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Let me be the first so say congrats. This is a beautiful map and I think you succeeded at your goal. I especially love the heraldry!
Here's the finished product of the WIP thread found here.
I tried to take pieces from various tutorials that I especially liked and combine them with some stuff of my own to create something new, and I think it succeeded fairly well. I used a bit of Ascension's Atlas tut to do the seas, and of course the higher mountain elevations were created using Pasis's method. The lower elevations, the hills, and the other terrain features I made just by using repeated difference cloud layers, beveled and layered over with various filters to get some variation in appearance.
Anyway, hope you like it.
Let me be the first so say congrats. This is a beautiful map and I think you succeeded at your goal. I especially love the heraldry!
Excellent map! Nice layout and colours.
Good work. The only thing the map is missing would be a border, but I don't mind it without one. Have some rep
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- My tutorials: How to make a roll of parchment graphic in GIMP
I make use of Wag's mountain brushes.
Very nice, definitely repworthy.
Check out my City Designer 3 tutorials. See my fantasy (city) maps in this thread.
Gandwarf has fallen into shadow...
Yup, lovely work here. Nicely done.
Royal: I'm very sorry for your loss, your mother was a terribly attractive woman.
My Cartographer's Guild maps: Finished Maps
More maps viewable at my DeviantArt page: Ramah-Palmer DeviantArt
This turned out quite beautifully, looking forward to your next one.
My Finished Maps | My Challenge Maps | Ghoraja Juun, my largely stagnated campaign setting.
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Really nice map! I also found it quite amusing to find my hometown of Göteborg among the cities (although in a slightly different version, Goteberg ).
Hannibal ante porcos!
Eohl Galactic Chart The Shuayie Peninsula
A very evocative, pretty map.
Well Done. I like the dimensions of your map - 2440 miles by 820 miles. The width gives a sense of a large piece of land.
Of course it begs the question, if these are the Northlands, what's further north?
I repped you into 2 little green thingies! (Probably won't use that phrase again today .)
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Dollhouse Syndrome = The temptation to turn a map into a picture, obscuring the goal of the image with the appeal of cute, or simply available, parts. Maps have clarity through simplification.
--- Sigurd
Thanks, guys. Now I have TWO little green thingies! The power! THE POWER!!!


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By Rob Knies
March 5, 2013 8:45 AM PT
What is computing? These days, we tend to think in terms of devices and services, social computing and mobile capabilities.
These days.
But if there is anything we know for certain about computing, it is that our conceptions will change, our definitions will morph. Even as we speak, new, groundbreaking technology is being built. Revolutionary concepts are being explored and tested. Tomorrow's sensation is today's incubation.
That's what TechFest is all about. Each year, Microsoft Research scientists from across the globe gather to display and discuss their latest projects, which encompass a broad spectrum of computer-science investigations. Some of these projects take a long-term, theoretical approach. Others will find their way into products soon to be in the hands of businesses and consumers the world over.
This year's event, occurring March 5-7 at the Microsoft Conference Center, represents a glimpse into the future of computing technology, a time when those devices, services, social tools, and mobile ubiquity become even smarter and gain the ability to work on our behalf. A world of information technology will be transformed into a world of intelligent technology.
Such an assessment is based on a couple of fundamental technological trends. One is the explosion of data from machines, sensors, and people, combined with the availability of affordable cloud services, to enable powerful new tools to explore large data sets and detect patterns that can lead to insights previously unimaginable.
Another trend worth noting: more natural interfaces that deliver better—and sometimes completely new—computing experiences. With the ability to sense and understand the surrounding environment. such new interfaces can offer friendlier methods to communicate with computers, such as gestures, speech, and touch. The computing device then becomes less like a box with blinking lights and more like a trusted sidekick, anticipating your needs and providing effective guidance.
These directions are sure to play a key role in defining how we all soon will benefit from the research currently being conducted. Let's explore the possibilities.
Addressing the ascent of big data is the goal of a project called Productivity Tools to Discover and Analyze Data, featuring technology called Inferno, created by a team based at Microsoft Research Cambridge led by Thore Graepel, principal researcher in the Machine Learning and Perception group.
Inferno is designed to put the power of machine learning—computers' ability to examine vast amounts of information to detect patterns or learn how to react to certain situations—into the hands of people working with relatively small amounts of data using everyday programs such as Excel. The project builds on the foundations of Infer.NET, a powerful, flexible framework, developed at Microsoft Research Cambridge, for model-based machine learning,
"If you want to do machine learning, there's often a lot of plumbing you have to do to get your data in, get the answers out, and validate everything," Graepel says. "That involves a lot of coding or scripting.
"We thought, 'What if we could take the machine-learning algorithms, put them where the data already is, and make it a seamless experience?' That would make machine learning available to a much larger group of people.
"We're talking about democratizing machine learning."
Because many small or medium-sized data sets are in Excel, Graepel says, it made sense to try to bring the sophistication of machine learning to these small collections of information. But can a program such as Excel really perform the complex task of machine learning? Graepel says that Inferno—the name comes from its use of "inference" to perform its tasks—can do just that by building on Excel's basic framework for organizing data.
For instance, Inferno can treat a set of data rows with all information present as a training set, which could represent past choices a group of consumers have made or sales data for different products, times, and locations. Inferno can "learn" what an Excel user wants to do with a set of data, and then, when presented with a row of data that has incomplete information, the technology can "infer" the missing information from experience obtained from the training set.
"We formulated the machine-learning problem here," Graepel says, "as a missing-data-filling problem—an auto-fill program. While there exists an excellent Excel plug-in—SQL Server Tools for Data Mining—that provides machine-learning technology to data-mining experts, the goal of Inferno is to make machine learning a seamless experience fully integrated into Excel."
Inferno also can conduct "unsupervised" machine learning, such as detecting anomalies or outliers, as with a data set that corresponds to measurements of a piece of human tissue. A change in the measurement could indicate a problem—a tumor, for instance. Inferno can learn to detect such anomalies.
Graepel sees a number of possible applications for Inferno. In business, it could help develop sales forecasts or help in lead generation for small businesses. In log data, it could help learn what caused a server fault. In stock analysis, it could examine trends and develop forecasts.
