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50,000 Dollars
By Josie Brasher
There are many unfortunate people in the world, and I feel concerned for them al I. It's the homeless and parentless little children though, that I am concerned about the most.
I used to live in the small town of Midland, which is in west Texas. Near Midland, there was a bigger town called Abilene, in which there was a huge orphanage right in the center of town. Every time we drove by it, my mother would point it out and say, "That's where the poor little babies and children live if they don't have a Mommy or Daddy." I looked at the orphanage and wondered what it must be like. In there were some children my age that didn't have the good, kind parents that I did. I felt guilty as I looked at the plain brick house with a black, forbidding picket fence, knowing that there were probably some children looking out the window at us.
One time there was a brochure from one of the missions that supplies food for the homeless people in Africa, asking us to donate food or money. As my mother and I looked through the brochure, one of the pictures caught my eye. In the picture, there was a girl holding her one year old little brother on her back looking for food in the garbage. Both the baby and the girl looked hungry, but there was something else in the girl's eyes. As I studied it I realized it was the look of helplessness. This girl was about my age, and she already has the responsibility of an adult! It made me think about how lucky I was to have parents that could help me prepare for adulthood.
So, you ask me what I would do with 50,000 dollars? I would donate half of the money to the orphanage in Abilene and the other half to the people of Africa that are in need. That wouldn't leave me anything but a happy heart knowing that because of me, maybe I made a few children forget their troubles and enjoy God's greatest gift, life.


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Wow, what a trip. If there were an award for most miles driven, VETTE Magazine might have won it. Combined, we traveled over 3,000 miles to attend Mid America's 2005 Funfest. While we'll admit that 1,000 of those miles were via Southwest Airlines, the remainder were achieved in a banzai run from Indianapolis to Denver to Effingham, when it was discovered that "Son of Zombie" would not make the event without the assistance of yours truly. Packing up a borrowed Toyota (thanks, Dad), the first leg was to Illinois, where I picked up good friend and freelancer Paul Defenbaugh. From there, we made the trek from the Champaign area over to Denver, then eastward back towards Effingham.
After starting in Illinois on Wednesday, we arrived in Denver the next day, trailered the car, and made it back for the evening festivities on Friday. Thankfully the trip passed without incident. However, contributor Mike Meyers only made it half way from his home in Denver due to a bum transmission in the C3. Held over in Salina, Kansas, Mike eventually had to give up the ghost when his gearbox began to leak like a sieve. VETTE's C4 and C5 trekked on, and were displayed over the weekend at the Primedia subscription booth and 1912 Mobil 1 gas station.
For those of you who made the trip, we hope you enjoyed the presentation of our cars. And a thank you goes to all who stopped by to sign our Corvette Central-sponsored '87 display. While the car might have looked a little rough, it will be making headway starting this month, as we show you how we prepped and installed that killer Greenwood hood you may have seen during the weekend. Meanwhile, as you may have noticed, our Project C5, sponsored by Mid America, is nearly finished. If you liked what you saw, stay tuned as we show you the hows and whys of that particular project car.
Love Those Louvers
Team VETTE has a mystery we'd like solved. We've been eyeing Jesse Billing's Grand Sport for a couple of years now. This Petersburg, Indiana, resident has added a louver kit to the rear glass of his '96 Vette for a pretty striking look. Jesse cited "Auto FX" as the kit's manufacturer, but our search has turned up nothing. If any of our readers out there have an idea who might have produced this kit, we'd greatly appreciate the help. Send responses to email@example.com with the subject tag "Love Those Louvers."

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For Controller Wendy Greuel, the job of the next mayor of Los Angeles will not be about speaking in broad rhetorical terms. It will be about making things work.
That is how she sees herself: As someone who recognizes problems and finds solutions.
"My history as a council member, as controller is I am a doer and get things done," Greuel said in a recent interview. "As controller, I have looked in every nook and cranny on how we spend money and have found savings.
"Under a Greuel administration, you are going to have a mayor for all of Los Angeles…in a city that runs smoothly."
Greuel is considered one of the leading candidates in the race to succeed Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who is termed out of office after June 30. The others are City Council members Eric Garcetti and Jan Perry, as well as attorney and former talk radio host Kevin James.
For the most part, Greuel, Garcetti and Perry have treated one another with collegial respect, while James has criticized all three for contributing to the city's financial woes.
"Our life experiences have been different," Greuel said. "I have had experience inside and outside of government. I have been the controller looking to save tax money and I think I have demonstrated my ability to lead."
Garcetti described Greuel as a "good colleague," but his campaign has begun to critique her tenure in her current post, calling her a "press release controller."
Richard Close of the influential Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association said he worked with Greuel throughout her eight years on the City Council, when she represented the southeastern Valley.
"She is very detail oriented and definitely knows the problems of the San Fernando Valley," Close said. "I think the question she needs to answer is: Is she tough enough to be mayor, to say no to the unions, to the city bureaucracy and others? We need a leader who is strong on policy and will make the cuts that are needed to keep the city solvent."
Greuel, 51, said she believes she has proven she is tough enough for the job, given some bruising political battles over the years as well as the sometimes scathing audits issued in her role as controller.
"People understand I can be a good legislator, be a good businesswoman and go after those issues that are important. I think people will find I can do all those things and be tough. They want someone to lead them, I have demonstrated I can be that leader."
That was put to the test when James, one of her rivals in the race, accused her of campaigning on city time and allowing her staff to work on her campaign.
Greuel met the James challenge, going down to his news conference and telling reporters it was a reflection of the start of the "silly season" of the mayoral election.
Also, she points to her decision to run for mayor this year, giving up what would probably have been an easy re-election as controller.
"There are a lot of elected officials who run for the next thing only when they have a free ride," Greuel said. "I made a choice. I have a unique opportunity to lead this city for the next eight years. I don't want to just be mayor. I want to do the job.
"I really do think the city is at a crossroads and I think who the next mayor is will be critical."
Dan Schnur, executive director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at USC, said he believes Greuel has proven herself as willing to make the tough decisions – but she needs to back that up with the public.
"At this stage of the campaign, the goal is more about general perceptions and impression rather than policy specifics," Schnur said.
"For Angelenos who have been going through a difficult economic stretch, the gauzy language and visionary rhetoric we have had might be overrated. I think people want someone who gets in, gets their hands dirty and does the job."
Raphael Sonenshein, executive director of the Pat Brown Institute at California State University, Los Angeles, said there is a natural cycle of politics that has the public looking for a change in style from Villaraigosa.
"We are coming off eight years of the visionary rhetoric type of leadership and I think people are looking for someone who can manage," Sonenshein said.
Another factor for Greuel is that she has won a citywide election, which gives her a broader base of support, and for the job of controller where she is often a critic of city government.
"That allows her to run as an insider with an outsider's mentality," Sonenshein said. "I think that's why you see Kevin James going after her. He sees her as a threat to the voters he wants."
Greuel and Perry also are seeking to be the first woman mayor of Los Angeles, yet both were snubbed by the California chapter of the National Organization for Women, which endorsed Garcetti in the election.
"We asked which candidate has the vision needed to move Los Angeles forward and who would be most willing to create a more equal playing field for the city's almost 2 million women and girls," said Patricia Bellasalma, president of the chapter.
Greuel's campaign dismissed the importance of the California NOW decision.
"Wendy Greuel has been a champion for equality and opportunity for women across Los Angeles for decades, and is supported by hundreds of women across Los Angeles, including U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina and Congresswoman Janice Hahn," campaign manager Rose Kapolczynski said.
During her years on the City Council, Greuel aligned herself with homeowners on most issues, such as the Sherman Oaks effort to limit the size of a Best Buy store and opposing the proposed Home Depot in Sunland-Tujunga.
It was while on the City Council that she also was dubbed "pothole queen" for her efforts to work on repairing city streets. She concentrated much of her office efforts on basic issues such as filling potholes, cleaning and repairing bathrooms and public parks and eradicating graffiti.
On the policy side, she championed tax reform, creating the Business Tax Advisory Committee that suggested a number of changes to the city's gross receipts tax.
Greuel grew up in the San Fernando Valley where her parents owned a building supply company, Frontier Building Supply, which she still co-owns with her brother.
Her and her family's original plan was for her to take over the family business after attending UCLA.
But in her senior year at Kennedy High School, she was elected student body president, which led to a trip to Los Angeles City Hall where she met then-Mayor Tom Bradley, which led to being part of his Youth Council.
She switched majors from economics to political science and became an intern and then an aide to Bradley, working on a variety of issues from the creation of the L.A.'s Best after-school program to housing issues.
