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Catching Up With ... former Oriole B.J. Surhoff
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In eight years with the Orioles, did B.J. Surhoff ever crack a smile? Surely, he had cause. It was here, in mid-career, that Surhoff (1) found his home-run swing, (2) finally landed an All-Star berth and (3) twice led the Birds to the playoffs (1996-97), where they haven't been since.
Through it all, Surhoff's grim visage never changed. Hit a homer, jump for joy? Not him.
"I remember that one reporter said my expression was 'dour,' " he said. "I had to look that one up."
Fans accepted Surhoff's demeanor as proof of his resolve. They embraced his old-school work ethic, clutch hitting and gritty play, knowing he sought perfection at every turn.
Former Orioles manager Ray Miller once said that Surhoff "could go 5-for-5 at the plate, then pop up a pitch and tear himself apart."
Persistence remains his legacy, said Surhoff, 45, who retired in 2005.
"What am I proudest of? The fact that I played right, gave everything I had – and that nobody could question my effort," the Cockeysville resident said. "I absolutely hated to strike out. I didn't want to be deficient in any part of the game, and I had a hard time looking at myself in the mirror if I didn't play 100 percent."
Surhoff would plug any hole to get on the field. Over 19 seasons, he played every position except pitcher. Signed by the Orioles as a free agent in 1996, he spent his best years in Baltimore, batting .292 with 102 homers and 426 RBIs before being traded to Atlanta in July, 2000.
News of the swap stunned fans, who'd watched the left fielder carry the struggling club in 1999, when he made the All-Star team, led the Orioles in hits (207) and was chosen their Most Valuable Player.
At the press conference announcing his trade, from a losing team to a contender, Surhoff did something very un-Surhoff-like.
He wept.
"No, I didn't," he said, in retrospect. "I had really bad allergies that day; they made my eyes water."
In 2003, Surhoff returned to Baltimore, again as a free agent, to finish out his career. Two years later, in his last hurrah, Surhoff whacked a game-winning single. Afterward, entering the clubhouse, he found teammates wearing big grins and B.J. Surhoff T-shirts.
In 2007, he was inducted into the Orioles Hall of Fame. This year, he entered the College Baseball Hall of Fame. (At North Carolina, Surhoff held the school's single-season record for hits until surpassed by Brian Roberts).
Retirement has not changed Surhoff's mien.
"I'm not on Facebook," he said. "Twitter, either."
Intensely private, he lives in a quiet neighborhood with his wife of 20 years, the former Polly Winde, a onetime world class swimmer, and their four children. Austin, 19, swims for Texas and won a gold medal in this year's NCAA championships. In the stands that day, his father egged him on. Without fanfare.
Nowadays, Surhoff works for Pathfinders for Autism, a non-profit support group based in Hunt Valley that he and his wife helped establish 10 years ago. Surhoff is president of the board. His son, Mason, 18, has autism and attends Kennedy Krieger High School.
An avid golfer, Surhoff participates in charity golf tournaments for other non-profits. He hasn't gained more than two pounds in retirement.
The rest of his time is spent "getting in the way around the house, and agitating my two (teenage) daughters," he said. "My kids are my hobby.
"Sometimes, I get on a roll where I read a lot – John Grisham, Tom Clancy, James Patterson and Robert Ludlum. I like fast-moving, intriguing novels."
Rarely does he attend Orioles games as a fan. The first time he did, Surhoff got lost looking for the concession stand.
"I'd never been anywhere in that stadium but on the field," he said.
Would he ever return to the game as a coach?
"The minor leagues is not where I'd want to be," said Surhoff. "That doesn't mean I wouldn't want to help the Orioles, in some capacity."
Twice, he attended spring training as a guest instructor, and word is the Orioles will bring him back this season as a troubleshooter to help slumping players fix their game. The club has broached Surhoff, and he's interested.
"I have a great affinity for the organization," Surhoff said. "I want to see the team do well, and to hear fans talk the way they do about the Ravens.
