and what does that really mean to health sciences learning and innovation? It means you design for the public realm, provide public space for informal gathering and impromptu teaching opportunities. It's built off the idea that a significant amount of the learning takes place outside the classroom. Administrators now recognize that places outside the lab are critical elements for their programs. Social spaces, places to get a cup of coffee, informal areas to gather, share ideas, ask questions, and get results are essential.
The social space is key to the idea of interdisciplinarity. At George Brown College, we developed the idea of "interprofessional education," or IPE. Within the public realm at George Brown, we designed space for collisions between staff and students from different disciplines where they can have those crucial unplanned conversations. Creating connections outside of the traditional lecture room pedagogy, these spaces are used by small groups for a group project or just an alternative small class setting.
We extended this idea throughout the building. This social space embodies a fluid "learning landscape" that follows a legible vertical circulation from the ground floor up to the green roofs. Informal gatherings along this learning landscape manifest the IPE model, providing the opportunity to nurture multi-program collaboration and allow students to casually share information and, in effect, teach one another. A transparent podium along the ground level houses public program components further elevating the project's vision to become an intercommunity education model. These spaces are the heart of the building and nurture the collaboration skills necessary for our future health-care professionals.
Carnegie Mellon University's Scott Hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Creating clusters around research themes
Designing spaces that can support research themes, rather than research disciplines is an overarching approach in modern interdisciplinary buildings. The promise of these theme-based research clusters is their ability to create crossover and synergy, encouraging application of a variety of perspectives from colleagues from different backgrounds to accelerate iteration in research.
The realization that many types of research can take place in a similar basic space informs our interdisciplinary planning. Our planning modules allow for commonly used spaces, wet labs for instance, which can add or substitute specialty environments, increase or decrease full time equivalent (FTE) densities, swing from wet bench to computational, with fundamental infrastructure to support those changes over time..
Shared lab support space, shared core facilities, shared flexible spaces
Interdisciplinary research buildings have critical needs for collaboration space, office space, and computational research space as well as wet bench space. Sharing these spaces has synergistic effects. We're seeing design details imported from the workplace world make flexibility possible. Moveable benchwork and casework, plug-and-play services, reconfigurable furniture, and in-lab breakout meeting spaces are changing the dynamic of a traditional laboratory environment.
- Lab and lab support: Typically, the size of a research team fluctuates with the project and grant funding available. Today's researchers need more adaptable and flexible spaces and labs that can adjust to the scale of their research cluster. We're moving toward more sharing of certain lab support space, such as environmental, tissue culture, or radioisotope rooms.
- Core: Core facilities are shared and made accessible to multiple research teams in this model, which means money wisely spent but also easier collaboration. At Carnegie Mellon's Scott Hall, for example, we placed biomedical engineering on one floor, energy research on another floor, and computational analytics on another floor, all of which share an adjacent class 10/class 100 core clean room facility.
- Flexible: We're also looking at sharing of resources in the softer spaces where we can implement ideas about collaboration percolating through the corporate workplace. Communal work spaces are more likely to be modeled after WeWork or along the lines of the The Johns Hopkins Sibley Innovation Hub. The square footage traditionally assigned to offices is reduced while more space is assigned to a range of amenity spaces now incorporated into the design—lounges, group huddle rooms, mini offices (60 square feet) rather than traditional offices and conference rooms. Groups traditionally assigned to offices may now be in open workspace environments.
American University Don Myers Technology & Innovation Building in Washington, D.C.
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Maker spaces and fusion labs
We're seeing the startup workplace influence these buildings, too. With the growth of entrepreneurship in curriculum and industry partnerships, these buildings will sometimes host fusion labs adjacent to primary labs, which provide maker/build space and testing/prototyping space made temporarily available to small teams or groups.
Visible to the public
At the University of Lethbridge, we're using the idea of "science on display" to help break down barriers to the public realm from lab spaces. From the public area, you can see into the wet lab and research space while the researchers can see out to the public. This idea of "science on display" educates visitors in the building, demystifies the building's purpose and pulls back the curtain on the inner-workings of the scientists within—connecting the public to scientific purpose in new ways.
