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|Anton from the Bronx asks:
Do you think its time for Jesus Montero to see pitching in High-A ball , or is he defensively too raw for the jump?
Ben Badler: Hello everyone. Heading off to see Wade Davis pitch for Durham tonight, so let's crank this out.
Ben Badler: Montero is still 18, so there's no need to rush him up to High-A. He can work on his defense anywhere—which, by the way, seems to be getting better—so just let him get a full season in Charleston and move him up next year, where he'll still probably be the youngest player in the Florida State League.
|Matt from Tampa asks:
I've heard it said that with Jeremy Cummings being added to the US team, it will leave a spot open for David Price. Do you see this happening, or will he get jumped straight to the Majors in the coming months?
Ben Badler: I can't see a scenario in which Tampa would let any of their good prospects play for Team USA, especially a player like Price would could help them in September and possibly the postseason.
|Chad from Connecticut asks:
Can you rank these 3 A's pitching prospects as far as ETA in MLB and performance when they arrive (Brett Anderson, Trevor Cahill, and Henry Rodriguez)?
Ben Badler: For expected value: Cahill, Anderson, Rodriguez. For ETA, I'd bump Anderson slightly ahead of Cahill because his command is more advanced.
|Brandon from Nashville, TN asks:
With David Freese (not a great prospect, but not doing too bad) blocking Allen Craig at 3B in AAA, would Craig be able to handle a move to 2B?
Ben Badler: He's a below-average runner with limited range, so I don't think he would make that move. But one manager in that league did call Craig the best defensive third baseman he's seen this year.
|Jorge V from Bronx, NY asks:
Would the Giants promote Tim Alderson to Double A already? He's pitching well above average for a 19 year old kid!
Ben Badler: Maybe at the very, very end of the season just to get a taste of Double-A, but he's in a good situation right now pitching in San Jose (on the West Coast near his home turf of Arizona), so they might be better off letting him spend a full pro season there rather sending him cross country to their Double-A affiliate in Connecticut
|Navin from Pasadena, CA asks:
How likely do you think Samardzija can sustain his play at anywhere near this level?
Ben Badler: Given his track record, I think it's unlikely
|Lorenzo from Springfield, MO asks:
Did Dopirak get consideration for your Blast From the Past section, and is there still hope for him to become the player the Cubs drafted back in 2002?
John Manuel: How could he not have, with six home runs in a week? I think I'm the only one in the chat who was on the editorial side when we put Dopirak on the cover of an issue as the Cubs' No. 1 prospect, and a couple of scouts I know were very wary of that ranking. He's always going to swing and miss a lot, and he's always going to have huge raw power. He's 24 now and raking playing in his hometown. I guess when he shows he can do it outside the FSL, I'll start to believe.
|Paul from Tallahassee, FL asks:
Nice to see Brandon Wood back in the groove. However, are you (and Angels' management) optimistic that he can perform like this in LA, or is he potential trade bait?
John Manuel: He's had some chances in LA. He just doesn't seem to be a Mike Scioscia type of player; this is a manager who hits Maicer Izturis three-hole and wins. Wood seems to be trade bait. I was mulling him over today and thought his best-case scenario career is a kind of Andruw Jones offense—lots of homers, OBP fluctuating with his batting average—mixed with decent defense at SS and 3B. He's just 23; he has value. Not sure which team would give him that chance, and the Angels' lead is so large in the AL West, they seem in no hurry to make a move. So right now, he's just insurance.
|Brian Daniels from on the road again.. asks:
Thanks for taking my question, Does Dexter Fowler's ability to take a walk really improve his prospect status? Is the anthesis of Jeff Francouer? Thanks again!
Ben Badler: Fowler shows a pretty good feel for the strike zone, which is impressive for a guy who has missed a lot of developmental time due to injuries. Some scouts still have questions about whether the power will come around, but with his frame, his youth and his command of the strike zone, I think that he'll at least hit for some moderate pop if not better. Lots to like there.
|Kyle from Tempe, AZ asks:
Triunfel's numbers haven't been spectacular this year, as his season has been a series of highs and lows, but how has he progressed as a player?
Ben Badler: Not too much. The Cal League is a pretty sweet place to hit, especially High Desert, where all of Triunfel's games were this week in his recent hot streak. There are a lot of question marks with him.
|jr from valencia,ca asks:
With Russel Martin entrenched as the Dodgers' cather for the next decade or so, who becomes his backup? Santana or Lucas May? who has the higher ceiling?
Ben Badler: May's had some defensive problems and his offensive game has dipped lately. Santana has the edge… obviously it's the Cal League so we're always a little hesitant, but he's always shown control of the strike zone, and his offensive game has taken a leap forward this year.
|Mr. Twinkee from MN asks:
The Twins have a seemingly weak farm system, as far as offensive potential goes, but perhaps some of their OF prospects could become MLB players…who out of this group could make the biggest impact: Revere, Parmelee, Benson, Morales, Hicks?
John Manuel: It's not the greatest system right now, I'd agree, but they've got a lot of recent grads in the big leagues (Slowey, Baker, Blackburn in the rotation, plus Span and Kubel contributing offensively). Revere has made the Twins look great in his debut season; most teams had him as a second- or third-rounder but he's hitting like a first-round guy. Benson got hurt in a car wreck, and he wasn't exactly tearing up the Midwest League in repeating that league. Big tools, but at some point, he needs to perform. I like Parmelee and his power but his inability to make consistent contact has to be a concern. A majority of teams (a slight one) seemed to like Hicks better on the mound because of some length to his swing and lack of power. He's all tooled up and having a great debut but he's clearly got a high ceiling. Angel Morales also has a great body and big tools but has 43 K's already in 100 at-bats. It's good to see his tools playing, as they didn't last year, but he's a ways away, as is Hicks. The guy you left out is Rene Tosoni, who skipped a level to high Class A this year but went down in May with a hand injury. He has the best hit tool out of all these guys, except perhaps Revere. His other tools also grade out as average; he's a guy.
|Steve from Maine asks:
Has Colby Rasmus stock dropped because he is injury prone? What type of numbers does he project to have in the majors?
Ben Badler: A player's inability to stay healthy is always a concern, but he's still one of the game's best prospects. Losing him was a huge blow to Team USA though. He still projects to put up high OBP, moderate to high slugging with good defense in center field.
|Austin Jackson from Trenton asks:
What does a brother have to do to get some love?
Ben Badler: Jackson was probably the last cut from the list. Travis Snider has a pretty good case, but Austin Jackson's right up there with him as the best prospect in the Eastern League right now. Snider's the better hitter, but I'm not sure Snider is going to be anything better than a below-average defensive left field, whereas Jackson will stick at a premium position in center.
|John from Pennsylvania asks:
Where would you rank Zach Mcallister amoung the yankees top 10 prospects assuming he would be up that far, and where do you believe he will fit in with the big league club?
John Manuel: He's clearly moving up, because they have had graduations, attrition, injuries . . . and because he's performed. He's a big-body guy who has taken a bit of time to adjust from being a sinker-slider guy in high school to a power pitcher with New York. He's still figuring out how to put guys away—his K rate at high Class A is quite modest. But he is showing control and he has velocity, so he's going to move up. I'm a fan of the profile of guys like him that have good stuff AND don't walk a lot of guys.
|Doug from Flushing asks:
Simple question(albeit a loaded one)- Vitters or Moustakas?
John Manuel: Moustakas, which I said last year. Vitters has a bum ankle right now and he's missed a little time. They have similar ceilings, Moose has more power and is a LH bat, giving him the edge, for me.
|Jason from Cedar City, Utah asks:
What are the Rays going to do at the trade dead line? Will Mitch Talbot be apart of any deals?
