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Ridlington Parish Council Data Protection Policy
Ridlington Parish Council needs to collect and use certain types of information about the Data Subjects who come into contact with it in order for it to carry out its work. This personal information must be collected and dealt with appropriately, whether on paper, in a computer or recorded on other material. There are safeguards to ensure this occurs as set out in the Data Protection Act 1998
The following list of definitions below of the technical terms used in this document is intended to aid understanding of this policy.
The person, who either alone or with others, decides what personal information Ridlington Parish Council will hold and how it will be held or used.
Data Protection Act 1998 (the Act):
The UK legislation that provides a framework for responsible behaviour by those using personal information.
The person(s) responsible for ensuring that Ridlington Parish Council follows its data protection policy and complies with the Data Protection Act 1998.
Data Subject/Service User:
The individual whose personal information is being held or processed by Ridlington Parish Council.
"Explicit" Consent:
Is a freely given, specific and informed agreement by a Data Subject (see definition) to the processing of personal information about him/her. Explicit consent is needed for processing sensitive data – see definition below.
Notifying the Information Commissioner about the data processing activities of Ridlington Parish Council as certain activities may be exempt from notification.
The UK Information Commissioner responsible for implementing and overseeing the Data Protection Act 1998.
Means collecting, amending, handling, storing or disclosing personal information.
Information about living individuals that enables them to be identified; eg name and address. It does not apply to information about organisations, companies and agencies but applies to named persons, such as individual volunteers within Ridlington Parish Council.
Sensitive Data means data about:
Religious or similar beliefs
Trade union membership
Physical or mental health
Sexual life
Criminal proceedings relating to a Data Subject's offences
Ridlington Parish Council is the Data Controller under the Act, which means that it determines what purposes personal information held will be used for. It is also responsible for notifying the Information Commissioner of the data it holds or is likely to hold and the general purposes that this data will be used for.
Ridlington Parish Council may share data with other agencies such as the local authority, funding bodies and other voluntary agencies.
The Data Subject will be made aware in most circumstances how and with whom their information will be shared. There are circumstances where the law allows Ridlington Parish Council to disclose data (including sensitive data) without the Data Subject's consent.
Carrying out a legal duty or as authorised by the Secretary of State
Protecting vital interests of a Data Subject or other person
The Data Subject has already made the information public
Conducting any legal proceedings, obtaining legal advice or defending any legal rights
Monitoring for equal opportunities purposes, eg, race, disability or religion
Providing a confidential service where the Data Subject's consent cannot be obtained or where it is reasonable to proceed without consent, eg, where we would wish to avoid forcing stressed or ill Data Subjects to provide consent signatures.
Ridlington Parish Council regards the lawful and correct treatment of personal information as very important to successful working, and to maintaining the confidence of those with whom the Parish Council deals.
Ridlington Parish Council intends to ensure that personal information is treated lawfully and correctly
To this end, Ridlington Parish Council will adhere to the Principles of Data Protection as detailed in the Data Protection Act 1998.
Specifically, the Principles require that personal information:
Shall be processed fairly and lawfully and, in particular, shall not be processed unless specific conditions are met
Shall be obtained only for one or more of the purposes specified in the Act and shall not be processed in any manner incompatible with that purpose or those purposes
Shall be adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to those purposes
Shall be accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date
Shall not be kept longer than is necessary
Shall be processed in accordance with the rights of Data Subjects under the Act
Shall be kept secure by the Data Controller who takes appropriate technical and other measures to prevent unauthorised or unlawful processing or accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal information
Shall not be transferred to a country or territory outside the European Economic Area unless that country or territory ensures an adequate level of protection for the rights and freedoms of Data Subjects in relation to the processing of personal information
Ridlington Parish Council will, through appropriate management, ensure strict application of its criteria and controls by:
Observing fully conditions regarding the fair collection and use of information
Meeting its legal obligations to specify the purposes for which information is used
Collecting and processing appropriate information and only to the extent that it is needed to fulfil its operational needs or to comply with any legal requirements
Ensuring the quality of information used
Ensuring that the rights of people about whom information is held can be fully exercised under the Act. These include;
(a) The right to be informed that processing is being undertaken
(b) The right of access to one's personal information
(c) The right to prevent processing in certain circumstances and
(d) The right to correct, rectify, block or erase information which is regarded as wrong information
Taking appropriate technical and organisational security measures to safeguard personal information
Ensuring that personal information is not transferred abroad without suitable safeguards
Treating people justly and fairly whatever their age, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation or ethnicity when dealing with requests for information
Setting out clear procedures for responding to requests for information
Data Collection:
Informed consent is when:
A Data Subject clearly understands why their information is needed, who it will be shared with, the possible consequences of them agreeing or refusing the proposed use of the data
They give their consent
Ridlington Parish Council will ensure that data is collected within the boundaries defined in this policy. This applies to data that is collected in person or by completing a form
When collecting data Ridlington Parish Council will ensure that the Data Subject:
Clearly understands why the information is needed
Understands what it will be used for and what the consequences are should the Data Subject decide not to give consent to processing
As far as is reasonably possible, grants explicit consent, either written or verbal, for data to be processed
Is, as far as is reasonably practicable, competent enough to give consent and has given so freely without any duress, and
Has received sufficient information on why their data is needed and how it will be used
Data Storage:
Information and records relating to service users will be stored securely and will only be accessible to authorised personnel and volunteers.
Information will be stored for only as long as it is needed or required by statute and will be disposed of appropriately
It is Ridlington Parish Council's responsibility to ensure all personal and company data is non-recoverable from any computer system previously used within the organisation and which has been passed on or sold to a third party.
Data Access and Accuracy:
All Data Subjects have the right to access the information Ridlington Parish Council holds about them. Ridlington Parish Council will also take reasonable steps to ensure that this information is kept up to date by asking Data Subjects whether there have been any changes.
In addition, Ridlington Parish Council will ensure that:
It has a Data Protection Officer with specific responsibility for ensuring compliance with Data Protection
Everyone processing personal information understands that they are contractually responsible for following good data protection practice
Everyone processing personal information is appropriately trained to do so
Everyone processing personal information is appropriately supervised
Anybody wanting to make enquiries about handling personal information knows what to do
It deals promptly and courteously with any enquiries about handling personal information
It describes clearly how it handles personal information
It will regularly review and audit the ways it holds, manages and uses personal information
It regularly assesses and evaluates its methods and performance in relation to handling personal information, and
All personnel are aware that a breach of the rules and procedures identified in this policy may lead to action being taken against them
This policy will be updated as necessary to reflect best practice in data management, security and control and to ensure compliance with any changes or amendments made to the Data Protection Act 1998
In case of any queries or questions in relation to this policy please contact the Clerk to Ridlington Parish Council who also acts in the role of Data Protection Officer for Ridlington Parish Council.
Signed: C J Lees Position: Clerk for the Parish Council Date: 7th September 2016
Review Date: September 2017


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Q: Programmatically select a datagridview row doesn't fire bindingsource.currentchanged event This is a Winform C# question.
I have a customized datagridview which is bound to a bindingsource. There is a listener listening to bindingsource.currentchanged event.
When I subscribed the customized datagridview's sorted event and programmatically select a row, the bindingsource.currentchanged event is not fired:
dataGridViewExtended.Sorted += SortedCompleted;
private void SortedCompleted(...){
    // Some code to get rowIndex...
    dataGridViewExtended.Rows[rowIndex].Selected = true;
}

Why programmatically change the selection of a datagridview row doesn't fire the bindingsource.currentchanged? How can I fire that event?