This transparency fosters that informal communication through the public realm and through the space itself.
Inspiring next-gen scientists
Transparency and flexibility is also about connecting to the community. At Lethbridge, an outreach program includes summer science camps for high school and elementary kids utilizing the teaching labs and familiarizing the next generation of researchers with the campus. A large 240-seat auditorium space and central atrium space provide opportunities for the community to use the building and get engaged with the ongoing research and scientists at the University, thus bringing the science community itself to the public.
Faster problem-solving
Theme-based research clusters enable researchers to increase iteration, developing more drug samples before going to trials, for example. From an educational standpoint, these spaces teach individuals how to work in a broad-based team, how to collaborate or problem solve, to develop more varied skillsets through cross-training, and ingrain a natural ability to adjust to a variety of working environments. These interdisciplinary features help prepare students and researchers to work in increasingly collaborative industries.
Accelerating toward the next frontier
The pace of discovery and change is swift in today's world. Modern teaching and learning facilities that adapt to trans- and interdisciplinary approaches and pedagogy are positioning them-selves at the forefront of discovery.
About the author
Designer Rich Hlava, from our Toronto office, focuses on higher education and healthcare related facilities.


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North American Aerospace Defense Command Center, Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, 11:30 a.m.
The 3-foot-thick, 25-ton steel blast doors at Cheyenne Mountain have closed for the first time in history. Locked inside NORAD's command center, Gen. Ralph "Ed" Eberhart has been participating in the National Military Command Center's teleconference. His chief of air defense operations now wants to implement SCATANA, short for Security Control of Air Traffic and Navigation Aids. SCATANA is a plan that was developed in the 1960s to clear the skies in the event of a confirmed missile attack from the Soviet Union. The plan shuts down all the navigational aids in the country and closes the airspace so that bombers, missiles, airborne command posts, and support aircraft can operate unencumbered.
General Eberhart is not sure that the order is appropriate. With new hijackings still being reported, however, he knows he must take action. He issues a modified SCATANA order known as ESCAT, Emergency Security Control of Air Traffic. The order allows for the continued operation of navigational aids, and also selective approval for specific and necessary flights. The order won't ground everything, but it will give the military what they need for the current circumstances.
Notice is sent out to all civil and military air traffic control facilities: the skies now officially belong to NORAD. Across the country, airport facilities begin broadcasting alerts to all aircraft that the airspace is closed and that violating aircraft will be fired upon. For the 30 aircraft still airborne, that is nerve-wracking news.
At 12:16 the Federal Aviation Administration Command Center announces that the airspace has been successfully shut down. There are no commercial airliners flying over the United States. The military has taken firm control of the skies and fighters have moved into position escorting the last two suspicious international flights headed toward U.S. airspace.
Excerpted from Touching History. Copyright ® 2008 by Lynn Spencer. Reprinted by permission of Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster.


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The psoas muscle connects the lumbar spine to the hip joint. The main role of the psoas muscle is as a hip flexor; however, it unfortunately puts tension on the lumbar spine due to its lumbar attachments. Psoas syndrome occurs when the muscle is either tight or in spasm.
Psoas dysfunction can occur as a result of chronic back problems as the psoas acts as a secondary stabiliser when the primary stabilisers are poor. The psoas could also be acutely over-stretched (as with sprinting athletes on the push off phase of running).Hip joint pathology will also irritate the psoas.
Psoas syndrome will respond in the short term to soft tissue treatment and massage to the psoas muscle transabdominally.
Stubborn psoas muscles may require a psoas sheath injection or even dry needling of the muscle. If the psoas has put enough tension onto the lumbar facet joints, these joints may need separate attention. Attention to the underlying cause of the psoas spasm needs to be addressed. The stabilising muscles (transversus abdominis and pelvic floor) need to be retrained to 'off-load' the psoas. A physiotherapist can teach you how to better recruit your core stabilising muscles.