Ben Badler: I don't see the Rays making any big moves, mostly because they don't have to make any big moves. Maybe a complementary piece here or there, but it's not worth it for them to deal away any of their top 10 or so prospects. There are scouts in on Jeff Niemann right now. He's pitched well in Triple-A, but he is already 25 years old and there are still some command issues. Guys his size sometimes have different developmental timetables, so there are reasons for optimism with Niemann, but for the Rays he's probably expendable in the right deal.
|Anthony from Staten Island, NY asks:
Let's talk Mets prospects – With guys like Flores, Holt, Carp, Evans, Niese, Martinez, Havens, and Davis now in the system, where would you currently rank their system? Seems that they have a few high end talent guys in that group and some very serviceable players that could help the major league club. What's your thoughts?
John Manuel: I probably wouldn't rank it as high as you would. Carp and Evans still look like platoon guys to me; Havens hasn't played in the field yet, and might lose development time to that. I was never super sold on him anyway. I like HOlt more than most because of his fastball, and I'm an Ike Davis guy as well. Flores and Jefry Marte and some other of their young Latin guys are having nice years but are very far away. Niese and Murphy having success at Double-A, plus Eddie Kunz, those are good signs. Fernando Martinez generally staying healthy, good sign. But I don't see any of those guys as future stars, including Martinez. I think those are more solid regulars, and maybe Martinez mashes his way to an all-star game appearance here or there. But I don't see him as a star.
|Jake from KC asks:
What are you expecting out of Wade tonight?
Ben Badler: Something solid but not dominant, which has been how Davis has performed thus far. He's still one of the better pitching prospects in the minors, but I thought he would take off this year and he just hasn't done that. He looked excellent early in the season when I saw him pitch in Double-A, the fastball was plus with good command and his breaking ball was an out pitch, but the strikeouts are way down this year. Mostly I want to see if the stuff is still at the level it was at earlier in the year.
|Tony from Seattle asks:
Where do you see Wladimir Balentein's ceiling being in the major leagues? He looked terrible during his first stint.
Ben Badler: Guys who have trouble controlling the strike zone and adjusting to off-speed pitches sometimes have trouble adjusting as they move up a level, especially when that jump is to the big leagues. Balentien fits into that mold, so he's going to need a team to be patient with him. Luckily the Mariners are nowhere near contention, so they should give him the opportunity to develop against major league pitching. But I have no idea is they will.
|NatsFan from Nats Land asks:
Should I be hoping my team loses the rest of their games so we can get Strasburg or is Alex White a good enough consolation prize?
John Manuel: Strasburg's the class of the '09 draft but White is a legit option for sure. He's 96 mph with his fastball regularly and when he stays on top of his slider it's a heck of a second pitch. His split was big for him this year against LH hitters, so a team that doesn't like split-finger fastballs would probably shy away from him. I love him for the velo, the easy delivery and the athleticism and consider him a very solid consolation prize. But he's not Strasburg.
|SprungOnSports from Long Island asks:
Are the Cubs rushing Samardzija to the majors to justify his contract or can he really contribute down the stretch?
John Manuel: I honestly don't think so; have you seen what he's done in Triple-A? You may have heard, they haven't won jack in 100 years, so they'd like to, you know, win this year. That trumps the money they gave Samardzija, but he's going to their bullpen because they think he can contribute. Jim Callis reports that the Cubs have always believed a bit of improvement from his secondary stuff would go a long way toward making his hard, heavy sinker more effective. He just needs hitters to respect his offspeed stuff a bit, and that seems to be what's happening, a little improvement on the secondary stuff. Of course, out of the bullpen he could just come out blowing mid-90s sinkers and not worry about much else. We might get to see it today. I'm happy for the Cubs that it's working out.
|Jimmy from Chesapeake, VA asks:
Thanks for the chat. Is the A's trio of Cahill, Anderson and Gonzalez the best in the game. Where would Inoa fall among those three as a prospect?
Ben Badler: For trio of pitching prospects yes, just slightly edging out Price/Davis/Hellickson (or McGee), although Price is the best of that bunch. When Matusz takes the field the Orioles will be solid with Matusz, Tillman and Erbe, and the Giants are in the conversation too with Alderson/Bumgarner/Sosa.
|Matt from Tampa asks:
Apparantly you misunderstood my David Price question earlier. I wanted to know if he will get promoted to Durham now that Cummings' spot is vacant in their rotation, or is TB planning to jump him straight to the Majors instead?
Ben Badler: Ah, I see. I don't think Jeremy Cummings' absence is going to affect the Rays' plans for Price. The Rays' recent history has been to promote their pitching prospects one level at a time, including Triple-A, but they've also never been in a pennant race before, so they might just jump him straight to the big leagues.
|Jimmy from Roxbury, CT asks:
Hey any words on Evan Scribner who was traded to the Padres for Tony Clark
Ben Badler: Scribner played in the Pioneer League last year and almost made the league top 20 as a middle reliever with a good breaking ball. The Padres have a pretty good track record of finding useful bullpen parts on the cheap, so it's worth taking a shot on Scribner.
|Amin from Los Gatos asks:
How Close was Pablo Sandoval to making the list? And where does he rank amongst minor league catchers?
Ben Badler: Very frustrating with Sandoval, who could have ranked here, he just had an odd schedule. He has torn up the Eastern League, a very encouraging sign that he's doing it after leaving the Cal League. He just didn't get enough playing time this week, and then before that he missed time for the Futures Game and because the EL was off for its all-star game. His stock has moved up, but scouts have questions about his ability to stick behind the plate. He's enormous (he gave me a bear hug at the Futures Game and someone nearly had to send out a missing persons report for me). The power is very real, but he might end up moving to first base if he stays with San Francisco, especially with Buster Posey in the mix. They'll still give him every opportunity to stay behind the plate as long as he can though.
|Dave from Wisconsin asks:
What are Aaron Poreda's long-term prospects The ChiSox are reportedly dangling him in front of Oakland (along with Josh Fields) to get Jason Ducscherer? Should Poreda be untouchable?
Ben Badler: He looks like a reliever with a power sinker… that's definitely not untouchable. The arm slot is always going to inhibit the slider, and we've seen the adversity people predicted he would face as he's moved up the ladder.
|AL from NYC asks:
Interesting choice at #1 in Brandon Wood. Interesting because his teammate, Sean Rodriguez, is actually having the better season, despite being shuffled back and forth between LA and Salt Lake. He's also a month younger than Wood. I suppose you feel Wood's re-emergence is legit (as opposed to being a bi-product of playing in the hitter friendly PCL) since he's at #1. What about Rodriguez's re-emergence? Has he proven that he's a legit starting 2B prospect or does he still project as a utilty man in the bigs?
Ben Badler: Like we always say, the Hot Sheet is not a re-ranking of the top prospects in baseball. It's a look at which prospects have put up the best recent performances within the context of their environments, with emphasis on the last week's performances. So when Wood hits five home runs in a week and has an OPS .900 while playing shortstop, that's pretty good, whereas Rodriguez hit .182 this week. That's not a knock on Rodriguez, just the nature of the Hot Sheet. Wood's almost the anti-Angels prospect: a swing-and-miss guy, doesn't put the ball in play, doesn't steal much, etc., and that's not a common profile you see from any shortstop. Someone just needs to give him a chance to see regular big league pitching, and I have a feeling he might have to get that opportunity with another club.
|c.y.teng from malaysia asks:
Greetings from Malaysia……… Appreciate your assessment of these Oriole's pitchers – David Hernandez – Brad Bergesen – Jake Arrieta Is Wieters worthy of a Sept call up based on his progress so far? Thank you.
Ben Badler: Salutations from North Carolina… Arrieta's probably the best of that group with his power fastball, which can sit at 95-96 mph in one-inning stints. He's made some mechanical tweaks this season that have helped throw across his body a little less, but there's still some command issues there and I'm not sold on him. Bergesen and Hernandez are decent prospects to have in a farm system, Hernandez strikes more guys out with deception, a low-90s fastball, high-70s curve and a changeup, whereas Bergesen will keep the ball on the ground with his two-seamer.
|mike from durham asks:
Any thoughts on the season Andrew Lambo is having in the MWL?