While working for Bradley, she became close to one of his top deputies, Olivia Mitchell, who did not own a car. Greuel volunteered to drive her to events around the city – an education in the different parts of retail, grass-roots politics that make up Los Angeles.
"I learned more about the city than I ever would have," Greuel said. `When I speak to classes I tell them never to underestimate the opportunities that come along."
From City Hall, she went to work for the administration of President Bill Clinton as an aide to Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros. That led to a job at DreamWorks, where she worked as a government liaison, and a revival of her personal political ambitions.
With the resignation of then-Councilman Joel Wachs, she ran for and won an upset victory over then-Assemblyman Tony Cardenas to the City Council.
"No one thought I would win," Greuel said. "But I went door to door to meet people and convince them I could do the job. And, my parents were upset. I remember them saying, `Do you have to get involved in politics?"'
It was also during that first campaign when she met and married Dean Schramm. The two had a son, Thomas, in 2004.
"It surprised everyone in my family," Greuel said. "My mother was convinced I would never get married and have children."
She said her son apparently has inherited the political gene in the family.
"He won for student body vice president," Greuel said. "His campaign theme was 'Vote for Thomas, he will keep his promise.' "


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APPLAUSE: Truck show dazzles, helps raise money
To the Editor,
The parking lot at Mid Island Co-op on Bowen Road was lit up bright as members of the Mid Island Truck and Equipment Association held the seventh annual MITE Show and Glow Nov. 24.
Thirteen entries from the local heavy construction and transportation industry competed for the bragging rights to best in show.
Congratulations goes to DBL for capturing best member display, and Berk's Intertruck for winning best associate member.
Mid Island Towing was awarded best community member for its dazzling display, and the overall winner of the crowd favourite was Norm Jones Trucking winning the 2012 MITE people's choice.
A tip of the hat also goes out to Ashlee Bobcat, Bayline Enterprises, Dorman Timber, Sinclair Contracting and BFI Canada for lighting trucks and trailers and wowing the crowd.
A thank you goes out to the Mid Island Co-op for once again providing the facility and refreshments to keep the crowd warm.
The members collected food, toys and cash starting at the end of October and delivered the donations Dec. 15.
The Nanaimo-Ladysmith School Foundation received a $1,000 donation toward its student support fund, and toys and food were delivered to the Secret Santa headquarters, ensuring 63 families had gifts under the tree.
The Mid Island Truck and Equipment Association was founded in 2006, and since its inception has contributed more than $10,000 to local organizations that help support deserving and struggling members of the community.
Pam Henselin
Mid Island Truck and Equipment Association


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All right, this is Katherine Webb, AJ McCarron's girlfriend. McCarron is the quarterback of... it doesn't really matter, does it? This is Katherine Webb.
Geez, Internet. It's like you've never seen a beautiful woman before.
Ms. Webb, the reigning Miss Alabama, played an important part in Monday night's BCS National Championship Game, in that she gave people something to talk about while Alabama was busy taking Notre Dame to school.
Seventy-three-year-old legendary announcer Brent Musberger unraveled a rambling ode to the 23-year-old that went something like this:
"You quarterbacks, you get all the good looking women. What a beautiful woman. Wow... (Kirk Herbstreit: "AJ's doing some things right down in Tuscaloosa!") So if you're a youngster in Alabama, start getting the football out and throwing it around the backyard with pops."
That's right, kiddos. Get good at football, win a few championships and you too can have a hot girlfriend.
Some fast facts: Webb competed in Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants. She went to Auburn (escandalo!) and now models and works for Chick-fil-A as a training director.
During the game -- a game nearly as uneventful as Alabama's rout of LSU in last year's championship meeting -- Webb gained thousands of Twitter followers. Tens of thousands, actually. She started the night with a modest 5K followers, and as of now she has nearly 124,000. Go ahead, follow her. It's OK!
Yes, other stuff happened Monday night. Alabama shut out Notre Dame in the first half, putting up 28 completely uncontested points. The Irish showed a small spark with two scoring drives in the third, but it was done long before that. So done.
It was done the moment the viewing public learned about Katherine Webb.


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I have this son, Ezra. He is inexhaustible, even on vacation.
I used to have this Weimaraner, Clay. She was inexhaustible.
At the time, I was training for a marathon and would take her with me on my long runs. Afterward, I lay on the sofa with thighs on fire while she did laps around the apartment, whimpering and demanding that I take her outside for more activity. I did not have the temperament for this type of animal. After a year, I found a nice home for her out in the suburbs with an expansive backyard and a family who could run her out.
I now have this son, Ezra. He is inexhaustible. Once he finishes one sport, he circles the living room, whimpering and demanding that we go outside for more activity.
I can't give my child away to a family with a bigger yard who can run him out. But sometimes I want to.
There is no better place to witness Ezra's endurance than on vacation, where I am now with my husband, stepfather, mother, sister and nephew in Avalon, N.J. The first thing Ezra wants to do is hit golf balls. Then go to the skate park. Then the basketball court next to the skate park to shoot hoops. Then the skate park again – just to try one more thing. Then, back at the house, he wants to scooter in the driveway and practice his "380." Then breakfast.
When it is time to go to the beach, everyone moves much too slowly for Ezra. Once there, he plays baseball, then paddle ball, then rides the waves in the ocean, then paddle ball again, then the skim board, a walk (pausing at every lifeguard beach to jump into the ocean and bodysurf), then a catch, then lacrosse, then tossing a squishy ball in the ocean, then more swimming until he is thoroughly chafed and blue-lipped. Then he digs a hole in the sand.
Back at the shore house there is more scootering and 380 practice in the driveway. He checks the status of his DragonVale eggs and dragons. He plays drums. He re-enacts the walk-off scene from Zoolander. He interrupts me several times during bedtime reading to ask me about his DragonVale eggs. He does not sit. He is not like his brother, who is capable of exquisite stasis.
But this week we are on vacation. And for me and my husband, Michael, that also means a vacation from parenting. I have four babysitters with me in Avalon. Michael and I took a two-hour beach walk this morning. Two hours. My stepdad takes Ezra to the skate park and to the driving range and to the basketball court. He bodysurfs with him at every single lifeguard beach. My sister plays paddle ball and baseball with him. I'm not even doing shower time. Part of me feels guilty, like I am missing out on some of my sons' sun-bleached August joy.
But school is about to start. Then High Holidays. Ezra's birthday. Soccer. Instruments. Hebrew School. Goal setting conferences. The fourth grade camping trip. Karate. Basketball. Homework.
This is the last of it. The final breaths of summer 2013, of later mornings and relaxed rules. Of double ice cream days and pancake house breakfasts. Of puzzles and crosswords and DragonVale. Of itty-bitty Coke cans. Of too many french fries and far too much screen time.
So sure, Poppi. You can take him to the ocean, I can see you from this beach chair.


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Welcome to the Blog of Jason Conger. Here, we will focus on Server Based Computing environments including Microsoft Windows Terminal Services and Citrix Presentation Server, Application and Server virtualization, Application streaming and delivery technologies such as Microsoft Softricity, and many other server-centric topics. Also, I will point out tools and tips to help you with your Terminal Services environments.
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Hyper-V Replica provides protection to VMs by tracking and replicating changes to the virtual hard disks (VHDs) of the VM. Hyper-V Replica runs 24 hours, 365 days in a year; for any VM that has been enabled for replication it ensures that the data on the primary site and the Replica site are kept as closely in sync as supported... Read More
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Bear In Heaven on Tour Now
Bear In Heaven are tearing it up one last time for 2010. If you haven't seen them yet, this is a show that needs to be experienced. Joining them along the way for their last US tour for the year, are Lower Dens, Twin Shadow, Sun Airway and Cloudland Canyon. And just for fun the band have released yet another stellar remix, this time coming from UK band Tropics for the standout track "You Do You."
"Sometimes somebody will come along and amaze you, Tropics amazed us," said Bear In Heaven's Jon Philpot. "They opened up our song "You Do You" like the retractable roof of an arena. It's slow and bumping. It's kinda like Phil Collins."
Bear In Heaven's double LP Beast Rest Forth Mouth and special remix LP featuring The Field, Studio, High Places, Justin K. Broadrick (a.k.a. Jesu), & More is available now through Hometapes.
The remix LP has already recieved RAVE reviews in the UK, with the BBC calling it an "absorbing reinvention". In a time where remixes are as common as singles themselves, this is a band who have crafted their already dynamic sound and taken it to an exciting new level.