A: You can use CurrentCell Property to set the CurrentRow.
CurrentRow is ReadOnly.
The Selected property do´nt affect to CurrencyManager.
There are some limitations to change the CurrentRow from code in some DataGridView Events, it can throw exception.
To change CurrentRow from a Dgv Event you can use Control.BeginInvoke to Async post the change.

A: I found out the reason. Selecting DataGridView rows don't trigger CurrentChanged event of the BindingSource. Partly because there can be multiple rows selected at the same time. To trigger that event, you need to set CurrentCell of the DataGridView. Anytime, CurrentCell can only be one. As soon as you update the CurrentCell, the CurrentChanged event will be fired.
In my case, it is simply a matter to set the first cell of the selected row as the CurrentCell.

A: CurrencyManager DtCm; //SETUP CURRENCY MANAGER
DtCm = (CurrencyManager)this.BindingContext[DtTable]; //BIND CURRENCY MANAGER
int F = Dgv.CurrentRow.Index; //SET INDEX POSITION
this.DtCm.Position = F; //RESTORE POSITION

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CCSD updates code of conduct
Published 9:00 am Saturday, July 10, 2021
By Cody Estremera
At Wednesday's meeting, the Chambers County School Board approved the 2021-22 Code of Conduct, which had several key changes from previous codes of conduct.
One of the big changes will be the attendance policy and how tardies will be handled.
"Our data is showing that we are having a lot of problems with tardies in school. We've made some adjustments there," Superintendent Casey Chambley said.
Students will need a professional excuse for a tardy. After three tardies, students will start to be punished with things like detention.
Tardies will reset after each nine weeks, so students will actually get 12 tardies a school year without consequences.
"There are no consequences for the first three," Chambley said. "To get an excused tardy, you have to have a professional excuse. Just saying that we slept late will not be an excused reason. You get the three for that purpose. Then there will be consequences after that happens. We need to do something to curb some of this."
The tardy change will affect only middle school and high school students.
Dress codes will also be changed this year.
"We have established a group that is looking into different things with dress codes and uniforms," Chambley said.
"I want to address that with the board but did not have time to get that together for this [meeting], but we're having serious issues in our schools with dress code that needs to be addressed. It's very difficult to address dress code when things are ambiguous and grey areas with dress code. It's causing some distractions, and it's causing some issues."
One big dress code change will be with students wearing hoodies, hoods and hats.
"The kids are wearing the hoodies, so they can listen to their earbuds to listen to music or talk on the phone. They're also using their hoodies, especially in middle school and high school, are vaping," Chambley said. "They're able to vape the electric cigarette and able to blow it into the sweatshirt, and it absorbs the vaper. We have kids in 90-degree weather that are wearing hooded sweatshirts. Who in the world, around here in this humidity would want to wear a hooded sweatshirt in 90-degree weather."
Hooded sweatshirts will be prohibited in CCSD schools during school hours. Students can still wear them during sporting events and on buses.
Also added were additional punishments for tobacco use.
"The problems and issues with these [electronic cigarettes] and how dangerous they are is what they can obtain to put in the e-cigarette," Chambley said. "The pods and different things can be filled with THC, and they can order online and fill those vape pods with items they don't need. We can have students in our classrooms vaping marijuana and you can't smell it because it's just the chemical. We're going to really have to crack down on this one. We're going to be doing a lot of stuff with the teachers and parents about this. We're going to try to educate parents about the dangers of nicotine and the dangers of doing this."
Chambley said the first offense will have three days of out-of-school suspension and three days of in-school suspension. After the second offense, juvenile court will be involved.
"After the second offense, we're going to sign juvenile petitions," Chambley said. "We're finding that we're going to need more help on attacking these issues."
The student cell phone policy has also changed.
"I believe if there was one thing to do to raise scores in our schools right now … if you could give me one wish, and I could have that one wish to improve our scores, that would be to remove cell phones from the environment," Chambley said. "If you did that, it would improve discipline. I would say that 75-80 percent of the discipline that we have in the schools stems from a cell phone."
Cell phones can be taken by teachers and returned at the end of a period if a student is caught using them during class when not permitted.
On a second offense, the phone will go to the school office and will be retrieved by a parent after school. On a third offense, the phone will be held for a week and will be returned to a parent.
Phones can be used during lunch, before and after school, during class transitions and sometimes during school depending on the teacher's instructions.

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A measurement of a wavelength of a light beam. The wavelengths of various lights in the visible spectrum are as follows: blue light = 400 to 500 nm, green light = 500 to 600 nm, red light = 600 to 700 nm.
Also known as an Angstrom. A unit of length equal to one hundred-millionth (10-10) of a meter. It was once used to measure wavelengths of light and the diameters of atoms, but has now been mostly replaced by the nanometer.


I have to deliver something interim and everything's still up in the air.
Answer: When things are in doubt, use vaguification.
Question: During my last performance review, my manager told me that no one reads my documentation, that it's just an annoying check box for regulatory compliance. I know people do use it, because they ask me where to find it and sometimes they re-use the content. Am I wasting my time?