Team members contributing to Inferno include Lucas Bordeaux, Andy Gordon, Claudio Russo, and John Winn.
This project is just one of several, though, that examine the potential that harnessing big data could reveal. For example, a project called Adaptive Machine Learning for Real-Time Streaming, from Microsoft Research's Advanced Technology Labs Europe, addresses how the processing of data in real time, combined with machine learning, can deliver on-the-fly updates to enhance customer scenarios in manufacturing and IT services.
Another intriguing project, ViralSearch: Identifying and Visualizing Viral Content, from Microsoft Research New York City, examines the concept of "going viral," what that really means, and how such a phenomenon can be measured.
Another TechFest project, Telling Stories with Data via Freeform Sketching, shows how Microsoft Research scientists continue to make computing interfaces even more natural, in this case by making notes scrawled on a whiteboard more powerful.
SketchInsight, a tool that is the centerpiece of the project, was developed at Microsoft Research Redmond by a team led by Bongshin Lee, a researcher in the Computational User Experiences Group.
Lee points out that sketching notes on a whiteboard has pros and cons. On one hand, the act of jotting down notes and talking about a problem fosters creativity and collaboration. On the other, the handwritten or sketched notes on the whiteboard rarely contain much real data. The information is implied or jotted down as "dummy" data.
SketchInsight takes advantage of advances in input technologies such as text recognition, gesture recognition, and pen-and-touch displays to create a "smart" whiteboard. When a team member starts to sketch something such as a chart or a diagram, SketchInsight pulls information from an existing data set, such as an Excel spreadsheet, determines what the goal is, and retrieves real data to complete the drawing. The power of cloud computing could be harnessed to provide an even more robust performance.
"People could start drawing parts of a visualization they are thinking of as a hint," Lee says. "Then, the system automatically recognizes the elements of the drawing, consults relevant data sources, and infers and completes the target visualization."
With that, a simple sketch that might have had little real data becomes a powerful discussion or presentation tool with concrete, relevant data.
The project, Lee says, could be useful in nearly any scenario in which people are brainstorming or problem-solving together—or a presenter is telling stories to others.
"SketchInsight's presentation aspect would be really useful for education," she says. "It could be used in lectures, where a lecturer could begin to sketch a complex diagram and the remaining part of the diagram could be completed with additional details pulled in from an outside source."
The research behind Telling Stories with Data via Freeform Sketching is described in a paper: Understanding Pen and Touch Interaction for Data Exploration on Interactive Whiteboards, by Jagoda Walny and Sheelagh Carpendale of the University of Calgary, and Lee, Paul Johns, and Nathalie Henry Riche of Microsoft Research Redmond. The presentation aspect was designed in the summer of 2012 by intern Rubaiat Habib Kazi from the National University of Singapore, Lee, and Microsoft Research software-design engineer Greg Smith. Lee, Riche, Smith, and Carpendale continue to drive the project.
Natural user interfaces are being explored during TechFest 2013 in other contexts, as well, such as the 3-D Reconstruction by Portable Devices project, a Microsoft Research Asia effort to enable mobile phones and devices to generate augmented-reality scenarios.
Toward Large-Display Experiences takes a different direction, envisioning ways for people to navigate easily through wall-sized displays that seem likely to become a fixture in business scenarios before long.
There's much more on tap, of course, and Rick Rashid, Microsoft chief research officer and head of Microsoft Research, will put it all in perspective during a March 5 keynote address to an audience of customers, academics, and partners, who will get a chance to explore the research projects firsthand. The following two days are reserved for Microsoft employees, who get crucial exposure to new ideas and technologies that could enhance and extend Microsoft products used by millions.
And you, too, get to participate. As usual, the Microsoft Research website will be offering a full array of TechFest-related information, and the Inside Microsoft Research blog will be delivering a series of real-time updates that shed light on the research accomplishments on display.
The future of computing is taking shape right now, and TechFest 2013 is certain to provide tantalizing glimpses into what tomorrow could bring.


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Hi there, I'm Yolandie (you-lun-dee).
I just finished my first novel, which is a kind of fantasy meets sci-fi with a little steampunk undertone read. It plays off in a different world, and I'm in need of maps. I was referred here so I really hope someone can help me.
Basically, I'll need four maps, one of the world and three of the cities in which the bigger part of the story plays off. I may use a zoomed in part of the world map of just the kingdom as well, though that's still undecided. Because of the genre, I'd like these maps to look kind of old and grungy and a little different from the usual things you find in fantasy novels. I'm planning to self publish as an e-book and then go on to print if the novel does well enough, so I'll really only need the maps in digital format. Because I'm from South Africa, the maps would probably get lost in the post otherwise.
If possible, I'd like the maps done by the end of May. I have rough sketches of the cities, as well as written descriptions of each of the them. As far as the world map goes, I can offer simple points of places and landmarks, but the design would be free game to whomever takes this commission.
I'm also willing to pay for this.
So, please, drop me a line if you're interested, with a link to something you've done before, so I can see your style.
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|Release Date: June 16, 2000
|Running Time: 98 mins.
|MPAA Rating: R
|Box Office: $70,327,868.00
|Genre: Action, Adaptation, Crime, Thriller, Urban
Samuel L. Jackson
Vanessa Williams
Jeffrey Wright
Christian Bale
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Summary:When spoiled college kid Walter Wade kills a young black student, John Shaft makes the arrest. Walter skips bail and flees the country, and after two years of waiting, Shaft hauls him back into custody as Walter secretly returns to the States. But when Walter's wealthy father posts bail once again, Walter is back on the streets and looking to put Shaft in a body bag. So are two of Shaft's corrupt colleagues, Jack Roselli and Jimmy Grovitch, as well as a Dominican drug lord, Peoples Hernandez, who wants revenge on Shaft for humiliating him in the neighborhood he rules. For backup, Shaft has only his two closest pals: Carmen, a colleague on the police force; and his streetwise confidant, Rasaa... Full Summary >>


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Management Update: Most admired.
