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Rated 4 / 5 stars
Nice job.
It was a pretty cool clock short though it was so dragged out especially the beginning i know you had to fit the song but still it was going so slow but meh still a good contribution for Clock Day 2006.
Rated 2.5 / 5 stars
not a fan
so it was pretty qweer... the song was good though
Rated 3.5 / 5 stars
A Good Flash
The music was good and fit this movie well. There were some nice fading and transparency effects when sliding over the portal. I also saw a flash called "KWAS kills _FRenzy" and know i have to see it...
Well the front part was way to long when he was crying. If you didn't say there was more i wouldn't of watched the entire thing.
A good flash with a little humor and some good effects
Thanks for the honest review. I do realise the start is a bit drawn out, but when I started i didn't realsie what the final product would've been.
Rated 3.5 / 5 stars
This flash was okay, too bad I don`t like neither Clock Crew nor tributes, but whatever.
I don`t know if I understood all the scenes, like a clock getting a cock in the clock... Weird.
Graphics: It`s a bit over average, I liked it. Maybe a bit shabby.
Style: I totally understood the point of the flash, but it was just saying thank joo, so it could use some story.
Sound: The song is good enough, I don`t like it, but it fits the theme, so I`ll vote fair.
Violence: It wasn`t really "Extreme Violence". But who needs violence anyways?
Interactivity: All you need is a play and raplay button, so it`s ok. But no extras, minigames or such, so I can`t 10.
Humor: Parts of it was funny, but it was mostly cock jokes, though...
Overall: Nice flash, could use some improvement, at least really good first.
Improvements? Well, make more sense into it, maybe make the text going a bit faster, and that`s all.
Hey thanks for the review. All critisism, positive and negative are welcome. Also remember that I made this after clockday satrted, I forgot it was on and whipped this up real quick.
Rated 5 / 5 stars
dis gaif me a bonr
it better made j00r pen0r harder than illwillpress' after walking past a kindergarten.


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SIX youth players have been released by Rangers as the Light Blues continue to shape their professional pool for next season.
Goalkeeper Blair Currie, who was on the bench for eight first-team fixtures in December and January, is leaving Murray Park and is poised to join Hamilton Accies.
Gregor Fotheringham, who spent time on loan at Forfar this year and started three Second Division games for them, is also moving on.
Completing the list of those departing are Northern Ireland youth cap Matty Clarke, Travis Gregory, Jordan Wilson and Glody N'Tumba.
Director of Youth Development Jim Sinclair admits telling players they are no longer required is one of the least enjoyable parts of his job.
But he is optimistic each of those whose times at Auchenhowie are coming to an end can find clubs elsewhere.
Sinclair said: "It's always very difficult at this time of the season to have to tell these lads they don't have a contract at Rangers any more.
"For the likes of Blair and Gregor, they've been here for a long number of years so it's with genuine sadness we see them go.
"We thank them and the other lads for all their efforts for us. Wee Travis has only been with us this season but he has given us everything he could.
"Now they need to try to pick up their careers elsewhere and we're confident they will do that and we wish them all the luck in the world with that.
"They're all hard-working lads with decent levels of ability so I would hope they'll all be able to find a niche for themselves somewhere."
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Pfizer (NYSE: PFE ) provided an extensive update yesterday on its development pipeline. The depth and breadth of the firm's list of projects is truly impressive, and includes 222 programs and 142 novel compounds. Even the world's biggest pharmaceutical company, though, can't achieve its goals on its own.
That's where Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR ) comes in. Nektar is in a class of companies known as drug delivery technology providers that includes Motley Fool Hidden Gems recommendation Flamel Technologies (Nasdaq: FLML ) . These outfits represent a critical piece in future drug development, by making the delivery of medicines easier or improving drugs' effectiveness.
Pfizer mentioned in its update yesterday that it will file with the Food and Drug Administration for U.S. approval of Exubera, an inhaled form of insulin that utilizes Nektar's pulmonary delivery technology, in 2005. The disclosure eased uncertainty surrounding the treatment's future, and the drug delivery specialist's stock promptly surged, closing up 23% yesterday.
It's easy to see why investors are so excited: According to Reuters, some analysts estimate that the first approved form of inhaled form of insulin could bring in $2 billion in sales. Nektar would receive an undisclosed piece of that revenue in the form of royalty payments.
Nor is Exubera the only project Nektar is working on. The firm has a separate collaboration with Pfizer for an early stage treatment, as well as late stage partnerships with Roche and UCB. Further, Nektar has a track record of successful alliances, having helped develop approved drugs with Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN ) , Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY ) and Schering-Plough (NYSE: SGP ) , among others.
Unfortunately, Nektar has continued to bleed red ink, mostly due to large investments in research and development. However, if Exubera is approved, these losses are likely to vanish. Further, the company boasts $427 million in cash and investments and just $174 million in debt. Given these factors, Nektar's future looks sweet.
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"Up to then I felt all right," said the 64-year-old Cooper Township resident. "I was sitting in a chair, the cake in my lap, when it just happened. It was like a roaring in my ears and my vision narrowed."
Brenda's daughter—and Shelby's mother—Rachael Mendham said that her mother looked "a little confused," but that she went to the kitchen for more cake.
Others, however, noticed that one side of Brenda's face was drooping and became concerned.
Rachael returned and touched her mother. "I thought she was having a heart attack," Rachael said, "I said, 'No! No!' and we called 9-1-1. They were there in a few minutes."
"I couldn't say anything," Brenda said. "The next thing I knew someone was helping me into the chair. I remember hearing an ambulance and somebody asking me if I could move. The next thing I remember I was in the hospital."
While Brenda's memory is hazy, her family distinctly remembers the events surrounding what turned out to be a serious stroke.
"It was a pretty bad stroke," said Brenda's husband, Ted. "It didn't look good."
Fortunately, the hospital where Brenda was sent was Borgess Medical Center where stroke care is a top priority. Emergency physicians and the medical team quickly determined that she had had a stroke and that it was caused by a blood clot blocking an artery in her brain.
Eight out of every 10 strokes are caused by a blocked brain artery. The rest are the result of a ruptured blood vessel and internal bleeding. The distinction is critical since the primary treatment for a stroke caused by a blocked blood vessel can be fatal if administered to someone with a bleeding—or hemorrhagic—stroke.
Once it was determined that a clot was blocking blood flow, Brenda's family was told that a drug called tPA—for tissue plasminogen activator—may help dissolve the clot and return blood flow. tPA is often called a "clot-buster."
Rachael and sister Cleta, who drove to the hospital together, conferred with other sisters—all six Turner siblings are women—and they agreed to have their mother treated with tPA.
"The ER doctors said it could be life-saving," Rachael said. The drug worked quickly. "It was very amazing," she said. "Within a half hour mom was awake and trying to talk."
Dr. Michelle Crooks, a neurologist, was on-call when Brenda arrived at Borgess and set in progress the complex series of tests to determine the nature of the stroke and the best treatment options.
"It fit the criteria for a stroke—sudden onset, inability to speak, right-side paralysis," Crooks said. "We needed to determine first if it was a bleed or a block."
Once it was clear that Brenda had a blocked brain artery, and since Brenda couldn't talk, Crooks and her team asked the family questions to determine if a clot-buster would be appropriate: Did Brenda take anti-coagulants? Did she have recent bleeding?
"There are so many inclusions and exclusions that need to be addressed before administering tPA," Crooks said. "You want to get the drug quickly when appropriate, but you have to be careful."
Once it was clear that the drug was appropriate and the family gave permission, Brenda was treated and good results followed rapidly.
"I was amazed how much improvement there was in such a short time," Crooks said. "It really makes you a believer (in the drug)."
tPA has been used at Borgess for a number of years and the hospital has a specific set of guidelines that must be followed before the drug can be administered. There are also specific time-frames for optimal benefits.
Crooks said that Brenda was the first patient at Borgess who met all the criteria for administering the tPA within the critical time-frame.
While the paralysis on Brenda's right side abated fairly quickly, she did have speech and memory problems that lingered. Brenda remained in Borgess for about 10 days and underwent speech and other post-stroke therapy for some time.
"The stroke affected her motor skills only a little," Ted said, "but her speech and her short-term memory were not good. She also lost some vision in the corner of her right eye."
Therapy, he said, "was almost like starting as a child again, working up to first, then second grade."
Brenda, however, was determined.
"I was an avid reader before the stroke," she said, "and would read two or more books a week."
"At first after the stroke I couldn't read. I could see the words but they didn't register. But I read constantly. I wanted to read my books."
Today Brenda is reading a book a week on average and talking as much as possible. "The more I practice reading and the more I practice speaking, the better I get at it," she said. "I still have a little trouble with short-term memory and I lose my train of thought. And I'll sometimes forget a word or use the opposite of word I want. But the improvements keep coming."
"We're all so proud of her," Rachael said.
Brenda has returned to work at the Parchment Harding's Market bakery, where she worked before the stroke. "It's a good thing because I have to talk with the customers, use the cash register and take telephone numbers," she said. "Everybody at Harding's is helpful."
On most days, Brenda feels good. And while there are occasional bad days, she said she is grateful that she was taken to Borgess where they were ready to use the clot-buster medicine. "Some hospitals don't have it," she said. "For me it's a miracle."
"I saw a young woman the other day who had left-side paralysis. When I saw her I thought, 'That that could be me—or worse.' "
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Main areas of activity:
1. Nursery Department:
Social care, health services and education for homeless children
Short term social care
2. Habilitation group:
Day social care for children with development disorders
3. Habilitation Department
Outpatient (secondary level)early rehabilitation for children with development disorders
Inpatient (tertiary level) early rehabilitation for children with development disorders
4. Scientific and educational services
Participation in undegraduated and postgraduated studies provided by Kaunas Medical Undreniversity (KMU)
A placement for clinical practice for students from KMU, VU, Kaunas College and KKA.
In 1885 Department for homeless children and orphans established in Kaunas city hospital. In 1900 this department was closed, the orphans were relocated to another place at Ožeškienės street 17. The shelter was called "Lopšelis".
On April 24, 1922 "Association for saving infants"is established. In 1923 m. this association takes over "Lopšelis".
In 1929 - 1931 Association receives 1, 5 million litas subsidy from the government and builds Center for saving infants "Lopšelis" for 280 orphans in Vilijampole.
In 1940 The Association is dissolved, the institution becomes property of states. It is named Republican Home for infants.
In 1986 Republican Home for infants was called specialized, because 86% of the children there had development disorders.
On January 15, 1995 Habilitation group for preschool children with development disorders and living in the families was opened.
In 1998 - 1999 Habilitation Department was opened. It has outpatient and inpatient departments where consultations and treatment are provided for pre-school age children with development disorders from all Lithuania. Republican Home for Infants is renamed Kaunas child development clinic "Lopšelis".
2001 The licence is given for Kaunas Child Development Clinic to provide early rehabilitation services of secondary and tertiary level for children with development disorders.
2008 Short term social care and day social care services were established.