Ben Badler: Excellent season, especially encouraging after tearing up the GCL a year ago. One of the best bats among prospects in that league, though he's probably a 30 runner and he's limited to a corner outfield position or first base.
|chrisg from BMB asks:
Hi, with the good week that Kila Kaaihue had was he in consideration to be on this list? If so, what kept him off?
Ben Badler: He got strong consideration and he's having a fantastic year. He's probably a guy who is getting a little overlooked, but he has tremendous plate discipline and his power stroke is emerging. He's 24, so he's a touch old for Double-A and he's going to have to have his bat carry him, but it's a promising skill set if he can prove it at a higher level.
|Tom from Des Peres asks:
Did Will Inman impress at the futures game, or did his non-normal delivery make people question his decent stats?
Ben Badler: I didn't realize—and I think a lot of scouts didn't realize—just how funky that delivery really was, and that's what most scouts who saw Inman that day likely will take away from that game about him.
|John from Wisconsin asks:
O's fan here. Appears the free fall has begun. Give me hope with some of the farm hand besides Weiter & Matusz.
Ben Badler: You didn't have any serious aspirations for big league contention this year, right? The Orioles were out of it from the start of the season, but their goal obviously (and finally) is to build a sustainable infrastructure of cost-controlled, homegrown talent for the future. They've slowly built up one of the better farm systems in the game now, adding elite prospects like Matusz, Wieters, Tillman and Jones all within the past year. If they have the patience to stick it out, the Orioles should be contenders a few years from now.
|Phil from Grand Rapids asks:
Why hasn't Chris Withrow, the dodgers 1st rounder last year, pitched yet this season?
Ben Badler: In spring training, Withrow grabbed a plastic snorkeling mask while he was on the beach. When he threw it, part of the mask cut his hand pretty bad. I'm not making that up, by the way. So that set him back, and then he went through a bit of a dead arm period too.
|ben bowman from toronto, canada asks:
Hi, thanks for the chat. How high is Arencibia's ceiling? His power and contact seem great, but he's not walking at all at AA. Is this a concern for his performance at higher levels?
Ben Badler: Players (at least major leaguers) in the aggregate tend to walk more as they age, so sometimes a guy who needs a little more patience but who also has excellent bat control or power can learn to take a little bit of a better approach and see marked improvements in his offensive output. But when you see he's not walking at all in AA, that's almost literally true: one walk in 38 games. How is that even possible? That's definitely a concern going forward, but the power is clearly there.
|David E. from Athens, Ga asks:
Can we start talking about Jason Heyward the 1b instead of Jason Heyward the LF? Am i the only one who questions how that body can stay in the left field once its done maturing?
Ben Badler: His speed is a tick above-average, his arm is plus and he has feel for the outfield, so I don't see why he wouldn't stick in right field.
|Corey from Toledo, OH asks:
Matusz, Tillman and Erbe? You would take Erbe over Arrieta???
Ben Badler: I'm probably in the minority opinion on that one, but yes, I'd take Erbe over Arrieta. Erbe's a year and a half younger than Arrieta and they're both at the same level. I already touched a little on Arrieta earlier, but Erbe's a guy who's in the mid-90s and there's good reports on his slider. Maybe he ends up in the bullpen, but he's got plenty of talent and his control is already better than Arrieta's.
|Doug from Flushing asks:
What's the story on Gamel- he's been slumping a bit this past month. Has he been exposed without Laporta or just hitting a slump?
Ben Badler: Gamel's production at the plate almost certainly has nothing to do with LaPorta. He gets visibly frustrated with himself when he has a stretch of below-average offensive performance, but he's still an excellent hitter with a quiet, balanced stance. I saw him play yesterday, and while I won't go call him a good defender, he made several very good defensive plays last night. He made one catch while running into foul territory over his shoulder and snared a couple of other short hops. He's not the smoothest over there—remember, third base is where a lot of former shortstops play in the big leagues, and it's an underrated position in terms of defensive difficult—but it was nice to see him have a good game defensively over there.
|jon E blaze from columbus, oh asks:
When can I expect the following prospects to hit the MLB scene: David Price, Matt LaPorta, Mat Gamel?
Ben Badler: Price in September, while Gamel and LaPorta will likely be up next year just after their service clocks are delayed long enough to keep them away from arbitration for an extra year.
|Clooch from Phoenix asks:
What's Franklin Morales' problem?
Ben Badler: Lack of control and mechanics that make me think that control might never materialize, at least as a starter.
|Louie from Park City asks:
After the Olympics are through, will the US players report back to their respective minor league teams to finish the season—always been curious about that!
Ben Badler: The Olympics are in August and the minor league season concludes at the end of August, so they won't play in the minors at the end of the season. Some of them will probably play in the Arizona Fall League though to get some more reps.
|Dave from Florida asks:
Michael Stanton's power numbers are impressive for someone so young. Do you think he will be a solid pro or are the strikeouts a concern?
Ben Badler: Everything you said is right. I think he's a great prospect, I talked to a scout who was enamored with him, but the strikeouts are a problem. When you're a power hitter like Stanton though—and he has HUGE power, especially for someone so young—it's less of a concern.
|Manny from Guayaquil, Ecuador asks:
who do you think will be the best 3 baseman between, Dominguez(Florida) , Rowell(baltimore) or Hodges(cleveland). Thanks
Ben Badler: Dominguez should be the best with his run production/prevention combination, although Hodges is growing on me and should at least be a solid big leaguer.
|Antonio from Whittier, CA asks:
I wasn't aware of the season Austin Gallagher was having. Any chance he'll be the future at third base for the Dodgers insead of Blake DeWitt or Andy LaRoche?
Ben Badler: Gallagher got a late start to the season, so he sneaked up on people a little bit. I think LaRoche is or at least should be their future at third base, while scouts don't seem to think that Gallagher will stick at third base.
|willy from pitt asks:
Where are the player pictures on the Hot Sheet?
Ben Badler: Some technical malfunctions. We expect them to be back next week.
|Thadeus Young from Providence, RI asks:
Do you ever see Matt Harrison being an effective MLB starter? A No. 4 or 5, maybe? He has excellent control and limits good hard contact (well, at least he did in the minors). Also, how much more will the Red Sox regret the Gagne trade once Beltre reaches the majors?
Ben Badler: I'm very skeptical on Harrison… No. 4 or 5 sounds about right for me. In retrospect I'm sure the Red Sox would like to have Beltre back, but while he's loaded with tools, he also has a long, long way to go in terms of approach.
|Tim Collins from Lansing asks:
What do I have to do to get someone's attention?
Ben Badler: You got JJ Cooper's attention, and JJ has plenty to do around here at BA, so that's a pretty good accomplishment! http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=1402
|Jason from Pittsburgh asks:
Earlier someone asked a question about whether or not Sean Rodriguez has really established himself as a very good 2B prospect this year. You answered the question but didn't respond to that part of it… can you? How legit is Sean Rodriguez?
Ben Badler: I hate doing that… answering a question, and then not answering a question! That must be annoying. I think Rodriguez is doing a better job putting the ball in play, which was a problem last year. I'm skeptical (but of course I always am!) of whether it's true improvement because he hasn't had that many at-bats this season, but like Wood he deserves regular time to develop at the big league level.
Ben Badler: I'm heading off to watch Wade Davis pitch for Durham, but I'll leave you with this: IBAF (the International Baseball Federation) has instituted a new rule this year for extra-inning games in the Olympics. Starting in the 11th inning and continuing into perpetuity if the game remains tied, teams will begin the inning with runners on first and second base. That's just what baseball needs, right? An injection of the Arena Football League? Aren't extra innings (at least once you've gotten that far) about as fun and compelling of a thing you can see in baseball already? Does IBAF just want to artificially inflate the leverage index in these games? This baffles me.
Ben Badler: Olympic ramblings aside, thanks again for all the great questions. We'll be back here again next week, so enjoy the weekend!