Diagnosis is usually made on a clinical basis. Investigations are done to exclude more sinister pathology if your general practitioner is concerned that you are not responding to physical therapy.
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http://www.marcusomahony.com The homepages of Glencairne Pottery. Check it out for courses.
http://www.parslowpottery.com Mandy Parslow pots in the Beautiful Glen of Aherlow, Co Tipperary
http://homepage.tinet.ie/~designondot/ Homepages of Leon Lynch a Cavan based potter.
http://www.laura-ohagan.com Architectural ceramics made in Bray, Co Wicklow
http://www.alangaillard.com Website of Alan Shattock who works from Clifden in the West of Ireland. Also offers courses.
http://www.philrogerspottery.com Wonderful site of Phil Rogers, Marston Pottery, Rhayader, Wales..
http://www.robertcomptonpottery.com A well maintained U.S site with very extensive links world wide.
http://www.jimspeers.com Very extensive site of Canadian potter Jim Speers
http://www.the-anagama.com/En/ Shiho Kanzaki fires anagama at Shigaraki (Japan)
http://www.capceramics.com.au Website of Tasmanian potter Beres Taylor.
http://www.minervaceramica.com Minerva is a potter from Caracas, Venezuela now working in Texas, U.S.
http://www.msdceramics.co.uk/index.html Malcolm Dobson works in Glasgow.
http://www.tms-design.ch Tamara Shontshang works in Switzerland and is a regular visitor to Ireland.
http://www.myerhalliday.co.uk Myer Halliday is a graduate of The Glasgow School of Art and lives in Edinburgh.
http://www.ccoi.ie Lots of useful info on Irish craft on this large site.
http://www.ceramicsireland.org Craft Potters Society of Ireland
http://www.usedbooksearch.co.uk For that out-of-print book you've been trying to get.
http://www.ceramicreview.com Craft Potters Association (UK)
http://www.ruffordceramiccentre.org.uk Essential site for surfers interested in UK scene.
http://www.potfest.co.uk Also good UK site. Potters Directory.
http://www.studiopottery.co.uk A well established International site with over 400 selected members aimed at collectors. Lists events, potter's profiles and work for sale, news and links. Updated most days
http://www.potters.org Clayart archived articles
http://criticalceramics.org For the Critics! Or just to get opinions.
http://www.aber.ac.uk/~cerwww View Aberystwyth's fab ceramics collection.
http://www.ceramicsmonthly.org The site of the US magazine.
http://www.claystation.com Lots of technical info
http://www.briansutherland.org.uk Site dedicated to the life and work of Brian Sutherland.
http://www.ceramicstoday.com Very wide ranging site on all things ceramic.
http://www.craftdirectory.org Craft Directory – Arts & Crafts Search Engine and Directory
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/ceramics/index.asp The Ceramics Museum London
http://www.ceramike.com/index.htm Lots of interesting material on Studio Pottery here
http://www.craftanddesign.net The website of the popular bi-monthly U.K. magazine Craft and design
http://www.scottishpotters.org Homepage of Scottish Potters Association.
http://www.northern-potters.co.uk Northern Potters Association (UK)
http://www.kentpotters.co.uk Kent Potters Association (UK)
http://northwalespotters.co.uk/ North Wales Potters (UK)
http://www.weyceramics.co.uk Wey Ceramics Association (UK)
http://www.jimmybehan.net My musician son's pages. No pots but great electronic music/effects pedals.


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Rapper Foxy Brown, 32, was among the C and D-list celebs attending BET's Rip the Runway 2011 at The Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC on Saturday (Feb.26). Also in attendance was singer Miguel and rapper Fabolous, who looked so out-of-place amongst the trannies and cross dressers who found fame on reality TV shows and on the Internet.
This is what passes for quality entertainment these days.