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I have a lobby server and I'm adding data about online users in a vector. So far, when it comes to activities in which I must set a state for only one particular user I've been iterating through my vector to find the specific user by the nick. I'm doing so everytime and I'm wondering if there's any better solution? I don't want to iterate through all my users each time I have to set something to only one of them. If a client could send his genuine index of his place in my server's vector that would be cool but once client sent a message with his index, other users could disconnect - server's vector would be shortened and therefore the index wouldn't be correct anymore. I can't think on how to implement such mechanism. It needs a lot of synchronisation but maybe there are better means?
I will be grateful for any suggestions!
Finding specific data on server provided from client
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Posted 31 January 2013 - 07:19 PM
You should take a look at a map container (or however a hashed table/tree is called in the coding language you are using, std::map is c++).
If you are using c++ take a look at this: http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/map/map/
When you search in a map It does something similar to looking in a vector but it scales better (it's faster when you have a lot of entries (a lot being a few usualy)).
You could use the nikname as a key or (faster search usually) generate a unique ID (uint) for every player and use that.
btw, i dont think this is a networking question but w/e.
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How would I generate a unique ID then? I have few ideas but none of them seems 100% efficient. Can you give me some glimpse on that?
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First of all, you cannot trust any identifier found in a packet, because the client might be spoofing*. The good news is that each client already has a unique identifier! The IP address and port number uniquely identify that connection. You can use this combination as a key to lookup a map data structure, or because the number of clients is not large you could use a linear search of a client array, too.
* Exceptions include something like a username and password, because the password is a shared secret that malicious users should not be capable of spoofing.
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__int64 id = __int64(ip) << 16 | port;
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alright, thanks for answers


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If you have any questions about the draft -- or anything else -- let me know. I'll be taking questions (in e-mail form) from now until noon today. I'll take the best questions and answer them here in the blog.
One caveat -- I won't be answering any questions about possible undrafted free agents because all of that is up in the air now and the Lions will release the official list in a day or two.


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The Hans J. Wegner three-legged CH07 Shell chair, or Smile Chair, was originally introduced in 1963. A limited series was produced but the project came to a standstill. The chair was relaunched in 1997 and after 34 years in hiding, the chair finally got its breakthrough. In fact, one of the original shell chairs from the 1960s sold for $20,000 at Christie's in London in 1999.
In spite of its three-legs, it is sturdy on the floor and does not easily topple over. Although it is low and does not feature armrests, it is easy to rise from the chair by seizing the front edge and pulling oneself up. It is elegant as a soloist as well as in groups of two, three or more. In 1999, the chair was given the highest possible grade in The Technological Institute of Denmark's test program.


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For more than 5 years the Downbeach Film Festival's mission has been to bring a cultural event to residents and visitors of Atlantic City and the surrounding shore communities. The festival promotes new films, as well as filmmakers and actors, all in an effort to celebrate the art form of moviemaking. This year, there's a distinct focus on Atlantic City, and therefore a subsidiary of the festival evolved into what is now called the Atlantic City Cinefest.
Although the new Cinefest won't take place until October, they are kicking things off ahead of schedule with a Quick Flix at the Palm event on March 10 at 1pm. Guests will be able to see some of the best comedic and dramatic shorts from 2012. Plus, $60 of every $100 ticket purchased for Quick Flix at the Palm will benefit the Metropolitan Business an Civic Association Scholarship Fund (MBCA). This fun, charitable event will be held at The Palm located in The Quarter at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino and will include a 3-course gourmet meal.
"It's important to show our support for new and exciting projects like the Atlantic City Cinefest in the Fall," says Gary Hill, Community Relations for the MBCA. "It's a new way to present and bring visitors into Atlantic City and explore the hidden treasures of our city in the media and film world."
WHAT: Quick Flix at the Palm
WHERE: The Palm at The Quarter - Tropicana
WHEN: March 10, 2013 1pm
BENEFITS: MBCA Scholarship Fund
RSVP: Email Barbara Bermel or call 609-344-0483
For more information visit: www.downbeachfilmfestival.org


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It is difficult to go from wearing black everyday to the office (during the colder months of the year), to lightening up your work clothing for the warm weather now that summer is here. In the hot weather, it can be difficult to figure out what to wear, and still be comfortable and stylish. Here are my two top picks that I actually wore to work for a full 8 hours (I didn't just model the clothing and then change). Believe me, these looks are guaranteed to fit nicely, and best of all, they were all bought locally!
Lightening up the look with black pants:
Ruffle Sleeveless Button Down Top: $14, at Devonshire Mall (Sirens), Windsor, Ontario
Contour Fit Trouser Pants: $79.99, from Ann Taylor
Mini Peep Toe Black Patent Leather Pumps: $49, from Incognito, in Royal Oak
Completely Summer:
Long Cap Sleeve Button Down Sweater Top: $36, at Pitaya, Multiple Detroit Locations
Dana Buchman Cropped Pants: $299, SOLD OUT in stores, Ebay has many of her pairs from the upscale line on sale!
Kenneth Cole '925 - Silver Fox' Pumps, in Stone: $159, Nordstrom.
Keep sunglasses on to freshen up the summer part of the look!


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Red Bank Catholic's Jackie VanLew won the 200-yard freestyle and contributed to the first-place 200 medley relay and 400 free relay as her team snagged its seventh straight title at the Shore Conference Championships on Sunday at the Ocean County YMCA in Toms River.
VanLew anchored RBC's first-place medley relay (1:52.12) with a 25.38 freestyle split, won her first conference title in the 200 free in 1:56.49, then fueled the record-breaking 400 free relay (3:36.39), which erased one of the three oldest meet records, Rumson's 3:40.78 from 1990. Manasquan's Hannah Briant won her second straight 50 free title in 24.39 and then anchored the meet record-setting 200 free relay (1:41.09) by splitting 24.31.
GIRLS TEAMS: 1-Red Bank Catholic 393. 2-Toms River North 173. 3-Manasquan 144. 4-Rumson 140. 5-Jackson 114.5. 6-Freehold Twp. 104. 7-Colts Neck 99. 8-Msgr. Donovan 94. 9-Wall 93. 10-Holmdel 92.5. 11-Toms River East 85. 12-Marlboro 85. 13-Lacey 71. 14-Point Pleasant Boro 69. 15-Neptune 64. 16-Middletown North 58. 17-Long Branch 57. 18-St. Rose 47. 19-Central Reg. 33. 20-Monmouth 31. 21-Brick 26. 22-Red Bank 25. 23-Ocean Twp. and Ranney 18. 25-Toms River Souith 13. 26-Manalapan and Southern Reg. 8. 28-Jackson Liberty and Middletown South 4. 30-Freehold Borough 2. 31-Manchester Twp. 1.
200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY: Red Bank Catholic (Julianna Cavano, Shannon Slate, Karli Rymer, Jackie VanLew) 1:52.12.
200-YARD FREESTYLE: Jackie VanLew, Red Bank Catholic, 1:56.49.
200-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY: Casey Lawson, St. Rose, 2:08.59.
50-YARD FREESTYLE: Hannah Briant, Manasquan, 24.39.
100-YARD BUTTERFLY: Danielle Griggs, Wall, 58.64.
100-YARD FREESTYLE: Noelle Klockner, Colts Neck, 52.87.
500-YARD FREESTYLE: Joanna Han, Marlboro, 5:10.03.
200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY: Manasquan (Kat Kazaba, Caroline Petrone, Erin Perna, Hannah Briant) 1:41.09, meet record; former record, 1:41.80, Toms River North, 2011.
100-YARD BACKSTROKE: Noelle Klockner, Colts Neck, 58.53.
100-YARD BREASTSTROKE: Stephanie Ross, Freehold Twp., 1:06.80.
400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY: Red Bank Catholic (Shannon Belforti, Alli Villane, Jackie VanLew, Jillian Crosby) 3:36.39, meet record; former record, 3:40.78, Rumson, 1990.