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Crusaders Come Full Circle to Finish the JobRead Time 6 min
By Larry Hanson|2022-11-28T13:52:04-06:00Dec 1, 2022|From the Sidelines|
Catholic Memorial's boys volleyball team defeated Arrowhead, 3-0, on Saturday, Nov. 5, to win its first state title since 2016. (Submitted photo)
At various points in the season, Catholic Memorial boys volleyball coach Danny Brozynski would ask his team a simple question: Was the job finished yet?
Each time, his players responded with a resounding "No."
On Saturday, Nov. 5, after Ben Goedheer and Greg Bodus combined on a block for the final point of a 3-0 (25-17, 25-23, 25-17) victory over conference rival Arrowhead in the championship match of the WIAA State Tournament, Brozynski heard a different response.
"It was such a surreal feeling asking them that question after the championship game and them go crazy and finally say, 'Yes,'" said Brozynski, who was in his first year as head coach of the Crusaders after being a CMH assistant the previous two years. "They're a great group of volleyball players and an even better group of men. I've been super proud of them all year."
The championship was Catholic Memorial's first since 2016 and fourth overall.
In 2021, the Crusaders lost in the first round (quarterfinals) of the state tournament to Arrowhead. Going into this season, CMH was returning all but one starter and served notice early in the campaign that they were hunting for the big gold ball.
In the beginning of the season, Catholic Memorial swept defending state champion Marquette, who was ranked No. 1 in the state most of the season and whose only three losses in Wisconsin were to the Crusaders, on their own floor.
By the time the state semifinals rolled around, when CMH upended the Hilltoppers 3-2 (25-21, 25-27, 25-21, 21-25, 15-11), it was the teams' sixth matchup with each side winning three each.
"They're that team every year that you expect to be really talented, and they had a really talented team this year, as well," Brozynski said. "Going into the year, we knew that was one of the teams that was going to be there at the end. Being able to play them so many times was great for competitiveness but me and Jake Cosson, their coach, talked every time after the matches and we both felt like neither team played up to their full potential every time we played them. It was kind of hard to pull things from each match."
Brozynski said both coaches agreed the state matchup was the first time the two teams had played to their capabilities against each other all year.
The CMH coach noted how scrappy Marquette was defensively, so the Crusaders had to serve aggressively to disrupt their offense. It worked, as CMH forced 23 attacking errors in the match.
State player of the year Vinny Coello, a junior, led the Crusaders with 29 kills and nine digs in the five-set match, while Jack Basarich added 12 kills and nine digs, and Roman Rothermel had 11 kills and four block assists. Ryan Brown added 35 assists and Brady Oberfoell had 15 digs.
"It was a really hard-fought match and I was proud to see the guys coming out and getting on top of the game," Brozynski said.
Beating Marquette gave the Crusaders a chance to come full circle on what some players were calling their "Revenge Tour."
"They were ecstatic," Brozynski said. "We had this confidence, this aura about us that we're going to give it our best shot. We knew we could do it."
All that stood in the way of the Crusaders and a completed job was an Arrowhead team they defeated two out of three times during the regular season — in the championship matches of the Kettle Moraine and Classic 8 Conference tournaments.
In the championship match, CMH forced Arrowhead into 17 attacking errors (against just 23 kills) and six serve-receive errors.
"We were really sound on defense and blocking, and forced them to have to hit around us," Brozynski said. "We made them make their own errors by putting up a good defensive front."
Coello again led the Crusaders with 11 kills, while Basarich and Bodus added six each. Oberfoell led the way with 12 digs, while Brown had 16 assists and nine digs.
Catholic Memorial Statistical Leaders
Kills: Vinny Coello, 395
Digs: Brady Oberfoell, 342
Assists: Tim Serb, 480; Ryan Brown, 470
Blocks: Greg Bodus, 105
Aces: Coello, 67
All-State and All-Conference Accolades
Coello – Wisconsin player of the year; first-team all-conference
Oberfoell – second-team all-state; Classic 8 Conference libero of the year
Roman Rothermel – second-team all-state; first-team all-conference
Brown – honorable mention all-state; second-team all-conference
Ben Goodheer – honorable mention all-state; second-team all-conference
Bodus – second-team all-conference
Serb – honorable mention all-conference
About the Author: Larry Hanson
Larry Hanson is the managing editor of the Catholic Herald and has been with the publication since July 2017. He can be reached at hansonl@archmil.org or 414-769-3466.
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Should you tell your boss that you're leaving? YES. If your boss has made comments about the fact you'll eventually want to advance in your position or move on,they'll likely support you in the new endeavor. If they don't, that's not your deal. But forewarned is forearmed.To get a feel for how your boss might react to you leaving, talk about career aspirations during your performance review and see how they respond. Also, pay attention to how your boss reacts when other colleagues have moved on.
How much notice should you give? Yes, two weeks notice is the norm, but depending on your career field, you might want to give more… if you can. If you offer to stay long enough to train your replacement, that'll likely gain favor with your current boss. He may or may not take you up on that, but not matter what, never jump ship without giving two weeks' notice, minimum.
How you handle your exit can definitely impact your future.References aside, you want to build a reputation for playing fair – and acting ethically.If you continue working in the same field, you'll likely encounter some of your former colleagues at some point. Maybe even end up working for your old boss at a different company in the future.So, don't ever burn a bridge.You just never know when it may come back to haunt you.


In an article published in Business Alabama on Oct. 24, 2018, Trey Dowdey discussed Alabama's booming manufacturing market, crediting big-name production facilities in the state like Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Mazda, Honda and Hyundai for the state's boost in national rankings for automobile production.
While the increase in production is a boon for state revenue and reputation, it will likely result in a rise in workers' compensation claims given that manufacturing jobs in Alabama now account for more than 13 percent of Alabama's workforce. The Alabama Workers' Compensation Act can be complex for employers as it is liberally designed to favor employees while providing the means to protect employers from tort claims including negligence.
In situations where an employer has acquired the services of a staffing agency, an injured employee can bring suits against either the manufacturer or the staffing company, or both. It is worth noting that even if both employers are liable for an employee's workers' compensation benefits, both would remain immune from tort liability. Employers should keep this in mind when engaging an outside staffing agency in their hiring process.


