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Ma'ayan Plaut '10 | June 17, 2014
This post began when I got a letter from 12 years ago in the mail last week. I should have gotten it eight years ago, but things got a little lost along the way. But then, found.
I received this message on Facebook the first week of June.
This is your freshman English teacher from BGHS... I just found your letter that you wrote to yourself to be opened your senior year. I'd love to send it to you if you would send me your snail mail.
I answered immediately with an emphatic YES. You see, this English teacher was great. She gave me my first copy of Strunk and White's Elements of Style, which I still have on my bookshelf to this day. She served as one of my teacher recommendations on my college application, because after switching high schools three times, she was the only one I had kept up with and she understood where I hoped to go with my life. And she also had this fabulous assignment: spend a class period during the final weeks of your freshman year of high school writing a letter to be sent to your graduating self during your senior year of high school.
The only problem was that in all my movings throughout the years, my home address on the envelope was no longer accurate. But through the glory of social media, she and I found each other as Facebook friends, and now, this written letter passed its way through the postal service and through time to my home in Oberlin.
I won't bore you with every word from my seven-page handwritten (wow, handwritten) letter on lined looseleaf notebook paper, though I will be sharing some observations about myself AND answer many of the questions I very specifically (rather than rhetorically — which, by the way, I asked a lot of and yes, I did already know what rhetorical meant) asked myself in the final three pages of the letter.
Some themes that came up in this letter that still come up today, which I'm going to write back to myself in a similar reflection as I projected in my letter:
Every year changes your life. (Actual quote from my letter: "Freshman year was the year that changed your life. You became a new person.") If you'd written this same letter every year since your freshman year of high school, you probably would have written that same sentence. Probably means you're doing something right!
You ask a lot of questions. No one is surprised by this, definitely you. Keep on asking them.
You're a community organizer and trendsetter. (Especially when it comes to food.) You convinced many of your friends to start bringing their lunches during your first year. (I still do this now. I started making jar salads for lunch, tweeting photos of it with the hashtag I helped create for food-related conversations — #foodhat!! — and a small group of friends have started doing the same now, too.)
You're a good writer. You can tell a good story and you even use pictures to help strengthen your words (I drew a picture of my lunch table to talk about the friends I'd made that year). You're even pretty decent at organizing your thoughts, which is actually more amazing then than now because when you handwrite stuff, you have to think in a more organized way. (Totally not like this blog post; I started thinking about another section just now, popped down and wrote it, then came back up here to continue this thought.) You're still making silly typos, though: forgetting letters in the middle of basic words, like "brining" instead of "bringing" — you know, your typical brain moving faster than hands syndrome.
Your people come and go. Sigh. You wish this weren't the case, but it is, especially when you're the one who was on the move for most of it. All the people you mentioned in your letter have fallen away into their own lives, ones that pop up every so often on Facebook in the form of photographs or likes on your life changes. This is still the case, and that's okay. Because...
You're resilient. You had no idea how much more shifting would happen during the rest of high school when you wrote this, but this letter indicated that you had a strong foundation and that you could do anything.
You're creative. First of all, you embellished your name on the outside of the letter beautifully! You also totally forgot about this until reading this letter, but turns out that you starred in one of your first movies in this English class, and also started rewriting Shakespeare as if you were a member of Monty Python.
Look at me trying to be all fancy!
You're kind. Your stories and your questions to yourself in this letter show a consideration toward the people around you and compassion toward those who help you.
Awww. You thought that was sappy? We haven't even gotten to the best part of the letter yet.
I asked my future self some great questions. You want to know what 14-year-old me was thinking, don't you?! YOU DO I KNOW YOU DO (from the moment I knew this letter was headed to me, I did, and let me tell you, you're invited to laugh along with me because I fell into fits of giggles at my dining room table reading this and my brother can vouch for this fact).
Why yes, yes I did, past self. I went to two more high schools and college after that and I met basically all the people of all years and it was super great. Actually, I'm pretty sure my life wouldn't be as interesting and fun-filled if I hadn't met all kinds of people during many different of their academic (and now life) paths. My friends are great, y'all (I shared them in this post) and don't worry, I collected some tips on making some great ones yourselves!
Oooookay. So apparently your Ma'ayan was the same overachiever she is now. What really happened: between all the high schools I attended, I didn't even have 10 AP courses available to me. I ended up taking AP History, Biology, Statistics, and Chemistry, but that was it. What I did do ended up being more helpful in the long run: I took four college courses at the local community college once we moved to Hawaii, which was a great preparation for attending college AND because they were comparable courses from an accredited institution, those credits transferred smoothly.
Hmm. Well, I continued with flute lessons as long as we were living in Kentucky, but as soon as we moved, I couldn't figure out how to continue pursuing my musical interests without my teacher's support. I feel like I've entered an entirely new level of music, though, I have enough of a background in it that appreciating live music is an absolute thrill for me. I couldn't have chosen a better environment for that outlet, too. (Well... actually, don't forget that I can play the spoons. That's important.)