"Has interest (in the Orioles) waned? Yeah. Do people wake up, reaching for The Sun or checking the Internet for the box score, the way they used to? That has ebbed a little. But I have no doubt the ship will get back on track. I don't think the fix is as far off as people think."
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Arkush: Let the real drama begin
BOURBONNAIS – The light popped on about 3 a.m. Saturday – not literally, but figuratively in my head. Something tight end Martellus Bennett said Friday had been gnawing at me, and I finally realized what it was. The quote was, "This has been a lot of fun, like going to a new school."
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- Mar 30:
- Memorial walk planned in Denver to honor slain 19-year-old who went missing a year ago
- Dec 19:
- Travis Forbes' girlfriend allegedly faked his alibi for the hours of Kenia Monge's murder
- Oct 22:
- Travis Forbes gets 48 more years for Tillman murder attempt
- Oct 14:
- Travis Forbes' girlfriend charged with two felonies
- Oct 12:
- Woman arrested in connection to Kenia Monge murder case
- Sep 28:
- Convicted killer Forbes pleads guilty to Fort Collins attack on woman
Dressed in a numbered red jumpsuit and sitting in an isolation cell in a Larimer County jail, Travis Forbes considered his options.
The 31-year-old already faced a possible life sentence for allegedly raping, beating and burning a Fort Collins woman. But by his reasoning, he still had earning potential.
He wrote a letter to The Denver Post offering a deal: "How much will your paper pay me for an interview?"
As a further inducement, he wrote: "The dark is barbarous, the primal wilderness. It's the source of birth, pain, passion. It's destructive and creative at the same time.
"We've been estranged from the dark, we miss it. We miss its healing violence that rips us apart and remakes us ..."
The Post made no financial offer for his implied promise to recount his dark deeds, and Forbes later refused to meet with a reporter.
But within days, Forbes was talking — to police.
According to 9News, he told Denver police they could find the body of 19-year-old Kenia Monge buried near Keenesburg. The Denver District Attorney's Office said that after persuading Monge to enter his van, he killed her.
On Thursday, DA Mitch Morrissey charged him with first-degree murder related to Monge's disappearance and death. He will remain in the Larimer County Detention Center until he is formally advised of the new charge in Denver District Court on Sept. 23.
The dark writings in the letter to The Post — read by jailers and stamped "Mail screened at LCDC" — weren't Forbes' own. They are from "War Surf," a science fiction book by M.M. Buckner. The futuristic tale is about a wealthy executive who jumps into extraterrestrial war zones for sport, his antics recorded and broadcast online.
If allegations about Forbes are true, its easy to see why he identified with the passage.
At 17, Forbes broke into many Fort Collins homes and businesses late at night and used the loot to buy drugs, he said. After serving burglary prison sentences, he couldn't resist going out late at night, even when it got him in trouble. He violated curfew 43 times, court records say.
In recent years, he hasn't changed much.
While renting space at Deby's Bakery and Cafe at 2369 S. Trenton Way in Aurora, he often worked well past midnight making gluten-free granola bars, Deby's owner Monica Poole said. He was a nightclub regular as well.
His behavior went from unusual to bizarre in the days after April 1, when he met Monge at 2:30 a.m.
The next evening, an employee saw Forbes standing on top of a large walk-in freezer in a back room, apparently retrieving something. He waited impatiently until other employees left, Poole said.
She later found power tools in a tool box left next to the freezer. A Lowe's Home Improvement store receipt was found nearby, showing purchases for 1x4s and a sheet of plywood, materials police speculated he could have used to build a box.
After the employees went home, neighbors of the business saw men burning something in a large barrel behind Deby's. It got so hot that green paint bubbled off the outside of the barrel and asphalt underneath melted.
When Poole later asked Forbes what he had been burning, he claimed it was marijuana. Poole said she believed he was likely destroying evidence, like his and Monge's clothing.
That night, a surveillance camera captured Forbes rolling a cooler that was duct-taped shut into the building. Forbes then turned off the camera. He later explained to Poole that he wanted to change clothes and then said he wanted to burn the marijuana. He often lied, she said.