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2 March 2002
Hidden nuclear costs
A RECOMMENDATION that the estimated price of electricity from new nuclear
power stations should include the costs of possible accidents was removed from
the British government's energy review before it was published.
Critics claim that the review, chaired by the pro-nuclear energy minister
Brian Wilson, was doctored to make it more sympathetic to the nuclear industry.
"Someone has tried to squash the insurance issue, and it raises a lot of
questions about the review process," says Jon Gibbins of Imperial College
London, who has been researching nuclear insurance. The allegation is due to be
investigated by the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee.
Britain's nuclear operators are currently responsible only for the first
£140 million of any damage arising from an accident. If the costs are
greater, the government has to foot the bill. In the US, nuclear companies have
to pay the first $9 billion of damages.
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RANCHO SANTA FE ---- An Escondido woman died over the weekend after the driver of the motorcycle she was riding veered off of the road and crashed, authorities said Sunday.
The woman, whose name was not released, was 49 years old, according to a California Highway Patrol statement.
Authorities suspected alcohol was involved in the crash, the statement said.
About 10:25 p.m. Saturday night, William Jimenez, 58, of Escondido was driving his 2009 Harley-Davidson three-wheeled motorcycle in the 10800 block of Via De Fortuna, the statement said. The woman was his passenger.
The motorcycle veered off of the road and crashed into several trees and a fence, the statement said. Jimenez was taken to Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla for treatment of major injuries.
The crash remained under investigation, the statement said.


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Amries Grace
June 2, 2016 · Public
so i started learning python recently and i have this assignment that i've been struggling with.:
Create a function manipulate_data that does the following
Accepts as the first parameter a string specifying the data structure to be used "list", "set" or "dictionary"
Accepts as the second parameter the data to be manipulated based on the data structure specified e.g [1, 4, 9, 16, 25] for a list data structure
Based off the first parameter
return the reverse of a list or
add items `"ANDELA"`, `"TIA"` and `"AFRICA"` to the set and return the resulting set
return the keys of a dictionary.
Any help will be graetly appreciated


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Written on: 14/06/2013
I have the most simple case: iPhone 3GS locked for AT&T. It took 2 days to unlock it. For that I've paid 30GBP which is a reasonable price in the case.
The phone is indeed unlocked now. I was able to update it from iOS 5.1.1 (jailbroken and unlocked) to iOS 6.1.3 (not jailbroken, not locked) with iTunes without an issue.
The guys are not scummers for sure - they do their business. I can't say for everybody else but for me it worked flawless.


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Cassandra Lieurance of Escondido came in 5,428,173 votes behind Gov.-elect Jerry Brown.
Yet, Lieurance is celebrating her showing, particularly since 285 voters took the time and interest to write her name on the ballot — and spell it correctly, too.
California's secretary of state on Friday released the final official election results, which included 272 votes for Lieurance in San Diego County.
Among write-ins, Lieurance won in a landslide. The next closest candidate received 43 votes statewide.
"I was surprised — happily," said Lieurance, who is married and has a daughter. "I spent no money. I just had a door-door and Facebook campaign."
The best part, Lieurance said, was "I got to meet a lot of people. There are a lot of different viewpoints. People are frustrated that things always stay the same whether it's a Republican or a Democrat running the show."
Lieurance said she plans to lower her sights, perhaps drawing on the experience to run for Escondido City Council should incumbent Olga Diaz decide not to seek re-election in 2012.
Lieurance said she mounted her write-in campaign just before Halloween out of frustration with politics as usual.
"Politics is so dirty," Lieurance said. "I don't see how it's going to get fixed unless regular people take the initiative and start running."
California requires accurate spellings for write-in votes to count, making it even more of a challenge for those like Lieurance.


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The Black and White Version of Max Max: Fury Road Will Be Released Dec. 6
December 6. Mark it down. That's when Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is releasing the long-rumored, and previously only internationally available, "Black and Chrome" version of Mad Max: Fury Road. And that's not all: the company is releasing the whole franchise in one box set.


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Compact, Maneuverable Excavator
Zero tail swing for excellent maneuverablilty
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Friday, May 22, 2009 | 1:59 a.m.
Sun Archives
- FBI probe in '94 mars candidacy (5-15-09)
- NLV mayoral hopeful playing trick, police union says (5-8-2009)
- Commissioner throws weight behind Robinson (5-8-2009)
- NLV Police: Mayoral candidate Robinson is deceiving voters (5-5-2009)
- NLV mayor race a clash of generations (4-28-2009)
North Las Vegas voters are returning to the polls to choose their next mayor.
After 12 years, Mayor Michael Montandon is being forced out because of term limits. During his tenure, Montandon oversaw unprecedented growth in the city as the population swelled from 91,000 to about 217,000.
The two candidates vying to replace him oversaw the growth, too. William Robinson has served on the City Council since 1983. His opponent, Shari Buck, has been on the council since 1999.
Both candidates have name recognition and are longtime residents. They both say the economy and crime are priorities they would address as mayor. But that's pretty much where the similarities end.
The race is nonpartisan though Buck, 46, ran as a Republican in 2004 for the County Commission and Robinson, 69, has stated he's a Democrat.
The two have disagreed recently at City Council meetings on the performance of City Manager Gregory Rose.
Robinson criticized Rose for not being able to hammer out a contract quickly enough between the city and Teamsters Union Local 14 while Buck praised Rose for his efforts to cut nearly $17 million from next year's budget.
The union has backed Robinson.
Robinson has said the city should delay its plans for a new city hall and wastewater treatment facility until the economy improves. Buck said the city projects are bonded already and would create construction jobs.
The outcome of the election likely will be determined by which candidate can better mobilize his or her supporters to vote, said Kenneth Fernandez, assistant professor in the UNLV Political Science Department.
"In many cases, it's going to come down to media reports. It's going to come down to a particular vote on a controversial issue and race and gender may pop up," he said. "You don't have that label Democrat or Republican that says so much in many cases about social, political and economic issues. These other things end up being weighed more heavily in a non-partisan election."
Voters on the fence won't have a chance to hear the candidates debate — none are scheduled. And while Buck has conducted media interviews, Robinson has turned down such opportunities. Robinson did not return messages left through his campaign manager seeking an interview for this story.
But Robinson has been reelected six times, which shows he knows how to motivate his supporters to vote.
Early voting for the June 2 general election is under way and continues through May 29.
In the April 7 primary, Buck received 2,737 votes or 30.63 percent of the total number cast, and Robinson garnered 2,702 votes for 30.24 percent. Turnout is usually 10 to 15 percent and this year will likely be similar, because it is non-partisan election and there are not state or federal offices on the ballot, Fernandez said.
"The only people who turn out are people who have already made up their mind and know exactly why they're voting for Robinson or Buck," he said. "There's not going to be a lot of marginal voters."
A recent news report that Robinson was the subject of an FBI corruption investigation in the mid-1990s also probably won't change many voters' minds, Fernandez said, because it didn't result in any charges filed.
Robinson said in a statement read on the May 8 episode of "Face to Face with Jon Ralston" that the revelations were "dirty tactics of my opponent" and denied any wrongdoing.
Robinson also faces opposition from the city's police union. The union backs Buck, the daughter of former Police Chief Jim Avance.
The North Las Vegas Police Officers Association filed an ethics complaint with the state Elections Division regarding an endorsement included in his campaign material.
Robinson is endorsed by the North Las Vegas Police Officers PAC — a political action committee that uses a symbol that bares a resemblance to the North Las Vegas Police Department badge.
The union claims he's deceiving voters.
Robinson's campaign manager, Jim Ferrence, previously told The Las Vegas Sun that some officers do support Robinson and that the mailers are legitimate.
The union filed its complaint under the Fair Campaign Practices Act, which governs financial violations but not endorsements. Secretary of State Elections Deputy Matt Griffin said his office does not have the statutory authority to investigate the complaint.
