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The title pretty much says it all, so instead of a big intro this opening paragraph will link you to some more helpful information regarding prospects. Here are the Top 30 prospects for 2015 redraft leagues. Here are the American League and National League Top 10 prospect indexes. We also have the Top 20 2014 signees for first-year player drafts in dynasty formats. Last but not least, here are my Top 100 keeper rankings. In the prospect rankings below, more specific ETAs are given as well as links to the organizational top ten list for each player. Just click on the team abbreviation to view my comments on individual prospects. Only two-thirds of the teams are written up, so apologies if not all of the links are live just yet. Ages listed are as of Opening Day 2015. Here are the Top 50 prospects for 2015 fantasy baseball…Please, blog, may I have some more?
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Despite another losing season, the White Sox are headed in the right direction. Cuban import Jose Abreu looks like a steal after leading the team on offense and winning Rookie of the Year honors. Chris Sale continued to pitch like an ace and won't turn 26 until March. Lefty Jose Quintana proved to be a reliable arm as well and is the same age as Sale. The recent acquisition of Jeff Samardzija adds even more firepower to the rotation. As part of the return, the A's received first base prospect Rangel Ravelo, who was included on this list prior to the trade. Adam Eaton and Avisail Garcia are two other young pieces ready to contribute in 2015 and are also good options in the fantasy game. Garcia lost most of 2014 to a shoulder injury but still managed seven homers in under 200 plate appearances. The bullpen was a battle all year, but the signing of David Robertson is an immediate boost and this year's first round pick Carlos Rondon could contribute later this season before joining the rotation in the spring of 2016.
The Arizona Fall League is a couple of weeks old now, so we'll peek at a few of the highlights and lowlights. In a league with only six teams, there is a limited pool of players and we'll have to take the small sample sizes with a grain of salt. There have been a few standout performances, and this league is a good way to get eyes on prospects returning from injuries or facing some tougher competition for the first time. One name from the AFL that has surfaced quite a bit this year is Reds' outfielder Jesse Winker. Reports on Winker like his approach and power, with left field a likely destination when he reaches the bigs. Despite a concussion early in the season and a wrist injury that ended his season prematurely, the 21-year-old hit .327/.426/.580 with 13 homers in the hitter-friendly California League before a brief stint in Double-A. In 38 AFL at bats, Winker has two homers, two doubles, and a league-leading 13 runs batted in. He's top 5 in average (.368), on-base percentage (.479), and slugging percentage (.632). I'm not totally on board the Winker train yet since he hasn't seen much of Double-A, but I am at the station in line to buy a ticket. Here are some other noteworthy AFL prospect performances so far…Please, blog, may I have some more?
Prospect hounds looking for some action now that the minor league season is over can turn their attention towards the 2014 Arizona Fall League. The league is made up of six teams and each of those teams is affiliated with five major league clubs. MLB clubs will typically send prospects that need some more reps to refine their skills against different (sometimes tougher) competition. Other players on these rosters may have been injured at some point in the past season and need the extra game action to continue their rehab and development. The preliminary rosters have been released for each AFL squad and there are a bunch of fantasy relevant prospects for us to take a look at. For the next three weeks I'll write up two teams and a few of the significant names from each, what their 2014 MiLB season looked like, and what we might expect from them in fantasy baseball going forward. Let's get right to it with Mesa and Glendale…Please, blog, may I have some more?
For those who missed it, we took a brief look at a handful of draft prospects earlier in the week, highlighting players who, by my estimation, have the quickest paths to fantasy baseball relevance. Without knowing who would end up where, it would have been a stretch to try to peg specific timetables on anyone listed. Even now, before signing bonuses have been agreed to, that sort of exercise seems silly. There is one ETA, though, that I can't help but speculate over. The White Sox drafted Carlos Rodon third overall, and have begun the process of negotiating signing terms with Rodon's agent, Scott Boras. Given Boras's reputation, there are many who wonder if the Sox will even be able to sign the 21-year-old, but I'm not overly concerned on that end. Chicago established a precedent in 2010 when they pushed Chris Sale through to the big club only two months after drafting him in the first round, revealing a distinct willingness not to pinch pennies over service time. A similar fast-track for Rodon puts him (and Boras) one year closer to payday. I believe the "screw super two" attitude displayed by Rick Hahn and Kenny Williams will be a valuable bargaining piece for Chicago, and could lead to a bonus in the neighborhood of MLB's slot suggestion. Granted, such a scenario would involve the lefty pitching in a relief role, it still wouldn't derail any plans to have him join the starting rotation next spring. This is all to say that Carlos Rodon pitching at the highest level this season is not out of the question. Keep that possibility in mind during your upcoming dynasty drafts.Please, blog, may I have some more?