Gorgeous singer Kelly Rowland showed a little leg while getting out of her limo in Milan, Italy yesterday. That MCM pouchette is ca-yute!
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9 April 2014
Hola Henry!
Born January 7th to our Marketing Manager Katrina, Henry is The Human Network's resident authority on nappies and is looking forward to future projects on formula and baby food testing.
When he is not sleeping or 'inadvertently' watching The Real Housewives of Melbourne, he can be found cooing or checking his 'likes' on Facebook.
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High-frequency modulated signals with a stereotyped down-swept contour were recorded in the northwestern Antarctic Peninsula using an autonomous recorder and a towed hydrophone array. Signals have a mean start frequency at 21.6 kHz, end frequency at 15.7 kHz, −10 dB bandwidth of 5.9 kHz, and duration of 65.2 ms. Bouts of signals were generally recorded with a median inter-signal interval of 2.1 s. HFM signals partially modulated in the non-ultrasonic range similar to the ones described in this paper have already been reported for killer whales in the North Pacific, Western South Atlantic and Western Australian coast. The HFM signals were recorded in the presence of other odontocete sounds such as whistles, echolocation clicks and burst-pulsed sounds. The similarities of these sounds with vocalizations described for killer whales in the Western Australian coast lead us to strongly believe that the described HFM signals were produced by Antarctic killer whales. This paper described for the first time HFM signals in Antarctica and discussed evidence suggesting that Antarctic type A killer whales are the most probable candidates to produce such signals. However, a visual confirmation is still needed and the function of the HFM signals remains unknown.
Biological Impacts of Climate Change, Conservation Ecology, Deep-Sea Biology, Ecosystem Dynamics and Theory, Fisheries Biology and Management, Life History Strategies and Behaviors, Marine Mammal Biology, Polar Ecology, Population and Community Ecology, Ocean Acoustics
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Eight years ago my husband had surgery for colon cancer. There have been annual colonoscopies, and CT scans with every abdominal pain. Nothing indicated cause for concern.
It was chest pain that took him to the ER this time. His heart is fine, thank God, but the cancer has returned and spread. And so we take the next step.
He had his first chemo treatment last week. It went pretty well. There'll be many more. I am grateful for miracle drugs and insurance.
For the first week I had to remind myself to breathe. Repeatedly.
It's coming a little easier now.
I made the bread a week late. Then took another two weeks to post it. Better late than never.
Comfort food, literally.
The bread recipe can be found here or here, and links to the other Tuesdays With Dorie bakers are here.
We actually saw THREE shoes in the road on our way home from the hospital. I take that as a sign that all will be well. Here's a picture of one of them.


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BOB STEELE CHEVROLET originally located in Merritt Island a new 60,000+sq.ft modern facility was built in 1996 on w 520 in Cocoa. We continue to modernize the facility as well as our equipment with the newest technologies available. We do everything possible to provide our 90 employees with tools that will assure that our customers have a great hassle free experience, whether you are buying a new or used vehicle, getting a vehicle repaired in our service or body shop, or buying a GM part from the parts department.
At Bob Steele Chevrolet we all work very hard to make sure that all of our customers are "completely satisfied." Whether it's sales, service, body shop, or parts we want you to be completely satisfied. Try as we may this may not always occur.
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WTNY 75: 75-61 (Part 2 of 6)
75. Ryan Sweeney- OF- Chicago White Sox- 20
I saved the final spot on this list for a player with loads of potential, but very little real output. For a prospect that is having excuses made for him by everyone else, with just Spring Training providing a glimpse of their upside. So, my final decision came down to James Loney vs. Ryan Sweeney.
Against my better judgment, I went with Sweeney to round out this year?s WTNY 75. Like Loney, Ryan got his name in the paper a lot of times during March, when both Ken Williams and Ozzie Guillen were singing his praise. There are a lot of quotes that now look embarrassing, perhaps most being the Sox? temptation with sending Sweeney to the Southern League. That would have spelled disaster.