I was thrown a surprise party by my friends my freshman year of high school that was pretty ridiculous (bowling party, in which I had never bowled before!), the remainder of my high school birthdays were unmemorable, but I've had some wonderful celebrations with Oberlin friends and family, but nothing I would describe as killer. But I did become awesome at throwing birthday celebrations!
Actually, I recall doing really well my sophomore year at my next high school, but then after we moved, there wasn't any academic team to do anymore. (Think quiz bowl but also with some written academic tests and creative challenges. It was the perfect thing for my trivia-filled mind and competitive streak.) I still join some trivia night groups here in Oberlin, but more importantly, I helped write the script for Oberlin Jeopardy, so that's something :)
My brain grew, my height did not, my weight did, then didn't. I'm a comfy 4'10", 111 pounds, not as tall as my 5'1" mom, and my brother passed me in height before he turned 14 himself. Good going, lil Ma'ayan.
David was one of my best friends my freshman year, and he had very neat and tiny handwriting. I... did not and still do not. And my handwriting has not gotten better, and actually might have gotten a little worse since then since I type a lot more than I handwrite at this point. No matter.
My terrible handwriting. Also that's three pages of questions, everyone.
This is my absolute favorite part of my letter for two reasons: I have no idea what possessed me to want to be a fashion designer at the age of 14 (getting dressed is really hard for me, okay?) AND YEAH MA'AYAN, YOU WERE ACCEPTED TO OBERLIN. (This was the point in reading the letter for the first time that I started yell-reading parts of it out loud to my brother.) I was accepted to Oberlin, my dream school, and yes, it was amazing. I'm so glad past Ma'ayan knew that, wrote it down for future Ma'ayan to read, and that my English teacher not only helped me get to this point, but enabled basically everything you're reading right now. Mrs. Scott, you totally rock.
Enough said indeed.
Eep. Not so much, lil me. I was great at it until sometime in college, with much help from the internet, but so many of us changed and moved and started doing our own things since then that we've drifted. It's okay. People change, and I did too. We'd probably still like each other and be friends if we saw each other now... which leads me to this great sidebar of a story: in February, while hanging out at BriteWinter Fest in Cleveland, I spotted someone across the room as he beelined toward me with a look of fervor in his eyes and we simultaneously said each other's names, the name of the camp we attended some ten years before in a completely different state, and then spent the next hour catching up. So, while I'm not in touch, I probably should be. Consider this a personal goal that's been upgraded to now-life.
Ohhhhh lil me you're hilarious. Punk rock is still awesome but I don't know when I last listened to it! Time to start making a throwback Spotify playlist!
Yes I was! I even slammed my valdictory speech and someone in the audience told me I would be the next Dr. Seuss and I thought it was a grand compliment! (I also took a photograph of the audience from the stage, which I then repeated at my college graduation.)
I would be remiss to not share my last words of my letter to myself, and to the rest of you all:
Was high school a success? Do you think it was a success? Your freshman year was definitely a success, any way you look at it. Hope the rest of your high school career was a blast, and you enjoyed every minute of the four years.
You know, I'm glad high school is behind me and I don't have to go back there again (I'm sure many of you have or will soon feel this way too), but to look back at what I hoped for and what I did in fact achieve: cool. I knew myself (or at least the start of myself), I knew I would grow, and I knew I would continue to explore. And for that, yes, I would deem high school, at all of my campuses, to be a great success.
To those of you out there about to enter your final year of high school, or on the verge of starting your first year of college: I highly recommend this written (really written, not just typed) exercise. Write yourself a list of experiences and goals, and revisit it in a few years down the road. As I wrote in my post script: "Save this letter for your kids!!" but really, this letter was a great way to look back — and forward — to the Ma'ayan I was and the Ma'ayan I wish to become.
Great post.
So great to get a blast from the past and to reflect on where your life goes.
Posted by: Abba on June 18, 2014 8:48 PM
Wow, look at that! Past Ma'ayan is just as awesome and adorable as Present Ma'ayan! ♥
Also, as someone who writes letters all the dang time, I thoroughly appreciate the hefty encouragement to handwrite more stuff. (It's rewarding! I love it! Mail is the best!)
Posted by: Ida on June 18, 2014 9:48 PM
Wow, that was fun. I watched the graduation video with two friends at work, enjoyed it just as much as I did at your graduation! Great blog, Ma'ayan!
Posted by: Aviva on June 18, 2014 10:33 PM
Parents - You knew me this whole time and knew a post like this was inevitable at some point, right? :)
Ida - It's nice to know that I'm consistent! Also, this has sparked a conversation between Tanya and myself to maybe do one of these things for ourselves now. Because the product goes from being cool to SUPER awesome a few years down the road!
Posted by: Ma'ayan on June 19, 2014 9:29 AM
Also we should do a similar project just because: who *doesn't* want to get mail, even from themselves? What a lovely relic, and what a delicious story!