US Fall Tour Dates:
11/13 Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon*^
11/14 - Atlanta - The Earl*^
11/16 Charlottesville, VA – The Southern*#^
11/17 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda's*#
11/18 Cambridge, MA – Middle East Downstairs*#
11/19 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg*#
2/04 - Alexandria Street, Fortitude Valley - Brisbane, QLD
2/05 - Footscray Community Arts Centre - Melbourne, VIC
2/06 - Sydney College of the Arts - Sydney, NSW
2/11 - Fowler's Live - Adelaide, SA
2/12 - Perth Cultural Centre, Urban Orchard, Northbridge - Perth, WA
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Compiled and presented by Shakta Kaur of Chicago, at the 3HO IKYTA Teachers Conference - June 15, 2012
This 8-week series of classes is based upon the 3HO International Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association (IKYTA) Teacher's Conference theme for 2012, 'Grit.' And, who couldn't use a little more indomitable courage, toughness and resolution in dealing with all the challenges we're facing lately?!
'Grit' was originally chosen as a theme for the 2012 3H0 IKYTA Teacher's Conference from Yogi Bhajan's, 'The 8 Elements of Excellence.' It reads: "The 8 Elements of Excellence: The Vision to see your goal and keep it in your consciousness. The Courage to attempt it and to keep up. The Grit to go through it. The Humility to know who the Doer is. The Knowledge to substantiate it. The Prayer to feed it. The Grace to carry yourself through it. The Determination to achieve it." (In 2013 the Teachers Conference will focus on 'humility,' in 2014, 'knowledge,' and so on, until all 8 elements have been featured.)
To be honest, I was a little concerned about finding enough to fill an entire curriculum focusing on 'grit.' I worried about finding appropriate Yogi Bhajan quotes. I fretted about locating just the right kriyas to generate the capacity for 'grit.' And, how would I find the perfect meditations to develop the light of the soul--'grit?' Wouldn't you know that once I started teaching this series it seemed that wherever I looked-whatever manual I chose-whatever Yogi Bhajan lecture came across my desk--the word 'grit' was right there for me to discover, to use in my classes and to offer here for your use as well.
Each class includes one main kriya and one meditation. While this is not a definitive list of all the kriyas and meditations you could possibly use in a curriculum focusing on 'grit' it is my hope you will not only find inspiration with what is shared here but that you will teach this or a similar curriculum soon!
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Would you like to have the spirit, the power and the grit to 'keep up' with whatever life sends your way? Would you like to draw upon an unending reservoir of tenacity, bravery, fortitude and determination in the face of any challenge? If so, then, come to [Name of Studio] during the months of [Month] and [Month] for Kundalini Yoga and Meditation especially designed to help you: Surmount obstacles, real or imaginary; Overcome barriers, perceived or otherwise; Dissolve frustrations, today and always!
Join [Your Name/Studio Name] in an inspiring series of Kundalini Yoga and Meditation classes to 'Keep up and you will be kept up' even as you face the seemingly impossible. It is a test of your wisdom, your endurance and your character-a chance of grace-so you can make it anywhere!
Main Kriya: Immune Strengthening Workout (Inner Workout Manual, pp. 41-44).
Meditation: Gan Puttee Kriya to Make the Impossible Possible (Self-Knowledge, p. 20 and KRI Level 1 Yoga Manual, p. 94).
Class Timing: (approx.)
10:30 am: Welcome, tune-in and framing.
10:35 am: Main Kriya
11:20 am: Relaxation
11:40 am:Meditation
11:55 am:End with the 'Long Time Sunshine Song' and 3 long Sat Nam's.
Three Key Concepts:
- 'Keep up' spirit is associated with the Radiant Body. The Radiant Body gives you so much stamina you'll never give in! It helps you persevere past any blockage or obstacle in your life.
- The Radiant Body is associated with Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru of the Sikhs. During his lifetime there was a great need for warriors to stay healthy and strong in the face of chaotic conditions. As Guru he united the Sikhs into a fearless force to defend those who couldn't defend themselves. (Guru Gobind Singh conditioned his warriors with exercises such as the ones in the main kriya.)
- Gun Puttee (or Gunpati) another name for Ganesha the Hindu archetype of knowledge and writing. Ganesha is often represented with a mouse at his feet. The mouse represents cleverness and the ability to get through any barriers or obstacles.
Three Key Skills/Practices:
- Archer Pose (and its variations) in the main kriya, Immune Strengthening Workout.
- Sa Ta Na Ma Ra Ma Da Sa Sa Say So Hung mantra in the meditation, Gun Puttee Kriya.
- The mudra moves as you chant the mantra in Gun Puttee Kriya.
WARM-UP:Build Stamina and Spark the Glandular System (Owner's Manual for the Human Body, p. 42); aka Complete Workout for the Elementary Being (Inner Workout Manual, p. 48).
MAIN KRIYA: Build up the Glandular System and Inner Organs (Owner's Manual for the Human Body, p. 41).
MEDITATION: Life Guideline (A Year with the Master, p. 69).
Class Timing:
10:30 am:Tune-In and Welcome
10:35 am:Warm-Up Kriya
10:45 am: Main Kriya
11:25 am:Deep Relaxation
11:40 am:Meditation
11:55 am: End with the Long Time Sunshine Song and 3 long Sat Nam's.
Three Key Concepts:
- Kundalini Yogis have daily practices to provide them with the grit to go through whatever life brings their way. One of these practices is self-initiating with a daily spiritual practice, or, personal sadhana. Your personal sadhana can be a set of yoga exercises (kriya) or a meditation ... or both. The idea is you get up, you set yourself up for the day and you'll be 'kept up' as a result. Yogi Bhajan once said: "Sadhana is a test of your self-grit. If your sadhana is more important than your neurosis, you are fine. If your neurosis is more important than your sadhana, you are not."
- Another daily practice is taking a cold shower first thing in the morning, before breakfast and before sadhana. The cold shower opens the capillaries. When the capillaries are open they feed the glandular system. And when the glandular system is well-fed, it secretes. Yogi Bhajan: "The chemistry of your blood becomes perfect. That gives you a capacity to act, think, know; and it gives you grit, stamina." (The Master's Touch, p. 172)
- "The highest mental power of a man is when he's willing to cope with a condition that is infinitely beyond his control. Still he faces it and faces it with the idea that he is going to come through it." - Yogi Bhajan (Self-Knowledge, p. 12.)
Three Key Skills/Practices:
- Archer Pose in the warm-up kriya, Build Stamina and Spark the Glandular System.
- Breath of Fire (BOF) in the main kriya, Build Up the Glandular System and Inner Organs.
- Chair Pose in the main kriya, Build Up the Glandular System and Inner Organs.


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Four Convicted in Trumpeter Swan Shooting Case
LUBBOCK, Texas — When Game Wardens Mark Collins and Jay Oyler drove to 10 Texas cities in eight days and interviewed 51 people, driving a total of 2,802 miles, they didn't think about the fact that poaching cases like this one are rarely solved.
"You've got a situation where four people show up in the middle of nowhere and shoot and then run off. It was very difficult. When I showed up, we had five dead and wounded trumpeter swans laying there and I am scratching my head," Collins said.
But he and fellow warden Oyler solved the case and four people have since pleaded guilty to 20 charges and will pay a total of $17,000 in fines, court costs and veterinary bills.
The swans were found on Dec. 13 at a wastewater treatment pond in the City of Lockney east of Plainview. Evidence indicated the birds had been shot with a shotgun. After the shooting, the three that were still alive at the scene were cared for at the South Plains Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Lubbock.
In all, three of the five birds have died and the other two have been sent back to a captive breeding program in Iowa, from which they originally were released, according to bands on their legs. The program there added $1,000 to the 'Operation Game Thief' (Texas' crimestoppers program) reward money of $1,000 that had been offered for information from the public that would help solve the case.
But it was solved by good old-fashioned police work this time.
During interviews, Collins talked to Harry G. Crawford, 53; James Cade Crawford, 25; Cristy Leann Crawford, 23; all from Paris, Texas and Joshua P. Lambert, 25, from Lockney.
"Eventually, I heard every kind of excuse or denial of why they did it. One said he thought they were someone's pet ducks, which is a really a stretch to mix up these swans with ducks. But playing along anyway, I said, 'so you'd go around shooting people's pets?' He didn't like that logic too much."
They have each pleaded guilty to five counts of hunting a state-protected non-game migratory waterfowl (trumpeter swan), Class C misdemeanors, and were ordered to pay the maximum in fines — ($17,000).