When I look at Sweeney?s numbers, there are reasons I see why everyone is so optimistic about his upside. Despite being one of the youngest players on my list, Sweeney hit .283 in the Carolina League. Only once did he strike out more than 15% of the time in a month, and he was between 10 and 11 for much of the second half of the season. I?ve heard fantastic things about his play in right field, and he even filled in as the emergency center fielder for Winston-Salem a few times.
But, I just can?t get over the power. In both April and August, Sweeney?s extra-base hit column was filled with just two doubles, leading to monthly ISOs of .030 and .022. He didn?t hit his first home run until May 11, and only hit seven all season long. After July 20, Sweeney hit just six XBH, which even ignores that half of those were in his final five games. Sweeney was the King of the Single, not something you would expect from a country boy with Iowa blood.
It?s time intelligence be used with Sweeney?s handling, as the Sox should keep Ryan in Winston-Salem until the power starts to come. Here?s to hoping that Sweeney and Chris Young show North Carolina their own version of the Bash Brothers in 2005.
74. Mike Megrew- SP- Los Angeles Dodgers- 21
I?ll probably draw some criticism for choosing Megrew over some of his fellow Dodgers (Broxton, Loney, LaRoche), but I think Megrew offers the best combination of upper-level success with a considerable upside. His peripherals were better than Broxton, minus the walks, and remember I?m a believer that control can be learned. He?s young, large (6-6, 210), and a leftie, all of which always help improve prospect status. I?m a bit concerned that a large park might have boosted Megrew?s stats a bit, but I think most of his numbers were well-earned. The Dodger rotation looks quite solid for next year, and though Miller, Billingsley, Jackson (at least) are all in front of him, a September debut should not be ruled out.
Editor's Note: Since writing this, I learned from a reader that Megrew has had Tommy John surgery since the 2004 season ended. I think it's safe to say that this takes Megrew not only out of my top 75, but he would not have even made the Honorable Mention either. Sorry guys, I should have caught this.
73. Aaron Hill- SS- Toronto Blue Jays- 23
It was a rather large decision for me to rank Hill over other middle infield talents such as Erick Aybar and Omar Quintanilla, but I just have a hard time giving up on Aaron?s power. He?s never been a home run hitter though, so it?s possible that he?ll never break the .150 ISO barrier. You have to love his low strikeout rates and great selectivity, and he hit for solid average in his first year at AA. Ultimately I think the Russ Adams/Aaron Hill debate will end as everyone predicted, with Adams moving to second and Hill becoming a regular at short. I don?t think either projects to be a star, but I could see Hill having a Rich Aurilia career for sure. And to me, considering how long he stayed a regular with the Giants, that?s quite high praise.
72. Zach Duke- SP- Pittsburgh Pirates- 22
One of the final additions to this list, it was hard for me to leave off the 2004 ERA champion. It wasn?t hard last year when Jon Connolly did it last year, since it was low-A and his stuff is underwhelming (and I like Connolly), while Duke is a bit more intriguing. His strikeout numbers were great in Carolina, and his home run numbers were among the best on this list. But I didn?t like how his K/9 declined in the Eastern League (6.3), and as Mike Gullo said, ?I've heard plenty of conflicting stories about his stuff. Some say he's an 87 mph arm, while others say he's in the low 90's.? Recent Pittsburgh prospects have hit the wall by AA or AAA recently, so the test will come this year for Duke, who has yet to not succeed at any level (career 2.22 ERA).
71. Anthony Reyes- SP- St. Louis Cardinals- 23
For no other reason than great control, drafting Reyes in the fifteenth round of the 2003 draft was a great move by the St. Louis Cardinals. Anthony had never been inspiring at USC: his career ERA finished at 3.89, his H/9 was never below nine, his K/9 never above. This is why Reyes exploding on the scene is so surprising. Sure he was never completely healthy in his last two years at USC, but in twelve AA starts to close out the year, his H/9 was 7.5 and K/9 was 12.4. The fact that his BB/9 dropped below 2.0 shouldn?t be shocking, as that was always his calling card on the West Coast. Everything in me says that Reyes will fall apart, that his ceiling is no higher than that of a fourth starter, that the Southern League helped him like it did Brad Thompson to begin the year. But wouldn?t I be an idiot if I left one of AA?s best second-half pitchers off my list?
