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He signed the ball, but the Sky Sox fall
Hunter and I left Denver early so we could get to Colorado Springs early enough to visit my buddy Joe and catch the Sky Sox batting practice if there was to be one. We arrived at Joe's house in at 10:10 am and he informed us the game that was scheduled at 1pm was now a double header that started at 11am.
So Hunter and I said a quick hello and goodbye and were off to Security Service Field where the Sky Sox call home.
I only had two missions today. First was watch some warm/dry baseball and second was try to get # 40 David Ortmeier's autograph on his first Rockie home run baseball that I snagged during this past spring training.
We arrived, parked and were inside the stadium by 10:45.
One of the first players I saw out on the field was Ortmeier. Security Service Field was empty so Hunter and I positioned ourselves as close to the Sky Sox dugout as possible.
David came right back and then autographed this monumental baseball. No special inscription but he signed it on the sweet spot. Thank you David.
Hunter posing with his first baseball of 2009—–>
Hunter managed to snag three actual game baseballs The first one was from Sky Sox first baseman # 8 Christian Colonel.
The second one was from the opposing first baseman and the third one was from hitting coach Rene Lachemann
Rene was giving away balls to kids that he picked randomly out of the crowd.
He would first ask if they were going to cheer for the Sky Sox. Of course every kid said yes. Then he would give them the ball, as they turned to walk away he would shout "You better not be lying" .
Take a look at Hunter's face when Rene shouted "You better not be lying" at him. I took a lot of great pictures today but this one is the best🙂
This was my boys first game this season and I've been missing that smile:). Hunter is exactly like me. My guy just likes hanging out at baseball parks and snaggin baseballs.
Thanks Rene, Hunter and I needed that.
About the 8th or 9th inning I heard a voice tell me "Excuse me sir I'm going to have to ask you to leave the stadium" I turned to my right and was thinking WTF?.
Standing beside me was Tom of Rocky Mountain Way. He said was in town to see some good weather baseball. So far the weather was pretty damn good.
Nice to see you again Tom.
I managed to snag a few autographs besides Ortmeier's. Remember Sal Fasano?
Well Sal stopped and signed a ball for me.
Sal wasn't sporting any facial hair and when I asked him why he shaved his trademark mustache he mentioned that Sky Sox have a no facial hair rule.
He also mentioned to me that he didn't like it very much.
I agree,… Sal Fasano without a mustache is like a hot dog without the fixins. Sal I respect you brotha, we all got to do what we all got to do to pay the bills.
Here is # 34 Randy Flores pitching and # 44 Sal Fasano catching.
Outfielder # 6 Matt Miller was another autograph I was able to get.
Lastly, Hunter and I both were able to get Erik Young Jr to stop and sign for us..
Here's a shot of the ball he autographed for me.
That was it, I ran out of baseballs to get autographed.
I couldn't let these great seats go to waste so I just started taking pictures.
Security Service Field has a Hot Tub you can rent during the game. Today's tub was a boppin.
All I can say is I hope they change the water between games.
Jason Hirsh on the mound
First base for Game 1 of todays double header was Christian Colonel.
Jonathan Herrera
Catcher # 17 Edwin Bellorin
Herrera strike
EY Jr and Herrera
# 34 Randy Flores
Third baseman # 19 Kenny Perez
Outfielder # 21 Chris Frey
Here is the final Score for the original Game 1 vs the River Cats.
This game was the continuation of Friday's game which was eventually called in the second inning. Saturdays game was never played and Sundays game wound up being a double-header in which we only stayed for one game.
The Sky Sox also lost the second game today with a final score of 7-4. This is the first time this season the Sky Sox have lost two in a row.
Great day, sorry we had to see a loss.
In other news, the Rockies lose today and give the series to the Giants. (I hate losing to the Giants). On a positive note the Nuggets won game one against the Mavericks in round two of the NBA Playoffs.
I love watching the Sky Sox play. The ballpark is so small it is like being at spring training game. Most of the players I saw today were the players I was watching for nine days in Tucson during a few months back.
Everyone we asked to sign today did so without hesitation. Here is a close-up of the autographs that I received today.
Not all Major League ballplayers "Get it" but when you go back one level to AAA, most of these fellas do.
Too much fun and a great day spent with my son. Hunter and I are ready for a round of Coors Field batting practice. It's only a fifteen minute drive🙂
All photos taken by the Rockpile Ranter
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I'm glad you and Hunter had a great day together and congrats on the haul of balls and autographs!
Nice haul, bro. I'm glad you got your home run ball signed. You set out to do it and you did it.
As far as the hot tub is conerned, I hope that's not an accurate depiction of the female population in your area.
HAPPY-LOL, those "babes' were from Colorado Springs. Military town. I wasn't sure if they were tubbin or bathing🙂
JULIA-Thanks, great day…D
Sounds like a great day! I'd love to get down there for a game this season.
Hard to imagine Sal without his 'stache. Though his hair looks to be growing to Magglio Ordenez proportions! Sounds like you and your son had a great day.
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Hey D,
Glad you and Hunter had such a great time at the Sky Sox game. I know what you mean about seeing that smile on Hunter's face. As a parent there's nothing better in the world than knowing our kids are happy especially if we had a hand in it.
Sal looks soooooo different.
Very cool to get all those balls signed. Cool to get EY Jr. Very funny about hoping they changed the water….hahhahah
My Giants were able to get 2 out of 3 from you guys. It's just our great pitching right now. We cant put up runs for nothing!
~ King of Cali
Yo, yo…My bad about not leavin' some love lately on the Rant, D, but I've been keepin' up with your coverage in the Rockpile, don't you worry. Your Hagg'n stats are looking good. Too bad they don't count at Minor League Games I was going to travel to a Minor League team's facility for a game this past Sunday, but, with the rain, it was postponed. Ozzie Smith had planned to be there to sign, along with his son, Tino Martinez, Tim Raines who is the head coach of the home team, Newark Bears, and there is also a few former Mets on the team as well that I wouldn't mind having sign a group ball. So, I've been keeping up with this trip brotha…I plan to go to Kansas City for three days afterward for 3 of 4 games at Kauffman Stadium. If you have any updates for me, as far as tickets goes, let me know. I'm trying to plan out the cash flow situation as soon as possible. Thanks again man! And I can't wait to see Hunter out-snag me that week…I don't know his ballpark like he does.