The 2016 MLB Draft will be here before we know it, so that can only mean one thing: it's MOCK DRAFT season. It's been a few years since I published a mock draft around here, but I figured it was finally time to get back in the game. Of course, since I can't offer much in the way of insider intel — I'm not BA-era peak Jim Callis over here — putting together a mock would be pretty much pointless. With the proper analysis attached to each pick mock drafts can be fun and interesting reads, not to mention a great way of exposing casual fans — the number of people who Google "2016 mlb mock draft" that find this site is insane, at least relative to the four people who read on their own volition otherwise — to players they might have not yet heard of. I might attempt a mock like that between now and June. Or not. Either way, this ain't it.
1) Teams can only select players from schools seeded 35-68 in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.
2) Only one player can be selected from each school.
3) Schools without baseball programs are to be replaced with the next best thing.
4) Teams are not allowed to complain about the crazy new draft rules imposed on them by some weirdo on the internet.
Nick Lovullo's slow start has opened the door for Jon Escobar and his combination of mid-90s heat and rapidly improving curve to seize the top spot. Escobar is a nice prospect. We're off to a good start.
Troy Lewis and Jose DeLaTorre came into the season really close on my list and their performances so far this year are virtually identical. Lewis being a two-way player gives him that little bit of extra intrigue, so he's the pick.
John Giakas is off to a blazing start, but Logan Frati is right there with him. The latter came into the year more accomplished, so we'll go with the generic college righthander (88-91 FB, average CU, two breaking balls, good size) as a potentially useful org arm with the chance to impress when eventually shifted to the bullpen.
This is tougher than I would have thought coming into the season. Jake Noll seemed poised to build on his strong redshirt-sophomore season and in many obvious ways he has (.405/.443/.676 in 74 AB is good, right?), but his 3 BB/14 K ratio gives me serious pause. That could be a byproduct of a tough early season schedule that has included games against Florida, Illinois, Miami, and Michigan State. It could also be because of the reality that when a hitter is as locked in as Noll appears to be, expanding the zone and attacking early and often the count winds up being the best temporary strategy at the plate. Meanwhile, Nick Rivera remains a favorite and Brady Anderson has done everything asked of him through four starts. Still, ugly BB/K ratio or not it has to be Noll.
Not only is there no Hampton roster to realistically pick from, the only two Hampton's in my database are freshmen. So…now what? There were no Rodney's or Hilton's in my notes either, so the closest fit I could find was a player off the Long Island-Brooklyn roster. They play their home games in Brooklyn and not the Hamptons, but it's as close as I could get. Bobby Maxwell is my favorite arm on talent alone, but Brian Drapeau is close enough (88-92 FB, lots of cutters) with better results. We're splitting hairs here.
Austin Peay has three hitters slugging .700 or better in the early going. Ridge Smith is a really nice draft sleeper with experience at a variety of positions and a bat that has produced going on three seasons now. Dre Gleason has had a (small sample size!) breakout season. In a draft light on power bats, the 6-4, 240 pound first base prospect hitting .500/.597/.940 (11 BB/8 K) through 50 AB deserves some love. Then there's old favorite Logan Gray, clearly lagging behind Gleason with a lowly .327/.450/.755 (11 BB/16 K) line so far. Much as I appreciate the video game numbers put up by Gleason — it should be noted that he's not coming out of nowhere: he slugged .550 last year as a sophomore — I still have to go with the third baseman (maybe shortstop…) in Gray.
With nothing from Weber State helping the cause, we turn to the Weber's in college ball. I have nothing on Weber Pike (South Carolina), so he's out. In fact, turns out he's not even on the Gamecocks roster at last look. Nevermind. Reece Weber (New Mexico) did big things in a small sample last year, but hasn't quite been able to match it this year so far. He's still maintained control of the strike zone, so I won't rule him out just yet. Fort Wayne's closer Jake Weber whiffed 10.26 batters per nine last year and is at 7.64 so far this year. It's a close call with Reece and Jake, but we'll go with the college starting pitcher over the outfielder.
Joe Zayatz has to be one of the sneakiest good players in all of college baseball. I'm not sure if that makes him a draft-worthy prospect or not, but how many two-way players can boast of hitting .300/.483/.550 (8 BB/8 K) at the plate and a 2.25 ERA with 16 K/2 BB on the mound? The only notes I had on him before this spring indicated that he's a command over stuff pitcher…and I had nothing on his bat at all. Interesting guy. Speaking of guys, Pete Guy is off to a beautiful three true outcomes start. Over half of his PA so far have ended in a homer (6), walk (18) or strikeout (14), and that number goes up even higher if we add in the times he's been plunked (6). All in all, it's an interesting offensive profile for a catcher. The offensive edge goes to Joe Tietjen, the outfielder/third baseman with "sneaky pop" (per my old notes) who has struck eleven extra base hits in just sixty at bats so far this year. That power combined with a solid approach (10 BB/12 K) gives him the win.
Dustin Frailey is a new name for me who has hit well in the early going. Behind him offensively — well, technically two spots behind him as Christian Deaton (2017) is directly behind him in qualified OBP and SLG — is Max Carter, a nice little potential utility piece capable of playing both second and third. Unless Dailey's start is real or Chance Gusbeth manages to put it all together, solid org players are pretty much what you're getting with this roster. Carter's defensive flexibility gets him the nod.
Brad Jarreau has done some good things at the plate while Nate Hoffmann and Caleb Smith remain intriguing on the mound (and new name Cody Puckett looks promising so far), but when you have a hitter like Riley Delgado and a pitcher like Garrett Ring then everybody else is playing for for the bronze. Ring is off to a decent start as the long man out of the Blue Raiders pen: 0.60 ERA in 15 innings (16 strikeouts) spanning six appearances. That'll work. On many teams a start like combined with positive scouting reports (90-94 FB, good cutter) would be enough for the top spot, but do you really expect me to go against Delgado and his 14 BB/2 K ratio (plus reliable glovework at short) so far? No way.
Garrett McMullen has mashed (.426/.500/.704), but I'll go with the athletic, speedy, and patient at the plate Conner Fikes. Kyle Thornell and Nick Ramos could also hit their way back into the mix before too long. Fikes for now.
This actually wound up the most difficult pick so far. I didn't anticipate the pickings being so slim for a program like Fresno State, but I guess most of the talent on their current roster won't be ready to be drafted until 2017 and 2018. Brody Russell came into his college career with high expectations, so maybe his strong start to his senior year after three underwhelming seasons is just a sign he's a late bloomer. Tim Borst (up to 93), Anthony Arias (deceptive lefty with velocity and a good bender), and Jimmy Lambert (23 K/1 BB in 28.0 IP of 0.64 ERA ball so far) all stand out on the mound. I'll give it up to Lambert, the best combination of stuff (88-92 FB, 94 peak) and performance (you see that start?) so far. Arias is really, really close.
Mike Abrunzo's start (.321/.524/.536, 13 BB/8 K) deserves notice, but I knew before looking at the numbers that this would be Mike Kaelin. He's delivered as expected (14 K/1 BB in 11.1 IP), so this was easy. I love Kaelin.
There's no Green Bay, but we do have two players with the last name Rodgers in the database. Both are third basemen: redshirt-junior Greg is at Niagara and true junior Jordan is at Tennessee. Both are off to fine starts, but we'll have to side with the guy with solid speed and pop doing it for the SEC program. Jordan it is. Incidentally, Aaron Rodgers has a brother named Jordan who played QB for Vanderbilt. And apparently he'll be on next season of The Bachelorette. The more you know.
I'm not sure if I'll get there with more time and research, but I don't have a great feel for this year's Iona team. Matt Byrne looked like their top guy coming into the year, so we'll stick with him. He's had a start to the year that looks a lot like what Jake Noll is doing for Florida Gulf Coast. Noll's .405/.443/.676 (3 BB/14 K) stacks up with Byrne's .417/.472/.542 (2 BB/13 K) nicely. Also like Noll, Byrne can run and defend at second base.
I still like both Tyler Honahan and Cameron Stone despite slow starts, yet Toby Handley remains in the top spot. All he does is hit. And swipe bags. And run down balls in center. Strong fourth outfielder profile.
This is exactly why I'm glad I did this. Hawaii's most interesting 2016 pre-season prospect for me was junior college transfer Josh Rojas. The second baseman, a FAVORITE in my notes, came into the year with a reputation as an average defender with average arm strength. That's all well and good, but what was supposed to make him stand out was his big hit tool and professional approach at the plate. It's only been 47 at bats, so I'm not leaping off the bandwagon just yet…but .170/.273/.255 isn't an inspiring start. Somewhat similarly, Marcus Doi came into his college career with all kinds of hype — some of it coming from me — but hasn't hit much at all. His pure hit tool, regarded as ranking in the top ten in this class by a few smart pals who like to throw around such broad statements, hasn't resulted in all that many hits. There's still time for him, but patience is understandably starting to wane. A less hyped but still really interesting senior-sign possibility is sure-handed shortstop Jacob Sheldon-Collins. The decision here comes down to a newly hyped yet disappointing middle infielder, a historically hyped yet disappointing outfielder, and an under-hyped yet productive middle infielder. There's no wrong choice and Sheldon-Collins could keep on hitting through May to justify a change of heart, but my gut still says to go with the upside. As such, it'll be the infielder Rojas over the outfielder Doi with Sheldon-Collins on standby.
Or maybe THIS is why I'm glad I did this. Every June I kick myself for not writing more about unheralded players that I like more before the rest of the world catches on. There's never enough time once the college season gets going and I always feel guilty about doing quick posts off the top of my head that would better suit the daily "hey, this guy is REALLY good" thoughts that have a habit of coming up about certain prospects. The premise of this post is goofy, but I'd like to think the content stands up enough to be taken seriously. That makes this the perfect platform to express again how much I like Gavin Stupienski. He's hit during his summers, he hit as a redshirt-sophomore, he's hitting so far this year…he can hit. There are no questions about his defense behind the plate and he's a leader on one of the nation's best mid-major teams. I'm not sure what more you could want. I'm all-in on Stupienski. Add him to the increasingly impressive top ten round catcher pile. Also, not for nothing, but Jared Gesell is another FAVORITE who will make a drafting team extremely happy as a high value senior-sign. I think he's a future big leaguer.
South Dakota State is all about the arms this year, assuming you're cool with not stressing over high ERA's. You are cool, right? Thought so. I'll give the Jackrabbit pitchers a break for now — tough competition and tougher run environments will inflate early season totals — and focus more on track record, stuff, and peripherals. Naturally after an intro like that the prospect we'll focus on happens to have the lowest ERA (5.04) of any starter on the staff. Andrew Clemen is a nice senior-sign who does a lot of the little things right while having enough stuff (88-92 FB, two usable secondaries) to hold his own in pro ball.