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By Rob Cox
The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.
The Great Debate
from Breakingviews:
Rob Cox: The worry now is a brewing M&A bubble
By Rob Cox
from Jack Shafer:
Who's afraid of Comcast?
Set aside for a moment everything you've read about the $45 billion bid Comcast made for Time Warner Cable last week. Blank from your mind Paul Krugman's prediction that the deal will result in a Comcast monopoly. Pretend you didn't read the New York Times piece about the acquisition presaging further consolidation in the cable market, with Charter Communications picking off Cox Communications. Thump yourself with a neuralyzer, if you can, and remove from your memory the protest against the transaction by Michael Copps, former Federal Communications Commission commissioner.
from Nicholas Wapshott:
Comcast: How to win at monopoly
The proposed merger between the cable television interests of Time Warner Cable and its principal rival, Comcast, demonstrates a neat example of how the theory of the free market differs so radically from the marketplace in practice.


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2011: A Chiefs Odyssey – Kevin's Number 6
Nope, Strasmas: The Sequel will have to wait…or maybe it's not on my list? OK, that was a joke, it's obviously on the list.
#6 – You're Outta Here!
Number Six takes us back to June 28 for the third game of a four-game set against the Columbus Clippers. The first two games in the series will appear later on the timeline. And that's all that needs to be said about that right now. But after two unforgettable and historic performances on the previous two nights – which, again, we'll get to in short order – the stage was set for well, nothing, really. Tommy Milone was on the hill against a Clippers team which was mashing the International League, but had been relatively shut down by Syracuse pitching to date.
Milone's night didn't start well when Nick Johnson hit a two-strike pitch over the right field wall in the second inning, giving Columbus a 2-1 lead. An ominous beginning, for sure – but for a left-hander who may have been the IL's best pitcher in 2011, it seemed like simply a minor blemish. That is, until Columbus put two runners on in the third inning for another former Yankee basher, Shelley Duncan. With one out, Milone delivered a strike, and Duncan swung and crushed the ball. It was a well-hit ball soaring down the left field line, headed well over the fence, but its result seemed – at least from the press box – relatively certain early on in the ball's flight.
According to Wikipedia, foul lines in baseball extended indefinitely before 1920. A batter was awarded a home run only if a fly ball over the fence landed in fair territory, or was fair "when last seen" by the umpire. But the institution of the foul pole changed the game. Even if a ball goes over the pole, an umpire can still tell almost every time a fly ball lands down the line whether it went to the left or the right of the pole. In this case, Shelley Duncan's fly ball went to the left. At least, I thought so. Jason thought so. Tommy Milone thought so. Randy Knorr thought so. Home plate umpire – and crew chief – Fran Burke thought so. Shelley Duncan probably thought so. But Kelvin Bultron did not think so.
Columbus manager Mike Sarbaugh took a shot in the dark after the foul ball and went out for a discussion with the three umpires. Burke – the crew chief – then called his group together for a meeting. And to everyone's shock, that Shelley Duncan foul ball became a Shelley Duncan three-run home run. Not because it was seen by Frank Burke, the home-plate umpire, who had the best view down the line. Not because the decision was overruled by Fran Buke, the crew chief, who had the best view down the line. But because Kelvin Bultron, the first base umpire, who had almost no angle whatsoever to this decision, decided he had seen a home run.
Randy Knorr, predictably, was less than thrilled. He came out to argue while Duncan crossed the bases, and was ejected in fairly short order. This didn't stop Randy from heading back into the clubhouse. The man had a point to make. He headed out toward the left field wall – with nobody quite sure what he was doing – and picked up two baseballs. The former major league catcher reared back and threw one over the wall, to the left of the foul pole. And then the player turned manager momentarily turned into an umpire – and pointed his arm to the left of the pole. That's foul, Randy seemed to be saying. He cocked back again, and with the power of a Stephen Strasburg fastball, Randy hurled his second red-stitched, white orb over the fence to the right side of the pole. And that, said Mr. Knorr to much fanfare from the crowd of 7, 109, is a fair ball. (Editor's Note: I may be leaving out a few words, such as *bleep* or *bleeping.* Please forgive me.)
Oh, by the way, the soft-spoken Milone was thrown out of the game too. Oh, by the way, the Chiefs rallied for four runs in the seventh and eighth innings for one of their best comeback wins of the year.
I take it we'll hear more from this game at some point…
2011: A Chiefs Odyssey – Jason's Number 6
Kev, the next holiday I'm celebrating is next Wednesday. Since I'm not posting that day, let's observe now. Happy Diwali to everyone.
Along Came Polly, indeed, Michael.
#6 The Prodigal Righty Returns
On August 27th, just before noon, one man sat in the Chiefs' players' lounge. He was fixated on a first-person shooter video game he was playing on the flat-screen television on the wall. When greeted, he grunted a soft and short "hey." It was clear that his attention was on his game. It wasn't to be diverted.
Stephen Strasburg's gaming is rather like his pitching: Worthy of the entirety of his mind and not to be interrupted.
One night in June, though, in 2010, the prodigious former Aztec was struck by the notion that control, so often, is only an illusion. A man-made structure with finite boundaries. As he flicked a changeup to Philadelphia's Domonic Brown on August 21st, Strasburg felt a foreign and unwelcome twinge in his forearm. That twinge became just less than a year of rehabilitation. Strasburg needed Tommy John surgery.
If I crafted a pie chart of questions I was asked this season about the Chiefs, roughly half would have a giant #37 emblazoned on it. A significant amount of those questions came flowing in once Strasburg began his 30-day minor league assignment in Hagerstown on August 7th. When would we see Strasburg? Would he pitch here at all? Can he sign my left eyebrow in A1 Steak Sauce? It'd be a dream come true!
As the rehab song reached its coda, it became clear that Strasburg 2011 would be a one0night engagement. Because the Nationals wanted Strasburg to pitch only with affiliates who were at home, the schedule was the key. The Chiefs were only home for one of Strasburg's two starts at the tail end of his rehab. So, one night was it.
And that night was truly remarkable. With nearly 10,000 in the blue seats at Alliance Bank Stadium, Stephen Strasburg provided the wizardry. The first batter was Brandon Roberts:
Strasburg struck seven batters out that night. Twice, Chase Lambin was the victim:
There's a chance Strasburg had a little extra brimstone in his belly for the former Chief, Chase Lambin, The night before, Lambin texted Strasburg to ask how much sleep the pitcher had lost thinking about facing Lambin. Chase, don't poke the bear.
Strasburg didn't allow a baserunner in the first five innings. In the sixth, he was sent back out to the mound. Strasburg didn't want to go back out and risk injury and it showed. He allowed back-to-back singles and left. Because the first of those hitters, Aaron Bates, scored to tie the game at one, Strasburg wasn't involved in the decision.
The Chiefs won, though, on a Steve Lombardozzi RBI single in the eighth.
Kev, did we match up again? Is Strasburg 6 on your list?
2011: A Chiefs Odyssey – Kevin's Number 7
Jason – Vander Woude might try to eat the shaving cream pie, mistaking it for Scranton press box food. I have a feeling I've seen that out for dessert once or twice…
#7 – Baby, You're A Firework (x2)
There's just something about ___ and ___.
No, I'm not talking about the Ben Stiller/Cameron Diaz/Brett Favre movie, I'm talking about that saying that always pops up. For instance, "there's just something about football and snow." Or, "there's just something about reading outside on a nice day." Or even, "there's just something about LeBron James and promising eight championships and then losing in the NBA Finals." OK, maybe no one's ever said that until now. (Sorry, are we past the point of making fun of the Heat Launch party and The Decision yet? Is there even an end point to making fun of this?)
Anyway, it's totally cliche', but there's just…something…about baseball and the fourth of July. It's an American tradition of sorts – before or after you fire up the grill at home, head to your local park to watch some baseball with some postgame fireworks sure to follow. And sometimes…you even get fireworks of sorts during the game. (Foreshadowing Meter Activated.)
The nice thing about the International League schedule is that every team gets a Third of July game or a Fourth of July game, providing a spectacular fireworks show for the home crowd after. The nice thing about this year's schedule was an Independence Day date for Syracuse, as the Chiefs hosted Buffalo. Syracuse came into the game rather toasty, having won three straight games, six out of eight, and nine out of 12 – and they'd already taken the first two from Buffalo at Coca-Cola Field. The odds were in Syracuse's favor for a happy Independence Day celebration.
True to their then-recent form, things started well for the Chiefs. Jesus Valdez' third-inning sacrifice fly put Syracuse ahead 1-0, and Jesus Flores' sixth-innning sac fly stretched the lead to two runs. With starter Yunesky Maya cruising through six shutout innings, the Chiefs seemed well on their way to another solid, though unspectacular, win.
But as a certain College GameDay analyst often says – not so fast, my friends! After a Val Pascucci walk and two strikeouts, Bubba Bell doubled Pascucci to third base. Mike Nickeas then walked to load the bases for Luis Hernandez.
There are certain players in the International League who scared you more than others at the plate this season – Dayan Viciedo, Yonder Alonso, Devin Mesoraco, and Desmond Jennings, to name a few. Luis Hernandez should not belong in this list. Luis Hernandez hit just .240 with 6 home runs and 54 RBI in 121 games. But against the Chiefs, Luis Hernandez turned into Babe Ruth. Here's his line against Syracuse in 2011:
13 games, 14-43 (.326), 5 R, 2 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 14 RBI, .333 OBP, .558 SLG
And that was after a few cold games at the end. Hernandez was a Chief-killer for much of the season. On the fourth, he obliged. As a pinch-hitter for Pat Misch, Hernandez stroked a two-run single to center field, simultaneously putting Buffalo on the board for the first time and tying the game.
But it wouldn't take long for the Chiefs to respond. After a Jeff Frazier strikeout led off the bottom of the seventh, Corey Brown stepped up against Dale Thayer. Thayer worked the count to 2-2 before firing a pitch that missed inside by a hair if it missed at all. Home plate umpire Jeff Gosney called it a ball, bringing the count to 3-2. And then, the payoff pitch:
But it wasn't over…though Tim Teufel's night was. The enraged Buffalo manager soon found himself tossed out of the game after arguing the non-strike call. Good thing Teufel didn't stick around – because pinch-hitter Michael Aubrey did this.
Pretty good timing for your team's first back-to-back homers of the season, eh? Jeff Mandel and Zech Zinicola then closed the door on a 4-2 Fourth of July win. It was a fireworks display before the actual fireworks display – and all done in a crisp 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Any happy holidays in your future, JB?
2011: A Chiefs Odyssey – Jason's #7
Sorry about the delay, all of you pining for moment number seven. I was abducted by one-legged giraffes.
#7 Do the Lombo Rock
On June 20th, the Chiefs succumbed to then 20-year-old Julio Teheran in an 8-2 loss at Gwinnett. That dropped Syracuse to 27-40 for the season. But, the buzz in the clubhouse was that a young man with notable baseball lineage was on the way to save the day. Enter Steve Lombardozzi – or, as we came to know him, Lombo.
I will give you five minutes to stop your torso from quivering. It's catchy, ain't it?
Steve Lombardozzi's dad won a World Series with the Minnesota Twins in the '80s. Sometimes, in baseball, one hears a name and thinks, "boy, I wonder if he's related to _____" In this case, it was very obvious that Steve Jr. and Steve Sr. were kin. First, they have the same name. Major evidence. Also, they're both infielders. And, I've heard they play the game rather like each other. Hard. Always.
When Steve Jr. got to the Chiefs, he was hitting .309 with the Double-A Harrisburg Senators. 23 of his 81 hits were for extra bases. It was conceivable that he would be an offensive savior. It was also possible his numbers might fade.
Randy Knorr thrust Lombardozzi into the starting lineup the first day Lombo showed up. Steve joined me on the pregame show from Georgia and told me he was "nervous." That night, as the leadoff man, he had the first at-bat of the game. And he did this on an 0-2 count:
Lombardozzi hit in each of his first 11 games. He finished the year at .310 in Syracuse with 19 extra-base hits out of 91 total. Pretty darn consistent.
His only failing was an attempted pie to the face of Seth Bynum on TV one day. Lombardozzi sprinted from behind Bynum with a burgundy towel covered in shaving cream while Bynum was chatting with Steve Grilli and me. Lombardozzi smudged Bynum's face with the towel, but upon looking back, realized that he used the wrong part of the towel and Bynum was clean. Bad move, rookie. Lombardozzi got creamed later.
After Lombardozzi's arrival, the Chiefs went 39-34.
Kev, you up for shaving creaming visiting radio announcers when their teams win? How would Vander Woude feel?
2011: A Chiefs Odyssey – Kevin's Number 8
At some point? You mean, at the same point?
#8 – The Neverending Story
If there's a day you want to play a game lasting 4 hours, 8 minutes – and I'm not sure there is – it certainly isn't the fourth-to-last day of the regular season. But that's what happened on September 2 at Frontier Field. Yep, this game ended up feeling something like this.
Funny thing was, this one seemed like a routine victory in the making right off the bat. The Chiefs scored one run in the first inning, two in the third, one in the fourth, and one in the fifth, carrying a 5-1 lead into the bottom of the frame. In fact, starting pitcher Craig Stammen had allowed just two hits and one unearned run going into the inning. Then, as they say, the proverbial floodgates opened. Here's how the play-by-play reads:
"Red Wings 5th (Red Wings 8, Chiefs 5) — B. Dinkelman singles to center field. A. Bates doubles down the left-field line, B. Dinkelman to 3rd. S. Holm singles through the hole at shortstop, B. Dinkelman scores; A. Bates to 3rd. B. Roberts triples to right field, A. Bates scores; S. Holm scores. With M. Tolbert batting, passed ball by J. Solano, B. Roberts scores. M. Tolbert walks. R. Chang flies out to C. Curran. With J. Bailey batting, M. Tolbert steals 2nd base. J. Bailey doubles down the left-field line, M. Tolbert scores. Pitcher Change: J. Mandel replaces C. Stammen. D. Martin triples down the left-field line, J. Bailey scores. C. Lambin singles to center field, D. Martin scores. B. Dinkelman strikes out swinging. A. Bates singles to right-center field, C. Lambin to 3rd. S. Holm strikes out swinging."
That's seven runs on eight hits, four of them for extra bases. There was also a passed ball, a walk, and a stolen base. It was a bizarre turnaround – especially considering Syracuse had given up seven runs in a game against Rochester just twice in 14 previous tries. Down 8-5, the Chiefs seemed all but finished when All-Star Red Wings left-hander Chuck James entered the game in the eighth inning. But after a Steve Lombardozzi ground out, Seth Bynum walked and Tug Hulett singled. Down three runs with five outs to go – enter Jesus Valdez.
The game would head to extra innings, somehow, after both teams left a pair of runners on base in their respective halves of the ninth. The time of the game at that point was longer than 3:39 – meaning it would have been the longest nine-inning game of the Chiefs' season. What it actually was is now just a hazy memory in a game full of insanity.
Syracuse took the lead in the tenth on Corey Brown's clutch two-out, two-run single. They would need both. Rochester got one run back on a Dustin Martin RBI single off of Josh Wilkie – but with Ray Chang on second base and Martin to first, Chase Lambin popped out to shortstop to end the game.
And one more note from this game: Chris Curran, an outfielder who hit a combined .253 between Potomac, Hagerstown, and the GCL Nationals was called up at the end of the season to take Chris Marrero's roster spot, after the first baseman's promotion to the big leagues. Curran struck out in his first two Triple-A at-bats and was 0-for-3 coming into the game. In his first at-bat of the night – his first Triple-A start – he tripled off the top of the wall. Curran ended up going 3-for-5, and as a left-handed hitter, was 3-3 against lefties and 0-2 against righties in the game. Go figure.
Oh, and one more reminder, I was solo in the booth for all 4:08 of the extravaganza. Feel my pain, JB.
2011: A Chiefs Odyssey – Jason's #8
If they were all alive today, which Beatle would be most likely to date Rebecca Black?
#8: Time is on my side.
In the '90s, Denzel Washington made a movie called "Fallen" with John Goodman. In it, a demon took over the bodies of humans. It was transferred by contact. When it took over a body, we, the viewers, could tell because the person started to act strangely. In one scene, this spirit gets passed around from person to person, and the one with the curse sings a few bars of The Rolling Stones' "Time is on My Side." Here, watch:
This creeped me out for at least a year of my childhood. I distinctly remember being at Epcot Center with my family and losing my mind when someone bumped into me. I immediately found someone else to touch to get the spirit out of me. If you no longer are interested in listening to Chiefs games, I understand.
Four days before the end of the season, the Chiefs went to Rochester for the first of a two-game series with the Wings. Kevin went to do the first game without me because of a football obligation. Boy did I miss a doozy. I'm gonna guess that Kev's gonna tell you about it somewhere on his list, but I got in the car after our Time Warner football game that night and heard Kev say something about being on pace for the longest game of the season. I then went out to dinner with a friend, checking the score on my phone. The Chiefs beat the Wings in 10 innings in a robust 4:08.
It still might be going on if not for this:
The game was bogged down, I hear, by a seven-run fifth for Rochester. Listening to the postgame show, it sounded like Kevin had just crawled through a car wash while simultaneously being forced to do geometry proofs. Nothing would have been surprising after what just happened.
What I neglected to realize, though, as I followed the game was a transportation error on my part. Kevin and I drove together to the previous stop on the trip, Buffalo. We drove to Rochester postgame Friday and both spent the night there. In the morning, I drove to Syracuse.
Leaving Kevin with no car at the stadium. So, when we talked postgame, he let me know that I needed to pick him up after he took the bus to the ballpark. Proving once again that four hour, eight minute baseball games having wide-ranging sleep repercussions.
I'm sure you'll actually hear about the game from KB at some point on this journey.
2011: A Chiefs Odyssey – Kevin's Number 9
You're about a month off, Jason, as I hadn't started my undying loyalty to Dunkin' Donuts until later on in the season. I likely kept the franchise in business for the last few months of the season, however.
Time for Number 9, number 9…
Er, sorry, where was I?
#9 – The House Is Rockin'
August 12 was a seemingly innocuous Friday night at Alliance Bank Stadium. The Chiefs were home to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in the first game of a four-game series (that would turn out to be a two-game series because of rain). Syracuse was essentially out of the playoff race, while the Yankees were hanging on in the standings by the skin of their teeth at 62-57. But a funny thing happened on the way to an essentially meaningless game in the standings – the biggest crowd of the year showed up in the Salt City. 12,716 people were in attendance – the Chiefs' seventh-largest home crowd since 1961, and their fourth-largest that didn't involve a guy named "Strasburg."
(Side note: A Google search for "Strasburg" first brings you to this website – http://www.strasburgchildren.com/. The website is currently under construction – how is this ahead of baseball's top pitching phenom? Though I suppose you could say Stephen Strasburg is "still under construction" of sorts, too.)
Anyway, I'd guess there are a number of reasons for the large crowd. In no particular order, some of these are:
– Lockheed Martin night…apparently there are a large number of employees and a large number of baseball fans at this company. Who knew?
– It was a Friday night game. Weekend games, obviously, tend to draw better. Plus, you gotta get down on Friday.
– 81 degrees and no threat of inclement weather. Yes, believe it or not, there were Chiefs games without rain this year.
– The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees (Baby Bombers, as our main in-studio host and producer Ty Doyle calls them) were in town. This tends to bump up attendance numbers, as the Yankees are likely the most popular major league team in Syracuse.
– Finally, the pitching matchup, and the reason I'd anticipated this game so much in the first place: Brad Peacock against Manny Banuelos. It was a matchup of two of Baseball America's Top 50 midseason pitching prospects – Peacock at #42, Banuelos at #13. And while Banuelos struggled a bit, the Chiefs' right-hander delivered.
Syracuse took an early lead on a bevy of extra-base hits. Steve Lombardozzi led off the game with a triple, Chris Marrero doubled him home, and one more extra-base hit gave the Chiefs a second score.