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In 2006 and 2007, she coached Megan Gray to the NCAA Division III Championship race. It was the first time that Saint Mary's had a runner run in the National Championship event. Both Gray and Sara Otto earned MIAA All-Conference honors in 2006 in becoming the second and third Saint Mary's harriers to earn such an accolade.
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The GNSS derived Zenith Tropospheric Delay (ZTD) plays today a very critical role in meteorological study and weather forecasts, as ZTDs of thousands of GNSS stations are operationally assimilated into numerical weather prediction models. Recently, the Chinese BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) was officially announced to provide operational services around China and its neighborhood and it was demonstrated to be very promising for precise navigation and positioning. In this contribution, we concentrate on estimating ZTD using BDS observations to assess its capacity for troposphere remote sensing. A local network which is about 250 km from Beijing and comprised of six stations equipped with GPS- and BDS-capable receivers is utilized. Data from 5 to 8 November 2012 collected on the network is processed in network mode using precise orbits and in Precise Point Positioning mode using precise orbits and clocks. The precise orbits and clocks are generated from a tracking network with most of the stations in China and several stations around the world. The derived ZTDs are compared with that estimated from GPS data using the final products of the International GNSS Service (IGS). The comparison shows that the bias and the standard deviation of the ZTD differences are about 2 mm and 5 mm, respectively, which are very close to the differences of GPS ZTD estimated using different software packages.
For more than one decade China has been working on its own BeiDou navigation satellite system (abbreviated to BDS) [
Besides precise positioning, GNSS is also employed to retrieve tropospheric information, such as zenith tropospheric delays (ZTD) or slant tropospheric delays, for meteorological study and weather forecasts [
There are two data processing modes for estimating ZTD from GNSS observations: PPP mode and network mode. In the PPP mode, precise satellite orbits and clocks must be available and are fixed as known in the processing, so that data can be processed station-by-station. This strategy is very computationally efficient and can be performed for any number of stations. In the network mode, a number of stations are processed together where satellite clocks are estimated as additional parameters or cancelled by forming differential observations between stations. Although the network mode is really time-consuming compared to the PPP mode, precise satellite clocks are not required as a pre-condition. It is already confirmed with a large set of GPS data that the two processing schemes provide ZTD results of similar quality [
In this study, a test network comprising six stations equipped with GPS- and BDS-capable dual-frequency receivers is deployed in Hebei Province with an inter-station distance of about 100 km. GPS and BDS data from this network are processed independently in both network and PPP mode to estimate ZTDs. The BDS-derived estimates are validated by comparing with that of GPS. The assessment shows that the bias and standard deviation (STD) of the ZTD differences are 2 mm and 5 to 6 mm, respectively, which is similar to the differences of GPS ZTD derived from different software packages [
In order to carry out PPP for BDS observations of a local or regional network, precise orbit and clock products must be computed in advance. By the way, for network solutions, precise orbits are also needed to get rid of the broadcast orbit errors. Therefore, a global network is required for precise orbit determination and clock estimation.
The BeiDou Experimental Test Service (BETS) network with BDS and GPS capacity has been deployed for scientific purposes by the GNSS research center at Wuhan University and is now extending to a global tracking network. Since March 2011, 14 stations have already been deployed in China and its neighboring regions. Among these, nine stations are located inside the territory of China and five overseas. The stations in China are BJF1 in Beijing, CENT in Wuhan, CHDU in Chengdu, HRBN in Harbin, HKTU in Hong Kong, NTSC and XIAN in Xi'an city, SHAO in Shanghai, and LASA in Tibet. The five overseas stations are SIGP (Singapore), PETH (Australia), DHAB (the United Arab Emirates), LEID (The Netherlands), and JOHA (South Africa). The station distribution is shown in
A local network with six stations equipped with the same Unicore receiver and antenna are employed as sensor stations for estimating ZTDs. The network is about 250 km from Beijing and is deployed for Network Real-Time Kinematic (NRTK) services with GPS and planned to be extended for GPS and BDS multi-GNSS service, so the inter-station distance is about 100 km on average. The local network is shown in
Data from 5 November 2012 (day of year 310) to 8 November 2012 (day of year 314) of the local network is provided by the Chinese Academy of Survey and Mapping for this study. In order to obtain precise orbits for network solution and precise orbits and clocks for PPP, data from 309 (November 4) to 315 (November 9) in 2012 of the BETS are used to generate the products using the three-day solution strategy described by He
During the selected period, four GEO, five IGSO and two MEO satellites were in operation. One GEO and two other MEO satellites were still in test phase and could not be involved in the processing. The ground tracks of the satellites are also shown in
The Positioning And Navigation Data Analyst (PANDA) software was used for the data processing. The software was developed at the GNSS Research Center in Wuhan University several years ago [
The software package can be configured via a control file to run for various applications, such as (near real-time) orbit determination, (real-time) satellite clock estimation, and PPP with precise orbit and clock products.