70. Jon Papelbon- SP- Boston Red Sox- 24
Ask Eric Gagne, and he?ll tell you that his move to relief was done to increase velocity. His pitches were not sustainable long-term, creating a weakness of endurance as a starting pitcher. Jon Papelbon was found to have no such problem, which is the reason that the Red Sox decided to move him the opposite way ? from closer to starter ? a year after drafting him.
Dominance is a term usually bestowed upon closers, but Papelbon kept that word in his biography as a starting pitcher this year. In thirteen of his 24 starts, Jon allowed one or less earned run, accounting for 76 of his 129.2 innings. During this time he allowed only 41 hits and 20 walks, while striking out 87 and not giving up a home run. To be this type of pitcher, even just 60% of the time, shows that there is a lot of promise in Papelbon?s future.
And while I would expect the other forty percent to be disastrous, Papelbon showed good things even while pitching poorly. His other 11 starts made up just 53.2 innings, mostly due to not making it through one inning in his third start, and not pitching 5 innings thrice. Still, in those fifty-plus innings, Jon managed to strike out 66, while walking just twenty-three. His H/9 was just above 9.00, and he still just allowed six home runs. Still, Papelbon can not continue to succeed if he is a 5.37 ERA pitcher 40% of the time.
With Papelbon, Jon Lester, Abe Alvarez and Manny Declaremen, there are a lot of bright spots in the farm. There will be debate whether Lester or Papelbon is top dog, and supporters of the latter will point to the fact that he only allowed more than three runs in a start twice. But Lester supporters can claim that Papelbon?s ERA is a bit deceiving, since his RA would be 2.98, and his relievers stranded all 7 runners they inherited. Either way, you can bet that Red Sox brass is happy there even is an argument at the top, after lacking any murmurs from below for so long.
69. Jairo Garcia- RP- Oakland Athletics- 22
Oakland flirted with the idea of turning Garcia into a reliever for awhile, giving him bullpen stints since he was seventeen in 2000. After his first experience with full-season ball yielded a terrible K/9 (6.0) in 2003, the organization decided to try and keep Garcia?s strengths while increasing his velocity. Good decision. Unfortunately I missed seeing Garcia in Kane County by a matter of days, though it didn?t take the A?s long to realize he was above that level. After 38 appearances spanned over low-A and AA, Garcia had struck out 81 in 49 innings while allowing 0 home runs. I saw him be pretty inconsistent in the Futures Game, though one of his mid-80s sliders was Major League closer quality. His build is very similar to Octavio Dotel, and he would be quite lucky to learn from him this spring.
68. Hayden Penn- SP- Baltimore Orioles- 20
Not the average teenager, it was Penn?s poise and control that took him from the South Atlantic League to Bowie at nineteen. His numbers won?t amaze you and his strikeout numbers are far from dazzling. Hayden?s K/BB was 3.0 in the Carolina League, and he?ll need that type of ratio to justify under nine strikeouts per game. But he?ll be back in the Eastern League next year at twenty, with the chance of breaking the Major League rotation when he proves himself ready. Baltimore hardly offers a lot of barriers, and the fact that Penn jumped so many prospects to be the top Oriole pitcher is saying something. And even if he labors a bit next year, I think it?s safe to say he has time to figure it out.
67. Chris Young- OF- Chicago White Sox- 21
Instincts. This is what influences my choice here, a difficult one since I know the harsh criticism that comes with off-wing opinions. Much of prospect analysis, no matter what sabermetrics say, is speculation. This is where the highest of my speculation lies.