Buck, meanwhile, said she's met more than 9,000 voters face to face and pushed her plans of economic growth and fighting crime.
"People really need to realize how local government affects them and how important this particular election is because of the vast difference between me and my opponent," she said. "It's going to make a huge difference in the future of this city."
She favors luring businesses to the Apex/Kapex industrial area with incentives to make it cheaper for them to relocate to the city.
She also supports the More Cops Sales Tax Initiative and community policing in which officers assigned to particular neighborhoods become more familiar with the residents, partly by attending neighborhood meetings.
As mayor, Buck said she would help residents facing foreclosure to receive assistance in modifying or refinancing their loans.
Regardless of which candidate wins, he or she will have to work with the other for two more years on the council. Both are term-limited and have two years remaining on their final incumbency.
The council will appoint someone to serve out the term of the candidate who becomes mayor.
Buck said she and Robinson have always been cordial and expects they will remain professional to each other during the next two years.


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Sharon Tate Ring Sells for $21K 42 Years After Murder (VIDEO)
An engagement ring given to Sharon Tate before the Manson family murder in 1969 has been auctioned off for an unexpected sum.
The ring was said to have been given to Tate, an American actress, by French director Roman Polanski, as a symbol of their love. It was later under controversy after Sharon Tate's sister insisted that it was only a symbol, and not an engagement ring.
The ring was not on Sharon's finger after the murder and was reportedly given to a friend instead. The friend later said that the ring had been stolen. The auction site has provided a paper signed by Polanski to verify it as Tate's engagement ring.
Tate's sister described the auction as "disgusting," and said "42 years after and once again, the only thing that comes to mind is her death. I see it as re-victimizing the victim."
Sharon Tate's murder became infamous due to its connection with the Manson family, a controversial group of followers led by Charles Manson in the 1960's.
Tate was eight months pregnant at the time of the murder. She was in the company of four friends at the time, all who were stabbed multiple times.
The ring was put up for auction by GottaHaveRockandRoll.com at a starting price of $10,000, with the final sale at $21,260.


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(Updated with Prasanna's note – I have personally used cheergirl reference in few tweets. I was castigated by a dear friend . She pointed out that word carries a pejorative connotation. I have tried to avoid such terms after that . This post is not an editorial but anguished feedback from a reader. At a larger level, venom and vitriol on social media is not a phenomenon confined to folks with any particular ideology/party affiliations. )
Recently on twitter an anonymous handle conducted a poll asking to vote for their favorite NaMo 'Cheergirl'. The handle has the display picture (DP) of a lady, so assuming the person behind the account is a female; it is ironical that an educated woman calls her fellow beings 'cheergirls'. Cheergirls by definition are young girls who dance a routine before the start or in the middle of a football game and are a common phenomenon in USA and Canada. Many women choose to pursue a career in cheer leading in the USA and Dallas Cowboys' cheerleading squad is well known for well toned beautiful girls doing a no-fault routine. Despite this professional approach in general even in the USA cheerleading is considered as a way to sex-up the game and bring in more crowds. It is a subtle way of demeaning and objectifying women.
In India, using cheerleaders for games is still in its nascent stage and IPL is probably the only game where one may see the cheergirls routine. Cheergirls, in India, are perceived as low intelligence girls who wish to earn money by being objectified. To call a woman 'cheergirl' who is not a necessarily a professional cheerleader is an insult to the lady.
The women mentioned in the twitpoll are all working professionals, women who work in the legit industries such as health care, petrochemical or communications. They provide the same services as men do in these sectors. To name them as Cheerleaders is despicable and insulting not just to the women mentioned in the poll but to all women in general. The poll link was lauded and retweeted by most of the usual suspects who are biased towards Congress.
For a party that is headed by a woman and who gave India's first woman Prime Minister as well as the President to stoop to such low levels of decency and misogyny speaks of the decay and rot set in the party. Is insulting a woman's intelligence or calling her names and reducing the debate to ad hominem the only way to undermine her sane arguments? Is it because the Congress lackeys lack intelligence or because they cannot find any thought provoking retort to undermine the influence of the women supporting Modi?
Such misogynistic behavior is not necessarily observed only on social media. A few months ago main-stream-media( MSM) too had published articles describing leading young female politicians and vocal supporters of Modi as HIS women and his 'cheergirls' . The same MSM that addresses Sonia Gandhi as Sonia or Madam feels it is okay to call women who support Name for his work and vision as some bimbette. A cursory research shows that MSM has never done any article on the young men who support Sonia Gandhi's leadership or called them HER men, in fact if anything they are called as 'young Turks'. Why? Is it because she doesn't have any male supporters or because they would not dare do a piece with such derogatory language?
A one time snide remark by Modi on the sweat equity deal of Shashi Tharoor and his then girl friend drew ire from the MSM followed by reams of op-eds and hours of interviews of the lady. The bias of MSM is clearly evident who thought it was okay to spend time on a remark which was more about the corruption and habit of rewarding it with plum posts adopted by Congress high command rather than a direct comment on the lady herself.
Contrast the hour long interview done by Sagarika Ghose of Sunanda Tharoor in wake of the '50-crore girlfriend' remark with the silent treatment meted out by the same media to Smriti Irani who was insulted in the most vile way by Sanjay Nirupam on national television. Neither was there any strong condemnation nor was any sound bites dedicated on prime time on the outright baseless character assassination by Nirupam.
Media treatment of right wing women and specially those who publicly support Narendra Modi is a telling example of the misogyny that exists in the country. MSM spent disproportionate amount of time disparaging Honey Singh's lyrics and worked overtime to ensure a ban on his songs was put in place. The media and liberals who cry over the treatment of women and VAW in the society think it is okay if a Congress worker like Amaresh Misra openly threatens women supporters with rape and murder in social media. Does the MSM believe such selective crying is going to reduce the atrocities against women or is there a perverse belief that right wing women or female NaMo supporters deserve such treatment for their choices?
A reminder to the MSM and left-liberals who love to constantly draw comparisons for every situation of India with USA, recently, President Obama had to apologize for calling Kamala Harris an excellent attorney as well as a good looking woman. An innocuous comment lauding her skills as well as her looks was not looked upon as encouraging by the rest of the country, especially the feminists on both sides of the aisle. (Read here)
The battle lines for Election 2014 were long drawn but they are becoming more vicious, especially for the right-wing women supporters. It is clear that they should strap on their boots, be prepared for vicious attacks and ad hominem from the other side even if they are ordinary citizens. Call out the attacks but don't indulge in similar tactics.


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Jurickson Profar, the top prospect in baseball, will skip the World Baseball Classic to remain in Rangers camp so that he can attempt to make the Opening Day roster.
General manager Jon Daniels confirmed the news, first reported by a Boston radio station, that Profar will not play for the Netherlands. Profar, from the Dutch island territory of Curacao, had already left the clubhouse and won't be available for comment until later in the day.
"Jurickson has decided to stay in camp with use and not participate in the WBC," Daniels said. "It was a unique situation and a tough situation for him. We left that decision up to him. He communicated to us that he wants to put himself in the best situation to make the club.
"We're going to let that play out over the course of the spring. He understands that he's completing for a bench role and that it would have to be more than a traditional bench role."
Daniels said that Beltre suffered a minor injury to his right calf a few days ago and decided to skip first-round games with the Dominican Republic. Daniels stressed that the injury is so minor that Beltre is not restricted in any way, but he is using an "abundance of caution" in skipping the first round.
Beltre will consider playing if the Dominican team advances.
"He's going to take it slow," Daniels said. "He's able to do everything. He occasionally feels it after the end of a long run. ... I think we'll take it easy with him early on. The big thing is getting him ready for the season."
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About $70,000 worth of the stuff was stolen from a farm in LeRoy, located in southern Minnesota. Daniel Weness reported Tuesday that the storage canister containing vials of bull semen was taken from his milking barn, which was unlocked. Weness, a fourth-generation farmer, had two tanks, but the thief only swiped one.