As BDS is very similar in signal structure and frequencies to GPS, the observation models and satellite force models for GPS can be utilized directly for BDS with very slight modifications. Therefore, observable models and processing parameters are similar to the operational ZTD estimation at the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) listed in
It should be mentioned that Phase Center Offset (PCO) and Phase Center Variation (PCV) of neither satellites nor receivers are available now. Satellite attitude control mode is also not yet announced. The differences in PCO and PCV could cause significant biases in ZTD estimates [
In both PPP and network processing mode, ionosphere-free phase and range observations are utilized with proper weights in order to eliminate the ionospheric delays. We process every 24-hour data in one batch, so that the estimates are strong enough. Tropospheric delays are first corrected through ZTD computed with Saastamoinen model using meteorological data from the Global Pressure and Temperature model (GPT) [
Satellite orbits and station coordinates are fixed or tightly constrained to their precisely estimated values. Receiver clocks are estimated as white noise epoch-by-epoch. Ambiguities are estimated as real-values and ambiguity-fixing is not undertaken because it brings almost no improvement on ZTD if the session is long enough [
In GPS data processing for meteorological applications, when a network solution is performed at regional scale, a minimal geographical extension of 500 to 2,000 km is necessary in order to reduce the correlation between ZTD estimates at the different stations to obtain absolute ZTD parameters [
The same PPP and network processing procedures are also applied to the GPS data of the same stations but with IGS final orbits and clocks to provide a reference for comparison. Therefore we have carried out four processing scenarios: PPP and network solution using BDS data referred as to BDSPPP and BDSNET, respectively; and PPP and network solution using GPS data, referred as to GPSPPP and GPSNET. For the network solutions, CENT, SHA1 and HRBN from the BETS network are processed together with the six local stations.
As results, the number of observations and the residuals of the observations are first presented and compared with that of GPS. Then the ZTD derived from BDS and GPS in PPP and network mode are compared and assessed.
The special constellation of the BDS regional system leads to a very different satellite visibility from the GPS system, as most of the satellites are GEOs and IGSOs.
The bias between BDSPPP and BDSNET can be obtained by subtracting the bias of BDSPPP from that of BDSNET in
The disagreement, especially the bias, could be significantly reduced by applying accurate PCO and PCV corrections of the receiver antennas, and of course it will be further improved with more MEO satellites in operation.
As examples,
The BDS regional system is now operational and providing positioning and navigation services over the Asia-Pacific region. Based on the studies on precise orbit determination and clock estimation, PPP and precise relative positioning, in this paper we have demonstrated its potential application in GNSS meteorology.
Data of a local network located close to Beijing with an inter-station distance of about 100 km is employed to assess the quality of BDS derived ZTDs. The BDS data is processed in PPP mode using precise orbits and clocks estimated from the BETS network. The data is also processed in network mode together with a few BETS stations far away in order to reduce their correlation between ZTD of the stations in a local network. The results are compared with the ZTD from GPSPPP solution using IGS final products.
The comparison shows that ZTDs derived from GPS and BDS agree with each other very well with a bias and STD of about 2 mm and 5 mm, respectively, which is similar to the ZTD differences derived with different software packages. The differences could be further reduced if more MEO satellites come into operation and precise PCO and PCV of receivers and satellites become available.
From such an assessment, we conclude that BDS can provide right now comparable ZTD products as GPS does. With its full constellation, BDS will significantly improve the performances of GNSS in meteorological study and weather forecasts.
The authors would like to thank the GNSS Research Center at Wuhan University and the Chinese Academy for Surveying and Mapping for providing the BDS data of the BETS network and the local network for this study. This work is also supported by the Liaoning Province Excellent Talent Program (LR201018) and the PhD Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education in China (2012212111007).
Ground tracks of BDS GEO satellites (C01, C03, C04, C05), IGSO satellites (C06, C07, C08, C09, G10), and MEOs (C11, C12) and station distribution of the BETS experimental tracking stations [
The local GNSS network of medium inter-station distance equipped with GPS- and BDS-capable dual-frequency receivers for ZTD estimation.
Satellite visibilities in percentage of time for the local network. The GEOs are observed all the time, for IGSO and MEO the averaged visible windows are 73% and 33%, respectively. For GPS satellites the averaged visible time is about 25%.
RMS of the ionosphere-free phase observations of the four processing scenarios. RMS of PPP solution is slightly larger than that of the related network solution. GPS and BDS have similar phase noise.
RMS of the ionosphere-free range observations of the four processing scenarios. Both PPP and network solutions have similar range RMS. BDS range RMS is twice as large as that of GPS.
Bias (
Comparison of ZTD derived using GPS and BDS data in PPP mode. The differences (BDSPPP-GPSPPP) are within +/−10 mm with a bias of −2 to −3 mm.
Comparison of ZTD derived from GPS data in PPP mode and from BDS data in network mode. The differences (BDSNET-GPSPPP) are within +/−10 mm with a bias of about 3 mm.