Our offseason prospect series is through — all 30 minor league previews with fantasy-specific top 10's are in the books. For years we've written this same series, finished it, and then just sort of rolled into the regular season stuff without any fanfare. This year, though, we're wrapping up the minor league previews, and adding a nice little bow on top. This post will serve as the bow. The purpose is twofold: (1) For the first time we have links to each of our MiLB previews all in one place, and (2) we've ranked each farm system from a fantasy perspective, giving you a simple guideline as to which orgs are stacked with fantasy impact, and which orgs are virtually void of it. Let's cut to it:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Organizational Talent Rankings via Baseball America
2013 (29) | 2012 (30) | 2011 (27) | 2010 (23) | 2009 (16)
2012 Affiliate Records
MLB: [63-99] AL Central
AAA: [65-78] International League — Charlotte
AA: [77-63] Southern League — Birmingham
A+: [71-69] Carolina League — Winston-Salem
A: [61-76] South Atlantic League — Kannapolis
Arizona Fall League Players — Glendale Desert Dogs
Chris Bassitt (RHP); Charlie Leesman (LHP); Stephen McCray (RHP); Kevin Vance (RHP); Micah Johnson (2B); Marcus Semien (SS); Brandon Jacobs (OF); Jared Mitchell (OF)
Graduated Prospects
Avisail Garcia (OF); Josh Phegley (C); Jordan Danks (OF); Andre Rienzo (RHP)
The Run Down
Back in July I went on a brief rant, imploring White Sox brass to change their ways and improve their flaccid trajectory. It went like this: "There are several questionable farm systems in baseball, but the Chicago White Sox are certainly one that stands out. For years now, the Sox have maintained a firm MLB-first approach to player personnel. They're a principled franchise that would rather allocate its baseball operations budget toward free agent signings and MLB extensions than toward draft spending. And when they do stumble upon a real-deal prospect, they usually like to trade him for a veteran dude, someone to help that playoff push. It's a model that occasionally works — they won a World Series by it in 2005 — but it's not one that's built to sustain success. And now, in 2013, the White Sox are awful. They're in total rebuild mode — everything is for sale. This is finally their opportunity to change direction, to try to build a system that cultivates and utilizes impact talent. They've already dealt Matt Thornton to Boston for Brandon Jacobs, an upside outfielder with a skill set that might be very useful in the fantasy game. Don't stop there, Chicago. Tear it all down."
Well, they couldn't quite tear it all down — there were no Adam Dunn buyers in the market — but they were able to make some key moves and splash some youth into an organization that desperately needed it. Most notably, Avisail Garcia was an outstanding acquisition. He's ineligible for this list, but he'd be an easy #1 were he still hanging onto his prospect status. Don't get me wrong here, this system is still lacking, but it's no longer the weakest in the game, and its overall direction has improved greatly.Please, blog, may I have some more?


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2011, of all the years I've been making, it's probably one of the coolest years I've seen. But it couldn't be a better situation for the Chardonnay because a cool climate, Russian River Valley, add that to a vintage like 2011, it's even cooler. What that means it's really bright, really elegant fruit, but beautiful acidity to back up the fruit, that's the 2011 Jordan Chardonnay.
The style that we're producing is still very much inspired by our Burgundy friends in France, because that particular style of wine is what really appeals to me, is the ones that I think go best with food, nice fresh fruit comes through in the nose. You don't get a lot of buttery components that are going to overwhelm that fruit. I love it when master sommeliers come up to me and say, "Your wine makes me so upset because when I put in the blind tasting I think of it as a Pouilly not as a California Chardonnay." It brings tears to my eyes when I hear that because that's exactly what we're trying to do.
What do we do to capture that style? How do we maintain that kind of fruit intensity through the vinting process of it? Soil is everything to Chardonnay. The climate is very important, unless you get the correct soil to match that growth cycle for the whole year, you're not going to get that middle character, that really intense fruit character that Chardonnay's so well known for.