As I've mentioned (too) many times before, I'm a big Ivy League baseball fan. There's no nice way to say this and I really don't want to sound like a jerk, but the 2016 Yale baseball team isn't a great representation of what I like about the Ivy League. Chasen Ford wins here by default. And why not: they are the two sweetest words in the English language, after all.
Cody McGill is a really intriguing live arm (up to 94) who misses bats and the strike zone in equal measure. He's behind Little Rock's two big bats (Ryan Scott and Dalton Thomas), both off to excellent starts in 2016. Scott has the better first fifteen games under his belt, but Thomas brings more impressive scouting notes to the table. The latter gets the nod for now, but the former is coming on fast.
With no Chattanooga to pull from, let's change it up ever so slightly and go with Chase Adkins from Chattahoochee Valley Community College. It's close enough, plus it gives me the chance to mention one of the better non-D1 prospects in the country. I always give those guys the shaft, so heed this warning: don't sleep on Adkins, a righthander who transferred from Coastal Carolina armed and ready with a fastball that hits the mid-90s and a power slider. Results so far have backed up the hype: 25 K and 2 BB in 25 IP with an ERA of 1.44. Not bad. Also, I'd very like a Chattahoochee Valley Community College t-shirt for my next birthday.
Another school without players to talk about. What a bummer. We could go with Northern Illinois to keep the Northern I theme going or we could give a little love to another junior college program. It's a close call, but Iowa Western Community College deserves the love. As a team, the Reivers — surely I'm not alone in having to look up what this meant, though on the bright side I'm now prepared for a potential Jeopardy! clue now — are hitting .394/.452/.620. Helping in some areas and hurting in others is Jared Gates (.402/.435/.736, 4 BB/9 K), a second baseman with one of the most interesting non-D1 hit tools in all the land. He's one of five hitters on the roster who is hitting over .400 (45 AB minimum) so far, by the way. For a team that plays such high scoring affairs on both sides of the ball, Western Iowa has some solid pitching prospects. Jackson Douglas (16.20 ERA), Jacob Niggemeyer (3.52 ERA), Taylor Goshen (8.05 ERA), and Devon Perez (7.45 ERA) all have the talent to pitch in pro ball. Goshen, a transfer from Wichita State, is my favorite of the bunch. Much as I can appreciate the pitchers fighting the good fight, you can't really pick an Iowa Western prospect and not go with the hitter. Jared Gates, come on down.
I've got nothing here. Stared at the computer for five minutes, but still nothing. Best I can do is that Tulsa is about one hundred miles from Oklahoma City, the city that landed the Sonics after they abandoned Seattle. So we'll steal their selection here and let Seattle get a tiny bit of revenge. Since we have to wait another year for Tarik Skubal, we're left with potential draft picks like Ted Hammond (gets the most out of his upper-80s fastball), Mike McCann (long awaited power surge in full effect), and a trio of solid infielders (Sheldon Stober, Griffin Andreychuk, Brock Carpenter). All the players have their merits, but I'll go Andreychuk on the basis that he isn't a senior like Hammond, has a longer track record than McCann, and plays a more challenging defensive spot (for now) than Stober.
I don't know what people outside of my own little bubble think, but this Gonzaga team looks pretty good to me. I'm not informed enough to call them underrated, but I think they could be. There are lots of arms and bats to choose from, but I'll single out Taylor Jones (a FAVORITE) and Brandon Bailey. Jones looks the part at a powerful 6-7, 225, but those long levers can be a double-edged sword for young hitters. Bailey does not look the part at 5-10, 170 pounds, but all he does is pitch his tail off every time out. His stuff is good (88-93 FB with three usable offspeed pitches) and he's been consistent with missing bats, so let's go with it.
The Shockers pitching staff has a lot of big names in the draft world — Sam Tewes is liked by many, plus it feels like Chase Williams and Willie Schwanke have been around forever — but few of their big arms are holding up their end of the deal in the early going. Zach Lewis and Reagan Biechler have pitched well, but that's about it for the 2016 guys. Offensively, you can point to Ryan Tinkham being an interesting bat-first senior-sign possibility in a class lacking offense and Tanner Kirk is off to a quick start, but that's about it for now. Tewes's arm (up to 95, good CB) and size (6-5, 200) is too good to pass up even with the rocky start. Even if his recent elbow discomfort ends in something unfortunate, he's still the most talented player on this roster and best pro bet going forward.
I'm an offensive guy by nature — in more ways than one, probably — so my eye went directly towards two Michigan hitters of note: two-way star Carmen Benedetti and underrated junior catcher Harrison Wenson. I like all of the guys I'm about to write about, but we'll get the drama out of the way early because I love Benedetti. I've compared him to Brian Johnson in the past; like Johnson back in the day, I'll take the minority view and state my preference for the sweet swinging Benedetti as a hitter rather than a pitcher. Wenson is less famous than Benedetti, but could challenge him on certain draft boards this summer. The scouting notes on him are largely favorable (power, arm strength, athleticism, size) and his production in 2016 is unimpeachable (.404/.466/.660, 8 BB/10 K). My only pause with hyping him up as one of his class's most underrated catching prospects — and remember, it's a loaded year for college catchers at the top — is the frequent mentions about his steadily improving glove in my notes. It's a bit counter-intuitive to knock a guy for improving, but when it comes to up-the-middle defenders, I've found that "improved defense" often says more about how rough the glove was at the start than how good it is in the present. Consider it almost a backhanded compliment, if you will. I don't know enough about Wenson yet to speculate further, so I'll stick with being pretty damn intrigued — cautiously optimistic, we'll say — about him for now. I began the paragraph talking about my love of offense, so naturally we have to shoehorn in all of Michigan's amazing pitching accomplishments here at the end. Opponents are currently hitting .184/.298/.239 off of Wolverines pitching. It's not quite the Florida staff, but Michigan arms have whiffed almost 10.5 batters per nine in the early going. And finally, did you know Michigan has eight pitchers on their staff yet to allow an earned run? Super sophomore Oliver Jaskie leads the way with 16.2 scoreless innings while the other seven (Benedetti is one of them, by the way) combine for 20 shutout innings of their own. Brett Adcock (big fan of his) and Evan Hill have the goods to keep starting in pro ball while Mac Lozer and Keith Lehmann are fun sinker/slider relievers to watch.
Reynolds, Toffey, Delay, and Smith. Sheffield, Kilichowski, Bowden, and Stone. Coleman, Ellison, and Murfee. First eight look like draft locks and the last three are building legit cases. Add in the underclassmen and Vanderbilt is one of a few college teams that I'd trade straight up for the Angels entire minor league system. Choosing between the top bat Reynolds and the best pitcher Sheffield is something I'd really rather not do, but we'll go ceiling over floor. Sheffield's stuff (and start) make him too good to ignore. It's early yet, but he's answered just about every question I had of him coming into this season.
I should skip this pick in protest of Temple shortsightedly dropping the program. Instead, let's highlight some of the players who were forced out and found happy homes elsewhere. I have notes on four ex-Owls, so we'll see which one is deserving of a first round pick in this insane mock. I'm sure Tim McCarthy (St. Joe's) is a fine young man, but he's out from the start. The three-way race between Nick Lustrino (Old Dominion), Jimmy Kerrigan (VCU), and Krall (Clemson) is intense. I'm a big fan of the scrappy infielder with the patient approach (that would be Lustrino), but I think he ultimately lacks the requisite pop (or even the threat of pop) to make any pro noise. Kerrigan (remember him?) is VCU's leading qualified hitter (.351/.464/.456, 6 BB/4 K) and an interesting senior-sign possibility. Meanwhile all Krall has done is soak up innings in relief — he averages over three innings per appearance — to the tune of a 1.04 ERA and a 21 K/3 BB ratio. Doing that at a big-time program with just enough stuff (85-88 FB, mid-70s CU, CB), funk in his delivery, and impressive size (6-6, 200) gives him the narrow win.
Nick Yarnall has done just about as much as any one human can to take the top prospect over the banged up TJ Zeuch by hitting .419/.528/.791 (9 BB/5 K) so far. That just goes to show how highly Zeuch is thought of. Hope he gets back on the mound soon.
I'm a big fan of many of the Huskies senior-sign bats like Bobby Melley and Jack Sundberg, but Anthony Kay is Anthony Kay. Next!
The most honest answer here would be Pass. Mitch Patishall has a good arm but little size and an iffy track record. Andrew Zellner has some of the things you'd like to see in a future org depth reliever, but there are hundreds others like him in the college game, almost all with more impressive résumés. I guess we'll go with redshirt-sophomore Connor McVey by default. He can defend up the middle, he runs well, and he's shown some feel at the plate.
So those are the players. Now lets get mocking!
You know what, I don't think the Phillies would come away all that mad with a talent like Sheffield available at 1-1. If Dillon Tate can get praised as a solid pick at 1-4 last draft, then why not Sheffield in an even more wide open at the top class in 2016? Beyond that, I think these new draft rules would have some teams pretty upset. Everybody says the Braves are hot after a college bat at 1-3, but I don't think Benedetti is who they have in mind. I'd also imagine San Diego wouldn't love coming out of having three picks in the top twenty-five with the trio of Noll, Thomas, and Clemen. Two picks stand out to me as being particularly fun: Stupienski to Oakland and Rojas to St. Louis. I like the Stupienski pick because he really does feel like the kind of ballplayer who would be appreciated by a front office like Oakland's. Rojas to St. Louis is cool because, well, the last time the Cardinals drafted a first round second baseman from Hawaii it worked out pretty well for them.
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ONE of the city's biggest employers has confirmed a small outbreak of coronavirus among staff - but the company does not believe the virus was contracted on site.
It was confirmed on Wednesday that six members of staff at Worcester Bosch have tested positive for Covid and are self-isolating.
A spokesman at Worcester Bosch said: "We can confirm that six members of staff across our two Worcester sites have tested positive for Covid-19.
"Each have been following the current guidelines and have been self-isolating at home.
"Based on the evidence that we have, we do not believe that they contracted the virus on site. We wish them all a full recovery.
"We have been working closely with Public Health England as well as the Health and Safety Executive, who have routinely visited our headquarters and are satisfied with the procedures we have put in place.
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"All staff are required to always wear a face mask, and those who are experiencing symptoms are instructed not to enter company premises."
This comes after it was revealed Worcester is in the top 10 areas in England where Covid cases are rising fastest.
The West Midlands has seen cases rise from 403.9 to 615.9 in just seven days.
Worcester's infection rate was 750.8 cases per 100,000 people in the week up to January 7 - the highest it has ever been in the city.
A total of 760 cases were recorded in the city in the week and the infection rate increased by 88 per cent on the previous week.
Worcestershire's infection rate was 557.4 cases per 100,000 people in the week up to January 7 - also the highest it has ever been.
A total of 3,321 cases were recorded in the week according to Public Health England.
Public Health England figures show that a total of 432 people were reported as testing positive for coronavirus in Worcestershire on January 12. Of those, a total of 91 people had tested positive for coronavirus in Worcester.