– Donnie
SUE-I didn't recognize him at first. I was weird.
R-LUV-Agreed, I know you know🙂
K of C-Round two coming up on Wed brotha. I say Rockies take two of three. What say you?
DONNIE-All is good on my end. I let you know about the tickets when I know. Hunter out snags me all the time.


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The Department of Labor Thursday reported that initial jobless claims in the week ended June 22 decreased 9,000 to 346,000. Economists on average were expecting jobless claims of 345,000. The four-week moving average was 345,750, a decline of 2,750.
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We need all the protection we can get
My wife and I are landowners in Wayne County, PA. Eighteen months ago, as members of a local landowners' alliance, we signed a lease for natural gas exploration on our property. Although there were a number of complicated reasons why we chose to sign a lease through the alliance, the desire to someday see a gas well on our property was not among them.
Several years ago, when we first learned about the prospect of natural gas drilling in our region, we were deeply concerned about the risks, and decided that we needed to learn as much as possible about the process. The most disappointing thing we learned was that Pennsylvania's Oil and Gas Laws were written with a much greater emphasis on meeting the needs of industry than on protecting the interests of landowners. From every direction, we heard the same thing, "Whether you sign a lease or not, you're going to be surrounded by gas drilling." As such, we believed that joining an alliance of our neighbors was a smart thing to do, and in many ways, it was.
Through the alliance, we got mountains of information about gas drilling. Attorneys specializing in gas leases were consulted, and a lease was created that contained much better landowner protections than any we'd seen before. More importantly, the idea that there is strength in numbers appealed to us. Surely, working together with a network of landowners to negotiate better protections for our properties against the impacts of industry would be a more valuable approach than waiting around for the state to protect us with inadequate laws that were in many cases written by lobbyists for the gas industry.
We do not necessarily regret joining the alliance, but we have serious concerns about the public positions that the alliance's leadership have taken. Our goal initially was to ensure the greatest possible protections for our property, and thanks to the collective work of the many volunteers in the alliance, we think the resulting lease will help us in working toward that goal. However, the alliance's lease represents only one small part of what is needed. The protections contained within it will only be as strong as the collective voice of landowners who are willing to stand up and communicate to the gas industry that we will be watching and that we will also be looking out for one another as neighbors.
Sadly, I do not believe that this is the message now being communicated to the industry by a relatively small, but publicly vocal group of landowners who presume to speak for all of us. I'm having difficulty understanding how the alliance will be able to function in helping neighbors to look out for one another while any person daring to raise legitimate concerns about the environmental impacts of gas drilling is immediately branded and dismissed as an "anti."
To be fair, those folks are well within their rights as free Americans to be "pro-drilling," and they have every right to say so in public. However, many landowners (and many within the alliance) don't necessarily share this over-simplified point of view. Many were compelled to sign leases out of financial necessity and/or because they didn't think they had much of a choice. Many are still deeply concerned about the potential impacts to their land, water and communities by an industry that has so far demonstrated a rather poor track record in relation to these concerns.
Landowners who regard government regulations on gas drilling as an unfair infringement of their property rights should be willing to consider the possibility that, when it comes to industrial activities of this magnitude, government regulations represent a necessary set of limitations on that which industry will be allowed to do to us and our properties. My view is that we, as landowners, should be looking for as much protection from the gas industry as we can possibly get.
[Ken Mayers lives in Browndale, PA with his wife Jennifer and their children.]
The Hick & 'Dissent'
I think 'The Hick' does the local populace a disservice (perhaps without realizing it) by suggesting that all local folks should (and actually do) think the same way. Yes, I suggested earlier that his baiting of 'outsiders' would resonate with a 'certain portion' of the local populace, but this was certainly not meant to include all (or even most) of those who live here.
The Hick seems to have no shortage of conspiracy theories to explain why others don't share his opinions, but none of them comes close to accounting for what I see and hear from my neighbors which is a diversity of concerns and opinions about this gas drilling issue.
His idea of 'dissent' is to shout down any neighbor who dares to hold an opinion that differs from his own, and then insist that those opinions must be the product of either some personal shortcoming or participation in some kind of conspiracy.
If The Hick is so fond of dissent, then why does he seem to have such a problem with anyone who's actually engaged in it?
Your comments are appreciated
In response to Mr. Barth's comment here, I am thankful that people are reading these posts, and appreciative of the fact that they are resonating with others.
I would caution, however, against the notion that the comments of someone like 'The Hick' are irrelevant. They may be angry and divisive, but in my view, they are not irrelevant.
For all we know, 'The Hick' may just be one of our local neighbors who happen to harbor a misguided prejudice against folks from somewhere else. He might also be someone sitting in front of his computer in Texas (or somewhere else distant from here) in the employ of the gas industry trolling these blogs and posting comments for the purpose of riling up one group of local folks against another. There's really no way for us to tell in an anonymous blog like this one.
However, even if 'The Hick' is not who he purports to be, his posts are prolific, intelligent and (even if somewhat misguided) they will resonate with a certain segment of the folks who live here right along side of us. Ignoring this reality would be a huge mistake, in my opinion.
'The Hick' may be wrong about a lot of things, but he is not wrong about everything. Polarization and Binary Thinking make it difficult for folks on both sides of the fence to see the legitimacy of what underlies the thinking of those on the 'other side', but some effort needs to be made in this direction. If we allow ourselves to become enemies with our neighbors, the only beneficiary will be the greatest 'outsider' of them all: The Gas Industry.
Thank you, Ken Mayers
When I read your view, and your subsequent comments, they are way beyond the usual, sad thoughts of your co-signer, TheHick.
His opinions are irrelevant to what we face, as a community. Yours show true concern.
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"The Hick's" comment sort of misses the point of the what's written here. Why is it so difficult to understand the motivation of wanting to 'minimize' the risks to one's property whether a lease was signed or not? The lease itself is an instrument for minimizing those risks, but having signed one does not necessarily mean that the concern about risks somehow disappears. Is "The Hick" suggesting that once a property owner signs a lease, that they should then simply lie down and let the gas companies do whatever they please, regardless of the consequences?