All of our fruit is picked at night and during that time you can literally be out there by the hop where you feel the chill, especially around three o'clock when it gets about the lowest temperate and my hands literally get numb trying to work with the fruit. But I'm happy with that numbness because what it means is preserving the fruit characteristic, that fruit intensity. That is absolutely essential to our style of wine.
What we want you to really appreciate about our wine is the freshness, the forward nature of the fruit, oak is really a counterpart to that, it's just the background step.
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nice to see some recognition go to the "other" seniors...(williams and martinez)
i also like how they are very good at recognizing academic excellence within the program as well...(larson and nord)
btw, did anyone else notice that dustin schlatter was the co-winner of the dean fraser award for courage? it said in the article that he was hampered by a knee injury from mid season on...i find it funny that there were some nay sayers out there that rejected my theory that dustin was injured this year and that instead, other wrestlers had "figured him out"...
i guess we will see next year...
Most of us who follow the team closely knew he was not himself. Others catching up was BS in my mind. Barring injuries next year I see another undefeated season out of Dustin.
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I know there may have been dozens of threads relating to this issue, but I think the ride that deserves to get killed off the most is Honey! I Shrunk The Audience.
I have many explanations as to why this ride needs to go, so let's get started:
1. It's outdated
I really don't know how many times this needs to be said, but this ride truly is outdated. Sure, back in the 90's it was cool and a fun and thrilling experience, but a new generation is being born, a generation of kids who are not going to have any idea who Professor Wayne Zielinski is. Unlike rides like Indiana Jones or Star Wars, those are two major and timeless franchises that will live through generations to come, naturally every kid is going to get sucked into it. However, the Honey! series has never been labeled a "timeless" franchise and I think it's overstayed it's welcome. Plus, I think it's kind of awkward seeing these actors in their former prime wearing 90's clothes and looking younger than they really are now, and I think that would confuse a lot of young children.
2. It's not fun.
When I was a kid and riding this ride for the first time, I was scared ****less, the loud noises, the cat turning into the lion, the snake. Everything was just more horrific then fun. I don't believe that any kid these days enjoys obnoxiously loud sound effects and crazy satanized animals coming at them in 3-D. Even when I did grow up though and rode this ride again, it still wasn't fun for me because of the loud noises and just the pure cheeziness factor of it. Once again, this ride was strictly for the 80's - 90's much like WDW's Wonders of Life and to put it simple, it's just not an enjoyable experience for the eyes and ears.
Nuff' Said, unfortunately I never got the experience of riding this attraction and if the rumors are true, I really hope they go through with resurrecting the attraction. Michael Jackson will be and live on as a legend in many people's eyes and to be able to share with future generations of people the positive side of Michael Jackson and just how much of an effect he had on the music industry would be a real treat.
I'm sick of seeing this ride still standing at Disneyland, decaying and growing old. To me, it was never a fun attraction, never thrilling and never enjoyable and I really do think this ride needs to go.


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Hi, would like some critique on this one. I feel fairly stuck. Some of the main issues I kept wondering to myself was: is her hair maybe too big? Are the shapes too abstract? Is the image too static? Anyways, I was trying to go for a slice-of-life sort of image of an everyday thing. Except leaning towards anime because that's what I enjoy drawing in my free time. Was experimenting with trying to get a softer overall look as well. Any feedback would be much appreciated!
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I do see some anatomical issues in the girl. Her hands don't look quite right and the foreshortening on one arm looks off. I would suggest looking up photographic references for how those look. Her hair itself is fine, to be honest. I think the issue with the head isn't the hair, it's the cranium. Underneath that hair she has a rather large cranium, which is really the thing that makes the head look big. Her pose could also use some lean-in, because it is somewhat stiff. Did you do an underlying sketch for the girl and her proportions? Doing an underlying sketch and getting all the proportions worked out before going to rendering makes a world of difference, technically.
The background is also a little off too. The perspective on the background is a little higher then what the foreground, or at least that's how I keep on reading it. It's almost like the background has a separate vanishing point then the foreground.
As for the abstraction of the background and the softness of the rendering, I personally don't have an issue with that. To me it looks like a choice in stylization. And I personally like the colors used and soft quality. It almost gives the picture a kind of dreamy quality to it.
Hope this helps.