"Folks like these give the majority of law-abiding hunters a bad rap," Collins said. "It's hunting license dollars that pay our salaries, so we're proud to represent the hunter conservationists when we go after the lawbreakers."
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Steve Phipps has been hip-deep in the produce business for nearly all of his 52 years, starting out by helping his grandfather grow tomatoes for an eager consumer clientele when he was 13.
"I was pretty passionate about that," said Phipps, co-owner of Market Fresh Produce, a Nixa, Mo.-based distributor that initially focused on tomatoes but since has branched out.
That passion found other outlets, too, Phipps said, noting he worked in produce for a couple of retail chains in the region and also handled sales for Minnesota-based C.H. Robinson Worldwide, among others.
"I was blessed to work for some wonderful companies during that time," Phipps said.
There was one area, however, that Phipps hadn't tried: owning his own business.
That opportunity would present itself.
"Late in 2005, I invested into Market Fresh," he said.
At the time, Phipps said, Market Fresh's owner, Anthony Totta, had invited Phipps to be part of the company.
"To be quite candid, it was struggling and it was not reaching its potential," he said.
Phipps spent much of 2006 reorganizing the company and building the Market Fresh brand as a "premium label" that could compete against the biggest brands, he said.
The company was not cracking the $1 million yearly sales barrier in 2005, but this year, sales may reach $50 million, and could top $100 million in the next four or five, Phipps said.
With that in mind, in August Market Fresh completed its acquisition of West Central Florida Produce.
Phipps also bought Bushmans Inc.'s ownership stake in the Florida wholesaler.
Phipps said Market Fresh plans to expand West Central Florida's product selection beyond tomatoes and offer the same categories as Market Fresh.
It's a good time to grow his business, Phipps said.
"That's really propelled us to another level and growth plans to include more than just tomatoes and have a broader offering," he said.
A Florida-based repacking and distribution center is key to the company's growth strategy, he said.
Phipps' formal education ended with a high school diploma from Parkview High School in Springfield, Mo., but he said he's never stopped learning. He credits numerous mentors for having steered him in his 36 years in the produce business.
Phipps gives special credit to Mark Faust, vice president of produce and floral operations at Tulsa, Okla.-based retailer Reasor's Inc., who mentored him early on.
"His outstanding leadership and constant striving for excellence helped set me on a path that has focused on quality first and foremost," Phipps said.
Mike Kemp, business analyst with Market Fresh and who has known Phipps for 10 years, said Phipps is a strategic entrepreneur.
"Very quick at taking an idea from concept to production," Kemp said.
Phipps is relentless in meeting customer needs, Kemp said.
"With a background touching almost every area of the produce supply chain, Steve can relate to most any customer or grower issue and offer a solution that results in a true win for all partners," Kemp said.
Phipps' oldest son, 28-year-old Tyler, now works for the company, as director of field operations.
"He joined our company seven years ago, right out of college," Phipps said.
Phipps has two other sons — Travis, 27, an agriculture teacher at Ozark High School in Ozark, Mo.; and Hunter, 12.
Phipps and his wife, Vickie, have been married for 15 years.
Outside the realm of produce, Phipps is keenly interested in horses, he said.


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(a) The Appeals Council will review a case if—
(1) There appears to be an abuse of discretion by the administrative law judge;
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(4) There is a broad policy or procedural issue that may affect the general public interest.
(b) In reviewing decisions based on an application for benefits, if new and material evidence is submitted, the Appeals Council shall consider the additional evidence only where it relates to the period on or before the date of the administrative law judge hearing decision. In reviewing decisions other than those based on an application for benefits, the Appeals Council shall evaluate the entire record including any new and material evidence submitted. It will then review the case if it finds that the administrative law judge's action, findings, or conclusion is contrary to the weight of the evidence currently of record.
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Photokina 2006: Pretec has announced its 16 GB Compact Flash card. This announcement clearly aimed to compete with SanDisk who also recently announced a 16 GB Card. Pretec are proud to be the first with high capacities cards such as 3 GB in November 2002 and 6 GB in March 2003.
Pretec 16GB CompactFlash Card
More Space Than You Can Imagine
COLOGNE, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pretec, world record holder of the highest capacity flash memory cards of CF card (12GB), USB Flash Drive (16GB), and SD card (8GB), has now released 16GB CF card, the first and highest capacity CF card in the world today at Photokina (Booth Hall 6, A069).
The demand for higher capacity and better performing flash cards has been increasing in our daily lives with introduction of ever higher resolution digital cameras and the emergence of new multimedia appliances and industrial applications. Over the last 10 years CompactFlash has seen a 4,000 times increase in capacity from the first announcement of Pretec 4MB CF card (http://www.compactflash.org/pr/960220a.htm) to today's 16GB. Pretec has consistently demonstrated the highest capacity and fastest speed CompactFlash in the world such as 3GB (Nov. 2002, Las Vegas, Comdex), 6GB (March 2003, Hanover, CeBIT), 12GB (March 2004, Hanover, CeBIT) and 16GB (Sept. 2006, Photokina).
Constructed with reliable SLC NAND flash devices and rugged metal housing with CF Type II form factor, Pretec 16GB CF card is also offered with wide operating temperatures for industrial and military applications. For those applications demanding data security, Pretec is the only one in the world to provide Secure CF card, in which the host device BIOS or firmware must be modified in order to fully utilize the security features. Access speed can be up to 80X (12MB/s) for Pretec industrial CF card and up to 133X (20MB/s) for Pretec commercial CF card. Pretec 16GB CF card will start sampling next month with mass production in Q4 of this year.
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A Craigslist poster has discovered the worst possible way to photograph a car: taking pictures of pictures displayed on a cracked and scratched up smartphone screen.
With the iPhone X coming out soon, the title probably won't last, but the iPhone 8 Plus is officially the best smartphone camera DxOMark has ever tested, and the iPhone 8 is second.
Kodak's new Facebook Messenger chatbot is trying to bring back the 'Kodak Moment' by digging up your old social media photos and trying to sell you prints and custom coffee mugs.
Affinity Photo for iPad was touted as "the first full blown, truly professional photo editing tool to make its way onto the Apple tablet." This update makes it that much more convenient.
Yashica has released a new teaser video, and this one claims they'll be releasing an "unprecedented camera" in October on Kickstarter. Ready... set... speculate!
Storage solutions company Synology has just released its very first 6-bay NAS tower. Combined with the DX1215 expansion units, it can hold and control up to thirty drives.
We're always expanding our collection of product overview content, and we've just added videos for the Canon EOS 6D Mark II, the EOS Rebel SL2 and EOS M6.
The venerable Canon PowerShot G1 was announced seventeen years ago this week, marking the start of a line of enthusiast-focused compacts that's still alive and kicking.
Super macro photographer Can Tuncer captured these incredible close-ups of a single peacock feather using a special setup and three different microscope lenses.
After successfully crowdfunding the Biotar 75mm F1.5, Oprema Jena is at it again. This time they're bringing back the Biotar 58mm F2: the world's only lens with a 17-blade aperture.
Adobe's move to a subscription model is treating it very well indeed. The company has posted record revenue for the second quarter in a row, hauling in a mind-boggling $1.84 billion.
More details have emerged about the potential sale of Blackstone's 45% stake in iconic camera brand Leica.
Popular mobile editing app Snapseed just got a major update that includes a new interface and 11 new presets for both Android and iOS, as well as adding the Perspective tool to the iOS version.
It might sound like a strange idea, but taking macro photos of boiling water can actually result in some really cool photographs. A good photo experiment for a rainy day.
The database was created to "break with the narrow lens through which history… has been recorded" by equipping those who commission photography with "the resources to discover photographers of color available for assignments.
Lensbaby has released two new optics for their special "optic swap system." The Lensbaby Sweet 80 Optic gives you that trademark sweet spot of focus, while the Creative Bokeh optic gives you 9 different drop in aperture plate options to play with.
TechCrunch has already posted their review of the upcoming iPhone 8 (not yet the iPhone X), and they're calling it "a look into the augmented future of photography."
Affinity Photo is a $50 photo editing software with no subscriptions. That's it – pay for it once and you're done. And we think it's actually pretty darn good.
Instagram is currently testing a major change to the app's profile layout: replacing the 3-photo across grid with a 4-photo grid... and some users are NOT taking the news well.
A report by USSRPhoto is shedding some light on the return of the famed Zenit camera brand. It seems the full-frame mirrorless camera they're working on will be made in part by Leica using components from the Leica SL.