I'm still missing the point
If you want to minimize or accept no risk, sign no lease or sign what you believe to be an iron clad lease as I have. I am suggesting that once you enter into a contract as an adult, you must be willing and able to fulfill it. So the question is were you "duped", were you "coerced", or do you suffer from sellers' remorse? I really don't understand what you are shooting for here unless it is pity.
I'll Spell it Out For You
What I'm "shooting for" here is a public dialogue among folks in the community who understand that the issue of gas drilling in our region is complicated rather than just black and white.
I wrote the original article for a specific reason, and that was to voice my dis-satisfaction with certain public actions taken by some in the leadership of the landowners alliance to which my wife and I belong. Specifically, I do not think the alliance should be engaged in what amounts to lobbying for the interests of the gas industry by publicly opposing regulations on that industry. Neither do I think that the alliance should presume to publicly represent the interests of its members without first engaging in some kind of democratic process to determine A) What the membership thinks those interests actually are, and B) Whether the membership actually desires to be publicly represented with regard to those interests.
Neither of these steps were taken, and more importantly, myself and other members of the alliance had previously made private attempts to get the leadership to stop using the alliance to publicly advance a point of view that is not shared by many of its members. These requests were not honored, and rather than continue to be represented publicly in a manner not consistent with my own point of view, I chose to represent myself by writing the article to which these comments refer. The feedback that I've gotten from the article strongly suggests that there are a lot more members of the alliance who share these concerns than I originally suspected.
That stated, I would suggest that you consider the possibility that your persistence in missing the point may arise from a bit too much 'binary thinking'. You might also want to consider the possibility that your various posts on the subject of gas drilling have caused a number of your neighbors here in NEPA to wonder aloud if you're really just shilling for the gas industry.
Dissent equals shilling
I have not seen one credible argument against drilling yet. The only thing that comes close are accidents and spills which happen in every damn industry under the sun. What I do see are many many cleverly devised LIES by those who wish to "kill the drill". This "obstructionist" crowd appears to be a loose coalition of "have-nots", "status quo lovers", and genuinely misguided and misinformed sheep. The have-nots incorrectly perceive that they can not in their estimation profit directly from drilling and therefore do not support it. The Status quo lovers are second home owners and river lovers who have nothing to gain and perceive a threat to their bozo seasonal river guide service. There is still hope for the misguided and I strive to bring them to the light by means of logic, realism and (God forbid) humor.
If it appears that I harbor ill will against "transplants", you are mistaken as I am a sort of hybrid between long time local and transplant. I am just glad my transplant side knew enough to accept local custom and tradition rather than dominate it. The true snake here is the true agenda of the cleverest obstructionists. The ones who wish to starve, tax, and wait out the locals until they can sieze the lands in foreclosures and sheriff sales at their leisure. Keep them poor until it is ours at which time we shall release the flood gates and usurp that which was never ours.
I sincerely doubt the majority of your land group feels as you do. If so, the leadership would be voted out. The leadership got a good lease which is worthless so long as extraction is withheld.
You are correct in one area. My words resonate with the local populace not because they are ignorant or biased, but because they are true.
You took the money but don't want any risk. That is a very interesting position.
Sadly, he was duped. The
Sadly, he was duped. The gentleman sounds quite disappointed. If he is referring to the nwpoa lease, go read it !...It is LAME on environmental protection and property rights versus Corporate interests.
Sorry that Ken and others did not thoroughly read it and understand who their 'leadership' truly represented.
Duped? Well, not exactly.
Perseusman should understand, in all fairness, that my primary criticism of the NWPOA is not related to the lease itself. Certainly, the lease could have been better in terms of environmental and landowner protections. We did read it (along with a number of other leases) and comparatively speaking, it had greater protections than most others that we looked at. Small consolation, perhaps, but I think it's better that much of Wayne county should be under that lease rather than company type leases.
However, getting a better lease would have required something that the NWPOA did not have in place at the time when the lease was being negotiated, and that would have been a greater number of individuals at the negotiating table who hadn't already decided that they were 'pro-drilling' before they actually saw the fine print. More importantly, to have this pro-drilling mind-set on public display before the lease was actually finished was a significant mistake in my opinion, because it put the leadership in a much weaker negotiating position than they would have otherwise been in. This may sound like 20/20 hindsight, but I did privately offer this point of view to the leadership before the lease was negotiated, and it was only met with unreasonable hostility.
That was then, and this is now, however, and there are many aspects of this whole issue that have yet to unravel. Getting folks to focus on this reality rather than just lay down in the road and let the gas companies do as they will without regard to the consequences to the landscape and communities of NEPA is the challenge before us.
Perhaps Perseusman would be so kind as to post the link to the perfect gas lease?


