Being is the eternal, ever-present One Life beyond the myriad forms of life that are subject to birth and death. However, Being is not only beyond but also deep within every form as its innermost invisible and indestructible essence. This means that is is accessible to you now as your own deepest self, your true nature. But don't seek to grasp it with your mind. Don't try to understand it. You can know it only when the mind is still.

Thomas Anson (c. 1695-30 March 1773), was a British Member of Parliament, traveller and amateur architect.

Anson was the son of William Anson (1656-1720) and Isabella Carrier, siter-in-law to the 1st Earl of Macclesfield. The family estate was Shugborough Hall in Staffordshire. Admiral George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, was his younger brother and along with their cousin George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, they were taught mathematics and navigation by Isaac Newton's friend the mathemetician William Jones, who was later to propose Anson's membership for the Royal Society in 1730. Anson went up to St John's College, Oxford, and later studied law at the Inner Temple.

Upon his father's death Anson abandoned law and began the first of many travels to the continent as was then the fashion for young men of fortune and taste. In 1732 Anson and his friend the Earl of Sandwich formed a riotous dining-club called the Society of the Dilettanti which also had the more serious purpose of encouraging study of Greek architecture. In 1740 Thomas briefly joined his brother George on The Centurion as he and his crew began their circumnavigation of the globe. Anson left them in order to travel to Egypt. This qualified him for the Egyptian Society and the Divan Society, the latter being a wild drinking-club of which Lord Dashwood and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu were avid members.

So, I'm reading Baseball America's Prospect Hot Sheet today, like I (and I'm sure most of you) do every Friday, and as I'm scrolling down looking at each player's writeup, I see that Braves pitching prospect Mike Minor is #10.  Then I look at his picture -- Mike Minor is a white guy?!?

Like really, really white...

Ever since the Braves drafted him, I had just assumed Mike Minor was black. Why did I do that?  Was it just because his name was Mike??  Did I just figure that Ike is always a black man's name because of Mike Vick???  Does this make me a racist????

Has anybody else ever found themselves in a similar situation with a player -- thinking he was one race, when he actually turned out to be another?!?

OMGIZZLEZ.

7 IP 3 H 1 R 9 K 1 B

This is the best pitching debut I think I've ever seen.

I DVR'd the game, so I'm gonna check it out later.

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I know it's just one game, and doesn't bear a whole lot of significance, but damn, yo.

Black Panther = The Second Coming of Christ

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I honestly don't have much of a clue, but I'd have to go with the following:

1) Stephen Strasburg

2) Dustin Ackley

3) Donavan Tate

4) Tony Sanchez

5) Zach Wheeler

6) Michael Leake

7) Jacob Turner

8) Drew Storen

9) Tyler Matzek

10) Aaron Crow

11) Grant Green

12) Bobby Borchering

13) Shelby Miller

14) Kyle Gibson

15) Brett Jackson

What do ya'll think?

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James Simmons, Jenrry Mejia (Return) Brandon Erbe, Martin Perez (AA debut), Aaron Miller, Nick Hagadone, Julio Teheran

Post away, boys and girls.

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I don't mean to be a dick, but Brian Matusz has got to be the worst #1 pitching prospect in recent memory.

91 mph fastball. Excessively hyped up offspeed stuff. The mechanics of a paraplegic.

Ignore the hyperbole if you so desire (previous sentence), but this guy is now pretty much the consensus #1 pitching prospect in baseball.

Something isn't right.

I've never seen a #1 pitching prospect have such a low ceiling.

Something isn't right.

AAA: Hector Rondon, Bradley Lincoln, Junichi Tazawa (AAA debut)

AA: Deolis Guerra, Madison Bumgarner, Andrew Cashner, Trevor Reckling

A+: Alex Torres, Thomas Brewer, Rafael Dolis, Jose Rosario

A: Mark Sorensen, Rudy Owens, TJ House

A-: Matt Jackson

Will Middlebrooks: 2-4, 2 HR

June/July #'s: .294/.370/.516

Dude's about to break loose. This guy tore up the Texas HIgh School circuit in '07, and was hyped up big time when he signed for $925,000. Looks like he's finally cumming around.

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http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/9843206/Source:-Chacin-jumping-from-Class-AA-to-Rockies

This looks like a Derek Holland-type promotion.

Bullpen transition to rotation.

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1) Matt Wieters

2) Jarrod Parker

3) Tommy Hanson

4) Justin Smoak

5) Jesus Montero

6) Michael Stanton

7) Jason Heyward

8) Chris Tillman

9) Buster Posey

10) Madison Bumgarner

11) Lars Anderson

12) Gordon Beckham

13) Jenrry Mejia

14) Andrew McCutchen

15) Carlos Santana

16) Fernando Martinez

17) Brian Matusz

18) Pedro Alvarez

19) Martin Perez

20) Mat Latos

21) Neftali Feliz

22) Matt LaPorta

23) Jhoulys Chacin

24) Derek Holland

25) Vin Mazzaro

26) Jake Arrieta 

27) Tim Alderson

28) Yonder Alonso

29) Brad Holt

30) Kyle Drabek

31) Dominic Brown

32) Brett Wallace

33) Tyler Flowers

34) Michael Saunders

35) Desmond Jennings

36) Jordan Lyles

37) Jason Knapp

38) Derek Norris

39) Michael Taylor

40) Tim Beckham

41) Josh Vitters

42) Lonnie Chisenhall

43) Carlos Carrasco

44) Brett Cecil

45) Kyle Blanks

46) Casey Kelly

47) Aaron Hicks

48) Jordan Danks

49) Carlos Triunfel

50) Nick Weglarz

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