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WASHINGTON – Rep. Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday there’s “direct evidence” of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia and he won’t let up on digging into Trump’s finances despite the president’s heated objections.
“I think there is direct evidence in the e-mails from the Russians through their intermediary offering dirt on Hillary Clinton as part of what is described in writing as the Russian government effort to help elect Donald Trump,” Schiff told CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
“They offer that dirt. There is an acceptance of that offer in writing from the president’s son Don Jr. and there is overt acts in furtherance of that.”
Schiff also cited “circumstantial evidence” of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort sharing internal polling data with “someone linked to the Russian intelligence services.”
Trump blasted Schiff on Saturday during a free-wielding speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference conference as “little shifty Schiff.”
“There’s no collusion, so now they go and morph into ‘let’s inspect every deal he’s ever done,'” Trump said, also blasting the Russia probe as “bull—-.” “These people are sick.”
Schiff confirmed his committee is “looking at persistent allegations that the Russians have been laundering money through the Trump Organization” – though he admitted he didn’t know whether those claims were true.
That probe will include talking to banks that have done business with Trump as well as “accountants, the chief financial officers for the Trump Organization and others who would have information about the Moscow Trump Tower deal,” Schiff said.
The face-off between House Democrats and Trump comes after marathon testimony by former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen on Capitol Hill last week.
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Cohen continues his closed-door testimony before the House Intelligence Committee this week.
Republicans have downplayed Cohen’s testimony as more lies from someone who is going to prison for lying to Congress.
GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy even called for Schiff to recuse himself from the investigation for contacts with Cohen, a claim Schiff brushed off as “pretty frivolous.”
Also Sunday, Rep. Jim Jordan, the top Republican on the House Oversight Committee, said despite Cohen’s tell-all testimony, there’s still “zero evidence” of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russians.
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Today's post is a new technique to me, and I saw a post from Kate Martin this morning and decided I would have a go. There is a video showing you how to do this technique at:
The stamp is from Le Blanche, and I coloured the background with Pan Pastels to take the starkness of the white card away. I started by cutting out the white card I was going to stamp onto, and then cut the black mats to go with them. Next I put a little bit of tape runner on the back of each of the white pieces of card, taking some of the sticky off and then layering them up. The next step was to stamp the image onto the card using a black Memento ink pad - making sure I put even pressure onto the stamp, especially the bit that was stamping right on the edge of the card because you are stamping over three layers - (the first time I didn't do this and the impression didn't stamp). After this I mounted the three layers onto the black mats and then mounted it onto my base card. Finally I coloured it with Pan Pastels Red tint. In the video, a background stamp is used first, but out of all the stamps I have, I didn't have ONE suitable stamp!!! A good excuse to go crafty shopping me thinks! lol
Hope you like it, I enjoyed making this card, and hope you will too - have a look at the video and then play and have fun xx

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Good morning and welcome to Music Monday. Today we are talking dance songs. You know those songs that make you want to get up and move. Over the years there have been many songs I have enjoyed and songs that make me want to move and groove. I even have lots loaded onto my iPod for afternoon walks or just to play while cleaning.
For me, a song doesn’t have to come from any one genre. Nope, it just needs to be catchy and make me want to move and leaves me feeling happy. So come one let’s hit the dance floor and shake our booty to the rhythm.
Music Monday Dance Floor playlist
Michael Jackson ~ Smooth Criminal
Shania Twain w/ Billy Currington ~ Party For Two
Bee Gees ~ Night Fever
Adam Lambert ~ For Your Entertainment
What songs gets you on your feet?


Virginia High School Basketball - Loudoun County HomeSchool tipped by WakefieldJanuary 23, 2019: The Plains, VA 20198
In Wednesday's non-league match, the host Wakefield Fighting Owls basketball team scored a tight 56-49 triumph over the Loudoun County HomeSchool Patriots.
In their next game, the Fighting Owls meet the Fredericksburg Christian (Fredericksburg, VA) in a Delaney 1 match, on Friday, January 25. Wakefield will attempt to better on its 12-5 season record. The enter the match with a 3-7 record after their 55-22 non-league loss to Christchurch School (Christchurch, VA).
With the defeat, Loudoun County HomeSchool moves to 12-4 on the year. The Patriots travel to Central Virginia Disciples (Richmond, VA) to meet the Disciples in a Virginia HomeSchool match on Saturday, January 26. The Disciples enter the match with a record of 9-4. Central Virginia Disciples lost 70-57 in their recent non-league match against South Charlotte Thunder (Matthews, NC)


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If you’ve published a book, blog post, or article with your byline, you’re considered an author. As a result, you need an author bio for your book, website, and social media. An author bio is your opportunity to encourage your readers to get to know more about you. It’s where you get creative in presenting your professional and personal accomplishments and achievements. Here’s how to write your author bio and five examples of how it’s done.
Why Do You Need an Author Bio?
The first thing your bio will do for you is to build credibility. You’ll use this space to demonstrate to your readers why you are qualified to write the material you’ve published.
Second, it’s your chance to intrigue a reader, introduce them to your style, and catch their interest enough to convince them to read more. In other words, you’re selling yourself here, not your content.
Third, it allows readers to relate to your personal story within which they may find a connection.
Fourth, having an author bio helps you sell more writing.
Your author bio can also inform the reader about other pieces of work that you’ve published and can include a link to your website or your contact information.
Different Kinds of Author Bios
There are several types of author bios. Each one requires a different length and writing style. You’ll need to do some homework to discover good author bios on the social networks you use.
Find out how other successful authors are crafting theirs, and then emulate that. Chances are, you’ll need to use a combination, if not all, of the following bios:
Book: If you’ve published a book, this is your best opportunity to allow a reader to get to know you on a deeper level. Here, you can use up to around 300 words to enchant them. Many authors stay at or below 200, several averaging about 90 words.
Blog: Your blog is a great place to feature a short bio on the front page or side column and a more extended bio on the About page. You can use two to three sentences on the front page; you want it to be reasonably short.
Share an interesting fact about you that makes you unique and worth reading. Then add some zest on your About page with around 300 words or less.
Guest Writer: Being a guest writer on other people’s blogs is a great way to promote yourself and your work. Each blogger will have their own guidelines on how long your bio can be. Some will permit two or three sentences, while others permit an entire paragraph or more.
Social Media: Each social media network you’re on is going to require a unique author bio.
- Facebook allows you to use 255 characters in the about section that appears on your author page. It’s possible to make it much longer, but it’s not visible unless a user clicks to read more.
- Pinterest is also generous with 200 characters for a bio.
- Instagram allows you to include one link, but you’ll only have 150 characters to work with. Who are you in a few simple words?
- Twitter makes it even harder with just 140 characters, many of which are used in hashtags.
Be True to Your Voice and Genre
Writing about yourself isn’t nearly as easy as writing about other subjects, but it’s essential to build your reputation and further promote your work. Don’t change your writing voice to try to sound more dignified. Use your skills as a writer to add flavor and spice to your bio.
If you write humor, then weave a bit of that into your bio. If you write romance, woo your reader. Whatever genre you write in, write your bio the same way.
If you need a bit of inspiration or constructive criticism, ask your friends and family to contribute by suggesting ideas and giving feedback.
Write in Third-Person Point of View
A professional bio is always written in a third-person point of view.
Third-person point of view is when you write about the subject (in this case, yourself) from an outside perspective using pronouns like he, she, or they rather than I, me, or my, which is a first-person point-of-view.
Don’t write, “I love animals.” Instead, say, “She loves animals,” or refer to yourself by name, such as, “Jane loves animals.”
Credentials, Achievements, and Fun Facts
Start your bio by listing any credentials you have that make you an expert about the topic you write about.
For example, if you’ve published a book on parenting and you’re a child psychologist, you’d open with that fact.
Establishing yourself as an authority in your field creates trust with the reader and builds your reputation as a reliable source of information.