text: Black Eyed Devil Children. (Are they Real?) LincolnGenghis posted:10/4/2011 8:36:07 PM http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2011/04/black-eyed-kids-insidious-threat-or-myth-in-the-making/I had recently come across this one and I have to admit this is the first time I have heard about it. Yes its just in time for Halloween, its Black Eyed Kids. Not to be confused with the Black Eyed Peas but equally as disturbing on a certain level. lolSwamptick posted:10/7/2011 10:29:52 AM Interesting.Swamptick posted:10/7/2011 10:31:34 AM That's a cool website. Thanks for linking! erysian posted:10/10/2011 3:29:04 PM I think there probably was something to the Black Eyed Kids thing originally, though no idea what, and by now it's become an Internet urban legend, so we may never sort it out.LincolnGenghis posted:10/10/2011 10:49:16 PM I wonder if some of those stories aren't possibly weird run ins with kids drugged out of their minds. (With fully dilated pupils)Well the witnesses said their eyes were totally black but could that have just been fear and confusion maybe clouding their recollections? well maybe not, I don't know enough about it.Just in case to be on the safe side if I have any run ins with BEKs I am going to dropkick them like a football and see if they bounce.(And don't worry I will gather distance, hangtime and bounce charecteristics data to keep the study scientific in nature.) Four posted:10/11/2011 7:56:18 AM Maybe some BEK's are druggies and some are old school demons, They ask to be invited into homes just like traditional western demons but like most things theres to much fiction attached to them now so who knowsLincolnGenghis posted:10/11/2011 12:29:28 PM You know that thought did cross my mind and seems to be some weird common thread in the stories. They always seem to want to be invited into either a car or a house. You would think that if it was just druggies the stories would be more violent in nature, I mean I don't think they would bother waiting for an invite.Hunterred posted:10/11/2011 1:16:31 PM In Reply To:LincolnGenghis posted:10/4/2011 8:36:07 PM http://mysteriousuniverse.org/2011/04/black-eyed-kids-insidious-threat-or-myth-in-the-making/I had recently come across this one and I have to admit this is the first time I have heard about it. Yes its just in time for Halloween, its Black Eyed Kids. Not to be confused with the Black Eyed Peas but equally as disturbing on a certain level. lolAll of this relative "new" talk of the black eyed children puts me in mind of an incident back in High School. I was a teenager and myself and another friend of mine were cruising around in a nearby, reliativly small city and a girl in the back seat of a car driven by her parents caught my eye. I was not sure why at first, but we followed them to Wal Mart and I parked and I boldly go over to the car where the girl was sitting, listening to the radio while her parents shopped. As I approached her I noticed the blackness of her eyes and the attraction instant. I had never been that bold up to that point or since in meeting women. As I never actually formally went out with her or pursued a relationship with her, I had never thought of it as being an extraordinary meeting, except of myself being out of character on wanting to meet her so intensely and honestly thought it was just a pigmentation problem with her eyes; problem meaning different , not a problem , problem, LOL, if that makes sense.Thoughts anyone? Four posted:10/12/2011 4:55:50 AM I was reading through an old book I have, The Supernatural by Douglas Hill, and came cases in there from the 1870's of the Hollow Eyed children they're discription matches the BEK almost to the letter, except they were excluesivly in Whales and targeted mine managers and railway workers. But other than in that book I havent been able to find anything else on the case so could be fiction.monica1968 posted:10/12/2011 9:45:38 AM In the answer to yr question.."Are they real" i guess the answer to that would be yes to the person seeing such, not withstanding LSD or any other mind altering substances affecting judgement....There was a young lady who posted on here a while back claiming to have seen such...wavygravy7 posted:10/15/2011 3:21:22 AM IDK but I have heard many eyewitness accounts of these children.Who knows if it's true but the people that have had contact have really creepy stories and do not sound like they are making it up. Please log in or become a member to add a post.


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He better learn how to play some D first. Dude's rotations are awful and his man to man commitment play to play is similar to Melo's, horrible.
He needs to get in the film room to learn opposing players and offenses tendencies. This will help his rotations and knowledge of where to be when a player he's guarding makes his move. That's the difference between he and Melo and a player like Paul. Paul's just alot smarter on the defensive end. He takes that challenge to improve aptitude in this area. Melo and Amare don't. Being slow to rotate comes from lack of study plain and simple.
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The investigation conducted by State Police revealed that Gonzalez's privilege to operate a motor vehicle was revoked because of a prior conviction of Leandra's Law. At the time of the collision, Gonzalez was using a smartphone to access the Internet while she was driving.
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SULLIVAN COUNTY, NY — At long last the glorious spring is here in earnest, and with it a panoply of stunning action under bright blue skies and life-affirming sunshine. That said, the school year's most glorious season is sadly also shortest, or so it seems, by dint of the inhospitable weather at its outset and the haste of its closure to make way for school's end. That leaves little more than two months of action, and now here in the second week of May we are enmeshed in the richest part of the regular season tapestry.
On the golf greens this past week, the Fallsburg girls (7-1) suffered their first defeat of the season in a non-league match with Monticello. The Lady Panthers then defeated a diminished Sullivan West squad (1-6) to round out their record to 4-4-1. The Lady Comets, who have won three consecutive division titles, are poised to garner their fourth as they remain undefeated in league play. With four players in sectionals last year and Danielle Stratton in her second state tourney, the lady golfers were the bright spot of Fallsburg's spring. This year, the team aspires to do more than just hoist another division banner in the Fallsburg gymnasium.
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In baseball, Tri-Valley (5-5 OCIAA) captured two of three from Division V Seward as the Bears began their series with Fallsburg this week by downing the Comets 8-0. Things are looking promising for the defending Section IX Class C champs to make it back to the postseason. They beat Tuxedo two out of three but were swept by Chester. Sullivan West fell to 7-6 overall behind a 9-7 non-league loss to Highland, a team they may encounter in sectionals, should the Westies get there. They are currently 4-2 in Division IV, taking two of three from Burke but a crucial series with league leading O'Neill looms large next week. The Westies have to win at least one of those three games to lock up a sectional berth via their league record. They can also get in by dint of a .500 or better overall record.
Eldred defeated Downsville 17-6 to improve to 6-6.In softball Sullivan West 2-7 (1-3 OCIAA) fell to O'Neill 8-6. Eldred defeated Downsville 12-1 to improve to 4-6 before losing a league game to Livingston Manor 4-9 (2-1 OCIAA) by the score of 13-11.
In track and field Sullivan West easily defeated Fallsburg in a home meet. Dani Myers returned to action and Mitch Paciga won the high jump, repeating his state-qualifying mark of 6-2. Four Tri-Valley alumni made track and field news this past weekend. Garret Grey, competing for Ashland University, won the GLIAC Hammer Championship with a Lifetime Best throw of 225 feet, which is the second best throw of all college athletes this season. Freshmen Jim Bernstein competing for Oneonta State University placed second in the 10,000 meter run at the SUNYAC Championship at Cortland. Frosh Rafael Ramirez (Hammer) and Soph Brian Edwards (Discus) competing for Alfred State College, won their events. Ashand and Alfred State won their championship, with Oneonta placing second. Meanwhile the current Lady Bears won the Steinhart Cup Meet at Ellenville, defeating Red Hook, Liberty, Ellenville and Rhinebeck. Ellenville won the boys cup title. Tri-Valley was third.
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#206619 - 08/10/12 01:22 PM Reduplication World Tour
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When I retire (someday) I have long planned to take a world tour of places with two names the same! Walla-Walla as you noted in the introduction to this week's theme, and also: Baden Baden, Bora Bora, Pago Pago, Ubu Ubu, Paw Paw, New York, New York, Bella Bella and Wagga Wagga, just to name a few.
Itinerary suggestions gladly accepted!