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Former Jaguar styling guru Ian Callum has been appointed by luxury brand Kincsem to create a show-stopping electrified hypercar, and has been told "there are no rules".
The new Hyper-GT will be based upon a high-revving Formula 1-derived powertrain, and will combine enormous performance and responsiveness with zero-emissions ability.
Kincsem also aims to use digital design techniques to introduce greater personalisation and luxury for the vehicle than has yet been seen.
Callum said: "With Kincsem, we have that rare privilege to not only create a beautiful car, but also form a design language for an innovative luxury brand.
"Refreshingly, Kincsem has said there are no rules, enabling us to pose the question 'If we could do whatever we wanted, what would we do?'. That's one of the most invigorating opportunities for any designer. The team is extremely excited to start work."
The Kincsem brand is owned by Hungarian entrepreneur Tibor Bak, who plans to use the world's top designers to create a range of beautiful high-performance products.
It is named after a world-famous Hungarian racehorse, which was unbeaten during a 54-race career in the late-1800s.
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With 600 million monthly active users, no-one can be in any doubt that Tencent's WeChat is a big deal in China. Its innovative transformation into becoming one of China's leading communications platforms makes it a must have asset for any China digital strategy, not to mention, as a consideration for other regional markets as the platform expands globally.
The World of WeChat
To understand the WeChat universe, it is important to take a look at its underlying product philosophy. It's all about one word – 'connect'. WeChat wants to connect to everything – similar to a USB stick which you plug in to your computer that seamlessly acts as part of the machine no matter whether you're on a CRM platform or a ticketing system, it wants to plug into the user's life, whenever and wherever possible. (Here is an infographic outlines the possible retail experience in WeChat.)
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WeChat Wallet: WeChat's payment system partnered with PICC, one of the largest insurance companies based in China, to insure users against fraud and theft. This move has made it easier for subscribers of WeChat to feel confident in transacting so that they can now confidently pay gas and other utility bills, buy items and services and even book taxis without leaving the app. The ability to make these types of micro-payments is a very smart strategy for WeChat domestically as well as internationally. WeChat Wallet will especially open up interest for the application in markets where credit cards are not widely used, connecting users with retail offerings more seamlessly.
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QR Codes: WeChat allows users and brands to set up their own personal QR codes so that they can connect with each other without the need to save them as a contact first – another way that makes it incredibly easy to facilitate interaction and communication within the app. QR codes in Asia, especially in China, are very popular, and are an effective way for driving the promotion of a brand's WeChat account be it on their brand website, through online-to-offline in-store to cross-social channel promotion. The key reason for this is WeChat has integrated them so seamlessly into the connecting piece of their offering.
iBeacons: To facilitate its 'connectivity', WeChat works hard on introducing the latest technologies such as iBeacons into its eco-system, giving industry experts broad scope for creating new opportunities for engagement, product promotion and brand recognition. For example, retailers are using the platform's features to create an enhanced in-store experience – visiting customers can shake the WeChat app to receive a coupon which they can store in their virtual membership card. They can also pay their bills via smartphone and collect products in-store by showing a QR code to the staff – the opportunities in this industry are boundless. Using similar tools, developers can create unique experiences for other industries including leisure, automotive and health and travel and tourism.
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WeChat's product philosophy highlights the differences between it and other services like WhatsApp, and Weibo. Weibo has more of a 'closed loop' approach (browse, interest, order, payment, share) focused on driving users towards Alibaba's Alipay rather than connecting with their lives the way WeChat does. As it stands, WeChat's story will be much more interesting than its rivals; how will it survive, for example, as it expands into international markets without compromising its native Chinese design?
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Most recently, WeChat opened its Moments to general advertisers – a strategic move that has the potential to revolutionize the Chinese advertising market. The next chapter in its development will be fascinating to follow.
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Elisa Harca, Regional Director Asia
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The shortspine thornyhead (Sebastolobus alascanus), also known as the channel rockcod, shortspine channel rockfish or spinycheek rockfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, the rockfishes, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is sometimes referred to as the "idiot fish" or "idiot cod" due to its large oversized head and eyes. It is found in the northern and northeastern Pacific Ocean.