It looked like the Chiefs would need no more than two runs with Peacock's stellar performance. He struck out two hitters in the first, all three in the third, and nine total in 5.2 innings. He exited with a 3-1 lead, after Jesus Montero blasted a solo home run in the sixth.
But it soon seemed that Peacock's work would be all for naught. Scranton loaded the bases with nobody out in the eighth inning against J.D. Martin. But a Jorge Vazquez double play and Terry Tiffee strikeout ended the frame with the Chiefs ahead by one run. Syracuse then tacked on some insurance in the 8th.
A Jeff Frazier sacrifice fly and Corey Brown two-run single extended the lead in a game the Chiefs won 7-4.
Was the game itself worth of Top 12-dom? Probably not, though it was an exciting contest on the field. But the matchup of two hot prospects so thoroughly dominated by the Chiefs and the season's largest crowd combined for an electrifying night. Besides, 12,716 new Brad Peacock fans can't be wrong.
I have to say, Jason…I don't anticipate this post being the last time we see Mr. Peacock on this countdown.
2011: A Chiefs Oddyssey – Jason's #9
It's outlandish how many of those natural disasters happened to us this season, Kev. Early in the year, folks were canoeing on SU's campus. Then, the earthquake in Pawtucket. And our hurricane in Allentown. Somehow, we went tornado-free. We replaced the cyclone with May 7th in Durham.
#9: Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind?
It was either that or "a silver tear appearing now." They're both appropriate for what happened in North Carolina–in my mind and yours–on the first Saturday of the fifth month of 2011.
After six Chiefs turns at bat, the score was 0-0. Yunesky Maya and Alex Torres wouldn't budge on the mound. Six total hits were on the board after the top of the sixth. Durham, though, got a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning as Justin Ruggiano doubled home Desmond Jennings. Russ Canzler brought Ruggiano home with a single to right-center field. With the Chiefs' batting average last in pro baseball at that time, the idea of two runs before nine outs seemed rather loopy.
With Boomer Whiting at first with one out in the eighth, though, Alex Valdez bashed a two-run homer to tie the game (and continue to shoehorn himself onto this Top 12). That's where the score stood into the 11th inning. For a Chiefs team which had won just two of its last 11 games, the sheer prospect of a comeback win contained restorative nutrients.
In the top of the second extra inning, the Chiefs unloaded. With Carlos Maldonado at first, Bulls manager Charlie Montoyo replaced Ryan Reid with soft-throwing R.J. Swindle, a veteran of the International League whose offspeed pitch was known to travel slower than the average Edsel. Corey Brown, reputedly a fastball hitter, was the opponent. After a first-pitch strike, Brown mauled an offspeed pitch to right field for a two-run homer. Later in the inning, Jhonatan Solano's double scored Tug Hulett and the Chiefs' 11th-inning lead bulged to three.
But. Durham got one last chance. One green-double-zero-times-royal-flush-times-Clippers-win-the-finals chance.
To paraphrase an old musical, a funny thing happened on the way to the win column.
I choose to listen to Zero Mostel sing as a Roman slave than to dwell on this game. I hope you will do the same.
Up three, J.D. Martin came in for Josh Wilkie. The first batter Martin faced, Chris Carter, did this:
Evidently I felt extra foreboding that day. I didn't know it then. Robinson Chirinos struck out. Whew. Russ Canzler walked. Randy Knorr brought Adam Carr in. Leslie Anderson singled. Omar Luna struck out. Double whew. Then Ray Olmedo walked. Bases loaded. Desmond Jennings walked. 5-4. Then, this:
For those of you who like intense jubilation in an informed, yet spiteful package, here's how my friend Neil Solondz called it in Durham:
Can't you imagine Neil wagging his finger at me as he says "How about that?" Dr. Claw has nothing on Solondz.
Kev, as I recall, you were accepting an award that night. Seems to me that it was for "Most loyal coolatta drinker in Central New York." Am I remembering correctly?
2011: A Chiefs Odyssey – Kevin's Number 10.
Funny you should mention Garrett Mock's Jeff Frazier impersonation, JB, as it happened just a day before the next event on this list. (And for the record, I think Frazier would be none too pleased.)
#10 Swept Away
Sometimes, the weather does crazy things. There are tornadoes and thunderstorms and earthquakes and sometimes even hurricanes. Yes, hurricanes. We had one of those hurricanes this year – a particularly nasty one named Irene. And just before the weekend of August 27 and 28, Irene was ready to unleash a nasty barrage of wind and rain on the East Coast. This led to plenty of East Coast teams postponing, or, in the words of Pawtucket Red Sox broadcaster Steve Hyder, "pre-poning" their games. The Mets and Yankees did so. The Phillies and Red Sox followed suit. So did the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees. But in the eye of the storm, the Lehigh Valley IronPigs of Allentown, Pennsylvania, stood pat, resilient in the face of Mother Nature.
And it wasn't until the Chiefs were two hours into a three-hour plus bus ride on Sunday the 28th that the team found out – wait for it – that Sunday's game had been, yes, postponed. The power outages and fallen trees in the area had restricted travel, and as the old saying goes, "safety first." Of course, as you can imagine, the Chiefs were none too pleased about traveling on a bus on into a hurricane on what would otherwise have been a day off at home. So Syracuse, ten games under .500, took its frustrations out on the ball field.
While the Chiefs had nothing to play before in terms of a postseason spot, the IronPigs certainly did. Lehigh Valley led Gwinnett in the wild card by 1.5 games going into a Monday doubleheader between the Chiefs and IronPigs. The worst case scenario for the swine? Losing both games and having Gwinnett win one. The G-Braves held up their end of the bargain with a 2-1 win over Durham. And the Chiefs followed suit in impressive fashion.
In Game One, Tommy Milone closed out his season in the same place it began, and with similar results. Milone didn't allow a base runner until the fifth, and was backed by some early offense from Roger Bernadina.
Bernadina solo homer in 3rd (2-0 Chiefs)
Matt Antonelli would slam a two-run bomb in the fifth inning, putting Syracuse on top 4-0. Milone then escaped a bases-loaded jam, and Atahualpa Severino did the rest with two shutout innings, securing a Syracuse Game One victory. Lehigh Valley's lead, after Gwinnett finished off a win, was just a perilous half-game.
It got worse for the IronPigs in the nightcap. Bernadina led off the game with a lazy fly to left field, where Domonic Brown jogged in, stopped, camped underneath the baseball, and…oh…dropped it. After a Steve Lombardozzi single, Bass tried to pick off Lombardozzi and…oh…threw it away. The Chiefs led 1-0 on the second error of the inning. With two outs, an RBI single from Tug Hulett and two-run double from Corey Brown put Syracuse ahead 4-0.
The score would stay right there. Right-hander Brad Peacock tossed five sterling shutout innings, allowing just five hits and one walk while striking out seven, and the Chiefs claimed their second 4-0 victory of the day. Syracuse – with nothing to play for – had swept the IronPigs and knocked Lehigh Valley into a tie for the wild card.
Unbeknownst to us at the time, the doubleheader also marked the final pitching performances in Syracuse for both Milone and Peacock. They've since each earned their first major league wins with the Nationals.
Jason, take us to Revolution #9…
2011: A Chiefs Odyssey: Jason's Number 10
Kev, I definitely did not get to celebrate Adam Fox's grand slam nearly as much as you did. I was in the Gwinnett radio booth, filling in for our pal Tony Schiavone. Tony had a work conflict and asked me to sub for him that day. As Tony spent his earlier years as a wrestling announcer, I watched clips like this over and over in order to prepare:
No truth to the nasty rumor that I learned how to throw a chair to be an authentic Schiavone stand-in.
#10 The Toms River Revue
It is a fact of life in most baseball clubhouses that, generally, hitters want to be pitchers and pitchers want to be hitters. Frankly, most of us non-players want to be something we're not. Just ask Rodney Dangerfield.
As an aside, it's very unlikely "Ladybugs" would ever be made again. Child dresses up as woman to play soccer for stepfather isn't exactly box office gold.
The point is, players like to do other things on the diamond. A few, like Rick Ankiel and Tony Pena Jr., sling and swing for an extended period. Most only get to see both sides of the home plate matchup in odd scenarios. Yunesky Maya pinch ran this year in the case of a short bench. A handful of pitchers pinch-hit late in games. But the most notable miscast performance came from the pride of New Jersey, Jeff Frazier.
To fully comprehend this story of Jeff Frazier–a 2011 Chiefs outfielder–you must know his persona. Frazier's Jersey twang–especially noticeable in what amounts to his catchphrase, "How you doin?'"– makes him a perfect extra for a remake of A Bronx Tale. His passion for the game is strong. His passion for competition is even stronger. His passion for entertainment is yet stronger (in the midst of the Chiefs pre-Hurricane Irene planning for a trip to Allentown, Frazier called the Lehigh Valley IronPigs and asked if their gift shop sold snorkels and flippers. Frazier wasn't terribly pleased to be traveling through a possible disaster area.)
Jeff's Tri-State zeal is likely what even placed him in a position to be #10 on this list. On April 21st, on a blustery Spring afternoon in Rhode Island, Pawtucket scored nine runs in the third inning and led 14 to zero. Randy Knorr used Lee Hyde, Adam Carr and Josh Wilkie to sop up five innings of mostly successful, yet rather painful, relief. After that three-part harmony, Knorr decided that he didn't want to deploy any other of his bullpen arms. So, he told Jeff Frazier to get warm. We were told later that Frazier's idea of a warmup was exactly zero pitches. He was born ready. Frazier, though, was coerced into tossing at least a few times to oblige pitching coach Greg Booker.
The first batter Frazier faced, Yamaico Navarro, popped out. As Frazier threw only a sparing amount of breaking pitches (see also: one), this conversation (and 2-2 pitch) ensued.
Frazier allowed a hit to Drew Sutton, but no runs. A single appearance, though, wasn't all for the Toms River Twirler. In what likely was the Chiefs' last game in Scranton until 2013, Frazier jogged out of the bullpen to relieve Collin Balester down 14 again. Opponent number one, Jesus Montero, had homered earlier in the night. Frazier walked him on four pitches. After a sacrifice fly from Mike Lamb, Frazier walked Jorge Vazquez, who also homered earlier. Frazier sidestepped–but also meaningfully threw inside on–both batters. The last hitter, Jordan Parraz, popped out and ended the inning. Two outings, no runs. And a smile on Frazier's face afterward both nights.
Kev, I am appalled that Jeff Frazier didn't make it onto your list. How do you think he'd feel about being left off?
Perhaps the real question is, how would Garrett Mock's Jeff Frazier impersonation feel about being left off?