If you’ve received any awards or accolades for your work, mention those here, but do so sparingly. You don’t want to oversell or brag.
Make yourself a real person with an exciting story by including some fun facts about you, such as your hobbies.
Use a Professional Photograph
Be sure to use a high-quality professional, head-and-shoulders photograph of yourself in your author bio. While your written biography should be unique to each platform where it’s published, your picture should be consistent across all networks and print materials so that your face is easily recognizable.
Five Examples of Author Bios
What makes this bio great is that it comes in at about 90 words but says volumes about the author’s accomplishments and why he’s a reliable source. He also tells the reader exactly what they’ll gain by reading his work:
“Chandler Bolt is the host of the Self Publishing School podcast & the author of 6 bestselling books, including his most recent book titled “Published.”
He’s also the founder & CEO of Self-Publishing School, the #1 online resource for writing your first book. Self Publishing School made the INC 5000 in 2018 (#2,699) and in 2019 (#1,483) as one of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in the US.
Through his books, podcast, training videos, and Self-Publishing School, he’s helped thousands of people on their journey to writing their first book.”
What’s excellent about Rodney’s bio is that he comes out of the gate with an abundance of information communicated in one opening sentence. He continues to build on his foundation of experience and skill. He mentions all of the books he’s published and includes the fun fact that he’s married to an author, too. He’s used 242 words, which is about the ideal length, keeping it under 300.
“Rodney Curtis has worked in a dozen newsrooms in Michigan and the East Coast during his 30-year career. A photographer and photo editor by training, Rodney also counts being an author, blogger, and college professor among his many talents. Rodney brags a lot too but does so under a third-person guise, so it’s okay.
His career has taken him to New Hampshire covering presidential primaries, the former Soviet Union, Haiti, Central America, and all across Europe. He has won numerous photography, editing, and writing awards.
Rodney has been lucky enough to have four books published, including Hope’s Diamond — a novel about Detroit, baseball, relationships, and the funny things that happen when you toss a little mystical “Hope” into the mix; A “cute” Leukemia — a book of funny and heartfelt essays about him dealing with cancer and a transplant; Getting Laid (off) about losing three jobs in one year and Spiritual Wanderer — his first book of essays. Rodney has been described as Dave Barry meets David Sedaris.
He has taught several journalism courses at Michigan State University. And every fall he teaches at the prestigious Mountain Workshops, where he helps students photograph and edit a book about a different small Kentucky town in less than a week.
Rodney is married to photographer Marci Curtis who is, most notably, the author of three children’s books with more than two million copies in print.
You can visit Rodney most anytime at RodneyCurtis.com”
Meg’s bio pops because she opened with an entertaining inventory of her interests vs. her expertise. But she established her experience and skill in her second paragraph as a best-selling author of more than a dozen books. She also uses some of her 85-word count to include a call to action to subscribe to her newsletter for a free gift and to chat with her on Facebook.
“Megg Jensen is all sorts of strange things: medieval history buff, Ren Faire goer, fairy garden builder, swing dancer, and lover of movies everyone else hates. She spends too much time waiting for The Doctor.
She is the USA Today bestselling author of Dragonlands, Dragons of the Nether, Forsaken Stars Saga, Cloud Prophet Trilogy, The Swarm Trilogy, and Shucked.
For more information on Megg please visit her website at http://www.meggjensen.com/.
Want a FREE gift? Newsletter: http://www.meggjensen.com/#!newsletter/ch36
Hang out & chat with Megg on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/meggjensen”
Courtney opens with credentials, includes personal information about her family and where she lives, and name-dropped without name-dropping with clever verbiage as she further established herself as an expert in a variety of high-performing jobs.
“Courtney Milan’s books have received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and Booklist. She is a New York Times and a USA Today Bestseller and a RITA® winner.
Courtney lives in the Rocky Mountains with her husband, an exceptionally perfect dog, and an attack cat.
Before she started writing historical romance, Courtney got a graduate degree in theoretical physical chemistry from UC Berkeley. After that, just to shake things up, she went to law school at the University of Michigan and graduated summa cum laude. Then she did a handful of clerkships with some really important people who are way too dignified to be named here. She was a law professor for a while. She now writes full-time.
If you want to know when Courtney’s next book will come out, please visit her website at http://www.courtneymilan.com, where you can sign up to receive an email when she has her next release.”
Two hundred words may not seem like a lot, but they can speak volumes when used strategically, as demonstrated by the brilliant bio of award-winning author Colleen Hoover. One of the things that add interest to Colleen’s bio is that her personal information ties in with her profession. She founded a program in cooperation with other authors to raise funds for different charities.
“Colleen Hoover is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-two novels and novellas. Hoover’s novels fall into the New Adult and Young Adult contemporary romance categories, as well as psychological thriller.
Colleen Hoover is published by Montlake Romance and Atria Books. Colleen also has several indie titles, including her psychological thriller, Verity.
In 2015, Colleen’s novel CONFESS won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Romance. That was followed up in 2016 with her latest title, It Ends With Us, also winning the Choice Award for Best Romance. In 2017, her title WITHOUT MERIT won best romance.
Her novel CONFESS has been filmed as a series by Awestruck and is available on Prime Video via Amazon and iTunes. Katie Leclerc and Ryan Cooper star in the series.
Colleen founded The Bookworm Box, a charity subscription service and bookstore, with her family in 2015. The Bookworm Box is a subscription service that provides readers with an exciting opportunity to receive signed novels in the mail each month from authors all over the world. All profits from the subscription service are donated to various charities each month. To date, The Bookworm Box has donated over $1,000,000 to help those in need.”
Related: How to Write a Real Estate Agent Bio
Your author bio is your chance to introduce yourself, your topic, expertise, and other works to potential readers. You’ll need several variations of your bio to fit different publications and occasions, such as books, blogs, and speaking events.
The shorter your bio is, the better, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be chock full of rich information. One well-crafted sentence can clue a reader in a lot about who you are, what you write, and what you’ve accomplished in your career.
Visit your favorite authors’ websites to see what they’ve written on their About pages, noting what they have in common. Then, you can produce an author bio that matches what the best authors are doing.

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What is Delta-8 THC? The Ultimate Guide
When people think of cannabis, the first thing that typically comes to mind is the classically intoxicating cannabis “high.” Most…
When people think of cannabis, the first thing that typically comes to mind is the classically intoxicating cannabis “high.” Most experienced users know that the compound largely responsible for these sensations is Delta-9 (regular THC). However, experts have found over 100 additional compounds in the cannabis plant, with more being discovered every day. One compound, in particular, has skyrocketed recently in popularity with cannabis lovers worldwide: Delta-8 THC. So what is this mysterious new cannabinoid, how does it work, and is it right for you? Read below to learn everything you need to know about Delta-8 THC!
What is Delta-8 THC?
Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, or Delta-8 THC for short, is one of the many naturally occurring chemical compounds found in the cannabis plant. Although this cannabinoid has been around for a while, it was largely ignored for years since it is typically only found in trace amounts. Fortunately, recent advances in cannabis technology have allowed experts to convert other compounds such as CBD and Delta-9 THC into Delta-8 THC, making this compound a new area of interest for researchers.
What’s the Difference? Delta-8 THC vs. Delta-9 THC
If you talk to any cannabis user about THC, odds are they’ll be referring to Delta-9 THC. Delta-9 is easily the most popular and commonly used of the cannabinoids due to its psychotropic effects and clinical benefits. While Delta-8 THC and Delta-9 do share some key similarities, there are enough differences between the two to offer Delta-8 a unique spot within cannabis culture. So how exactly do these compounds relate, and more importantly, how do they differ?