Poole said she noticed Forbes had a gash on his left arm after Monge went missing. Forbes claimed he was attacked by a homeless man while sleeping in his van.
Detectives discovered that Forbes had been looking up websites about missing-person cases on Poole's office computer.
A few weeks later, Forbes came to Poole and offered to sell $1,000 worth of oats for $100 and ultimately agreed to $50. He said he was going to change his name and leave the country because "that girl ruined my life," Poole said.
He then drove a friend's vehicle to Austin, Texas, where he was soon arrested for stealing the vehicle and returned to Colorado. Car-theft charges were later dropped, and Forbes was released.
At 5:30 a.m. July 5, a 31-year-old wine saleswoman leapt out of the window of her burning upper-floor apartment in Fort Collins. She had been raped and severely beaten. She is now in a rehabilitation program.
On the weekend after the woman was attacked, Forbes was with a woman and acting "suspicious" in the early-morning hours when he was arrested again.
Days later he was charged with two counts of attempted murder in connection with the attack on the Fort Collins woman.
Staff writer Jordan Steffen contributed to this report.


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Principles vs. People
We must not lose sight of people when we observe the rituals and principles of Judaism
This same distinction exists in all areas of life. Principles are central to living. Without "thou shalts" and "thou shalt nots" the world falls apart. A great deal of life, and of Judaism, centers around principle.
Yet one who lives with principle alone can turn into a monster. The Talmud makes fun of a Chasid Shoteh--a foolish pious person, who lives only on abstract principle. Such a person, the Talmud teaches, will not save a woman from drowning because she is naked, and he should not touch her. The principle overrides the human situation.
Compassion, individual circumstances, and uniqueness cannot be compressed into principle. "One must be flexible as a reed and not unyielding as a cedar," teaches the Talmud, training us to understand that life will not always allow for rigidity.
Much of life must be conducted by principle, by category. Young, old, student, professor, husband, wife; but at the same time, as we use these categories, we have to recognize that they are inadequate. Beneath them all is the person.
Greek mythology has left us the graphic image of the Procrustean bed. Procrustes needed to fit everyone on a bed of a certain size, so he just lopped off the parts that inconveniently hung over the edges. Sometimes principles do the same: They cut off the unique, the different, the overhang in each personality that tells us that every spark of God manifested in a human being is different, and his or her very own.
In a world where ideology is like a Procrustean bed, we see thousands of political Bobby Fischer--people whose commitment to the abstract blinds them to the human being on the other side. Ideas are powerful in motivating people to goodness in this world, but they can turn into captors, as ancient religious doctrines override the essential demands of humanity.
Many years ago, the late Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai was walking with a basket of fruits and vegetables under David's Citadel in the Old City of Jerusalem. A tour guide pointed at him, and explained to his tour group: "You see that man there? Well, up a bit and to the right is David's Citadel."
Amichai thought to himself, "Redemption will come the day the guide says, `You see David's Citadel? Well, that is not important. But down a bit, and to the left, is a man carrying a basket of fruit and vegetables home to his family.'"
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Gumbo Bottoms may have a for sale sign in its window, but the downtown Jefferson City bar isn't closing anytime soon.
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Investors stocked up on shares of Office Depot (ODP) and Office Max (OMX) after the rival office supply retailers reported third-quarter earnings and an article fueled speculation that the companies could merge.
Office Depot rose despite posting losses in the third quarter related to write downs the company took as it implemented improvements.
The company reported a loss of $61.9 million, or 25 cents a share compared to a profit of $100.9 million, or 28 cents a share a year prior. Office Depot reported sales of $2.69 billion.
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters forecast profit of one cent a share on revenue of $2.3 billion for the quarter.
Rival OfficeMax reported net income of $433 million, or $4.92 a share, up from $21.5 million, or 25 cents a share a year earlier.
OfficeMax reported earnings-per-share of 27 cents, up from 25 cents a year prior.
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected EPS of 25 cents.
Despite these mixed results, Office Depot rose 19% while OfficeMax rose 12%, after Bloomberg reported that merging the two companies would be a smart move, according to analysts.