People rarely lock their doors and everyone knows their neighbors in Weness' community, but he says his trusting ways are about to change. The theft happened sometime between April 1 and April 7. He said the only time he and a farmhand were away from the farm was on Easter Sunday. The canister itself is worth about $500, while each vial is worth anywhere from $300 to $1,500. Police do not have any leads at this time, but at one point, Weness was considered a suspect, and said he was accused of insurance fraud.
"Until they called my insurance company and found out I had it insured for $500 or $600 dollars," he said.
Officials have not ruled out the possibility that this could be a prank, too.
As for that expensive price tag, Weness said some bull semen is simply better than other bull semen. The resale value on eBay or Craigslist can be quite high. (On eBay, prices range from $150 to $1,500.)
"If you bring it back, no questions asked, drop it off and drive away," he said.
Mower County sheriff's officials said this is a felony-level theft due to the high dollar value. They expect to announce a reward for the bull semen's return in the next few days.


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12th Annual 'InStyle' Summer Soiree: The Best Dressed Celebs
When InStyle magazine's editor, Ariel Foxman has a party in Los Angeles, all of young Hollywood comes out to play. Last night, the fashion publication held their 12th Annual Summer Soiree at the Mondrian Los Angeles where we spotted actors, models and tastemakers.
Among the many attendees, we eye'd specific celebs who made great style choices.
See them all below and on the next pages:
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Camilla Luddington
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Jesse Metcalfe and his girlfriend, Cara Santana in Herve Leger.


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Penny Auctions are Unpredictable
I study an auction format called penny auctions. In these auctions, every bid increases the price by a small amount, but it is costly to place a bid. The auction ends if more than some predetermined amount of time has passed since the last bid. Outcomes of real penny auctions are surprising: even selling cash can give the seller an order of magnitude higher or lower revenue than the nominal value. Sometimes the winner of the auction pays very little compared to many of the losers at the same auction. The unexpected outcomes have led to the accusations that the penny auction sites are either scams or gambling or both. I propose a tractable model of penny auctions and show that the high variance of outcomes is a property of the auction format. Even absent of any randomization, the equilibria in penny auctions are close to lotteries from the buyers' perspective.
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- Gallice Andrea, 2016.
"Price Reveal Auctions,"
The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics,
De Gruyter, vol. 16(2), pages 485-514, June.
- Andrea Gallice, 2012. "Price Reveal Auctions," Working papers 015, Department of Economics and Statistics (Dipartimento di Scienze Economico-Sociali e Matematico-Statistiche), University of Torino.
- Andrea Gallice, 2015. "Price Reveal Auctions," Carlo Alberto Notebooks 437, Collegio Carlo Alberto.
- Brennan C. Platt & Joseph Price & Henry Tappen, 2010. "Pay-to-Bid Auctions," NBER Working Papers 15695, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Dan Kovenock & Michael R. Baye & Casper G. de Vries, 1996. "The all-pay auction with complete information (*)," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 8(2), pages 291-305.
- Baye, M. & Kovenock, D. & de Vries, C., 1990. "The All-Pay Auction with Complete Information," Discussion Paper 1990-51, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research.
- Michael R. Baye & Dan Kovenock & Casper De Vries, 1995. "The All-pay Auction with Complete Information," CESifo Working Paper Series 90, CESifo Group Munich.
- Kovenock, D. & de Vries, C.G., 1995. "The All-Pay Auction with Complete Information," UFAE and IAE Working Papers 311.95, Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica (UAB) and Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (CSIC).
- Baye, M.R. & Kovenock, D. & De Varies, C.G., 1990. "The All-Pay Auction With Complete Information," Papers 9051, Tilburg - Center for Economic Research.
- Baye, M.R. & Kovenock, D. & De Vries, C., 1992. "The All-Pay Auction with Complete Information," Papers 8-92-1, Pennsylvania State - Department of Economics.
- Baye, M.R. & Kovenock, D. & De Vries, C.G., 1991. "The All-Pay Auction With Complete Information," Purdue University Economics Working Papers 1007, Purdue University, Department of Economics.
- Di Gaetano, Luigi, 2011. "A model of descending auction with hidden starting price and endogenous price decrease," MPRA Paper 35773, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Jacob K. Goeree & Emiel Maasland & Sander Onderstal & John L. Turner, 2005. "How (Not) to Raise Money," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 113(4), pages 897-926, August.
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Knoppix, GRUB to GRUB2, boot by UUID, stuck at kernel panic
I've installed Knoppix 7.0.4 on pedrive. It boots fine with default GRUB (0.97). I want to boot the system in situations where there are no extra ata/sata drives (as it works after install) and if a drive is left attached. In that case I get kernel panic. I've read somewhere that booting by UUID may help but in GRUB2. I updated my installation to GRUB2. No I have GRUB menu and chained GRUB2 menu. Original boot works with pendrive only. From GRUB2 entries none boots. I get message:
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0).
I've struggled with this for a few days now and seems reached timeout on digging this without help.
Anyone could route me to set this up correctly?
Some parts of setup
# df -T
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs rootfs 6663664 2222080 4441584 34% /
/dev/root reiserfs 6663664 2222080 4441584 34% /
tmpfs tmpfs 2097152 8 2097144 1% /tmp
udev tmpfs 20480 4 20476 1% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 2097152 0 2097152 0% /dev/shm
# ll /dev/disk/by-uuid/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 19 19:39 7265a1af-9120-4bea-a824-2f884e9fe30c -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Oct 19 19:39 b53f110b-a202-45d0-ac7a-ac6615507484 -> ../../zram0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Oct 19 19:39 ebca161b-33b0-4a6e-9c9c-cc5d1868f6ca -> ../../sda2
menuentry 'Knoppix' {
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod reiserfs
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid ebca161b-33b0-4a6e-9c9c-cc5d1868f6ca --set root
echo 'Loading Linux 3.4.9 ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.4.9 root=UUID=ebca161b-33b0-4a6e-9c9c-cc5d1868f6ca ro quiet
You don't have a set root= line in your sample entry at the bottom of the post. It would be helpful if you indicated which distribution of Linux you have with Grub2. Did you do an update-grub from that distribution with the Knoppix pendrive attached? No positive results? I understand you want to have the Knoppix entry on your main Grub menu when you boot from it as well as being able to boot from the pendrive, is that correct? If you don't resolve this, you might try googling "bootinfoscript" and downloading, running the script and looking at the output or posting it here as it will provide substantial details on your drives/partitions and boot files to get some help.
I updated grub using info found here:
grub updated correctly.
regarding set root: look at this topic:
entry posted: by viking777 on Sun Dec 27, 2009 7:01 am
set root
I want my system to 1stly boot correctly with grub2. Secondly, I want it to be able to boot if there are additional ata/sata drives put (logically they are considered 1st before USB disks).
Old grub results:
- os pendirve is single - boots fine
- os pendrive + other pendrive - kernel panic
- os pendirive + other HDD - kernel panic
New grub: kernel panic always.
by the way shouldn't my /dev/sdx appear in df?
Anyone? I'm sure somebody came through this already.
Ok, creating initrd.img and setting kernels root= with UUID did the trick on GRUB 0.97 :-)
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text: At work today there was a beautiful golden retriever female (looked just like Dixie!). The person who brought her in apparently had got her from a shelter, and didn't know anything about her previous owners. The poor dog had this huge scab on her nose, and her front paws were declawed! Why in the world would anyone remove the nails off of a dog? That's ridiculous! Poor dog! Such a sweetheart too, just full of wiggles, hehe.


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Animal Species:Bluehead Wrasse, Thalassoma amblycephalum (Bleeker, 1856)
The Bluehead Wrasse changes colour as it grows. Juveniles and adults look very different.