Taxonomy
The shortspine thornyhead was first formally described in 1890 by the American ichthyologist Tarleton Hoffman Bean with the type locality given as being off Trinity Islands, near Kodiak Island, in Alaska. The specific name alascanus means "Alaskan" and refers to the type locality.

Description
The shortspine thornyhead has a large head with a strong spiny ridge, and an elongate, tapering body which grows to a maximum length of . The dorsal fin has 15 to 17 spines and 8 to 9 soft rays and the anal fin has 3 spines and 4 to 5 soft rays. There is a deep notch in the pectoral fin and the caudal fin is rounded. The general color of this fish is bright red with varying amounts of black on the fins and a pale-colored gill chamber.

Distribution
The shortspine thornyhead is found in the North Pacific Ocean from the Sea of Okhotsk north as far as the Navarin Canyon in the Bering Sea and from Stalemate Bank and Ulm Plateau in the Aleutian Islands east and south to Cedros Island in Baja California. It is a demersal fish with a depth range which is between  but it is more usually found at depths less than .

Biology
Shortspine thornyhead grow slowly and have long lives of possibly up to 80 or 100 years. The females grow to larger sizes than the males, reaching sexual maturity at approximately , or when they are 8 to 10 years old. The females are fertilized internally and extrude the fertilised eggs in pelagic, gelatinous masses. The young fish migrate to deeper water as they mature Spawning occurs between December and May along the Pacific coasts of contiguous United States and between April and May in the Gulf of Alaska. These fishes are predators of shrimp, crabs, zooplankton, amphipods, and other benthic invertebrates. As adults they live predominantly in the oxygen minimum zone (OMZ), and thus require specific adaptations/exaptations in order to overcome the problems posed by the extremely low levels of oxygen saturation. Allowing for an increased ventilation frequency during exposure to progressively hypoxic conditions, as compared to its more shallow relative Scorpaena guttata, enables S. alascanus to compensate for the inherent low concentrations of oxygen in the OMZ. Further, heightened levels of lactate dehydrogenase, specifically the anaerobic isoform- LDH-A in the heart and muscles of S. alascanus, suggests an adaptive mechanism for ATP production during low oxygen availability.

Status
Separate stock assessments for Shortspine thornyhead in the waters off Alaska, British Columbia, and the West Coast of the United States have all estimated the stock as healthy (above the management limits) with overfishing not occurring. The IUCN status is listed as "Endangered" based on an assessment conducted in 2000.