Clearly, activist investors see something exciting in office supply companies. Last week, Staples (SPLS) rose on a Fortune article saying that multiple private equity firms, including Bain Capital, are mulling a buyout. Today, private equity firm Starboard revealed a 13.3% stake in Office Depot (ODP), making it the company's largest shareholder. The firm in a letter said Office Depot is "deeply undervalued," but that cutting expenses and implementing other changes should boost the share price, the Wall Street Journal reported. Some analysts have also discussed a possible merger with Office Max (OMX).
While the Office Depot investment is causing buzz in the market today — ODP shares are up 5.8% this morning — Morningstar analyst Liang Feng sees a Staples deal as a longshot.
"We consider this transaction to be a low-probability outcome, since Staples' lofty size (roughly $8.2 billion market capitalization and $9 billion enterprise value at current market prices) would make it difficult to acquire the necessary financing, and financial backers may be reluctant to put that much capital at risk in a company that will probably experience significant structural headwinds as a result of increased competition from Amazon.com (AMZN) and other nontraditional office distributors."
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A fast-moving storm swept through northern portions of Tompkins County and much of Cortland County shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Multiple reports came in on Tompkins County emergency scanners of trees and wires down across areas of the towns of Lansing and Groton.
Reports also came in to Cortland County emergency responders about trees that fell onto houses. One report came along Starr Road in Cortlandville, while another report came on Floral Avenue in Cortland. Crews were also dealing with a tree that came down across Kellogg Road near the city line.
A tornado warning was in place for southeastern Cayuga County, along with parts of Tompkins and Cortland counties, through 9 p.m. Wednesday night.
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"Employment on the Horizon"
Summer Employment Program for Blind and Visually Impaired Youth
Research Summary: Prof. Ruth Beyth-Marom
Ofek Liyladenu is an Israeli non-profit nationwide organization of parents of the blind and visually impaired. One of the many programs Ofek Liyladenu operates is "Employment on the Horizon", a summer work and work preparation program for blind and visually impaired youth ages 14 – 18.
Research in Israel shows employment difficulties of the blind and visually impaired with only 28% employed and only 16% of those surveyed seeking employment. For visually impaired between the ages of 19-49, forty percent were employed, a number considerably lower than the general population. (Sumit and Sumit 1996).
"Employment on the Horizon" was developed by Ofek Liyladenu in 2002 in order to break the barriers of employment of blind and visually impaired youth. The objectives of the project are to: strengthen the self confidence and self esteem of the participants; help participants acquire work skills; raise the esteem of the participants in the eyes of their parents and peers; expose employers to the world of the blind and visually impaired; and raise awareness in the work place to the abilities of the blind and visually impaired.
In 2008 Professor Ruth Bet-Merom conducted a qualitative study of the "Employment on the Horizon" program looking at its affect on the youth, employers, and parents who participated in the project.
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Between the years of 2002 to 2007 the numbers of participants in the project increased from 11 to 33 youth, including 3 totally blind individuals.
- Participants in the program believed that they greatly benefited from the project. They learned new skills, their self confidence increased and the work experience contributed to their employers.
- Most of the participants reported that as the project progressed their employers saw them as more competent and increasingly valued their contribution. Most of the participants reported only a few difficulties and generally there was not a need for special interventions.
- In questioning participants four years after being in the project they looked back at the experience as being significant in every aspect of their life. They emphasized the programs contribution towards: increasing their self confidence; more assurance in their own ability and willingness to try new things; better self perception and greater feeling of independence.
- The parents of the participants rated the benefits of the work experience higher than their children. They believed it improved their children's ability to address difficulties, without frustrating them.
- Parents emphasized that through the project they experienced increased independence in their children and learned new things about their children's abilities.
- Employers, after they participated in the project were more opened to the idea of employing individuals with special needs.
- All employers said they would be willing to continue the project the following year and 90% said they personally benefited from the project.