According to a reliable Korean report, Samsung is developing a smartphone sensor that's capable of super slow motion. Translation: Samsung's next batch of Galaxy smartphones may be able to shoot 1,000fps.
This simple photograph of a seahorse and Q-tip has taken the internet by storm. We spoke to photographer Justin Hofman about how it was captured, and what it means to him.
After a massive leak last week, Profoto has officially debuted the Profoto A1: the company's first on-camera flash system that they're calling "the world's smallest studio flash."
"When the first hyperfocal distance charts were designed, someone decided that an acceptably sharp background contained some blur — enough to notice in a medium-sized print [...] After that point, nearly every other hyperfocal chart followed suit."
The Canon EOS Rebel SL2 (also known as the EOS 200D) is the company's impressively compact entry-level DSLR. Packing a 24MP APS-C sensor, DIGIC 7 processor and Dual Pixel AF, it promises a lot of bang for the buck. And while not mind-blowing, it handles most tasks very well.
Correct these four common composition mistakes and your photos will be more balanced, tell a better story, and lead your viewer's eye where you want it to go.
The rugged, compact 360° action camera Kodak unveiled at Photokina in 2016, the Kodak PixPro Orbit 360, is finally available in the United States.
iOS 11 launches tomorrow, and it'll save all of your pictures in a new high efficiency image format called HEIC. Fortunately, there's now a converter that will let you turn those photos back into JPEGs.
Photo protection company ImageRights recently released a new service that lets non-subscribers take advantage of their streamlined copyright registration system that checks for errors and fills out all the required forms for you.
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Then the next guy shanks his right, a terrible drive that I know is going to be lost. I told him that it would be wise to swallow his pride and throw a provisional. He does, for the sake of time, a safe shot in the middle, and we begin the hunt for the disc on the right, starting the 3-min clock immediately. The dude whose disc is in the other fairway helps us look instead of looking for his because he knows he's safe.
3 minutes expired, and we went to find the other one. Looking. Searching. Where the hell? Look in the trees. Nope. Not anywhere. 3 minutes expired and we gave up, and he retees for a 5p. We total up our cards, go to Tourney Central, and sitting there in the lost and found radio flyer is his initial drive that went missing. It had been picked up by a player whose round was already complete and didn't see anyone around, because we were all searching for the other disc in the thick blackberry hell. They picked it up while we were playing the hole.
What, if anything, should happen?
B. If a disc at rest on the playing surface or supported by the target is moved, the disc shall be replaced as close as possible to its original location, as determined by a majority of the group or an official. If a marker disc is moved, the marker disc shall be replaced as close as possible to its original location, as determined by a majority of the group or an official. (If the two meter penalty is in effect, see also 803.08 C and D for movement of a disc above the playing surface.)
C. Any player who consciously alters the course of a thrown disc, or consciously moves or obscures another player's thrown disc at rest or a marker disc, other than by the action of a competitively thrown disc or in the process of identification, shall receive two penalty throws, without a warning, if observed by any two players or an official.
Should we have given him an approximate lie somewhere on the other fairway? How can we guess if we never saw it land?
The two meter rule was indeed in effect. How could we know whether or not the disc was removed from a tree 2.5 meters up?
I'm sure it's ok to have thrown a second provisional and left it up to the TD to decide a ruling, but I for sure would not have agreed to a randomly selected lie when we couldn't be sure if it was a safe drive or where it ended up. There are a few spots with clear routes back to the pin, and the rest are shite lies you have to spray and pray from. Does he get an easy or impossible 2nd shot? If the rest of the group agreed but me, then I would respect the majority rule, but would question its validity later, probably.
Of course he should have ran up there right away and marked it before searching for the other disc, because it would have been easy to approximate his lie even if he didn't mark it, just made visual contact with it. We didn't think of this. No one else marked their lies and they weren't messed with.


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GEO Group, which is a private prison corporation, has inked a deal in which Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, will rename its football stadium, the GEO Group Stadium. Um, the trend of corporations coughing up big bucks to get their names on stadiums and arenas just took a strange turn.
GEO Group generated its $1.6 billion in revenues for 2011, mostly from state and federal prisons, as well as from detention centers for illegal immigrants. The NY Times reports the company owns or oversees more than "100 properties that operate more than 73,000 beds in sites across the world."
The university's president described the deal as "wonderful" and the company as "well run" and by a notable alumnus. But it also left some unsettled, including those who study the business of sports and track the privatization of the prison industry. To those critics, this was a jarring case of the lengths colleges and teams will go to produce revenue, of the way that everything seems to be for sale now in sports — and to anyone with enough cash.
The GEO Group, which is based in Boca Raton, secured the naming rights with a $6 million gift, paid out over 12 years through its charitable arm, the largest such donation in Florida Atlantic's athletic history. In a news release, the university said the money would finance athletic operations, the stadium, scholarships and "academic priorities."
The stadium, which opened in the fall of 2011, cost $70 million and seats more than 29,000. It offers 6,000 premium seats, 24 suites and 26 loge boxes. Source
Civil liberty and human rights groups, as well as immigrant rights organizations have been opposed to GEO Group on a number of fronts. The company has been cited by state and federal regulators and lost a series of high-profile lawsuits, the NY Times reports. The mere fact that a prison organization could ink a deal to get its name on a sports facility is troubling on so many levels. How far will universities and sports teams go to get revenue?


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A tracking study conducted by the Mexican Hass Avocado Importers Association, found that avocado penetration, defined as a purchase within the past year, in major markets in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Chicago, Atlanta and Charlotte, N.C., grew by 10% from 2009 to 2010, said Jackie Bohmer, marketing director.
Intent to purchase avocados within the next 30 days grew from 63% in 2009 to 80% in 2010, Bohmer said.
However, though the avocado industry continues to grow by about 10% annually, there is no coinciding expansion in the amount of shelf space allotted for them in supermarkets, said Dennis Christou, vice president of marketing, Del Monte Fresh Produce NA Inc., Coral Gables, Fla.
One of the best ways to generate shoppers' interest in avocados at retail is to provide more shelf space, Christou said.
Emiliano Escobedo, Los Angeles marketing director, Avocado Producers and Exporting Packers Association of Michoacán, agrees.
"The best way to move more avocados is by providing more avocados," Escobedo said.
He recommends building larger avocado displays to draw attention and to offer more choices to shoppers. Retailers that offer more than one avocado product achieve higher returns, he said.
Four-count bags of avocados are particularly good for increasing sales, he said. They can be cross-merchandised and displayed in other departments.
Retailers can build larger avocado displays by adding Florida avocados to the mix. Mary Ostlund, marketing director, Brooks Tropicals, Homestead, Fla., said more retailers are displaying both Brooks' SlimCado-brand avocados and hass avocados.
"We've always suggested this since it gives the consumer a choice," Ostlund said. "I believe most retailers are starting to see avocados like apples — you stock more than one variety."
Ostlund recommended positioning a large display of SlimCados near other avocados, with smaller displays of SlimCados in cross-promotions with salads and with guacamole and salsa ingredients to generate impulse buys.
"I can't tell you what's driving that (trend), but it is affecting demand because of multiple purchases," said Rob Wedin, vice president of fresh sales and marketing, Calavo Growers Inc., Santa Paula, Calif. "Consumers are buying four or five instead of one or two avocados."
The decision to buy a bag of avocados may be different from a decision to buy individual avocados, especially when prices are high.
Consumers who buy bags are typically doing so based on the value provided, said Ross Wileman, vice president of sales and marketing, Mission Produce Inc., Oxnard, Calif.
Chris Henry, director of sales and marketing, Giumarra Agricom International, Escondido, Calif., also said retailers are adding more valued-added items to the category, including bags and smaller avocados with lower price points.
Other trends include multiple in-store displays, a variety of sizes and ripeness levels, bags of small avocados, and cross-merchandising with chips or salsas, Thomas said.


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We're pleased to welcome as guest blogger the prominent name scholar Cleveland Kent Evans–professor of psychology, author of several name books and a president of the American Name Society.
Fictional characters have inspired baby names for centuries. Samuel Richardson's novel popularized "Pamela" in the 1700s. The movie "Splash" gave us the name Madison for girls. TV characters inspired real baby Bretts (from "Maverick") and Chandlers (from "Friends"). So it shouldn't surprise anyone that video games now are a source for baby names.
Of course, game creators must come up with character names first. Mario, one of the most popular game characters, was called "Jumpman" in the original Japanese version of "Donkey Kong." When Nintendo brought its games to the United States around 1982, Jumpman was going to be called "Mr. Video" in the American version. After Minoru Kawabata, president of Nintendo America, had a heated argument over warehouse rent with landlord Mario Segale, "Mr. Video" became "Mario." Nintendo executive Shigeru Miyamoto says, "If he had been called 'Mr. Video,' he might have disappeared off the face of the earth."