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An Aiken man was killed after a tree fell on him earlier this week, according to Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton.
Carlton released a statement on Saturday regarding Thomas Shealy, 73, who died on Thursday from multiple body traumas. He was pronounced dead at his home about an hour and a half after the incident, Carlton said.
Carlton said that Shealy was attempting to cut down a tree in his yard when it fell at about 12:45 p.m. on Thursday
He further stated that Shealys wife discovered him when she was coming out to help him with the work. A neighbor and a local landscaper pulled Shealy from under the tree, Carlton said.


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|Release Date: 12/23/10
|News Release No. CA-CDD-11-18
Draft Environmental Study Available for Proposed Tule Wind Energy and East County Substation Projects
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today released for public review a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)/Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Tule Wind Project and East County Substation Project in San Diego County, a joint environmental review with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
Iberdrola Renewable/Pacific Wind Development has applied for a right-of-way on public lands to construct the Tule Wind generation power plant facility on approximately 60 miles east of San Diego, north of Interstate 8. The proposed project would be constructed on lands administered by the BLM, the California State Lands Commission, the Campo, Cuyapaipe, and Manzanita Indian Reservations, and on privately owned property under the jurisdiction of San Diego County. The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) has management responsibilities for the land on the Campo, Cuyapaipe, and Manzanita Indian Reservations.
San Diego Gas and Electric Company has applied to the BLM for a right-of-way on public lands for a portion of the proposed East County (ECO) Substation project near Jacumba, California. The proposed ECO substation would involve construction of a new 500/230/138-kilovolt (kV) substation on about 58 acres of private land, a rebuild of the existing Boulevard substation, and construction of a new 13.3-mile-long 138-kV transmission between the two substations. .
An official comment period on the joint document begins today (December 23, 2010) with publication of the notice of availability in the Federal Register by the Environmental Protection Agency. Recognizing that the public review period begins during the holidays, BLM has decided to extend the 45 day comment period cited in the EPA notice and extend it until close of business on February 16, 2011 (55 days total). The Draft EIR/EIS is available on-line at: http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/elcentro/nepa/tule.html or http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/environment/info/dudek/ECOSUB/ECO_Draft_EIR.htm.
The BLM and CPUC will hold two joint public informational workshop meetings on the projects; the first in Jacumba, at 7:00 p.m., on January 26, 2011, at the Jacumba Highland Center on 44681 Old Highway 80, Jacumba, California 91934, and the second in Boulevard, at 7:00 p.m., on February 2, 2011, at the Boulevard Volunteer Fire Department at 39223 Highway 94, Boulevard, California 91905. The public will be notified in advance of any updates or changes to these public meetings through local media, newspapers and the BLM website at: http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/elcentro.html.
To ensure that all public comments will be considered, the BLM/CPUC must receive written comments on the DEIS/DEIR by the close of the public review on February 16, 2011. Written comments can be submitted via mail: Greg Thomsen, BLM/Iain Fisher, CPUC, c/o Dudek, 605 Third Street, Encinitas, California 92024 and email: email@example.com (CPUC project email) or firstname.lastname@example.com (BLM project email) or Fax: (800) 371-8854 (to send a fax, please press "2").
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Kachemak Bay Girl Scouts held a Women of Art event on Jan. 25 at Homer High School where each girl got to work with three different artists to try out dance, ceramics, music, painting, photography, beading, drama, marine debris sculpture and cooking. The girls had an amazing time getting ...Wed, 01/29/2014 - 5:27pm
First of all, I would like to put a huge thank you out to Dr. Susan Polis, D.D.S., for her amazing great big donation of $1,150 for my Polar Bear Plunge this year. I also need to thank each and every person who donated even one dollar to my jump. This year marked my 15th jump into Resurrection Bay i...Wed, 01/29/2014 - 5:26pm
The Divas Women's Hockey team and Homer Hockey Association would like to thank all the local businesses and community members that made the 5th Annual Homer Jamboree Hockey Tournament a huge success. This was the largest tournament yet, with more than 80 women playing, many traveling from as far a...Wed, 01/29/2014 - 5:26pm
I have been a Kenai Peninsula resident for more than 10 years and have sport fished in Alaska for nearly 60 years. I was a member of the Kenai-Soldotna Department of Fish and Game Advisory Committee for 10 years and chairman in 2012....Wed, 01/29/2014 - 5:25pm
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Thank you, Era Alaska, once again for bringing a quality performance to Homer. Lunasa, claimed to be the "hottest Irish band on the planet" lands in Homer on Saturday, Feb. 8, for a performance at the Mariner Theatre, followed on Sunday with public workshops and an outreach performance at the Ho...Wed, 01/29/2014 - 5:24pm
To my lack of knowledge, there is little advertising or awareness of a sad, horrific irony that should be common sense. Our state's conundrum is that its coffers rely 85 percent on extraction of fossil fuels. Oh, goody, goody. The arctic ice is disappearing (along with other alarming climate ramif...Wed, 01/29/2014 - 5:24pm
I hitchhiked into town in the spring of 1972. I knew one person here. And that very friend introduced me to an establishment at 195 E. Pioneer. It was known as "The Club Bar Saloon" and owned by a very business-like Alice Cochrane. But beneath her veneer of business was a woman who truly felt a ...Wed, 01/29/2014 - 5:22pm
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What a busy year 2013 was for the Homer Community Food Pantry. It's been a year of changes. We lost Juanita, our longest serving board member, and Gregory, who kept us all organized. We have also gained some new wonderful ones. Our volunteer army has served yet another year. Words of praise and th...Thu, 01/23/2014 - 10:53am
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Jessica Wingate, of Earlville, was killed Sunday when the car she was riding in crashed on the Thruway near Syracuse. The driver was Wingate's boyfriend of nine months, Alan F. McCarthy, 29, of Stone Street, Oneida. McCarthy, who was treated for non-life threatening injuries, was charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated, state police said.
He is being held in the Justice Center jail in lieu of $10,000 bail.
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PHOENIX, AX – Tom Izzo's 1-seed Michigan State Spartans face 4-seed Louisville in a Sweet Sixteen match up in the West Regional.
Two wins this weekend would put Izzo into his seventh Final Four as head coach of the Spartans.
Bill Frieder caught up with Izzo ahead of the game.
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Mental illness help: NAMI support group forms in Valley
The Eastside affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI Eastside) has started a new support group in Snoqualmie for individuals with mental illness.
NAMI Eastside support groups provide support, knowledge, and understanding along with an opportunity for group members to share experiences, concerns, and interests in a confidential setting. Meetings are led by NAMI members who have personal experience with the topic.
The Snoqualmie support group is free and open to adults living with mental illness. It meets every Friday, 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Snoqualmie Fire Department, 37600 SE Snoqualmie Parkway. This is a drop-in support group; pre-registration is not required.
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Super Bowl 2013 has come to St. Tammany. Fifth Ward Junior High took center stage Jan. 29 when NFL Play 60 Super Bowl Challenge found its way to the tiny community of Bush in northeast St. Tammany Parish.
New Orleans Saints players Jimmy Graham and Akiem Hicks, as well as current Team Ambassador and former Saints wide receiver Michael Lewis, visited Fifth Ward as part of the event. The school was selected as the grand prize winner in the Play 60 contest and was one of only a handful of area schools that had 100-percent participation in the program.
Play 60 was launched in 2007 and is designed to tackle childhood obesity by encouraging young people to enjoy at least 60 minute of daily physical activity.
Graham arrived at 9:30 a.m. and was greeted by a packed house of students, teachers, parents, school system administrators and more. The Saints standout tight end walked the halls of the school where he gave "High Fives" to each student, stopping briefly to sign a few autographs in the school's office. Once inside the Fifth Ward gymnasium, Graham spoke to the crowd about fitness, health and nutrition and took time to answer a few of the students' questions.
When Graham was told that the school won its first football game in 12 years this season, he pledged to buy cleats for the entire squad next season.
"What an amazing blessing that was," said Fifth Ward Principal Christopher Oufnac.
The opportunity to have Graham speak to his students was equally special, Oufnac said.
Graham grew up in a rural area before finding his way to the University of Miami and, eventually, stardom in the Crescent City.
"When I found out he was coming, it brought goosebumps," Oufnac said. "To hear his story, how our school and our community looked so familiar to him, that meant a lot to me and to the kids."
Not even a hiccup in scheduling could affect the school's excitement. Oufnac said Hicks and Lewis were delayed in reaching Fifth Ward when they accidently wound up at Fifth Ward Elementary in Reserve, La. The fact that the duo still made their way from the River Parishes to rural St. Tammany was not lost on Oufnac.
"How great is that?," he said. "They wind up at the wrong school, but still came to Bush to see us. What is that, a two-hour drive? My hat's off to the Saints, the NFL, and the players."
Hicks and Lewis joined Graham in an interactive session of physical activities with the kids later in the morning. Students rotated through five different stations, where they enjoyed jumping rope, a football relay, a lightweight lifting station, a shuttle run, and a chance to play a Microsoft Xbox hurdling game.
"Watching (Hicks and Lewis) compete in that (Xbox) race, they both wanted to win," Oufnac said. "They were like the kids. It was intense."
The excitement doesn't die down just yet for the Fifth Ward community. On Jan. 30, approximately 160 students will travel to the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans where they will participate in the NFL Play 60 Kids Experience. Fifth Ward also received $2,500 in athletic equipment and physical education gear by winning the Play 60 grand prize.
Parish students at Abita Springs Middle, Lancaster Elementary in Madisonville, Pine View Middle in Covington, and Brock Elementary, Mayfield Elementary and Carolyn Park Middle, all in or near Slidell, will also take part in the Play 60 Kids Experience in New Orleans.