Comparison of ZTD derived from GPS data in PPP and network mode. The GPSNET ZTD has a larger variation than that of the GPSPPP. The differences (GPSNET-GPSPPP) are within +/−10 mm with a bias of about 2 to 3 mm.
Summary of observation models for ZTD estimation.
|Undifferenced ionosphere-free code and phase combination of B1 and B2 with 30 s sampling
|Elevation cutoff
|Weight for observations
|Elevation dependent weight [E < 30°, 2*sin(E); otherwise 1]
|Phase-windup effect
|Earth rotation parameter
|Fixed to IGS final ERP products
|Tropospheric delay
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|Ionospheric delay
|Eliminated by ionosphere free combination
|Satellite clock
|White noise for network solution and Fixed for PPP
|Receiver clock
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|Station displacement
|Solid Earth tide, pole tide, ocean tide loading IERS Convention 2003
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|Receiver antenna PCO& PCV
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Bias and STD of ZTD differences of GPSNET, BDSPPP and BDSNET with respect to that of GPSPPP.


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* Canadian dollar at C$1.1047 or 90.52 U.S. cents * Bond prices higher across the maturity curve (Adds details, quotes, updates prices) By Leah Schnurr TORONTO, Sept 11 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar shed 1 percent against the greenback on Thursday, gaining momentum as it cracked the C$1.10 barrier on its third attempt this week to break through the closely watched resistance level. The loonie had earlier been dragged lower by a drop in oil prices, but the currency continued to fall to a five-month low even as oil reversed course to push higher. Markets this week have been focused on trying to gauge when the U.S. Federal Reserve might start to raise interest rates, and investors expect the loonie will continue to take its cues from the U.S. dollar half of the currency pair. The pair pushed through C$1.10 in each of the past two sessions but had failed to close above it until Thursday. The level had acted as resistance on several occasions in recent months. "It seems like it's a broad day for U.S. dollar buying and we might have successfully pierced that C$1.10 psychological resistance level that's held in place over the last couple of months," said David Tulk, chief Canada macro strategist at TD Securities in Toronto. "We now seem to be in a potentially new range," Tulk said. The Canadian dollar ended the North American session at C$1.1047 to the greenback, or 90.52 U.S. cents, weaker than Wednesday's close of C$1.0935, or 91.45 U.S. cents. The loonie touched a session low of C$1.1059, its weakest since the beginning of April. It has shed about 1.5 percent so far this week, putting it on track for its worst week since early January when the currency was caught in a heavy selloff. Heading into next week's Fed meeting, speculation has increased that a rate hike could come sooner than markets have been anticipating, which would benefit the greenback to the detriment of the loonie. "There's a growing consensus that (the Fed) might alter the forward guidance to remove the 'considerable time' phrasing around when they're going to start tightening after they're done tapering," said Bipan Rai, director of foreign exchange strategy at CIBC World Markets in Toronto. The central bank has said it expects there to be a "considerable time" before it raises rates following the end of its bond-buying program, which is expected in October. Data that showed new home prices in Canada were unchanged in July had earlier elicited little reaction from the loonie, though the mostly second-tier domestic data on offer this week had not been expected to drive the currency significantly. Canadian government bond prices were higher across the maturity curve, with the two-year up 1-1/2 Canadian cents to yield 1.146 percent and the benchmark 10-year up 10 Canadian cents to yield 2.195 percent. (Editing by Meredith Mazzilli)


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For those of you who are currently subscribed to Comcast's Performance Xfinity Internet speed plans, you're in for a treat. Comcast has decided to upgrade your data speeds at no added cost. Your download speeds will be increased from 15Mbps to 25Mbps, and your upload speeds will be increased from 2Mbps to 5Mbps. Comcast is upgrading its data speeds because it knows that there is a growing trend of consumers using more than one wireless device in their homes to access the internet.


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Police believe a 51-year-old convicted car thief shot and killed by police in Pacific Palisades in August was the same man involved in an officer-involved shooting at Red Hill in July. Police shot and killed James Pickard Jr. on August 6 in Pacific Palisades while Pickard was driving a stolen car on Komo Mai Drive. Authorities said Pickard drove into a police car then reversed towards two other officers, while trying to flee. Pickard is also suspected of trying to run over a police sergeant with a stolen car in the Red Hill area on July 24. The officer fired a shot before jumping out of the way. The stolen vehicle was recovered, but the suspect was not caught.


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Baseball America recently unveiled their list of the top 10 Reds Prospects. No surprise as Homer Bailey tops the list. I talked about Homer Bailey already so I'll spare you a repeat. BA concludes that he'll start the season in Triple A then get called up midseason for some much needed help on the big league club.
Coming in at number two is 2005 first round draft pick Jay Bruce. He had a nice season at Low A where he clubbed 16 homeruns and stole 19 bases. His bat speed is a plus but he needs to work on plate discipline. Oh yeah, he's a lefty bat too and while it's expected that he'll start the season at High A, he probably won't stay there for very long.