Conclusion: We found that the participants in the project saw it as a very positive experience. They emphasized the importance of the experience they gained, the social aspect of the experience, the feeling of independence and self confidence they developed, and the skills they obtained. Participants also felt that the project had a significant contribution to the employers: a very important aspect. Participants also felt that the project not only contributed to them personally but to the general community: another important piece of the program.


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I think detecting fear, in whatever way you label, is instinctive. You see another human running in fear and you will be prompted to do as well. (unless it is from you they are running). It is a basic survival reaction and we have needed it.
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Chad Michalski is just doing his duty when he pulls over Tessa Howard for speeding. But from the moment the vivacious blonde strolls into traffic court, the widowed cop knows he's headed for trouble. Especially when she enrolls in the Lakewood Citizen's Police Academy, where he can keep a stern eye on her...and attempt to resist her much-too-tempting charms.
Tessa has always admired a man in uniform. But the sexy lieutenant's by-the-book attitude could derail their relationship before it picks up steam. That's when Tessa, who's working hard to support her six younger siblings, decides it's time to show Chad what it really means to protect and serve. And maybe even land the lawman in the process!


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Father Anastasios Hudson, a priest in the Genuine Orthodox Church of America, will visit the Nashville, Tennessee area the weekend of April 10-11, 2010. Father Anastasios, who serves as priest of two GOC Missions in Raleigh and Greenville, North Carolina, also serves as sponsoring priest of the GOC mission effort in Tennessee. He is a graduate of St. Vladamir's Orthodox Seminary and was ordained a priest in 2008. (Pictured from left to right: GOC Metropolitan Pavlos and Father Anastasios Hudson at his ordination in 2008)
Father Anastasios is the mission coordinator for the Genuine Orthodox Church in America, whose Metropolis is located in Astoria, New York. A native of Ohio, and trained and educated in New York, Father Anastasios has devoted his life and ministry to mission efforts in the Southern states. "It has been my dream for some time to share Orthodox Christianity with Americans in the South", says Father Anastasios, "Orthodoxy, which is the original Church founded by Jesus Christ, is not well known here due to the complications of history. But slowly this is beginning to change, and we have started to find people in the community looking for a more traditional form of Christianity which is at the same time not stagnant but spiritually powerful", he said.
In 2009, a small community of believers in Tennessee surfaced and contacted Father Anastasious about becoming a mission of the Genuine Orthodox Church of America. Since that time, local Tennessee residents have been holding a weekly Reader's Service Without A Priest and the Typica. Over the months, numerous calls and inquiries from interested individuals and families, have come in, prompting Father Anastasios' first visit in April. GOCTN, the local Tennessee Mission community, will host Father Anastasios who will serve the community's first Liturgy on Sunday morning followed by a reception and a question and answer session. All who are interested in knowing more about this mission work are invited to attend the Liturgy and the reception/Q&A session.
For more information and the schedule of events or to talk with Father Anastasios or GOCTN Coordinator, Nathan Lewis, go to http://www.goctn.org/ and use the Contact Form. All calls and inquiries are welcomed.
UPDATE: 3/18/2011- The mission effort was put on hold when the sponsoring family went to another jurisdiction. JTO recommends the GOC jurisdiction, whose local Churches can be found throughout the United States and around the world, to all those seeking a true and genuine Orthodox church.


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DTS Inc. (DTSI)
Q1 2008 Earnings Call
May 12, 2008 5:00 pm ET
Ann McGuinness - Investor Relations
Jon E. Kirchner - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Melvin L. Flanigan - Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President - Finance
Ralph Schackart - William Blair
Brian Thackray - Deutsche Bank
Rob Stone - Cowen & Company
Alan Davis - D.A. Davidson & Company
Barbara Coffey - Kaufman Brothers
Michael Olson - Piper Jaffray
Lloyd Walmsley - Thomas Weisel Partners
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Ann McGuinness
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thanks for joining us as we report first quarter 2008 financial results for DTS. Joining me on the call today are Jon Kirchner, President and CEO; and Mel Flanigan, CFO of DTS.