April 01, 2010
Several logistics providers and freight transportation companies were recently recognized as some of America's most admired companies by Fortune magazine. Selections for the annual list were based on a company's innovation, employee talent, and quality of products and services. FedEx ranked 13th and UPS ranked 33rd in the top 50 companies for brand recognition, with C.H. Robinson Worldwide leading the trucking, transportation, and logistics category, followed by Expeditors International of Washington, J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Ryder System, Landstar, Con-way, and Werner Enterprises.
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20 Celebrity-Inspired Wedding Makeup Ideas
Watson's updo that stays simple in the front and looks complexly stitched in the back ensures all eyes will be on you as you walk by on the special day. Isabel Guillen, hairstylist at the John Barrett Salon and weave whiz at its Braid Bar, boasted about the versatility of this look: "It would truly work with any personality, occasion, or theme you're trying to achieve." To create the style, Guillen said to first rake strands with Shu Uemura Essence Absolue Nourishing Protective Oil "for excellent shine and just enough control." Next, create a side part and form two French braids that begin right above each ear. Join the braids at the back of the head, continuing to weave them all the way down to their tip. Finally, coil them around each other and pin them up into a bun. To finish the look, Guillen recommended John Barrett Be Hold Styling Balm "to tame any flyaways."
The wispy and wavy texture of Nicole Kidman's spiraled updo lends it a romantic feel. John Nollet, the hairstylist behind the showstopping look, suggested it would pair perfectly with a minimal gown in particular. "It adds something delicate and angelic to a simple and modern wedding dress," he said. To achieve the labyrinthine braids, Nollet used his fingers and hairspray. Starting at the center of the head, he began a French braid that spiraled around and around, only adding sections of hair to the outer side of the plait rather than to both sides. As he progressed, he misted the style with his trusty L'Oréal Elnett Satin Hairspray. "I hoard Elnett everywhere I go because it strongholds the hair, but still keeps it looking natural," he admitted.
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In Short: May 16-22, 2013
India Heritage Fair
The India Center will hold a free Heritage Fair from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, showcasing India's culture, food, arts and crafts. Traditional dance performances will be at 1 and 4 p.m. Vendors will have food, clothing and jewelry for sale. Local artists will do mehndi (henna) body art for a small fee.
The Center is located at 800 Green Road, off Corridor G, across from Southridge. Call Asish Sheth at 304-610-1676.
Armed Forces Day Concert
The Kanawha Valley Community Band will give a free concert at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at South Charleston's LaBelle Theater, 311 D St.
The hour-long concert will include sacred, secular and march music that honor those who serve our country. Selections include "The Stars and Stripes Forever," "God Bless the USA" and "America the Beautiful."
Call 304-744-8772.
No Pants Players
When the No Pants Players perform at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Alban Arts Center, there will be some new faces on stage. The improv comedy troupe's newest member, Ryan Nolan, will make his debut, and opening the show at 6:50 p.m. are students from the Alban's adult improv class.
The Alban is at 65 Olde Main St., St. Albans. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for children. Call 877-467-7689 or visit www.nopantsplayers.com.
Art classes
The Hansford Center, 500 Washington St., St. Albans hosts three art classes beginning this week: Introduction to Illustration, 6 to 8 p.m. Mondays; Still Life/Figure Drawing, 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays and Basic Drawing, 1 to 3 p.m. Fridays. Each class runs five weeks.
The instructor is Michael McAteer, a graduate of Columbus College of Art and Design. He'll have a free open studio sessions from 3 to 4 p.m. Fridays.
Cost is $60 per class. For more information or to register, call McAteer at 304-760-8482 or email email@example.com.
Texaco Showdown signups
Classic Country 1410 will host a local Texaco Country Showdown May 31, during the St. Albans Town Fair. Local winners advance to state finals, followed by regional and national finals. The grand-prize winner earns $100,000.
The contest is open to vocal and/or instrumental performers, from solo acts up to seven-member groups. There is a $20 entry fee.
For an entry form, write to Classic Country 1410 WSCW studios, 100 Kanawha Terrace, St. Albans, WV 25177. For more on the contest, visit www.countryshowdown.com.
Appalachian Children's Chorus camp
Applications are being accepted through May 29 for the Appalachian Children's Chorus' fifth annual Choral Camp. The camp runs 8:30 a.m. to noon June 3-7 at Oakwood Baptist Church.
Programs include choral singing, theater and music making with Orff instruments. A recital for friends and family closes out the week.
Registration is $50. Call 304-343-1111 or visit www.wvacc.org.


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Flushing Meadows, NY (Sports Network) - Sara Errani became the highest-seeded
loser to this point at the 2013 U.S. Open on Thursday.
Flavia Pennetta sent her fourth-seeded fellow Italian packing on Day 4, 6-3,
6-1, in second-round action at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis
Center. The 31-year-old Pennetta reached three U.S. Open quarterfinals from
2008-11 and missed last year's edition of her best Grand Slam event due to
The 26-year-old Errani was the French Open runner-up and a U.S. Open
semifinalist last year.
Meanwhile, resurgent Serb Jelena Jankovic, seeded ninth at this fortnight,
whipped Russian Alisa Kleybanova, 6-3, 6-2. The 24-year-old Kleybanova
returned to the WTA earlier this month after battling Hodgkin's lymphoma, a
former of cancer, over the last two years.
Jankovic is a former world No. 1 who lost to Serena Williams in the 2008 U.S.
Open final.
Wimbledon runner-up Sabine Lisicki, seeded 16th in Flushing, drilled Argentine
Paula Ormaechea, 6-2, 6-3.
In other second-round action involving seeds, Japan's Kurumi Nara surprised
No. 19 Romanian Sorana Cirstea 7-5, 6-1, No. 24 Russian Ekaterina Makarova
doused American Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-4, 6-4, and No. 25 Estonian Kaia
Kanepi dismissed Slovak Anna Schmiedlova 6-4, 6-1.
Additionally, Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova handled Austrian Patricia Mayr-
Achleitner 6-2, 6-3.
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Do you have to know each user's password to successfully migrate from courier IMAP to zimbra? I did the migration for myself, of course I know my own UN and password though. I read that string I've been using has to be done for every user, but can be scripted. But do I need to know everyone's password? Or reset everyone's password to something I know and then have them change it next time they login?