Both Delta-9 and Delta-8 THC share extremely similar chemical structures which contribute to the similarity of their effects. They each possess a double bond in their chemical structures, and it’s this double bond that contributes to any psychotropic sensations. Both cannabinoids also interact with the same network of cells, enzymes, and receptors located throughout your body. This network is called the endocannabinoid system and is critical for regulating internal functions such as mood, pain, sleep, and more.
Although they interact with the same bodily system, there is one major difference that sets Delta-8 and Delta-9 apart. It all comes down to the specific location of that double bond we talked about earlier. Both compounds are made up of a chain of carbon atoms, and the double bond is located on one of these atoms. In Delta-9, the double bond is found on the ninth carbon atom but is located on the eighth carbon atom in Delta-8 THC. While this may not seem like a huge difference, the location of the double bond directly influences how well the cannabinoid binds to your endocannabinoid receptors. This is why Delta-9 produces much more potent effects compared to those of Delta-8 THC.
Delta-8 THC Effects
As a result of its chemical similarity to Delta-9 THC, Delta-8 THC does produce a range of psychotropic effects. Consumers often report feelings of happiness, euphoria, and relaxation. Delta-8 THC can also offer relief from symptoms of certain medical conditions including chronic pain, insomnia, and more. However, the effects are generally only around two-thirds as potent as those you would experience when consuming Delta-9 products.
While some may argue that Delta-8 THC’s decreased potency is a downside, it can actually be quite an important advantage. Due to its strong effects, Delta-9 THC can often bring about unwanted side effects such as increased anxiety or feelings of paranoia. Many users actually prefer Delta-8 THC because it offers a smoother, less intense high. This cannabinoid is especially great for first-time users who want to ease their way into cannabis use without overdoing it.
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The following is the personal account of a female Los Angeles attorney who drove Bunkersville, Nevada, to support besieged rancher Cliven Bundy
I rolled into Laughlin really early, like 5:30 am. So many people had shown up, that we decided to leave in groups. A second group to leave at 8 AM as scheduled. Ours was a big group too. About two dozen cars, loaded with passengers.
The highway was almost empty until near Mesquite. Then it was a traffic jam. Motor homes, campers, ATVs running along side the freeway, motorcyles, vehicles, every thing you could possibly imagine. Everyone on their way to Bunkersville.
Word traveled down the traffic line that the feds had blocked the road just out of Mesquite and were searching vehicles for weapons and cell phones. Cell phones were confiscated and smashed. The people were given a chit for $30.00 redemption value. I left my phone at home.
Some of us that had four wheel drives decided to just leave the road and head overland. As we got closer to the ridge, we were stopped by armed militia. We could not go any further. We could wait, or turn around and go back to the road. Men, who I suspect were special forces, had climbed the ridge from the back side and captured the snipers. They were at that moment coming down the ridge to take them to Mesquite where they would be let go. They weren’t prisoners, they were just going to be replaced by friendlies.
Because of the roadblock on I-15, people refused to be searched, and refused to turn back. They just pulled off the road and parked. It was like a dam backing up a river. Soon the feds were trapped between the Americans who had already gotten through, and the Americans who had been stopped on the highway. The BLM agents went into full panic mode and called for help. LVPD [Las Vegas Police Department] who had REFUSED to show up to help Americans HAD to show up to rescue BLM that was now trapped and helpless. The blockade was SEVEN MILES LONG! That’s a potload of people.
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A group of armed Americans along with local cowboys went to Mesquite to liberate the cows that had been confiscated and held by BLM. They were being driven back home in an old fashioned cattle drive. The feds say it was voluntary [that they voluntarily returned the confiscated cattle to Bundy], don’t believe it.
I was basically standing around twiddling my thumbs when the word came down that the Director of BLM had surrendered and all forces would be withdrawn. I could not go on. The road was blocked and would be blocked probably for the rest of the day at least. A bunch of us turned around and left. It was over.
There were THOUSANDS of people there, and more arriving every minute. The ranch, Gold Butte, the entire area was completely surrounded by Americans. The highway was completely blocked in both directions of people trying to get through. Everyone was very peaceful and friendly. No fights or anything. There was a rumor in the line, that some of the mercenaries hired by the feds had defected and were now on the side of the Americans.
I came back and immediately saw this [the media's] pack of lies and half truths.
At one point, I-15 was closed in both directions, about seven miles south of Mesquite, because protesters had blocked the freeway. Nearly two dozen police officers and a SWAT unit were at the scene to keep the peace and assist the BLM enforcement officers to safely leave the area. They were scared crapless!
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Ronald B. Newman, Ph.D. (Michigan, 1972)
Fields: Composition, rhetorical theory, Victorian literature.
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Editor, The Life: The Folk Poetry of the Black Hustler (1976).
Sandra P. Paquet, Ph.D. (Connecticut, 1977)
Professor Sandra Pouchet Paquet teaches Caribbean literature and African-American literature. She is the author of The Novels of George Lamming (1982); Caribbean Autobiography (2002), and co-editor of Music, Memory, Resistance: Calypso and the Caribbean Literary Imagination (2007). She has published widely in Caribbean literature in the leading journals in the field and is the editor of Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal. Dr. Paquet's active research interests include the areas of women's studies, diaspora studies, and autobiography.
Lindsey Tucker, Ph.D. (Delaware, 1981)
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No player since Bryce Harper has matched the mixture of hype and expectation as Ohtani. With a fastball clocked as high as 102 mph and a demonstrated ability to hit home runs 500 feet in Nippon Professional Baseball, Ohtani became the most sought-after free agent of the 2017 offseason. Ohtani's star progressively grew in NPB with the Nippon Ham Fighters and reached a high point in 2016, when he went 10-4, 1.86 with 174 strikeouts and 45 walks in 140 innings and, while serving as the designated hitter on days he wasn't pitching, hitting .322 with 22 home runs, 67 RBIs and a 1.004 OPS. A right ankle injury limited him to just five starts in 2017 and he had surgery in October. Ohtani jumped to the U.S and, with his signing bonus capped as an international amateur, nearly every team pursued him. He chose to sign with the Angels for $2.315 million in early December. Ohtani's physical revealed slight damage to his ulnar collateral ligament. Ohtani has been called the Japanese Babe Ruth, a gifted athlete so prolific as a hitter and pitcher he would be an All-Star at both. He can hold his fastball at 97-98 mph as a starter, and he dials it up and down from 93-100. His fastball doesn't have much life and is fairly straight, but when his command is on the raw velocity is enough to draw swings and misses. Ohtani's best pitch is his forkball. He throws it with the same arm speed and arm slot as his fastball, and the pitch dives two feet into the dirt after starting at the hitters thigh. Ohtani's slider is a third plus pitch but lacks consistency, and he also has a curveball and changeup. Ohtani has a No. 1 starter's arsenal, but he pitches up in the zone too much at times and can fall in love with his breaking pitches, which leads to losing his feel and bouts of inconsistent command. As a hitter Ohtani packs massive raw power, and he pulverizes anything over the plate to center field or the opposite way to left. He rarely faced inside fastballs in Japan and will have to show he can adjust to them in the majors. He is a disciplined hitter who knows the strike zone. Ohtani will immediately slot into the Angels' starting rotation, and on his off days will get at-bats as their designated hitter. If everything comes together, he can be a Cy Young Award contender who hits double-digit home runs.
Adell's skills were raw on the showcase circuit before his junior and senior seasons at Louisville's Ballard High School, but he made adjustments to keep his bat through the zone longer and hit .562 with 25 homers, most in the nation, 61 RBIs, 53 runs, 22 stolen bases and only seven strikeouts as a senior. The Angels drafted him 10th overall and signed him for $4.377 million to pass up Louisville. Adell then went out and hit a combined .325 with a .908 OPS for rookie-league teams in Arizona and Orem. The Angels believed Adell possessed the best combination of power, speed and arm strength in the 2017 draft. He has run a 6.4-second 60-yard dash, 80-grade speed, has the strength to mash 450-foot home runs and the arm to make laser-like throws from the outfield. The broad-shouldered, muscular Adell stands out most for his quick-twitch athleticism, bat speed, raw power and ability to make consistent hard contact. His quick hands allow him to get to high pitches and he shows maturity in his at-bats and work ethic. He may not become an elite defender, but is solidly above-average with an arm good enough to play in center or right field. Adell's speed may not translate into stolen bases as he matures physically and adds muscle, but he should be a plus baserunner. The dynamic Adell has the ability, makeup and intangibles to grow into an all-star-caliber outfielder. The degree to which he translates his physical gifts and attributes into baseball-specific skills will determine whether he becomes a superstar.