Before we begin, let me remind you that during this conference call, management may make forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involves risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors which, if they do not materialize or prove correct, could cause DTS' results to differ materially from historical results or those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including statements containing the words plans, expects, believes, strategy, opportunity, anticipates, and similar words. These statements may include among others plans, strategies, and objectives of management for future operations, any statements regarding proposed new products, services, or developments, any statements regarding future economic conditions or financial or operating performance, statements of belief and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing.
The potential risks and uncertainties that could cause actual growth and results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, the timing, costs and attention attendant to the divesture of the non-consumer business, the transition to the next generation optical drives and consumer adoption of such technology, the rapidly changing and competitive nature of the digital audio, consumer electronics and entertainment markets, the company's inclusion in or exclusion from governmental and industry standards, customer acceptance of the company's technology, products, services and pricing, risks related to ownership and enforcement of intellectual property, the continued release and availability of entertainment content containing DTS audio soundtracks, changes in domestic and international market and political conditions, risks related to integrating acquisitions and other risks and uncertainties more fully described in DTS' public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, available at www.sec.gov.
The information in this conference call related to projections or other forward-looking statements is based on current expectations. The company does not intend to update its forward-looking statements to reflect the events or circumstances arising after the date on which made.
Again this quarter, the company is reporting the results of its consumer business as continuing operations and reporting the activities of its digital cinema and images business as discontinued operations. Income or loss from discontinued operations net of tax will appear as a single item below income from continuing operations on the company's statement of operations.
All financial results discussed in this call will reflect continuing operations, unless otherwise noted.
Now I will turn the call over to Jon. Please go ahead, Jon.
Jon E. Kirchner
Thanks, Ann and thanks to all of you for joining us today as we report first quarter 2008 financial results. As a reminder, today we will be discussing results from continuing operations unless otherwise noted.
We posted solid revenue again this quarter. Revenue for the first quarter was $15.2 million, up 21% over the first quarter of 2007. Earnings per diluted share were $0.18. Operating income was $4.4 million, or 29% of revenue compared to $2.7 million or 21% of revenue in the same period last year. This year-over-year improvement demonstrates the potential leverage in our business model as revenue scales upward.
Before I provide more details about the first quarter, I would like to touch on the sale of our digital cinema and digital images businesses. As you know, we sold the digital images business in early April and today we announced the sale of our digital cinema business. The D-cinema business was acquired by Beaufort California Inc., a member of Beaufort International Group PLC in England. In this transaction, we received approximately $3.3 million in cash and the buy assumed certain liabilities of the business. Further, we could receive up to $11.7 million in additional consideration over the next few years.
We truly appreciate the dedication of the management teams and employees who have continued to build these businesses throughout the sales processes. We wish both teams a very successful future.
I will now turn back to our consumer business. Due to the holiday promotions of Blu-Ray and HD DVD products, revenue from the high definition formats accounted for 21% of our revenue in the first quarter, ahead of our expected pace for the year. This compares to just 5% of our total revenue in the first quarter of 2007.
Unit volumes from PS3 game consoles and standalone players accounted for the growth in the high definition related revenue in the first quarter. Resolution of the format war, declining player prices and availability of more players and content appear to be spurring increasing interest in the Blu-Ray format.
A few manufacturers have also announced new combo players, such as high definition TVs with integrated Blu-Ray players, and we expect to see more announcements like this in the coming months.
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Sakura is the granddaughter of a mysterious moon princess who slew demons with her Blood Cherry Blossom sword. All her life Sakura has been forbidden to look at the full moon without knowing why. Then one night, unhappy over her impending marriage, Sakura gazes up at the moon, only to see a demon attacking her...
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From what we've seen so far ─ Hariyama, Psyduck, Kirlia, Dratini, Litwick and a few others ─ I think they're selecting a pretty good variety of old Pokémon to show up.
We still don't know if those are in the game or if they were just for show.
I would say Tympole, Plapitoad, Seismitoad, Golett, Golurk, and Eevee are all in the game due to the statue from the preview, though that also isn't guaranteed as we had Pikachu Statues in Nimbasa.
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