But let?s focus on the facts with Chris Young here. At 21, he was older than a lot of South Atlantic League opponents. His game is a fairly raw one though, one that will need time to become Major League-caliber. But remember, Mike Cameron (my working comp to Young, also seen in BA), didn?t play 100G until he was 24, or have 400AB until 26. Time is on Young?s side.
Offensively, I view Young being a force at the plate, a threat to go yard on every swing. This, in turn, causes a lot of strikeouts, 146 during the 2004 season. In fact, only once all season did Young go four games without a whiff, a 4/12 stint in early July. But some times he was fairly under control, ?only? striking out 21.5% of the time. And he walked a lot that month, a season-high eighteen times.
Young showed a normal prospect flaw besides strikeouts as well, that of the ?late start, early exit? variety. Accompanied with his best three months (May-July) below are the statistics of hot prospect Eric Duncan?s in a similar number of low-A at-bats:
I?m not suggesting Young is the better prospect ? ignoring age and Young?s other months is ignorant ? but it is an interesting tidbit to chew on.
Despite an abysmal ability to make consistent contact, Young is an underrated prospect. His Isolated Power can go toe-to-toe with any Sally League hitter (don?t forget the Sally League?s other Young), and he combines that with solid speed and highly regarded defense.
My instincts tell me Young could be better than Brian Anderson, the White Sox top prospect, but at some point my senses step in.
66. Dan Johnson- 1B- Oakland Athletics- 25
What more does Oakland want out of this guy? It?s bad enough that an organizational soldier that bought so much into their philosophy like Graham Koonce hardly got any notice, now they have a legitimate prospect with the same mentality getting shut out. And not just legit either, the player that won both PCL MVP and playoffs MVP in the same league, he?s above the league. But Scott Hatteberg, who?s skill set has declined since Moneyball while his contract value has rose, will likely get the majority of at-bats at first base. If I were Billy Beane, and I?m nowhere near that intelligent, I would hope Carlos Delgado signs not in New York, so he can trade Scott Hatteberg in a deal to acquire Mike Cameron. And then Dan Johnson, the most ready player in the minors, will get his due.
65. Mike Hinckley- SP- Washington Nationals- 22
Following the Bartolo Colon and Cliff Floyd trades, the Expos/Nationals franchise lost anything near depth in prospects. And then Clint Everts got hurt in the middle of the season, eliminating their top, star-powered prospect. So, all that is really left for Jim Bowden to play with is Mike Hinckley, a player I really like. He hasn?t really struggled at a level since the Gulf Coast League out of high school, and his effortless trip through high-A and AA was something else this year. Hinckley?s ceiling is no higher than a third starter or so, but he looks very capable of contributing to Washington by 2006. He?ll need to keep those HR numbers down, like he did after his promotion, to get the most out of his exceptional ability.
64. Josh Barfield- 2B- San Diego Padres- 22
If I?ve previously labeled Jeff Mathis and Adam Wainwright the most disappointing players of 2004, Josh Barfield has to be considered the most overvalued. After an MVP season in the California League, Barfield became loved by prospect evaluators, what with his .919 OPS at a premium position. What we ignored however, was the league and park in which Barfield played, and his .400 BABIP (Batting Average on Balls In Play, average is normally right around .300)
This season, we got exactly what we deserved. And that?s to say, Josh proved his skills aren?t really that different from those of his father after all. Remember, Jesse finished his career with a .256/.335/.466 line, striking out in more than 25% of his career at-bats. Josh is better than his father most in that final category, as his K% declined in each month this year, showing he was learning the level quite well. His BABIP was near average this year, a little below, so I think Josh could likely settle around the .256 BA his father sported.
After a rough start in which Barfield hit .241 with a .395 slugging through his first 59 games, it seemed as if he started to figure it out. In the next 55 games, Barfield would hit .268/~.350/.480, only whiffing 16.7% of the time. He also walked 25 times in those 55 games, showing improvements in both categories. His power was far more consistent that it had been all year, with twelve doubles and ten home runs in 198 at-bats. It seemed that Josh had turned the corner at AA, and proved his mettle.