Slugger Joey Votto comes in at number three. He'd probably be in line for the starting first base job had it not been for the team's committment to Scott Hatteberg. This guy is a potential stud and he could make for sweet slugging duo with Adam Dunn here in a couple of years. Like Bailey, he'll start at Louisville but we'll probably be seeing him sooner rather then later.
Rounding out the top five is right handed starter Johnny Cuerto (still at least one year away) and outfielder Drew Stubbs (2006 first round draft pick, should play Low A ball). And another interesing prospect is righty Sean Watson, who could be the team's closer in the future although he's at least two years away.
Good stuff here and if you're a subscriber, you can get the scouting reports. There's a chat at 3 pm which I might be around to listen to and if I do, I'll fill you in afterwards.
And if you wanted more on back of the rotation starter Kirk Saarloos, here's a great column on both his past and what we should expect.
By Thaq Diesel
One year ago I bought a new Sony Wega HD television, using the Super Bowl as the impetus for finally getting away from analog signals. After a year's worth of sporting events in my living room, I still say to my wife, "See? You can see the holes in their jerseys! Look at how you can see the reflection off their helmets? See that woman in the third row? It's like you're really there!" Her reply, "YES, I KNOW! FOR THE HUNDREDTH TIME!" The sports that benefit the most from the HD format thus far, based on 1 year's sampling:
College / NBA Basketball – My bias against the NBA (thug city, individual play) isn't helping, but I still don't enjoy HD NBA basketball that much. It doesn't hold my interest. HD college ball is pretty engrossing though. I don't notice much difference to the overall experience.
ML Baseball – It's better, but it doesn't add much to the experience. You can see more of the field in a given camera angle, but otherwise it looks much the same overall. The slo-mo replays on FOX are probably the best HD baseball has to offer so far – checking out each blade of grass on a slow grounder bare-handed by the shortstop is pretty neat. There is room to grow here and I expect the concept to get better with more years of experience under their belt. What really killed my HD baseball fun though was seeing the Albert Pujols cold sore in vivid HD during the late innings in the World Series. It was pretty disturbing.
Soccer – World Cup in HD – simply awesome. Well except when the USA is sucking the gas pipe.
Olympics – Winter Olympics in particular. You feel like you're on the mountain only without freezing your balls off.
Football – NFL in HD is about as good as it gets. It's like taking your favorite food, doubling the portion and adding an extra flavor you love to it. CBS really needs to get its act together and broadcast all its regional games in HD next year. I hated when my Bengals were shown with the smaller, boxed-in view.
Hockey – This isn't to say that, despite how much I love it, hockey is a better product than the NFL or that I enjoy hockey ore; they're not even close. BUT, hockey on television is light years ahead of where it was in the analog days. You can see more than a third of the ice at one time. You can actually see the ice skate cuts left in the ice. The puck is much easier to follow. Hockey in HD, above all other sports, is most similar in feel to what it's like to actually be at a hockey game. This sport has by far gained the most in watchability since HD broadcasts were introduced.
There's no doubt that a lot is riding on Homer Bailey's arm. If he's the real deal, he'd make a great third (eventually first?) starter behind Bronson Arroyo and Aaron Harang. He had a great season splitting time between High A and Double A and he struck out nearly three times as many batters as he walked. Oh yeah, and he doesn't turn 21 until May. This kid is a stud, plain and simple.
Earlier today, Bailey was recongnized for being a stud and was given the Sheldon "Chief" Bender Award which means he was the best minor league player in 2006. The good news is, it looks like they won't rush the kid and they'll send him down to Triple A. He'll also get to train with the big boys because he'll be training with the major league club this spring.
Baseball Prospectus has him with a weighted mean of a 14.5 VORP. The nice number is the 119 strikeouts in 129 they project. Regardless, they have him going through some growning pains if he plays with the big leagues so I like the idea of giving him some more seasoning down in Louisville.
By Thaq Diesel
Yet another piece of the pitching "war of attrition" was added to the puzzle today as Oakland traded Kirk Saarloos to the Reds today for RH David Shafer, a 24-year old reliever who played in AA-Chattanooga last year (also included was the oft-traded "Player to be named later.") Saarloos pitched pretty well in the softball league that is the American, going 7-7 with two saves and a 4.75 ERA. With the current Cincinnati pitching staff, he may have a shot at contributing; quality pitching is needed in both the bullpen and in the starting rotation so the Reds will takes what they gets from Saarloos come Spring Training. If it doesn't pan out, it was worth the risk (Saarloos settled arbitration for $1.2 million, so he's a bargain and definitely more upside than risk). Hopefully a few of these journeyman pitchers will make the leap and pitch great for the Reds next year. Krivsky's trying the "throw a lot on the wall and see what sticks" strategy. It may make more sense than the strategy many other teams try (aka the Texas Rangers) – the strategy of dumping buckets of money out the window on high-priced underperforming free agents.