(Yes, I looked on the Wiki and did a forum search. The results I got were from a year ago and they were not specific.)


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Dear Colleague Letter - IGERT-CIF21 Track
This document has been archived.
March 29, 2012
The National Science Foundation's vision for a Cyberinfrastructure Framework for 21st Century Science and Engineering (CIF21) views an integrated, scalable, and sustainable cyberinfrastructure along with foundational advances in computing and information science and technology as crucial for innovation in science and engineering (see www.nsf.gov/cif21). Within this framework, NSF recognizes the need to educate and support a next generation of researchers able to address fundamental challenges in 1) core techniques and technologies for advancing big data science and engineering; 2) analyzing and dealing with challenging computational and data-enabled science and engineering (CDS&E) problems, and 3) researching, providing, and using the cyberinfrastructure that makes cutting-edge CDS&E research possible in any and all disciplines.
NSF will soon institute a new CIF21 track in its Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program as a mechanism to address the training and education needs in CDS&E and cyberinfrastructure research. Of particular interest for this track are focused interdisciplinary efforts that involve:
This CIF21 track will incorporate many of the ideals and requirements of the NSF-wide IGERT activity, as described in http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12759. A funding opportunity containing guidelines and information about specific requirements, deadlines and eligibility will be published shortly.
James H. Lightbourne
Division of Graduate Education
Thomas F. Russell
Senior Staff Associate
Office of Integrative Activities
Co-chair, CIF21 Strategy and Leadership Group
Mark A. Suskin
Deputy Director
Office of Cyberinfrastructure
Co-chair, CIF21 Strategy and Leadership Group


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Rearend Install - Get Your Rear OnWritten by on August 1, 2008 We Put Together And Install A Tiger Rear End In One Short Evening
It's a safe bet that if you're reading Circle Track then you've had exposure to a quick change rearend, either seeing one at the track or actually racing one yourself. Quick changes are designed to enable you to quickly and easily change your rearend gears. Even a novice can swap out gears in one of these rears in under 15 minutes. But before you can start swapping gears, you need to get the rearend together and into the car. Recently, we had the opportunity to do just that. So follow along as we put together and install a new Tiger Quick Change Rear End into a Dirt Late Model.
There is still quite a bit of work to get done on this car before it is race ready, but in one relatively short evening we assembled and installed a brand new Tiger Rear End.
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Tiger Rear Ends offers a new low-friction treatment for their internal gear components called RF-85. It's not a coating, but an actual treatment of the components. Racers using this treatment in their rears have reported reduced operating temperatures and a need for less lubricant.Tiger's directions give a good pointer when putting together a new rearend-after you place the axletube into the left side bell, attach a hub to the axletube. Invert that assembly onto a wheel (we used one mounted to an old tire) and voila! You're new rearend will be at a perfect working height.We wiped down the inside of the bell with a clean rag. This is a necessary step to make sure that the interior of the rear is clean. Any packing material that came loose during shipping could cause a problem down the road.The bearings must be oiled before the center section is fully assembled. We used Tiger's 90 weight synthetic gear oil. When we break in the rear, we'll use regular petroleum based gear oil as directed by Tiger's instructions.Rotating the bearing by hand helps disperse the oil in, around, and throughout the rollers. We repeated this same procedure for the bearing on the other side.


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#1 – Johnny Giavotella
5'8 – 185 lbs.
After a solid three year career with the New Orleans Privateers (Sun Belt Conference), Giavotella was selected by the Royals in the 2nd round of the 2008 draft. In his final season with the Privateers he helped his team earn their second straight NCAA bid and finished the season hitting .354 with twelve home runs and fifty six RBI's in sixty three games. This performance earned him a third team All American selection by Baseball America.
Giavotella joined the Burlington Bees (Low A) after signing a contract with a $787k bonus. He hit second for the Bees and finished with the following line - .299 AVG / .355 OBP / .776 OPS in sixty games. He also hit four home runs, had twenty six RBI's, crossed the plate fifty times and stole ten bases. It is readily apparent that Giavotella has some work to do to improve his righty-lefty splits as he hit .313 vs. RHP and .250 vs. LHP, but he continued to show good discipline at the plate striking out only 12% of his at bats.
Due to his size and stature, Giavotella has already drawn comparisons to the 2008 AL MVP winner, Dustin Pedroia. With a quick bat Giovetella projects to be a singles hitter with gap power that will provide an occasional home run. It has been reported that one aspect of his game that he needs to improve upon is his fielding as he has limited range and an inconsistent glove. With Burlington, he finished with a .955 fielding percentage with thirteen errors in two hundred and ninety chances. Giavotella does have some speed but needs to improve on his base running skills as he was caught seven times in seventeen chances with the Bees and didn't posses a much better percentage in college.
Although Giavotella missed out on Baseball America's top 10 prospect rankings they projected him to be the Royals 2nd baseman in their 2012 lineup. I really like Giavotella, who will turn 22 in July, at the top of any line-up and expect to see him join Mike Moustakas in the Wilmington Blue Rocks infield for the 2009 season.
#2 – Kurt Mertins
6'0 – 175 lbs.
Mertins, selected in the 13th round of the 2006 amateur draft after finishing a two year career with JUCO College of the Dessert, began his professional career in the Pioneer League with the Idaho Falls Chukars where he hit .338 with a .395 OBP. While there, he quickly showed that his speed is the greatest tool in his arsenal as he stole twenty five bases and was only caught four times.
The Midwest League was not as kind to Mertins in 2007 as his numbers were not nearly as impressive as the year before as he finished with the following line - .249 AVG / .335 OBP / .668 OPS. His speed was once again evident as he stole thirty bases, good enough for eighth in the league, on thirty eight attempts. However, Mertin's strikeout rate played a big factor in his decline at the plate as he struck out nearly 22% of his at bats but his walk rate also grew (10%) leading him to carry a decent OBP considering his average. He finished the season with four home runs, thirty nine RBI's and also crossed the plate seventy times.