David Javier, who works for Tribune Inc. in Boston designing the "Asheron's Call" series, tells me he has to follow cultural guidelines based on the game's setting when creating names.
"For example, I named a character after my friend Eugene, but the character came from an East Asian race, so in the game he was named Yo-jin."
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Jeff Roberts just completed his third season as the men's lacrosse head coach at Concordia University Wisconsin. Roberts has guided the Falcons to 26 wins during its first three seasons, including a trip to the Midwest Lacrosse Conference during the 2012 season.
He has coached 17 student-athletes who have earned All-MLC honors, including nine during the 2013 season. Roberts was also tabbed MLC Coach of the Year for his efforts after the 2012 campaign.
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the Falcons finished 8-6 overall and 3-5 in the MLC. The Falcons
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Roberts came to CUW from Mars Hill College (Mars Hill, N.C) where he was an assistant with the Lions. Not coincidentally, his last season there was the best in MHC history.
Prior to that stint, Roberts served as the men's lacrosse head coach at Arapahoe High School (Centennial, Colo.), a perennial powerhouse in Colorado high school lacrosse. Under his direction the AHS lacrosse program had many successes, including quarterfinal and semifinal appearances in the Colorado State Tournament. AHS finished with a 28-8 record under Roberts' direction.
He is no stranger to collegiate athletics, having served as a collegiate coach for over 13 years. His most recent position was at the University of Vermont where he was the top assistant. While in Burlington, Vt., he directed an offense that ranked 20th nationally in Division I.
His other Division I experience was at Dartmouth College, a member of the Ivy League. While at DC, Roberts served as assistant offensive coordinator and coached several All-Ivy League and All-America players.
Before moving to the Division I ranks, he honed his skills at Mercyhurst College (Erie, Pa.), a NCAA Division II institution. From 1999 to 2003 he served as the top assistant and directed the Lakers offense, helping them advance to the Division II semifinals.
Roberts began coaching collegiately at Skidmore College (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) in the spring of 1995 after graduating from Springfield College (Springfield, Mass.) in the fall of 1994. Following Skidmore he served at Colorado College (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and at Drew University (Madison, N.J.) as an assistant before moving on to Mercyhurst College.
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The Top Ten
1. Jose Fernandez
What Happened in 2012: Fernandez made his full-season debut and flat-out dominated in the Sally League, and then continued the trend after a promotion to High-A.
Strengths: Near elite arm strength; FB works 92-97; has shown ability to sit 95-97; explosive offering with late attack; curveball is easy plus and could end up a 7; tight pitch has tight rotation and big depth; slider flashes plus, thrown with velocity and two-plane movement; changeup projects to be at least average; shows feel for strike-throwing; intimidator on the mound; baseball rat.
Weaknesses: Still transitioning from thrower to pitcher; raw stuff is so good that he was able to dominate without pitchability; body was a question mark for a few sources; fear of adding bad weight after maturity; changeup can be too firm and deliberate.
Overall Future Potential: 7; no. 2 starter
Explanation of Risk: Moderate risk; raw stuff is undeniable, but approach needs refinement; changeup needs full-grade jump; still a good bet to be impact major-league arm.
Fantasy Future: He's going to put his team in a position to win a lot of games and he's going to miss a lot of bats.
The Year Ahead: Fernandez is ready for Double-A, but his raw stuff is so good he might not face a real challenge until he reaches the majors. He needs to refine his command and his secondary arsenal, and his overall pitchability needs to continue its development. Not that Fernandez needs to fail in order to take a step forward, but the fastball/breaking ball combo is so electric that he can disguise mistakes and avoid exploitation, so putting himself in situations and sequences in which he is unfamiliar will be extremely beneficial. He's among the top arms in the minors, and it won't be long before the Cuban is pitching at the highest level.
Major league ETA: 2013
2. Christian Yelich
What Happened in 2012: Yelich jumped up prospect lists after a promising Low-A season in 2011, and his climb continued in 2012, as the 20-year-old raked in the Florida State League, improving his production across the board.
Strengths: Natural hitter; knack for centering the ball on the barrel; efficient path to the ball; 7 potential hit tool; ability to drive the ball to all fields; makes very hard contact; has a plan at the plate; recognizes well; plus athlete; solid run; solid glove; shows necessary skills for center field (at present).
Weaknesses: Debate on game power; shows some backspin and lift, but has more of a line-drive stroke than a leveraged over-the-fence swing; low-end estimate is 10-15 HR power; high-end is 20-plus; arm is a 4; very good athlete with solid-avg run, but doesn't have ideal range for center field; looks more like a future left fielder.
Overall Future Potential: 6; first-division player
Explanation of Risk: Moderate risk; needs to face better pitching challenge; bat has the potential to play anywhere.
Fantasy Future: Yelich has the type of natural hitting ability to produce a .300+ average, good OBP skills, enough speed for some stolen bases, and a ton of extra base hits. He should be able to fill up the sheet.
The Year Ahead: Yelich is set to face his biggest challenge, with a jump to Double-A. He needs to face better stuff and better sequence, but the bat will continue to carry him. He will no doubt log innings in center field, and he might be able to stay at that position for a few more years. In the end, Yelich should emerge as the modern prototype for a corner outfielder, with a toolsy, athletic game that is built on hard contact and good all-around skills rather than just extreme raw power.
Major league ETA: 2013
3. Jake Marisnick
What Happened in 2012: After a decent run in the Florida State League, Marisnick really struggled with the stick in his Double-A debut, making weak contact against quality offerings and raising red flags about his offensive future.
Strengths: Excellent size/strength; very toolsy; plus speed; plus arm; can play center (at present); bat has pop and projection; high-end believers suggest 6/6 (hit/power) at maturity; plays with instincts for the game; high-floor talent.
Weaknesses: Swing mechanics can make path to the ball inefficient; needs to find consistency with mechanical approach; keep hands inside; questions about hit tool utility/game power; has struggled against quality velocity/off-speed stuff; offensive output might present tweener profile (good for CF; weak for corner); debate on level of defensive quality/projection in CF.
Overall Future Potential: 6; first division player
Explanation of Risk: High risk; Marisnick has the baseball skills to reach highest level; defensive profile to handle center (at present); secondary offensive skills; major league floor/first division ceiling; high risk candidate to reach full offensive potential.
Fantasy Future: High-quality player if he sticks in center field, with enough bat to show some average and good secondary skills (SB, HR). Offensive profile not as attractive in a corner.
The Year Ahead: It's adjustment time for Marisnick, as he has seen the level of competition and must raise his game accordingly. He shows all the necessary tools to be a first-division player, but lacks any standout attribute. He has the speed and the glove to handle center field, but opinions vary as to how he projects at the position, as do the opinions on his bat and whether it would stand out in a corner. Marisnick's career could go a number of different ways at this point, ranging from first-division center fielder, to first-division right fielder to second-division right fielder to bench outfielder; 2013 should help to narrow these outcomes, and a return to the Double-A level would be a good place to start.
Major league ETA: 2013
4. Justin Nicolino
What Happened in 2012: Nicolino was very strong in his full-season debut in the Midwest League, showing his sharp feel for command, walking an anemic 21 hitters in over 124 innings of work.
Strengths: Advanced feel for the mound/pitchability; locates his fringe-average fastball (88-91 mph); pitch plays up because of movement (good sink) and command; changeup is major weapon; wears fastball disguise; very consistent in arm speed/release; good vertical movement; can be used as primary pitch; can locate curveball and use pitch in sequence; mature approach to arsenal sequencing.
Weaknesses: Fastball lacks premium velocity; can touch 93, but works lower; shows more confidence in changeup and often pitches backwards; curveball is only average offering; can locate, but pitch lacks intense bite; often picked up early out of the hand; can miss bats (present) but lacks dominating arsenal/profile; small margin for error.
Overall Future Potential: 6; no. 3 starter
Explanation of Risk: Moderate risk; advanced polish and pitchability for age; lacks frontline stuff, but knows how to use what he has; high floor.
Fantasy Future: If you like K/BB or BB/9 ratios (and who doesn't?), you will enjoy Nicolino. He isn't going to be a fantasy monster, but he knows how to keep hitters off-balance and how to force weak contact, so he should be a starter who can stick around long enough to win some games and log innings.