Standard Common Name
Bluehead Wrasse
Alternative Name/s
Bluntheaded Wrasse, Two-tone Wrasse, Paddle-fin Wrasse
The Bluehead Wrasse is an elongate species with a small mouth. There is a pair of canines at the front of both jaws. These are followed posteriorly by progressively smaller conical teeth. The caudal fin is truncate to emarginate becoming lunate in older males.
Initial phase fish are greenish to brownish above, and white below. They have a broad dark stripe along the side of the body. Terminal phase males have a bluish head followed posteriorly by a broad pale band in the pectoral region. The body is reddish with vertical green lines.
Size range
The species grows to 16 cm in length.
The species occurs in tropical marine waters of the Indo-West and Central Pacific.
In Australia it is known from south-western to north-western Western Australia, and from the northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, south to southern New South Wales.
The map below shows the Australian distribution of the species based on public sightings and specimens in Australian Museums. Click on the map for detailed information. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Distribution by collection data
Ozcam map of Bluehead Wrasse specimens in the Australian Museum.
Feeding and Diet
It eats zooplankton.
- Species:
- amblycephalum
- Genus:
- Thalassoma
- Family:
- Labridae
- Order:
- Perciformes
- Class:
- Actinopterygii
- Subphylum:
- Vertebrata
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Allen, G.R. 1997. Marine Fishes of Tropical Australia and South-east Asia. Western Australian Museum. Pp. 292.
- Hutchins, B. & R. Swainston. 1986. Sea Fishes of Southern Australia. Complete Field Guide for Anglers and Divers. Swainston Publishing. Pp. 180.
- Kuiter, R.H. 2000. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Gary Allen. Pp. 437.
- Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & R.C. Steene. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Crawford House Press. Pp. 557.
Mark McGrouther , Collection Manager, Ichthyology
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Tags fishes, ichthyology, Bluehead Wrasse, Thalassoma amblycephalum, Labridae, blue, yellow, green, red, pink, purple, long and skinny, 10 cm - 30 cm, stripes or bands, marine, adult,


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Maynard: Assabet Village Food Co-op information meeting
Maynard – An Assabet Village Food Co-op information meeting will be taking place Thursday, Aug. 14, at 7 p.m., at the Maynard Public Library, 77 Nason St. Are you interested in food? Is healthy food access important to you? Do you like to support local businesses? Then come learn more about the Assabet Village Food Cooperative.
The Assabet Village Food Co-op will hold an open meeting to provide more information about the initiative, how a co-op will support the local economy and community, and how you can get involved. Come hear about what has been done so far, what comes next, and more. Questions preceding the event, please email to email@example.com or go to www.assabetvillagecoop.com/.
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Getting Beyond Library Assessment Fatigue: or how SEO taught me to stop whining and love the dataPosted: July 22, 2013 | Author: Nicholas Schiller | Filed under: library | 4 Comments »
This post is a bit of a thought-experiment. It grew out of a conversation I had with a colleague about something I like to call "assessment fatigue." I believe we need quality assessment, but I also get extremely tired of hearing the assessment fad everywhere. My fatigue with assessment-speak has been making it difficult to engage with the real work of assessment, but a recent conversation about Search Engine Optimization and Web Analytics (of all things) is helping me get beyond this. I'm hopeful that by sharing and exploring this thought-arc with you, we can profitably move beyond assessment-speak and assessment-fatigue and on to the thoughtful and intentional work of building library services informed with data.
TLDR: Jump to the list of three rules from SEO that can apply to library assessment fatigue at the bottom of this article.
Assessment Fatigue
Assessment fatigue is the state of not wanting to hear another another word about measuring, rubrics, or demonstrating value. I am a frequent sufferer of assessment fatigue, despite the fact that I am convinced that assessment is absolutely necessary to guide the work of the library. I don't know of a viable alternative to the outcomes-assessment model1 of goal setting and performance evaluation. I think there is great work out there 2 about how to incorporate assessment into the work of academic libraries. I've seen it lead libraries to achieving amazing things and thus I'm a believer in the power of outcomes and data driven planning.
I'm also sick to death of hearing about it. It is frighteningly easy to turn talk of assessment into a dry and empty caricature of what it can be. So much so, that I'm usually hesitant to get on board with a new assessment project because they can turn into something out of a Kafka novel or Terry Gilliam movie at the drop of a hat. This gives me a bad attitude and my internal monologue can resemble: "Oh yes, let's reduce the complexities of academic work to the things that are most easily quantified and then plot our success on a rubric." or "Let's reduce information literacy to a standardized test and then make our instruction program teach to that test." I also hear Leonard Nimoy's voice from Civilization IV in my head saying "The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy." These snarky thoughts are at best unhelpful and at worst get in the way of the work of the library, but I'd be lying if I denied indulging them from time to time. Assessment is undeniably necessary, but it can also be tremendously annoying for the rank and file librarians required to add gathering data to their already over-full workloads.
Happily, I've discovered something that rescues me from my whining and helps me engage in useful assessment activities. It comes from, oddly enough, what I've learned about Search Engine Optimization (SEO). This connection may appear initially to be tenuous, but using it has been profitable for me and helped both my attitude and my productivity. To help make this all a little more clear I'm going to begin by explaining what I've learned through teaching SEO to undergraduates and then I'll demonstrate that SEO and library assessment share some key characteristics, namely they both have suffer from a bad reputation among those who carry them out, they are both absolutely required in order to do the highest quality work in their respective fields, and both are ultimately justified by the power of data-driven decision making.
Teaching SEO
I include a unit on Search Engine Optimization in a course I teach on information architecture. In the class we cover basic organization theory, database structures, searching databases, search engine structure, searching the web, SEO, and microdata markup. I was reluctant at first to add the SEO unit, because I understood SEO as a largely seedy and underhanded marketing affair. Once I taught it, however, I realized that doing SEO the right way requires a nuanced understanding of how web search works. Students who learned how to do SEO also learned how to search and their insights on web search bled over and made them better database searchers as well.
Quick Primer on Web Search & SEO
What makes students who understand SEO and web architecture more effective database searchers has to do with a little known detail of full-text keyword searching: by itself, keyword searching doesn't work very well. More finely put, keyword search works just fine, but the results of these searches, by themselves, aren't very useful. Finding keyword matches is easy, the real challenge is in packaging the results of a keyword search in a manner that is useful to the searcher. Unlike databases with well-organized metadata structures, keyword searches don't have a way of telling what keywords mean. Web content has no title, author, or subject fields3. So when I search for "blues" the keyword search doesn't know if I'm looking for colors, moods, music, jeans, cheeses, or the French national football side.
Because of this lack of context, search engines create useful results rankings by treating HTML tags and web structural elements as implicit metadata. If a keyword is found inside a URL, <title> or
 tag, the site is ranked more highly than a site where the keyword appears only in thet  tag. Anchor-link text, the words underlined in blue in a web link, are especially valuable, since they contain another person's description of what a site is. In the following example, the anchor-link text "The ACRL TechConnect blog, a site about library technology for academic librarians" succinctly and accurately describes the content being linked to. This makes the content more findable to readers using search engines.
The ACRL TechConnect blog, a site about library technology for academic librarians.
Thus, when we code a site or even make a link, we are, in effect, cataloging the web. This is also why we should never use "click here" in our anchor-link text. When we do that we are squandering an opportunity to add descriptive information to the link, and make it more difficult for potential readers to discover our content. The following is the WRONG way to write a web link.
Click here for the The ACRL TechConnect blog, a site about library technology for academic librarians.
In this example, the descriptive information is outside the link (outside the  tags) and thus unrecognisable as descriptive information to a search engine
Search companies like Ask, Bing, Google, and Yahoo! don't organize the web, they just capture how users and content creators organize and describe their own and each others' content. SEO, very basically speaking, is the practice of putting knowledge of web search architecture into practice. When we use short but descriptive text in our URLs, <title> tags,
 tags, and write descriptive anchor link text–when we practice responsible SEO in other words–we are performing the public service of making the web more accessible for everyone. Search engine architecture and SEO are, of course, much more complicated than these short paragraphs can detail, but this is the general concept: because there is no standardized way of cataloging pages, search engine companies have found workarounds to make "a vast collection of completely uncontrolled heterogeneous documents" [Brin quote] act like a database. Using that loose metaphor, SEO can be seen as the process of getting web designers to think like catalogers.