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This morning I am liveblogging the Ann Arbor-based Center for Automotive Research's event on Michigan's chance to drive economic development by pursuing advanced batteries for vehicles. I'm abandoning CoverItLive.com because of connection problems. We'll liveblog this the old-fashioned way!
7:44: Hello, everyone, I'm live from the Center for Automotive Research's "Advanced Battery Manufacturing in Michigan" mini-conference at the Ann Arbor Ypsilanti Marriott.
7:50: Expecting the panel to begin in 10 to 15 minutes.
7:51: The panelists today include Bob Kruse, General Motors' executive director of global vehicle engineering for hybrids, electric vehicles and batteries; Ann Marie Sastry, a University of Michigan engineering professor and CEO of Ann Arbor-based startup Sakti3; Prabhakar Patil, CEO of Troy-based Compact Power; and Martin Dober, vice president of the Michigan Economic Development Corp.'s new markets unit.
7:58: For more detailed information about the event, check out CAR's Web site or my blog post yesterday.
8:00: I just spoke briefly with Ann Marie Sastry, one of the panelists today. She said she's not sure what to expect from this audience, which includes hundreds of auto executives and industry experts.
8:02: Sastry, by the way, is partnering with General Motors to retrain engineers and contribute engineering help for GM's electric vehicle technology, including the Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicle.
8:04: CAR President Jay Baron is starting the panel. "This was originally supposed to be a smaller, more intimate crowd," he said. But registration boomed, and there are at least 300 or 400 people here, I'd say.
8:07: For those of you out there following this live blog this early, feel free to contribute a comment or two! Or ask a question about vehicle battery opportunities in Michigan and I'll see what I can do to answer.
8:15: CAR automotive analysis group director Brett Smith just said "a year ago Michigan was not a player" in the realm of battery production incentives. That changed, he said, with Gov. Jennifer Granholm's signing of a $335 million battery production incentives package.
8:26: Experiencing problems with CoverItLive.com, so I'm going to live blog this the old-fashioned way!
8:30: Bob Kruse, GM's executive director of global vehicle engineering for hybrids, electric vehicles and batteries, just said GM has already built 30 Chevrolet Volt vehicles.
8:35: University of Michigan professor and Sakti3 CEO Ann Marie Sastry, a bonafide battery visionary, said the auto industry needs a huge influx of battery engineers. "Engineers need to be poured into this space. We don't have enough people to work on my favorite problem."
8:50: Prabhakar Patil, CEO of Troy-based Compact Power, said the price of commercially available lithium-ion battery technology has decreased 13-fold in the last 15 years.
9:05: Just wrote a breaking news story: GM executive Bob Kruse says company has already built 30 Chevy Volt vehicles.
9:15: CAR is about to a start q-and-a session with the battery panelists.
9:35: The chronic shortage of automotive engineers with a strong grasp of electric vehicle technology needs to be addressed, several panelists said. Sastry's energy systems engineering master's program at U-M is winning praise from the panel. "It is a real jewel," Kruse said. "It's a very, very unique program."
9:40: Patil said a recent study indicated that the world's known lithium reserves would provide enough lithum to power 6 billion plug-in hybrid vehicles. His comments come after a recent New York Times story discussing Bolivia's advantage in lithium reserves.
10:00: Conference over! Continue to follow my Twitter updates. Later today I'll be covering the 2009 Michigan Wind Energy Conference at Cobo Center in Detroit.