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The devil is in the details, but also in generalities. The hands are especially unconvincing, the writing one does not feel like it's holding the pen right, and the one at rest is in incorrect perspective. But there are also overall issues with contrast and composition; if you squint you can't really make the character out of the background. Darkening the background a little would help, but I'd mostly suggest tweaking the detail so it contrasts against the girl's silhouette, instead of breaking it up.
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Seems like most of the issues are with the underlying structure so I did another sketch keeping in mind everything that was mentioned. I'll start coloring tomorrow but thought I would post a progress pic anyhow. Thanks for the comments so far!
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Yes, the structure of the hands is much better now.
You have added too much tension to the pose and the slanted verticals, though. I liked the relaxed pose and the more face-on viewing angle you had in the previous sketch a lot more.
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I like the overall feel of your picture, though there are indeed few issues mentionned by the others and hair is too big, like she's having some giant skull. Plus her right forearm look weird, even in your redraw. I believe it has something to do with some perspective mistake (lack of overlaping and her wrist should be bigger to approach the elbow size due to the perspective)
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2) I'd make the girl sharper to make her stand out.
I'm curious to see the final result, I believe it'll be very good and unusual.
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April-June - Consolidated earnings before tax amounted to EUR 121 million (99) and consolidated earnings before tax at fair value to EUR 63 million (96). Return on equity was 13.8% (12.2). - Banking corporate customers showed a higher level of activity. Combined net interest income from Corporate Banking and Baltic Banking was up by 18% year on year. The loan portfolio increased by 4% and the average corporate loan portfolio margin by 4 basis points. - Within Non-life Insurance, insurance premium revenue increased by 11%. Combined ratio was 87.9% (87.4) while operating combined ratio was 86.2% (85.5). Return on investments at fair value was -0.6% (0.6). - Earnings posted by the Group Functions were improved by the EUR 12-million interest on cooperative capital from Suomen Luotto-osuuskunta. Comparatives deriving from the income statement are based on figures reported for the corresponding period a year ago. 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Within Asset Management, assets under management increased as a result of growth in OP mutual fund assets and positive developments in market values. Thanks to the efficiency-enhancement programme, total expenses, excluding the bank levy, were 3% lower than a year ago. Cost savings out of the EUR 25 million estimated for 2013 amounted to EUR 15 million during the first half, resulting mainly from a reduction in personnel. The programme is proceeding as planned. Outlook towards the year end Within Banking, the loan portfolio is expected to grow in 2013 at the same rate as in 2012, when the growth rate was 9% (previous estimate: growth prospects on the loan portfolio are dimmer than last year). The operating environment for the corporate sector will remain challenging. The greatest uncertainties related to Banking's financial performance in 2013 are associated with future impairment loss on the loan portfolio. Insurance premium revenue is expected to increase at a rate above the market average. The operating combined ratio for the full year 2013 is estimated to vary between 88% and 92% (previous estimate: 89-93) if the number of large claims is not much higher than in 2012. Expected investment returns are largely dependent on developments in the investment environment. The most significant uncertainties related to Non-life Insurance's financial performance in 2013 pertain to the investment environment and the effect of large claims on claims expenditure. The greatest uncertainties related to Asset Management's financial performance in 2013 are associated with the actual performance-based fee income tied to the success of investments and the amount of assets under management. 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Financial reporting in 2013 Schedule for Interim Reports in 2013: Interim Report Q1-3/2013: 30 October 2013 DISTRIBUTION NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd London Stock Exchange SIX Swiss Exchange Major media www.pohjola.com, www.op.fi For additional information, please contact: Mikael Silvennoinen, President and CEO, tel. +358 (0)10 252 2549 Vesa Aho, CFO, tel. +358 (0)10 252 2336 Niina Pullinen, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations, tel. +358 (0)10 252 4494 Pohjola Bank plc is a Finnish financial services group which provides its customers with banking, non-life insurance and asset management services. Our mission is to promote the prosperity, security and wellbeing of our customers. Profitable growth and an increase in company value form our key objectives. Pohjola Group serves corporate customers in Finland and abroad by providing an extensive range of financial, investment, cash-management and non-life insurance services. 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What is the Residence Hall Association?
The Residence Hall Association (RHA) at The George Washington University is a student-run organization that represents all 7,000+ students living on campus. Each resident is a member of RHA, and they are represented by their hall council members. The Residence Hall Association's mission is to support and improve residence life, primarily through advocacy and programming in the halls.
Raise High For What from GW RHA on Vimeo.


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