Cheers, bartlett
#206620 - 08/10/12 01:42 PM Re: Reduplication World Tour [Re: Bartlett]
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Posts: 8541
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#206621 - 08/10/12 07:06 PM Re: Reduplication World Tour [Re: LukeJavan8]
Registered: 09/21/10
Posts: 1706
Loc: down under
Good idea Bartlett
And....while you are in New York, dont forget to visit Sing Sing!
There is a place on the West Coast of New Zealand called, Hari Hari. Its sometimes referred to as Harihari (but thats another discussion).
Its a small town, popular for bush walking, bird watching and trout or salmon fishing.
It was in Hari Hari that Australian pilot, Guy Menzies
completed the first solo flight across the Tasman Sea from Australia to New Zealand in 1931, crash-landing upside down in a swamp!
Guy Menzies
#206622 - 08/10/12 07:13 PM Re: Reduplication World Tour [Re: Candy]
Registered: 09/21/10
Posts: 1706
Loc: down under
I hope you can read the story in the link 'Guy Menzies' Luke.
In the book opening there is reference to Antoine de Saint-Exupery's poem beginning
"Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth ...."
#206623 - 08/11/12 12:35 AM Re: Reduplication World Tour [Re: Candy]
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Registered: 06/23/08
Posts: 8541
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Very interesting article.
So many unknown heroes in the days of adventure and exploration.
This guy was one of them._________________________
----please, draw me a sheep----
#206631 - 08/11/12 08:16 AM Re: Reduplication World Tour [Re: Bartlett]
Registered: 08/11/12
Posts: 1
Loc: Australia
This duplication of words is a rich vein to be mined.[And it IS duplication, NOT REduplication as the introduction has it. To duplicate chop is to write chop chop. To REduplicate would be to write chop chop chop chop.] Here in Australia many of the aboriginal languages seem to favour such duplication.
Especially this is true of place names, as others have pointed out. You might live in Wagga Wagga or Wangi Wangi or even Grong Grong. If you are from way out in the sticks you might be said to come from Woop Woop.That far out in the inland you might choke from the dust thrown up by a willy willy or you might once have been hit on the head with a nulla nulla. If you surf on the coast you might ride a bora bora. If you watch birds you might see a Gang Gang or hear a Bulbul.
If you make a real Boo Boo of a criminal kind you could have ended up in Jika Jika like Sing Sing in the USA. Up north you can dine on Paw Paw. In Africa you could hunt a Dik Dik. So let's hear it for duplication. Bite the bullet...maybe a Dum Dum, beat the drum, make sure it's a Tom Tom, put on your Tutu and dance the Can Can, or settle down and read all about Tintin while smoking some chop chop [Here it means illegal tobacco on which duty has not been paid].
Me? I'm off for a wee wee then I'll treat myself to a Bon Bon. As they used to say on British radio TTFN which means TaTa for now.
#206634 - 08/11/12 12:14 PM Re: Reduplication World Tour [Re: raraavis]
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Some very good points, and welcome._________________________
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#206637 - 08/11/12 02:49 PM Re: Reduplication World Tour [Re: raraavis]
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Posts: 10538
Loc: this too shall pass
rarebird, in spite of the logic of it all, a linguist will disagree with you..
Reduplication in linguistics is a morphological process in which the root or stem of a word (or part of it) is repeated exactly or with a slight change.
Reduplication is used in inflections to convey a grammatical function, such as plurality, intensification, etc., and in lexical derivation to create new words. It is often used when a speaker adopts a tone more "expressive" or figurative than ordinary speech and is also often, but not exclusively, iconic in meaning. Reduplication is found in a wide range of languages and language groups, though its level of linguistic productivity varies.
Reduplication is the standard term for this phenomenon in the linguistics literature. Other terms that are occasionally used include cloning, doubling, duplication, repetition, and tautonym.
-wiki [EA]
Edited by tsuwm (08/11/12 06:22 PM)
#206642 - 08/12/12 04:15 PM Re: Reduplication World Tour [Re: Bartlett]
Registered: 08/12/12
Posts: 1
Loc: United States
You might want to add New Zealand to your itinerary...
You can visit Matamata, Kerikeri, Peka Peka and Kihikihi.
There may be a few more I missed as well.
#206646 - 08/12/12 06:55 PM Re: Reduplication World Tour [Re: DianaK]
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Posts: 3290
Loc: R'lyeh
You might want to add New Zealand to your itinerary...
Yes, reduplication is a common feature in Polynesian languages (e.g., Tahitian, Maori, Hawaiian)._________________________
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Yankee great Rivera's son on New Hampshire teamAP file Photo
New York Yankees relief pitcher Mariano Rivera, holding microphone, thanks his family including his sons Jaziel, laughing, Mariano Jr., second from right, rear, and Jafet, far right, and his wife Clara, second from right, foreground, during a retirement ceremony at Yankee Stadium before the Yankees baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, in New York on Sept. 22, 2013. Mariano Rivera Jr. will join the Laconia Muskrats this summer, part of the 12-team New England Collegiate Baseball League. He's a right-hander, like his dad.
LACONIA, N.H. — The son of retired New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera is going to pitch for a collegiate summer program in New Hampshire.
Mariano Rivera Jr. will join the Laconia Muskrats this summer, part of the 12-team New England Collegiate Baseball League.
He's a right-hander, like his dad.
Noah Crane, the Muskrats' general manager, tells New Hampshire Public Radio the 20-year-old Rivera Jr. is coming to the state because of the Muskrats' close relationship with Pat Carey, Rivera's coach at Iona College in New Rochelle, N.Y. He says each year, the team has one or two of the school's players.
Rivera's dad retired at the end of last season after winning five World Series championships with the Yankees. He is Major League Baseball's career saves leader with 652.
The Vermont Mountaineers play at Laconia in the second game of the season on June 6 at 6:30 p.m. The Mountaineers host Laconia on June 20, July 5 and July 9.
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CHICAGO — Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia had a cortisone injection in his left wrist and hopes to return to Boston's starting lineup on Wednesday night.
The AL MVP was injured April 4 when Milwaukee's Carlos Gomez broke up a double play at second base in the ninth inning. Pedroia is hitting .139 (5 for 36) since then with one RBI and no walks, leaving his season average at .236.