A promotion to Wilmington in 2008 served Mertins quite well as he improved his average thirty three points to .282 and also saw increases in his OBP (..335 to .351) and doubles (fifteen to twenty-seven). Mertins continued to be a demon on the basepath stealing twenty eight bags in thirty three attempts but his strikeout rate remained the same (21% of his at-bats) and his walks rate fell (8% of the time).
Even though Mertins has played around the diamond it appears as though he is most comfortable at 2b. In 2007 he played the majority of the games at 2nd with a .977 FPCT but also played at 3rd (.885 FPCT) and SS (.937 FPCT). This past season with the Blue Rocks his numbers were once again better at 2nd (.977 FPCT) then 3rd (.929 FPCT).
Mertins was selected to play in the Hawaii Winter League to end the year where he struggled at the plate with the North Shore Honu hitting only .218 in twenty four games. He did however steal five bases and got two home runs and sixteen RBI's. I expect to see Mertins, who will turn 23 in April, advance to Double A in 2009 where he could possibly split time again with Jeff Bianchi.
#3 - Marc Maddox
5'11 – 185 lbs.
After a solid four year career with the Southern Miss Golden Eagles where he averaged a .331 average along with thirteen home runs and fifty three RBI's, Maddox was selected by the Royals in the 9th round of the 2006 amateur draft. Due to his four years in college the Royals deemed him ready to play with the Idaho Falls Chukars, the highest level rookie league team in their system, to end the 2006 season. While there Maddox earned Player of the Year honors thanks in part to his .336 average and .438 on base percentage. He also sprinkled in three home runs and forty one RBI's in sixty two games. After playing primarily 3rd and 1st while with the Golden Eagles he predominantly played at 2nd with the Chukars where he finished with a .986 FPCT.
To start the 2007 season, Maddox was moved back to 3rd base with the Burlington Bees. The move to his original position didn't seem to bother him as he continued to post solid numbers - .301 AVG / .376 OBP / .801 in twenty one games in the Midwest League. He again showed a decent amount of power with three home runs and also added seventeen RBI's. Maddox then got promoted to the High A Wilmington club where the Royals moved him once again, this time back to 2b. While with the Blue Rocks, Maddox struggled for the first time in his professional career hitting just .259. His walk rate went down significantly as well, as he only walked 6.5% of his at bats compared to a 12.5% rate the previous season. Maddox did not hit a home run while with the Blue Rocks and had forty four RBI's in one hundred and one games.
After the season was complete the Royals invited him to compete in the Arizona Fall League, which is largely dominated by players that just finished playing Double A ball. Impressively, Maddox did not seem intimated by his surroundings as he finished the fall with a .321 average (which was good enough to finish 9th in the league) and a .398 on base percentage. This performance led to another promotion to start the 2008 season with the Northwest Arkansas Naturals in the Double A Texas League. After a rough start to the season, Maddox really put it together in the summer where he hit over .300 for three consecutive months before hitting .233 in August. In one hundred and twenty seven games with the Naturals he finished with a .283 average with four home runs and thirty RBI's. With a full season at 2nd under his belt he ended up with a .983 FPCT turning eighty nine double plays and had just ten errors.
With limited power potential it's obvious that second base is the best position for Maddox. He won't hurt you at the plate and will provide a decent glove thus I believe the 25 year old will continue to ascend through the Royals system beginning the 2009 season in Omaha.
#4 – Jeff Bianchi
6'0 – 175 lbs.
Injuries have derailed many promising careers of young prospects and this could easily describe Bianchi's career up to this point after the Royals drafted him in the 2nd round of the 2005 amateur draft. According to Baseball America, team officials believed that he had the best offensive approach they had ever seen out of a high school player. The Pennsylvania product quickly made the Royals scouting department look like geniuses as he put together an amazing campaign with the Surprise Royals in 2005 showing great contact and power at the plate. He finished hitting .408 and had an OBP of .484 while also smacking out five balls and driving in thirty three runs in just twenty eight games earning him an AZL all star selection.
Bianchi had labrum surgery leading him to miss most of the 2006 season, but he did see action in twelve games in the AZL where he hit .429 with two home runs and six RBI's. To hold him back from the cold weather the Royals kept Bianchi in extended spring training before sending him to the Midwest League to begin the 2007 season. While with the Bees, he hit .247 with an OBP of .296 where he had only two home runs and thirty six RBI's in ninety nine games. Bianchi also showed a penchant for striking out by getting K'ed seventy two times (nearly 20% of his at bats). To the pleasure of many, he finished the season with a flourish hitting .330 in his final ninety one at bats. Bianchi culminated the 2007 season in the Hawaii Winter Baseball league.
In 2008, Bianchi struggled with the promotion to the High A Wilmington team as he hit just .136 in April. He put together some decent numbers during the summer but his strikeouts (ninety five in one hundred and four games) continued to grow while his walks (just 5% of his at bats) diminished. The biggest change for Bianchi wasn't at the plate, it was in the field as he moved over from his primary position at SS to 2nd base. While at 2nd he posted a fantastic .994 FPCT and only had two errors in one hundred and thirty nine games. Though he finished with a .255 AVG and a .290 OBP it was good to see that he came on again at the end of the season hitting .297 in August with four of his ten home runs coming in that month as well.
It will be interesting to see what the Royals do with Bianchi, 22, leading into the 2009 season. Giovetella will deserve the vast majority of the playing time at 2nd in Wilmington and I don't know if the numbers he posted in 2008 merit a promotion. At this point, his K/BB walk rate needs a lot of improvement and one can see that his injuries have sapped most of his power.
#5 - Deivy Batista
5'11 – 150 lbs.
Batista made his professional debut in 2007 in the Dominican Summer League where he did not post scintillating numbers hitting only .243 in sixty two games. He did however provide a good OBP (.382) and also stole eight bases (he also got caught five times) before coming to the states to continue his career.
Under the tutelage of former Royals prospect, Justin Gemoll, Batista had a very solid year with the Surprise Royals in 2008. He finished the year as a AZL all star with the following line - .317 AVG / .382 OBP / .854 OPS. His average was the sevent best in the league, and Batista again flashed some speed stealing eight bases but showed that his base running skills need to improve as he was also caught eight times.