Because we're dealing with Billy Beane here, I'm asking myself a) what did he see in David Shafer that the Reds were missing and b) what didn't he like about Saarloos? It's like dealing with the Libyans in "Back to the Future," in that you never know when he's going to backstab you. Run for it Marty!
By Thaq Diesel
I feel like a broken record, but I feel like this team is still stuck in the rut of "maintaining" while other teams are adding depth to their rosters (albeit at what feels like a mega-premium). Perhaps Krivsky is remaking this team in the mold of Oakland and Minnesota where you get production out of players that people don't necessarily value (and then lose in the first round of the playoffs). We'll see. It doesn't feel like the Reds are going to be competitive this year. That's exactly how it felt last year too. Maybe they're World Series contenders and I don't see it. Perhaps the farm system has something brewing. Ugh – I'm really starting to dread this season. I need a deal, Wayne! Anything – perhaps a utility infielder? Haven't seen that in about 12 days.
Baseball Prospectus recently unveiled their list of players who have no major league experience, yet lead at their respective positions in projected VORP. Coming in at first base is Reds' prospect Joey Votto with a 31 VORP. Odds are Votto will see limited time at first base because of the team's committment to Scott Hatteberg, but it's nice having a guy like Votto in your back pocket.
Maybe we can trade him for, gulp, a pitcher or something. He had a good season at Double A last year though. .319/.408/.547 is nothing to scoff at although his most comparable player is Carlos Pena, which kind of sends a shiver up your spine.
Minor league baseball guru John Sickels recently published his projections for Edwin Encarnacion. I could live with this although half of his really good years are with a team other the Reds. We only have to wait until 2008 for a 30 homerun season though, and I can live with that.
By Thaq Diesel
Aaron Harang has asked for $5.5 million and been offered $4.25 million by the Reds. Harang is the lone arbitration case to be settled for Cincinnati.
On a side note, what does a career record of 54-62 with a 4.86 ERA in 184 games warrant in today's MLB pitching market? If you're Kyle Loshe, it's a one year deal worth 4.2 million dollars. Has the world gone bonkers or did the economics of baseball shift drastically ahead a few million bucks in the last few months? Harang looks like an absolute bargain at his arbitration asking price of $5.5 mil. I've got to think he going to get that much money at arbitration.
The Reds locked up catcher David Ross for two more years. They'll be paying him $4.5 million and there's a team option for 2009 that would make it a three year, $8 million deal.
I like Ross, and there's no doubt he had a good year in 2006 but it was his first good year after bouncing around the National League. On the other hand, maybe he just needed some consistent playing time to find his stroke. Some guys aren't suited to the part time thing. I guess we'll see because Ross will be the main guy in 2007.
We got some good news on Ken Griffey, Jr. yesterday. His agent said he should be ready to go and while the deadline to be ready for the start of spring training is Feb. 21st, the agent said things were progressing nicely and that the injury shouldn't linger at all.
Then again, this is Griffey, so who knows. There's still no word on how he got injured to begin with although I guess the guy has his right to his privacy. It's just weird though.


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January 17, 2012
Taking Advantage Of Shifts In Consumer Culture And Technology
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The world of business is always changing, particularly for businesses that market themselves directly to consumers. In the coming year we'll see some old trends gain more steam while new trends pop up to revolutionize the world of online commerce. Below are five trends you can use to take advantage of shifts in consumer culture and technology.
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Are you ready for an incredible Enchantment Lakes, Leavenworth hike? As you go hiking through the Enchantments you will see a side of Washington available only to the truly adventurous.
OK. We're going to let the cat out of the bag. When locals really want to take a hike - a big hike - they head for the Enchantments Crossing, a one-day hike starting at the Stuart Lake trailhead. From the trailhead at 3300 feet, folks ascend 2300 feet to Colchuck Lake. You take a breather around the lake, then head steeply up 2200 feet to the top of Asgaard Pass at 7800 feet. More goat trail than hiking trail, but I'd rather go up than down!
From Asgaard Pass you have a meandering trail through the heart of the Cascade's legendary Enchantment Lakes. You descend over 12 miles to the Snow Lakes Trail Head at 1300 feet. The entire trip is about 19-ish miles. Caution - This is not a hike to take to "get in shape". This is a hike to plan for, work up to, and conquer when you are ready.
The best time to plan for this hike is later in the summer after the snow melts (July) and any time through the first week of October. Keep in mind that you will want to go as light as possible but always carry The 10 Essentials. You will be hiking a long distance with plenty of elevation gain. Leavenworth Shuttle and Taxi can provide shuttle service from the Snow Lakes trailhead back to your car. Leavenworth Shuttle and Taxi can provide shuttle service from Snow Lakes trailhead back to your car. www.leavenworthshuttle.com
We suggest at least a three night stay to do the crossing. The first day at the inn, get your ducks in a row: trail food, confirm shuttle and get your pack set with your 10 Essentials. Feel the excitement build.