"Hopefully, I'll be in here tomorrow," Pedroia said Tuesday. They gave me a shot to calm everything down. They said it's 24, 48 hours to kick in, and then I'll get there and go."
He missed Sunday's series finale at the New York Yankees.
"I was getting a little bit worried. It was getting worse every day," Pedroia said. "Everything got inflamed. You keep swinging and playing and it just adds up until you think something is really wrong."
Red Sox manager John Farrell said it was possible Pedroia could pinch hit Tuesday.
In other injury news, closer Koji Uehara threw a bullpen session on Tuesday, is expected to throw another Wednesday and could be available for Thursday's game. He has not pitched since April 9 because of a sore right shoulder.
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On April 30, 2012, the California Supreme Court decided whether workers can recover or be subject to awards of attorneys fees when making meal and rest period claims.
The Court in Kirby v. Immoos Fire Protection, Inc. held that, generally, claims alleging meal and rest period violations under Labor Code section 226.7 are not subject to one-way or two-way fee shifting provisions. "In line with its analysis in Brinker, the Court's decision in Kirby protects low-wage workers' rights to pursue section 226.7 meal and rest break claims without fear of exposure to exorbitant amount of attorney's fees," said Fernando Flores, Director of Legal Aid Society–Employment Law Center's WageHELP Program.
The key statutes in contention were Labor Code section 1194 (which only allows workers to recover attorney's fees) and Labor Code section 218.5 (which allows either party to recover attorney's fees). The Court ruled that the legislature did not intend either of these attorney's fees provisions apply to section 226.7 claims and as result "the default American rule that each side must cover its own attorney's fees" will apply.
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Tag Along With Me at Rockies Fest Three
Rockies Fest…Go there once you'll be there twice.
For me Rockies Fest symbolizes the very beginning of the baseball season. It's my first exposure to the players since the end of the previous season and I get to wander Coors Field, take pictures, get autographs and hang out with other extreme Rockies fans.
What could be better?
I also was able to hand out Rockies Fest tickets to the Rockpile Rant's "Rockies Essay" winners, Ken, Dave and Johnny.
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Here's Dave and his girlfriend.
Here's Johnny.
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Leave a comment and let us know how your Rockies Fest went?
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Blake and his buddy.
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When we arrived at the interview area Tom came up and gave us a big friendly welcome. Hunter and Mylee decided that they wanted to get interviewed by Tom and Tracy Ringolsby. Usually there's a line but at this point the only one in front of us was Ken(essay winner) and his son….So we got in line.
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As soon as the kids were done with their interview we were escorted over to where ROOT SPORTS was filming the Rockies commericals. The kids went first. I'm not quite sure if they ever got their timing right but they sure had fun sitting up there.
I was up next and I noticed how quiet and reserved everyone was being so I wanted to bump thing up a bit. I was reading a card that said "You're watching ROOT SPORTS" and I did my best to represent the Rockpile Rant and the Rantics. Loud and proud baby.
It seemed like they liked it but who knows?
I also was given the chance to talk about Ubaldo's no-hitter. I didn't think I did so good but each time I do something like this I get a little bit less nervous. Thank you ROOT SPORTS for this extremely unique opportunity. It was a great experience and the kids and I loved it.
Apparently next season the Rockies are going to put pictures of their fans on the season tickets. How cool is that? You can bet our smiling mugs took the time to pose for those shots. How fun would that be attending the actual game in which your face is on the ticket?
At this point we needed to get to our player/coach interview. This interview session was hosted by Drew Goodman and Alanna Rizzo.
Check it out.
Here's video from the session.
We had to leave the interview a few minutes early as it was time to get in line for our first autograph session. Rumor had it that the guy who signed right before we got there was Todd Helton. As we were standing in line Douglas walked by and told us that he was pretty sure Tulo would be signing for us.
As luck would have it Douglas was right.
Here's a shot of Tulo signing for Mylee sport'n a fresh haircut. Tulo's usually upbeat but today he seemed like he didn't want to be there.
I wished "the duece" a good season and we were off explore Coors Field before the next session.
While wandering around we bumped into catcher Wilin Rosario and he signed for Mylee and Hunter.
Mylee picking a winner.
Ian Stewart getting his Rockband on.
Time to get in line for Autograph session two….Dexter Fowler
Dexter was all smiles and was talking with everyone. I really hope Dexter has a breakout year. He's one of my favorite Rockies.
With more time to kill we headed into the bowels of Coors Field.
It's become almost a tradition for me to leave my Ranter card in the Rockies lockers. With a quick flick of the wrist you can usually get the cards close.
This year I took a few pictures. Here's the Ranter card next to the left of Dexter Fowlers gym bag.
Aaron Cooks locker sporting a Ranter card in the right corner.
Todd Helton's locker. I missed this year and my card landed on the floor.
Tulo's locker, unfortunately the card landed upside down.
Yoda…He was perched on top of a television in the Rockies locker room.
Here's Ubaldo's entire uniform and then some from his no-hitter in Atlanta last season.
Even his dirty socks.
The original Dinger suit. I still think Dinger should be a black and silver T-Rex but whatcha gonna do?
Coors Field groundbreaking.
Memorabilia from 2007.
The last autograph sesssion of the day was Glenallen Hill and Chris Nelson. Here's Glenallen signing for Hunter.
Both of these guys were in a great mood and were chatting up the folks in line.
Here's Mylee's dog.
Here's what I managed to get autographed today.
On our way out of Coors Field.
As I was getting ready to post this entry I received an email from essay winner Dave. He sent me a couple pictures and informed me he was able to snag thirty two autographs. Ten minor leaguers, four coaches and eighteen current major leaguers.
Check out Dave's Coors Field sign…WOW!
Dave got lucky and ran into Jason Giambi.
I was on the hunt for Giambi all day. Thanks to Geoff for sending me texts as to Jason's whereabouts but for some reason I kept missing the slugger.
That my friends is how you do it. Props to you Dave you worked it brotha.
A lot of baseball teams do something similiar to Rockies Fest but not all of them. Rockies fans are lucky we get this day to wander the entirety of Coors field, visit and chat with players and get to see precious baseball memorabila from historic Rockies games.
I feel privledged every time I've attended this event and honored to be a Colorado Rockies fan and their # 1 MLBlogger.