The Year Ahead: Nicolino is advanced enough to pitch at Double-A now, but the environments of the Florida State League could provide a good learning experience for the young arm; he will continue to out-craft hitters rather than blow them away. There are some scouts who look at Nicolino's frame and arm and envision the fastball ticking up a few notches as he adds strength, which could change the discussions about his ultimate ceiling. If the fastball adds some meat, and the curveball develops into a more consistent bat-missing offering, Nicolino has the type of pitchability and changeup utility to become something nasty. As it stands now, the floor is high, but the ceiling is limited because of the intensity of the arsenal. If that intensity takes a step forward, Nicolino could jump to the top of this list.
Major league ETA: 2014
5. Andrew Heaney
What Happened in 2012: Popped with the 9th overall pick in the 2012 draft. Heaney made a strong debut showing in the Sally League, where the 21-year-old southpaw made four starts and looked like an arm that could move quickly through the minors.
Strengths: Smooth delivery; very easy arm action; fastball is a plus pitch, working in the 91-94 range with good life; curveball is a 6; big break; bat-misser; changeup plays at 5, with some sink and deception via arm speed consistency; very good feel for the mound; throws strikes; ready to move.
Weaknesses: Tinkers with arm slot and can lose release; will shorten his stride and sling the ball; can slide under the curve; loses tight rotation and gets slurvy; fastball is a table-setter offering, not a big velocity monster.
Overall Future Potential: 6; no. 3 starter
Explanation of Risk: Moderate risk; needs to add strength to handle heavy workload, but has mature arsenal and shows strong pitchability.
Fantasy Future: Should develop into a middle-of-the-rotation workhorse, with a solid-avg to plus arsenal. I wouldn't expect massive strikeout totals, but he will miss some bats and he will collect wins.
The Year Ahead: While Heaney isn't a finished product, his present arsenal is ready to compete at higher levels. With three pitches, a good command profile, and good overall feel, he should move through the minors very quickly, possibly starting the season in Double-A and reaching the majors at some point in 2013. He needs to add some strength and put all the arsenal pieces together at the same time, but he looks like a mid-rotation type all the way, with a slight chance for more if the loose arm and easy action allow the fastball velocity to experience a spike.
Major league ETA: 2013
6. Rob Brantly
What Happened in 2012: Brantly's bat certainly looked the part in his 31-game run at the major-league level, showing contact ability, an improved approach, and game power.
Strengths: Good, clean stroke; gets to the ball quickly and can drive to all fields; hit tool is at least solid-average; shows some power utility; behind the plate, works well with pitching staff; some catch and throw skills; solid arm; improving receiver; leadership qualities.
Weaknesses: Lacks high-end defensive skills; arm isn't plus; footwork needs improvement; bat lacks upside off-position; not a big power threat; approach can be too aggressive and put him behind in counts.
Overall Future Potential: 5; solid-average major-league regular
Explanation of Risk: Low risk; can stick behind the plate; bat has enough to hit down in the lineup.
Fantasy Future: Should hit for some average, with extra-base hit ability; lacks speed so won't be stolen base threat; unlikely to produce high OBP or over the fence power; maybe 10 HR.
The Year Ahead: Brantly will get to prove whether or not his run through the upper minors and the majors was a product of good fortune and a friendly sample size or a snapshot of what should be expected going forward. His chops behind the plate have improved, and he receives high marks for his ability to work with a pitching staff. His ability to crush right-handed pitching is a major plus, and with the improved receiving skills, could keep him in the lineup at a healthy clip. One source suggested Brantly might "only be a regular, but he'll play at the major-league level for the next 10 years."
Major league ETA: 2012
7. Austin Brice
What Happened in 2012: After two season at the complex level, Brice made the jump to full-season ball, making 19 starts and striking out 10 batters per every nine innings of work.
Strengths: Big arm strength; fastball is plus offering; works 91-95; has touched 97; thrown with good angle; curveball flashes plus; hard-breaking ball with good vertical dive; excellent size/present strength; room for arsenal growth
Weaknesses: Inconsistent mechanics; opens up; doesn't finish; tendency to cast the ball; still very much a thrower; command is well below-average at present; changeup is still underdeveloped.
Overall Future Potential: 6; no. 3 starter
Explanation of Risk: High risk; big gap between present and future; secondary arsenal needs refinement; command needs several-grade jump.
Fantasy Future: Electric arm that can miss bats (strikeouts), but command profile might always be shaky (walks/hits). Has the body to log innings.
The Year Ahead: Brice has legit stuff, but he needs to learn how to utilize that stuff in order to be effective. Both the fastball and the curve can miss bats, and the changeup will flash average potential, so the arsenal isn't an issue. Improvements in the delivery (consistency) and subsequent command will go a long way to elevate Brice's prospect star. He will make the jump to High-A in 2013, and could reach the Southern League at some point if the command takes a step forward.
Major league ETA: 2014
8. Avery Romero
What Happened in 2012: A few sources thought Romero had enough raw power to sneak into the first round, but he fell to the 3rd, where the Marlins signed the infielder to an above-slot bonus of $700,000.
Strengths: Baseball rat; big raw; easy plus power potential, with some going to 7; plus arm; will play at hot corner; hands/actions can play at second (present); strong and physical on both sides of the ball; short, quick stroke at the plate; shows some pitch recognition ability and offensive plan.
Weaknesses: Lacks quality defensive projection; below-average speed; limited range; lower-half movements can get stiff and clumsy; mixed opinion on hit tool/utility; issues with pitches on outer-third (limited plate coverage); raw power is only standout tool; difficult profile.
Overall Future Potential: 5; solid-average regular
Explanation of Risk: High risk; offensive profile is tied to power promise; limited defense value puts all the pressure on the stick; questions about hit tool.
Fantasy Future: Could be Dan Uggla type, with enough raw power to play despite holes in overall game.
The Year Ahead: Romero should make the jump to the full-season level, where better pitching has a chance to expose a hit tool that some think is a future plus weapon, while others think it will struggle to play at the highest level. A polarizing prospect, Romero's defensive home is also the subject of debate, with more than enough arm for third, but limited range at second base. With a strong core and almost thick lower-half, a move to catcher might enhance Romero's overall profile, which would no doubt make that power potential in his offensive game all the more attractive.
Major league ETA: 2015
9. Jake (J.T.) Realmuto
What Happened in 2012: Slow and steady, Realmuto climbed to the High-A level, where the focus on his defensive development was paramount to his production with the bat.
Strengths: Big time athlete; one of the best in the entire system; plus run; plus-plus arm; shows promising raw power; good catch/throw skills; improving footwork and receiving skills; took big developmental strides in 2012.
Weaknesses: Not a natural hitter; swing has some length; swing mechanics can get messy and unbalanced; power unlikely to play above-average; big struggles against right-handed pitching; still new to catching, so game calling and overall feel for the position need to improve.
Overall Future Potential: 5; second division starter
Explanation of Risk: High risk; needs big development on both sides of the ball; less-than 200 career games behind the plate.
Fantasy Future: Solid backstop with average bat and good secondary skills (pop/speed); well above-average speed for the position.
The Year Ahead: Developing quality defensive catchers often requires some offensive sacrifice, which was evident in 2012 and might continue in 2013. Realmuto doesn't have a high offensive ceiling, as his tool will be average at best and the power is unlikely to play at plus. But unlike most backstops, Realmuto is a premium athlete who can really run, which adds a dimension to his offensive game. As the defensive journey continues, the bat might stay in the shadows, but ultimately, the offensive utility is what will determine if Realmuto is a platoon type are a major-league regular.
Major league ETA: 2015
10. Marcell Ozuna
What Happened in 2012: Ozuna made the jump to the Florida State League, where his offensive production was nearly identical to the output from 2011 (Midwest League), which can either be viewed as encouraging or discouraging, depending on the source.
Strengths: Big raw power; projects to be plus-plus; already shows up in game action; arm is very strong; has the instincts and glove to handle center (present), but fits ideal right field profile; plus athlete; shows baseball IQ and excellent game awareness.
Weaknesses: Hit tool is big question mark; could limit power utility; swing gets long and leveraged; struggles with off-speed offerings; will expand zone; pitchers with a plan can get him out
Overall Future Potential: 5; second-division starter
Explanation of Risk: High risk; hit tool is below-average; pitch-recognition issues; needs multiple-grade jump to reach average; offensive game tied to power.
Fantasy Future: On paper, looks like a prototypical right fielder, with big raw power and a big arm. Hit tool will limit average and lead to big strikeout totals; speed and instincts should allow for some stolen bases.