The stiffer the competition, the better Jones performed last season. Pitchers exploited his tendency to swing at breaking balls out of the zone early and Jones got off to a sluggish start at low Class A Burlington, where he slashed .165/.211/.282 in his first 26 games. But Jones, who signed for $1.1 million, rebounded so strongly he earned a July 20 promotion to high Class A Inland Empire, where he put up better numbers than he did at Burlington. Jones is an explosive athlete with NFL bloodlines--his father and two brothers played in the league. He makes consistent contact, sprays line drives all over the field, has plus speed and gap-to-gap power, and his defense is improving. Jones is thick and strong, and the ball jumps off his bat. Scouts like his makeup, work ethic and the adjustments he makes with two strikes, when he widens his stance, chokes up and tries to put the ball in play. A short stroke and plus bat speed indicate that Jones could be an above-average hitter, but there are questions whether he'll be able to manage the strike zone at higher levels. He doesn't project as a home run hitter, and an adequate but not overwhelming arm could push him to left field. If he maintains his speed and improves his plate discipline, Jones could be a solid big-league leadoff man. He should see Double-A Mobile in 2018.
Evaluators universally considered Maitan the top prospect in the 2016 international class and the top hitter out of Latin America in years. The Venezuelan switch-hitter signed with the Braves for $4.25 million but had an underwhelming pro debut at the Rookie levels in 2017. After the season, Major League Baseball declared Maitan a free agent as part of the Braves' penalties for international signing violations. The Angels swooped in and signed him for $2.2 million in early December. Maitan's pro debut was worrisome. He gained significant weight in his lower half and few scouts now believe he will be able to stick at shortstop. His righthanded swing was quick and direct, but his lefthanded swing showed significant length and less bat speed. Maitain has plus power potential, but his approach will have to be refined to tap into what scouts have long seen as plus hitting ability. Maitan has good body control, a plus arm and soft hands, but his range was limited by his lack of speed and first-step quickness. Maitan slimmed down to 210 pounds for instructional league. The Angels are expected to let Maitan stick at shortstop for now, but eventually most scouts believe he will end up moving off the position unless he cuts even more weight. Even with a probable eventual move to third base, he has the hitting ability to be an impact player. He will get a fresh start with the Angels in 2018 and could see low Class Burlington.
Marsh, who signed for $1.073 million as the No. 60 overall pick in 2016, didn't play after his signing was delayed because of a medical exam found a stress reaction in his lower back. Stronger after months of rehabilitation, Marsh flashed his five-tool potential as one of the best players in the Pioneer League in his pro debut in 2017, although he missed a month with a sprained thumb. A standout wide receiver who helped his high school team win Georgia AAAA state championships in 2013 and 2014, Marsh is an elite athlete with a strong frame, plus speed and plus arm strength. He looked a little raw offensively in instructional league last fall, but showed advanced plate discipline at Orem, sitting on pitches like a college hitter. Marsh has shown an ability to hit to all fields and could grow into more power as he matures physically. The way the ball comes off his bat leads some scouts to project above-average power in his future. The Angels believe Marsh has the speed and instincts to cover a lot of ground in center field, though he may eventually move to a corner spot. With a good, and healthy, first half at low Class A Burlington, Marsh could reach high Class A Inland Empire by the All-Star break.
Barria has gained 30 pounds since he signed for $60,000 as a 16-year-old, and he continues to add velocity as he adds strength. Barria made a quantum leap in 2017, jumping from high Class A Inland Empire to Double-A Mobile to Triple-A Salt Lake in his age-20 season. Barria combined to go 7-9, 2.80 with 117 strikeouts and 31 walks in 141.2 innings. Barria doesn't have electric stuff--he's about pitchability and racking up early-count outs--but his advanced feel for pitching, sneaky deception, pinpoint control and knack for turning up his intensity in jams pushed him to Triple-A. He works in and out, up and down with a fastball that sits in the 92-mph range. His best pitch is a changeup with fade at 77-80 mph that projects to be an above-average-to-plus offering. His curveball, once loopier and slower, is thrown harder and shorter and sometimes with big depth and projects as a possible outpitch as well. Barria has the intangibles you'd expect in a major leaguer--good mound presence and demeanor, confidence in his repertoire and the ability to control the running game and field his position. With his work ethic and progress Barria has cut a direct path to the big leagues, with the potential to be a No. 4 or 5 starter.
Rodriguez, who signed for a well-above-slot $850,000 in 2016, is considered by some to be the most promising homegrown arm in the Angels system. But his 2017 results--he went a combined 5-3, 6.16 in 14 starts for Rookie-level Orem and low Class A Burlington, striking out 56 and walking 14 in 57 innings--didn't match his potential. Rodriguez features a lively four-seam fastball that averages 95 mph, has touched 97 mph and sometimes cuts away from righthanded batters. He complements it with a sinking two-seamer that runs in to righties, making for an uncomfortable at-bat. He can throw his 83-86 mph changeup, his best secondary pitch, in any count, and it sometimes looks like a screwball the way the bottom drops out of it. He gets a hard, late break and good tilt on his 82-85 mph slider, and he's been throwing more of a 12-to-6 curveball. Rodriguez has an athletic, rhythmic delivery, but some scouts believe there's too much effort to his delivery, which he finishes with a big head whack. In part because of that, evaluators do not project Rodriguez to ever have more than average command. Rodriguez is mature with a good work ethic. With polish and experience, he could develop into a mid-rotation starter.
Thaiss, who signed for $2.15 million, was a bat-first catcher in college. The Angels were sold on the bat, but not the glove so as soon as they drafted him, they announced that he was a full-time first baseman. He hasn't gotten behind the dish in two pro seasons. Thaiss has carried the advanced plate discipline he showed in college to the minor leagues, where he has 141 strikeouts and 103 walks in 778 at-bats across four levels, but his power slipped after a July 11 promotion to Double-A Mobile, where he hit only one home run in 49 games. Thaiss has made considerable strides defensively at first base. He looked a little rigid and rough around the edges in his first instructional league, but his range, hands, and ability to pick balls in the dirt and complete the 3-1 play have improved to the point where he looks comfortable at his new position. Offensively, Thaiss controls the strike zone well and knows how to battle and spoil pitches. He has a good approach, doesn't chase bat pitches and isn't afraid to take a walk. He hits the ball hard but does not elevate it enough to clear the fence regularly. Thaiss has solid gap-to-gap power, but until he learns how to turn on a ball and better punish mistakes, his ceiling will be that of a high on-base, 15-homer hitter and possible platoon player in the big leagues.
A heavy workload as a junior at UCLA and a report of “potential issues” in a pre-draft MRI test didn't scare the Angels off Canning, a projected first-round pick who fell to the second round, No. 47 overall, and signed for $1.459 million. The Angels were comfortable with Canning's medicals, but were still very careful with him. Canning spent the summer in Arizona working on strength and conditioning and didn't pitch for an affiliate–making him one of the few top 50 picks to not get into an official game. Canning's four-pitch mix includes a four-seam fastball between 90-94 mph with high spin rate that he commands, and a slider, curveball and changeup all flash ab0ve-average potential. His changeup was his go-to secondary pitch as a sophomore, but he threw more breaking balls as a junior, when he went 7-4, 2.34 in 119 innings over 17 starts, finishing second in the nation with 140 strikeouts, walking 32 and holding opponents to a .213 average. He showed durability under a robust workload in 2017, throwing a 134-pitch shutout of rival Southern California in early May. Canning is a polished and advanced college pitcher who could move quickly through the system, but he needs to show he is healthy. Canning will make his pro debut on Opening Day 2018 and projects as a mid-rotation starter.