SEO's Bad Reputation
When viewed from this perspective, SEO doesn't seem all that bad. It seems like a natural process of understanding how search engines use web site data and using that knowledge to maximize public access to one's site data. In reality, it doesn't always work so cleanly. Ad revenue is based on page views and clicks, so practically speaking, SEO often becomes the process of maximizing revenue by driving traffic to a site by any means. In other words, all too often SEO experts act like marketers, not like catalogers. Because of these abuses SEO is commonly understood as the process of maximizing search ranking regardless of relevance, user intent, or ethics.
If you want to test my hypothesis here, simply send a tweet containing the letters SEO or #seo and examine the quality of your new followers and messages. (Spoiler: you'll get a lot of spam comments and spam followers so don't try this at home.)
Of course, SEO doesn't have to be shady or immoral, but since there are profits to be made off by shady and immoral SEO 'experts', the field has earned its bad reputation. Any web designer who wants people to find her content needs to perform fundamental SEO tasks, but there is little talk about the process, out of fear of being lumped in with the shady side of things. For me, the best argument for doing SEO is to keep the reason for SEO in the front of my mind: we need to bother with the mess of SEO because SEO is what connects our content to our audience. Because I care about both my audience and my content, I'm willing to do unpleasant tasks necessary to ensure my audience can find my content.
The Connection Between Library Assessment and SEO
It seems clear to me that library assessment suffers from some of the same reputation problems that SEO has. Regardless of how quality assessment is integral to library performance, the current fad status of assessment can make it difficult for librarians in their daily work to see any benefits behind the hype. Failures of past assessment fads to bring about promised changes (TQM anyone?) make librarians wary of drinking the assessment Kool-Aid. I'm not focusing here on grumpy or curmudgeonly librarians, but hard-working professionals who have heard too many assessment pep-talks to get excited about the next project.
This is why I find SEO to be a useful analogue for library assessment. Both SEO and library assessment are things that are absolutely necessary to the success of our efforts, but both are also held in distaste by many of the rank and file who are required to engage in these activities. One key to getting beyond the initial negative reaction and the bad reputations of these activities is to focus on the reasons we have for engaging in them. For example, we do SEO because we want to connect users with our content. We do assessment because we want to make decisions based on data, not whim. We do assessment because we want to know if our efforts to serve our users are actually serving our users. In other words: because I care deeply about providing the highest quality service to our library patrons, I am willing to do underlying work to make certain our efforts are having the desired effects.
Keeping the ultimate goal in mind is not only helpful for setting priorities, but it also helps us govern the potentially insidious natures of both SEO and assessment. By this I mean that if we keep in mind that SEO is about connecting our intended audience to our quality content, we are much less likely to be tempted to engage in unsavory marketing schemes, because those are not about either our intended audience or quality content. In the same vein, if we remain mindful that library assessment is about using data to improve how we serve our users, we are unlikely to take shortcuts such as teaching to a standardized test, choosing only easily quantifiable measures, or assessing only areas of strength. These shortcuts will serve only to undermine that goal in the long run.
Moving Forward
Returning to the conversation with my colleague that sparked this post, after I finished whining about my assessment fatigue, I was explained why I felt it was necessary to add a section on web analytics to my SEO course unit. My students worked on a project where the analysed a website for its SEO and made suggestions to improve access to the content. Without the data provided by web analytics, they had no way of knowing if their suggestions made things better, worse, or had no effect. She replied that this is the precise reason that librarians need to collect assessment data. Without assessment data, we have no tools to tell if our work choices improve, worsen, or have no effect on library services. She was, of course, absolutely right. Without quality assessment data, we have no way of knowing whether our decisions about library service lead to increased access to relevant information and improved patron experience.
Three SEO Rules that Apply to Library Assessment
In conclusion and in continuation of the metaphor that library assessment is a lot like SEO, here are three rules from SEO that can speak to our library assessment efforts.
1. Know how search engines function. (Know how accreditation functions.)
If you want people who use search engines to successfully find your site, you have to know how search engines function and incorporate that knowledge into your site design. Similarly, if you are assessing library performance in order to demonstrate value to stakeholders such as accreditors or campus administrators outside the library, you need to know what these bodies value and write your assessment to measure for these values.
2. Know your content and your audience. (Know your library and your users.)
The most common error in SEO efforts is designing to generate maximum traffic to your site. If successful, this approach can generate a large quantity of traffic, traffic that is collectively annoyed to find themselves at your site. The proper approach is to know your content and design your SEO to attract genuinely interested traffic. A similar temptation applies to library assessment. It is possible to skew your analytics to show only amazing success in all areas, but this comes at the cost of gathering useful about actual library services and at the cost of being able to improve services based on that data. Assessment data is valuable because it tells us about how the library serves our users. Data skewed to show only positive results is useless when it comes to helping the library achieve its mission.
3. Design for humans, not for machines. (Assess for library users.)
This rule sums up the law and the prophets for SEO: design for humans and not for machines. What it means is don't let your desire for search ranking tempt you into designing an ugly page that your audience hates. Put the people first. When you have a choice to make between a design element that favors human readers and a design element that favors search engines crawlers, ALWAYS choose people. While SEO efforts have a real impact on search ranking, a quality web site is more important for search ranking than quality SEO effort. Similarly, if you find yourself tempted to compromise service to patrons in order to focus on assessment, always err on the side of the patron. Librarian time and attention are finite resources, but if we consciously and consistently prioritize our patrons ahead of our assessment efforts, our assessment efforts will uncover more favorable data than if we put the data ahead of the people we are here to serve.
- See this 1998 white paper for a good definition of the outcomes assessment model. http://www.ala.org/acrl/publications/whitepapers/taskforceacademic ↩
- Deb Gilchrist and Megan Oakleaf collaborated on this excellent overview. http://www.learningoutcomeassessment.org/documents/LibraryLO_000.pdf ↩
- the HTML meta-description tag is a rough stand in for subject fields but without controlled vocabulary ↩
4 Comments on "Getting Beyond Library Assessment Fatigue: or how SEO taught me to stop whining and love the data"
Interesting post! I can definitely see the linkages there. I see assessment as being one of those "threshold concepts"; when you internalize it's value, you can't imagine not thinking it important. But until you've internalized its value, you can't imagine thinking it important. Getting over the hump is the hard part and I think you're right that keeping your focus on why you're doing assessment is the key. When so many libraries do assessment for accreditation or accountability purposes only, it's no wonder why so many people are cynical or sick of assessment. When the focus is on assessing to improve student learning or to improve the library's services, collections, etc., assessment is a no-brainer (except for those librarians who already insist they know what students need without ever having to do an assessment).
For "know how search engines function" I'd say the proper analogy with assessment would be "know what students are supposed to be learning" (i.e. learning outcomes). Without knowing what they are supposed to have learned, you can't design a good assessment. And for "know your content and your audience", I'd say "know what you want to learn at the end of this." Too often, librarians design assessments that don't provide any meaningful or actionable data. This is a waste of time. Not surprisingly, I think you're right on for #3.
Love the essay, Nicholas. Especially your comment that SEO does not have to be "shady." I seldom if ever admit to my Humanities colleagues that I love working with SEO because it is seen as doing commercial work and so is not scholarly. But analyzing data that is part and parcel of SEO work is fascinating to me and very intellectual if you really understand what is going–and of course it connects with rhetorical strategies relating to audience, purpose, and message:)
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Steve (who did not want his last name revealed), manager of Noah's backpackers on Bondi Beach, said it had been common knowledge for many years that offenders essentially receive "free flights home".
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