The Year Ahead: Double-A is a make-or-break level for some young hitters, and the ones with suspect hit tools and aggressive approaches are usually the first to get exposed. Ozuna is more than just the promise of his raw power, as he is a good athlete who can play a little center field and projects to be a very good right fielder, with excellent range and a very big arm. But like most players, his destiny is in the hands of his bat, and if the hit tool can find a way to play, the impressive power and solid game speed could make him a second-division starter.
Major league ETA: 2014
Prospects on the Rise:
1. RHP Jose Urena: Projectable starter, with a loose arm and easy cheese, Urena was a late cut from the top 10 list. An immature secondary arsenal and a fastball that finds a lot of plate has allowed hitters to make steady contact, but a step forward with the slider or the change and the 21-year-old can jump up this list in 2013.
2. OF Jesus Solorzano: Four years of short-season ball can keep a player under the radar, but after a stellar New York-Penn League campaign in 2012, the 22-year-old Venezuelan is ready to take a big step forward next season. With a solid-average collection of tools and good all-around feel for the game, Solorzano is a name on the rise in the Marlins system.
3. RHP Mason Hope: Big arm strength on a prototypical starter's frame. Hope can pump his fastball in the low-90s and touch higher and spin a quality breaking ball (curve) that projects to be a true bat-missing weapon. High school right-handers from the state of Oklahoma must be the new market inefficiency. Hope isn't in the same class as Bundy or Bradley, but could develop into a mid-rotation horse.
Factors on the Farm (Prospects likely to contribute at the ML level in 2013
1. LHP Grant Dayton: A lefty reliever with two plus pitches (92-94 mph FB; hard slider) and good feel for execution , Dayton might only have 13 Double-A innings under his belt, but he's a good bet to contribute to the Marlins in 2013.
2. 3B Zack Cox: Remember this guy? It was only a year ago that Cox was a highly thought of prospect in the Cardinals system, ranked ahead of blue-chippers like Kolten Wong, Tyrell Jenkins, and Trevor Rosenthal (by some publications). After a dreadful 2012 season that saw him struggle at two levels and get traded to the Marlins for reliever Edward Mujica, Cox will look to regain his first-round form, and hope to challenge for playing time at the major-league level.
3. SS Adeiny Hechavarria: You won't find many shortstops that can match Hechavarria's wizardry with the glove, but with big holes that exist in his game exist in his bat, and they threaten to limit his overall potential. Because of his plus-plus profile at a premium position, the 23-year-old Cuban doesn't have to win batting title to stay in the lineup, but he does have to tighten his approach and make enough contact to avoid being labeled an empty wizard.
Top 10 Talents 25 And Under (born 4/1/87 or later)
The Marlins may have sold off a big chunk of last year's spending spree, but they still own one of the game's most exciting young players in Giancarlo Stanton. As quite possibly the best bet to pop 50 home runs in a given season, Stanton is an immense talent; one that can anchor a lineup and has the potential to be one of the game's elite players for a very long time. Jose Fernandez and Christian Yelich could be on their way to solidifying the core of the next contending Marlins team. Fernandez looks like a top-flight no. 2 starter in the making and Yelich should hold down the left-field slot opposite Stanton. Jacob Turner, Henderson Alvarez and Nathan Eovaldi look like potential third or fourth starters that should eat innings and keep the team in ball games behind Fernandez. Jake Marisnick and Justin Nicolino, while both new to the system, offer potential that is hard to ignore. Marisnick could reach the majors before the end of the 2013 season and Nicolino could move quickly as a polished lefty. Logan Morrison may be pushed aside as Yelich and Marisnick arrive in Miami, but he has a role on a major-league club. Heaney has enormous fans within the Marlins organization and he could be pushed aggressively to help create a very young and very talented rotation in the next couple of years. When you look at the list of young talent in, or poised to arrive in Miami, it makes you wonder if blowing things up and trading away veterans like Mark Buehrle, Jose Reyes and Heath Bell wasn't actually the right move for the long term competitiveness of the team. –Mark Anderson
A Parting Thought: It's hard to soothe the recent wounds inflicted on the Marlins fan base by selling them on a future hope, but the seeds of this organization are still quite strong, with high-impact talent sitting atop a list featuring quality depth.
Special thanks to Nick Faleris, Mark Anderson, Chris Mellen, and Hudson Belinsky for their input and influence on this list.
Jason Parks is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @ProfessorParks
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Eddie Bajek
AA Jacksonville is going to be downright loaded this year. I can't wait.
Nov 26, 2012 04:17 AM
That is a pretty nice 25-and-under group. But it wouldn't look nearly as good without Giancarlo.
Nov 26, 2012 04:43 AM
I wonder if the Marlins were offered David Phelps, Gary Sanchez, Eduardo Nunez and Jose Campos for Stanton, would that be enough for them to swing a deal. If not, what would sweeten the deal enough to do it?
Nov 26, 2012 06:05 AM
I wouldn't think so. That's not a very attractive package. If you want Stanton, it would take several blue-chip prospects, and possibly some young major league talent.
Nov 26, 2012 06:06 AM
I'm unconvinced that the Marlins would accept their free choice of any four Yankees prospects for Stanton. Most teams just don't have the pieces to deal for him.
Nov 26, 2012 06:12 AM
Hudson Belinsky
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I'm with Jason. Stanton is a special player with several years of team control at a very affordable rate. Any package for him would have to be insane.
Nov 26, 2012 06:25 AM
You could probably count on one hand the number of teams that have the top end, major league ready talent necessary to land Stanton. Only two really come to mind as being able to meet Stanton's price: Rangers (Profar and Olt) and Cardinals (Taveras and Miller). Basically, I think you'd be looking at a team having to have two top 10 prospects in all of baseball to offer the Marlins.
Nov 26, 2012 12:58 PM
Jeffrey Paternostro
I really just came for the empty wizard, but I do have a question now: What's keeping Fernandez from the vaunted ace ceiling right now? Is it more lack of current change or the command issues? And could he theoretically bump that ceiling up with some refinement in AA this year>
Nov 26, 2012 08:17 AM
Aces are extremely rare, and they usually posses either pinpoint command or multiple secondary offerings in the plus-plus range (or both). Fernandez is a hoss, but I don't think the changeup achieves that level of maturity. Of course, "Aces" don't exist in the minors. Aces can only appear at the major league level, when the on-the-field results achieve a high-standard over an extended period of time.
Nov 26, 2012 08:27 AM
Does that mean that you wouldn't project anyone as having an ace/#1 ceiling?
Nov 26, 2012 11:47 AM
Mark Anderson
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I won't speak for Jason, but any mention of "ace" or "#1" ceiling on a prospect is extremely rare in my own writing. That's rare air that I don't believe many prospects are capable of touching.
Nov 26, 2012 11:58 AM
I think a prospect would have to be Strasburg/Mark Prior level to have an Ace/#1 projection as a prospect.
Nov 26, 2012 13:02 PM
I don't actually consider them to be the same thing. It might seem confusing, but a pitcher can have all the characteristics of a number one starter but not be an "Ace." As I mentioned, Aces are created at the major league level through high-end performance and consistency. Justin Verlander entered major league baseball with a number one ceiling, but only through his consistent high-end performance did he emerge as an ace.
Nov 26, 2012 13:17 PM
This still seems a bit strange to me. So a player can come into baseball with a '#1' ceiling, which sounds like what most people define as an 'ace'. But to achieve the 'ace' status from Jason Parks, he needs to demonstrate consistency at that high level.
Jan 03, 2013 16:49 PM
Excellent work again, gents. I was curious if you had any thoughts on Adam Conley. I figured he would have been on the bubble for this list with the LH heavy fastball and plus change. Was the lack of dominating breaker the issue or were there other concerns? Thank you again.
Nov 26, 2012 15:16 PM
Nicolino sounds like Hamels, minus the velo. Hamels was VERY CH dependent until he developed the cutter. Hamels doesn't have a top notch FB, but the CH is so good, it makes the FB play up. Are there similarities?
Nov 26, 2012 17:55 PM
When you state "at present" or "present" is that implying the expectation is for that specific tool or skill set to fall off?
Nov 26, 2012 19:26 PM
Two things:
Nov 26, 2012 21:05 PM
This list kind of scares me. It has a higher concentration of 2013/14 arrivals and fewer 16/17 than the other teams so far. I'm not so worried about a Miami Youth Explosion in general, but if it happens sooner rather than later, that will only serve to reinforce to the Lorianites (and maybe others) that this extreme boom/bust cycle might be a valid way to operate a franchise.
Nov 27, 2012 09:43 AM
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