Then the bottom fell out in his last 24 games, when his OPS would never have topped .600, and his strikeouts rose to 24.2% of his total at-bats. He only hit a home run once in his last 136 at-bats, falling right back into the problem he started the year with. Josh will begin the year in AA again, where the organization hopes he?ll become the player he was from mid-June to mid-August, showing polish and power up the middle. Who would have thought that Mark Loretta would leave large shoes to fill?
63. Edwin Encarnacion- 3B- Cincinnati Reds- 22
I have written this before, but one of the major disheartening things about Encarnacion is the lack of confidence shown in him within the Cincinnati franchise. The Austin Kearns experiment was just a bad idea, though I don?t think ill-intended, as Dave O?Brien simply wanted to get the most out of his glut of four outfielders. And the Joe Randa signing will give Encarnacion, who is still a bit raw, another season to hone his skills. Mostly, it?s time for some of those doubles to start going over the wall, and Encarnacion?s slugging rise enough to be justifiable from a corner position. Though I guess given this club?s recent hot corner problems, even a .794 OPS would be acceptable here.
62. Chris Burke- 2B- Houston Astros- 25
Like Dan Johnson before him, it would be a waste for Burke not to start at second base for the Astros next year. Showing unique confidence that they didn?t in Jason Lane, Astro upper management didn?t even take a shot at re-signing Jeff Kent, seemingly giving the job to Burke. Then reports out of Houston came the team was thinking about moving Craig Biggio back to second, which would be an offensive disaster given how far Biggio has declined, and just how good Burke has become. His PCL slugging percentage will probably not be matched in the Majors, but I view Chris being a premiere two-hole hitter, always contributing a solid average with a bunch of doubles. His stolen base ability is also quite sound, so expect Phil Garner to run him wild if he gets a chance next year.
61. Ervin Santana- SP- Anaheim Angels- 22
The first of a group of injured players on this list, it should be no surprise that Santana comes last, largely because I?ve never been particularly fond of him. But he?s got a live arm with a history of success, so I?ll concede that the Angels are lucky to have his arm. Really, Ervin?s done very little to give reason for me to cast doubt on him, so now it?s time to stay healthy for a year, and make some rumbles on the Major League level. With Troy Percival gone, I could see Santana groomed into a set-up role if health continues to be a problem, and his great fastball/breaking ball combo could work wonders there.
Things have really gone wrong with Chris Burke's career if Jimy Williams is running him wild next year.
Whoops, my bad Jurgen, thanks for the correction. All changed.
Oh, dear. Mike Megrew rating above Broxton and LaRoche (we know what you think of Loney)? An 88 MPH fastball does not give Megrew a particularly high ceiling, and I expect Baseball America to rank him in the 15 to 20 range among Dodger prospects in the next Prospect Handbook. And I learned last week that Megrew had Tommy John surgery after the 2004 season, so that sets his timetable back.
And how does Papelbon get ranked over Broxton? They are both bulky power pitchers who put up good numbers in the Florida State League in 2004. The big difference is that Broxton is three years and seven months younger than Papelbon. Papelbon's numbers would have to be WAY, WAY better than Broxton's to compensate for that when comparing the two. You said that you thought Broxton could end up a reliever. Believe me, Papelbon is far more likely to end up a reliever than Broxton.
Wow, great list! Look forward to the rest
Anthony Reyes was once considered a dark horse candidate to be the #1 overall selection of the ammy draft while at USC - his problem was (and, to a lesser extent, is) injuries. There's no shame in listing him here at all...


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One of the highlights (for me) was the interview with Rian Johnson and Mark Hamill about the documentary film of the making of the Last Jedi. It's a really personal and approachable view behind the process of making a movie like this. Can't recommend it highly enough. And Mark Hamill doesn't disappoint when he joins the interview – several of the best lines are his (as usual) and it's interesting to get a mature perspective from a guy that we have all literally known since he was basically a 20 year-old kid.