Thanks to all the Rockies fans who walked up to me and introduced themelves. I really enjoy meeting the baseball fans who read the Rockpile Rant. Thanks to ROOT SPORTS I think this year is going to be the "Year of the Fan".
Make no mistake we Rockies fans embrace that concept.
A huge thanks goes out to Dan because we all know "He's the Man". I'm "D" The Rockpile Ranter.
Baseball season has officially begun…D
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Hey D,
OMG, what a freakin" awesome time I had! HUGE THANKS to Dan and you for making it possible!
My 1st big moment was getting The Giambino's autograph! As soon as I got in, headed straight down to the Locker Room hoping there might be someone signing and Lo and Behold, as soon as I walk in , there's Giambi signing! Lucky for me I got the last autograph as they were trying to move him out to wherever he needed to be. All I can say is…..I WAS IN ABSOLUTE HEAVEN at that point on. I had so many unbelievably cool moments after that but that was definitely on par with meeting up with Tom Helmer for the commercial spot and having him recognize me from Champs a couple weeks ago.
For those who don't get why we are the dedicated fans we are, it's because those associated with the Rox Organization go out of their way to appreciate the fan!
D…I can't tell you how much I enjoy the unbelievably cool stuff you have brought into my life since I became a Rantic! Thanks a million my friend and hope to see you again soon.
R-LUV-What a great comment. It's support like yours that keeps a brotha chugg'n on. I'm glad you had a great time. You deserve it for all the support you give the Rockies and the Rockpile Rant. That's what we do here on the Rant…We make memories..See you soon my friend…D
My son and I had an awesome day at Coors Field. I am really excited for baseball to start now. Not sure if I can wait until April 1st. We were able to get autographs from Chris Iannettea, Carney Lansford, Dexter Fowler, Ryan Spilborghs, Chris Nelson, Glenallen Hill, Seth Smith, Kyle Parker, Isaiah, Froneberger, and Will Swanner. I'm really impressed with Dave's 32 sigs. Who knows, maybe I will get a chance to go to Arizona for Spring Training.
– Ken
Aww, man . . . I didn't make the Rant! LOL, just kiddin'. Can't believe the only time we saw you was out in the parking lot!
We had a great time, although I carried my Chris Iannetta bat around all day long, hoping to get him to sign it, to no avail. Sigh. Ah well, I'll just have to carry it to a game or two, and hopefully not more!
Ha ha . . . love that pic of Mylee with her finger up Tulo's nose. 😀
We had a great time, thanks again D. We managed to get all those sigs with a lot of running around and quite a bit of luck. Great experience, can't wait till the season starts. I'll try and become a more often contributor to the Rantics. See you all in April if not before!
PS Anyone going to make it down to ST?
Ken-Glad you and your son had a good time. You both deserved to be there.
LUVMYROX-I shoulda grabbed a pic of you guys when I saw you in the parking lot..No worries I'll get pics this season of you all and you'll probably get Iannetta the first game.
DAVE-You're welcome. Feel free to comment anytime brotha, see you in April…D
Johnny…Tell us how your Rockies Fest was??


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Milwaukee Brewers (4-2) at Philadelphia Phillies (3-3)
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Chase Utley is not in the lineup today, he's been scratched from the home opener with the flu. Carlos Ruiz will slot in that spot in the order. He's never started a game batting third in his career, and has just two career at-bats in that place in the order. They'll miss Utley who was leading all NL hitter in slugging percentage through the first week. That's the bad news.
The other bad news is that the Phillies are just 3-7 in 10 home openers in Citizens Bank Park, losing last year's game to the Royals 13-4. Let's hope for a different outcome with Kyle Kendrick against former Phillie Kyle Loshe. Good news, please.
Revere CF / Rollins SS / Ruiz C / Howard 1B / Byrd RF / Brown LF / C. Hernandez 2B / Asche 3B / Kendrick P
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Flu Utley doesnt seem like the type that would take off cause of a flu. Almost forgot that Loshe is still around.
He was actually sent home, presumably so he wouldn't infect anyone else.
I didn't know machines could get the flu….
Just because Chase doesn't even flinch when he gets hit with a fastball and can run the bases better than anyone on the team even though he doesn't own a pair of kneecaps doesn't mean he's a cyb…
Never mind, good question.
or as Utley calls it…Influ F'ing enza!
Flu? Dunno if I'm buying it. He was drilled in the knee the other day. Coincidence?
Instead of all the insinuations,can't somebody say, Hope you recover quickly, Chase? Give the guy a break. I know alot of people who had the flu this year and believe me they couldn't have played a game of b ball if they HAD to!!!!
Let's just hope Chase hasn't been kissing Galvis lately.
Don't these players receive flu shots?
I realize they don't guarantee immunity but they sure have worked for me and my family, even as others have fallen within breathing distance. You'd think team-administered shots would be automatic considering the potential for mass disaster. Perhaps flu shots are the norm but Chase was the rare whoops.
Flu shots are a hoax
Uh huh.
Nice weather we're having.
Too cool to sweat – too hot to wear your tin hat.
If this was Hamels being scratched with the flu, the whole fan base would be up in arms and telling him to man up. Different rules for different players.
If this was Hamels, the fan base would assume he actually had a major setback in his rehab and that he's likely out for the season, and possibly "cooked".
And if it was Rollins he wouldn't have had the runs between home and first.
(sorry, it was just sitting there to be said)
I also find this Utley deal a little weird. But from a different angle. One that might have Alexander Graham Bell rolling in his grave.
I assume he was at home in bed. I also assume that he owns a thermometer. With the flu, his temp is most likely over 100, and this seems like a waste to have him drive to the park just to be sent home. I would think they could keep him isolated, and maybe spend time in the sauna to try to sweat it out for a late game pinch hit deal. This doesn't seem like a guy that would call in sick, so if he's well enough to get to the park, might as well keep him there and hope he's somehow well enough to hit in another 3-4 hours. That he probably wouldn't have been reinforces the point of why is he there in the first place.
And I wouldn't expect this, but it wouldn't shock me if the reporter that initiated the sent home angle (no offense) maybe ran with a story she heard third hand, and he's still at the park resting there. A trip to the park and home certainly did little to shorten his recovery time.