At 20 years old, Batista is certainly a work in progress and it will be interesting to see if he can carry his numbers over to a higher level rookie league later this summer. Hopefully by the time he reports to Burlington or Idaho Falls this summer he will have had a few meals as well increasing his weight.


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Roger Federer may want to retire his denial dance once and for all this season.
The 13-time Grand Slammer was all out of sorts (to say the least) and was bounced from the Sony Ericsson Open today by Novak Djokovic 3-6, 6-2, 6-3. The Serb will now face the winner of the Andy Murray-Juan Martin del Potro match tonight in Sunday's big final.
So how out of sorts was the supposedly serene Swiss? Well, I wouldn't ask his now-deceased Wilson stick. Just sayin'.
*blows air kisses to Maja*
UPDATE: Click here for the transcript from Fed's post-match presser - it's a MUST READ (thanks Tessa!). Someone is PISSED though I think Wilson should be more - may he rest in peace. Boo hoo.
Friday, April 3, 2009
(UPDATED) VIDEO VAULT: What did Wilson ever do to you Fed?
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Floved it! He really destroyed that thing, too.ReplyDelete
Uhmmmmmmm...can you tell I've done the same thing once or twice?
- AnonymousApril 3, 2009 at 1:13 PM
He really did Natch. I've thrown racquets too but Wilson was road kill after he was through with him.ReplyDelete
Nasty temper much?
- johanneApril 3, 2009 at 1:22 PM
dayum! he really needed to let out some aggression, but i was still really shocked to see it!ReplyDelete
i don't know if he can do it, but i'm really cheering for nole to lift the trophy now (i think it was the embarrassing camping story in addition to my vivid imagination of what the celebration party would be like). murray bores me, sorry. no personality! so vacant and absent. smile! change your facial expression! do SOMETHING! same with delpo. he looks asleep 90% of the time. are you awake?! hello!! HA HA sorry, clearly i'm just cracking myself up. /drivel by jo :)
omg.I mixed the time, thinking it will start in a couple of hours, but it's over, he lost?!Why didn't I watch this???Noooo.ReplyDelete
This is all going downhill Fed, wake up!
Was Fed bad, with million UE and mental as usual in last defeats or was Nole, as I doubt it, brilliant?
clearly i'm just cracking myself upReplyDelete
and me too - HAHAHAHA!!! love it. celebration party? well def shirtless and lots of champagne tossed around to bathe in. i think they'll need more party peeps there - for support of course.
*books group trip to miami*
*packs slut-wear*
- BrittanyApril 3, 2009 at 1:37 PM
Johanne I have to disagree with you when you say Andy Murray has no personality, he has one, it's just a very annoying one.ReplyDelete
I love Andy Murray, nothing annoying about him to me, great smart game, fair player on court, politte and quite rational in interviews, funny with his pastynes, and so sweet goofy smile!Big love for Andy.ReplyDelete
Fed was gadawful. Honestly, you've never seen him like this before. But the racquet smash? A thing of beauty. I gained a whole lot of respect for him after that. Sometimes, you just need to be violent (against an object.)
All the ones I destroyed looked like Fed's. It's so great when you can do it in one shot. You feel like if you've accomplished nothing else, you've done at least THAT. Usually, that frees you up and you can play better. But Fed was too far behind and his forehand was AWOL.
tessa: yeah his forehand went from ferocious to feral in this match. sad state of affairs - but he can def change things if he chooses to get his head shrunk or grabs a spare coach from somewhere.ReplyDelete
natch: i guess it never worked for me - girlie arms and all. *sobs*
ZOMFG! I don't who saw the match, but it was BAD! I started watching when Fed lead 5-1 in the 1st set and thought this would be an easy win for Fed but then... I don't even know what it was, but he just kinda imploded!ReplyDelete
He sprayed his forehand everywhere, just not in court!
You could almost feel how he got more and more frustrated and then - BOOM! - he sends his poor racquet to racquet-heaven...
At this point, does anyone doubt that his problems are bigger than he want everyone (including himself) to believe?
I'm not just talking about his level of play, but first and foremost about his mental toughness!
He developed from being The Mighty Fed to becoming a mental midget when conditions get rough.
Just for comparison:
Both him and Rafa played their worst matches of the year in Miami, but even though Rafa blew that double break lead in the 3rd set, he kept fighting until the end.
Roger just gave up! He got upset with himself, the conditions, everything!
In the hand he even refused to shake hands with the umpire!
As a Rafanatic and Fedophile, this have been the worst two days in a long time and I want this sh!t to stop!
Ps. thanks for posting it!
Slut-wear. BWHA!ReplyDelete
*adds new term to her vocabulary*
I agree that Murray is kinda boring, but I also like how hard he has had to work, and the fact that he's as white as a sheet. It makes him closer to one of us, rather than perfect like most of the rest of the top ten.
JMDP I like because of all those names. Plus, he's a big gangly goon capable of just killing the ball. He also plays with a lot of emotion, which always makes natch happy! ;)
You kids going down,
Have fun on the group party slutbus tour of Miami!
You can have girlie arms and do it. Use your legs. Bend your knees first. Just like a serve. That's where the power comes from. Of course, make sure you have an extra $300-$500 laying around first.
- AnonymousApril 3, 2009 at 1:58 PM
I wouldn't count on him getting a coach any time soon, read his post-match presser. He actually sounds a little crazy in that (sarcastic and ticked too, which isn't the worst I guess, better than the crazy at least).ReplyDelete
WITHIGOW with him, I'm actually beginning to wonder of impending fatherhood is screwing up his tennis already. Yes, I'm one of those nuts who thinks he didn't actually want this yet (despite all his protestations to the contrary) and that Mirka trapped him after failure to get a ring all those years.
-Bad Tin! ;)
PS - I'm actually starting to feel sorry for the guy, which I can't believe, crazy Rafa fan that I am!