References

Sebastolobus
Fish described in 1890
Taxa named by Tarleton Hoffman Bean
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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A story about how a 16th century explorer gave his crew no other option but to battle is a game plan the KC Royals should put in place for 2020.
There are debates on whether Captain Hernan Cortes burned or sunk his ships but the motivation tactic is still the same. Upon landing in Veracruz, Cortes ordered his ships destroyed so his army had only one option, press forward. Within a couple of years, he had overtaken the Aztec empire. Can the KC Royals adopt this maneuver?
For the last couple of years the Royals have kept or signed veteran players to fill their major league roster, but now is the time to get the young players experience in the big leagues. The argument is made that it would hurt their psyche to lose consistently at a higher level but there are flaws in that thinking.
Salvador Perez, Eric Hosmer, and Mike Moustakas were part of teams that lost over 90 games their first two seasons and what followed were three winning seasons, two trips to World Series, one title and two 80 win seasons after that. That should prove that learning to play in the majors helped develop these players into the stars they became. Learning to grind things out teaches character and a never-say-die attitude.
There are pitchers on the 40 man roster with career ERA's over 6.00 in multiple seasons. It does not make sense why the KC Royals do not plug-in Josh Staumont and Tyler Zuber in the relief roles now.
A recent depth chart has veteran pitchers who have no track record of success at the major league level. Brady Singer, Jackson Kowar and Daniel Lynch are strong enough to handle struggling in 2020 as they become core parts of the rotation for years to come.
Bubba's strong spring continues as the #Royals' home split squad beats the #WhiteSox. #RoyalsST pic.twitter.com/tBrk7BKUe0
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Khalil Lee is having a very good spring and it is time to find out what we have on a daily basis with Bubba Starling. While signing Maikel Franco could turn into a useful transaction, we moved Hunter Dozier to the outfield to block another player's potential playing time. Same with bringing back Alex Gordon.
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Obviously there are option years on players to worry about, not starting the clock to free agency sooner than necessary, and other baseball office options to consider. But as Royals fans, the sentiment is that if we are going to lose between 90-100 games, at least give us a glimpse at the future to get excited about. It is time to "burn the ships" and only look to the future.


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In the consulship of Sisenna Statilius Taurus and Lucius Libo there
was a commotion in the kingdoms and Roman provinces of the East. It
had its origin among the Parthians, who disdained as a foreigner a
king whom they had sought and received from Rome, though he was of
the family of the Arsacids. This was Vonones, who had been given as
an hostage to Augustus by Phraates. For although he had driven before
him armies and generals from Rome, Phraates had shown to Augustus
every token of reverence and had sent him some of his children, to
cement the friendship, not so much from dread of us as from distrust
of the loyalty of his countrymen.
After the death of Phraates and the succeeding kings in the bloodshed
of civil wars, there came to Rome envoys from the chief men of Parthia,
in quest of Vonones, his eldest son. Caesar thought this a great honour
to himself, and loaded Vonones with wealth. The barbarians, too, welcomed
him with rejoicing, as is usual with new rulers. Soon they felt shame
at Parthians having become degenerate, at their having sought a king
from another world, one too infected with the training of the enemy,
at the throne of the Arsacids now being possessed and given away among
the provinces of Rome. "Where," they asked, "was the glory of the
men who slew Crassus, who drove out Antonius, if Caesar's drudge,
after an endurance of so many years' slavery, were to rule over Parthians."
Vonones himself too further provoked their disdain, by his contrast
with their ancestral manners, by his rare indulgence in the chase,
by his feeble interest in horses, by the litter in which he was carried
whenever he made a progress through their cities, and by his contemptuous
dislike of their national festivities. They also ridiculed his Greek
attendants and his keeping under seal the commonest household articles.
But he was easy of approach; his courtesy was open to all, and he
had thus virtues with which the Parthians were unfamiliar, and vices
new to them. And as his ways were quite alien from theirs they hated
alike what was bad and what was good in him.
Accordingly they summoned Artabanus, an Arsacid by blood, who had
grown to manhood among the Dahae, and who, though routed in the first
encounter, rallied his forces and possessed himself of the kingdom.
The conquered Vonones found a refuge in Armenia, then a free country,
and exposed to the power of Parthia and Rome, without being trusted
by either, in consequence of the crime of Antonius, who, under the
guise of friendship, had inveigled Artavasdes, king of the Armenians,
then loaded him with chains, and finally murdered him. His son, Artaxias,
our bitter foe because of his father's memory, found defence for himself
and his kingdom in the might of the Arsacids. When he was slain by
the treachery of kinsmen, Caesar gave Tigranes to the Armenians, and
he was put in possession of the kingdom under the escort of Tiberius
Nero. But neither Tigranes nor his children reigned long, though,
in foreign fashion, they were united in marriage and in royal power.
Next, at the bidding of Augustus, Artavasdes was set on the throne,
nor was he deposed without disaster to ourselves. Caius Caesar was
then appointed to restore order in Armenia. He put over the Armenians
Ariobarzanes, a Mede by birth, whom they willingly accepted, because
of his singularly handsome person and noble spirit. On the death of
Ariobarzanes through a fatal accident, they would not endure his son.
Having tried the government of a woman named Erato and having soon
afterwards driven her from them, bewildered and disorganised, rather
indeed without a ruler than enjoying freedom, they received for their
king the fugitive Vonones. When, however, Artabanus began to threaten,
and but feeble support could be given by the Armenians, or war with
Parthia would have to be undertaken, if Vonones was to be upheld by
our arms, the governor of Syria, Creticus Silanus, sent for him and
kept him under surveillance, letting him retain his royal pomp and
title. How Vonones meditated an escape from this mockery, I will relate
in the proper place.
Meanwhile the commotion in the East was rather pleasing to Tiberius,
as it was a pretext for withdrawing Germanicus from the legions which
knew him well, and placing him over new provinces where he would be
exposed both to treachery and to disasters. Germanicus, however, in
proportion to the strength of the soldiers' attachment and to his
uncle's dislike, was eager to hasten his victory, and he pondered
on plans of battle, and on the reverses or successes which during
more than three years of war had fallen to his lot. The Germans, he
knew, were beaten in the field and on fair ground; they were helped
by woods, swamps, short summers, and early winters. His own troops
were affected not so much by wounds as by long marches and damage
to their arms. Gaul had been exhausted by supplying horses; a long
baggage-train presented facilities for ambuscades, and was embarrassing
to its defenders. But by embarking on the sea, invasion would be easy
for them, and a surprise to the enemy, while a campaign too would
be more quickly begun, the legions and supplies would be brought up
simultaneously, and the cavalry with their horses would arrive, in
good condition, by the rivermouths and channels, at the heart of Germany.
The Annals by Tacitus - XIV
The Annals by Tacitus - V