A late-round pick who was committed to Illinois to play football out of high school, Hermosillo signed for $100,000 and certainly didn't come with a “can't-miss” label. But after two so-so seasons to begin his career, Hermosillo blossomed at low Class A Burlington in 2016 and jumped from high Class A to Double-A to Triple-A in 2017, combining to hit .267/.366/.397 with 25 doubles, nine homers, 44 RBIs and 35 stolen bases. Hermosillo makes good contact and has shown solid plate discipline throughout his minor league career, though his strikeout-to-walk ratio dipped as he faced better pitching last season. A dead pull-hitter, Hermosillo needs a more balanced approach at the plate in order to use all fields. A limited launch angle prevents him from hitting more home runs. He has an above-average arm, allowing him to handle all three outfield positions. He has shown solid instincts in center, but is better coming in on balls than going back. His basestealing techniques, raw when he signed, have improved. Hermosillo was invited to big-league camp in 2017, a testament to his steady progress, but unless he adds more power, his ceiling may be that of a fourth outfielder in the big leagues.
Rivas signed with the Angels for $40,000 in 2014 as a 16-year-old and has worked his way up the system. The Venezuelan switch-hitter has a .278 career average and has shown advanced plate discipline at every level, with a .420 on-base percentage and nearly as many walks (132) as strikeouts (136) in 630 career at-bats. Rivas has played all three infield positions and a little outfield, but focused primarily on shortstop in 2017. Rivas grows on you. He's not flashy in the field but makes all the plays, and he won't dazzle you at the plate but is competent from both sides and rarely swings at pitches out of the zone. Though small-framed, he has gotten stronger physically. He has an average to above-average arm, with good accuracy. His hands work well and he has solid range to both sides, but he's a little better going to his left. Rivas is athletic with a projectable build and good hand-eye coordination, is light on his feet with a loose arm, and is instinctive in the field and on the basepaths. Scouts who watch Rivas over multiple games get a better appreciation for him. Though many project him as a utility player, he could develop into a starting middle infielder if he continues to hit and get on base.
What seemed like an innocuous deal at the 2016 trade deadline could pay huge dividends if Castillo, acquired from the Cubs for reliever Joe Smith, continues to develop as he did over the past year. After pitching to a 2.87 ERA in 2016, Castillo advanced from low Class A to high Class A to Double-A in 2017, recording a 3.32 ERA with 118 strikeouts and 26 walks in 124.2 innings. Castillo has excellent command of a low-90s fastball with heavy sink that breaks a lot of bats and induces plenty of ground balls. Neither his mid-70s curveball nor his low-80s changeup are true swing-and-miss pitches, but he throws them for strikes consistently. Castillo has a very loose arm and is able to repeat a high-three-quarters delivery that has some deception. He has a great understanding of the need to attack hitters and get ahead in the count. The Angels believe Castillo can put on another 25 pounds, and with added size and strength, should come more velocity. Castillo could remain in the rotation if his curveball becomes a go-to secondary pitch, but most scouts project him as a reliever. Out of the pen he could rely even more on his ground-ball inducing sinker. He'll start 2018 back at Double-A.
Signed as a 16-year-old out of Venezuela for $300,000 in 2014, Suarez is still undersized but has an advanced feel for pitching. Suarez's fastball velocity ticked up to 89-93 mph in 2017, he has an above-average changeup, and he's developing a curveball as a quality third pitch. The results can be seen in his strikeout rates, which have increased from 5.7 batters per nine innings in 2015 to 10.7 in 2016 to 11.8 in 2017, when he combined to go 6-1, 3.28 in 15 starts in the AZL and low Class A Burlington, striking out 90 and walking 22 in 68.2 innings. Suarez doesn't make many mistakes, having allowed only nine homers in 186 minor league innings. He has above-average pitchability and an easy, repeatable high-three quarters delivery with good direction to the plate. He should add velocity as he develops physically, but his changeup, which he can throw in any count, is his best pitch. With advanced pitching smarts and above-average control, Suarez could reach high Class A and perhaps Double-A in 2018 at age 20.
It's easy to dream on the arm of Soriano, whose fastball at age 18 sat in the low-90s and touched 96 mph in 2017 pitching at the Rookie levels. Though the pitch doesn't have a ton of movement, it has a little bit of late life. Soriano, who signed for $70,000, grew about three inches from 2016 to 2017, though he didn't add a lot of weight. It's not a leap to think that, with added size, strength and maturity, Soriano's fastball will hit 100 mph in a few years. He has an advanced feel for his curveball, which he throws between 80-85 mph, and has shown decent arm action and some feel for a mid-80s changeup, which is a developing pitch. Soriano has shown a good feel for pitching, but like most young, raw pitchers, he has struggled to gain consistency–he went 2-2 with a 2.92 ERA in 13 games in the AZL and Orem, but with his stuff, he should have struck out more than 39 batters in 52.1 innings. Soriano had issues timing his delivery in 2016, but was more mechanically sound and more polished in 2017. Another leap of improvement could send him to low Class A Burlington in 2018.
The Angels signed Aquino for $100,000 as a 17-year-old out of the Dominican Republic in 2016, intrigued by his projectable 6-foot-6 frame and impressive body control. He went out and had a solid professional debut in 2017, moving from the Dominican Summer League to the Rookie-level Arizona League and holding his own. Aquino was labeled the “surprise” of instructs by Angels front office officials, who came away from the fall thinking Aquino might be the best of their collection of young Latin American arms. Aquino uses his long, lanky levers to his benefit, generating both downhill plane and velocity with extension. He works 93-95 mph with his fastball, spins 76-78 mph hammer curveball that projects, and throws them both for strikes consistently. The Angels believe there is even more velocity to come as he fills out his sizable frame. Aquino is still seeking a third pitch, but with two potential plus pitches, more velocity to come and solid strike-throwing ability, the Angels believe they have a diamond in the rough. Aquino will likely start 2018 in extended spring training, with a chance to see Rookie-level Orem or low Class A Burlington during the year.
Soto signed with the Braves for $1 million as one of the top prospects during the 2016 international signing period. He made his pro debut the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League in 2017, but after the season was one the 12 Braves prospects declared free agents by Major League Baseball as punishment for violating international signing rules. The Angels signed Soto the first day he was eligible sign with a new club for $850,000. Soto's 2017 stat line is ugly, with a .225 batting average and .586 OPS, but evaluators say the quality of his at-bats was better than his numbers indicate. He walked more than he struck out and showed an excellent understanding of the strike zone. There are scouts who believe Soto will end up as an above-average hitter with fringe-average power, but he has to add a lot of muscle and strength to get there. His swing is fundamentally sound with a line-drive approach and he's a good bunter. Soto mostly stands out at shortstop as a future plus defender with a plus arm. He has an excellent internal clock and possesses an advanced understanding of the nuances of the game. Soto is an above-average runner and earns plaudits as a team leader. Soto has an everyday shortstop ceiling, but is a long way away.
Finally freed from being restricted on the international market because of their $8 million signing of shortstop Roberto Baldoquin in 2014, the Angels made their first big splash in two years with their July 2 signing of the Deveaux for $1.2 million. Deveaux, who moved from shortstop to the outfield last year, is an elite athlete and runner who has been clocked at 6.2 seconds in the 60-yard dash, an 80-grade time. He shows the makings of a premium defender in center field, with a solid arm, plus range and plus instincts to go with his elite speed. At the plate, Deveaux reminds some scouts of a young Dexter Fowler. He has a line-drive swing and a good understanding of the strike zone. Though his power is limited, he has a strong, lean, projectable frame. There's quick burst in everything Deveaux does. He also showed an ability to make adjustments in 2017, closing off his upright, open stance to improve his balance, which helped him stay through the ball and use the middle of the field. Deveau won't turn 18 until a month into the 2018 season and is set to spend the year at the Rookie levels, beginning in the Arizona League.