- johanneApril 3, 2009 at 2:05 PM
>> celebration party? well def shirtless and lots of champagne tossed around to bathe in. i think they'll need more party peeps there - for support of course. <<ReplyDelete
Word. I'm so there with my slut-wear (hey that rhymes!). Hopefully Nole has Rafa's number so we can call and cheer him up by leaving dirty messages and the like ;)
Brittany: Pfff! You really got me in your comment, thought you were going somewhere else entirely. But let me clarify: I don't find Murray annoying or anything of the sort. He's just kinda there, doo-do-doo, playing great tennis. And that's totally fine, that's his style. It just doesn't do anything for me. Zzzzz. HOWEVER, when I saw him singing along to Coldplay during Tabasco's injury time-out yesterday, I was amused. But only slightly.
On topic: I wonder if Fed's presser is posted yet. I'm sure they asked him about the late Mr. Wilson. R.I.P.
@Maja:so it was standard Fed wreck game?Leading 5-1, everything is in your hands, you have all the shots, you're Fed for god sakes, and then SNAP! he's gone mental.ReplyDelete
Oh well.Sadly but this is what I expect now from Federer, to go mental without valid reason.To be a better player, and to constantly give away matches is crazy.
I so wonder how it's gonna develope in the future, he now has serious problem, that just keeps repeating.
Will he wake up?Will be interesting to see.I'm sad to see such a brilliant player doing this to himself.I want normal Federer, we already have Safin, two of them are just too much.
What's the big deal? When he was younger, Roger smashed his rackets all the time. I know he has that Mr. Cool image nowadays but really, he never lost that temperment.ReplyDelete
- johanneApril 3, 2009 at 2:08 PM
Ooops I guess Fed's presser is up...thanks!ReplyDelete
Johanne it's here!
He's just kinda there, doo-do-doo,ReplyDelete
Oh, I though you were talking about Nole for a moment johanne. my bad!
I check the SEO site and ASAP sports and couldn't find the transcript from his presser. Feel free to leave the link here - inquiring minds are DYING to know.
What's the big deal? When he was younger, Roger smashed his rackets all the time.
True enough JadeFoxxy (I always want to type 3 X's - tennisperv). But because of that reason it shows Fed's actually regressing which is a pretty bad sign for his game right now and with Baby Mango on the way. He's going to have less mental bandwith than he has now to work on his game once Mango's born. He may deny it but I think he'll see it's not so easy.
He needs to start AHORA and get his shite in gear. It's just going to get worse - as evidenced today.
thanks tessa!!!ReplyDelete
- johanneApril 3, 2009 at 2:15 PM
thanks tessa! :)ReplyDelete
I swear if one more time I hear Fed say "a whole a lot" in his next interview, I'll go and buy a Wilson to smash.ReplyDelete
God.Hate him forcing that in every damn interview.Jeesh.
- AnonymousApril 3, 2009 at 2:17 PM
Federer is going to switch racquet and start using Prince now that Nole has used that stick to beat him... hehehe.ReplyDelete
May be that's the exact reason why Bjork left the game after losing his last Wimbledon match. He can't see himself be an also run in all the tournaments.
I don't know if he's regressing really. I think he basically learned how to suppress it and was successful in doing so for a long time. But it probably takes a lot of work to suppress what seems to be his true nature so it's coming out, little by little.
I do think the fact that he served and volleyed for a lot of the third set means he isn't THAT stubborn and he's willing to change it up.
And seeing how his problems began before he got Mirka pregnant I don't think it's about impending fatherhood at this point. That can be used as a too easy excuse if one isn't careful.
"I've had like 5 coaches in the last few years."ReplyDelete
Ammmm, OK, is that an answer?!?
He is out of reality.
Yeah Fed, but two years ago you were destroying others, now you're destroying yourself, any clues to catch?And they do ask him, what does it take for him to get it...he lives in the last 5 years, but it's this year now, and he's reluctant to face it.
JF: But not only did he used to smash racquets but he also used to serve and volley all the time too in his younger years.ReplyDelete
I think we can agree he's just plain stumped about what to do out there now that two ballers own him outright and he just lost a big one to someone he, let's be honest, has no real love for.
I'm def not saying the impending fatherhood was the catalyst for his issues because they did start before. But, his focus will undoubtedly be split. He's only human.
It's tennis and Fed so he can def get his game back together. But he needs to admit he has big issues in his game right now and figure out a smart way to fix them.
We've seen this time and time again - it's a slippery slope from the top to somewhere down below. But it's not written in stone it will happen, he just needs to start working on it. Like, now.
I feel so badly for Fed. :(ReplyDelete
I'm shocked, but glad he smashed his racquet. He needed to let that out.
If all goes to plan, Andy will demolish the Elf and the Smurf. Yay! (I hope)
- AnonymousApril 3, 2009 at 2:40 PM
ITA TEssa about the coach comment - ummm, what??? There were other weird things in there as well - what was with that hard court over, on to the clay courts bit???ReplyDelete
And, while impending fatherhood might not be the only reason things are going South, I firmly believe it's part of the reason.
ITA with Rich that things are only going to get harder/probably worse after Mango arrives. Somewhere I read this article about chances of winning majors after fatherhood. The gist was not good, to say the very least, with lots of stats backing up the article. They had some comments of current tour and former tour fathers, and they all said it was going to be a lot more difficult than Federer realizes.
So, no matter what Federer says about it, I just really think it's playing on his mind and feeding into the "I might never win another major" mindset he seems to be carrying.
Obviously "a whole lot" (sorry Tessa I couldn't resist ;) is going wrong, but trapper Mirka and baby Mango are at least part of it.
The only thing I'm saying is that I don't want that poor child (who isn't even BORN yet) become a scapegoat of sorts. His problems to me are more internal than external.ReplyDelete
...WITHIGOW? AHORA?(Who, me?;) )
ITA, I can figure out. wtf do the other two mean?
Rog saying it DIDN'T feel good makes me hate him now. Keep on thinkin' that way, loser. You'll be out of the top 50 in no time.
Alright...constant racquet smashing bad. When-it's-needed racquet smashing? Verrrrrrrrrry good.