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Tuesday is last day to cast your ballot in primary election
MARYSVILLE — Tuesday is the last day local voters can cast their ballots for the Aug. 16 primary election.
According to Snohomish County Elections, 9,005 ballots were sent to voters in Arlington and 37,775 ballots were sent to voters in the Marysville School District. As of Aug. 15, the Elections Department had received 1,841 ballots (or 20.4 percent) from Arlington and 5,588 ballots (or 14.8 percent) from voters in the Marysville School District.
Voters in Arlington are being asked to choose between six candidates for mayor — Steve Baker, Craig Christianson, Kari Ilonummi, Carsten Mullin, Debora Nelson and Barb Tolbert. Voters in Marysville will also be choosing from four candidates — incumbent Darci Becker and challengers Pete Lundberg, Michael Hansen and Rod Rieger — who are all running for Marysville School District Board Director 3.
If you return your ballot by mail, it must be postmarked by Aug. 16.You can also drop off your ballot at one of the local 24-hour ballot drop boxes. In Arlington the drop box is located at the Arlington Sno-Isle Library at 135 N. Washington Ave. In Marysville, the ballot drop box is at a new location this year and is no longer at the Marysville Library. It is now located at the Marysville Municipal Court at 1015 State Ave.
The ballot drop boxes are now open 24 hours a day and will close at 8 p.m., on election day, Aug. 16.
You can confirm your ballot has been received by going to the Snohomish County Election's website at www.snoco.org/elections.
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In an interview with Peter Abraham of The Boston Globe, Boston Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington hinted that the team could look to significantly increase their payroll this winter.
With all of the salary that the Red Sox got off the books this past summer in their deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston can afford to pick up at least one or two big-name free agents, if not more.
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Mostly sunny skies and temps in the low 80s helped bring what is thought to be the biggest number of visitors to the annual Maple Hill Cemetery on Sunday.
Joy McKee, Maple Hill director, said the crowd was easily bigger than the previous two strolls she was involved with, and it looks like the numbers surpasses the 3,000 to 5,000 initially expected.
All the favorite characters from past Strolls were back including Hollywood starlet and Huntsville native Tallulah Bankhead, who is buried in Maryland; Madam Mollie Teal, who ran a brothel where Huntsville Hospital is now located; Albert Russel Erskine, who made the Studebaker automobile a household name in the 1920s; and LeRoy Pope Walker, who ordered the attack on Fort Sumter, S.C., that started the Civil War.
The Black Widow of Hazel Green, who is suspected of killing her many husbands, appeared to have the largest crowds all day. She was portrayed again this year by Jan Dorning.
Another reason for the large turnout was the addition of a few new characters, bringing this year's number of actors or performance groups to 80, McKee said.
One of those was a freed black slave named Mammy who became an integral part of the family of Alabama Gov. Reuben Chapman. When she died at age 96, the family insisted that Mammy be buried in the Chapman plot at Maple Hill - a rarity in the days of segregated cemeteries.
Dr. Patricia Sims of Drake State Technical College brought Mammy to life at the Stroll. She said it was an exciting part to play for a couple reasons. One, obviously, was that she was portraying a black American. The other was that adding a black character should make it more intriguing to another segment of the population.
During her talk, she read a poem written in tribute to Mammy by Howard Weeden, after she died.
Also new to the Stroll were the Madison Belles, eight high school students from Madison, who will glide through the cemetery in antebellum dresses.
Maple Hill was recently added to the National Register of Historic Places due in part to the artistry of its pre-Civil War tombstones. But age and weather are taking a terrible toll on the older markers.
Donations given at the stroll go to rebuilding the worst ones.
Skip Stinson, who does the painstaking work with lime mortar, said he estimates he's repaired about 300 grave markers and another 300 to 400 more need attention.
"But you have to understand we do a section at time, so as we go through a section and check for loose stones they may all be fine this year, but next year after another winter, the ones that had never been lose before . . . there be four new ones in that section that we need to fix," he said.
With 80 characters to see in the two-and-a-half hour event, some attendees said there's just no way to see them all. But it's a good reason to come back again.
Stephanie Slowik of Huntsville brought her boyfriend, Damon Lares, and another friend, Erica Parker from Madison. She's only lived in Huntsville a few years and said she brought her two friends who have lived her longer because they should know as much local history as she has learned.
"This year we learned about the gypsy funeral and the gypsy queen that is buried here. It was a big deal, and I did not know about that," she said.
Parker said she was surprised to learn Huntsville Hospital can trace its origins to Madam Mollie Teal, who ran a successful brothel and then donated the establishment to Huntsville to be used as a hospital.
"It's very interesting to find that out," she said. "In so many ways, a generous woman."
If there was a sad face at the Stroll Sunday, it probably belonged to Grace Sarah Dean as she left her familiar post near Wells Avenue and Sixth Street. For the past six years, the youngster has played one of two children who died at an early age and are buried in Maple Hill.
While her older sister, Anna Dean, played Artamissa Severs (1834-1845), Grace portrayed Artamissa's younger sister, Altimisou Severs, (1850-1852). They were the daughters of a Huntsville blacksmith and as girls, did not attend school.
When Grace's older sister outgrew the part of Artamissa last year, Grace was thrilled to stand in her place. She had one of the lengthier biographies to tell as she explained why blood-letting was a common medical treatment in her day, and it's probably what killed her when she contracted a fever.
"It feels sad," Grace said as her last hour as an actor wound down. "I love doing this."


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Insofar as the residents of Maryland, Maine and Washington have supported marriage equality, and in Minnesota have voted down the constitutional denial of marriage equality, it should be painfully (financially) apparent to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops that Catholics and others of good will no longer kowtow to efforts by the Roman Catholic Church to cram their religious views down their throats.
The days of feudalistic religious control by guilt and spiritual condemnation have passed. The pedophilia crisis, created by the Vatican and bishops, has borne fruit beyond their imaginations. What good that has been derived from said crisis is that the mindless obedience of U.S. Catholics to their bishops is gone forever. They, along with the pontiff, are human - weak and capable of great sin or evil. They are not, nor have they ever really been, in control. God, the Holy Spirit, leads and protects the church. And yes, according to the Roman Catholic catechism, we all must follow the dictates of sincere conscience, even when colliding with church teaching.
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BAY CITY, MI — Next month, 35 caregivers at McLaren-Bay Region's Behavioral Health Center could lose their jobs when McLaren takes over management of its 28-bed in-patient mental health unit.
On July 1, McLaren-Bay Region is assuming management and operation of McLaren-Bay Region Behavioral Health Center, 1900 Columbus Ave. in Bay City. The unit is currently managed under a contract with a third party company, HealthSource Saginaw.
According to a press release issued by McLaren-Bay, HealthSource Saginaw's contract contains a restriction that prevents the hospital from hiring any HealthSource employees for a one-year period.
"HealthSource has enforced this clause of the contract, so that McLaren-Bay Region has been forced to hire other health professionals to fill these roles so that it can continue to provide seamless, uninterrupted care to its patients," the statement said.
HealthSource Saginaw officials declined to comment on the clause.
Kurt Miller, director of marketing and public relations at McLaren-Bay Region, said the hospital began discussing taking control of management at the behavioral health center months ago.
Lester Heyboer Jr., chief executive officer and president of HealthSource Saginaw, said that he was surprised by the hospital's decision to terminate the contract.
"Unfortunately, Bay has indicated that it will refuse to honor its contractual obligations, will not transfer ownership of the beds, and instead, that Bay intends to operate a new and competing program at Bay in violation of the contract," Heyboer said in a statement.
McLaren-Bay officials could not be reached for comment on that issue.
HealthSource and McLaren-Bay have had a contract for the Behavioral Health unit for more than a decade. HealthSource employs 35 people at the Behavioral Health Center, half of which are full-time employees, Heyboer said.
Heyboer said that according to the contract, McLaren-Bay is required to help transfer ownership of the beds to HealthSource's facility in Saginaw, where they could continue to work with health professionals employed in the area.


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language branch
6. When languages are depicted as leaves on trees, the roots of the trees below the surface represent
possible prehistoric superfamilies
7. When languages are depicted as leaves on trees, the trunks of the trees represent
language families
9. Both the Angles and the Normans contributed to the development of the English language, because they
invaded England
10. English is the most important language in North America primarily because of
the diffusion of English colonies
11. The first speakers of the language that evolved into English were tribes that lived in present-day
16. The Icelandic language has changed less than any other Germanic language because of
Iceland's relative isolation from other places
17. When people who speak a given language migrate to a different location and become isolated from other members of their tribe
isolation usually results in the differentiation of one language into two
31. Recent evidence points to the first speakers of the Indo-European language as the ancient
34. According to Renfrew's Anatolian hearth theory, Indo-European languages diffused across Europe
with the diffusion of agriculture
36. The language family encompassing the languages of the People's Republic of China is
42. The large number of individual languages documented in Africa has resulted primarily from
thousands of years of isolation between tribal groups
44. African languages are distinguished by the fact that
few are spoken by more than one million people
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a language that is mutually understood by people who have different native languages
46. Dialects developed within England primarily because
different Germanic invaders settled in different regions
58. What is one of the main elements of cultural diversity among the nearly one billion residents of India?
60. Why are 16 percent of the Chinese population over the age of sixteen unable to read or write more than a few characters of Chinese?
large number of Chinese characters
63. How do the structures of Chinese and Japanese language differ?
Japanese uses two systems of phonetic symbols
64. Which language family transcends (in importance) the number of speakers because its languages were used to write the holiest books of three major world religions\: the Bible (New and Old Testaments), and the Quran?
65. A standard Arabic language has developed among the 230 million speakers because
of the influence of the Quran, newspapers, and radio
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Germany and Denmark
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74. How has Switzerland remained at peace with four or five different languages within their borders?
Switzerland has a decentralized government
89. Regional dialects in England can be traced back to the settlement patterns of the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes.
90. Americans pronounce words differently than the British primarily because people changed their accents after moving to the American colonies.
91. New Englanders use a different dialect of English than other Americans, because they came from different regions of England
92. A language family is a set of languages that can be shown to derive from a common ancestor.
95. A language group is a collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display relatively few differences in grammar and vocabulary.
96. English is a language in the West Germanic group of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European family.
100. Physical boundaries such as mountains or oceans are strong intervening obstacles creating barriers to communication between people living on the opposite sides.
104. The most widely used languages in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh come from the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family.
107. Speakers of two different Indian languages who wish to communicate with each other can sometimes turn to English as a common language.
109. The desire to use native languages other than Russian was a major drive in the breakup of the Soviet Union a decade ago.
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118. English is an official language in countries that contain one-third of the people of the world.
119. English is classified as a Low Germanic language because the people who migrated to England came from the northern lowlands.
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The Station Hotel situated in the historic town of Framlingham, Suffolk.
The Station Hotel Framlingham
The Station Hotel has been run as a pub since the 1950s, with the origins of the building dating back to the 19th century when it was a part of the local railway system. The Station Hotel is located a short distance from the centre of the quiet market town of Framlingham in rural Suffolk.
The best restaurant in Framlingham!
Ask any local in the area "where's the best place to eat and drink around here?" and you'll probably get the response "The Station".
The consistent quality of the food and the friendly informal atmosphere make this pub/restaurant a most enjoyable day or night out. Mike Jones the head chef has ensured the reputation for good food and drink has continued over the years.
The key to his success is two fold.
- Locally sourced fresh produced prepared by accomplished professional chefs.
- A friendly informal atmosphere making for a relaxed dining experience.
The Station Hotel Framlingham. A reputation for it's fine food and drink. Enjoy a night out and
book your table now!
Tel: 01728 723455