A prototypical leadoff hitter with above-average speed, good on-base skills and the ability to bunt, Lund jumped two levels in 2017, from low Class A Burlington to high Class A Inland Empire to Double-A Mobile, combining to slash .308/.373/.403 with 21 doubles, four triples, six homers, 47 RBIs and 20 stolen bases in 121 games. Though he's a contact hitter with good hands and feel for the strike zone, Lund did have a tendency to chase pitches, striking out 100 times in 491 at-bats in 2017. Lund is athletic and strong for his size. He has a short, compact swing and is neither pull-dominant nor opposite-field dominant; he uses the whole field. When he finds the barrel, he has shown sneaky power. Lund is an instinctual defender with a slightly below-average arm who's working on jumps in the outfield. With his grit and baseball smarts, he reminds multiple scouts of veteran reserve outfielder Daniel Robertson. Lund may not have enough bat for an every-day job in the big leagues, but he has the potential to be a fourth or fifth outfielder.
Ward, who missed the first month of the season because of an oblique injury, stands out as a potentially above-average defender, with a plus arm that has allowed him to throw out 73 of 214 basestealers (34%) in 153 games over the past two seasons. Ward is agile and athletic behind the plate, with good hands, and his receiving, blocking, game-calling and leadership skills have improved. After allowing 19 passed balls in 90 games in 2016, Ward allowed four passed balls in 63 games in 2017. But the more scouts watch Ward hit, the more surprised they are the Angels used a 26th overall pick and spent $1.67 million to sign him. He has shown good plate discipline, with almost as many walks (144) as strikeouts (164) in three seasons, but he doesn't have a consistent approach or setup at the plate or get enough load in his swing, which limits his power. He has also shown a tendency to give away at-bats. Ward slashed a combined .258/.368/.390 with nine homers, 14 doubles and 49 RBIs across two levels in 2017. Most evaluators see Ward as a future backup at best, and only because of the dearth of catching they see in today's game.
The Angels signed Pena for just $20,000 in 2013 and have seen him progress every year, topping out with a sterling second half in 2017 that ended in a promotion to Double-A Mobile. Pena does some Johnny Cueto-like things with his delivery--he'll quick-pitch at times and hold his leg kick before driving toward the plate at others--that the Angels have so far refrained from changing, because Pena has been able to disrupt the timing of hitters and had success with it. Though his ERA (5.00) and walks (67) were high in 151.1 innings across 29 starts at two levels in 2017, Pena struck out 167 and held hitters to a .213 average in four Double-A starts. He relies primarily on a late-riding fastball that sits between 90-93 with life and late rise up through the zone. His hard, late-breaking slider that can be wipeout quality at times, inducing a lot of swings and misses. Pena's feel for his changeup has been sporadic, but the pitch has flashed above-average. Pena pitched out of the bullpen his first two seasons and projects more as a reliever long-term, but if he continues to gain consistency with his changeup, he'll remain a starter.
The Angels spent $850,000 to sign Knowles as their second big ticket signing of the 2016 international class along with fellow Bahamian Trent Deveaux. Knowles is a high-end athlete with borderline plus-plus speed, a solid arm and plus defensive instincts in center field, a position he has a natural feel for. Though several clubs felt that Knowles was raw as a hitter and lagged behind many of the other top players in the class, the Angels believe he has an advanced approach offensively, with good plate discipline, average-to-above power potential and a clean, compact, quiet swing from both sides of the plate. Some scouts had a difficult time gauging Knowles' hitting ability due to the lack of quality competition they saw him face. Knowles is mostly a line-drive hitter with gap-to-gap power that should increase as the slight 16-year-old gets bigger and stronger and gains more experience. The Angels were also impressed with the maturity, work ethic, enthusiasm, high energy and competitiveness Knowles showed in instructional league. “If he said he could tie his shoes faster than you,” player development director Mike Gallego said, “he'd challenge you.”
The Angels feel they got a steal with their 11th-round pick in Rivera, a lanky lefthander with a long, loose body, a smooth, athletic delivery and an advanced feel for his changeup that is rare for an 18-year-old. He was committed to Florida International before signing with the Angels for $450,000, fourth-round money. Rivera's fastball is presently light, sitting 86-89 mph and occasionally touching the low 90s with some run but not much sink, but his velocity should improve with strength, physical maturity and experience. It's his changeup that has the Angels so excited. Rivera throws it with the arm speed and action of his fastball, and the pitch fades quite a bit in the zone as it approaches the hitter. Rivera's third pitch, which he calls a curveball but sometimes looks more like a slider, is a work in progress. He flashed his potential with a 1.64 ERA in eight Rookie League appearances after signing, striking out 11 and walking three in 11 innings. With a delivery that requires little tinkering and a frame that could easily carry another 20-25 pounds, Rivera has a chance to blossom into a mid-rotation starter, although he is a long ways from getting there.
The Angels went well over slot to sign Swanda for $625,000 and get him to pass up a Nebraska scholarship. His numbers were not impressive in a brief seven-game stint in the Rookie-level Arizona League, and in late October the 18-year-old was arrested and charged in his native Iowa for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and possession of a fake I.D. On the mound, Swanda throws a fastball between 89-91 mph and showed advanced feel for a low-80s changeup. He possesses an extremely clean delivery with good, loose arm action and a solid repertoire considering he played mostly shortstop in high school and didn't pitch much until about a month before the draft. The primary focus for Swanda in fall instructional league was the development of his breaking ball, which is slurvy right now and could wind up being more of a slider. But Swanda spins his breaking ball well, and the Angels see it being a solid-average pitch down the road. As a former infielder, Swanda fields his position well. He should add more velocity as he fills out physically, and he should improve as he gains more seasoning on the mound. The Angels expect Swanda to have his legal issues resolved by the spring. He is slated to begin next season in extended spring training but should move up to Rookie-level Orem at some point.
It took an over-slot $950,000 to sign Williams away from Louisiana State in 2016. Williams was home-schooled but allowed to play at Turner High in the Kansas City area because he took one class there. Williams started switch-hitting late in his high school career, but the Angels transitioned him back to hitting only from the right side this past summer, giving Williams the chance to see righthanded breaking balls as a righthanded hitter for the first time as a professional. He has explosive raw tools, with above-average bat speed and decent power potential, but he has a career .231/.284/.280 slash line and hit only one homer in 81 rookie league games. Williams has a plus arm, but his footwork and actions in the middle infield require polish. He's considered an average runner. Slowed by a sore arm last spring, he has gotten stronger since the draft, and the Angels plan to keep him at shortstop for now. Some scouts already project Williams' size and lack of middle-infield instincts will necessitate a move to third base or a corner outfield spot, which puts additional pressure on him to show he can turn his raw tools into on-field skills and increase his offensive output.
Jewell bounced back from a brutal 2016 at high Class A Inland Empire to become an above-average strike thrower at Double-A in 2017. The difference was stark, as he became a pitcher who generates more swings and misses and weak contact and has lowered his walk rate with a more compact, smooth and repeatable delivery. Jewell had a tendency to drop his arm slot and leave pitches in the upper part of the zone, where they were crushed, in 2015, but has made adjustments since then and added velocity as well. The average velocity of Jewell's fastball jumped from 91 mph in 2016 to 93 mph in 2017. He can ride his four-seam fastball, which sits at 94-95 mph, up to 98 mph with a natural cut and throws a sinking two-seamer in the low-90s. Jewell throws an average slider in the 86-89 mph range, a sweeping curveball in the low-80s and has mixed in an occasional cutter. His command has improved, but there's still room for growth. Jewell, who has bounced back and forth between the rotation and bullpen throughout his career, projects better as a reliever. He'll take on the challenge of Triple-A Salt Lake in 2018.