Interesting, or not really, not surprising I should say, that he spends a good part of that presser bashing his opponent (and the weather) - and that he just played a bit worse? Me thinks he needs to cancel a few lunch dates with Anna Wintour and start watching some Rafa pressers and see how good sportsmanship is actually shown.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 3, 2009 at 3:02 PM
Good point Foxxy - I don't want the poor kid getting blamed either. His/her mother on the hand... No, but seriously, it's not poor innocent baby's fault, it's Fed's and his mentality about it.ReplyDelete
Plus, his refusal to acknowledge what a change this is infuriates me. Not so much, say, as his refusal to acknowledge anything is wrong with his game, or his refusal to acknowledge that he'll never beat Father Time, but it infuriates me nonetheless.
You are a GOAT candidate for heaven's sake Fed, act like it!!! This infuriation even after all the slack I'm cutting him for the wonderful class-act years he has given us. Come on Fed, don't ruin the legacy!
PS - I will shut up now, why am I even letting Fed make me crazy, I love Rafa for heaven's sake. ;) If Fed wants to fall, let him fall I guess, or keep up the "great effort" or whatever:
"So, you know, I finished worse than him. He played so bad in the first set, I had a great effort by finishing even worse than him. It was good."
^^WTHIGOW = What the hell is going on with...ReplyDelete
The other one? No idea!
I read the interview and it felt so strange...
I couldn't really catch the vibe of it and Fed didn't really give any inside. Just the usual blah blah players tell the press after a bad loss!
When will he finally grow some balls and say what's really on his mind?
C'mon Fed! You smashed that racquet - and you liked it! *starts humming*
You completely lost it in that moment! Just admit it!
And what is that sh!t that he's looking forward to clay now?
He's just playing 2 tournaments before RG and he must already have nightmares about Rafa trashing him (if he manages to reach the final...)
natch WITHIGOW = What In The Hell Is Going On With lol :=)ReplyDelete
ahora is spanish for now , no?:)))
- AnonymousApril 3, 2009 at 3:21 PM
Is it bad to that I'm glad he did that? Finally!!!!!!!!!!!ReplyDelete
He's human afterall. Maybe, just maybe, he'll wake up and realize that he's actually not the best player on tour right now.
I'm also glad that it wasn't Rafa or Andy M that did us the honors. This should punctuate the story the rest of the tennis world already knew. The FedExpress has left the building. LOVE ITTTTTTT!!!
Maya, Tessa,ReplyDelete
Thanks. *doffs chapeau*
You really have worked your undies into a bunch, haven't you? I know, it's frustrating to see someone so good go so bad and say he is still so good.
*goes back to daydreaming*
Ahora, Rafa. Ahora.
Yeah he was SO sarcastic in that presser and like Maja said the part about looking forward to the clay??? WTF!!! That was so telling. Does he really think his prospects will be better on the clay than hard courts? He can't get himself to admit, at least publicly, that his game is slipping fast.ReplyDelete
Let's hope he's doing some real soul searching privately. But if today's performance was any indication, nothing's happening behind closed doors either.
I only saw the last three games of the match so, sadly, I missed the smash. Someone back up in the comments said this was his worst match of the year. Really? Worse than how Andy beat him a couple weeks back? Cuz that was some shi**y play from Roger in the third set vs. Murray. And, bless you Nole! You dull the pain of Rafa's loss!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 3, 2009 at 3:57 PM
The recipient of the Edberg Sportsmanship Award for 2008 (5 years in a row) does the following when losing: smashes racquet, throws bottles and refuses to shake umpire's hand (for the second time recently).ReplyDelete
He wasn't doing that when he was winning.
Who votes for these awards? His pigeons?
Narik, it was worse. It was way, way, way worse! Fed totally self-destructed after he won the first set!ReplyDelete
If Djoker had played at 60% of what he's capable of (yes, the quality of the match was THAT low), he would have double-bageled Fed!!
anon 6:57 - *ouch*ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 3, 2009 at 4:05 PM
Federer did't shake hand with the chair umpire at the end of the match....did he have a fight with him during the match?ReplyDelete
It is rare to see Federer so ungentleman like.
- AnonymousApril 3, 2009 at 4:56 PM
I wouldn't say it's that rare...it's just been portrayed as such. I saw the match and was completely unaware of any argument with the ump. I didn't see/hear anything, but I could be wrong. Anyone?ReplyDelete
He didn't give props to Djok in the interview--he's living in denial.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 3, 2009 at 7:41 PM
No..he is not living in denial as he said that in his presser that nobody expected him to win anyway..so that should shut you all up right?gloat AWAY.....As all of you have been saying...he is done so be happy now ok?ReplyDelete
Now move on and forget about him.
- Uvijek ArgenApril 3, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Wow..46 comments Rich!!...I think somebody need to smash more racqueeeetts : )ReplyDelete
Wow, Maja. I didn't think Fed was capable of playing worse than he did against Murray. Kinda sad. He sounds like he's not putting up the fight he used to.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 3, 2009 at 9:27 PM
Anon 10:41 - Sorry you feel that way. We love Rog. We just want his to come out from the land of denial and face reality, that's all. He needs to acknowledge that he's not the #1 anymore.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 3, 2009 at 9:43 PM
That was AWESOME! Finally Fed gets real with his emotions. First the crying and now this? Anyone who's played knows your real personality comes out on court. Haven't seen this in the last few years because of all the winning. And you can be measured in a press conference so I could care less about that. That poor racquet fell victim to all those losses to Rafa and Murray. Losing to Djokobitch just put him over the edge. Good times!ReplyDelete
Do you remember the last time you broke a racquet, Roger?ReplyDelete
ROGER FEDERER: Could have been here against Rafa. [2005]
Take a look. He did a better job of smashing it this time round.
- AnonymousApril 4, 2009 at 7:46 AM
I LOOOVVVEE it when they smash their rackets! I wish the women did it more. I don't know why people boo or whistle when they do that, you are allowed to get frustrated. Nothing's more boring than showing no emotion.ReplyDelete
- Tennis ObserverApril 4, 2009 at 8:12 AM
Marat approved that smash!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 12, 2009 at 11:59 AM
I'm sad to see Roger like that, he look depressed, that's the worst thing that can happen to him.ReplyDelete
He'll be back like he did at the USO 08, I trust him.
Rogi Wan Fedobi!


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