Do the Crossing on the second full day. You will want to be on the trail by no later than 7:00 a.m. (for moderately fast hikers). Pace yourself to be up to Asgaard Pass by 12:00 noon. This will give you plenty of daylight to make the descent, even in late September when the larches are turning. Absolutely stunning!!
This hike is aggressive. You will need to be moving the entire day. Breaks are short. Talk and walk. Snack and walk. No time for a "lunch hour" here.
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Oxonmoot 2017 will be held at St Antony's College, Oxford from Thursday 21st until Sunday 24th September.
Oxonmoot is an annual event hosted by The Tolkien Society which brings together around 200 Tolkien fans, scholars, students and Society members from across the world. It has been held annually in Oxford since 1974 on a weekend close to Bilbo and Frodo's birthday (22nd September) and is the key event in the Society's annual calendar – if you want to come to any Tolkien event, come to Oxonmoot.
Oxonmoot is a three- or four-day event and since 1991 it has always been in a picturesque college of the University of Oxford. The college supply meals and accommodation for the weekend, so we effectively "take over" the college and enjoy an exclusively Tolkien weekend!
Oxonmoot 2017 is being held over 4 days from the afternoon of Thursday 21st September until lunch time on Sunday 24th September, at St Antony's College. The setting allows delegates an opportunity to spend time in one of the loveliest settings for study in the world. The college is set in a pleasant leafy residential area of north Oxford, just a 10-minute walk from the heart of the city. The campus has a mixture of architectural styles ranging from the nineteenth century, through the 1960s, up to the present day. It sits within attractive gardens, and its quiet position and first-class facilities make it a very attractive location for conferences.
The programme for this year is a work in progress, but it typically includes talks, quizzes, lectures, a silent auction, an art show, workshops, performances, papers, discussions, sales, singing, slideshows, costuming, gaming and celebrating. All of this is supplemented by continual eating, drinking and chatting! The weekend concludes with a visit to Tolkien's grave on Sunday morning – a beautiful and moving end to the event.
If you would like to participate in the Masquerade or decide to come to the show in a costume, please indicate this on your booking form.
Call for papers
Please indicate on your booking form if you'd like to deliver a paper or a talk at Oxonmoot 2017. Alternatively, please contact the Chair, Elena Davison, if you have any questions.
If you're looking for suggestions on subjects for your paper, consider that the Tolkien Reading Day theme this year is Poetry and Songs in Tolkien's Fiction, or that 15th September 2017 marks the 40th anniversary of The Silmarillion.
See below for further details on registration, accommodation, and meals.
For all booking queries, please contact the Bookings Officer, Francesca Barbini, directly.
If you would prefer to pay by cheque or bank transfer, download the PDF booking form.
All registrations are non-refundable.
The deadline for cancellations or amendments for meals and accommodation will be in late August 2017. After that, no refunds will be possible.
By booking for Oxonmoot you agree to the events terms and conditions.
You can register for the whole event (4 days), part of the event (2 or 3 days), or just one day. Book before May to take advantage of the following super early bird prices (prices will rise £5 on 1 May and a further £10 on 1 August).
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Registration rates for children are also available (children aged 0-6 can attend for free).
N.B. All registrations are non-refundable.
Oxonmoot not only takes place in an Oxford college, you can stay there too. The following are the prices per person per night.
Please note that there are no longer any single standard rooms available for the night of Thursday 21 September.
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A limited number of double ensuites and two bedroom flats are available, but generally reserved for families. To enquire about these, please contact the Bookings Officer, Francesca Barbini. Similarly, if you wish to stay additional nights, double check with the Bookings Officer first.
N.B. Breakfast is not included in the cost of accommodation. Toiletries are not included but a towel is provided.
A lunch of soup and sandwiches on the Saturday is the only meal included in the registration fee. The canteen will be open for lunch on the Friday but you will only be able to pay by credit or debit card.
For those staying in college, breakfast is not included in the cost of accommodation but is available on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday mornings. Each breakfast costs £6 and must be paid for when you make your booking.
A welcome buffet will be provided on the Thursday evening for £25, with a 10% discount for first timers.
The three-course dinner on the Friday costs £30. A sample menu for Friday night dinner looks like this:
Starter: Smoked Salmon, Double Grapefruit and Horseradish Salad with Pink Peppercorns and Mustard Seeds
Main course: Twice Cooked Pork Belly on Braised Red Cabbage with Baby Carrots, Baby Turnips, Veal Jus-Lié and a Parsnip Crisp Garnish
Dessert: Chocolate and Beetroot Brownie with a Shot of Baileys Cream
Bookings Officer Updates
1 June: Super early bird prices have ended. All registrations have increased by £5.
3 April: We have run out of single standard rooms for the night of Thursday 21 September.
26 Febrarury: Bookings for Oxonmoot 2017 are now open.
Progress Report
The first progress report will be available in June 2017.
See what it's like to attend Oxonmoot in this video from 2015.
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St Antony's is about 15 minutes walk from the centre of Oxford (nominally Carfax Tower) and roughly 20 minutes walk from the train station.


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