Persistence is a strength for Todd, who wasn't offered a single scholarship out of high school, attended a junior college in Alabama and made the team at Auburn as a walk-on, stocking shelves at a Walmart to earn enough money to cover his college expenses. Todd won the Tigers starting center field job and blossomed into a star, slashing .376/.460/.471 with 13 doubles, five triples, 37 RBIs and only 28 strikeouts in 283 plate appearances over 63 games in 2017. Todd continued to show excellent plate discipline at rookie league Orem and low Class A Burlington, slashing .275/.373/.344. A prototypical leadoff man with plus speed, Todd shows the makings of a professional hitter who sprays the ball to all fields, doesn't swing at balls and is willing to take his walks. Todd is an above-average defender with good instincts and an average but accurate arm in center field. The Angels love his grit and tenacity--Auburn coach Butch Thompson nicknamed him Joe Dirt.
Fletcher's favorite player growing up in Orange County was David Eckstein, and the middle-infield prospect shares some traits with the shortstop and leadoff man. Evaluators frequently label Fletcher an undersized “gamer” who consistently plays above his tools with good plate discipline and average speed but little power. He slashed .266/.316/.339 with 20 stolen bases in 111 Double-A and Triple-A games in 2017, with 55 strikeouts and 27 walks. Fletcher grinds out at-bats and has a solid approach with a line-drive stroke, but his added weight and muscle and lower body fat didn't translate into much power. Defensively, Fletcher has played mostly shortstop, but he projects as a second baseman or utility player in the big leagues. He's athletic with quick feet, soft hands, good instincts and solid range. What he lacks in arm strength he usually compensates for with good positioning, excellent footwork, a quick release and accurate throws. Fletcher should make his MLB debut this season and could end up as the Angels go-to reserve infielder.
Gatto threw so poorly at low Class A Burlington in 2016 he was sent back to the Angels complex in Arizona at midseason to rebuild his delivery. He returned to Burlington in 2017 and was visibly a different pitcher, throwing well enough to be promoted to high Class A Inland Empire in early August. Gatto still flashes the best curveball in the system, a pitch with a sharp, late break, and a decent sinking, two-seam fastball that sits 90-93 mph mph. He's effective when he attacks the strike zone and trusts his stuff. Inland Empire pitching coach Mike Wuertz moved Gatto to the opposite side of the rubber last summer, and that allowed his two-seamer to work better. But Gatto is inconsistent with his fastball command--he struck out 101 and walked 59 in 128.2 innings in 2017--and he has been unable to develop his changeup into a serviceable third pitch. He throws too many non-competitive pitches, and some scouts question whether he has the makeup to reach the big leagues as a back-end starter. Gatto may project more as a middle reliever, but still needs to significantly improve his control to get there. He'll start back at Inland Empire in 2018 and try to keep carrying his positive progress forward.
The 20-year-old Pina's development has been slow--he spent most of his first two seasons in the Dominican Summer League, most of 2016 in the Arizona League and all of 2017 at Rookie-level Orem--but he has gradually matured into a stout defender and a favorite of the pitchers he works with because of his receiving skills, game-calling abilities and strong arm. A natural leader, Pina has thrown out 95 of 240 basestealers (39.6 percent) and committed only 15 errors in 144 minor league games, earning plus grades as a defender from some evaluators. Offensively Pina makes consistent contact and has excellent plate discipline--he had more walks (23) than strikeouts (19) in 185 at-bats in 2017 and has almost as many walks (91) as strikeouts (114) in four minor league seasons--but he needs to get stronger physically just to develop into a gap hitter. Pina has no homers, 14 doubles and two triples in 652 at-bats in four seasons. Pina will likely start at low-A Burlington in 2018. Because of his limited offensive potential, Pina projects as a backup catcher.
The son of the former nine-time Gold Glove Award winner and five-time All-Star, Hunter passed up what would have been his senior season of football at Notre Dame--and a possible NFL career as a wide receiver--to sign with the Angels in 2016, even though he played baseball sparingly in college, hitting .182 in 11 at-bats and being used mostly as a pinch-runner in 18 games. The Angels love Hunter's raw tools and athletic ability, and they saw that potential begin to emerge at Rookie-level Orem, where he hit .352 with a .432 on-base percentage in 52 games in 2017 and showed solid plate discipline, with 44 strikeouts and 23 walks in 213 at-bats. Hunter has regained his plus speed after a broken femur, suffered during a workout for the U.S. Army All-American Bowl his senior year of high school, sidelined him for two full baseball seasons. Hunter needs to strengthen his arm, which is well-below average, and shorten his swing, but he has good raw strength and bat speed, which should translate to more power as he matures physically.
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When I was in Camden, Maine, in late May, I took the Edna St. Vincent Millay walking tour.
Granted, more than 100 years after this Pulitzer Prize-winning poet left the town where she grew up, there isn’t much left to see of her. The small house where she lived on Chestnut Street, a block away from the lovely Camden Harbor, is gone. The house across the street, then called the Cushing Mansion, where she studied piano under John Wheeler Tufts, has been replaced by another house that is home to a financial company. (She inherited the Cushing Mansion in 1945 but never lived in it.) However, the First Congregational Church, where she attended Sunday School, is still on Elm Street, as is the Camden Opera House, where her high school graduation was held on 1909. Only three years after her graduation, one of her most famous poems, “Renascence,” was published in The Lyric Year.
Millay read this remarkable poem at a staff party at the Whitehall Inn, where her sister Norma worked as a waitress. Caroline Dow, head of the New York YWCA, heard it and offered to pay Millay’s tuition to Vassar. The Whitehall Inn, an uphill walk from the Camden Public Library, is still a handsome working inn surrounded by trees and a garden.
Her talent and her interest in poetry emerged at an early age. The library contains the Edna St. Vincent Millay Archives, where I found a copy of her first poem (or known poem) written at age seven:
One bird on a tree
One bird come to me
One bird on the ground
One bird hopping around
One bird in his nest
One bird took a rest
Not bad for a seven-year-old.
Millay was born in nearby Rockland, Maine, on Feb. 22, 1892, to a family full of strong, independent women. In fact, the New York Times wrote of her: “To rebel has been for her as natural as to breathe; it is as personal as an act of faith.” Her mother, Cora Lounella Bouzelle, a nurse, divorced Millay’s father, Henry Tollman Millay, a schoolteacher, in 1904 for financial irresponsibility after several years of separation. Cora and her three daughters moved from town to town and finally settled in Camden, where they lived from 1903 until 1913. Cora traveled with a trunk full of classic literature, including Shakespeare and Milton, which she read to her daughters Vincent, as Millay was called, Norma, and Kathleen. Listening to Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets and Milton’s poetry and living amidst the beauty of coastal Maine must have had a huge influence on Millay’s own poetry and plays.
She wrote several poems in high school, which were published in St. Nicholas Magazine (a children’s publication), including “The Land of Romance,” which won the publication’s first prize in 1908 when she was about sixteen. While in school, she also published her poetry in the Camden Herald and in Current Literature, a New York City-based magazine that closed in 1925. But Millay was a well-rounded student who also played on the school basketball team, served as class correspondent, was editor of the school publication Megunticook, and participated in many amateur plays. She also eventually learned to speak six languages.
Camden is a charming town with quaint tourist shops, good seafood restaurants, a farmers’ market on Saturdays, fine old homes, and a beautiful harbor filled with sloops, ketches, and fishing boats. The library is a short walk up the hill on Main Street, as one leaves the downtown area, and it backs up to a serene park with bushes and trees and benches overlooking the harbor. Mountain Street runs off Main Street and has a view of mountains in the background. According to the Camden website, it is one of only two places on the Atlantic seaboard where the mountains meet the sea.