Since this is Utley of whom we speak, I'll add that he'll probably find a way to sneak into the boxscore with 2 hits. However they do it, the great ones find ways to conduct miracles.
I beleave that he was sick and went in to be seen, then sent home. (Probably against his will)
I assumed he came to park ready to play, looked awful, and was sent home rather than continue to put 24 other players at risk.
I, for one am glad they sent him home, because all he needs is to breathe on a few people and now the whole ball club gets the flu. Someone I work with came in earlier this year with the Flu and infected the whole office.
Flu shot only protect against the most prevalent strain of the flu, not all of them. So you can still catch the Flu even if you get the shot.
Actually, Ken, the flu leaves you dehydrated so hopping in a sauna to "sweat it out" might not be advisable…
unless your affairs are settled, of course.
I don't know what the hell is wrong with RAJ. Didn't he know that it was cold, windy and damp in Chicago? Did he not know that Utley could catch his death of cold?
That guy just screws up everything.
I forgot the symbol Schmenkman.
A "/s" is often used at the end to signify sarcasm, but it's coming through loud and clear without it.
I should credit George for starting this yesterday, I'm just piling on.
BTW- Nice piece on Rollins the other day. .
Hey, thanks.
We're all familiar with the story of "Typhoid Amaro."
Brewers announcers were saying that if the single up the middle not hit the bag, Revere would have been able to throw out Lucroy at the plate. I'm not quite as sure.
Good thing he's off the juice. Sheesh!
I think Ryan Braun is the first half Jewish player with half his thumbs healthy to hit 3 home runs in a game against an at best half good pitching staff since Smokey Burgess.
I don't know if Smokey ever hurt a thumb, but with a name like Smokey, I figger there's half a chance he's half Jewish.
I can't help but think back to AFW's look ahead to Braun after last year's debacle that he'd more or less fall flat on his face. Sometimes, you win, sometimes you lose. Which is better than David Montgomery's trade math.
Gotta tip the cap. That guy just destroys the Phils.
3 more runs by the Brew Crew and we have déjà vu of the homeowner against KC last year. We had evil Kendrick today, and Brad Lincoln…well…ha ha ha ha.


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4 9/11 Conspiracy Theorists
All the theorists who believe that 9/11 was an inside job have (unfairly) labeled themselves "Truthers," which puts all opposition in the uncomfortable position of being "Liars" by default. That's just how conspiracy theories work: If you disagree, then you are almost certainly an agent of the conspiracy. Not surprisingly, that makes for some confusing and hilarious arguments among conspiracy theorists when they agree that a covert plot exists but can't agree on how it's executed.
"Tell me, how did the jet fuel get hot enough to melt those beams, huh?! Idiot! Now get ready for school."
9/11 conspiracy theorists run into this problem more often than simulated planes run into buildings on YouTube. "No Planers" believe that the travesty on September 11 was orchestrated by the U.S. government, but they also insist that the planes involved were actually holograms. That latter point has made countless other 9/11 conspiracy theorists throw up their hands and say, "Well that's just crazy." It forces everyone who believes there were planes involved into the awkward predicament of arguing against a group that fundamentally shares their beliefs. Planers and No Planers are so bitter about one another's existence that they use up all their energy trying to expose the other side as a bunch of fringe lunatics. By the end of each day, they have no time or enthusiasm left to proselytize to the masses about their common belief or, at the very least, to look up the definition of irony.
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There will undoubtedly players pushed out at championship clubs who were good enough to play in the championship last year and may have developed into better players this year. Now some Championship clubs will be favouring fringe SL players either through wide-eyed optimism or because the fringe players from SL are higher up the pecking order a la Rochdale.
Only the ones that are no longer good enough for the Championship. I'm okay with that.
Players will always find their natural level at some point.
Championship clubs have such a low salary cap that they can't afford extra players outside of the matchday 17 or squad of 25 or so who are players that they'd like to develop during the coming season.
Players want to play each week and not spend a few weeks on the sidleines when the fringe SL players are in favour. They won't want to be seen as a fill-in when the SL player is recalled or injured. The SL fringe player will still be benefitting from full time training, facilities and coaching ahead of the squad player, so its absolutely logical that the SL player is favoured. If the squad players are on match payments only, then even if they are good enough but not getting enough games to bring money in for their families, then they will just step down a few levels, go back to their trade and probably not realise their potential.
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On their first call, they were summoned to transport the town doctor, who had suffered a stroke. "The most we had in those days was a first aid kit and some wooden splints," he says. "Now there are lots of regulations to keep up with, but it means better care."
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Over the years, Chuck has served in many roles, including his current involvement as treasurer/trustee/deacon at the Eldred Congregational Church. He's received abundant accolades for his selfless contributions to community life, including a proclamation naming May 19 Chuck Myers Day. Yet he was surprised to be honored by the ALAS when they dedicated their new headquarters in his name. "Humble and proud—that's how I felt," he says.
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Police are investigating a homicide Saturday after a Janesville woman was found dead inside a home.
No one has been arrested, but a man who was in the house was taken to Mercy Hospital with unspecified medical issues.
Deputy Chief Danny Davis said officers were called to the home Saturday about 3 a.m. to check on a woman who was reportedly late getting home. Police forced open a door and found Traci Moyer, 46, dead inside.
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The following are a list of features for the EBC Brakes P/N S5KF1233 S5 Kits yellowstuff And GD Rotors on sale at Mudflaps.com.
- Light Truck; SUV Or Fast Street Car Kit
- High Efficiency Sport Upgrade Kit
- Yellowstuff High Friction Pads
- Wide Aperture G3000 Slotted Rotors
- Geomet Anti Rust Coating
- Direct Fit; No Changes Required Over Stock Set Up
- 10;000 Mile No Hassle Warranty
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EBC Brakes manufactures the largest range of brakes in the world manufacturing every size and shape of brake pad and rotor in its UK or USA plant locations. These include Motorcycle Brakes,Mountain Bike Brakes,ATV Brakes and Brakes for cars,SUV and trucks in both organic and sintered versions for applications right up to railway rolling stock,heavy trucks,buses and military vehicles. With a worldwide work force of over 400 people EBC Brakes is an independently owned and managed leader in the brake market, proud of its customers, its products, its success and its people
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- 40.0 lbs.
- W15.0000" x H15.0000" x L15.0000"
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