In “Renascence,” Millay writes:
All I could see from where I stood
Was three long mountains and a wood;
I turned and looked another way,
And saw three islands in a bay.
So with my eyes I traced the line
Of the horizon, thin and fine,
Straight around till I was come
Back to where I’d started from;
And all I saw from where I stood
Was three long mountains and a wood.
Millay left Camden when she was twenty and entered Vassar College at age twenty-one, graduating in 1921 with an A.B. degree. Renascence and Other Poems was her first published book, but she went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923 at age thirty for her fourth book, The Ballad of the Harp Weaver, becoming the third woman to receive the award.
She eventually settled near Austerlitz, N.Y., on a 635-acre farm called Steepletop after her marriage to Eugen Jan Boissevain. Both were feminists, and he supported her career. While she did not return to Camden to live, her early years there with the meeting of the sea and the mountains clearly influenced many of her writings until her death in 1950 at Steepletop. She was only 58.
How have your formative years influenced your own creativity?
Thanks, Brenda, for this terrific post! I’d like to add that any readers interested in knowing more about Edna St. Vincent Millay should consider reading “Savage Beauty,” Nancy Milford’s engrossing biography.
Thanks, Chris. I do want to read “Savage Beauty.”
I am assembling a photo journal of a recent trip to far northern Canada. This poem perfectly recaptures the 360 degree landscape of mountains and sea and when not above the tree line of woods and of course returning to where I started from with a better sense of nature. Thank you for making me aware of the work, I may just work it in to the recap.
Thanks too Christina for mentioning the biography. ARRR one more on my to be read list!
Thanks for your comment, Sounds like a wonderful trip and one I’d like to make sometime. Millay’s poem “Renascence” is beautiful and thoughtul and has encouraged me to read more of her poetry.
Well done, Brenda. Have never given Millay the attention her writing deserves. Thanks for bringing this poet (and the landscape which helped form her sensibility) to life.
Re: your question – my poetry is often inspired by dreams. And, like dreams, the poems are a combination of events in the moment and all that has gone before.
Thank you, Eve. I’d love to read your poetry sometime.
I want to go on this tour! I’ve had a fascination with ESVM since I was young because my mother talked about her poetry all the time, even recited the Ballad of the Harp Weaver to my sister and me—and oh, how we cried! So of course, I read Savage Beauty when it came out in 2002. Re my formative years, I’m sure my current love of poetry comes from my mother’s love of recitation. She knew many poems by memory from her school years and recited them to us in bits and pieces as they applied to our daily affairs. But the heart wrenching ballads were her favorites, and consequently ours. Boohoo!
What a lovely story about your childhood. My mother was a book lover (like me!) and read a lot, but I don’t recall that she recited poems to us when my brothers and I were growing up. You experience was very special.
Great post Brenda. I love reading about poets, and Millay is one of my favorites. Who could not love a Pulitzer prize winning rebel? My childhood definitely influences my writing. Like Millay, I wrote poems as a child. I still have the handmade booklet of poems I gave my mama and daddy for Christmas when i was 12 years old, and I once won an award in elementary school for writing a poem about citizenship. It is inspiring to learn I have something in common with one of my favorite poets.
Thanks for your wonderful comment. I’m sure your parents loved your Christmas gift, and it makes me wonder if Vincent did something like that for her own mama. What a great talent she had – and a fiery spirit.
Do you still write poetry?
As a Maine native, with my father’s coming from Rockland, I so enjoyed this piece. Reading about Ms. Millay inspired me to return ‘home’, and pick up some of her works. Great write up!


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NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 & GeForce 8800 GT 256MB: Playing with Memory and G92by Anand Lal Shimpi on December 11, 2007 12:00 AM EST
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8800 GT 512MB vs. 256MB
When AMD released the Radeon HD 3800 series, NVIDIA responded by saying that a cheaper 256MB version of the 8800 GT would be on its way, priced below $200. NVIDIA delivered on part of its promise, we do have a 256MB 8800 GT in hand but it's not a sub-$200 card. The 8800 GT 256 we have is the Alpha Dog Edition XXX from XFX, priced at $229 not including a $10 mail in rebate. That's not too far off the mark but it's still not less than $200.
The XFX card we have runs at a 650MHz core clock but only has a 1.6GHz memory data rate. The reference 512MB card runs at 600MHz core/1.8GHz memory.
Quake Wars starts off showing us a trend we'll see quite often with the 256MB 8800 GT, it performs virtually identically to its 512MB brother until after 1600 x 1200 then there's a sharp drop off:
The performance hit isn't as pronounced when you turn on AA, instead you get a 10 - 20% hit across the board:
Bioshock shows the same thing, competitive performance up to 1600 x 1200 but at 1920 x 1200 the 512MB card has a 16% advantage, and a 60% advantage at 2560 x 1600. It is worth noting that neither card is really playable at 2560 x 1600 in Bioshock.
World in Conflict moves the choke point up to 1600 x 1200; the two cards behave similarly at 1280 x 1024, but the 512MB 8800 GT holds on to a 20% minimum advantage at 1600 x 1200 and grows it to 40% at 2560 x 1600.
Older titles like Half Life 2 and Oblivion show absolutely no difference between the two cards, showing us that this current wave of games and most likely all those to follow require larger than 256MB frame buffers. While 256MB could cut it in the Half Life 2 and Oblivion days, the same just isn't true any more.
What we have here is an 8800 Ultra that's $50 more for not much more gain, and a 256MB 8800 GT that's at least $70 cheaper for a lot less performance. If you plan on keeping this card for any length of time, it looks like 512MB is the way to go. Frame buffer demands of modern games are only going to increase, and it looks like what we're seeing here today is an indication that the transition to 512MB as a minimum for high end gaming performance is officially underway. The 768MB memory sizes of the 8800 GTX are still not totally required, but 512MB looks like the sweet spot.

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Adding another impressive technological accomplishment to its arsenal, the United States military has recently developed and created a self-guided bullet, able to twist, turn, and travel over a mile before it hits its target.
Often placed under extreme conditions, soldiers must rely on unbridled discipline, a great degree of patience, and of course a skilled level of marksmanship. But thanks to new government research by Sandia National Laboratories, American troops might be getting some much appreciated help in the form of self-guided bullets.
Sandia National Laboratories has long been at work with the United States military developing the ultimate “smart bullet.” It announced today that a successful prototype of the bullet was created and tested at distances of over a mile (about 2,000 meters).
“We have a very promising technology to guide small projectiles that could be fully developed inexpensively and rapidly,” said Sandia researcher Red Jones. Sandia’s new technology features a dart-like “smart bullet” that allows for unprecedented movement while in flight.
Working in tandem with laser designators, each bullet measures around four inches in length. An optical sensor can be seen at the tip of the round, which can detect a laser beam that would be used to “paint” a target. Inside, the bullets are able to communicate with the different sensors that are gathered via sensors which also communicate with the bullet allowing it to steer and maneuver to its destination.
Chief among the new “smart bullets” abilities is the way in which the guided rounds can actually “self correct” its navigational path 30 times a second and at the same time traveling at the speed of sound.
Given that bullets, by nature, have been engineered to travel in as straight a line as possible, the entire design of Sandia’s bullets needed to be re-engineered. For example, you may notice that when you throw a football the spin achieved after the ball is properly thrown allows for it to travel farther and faster. The concept is similar here, only in order to allow the bullet to change course, the researchers needed to eliminate that spin, and instead utilized tiny fins similar to that of a dart.
“Most bullets shot from rifles, which have grooves, or rifling, that cause them to spin so they fly straight, like a long football pass,” Jones explains. “To enable a bullet to turn in flight toward a target and to simplify the design, the spin had to go.”
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