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Mark Byrnes is a former senior associate editor at CityLab who writes about design and architecture.
Quality baseball has returned to Baltimore this September. Just not where most Orioles fans remember watching games that mattered.
While Camden Yards has supplied its own playoff memories (two consecutive ALCS appearances in 1996 and '97), many of the Orioles' defining moments occurred in Memorial Stadium, a place as architecturally forgettable as any other multi-sport facility of its time. But as banal as it appeared (and as annoying as game days could be to neighbors), Memorial Stadium hosted an impressive number of culturally defining moments delivered by local heroes; priceless stuff for a city whose civic identity is so closely tied to sports.
The project that has replaced Memorial Stadium is almost entirely free of historical context or eye-catching scale. That might sting for sports fans. But the neighborhood is mostly pleased with what is now 'Stadium Place,' a cluster of unexciting but community-focused developments on the site of the former stadium since its demolition.
The sights and sounds of Baltimore's Waverly Neighborhood on a Ravens game day in 1996.
The Orioles played their last game on 33rd Street in 1991, moving to Camden Yards the next spring. City officials and residents put off any serious redevelopment initiatives while Baltimore continued to pursue a football franchise after losing its NFL team in 1983.
A Canadian Football League franchise played at Memorial Stadium in 1994 and 1995, leaving for Montreal when the NFL's Cleveland Browns relocated to Baltimore. The newly named Ravens set up in Memorial Stadium, but it was clear the team expected new digs as soon as possible. Memorial was similar to the Cleveland facility that led owner Art Modell to relocate his Browns in the first place. The state and city agreed to build the team a new home downtown while the Ravens made do for two years.
Once its fate as a professional sports facility was sealed, surrounding neighborhoods and local officials spent about a year putting together a plan for redevelopment. The Waverly neighborhood is in many ways quintessential Baltimore. It's quirky and diverse, displaying a post-industrial urban atmosphere where immigrants, college students, blacks and whites converge into a stimulating mix of quaint row homes, distressed storefronts, and mural art.
Despite the cultural significance of the stadium, saving and preserving it never took hold beyond particularly passionate local sports fans. "There was not a huge groundswell for its preservation" says Laurie Feinberg, division chief of Baltimore's Department of Planning.
That's not to say the sentiment didn't exist. To some fans, Memorial Stadium was unpretentious and inviting, while Camden Yards felt like a kitschy, amenity-filled, tourist attraction in comparison. "It was like blue collar, it was more my kind. I felt like I was going to a neighborhood pub," a long time season ticket holder told Baltimore Magazine last spring. A 2002 documentary titled The Last Season shows the facility in its final days, highlighting the emotional attachments of fans, catching them as they came to admire the stadium one final time, in some instances, salvaging bits of its remains.
Even the stadium's visually arresting main entrance, a memorial to America's fallen soldiers written in a custom made Art Deco typeface, was demolished with the rest of the building. The final sentence of the memorial ("Time will not dim the glory of their deeds") was salvaged and re-assembled in front of Camden Yards.
What has come to replace the stadium is a mix of elderly care facilities, parks, and a YMCA gradually constructed over the past decade.
GEDCO, an affordable housing and supportive services organization, was awarded the title of Master Developer for Stadium Place. It has supplied hundreds of low income seniors with housing and services on site. On the southeast quadrant of the property, Maryland's first Green House Project, a LEED Silver complex that attempts to de-institutionalize living spaces for the elderly, opened this April.
A ring road circles around where Memorial Stadium's playing field once stood; a rare clue into its past. Inside it now sits Memorial Field at the Y, a $1.5 million multi-purpose field. It's a part of the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation's "Swing for the Future program" which is dedicated to building baseball fields for at-risk youth in low income neighborhoods. Memorial Field not only serves as the organization's flagship but gives the YMCA a well-maintained sports facility and one of the best spots to play lacrosse, soccer, football or baseball in the area.
Parking and crowd noise might have bothered residents in the past but its quieter present doesn't mean it's better off. Almost every census tract that could have called Memorial Stadium a neighbor has continued to see population declines since its demolition. Stadium Lounge, a short walk from the old field and once a go-to spot for a drink on game day, has become more of a neighborhood nuisance since losing its event traffic. Last year, residents spoke out against the bar, including its policy of selling alcohol starting at six o'clock each morning. And Stadium Place itself has experienced setbacks. Its elaborate playground was burnt by vandals in 2008, later rebuilt and proclaimed by City Paper as Baltimore's best playground. Earlier this year, the YMCA was vandalized in the middle of the night.
Still, there's a sense that what Stadium Place has become is a more comfortable fit for the community, even if it doesn't stir any excitement. "Perhaps it seems as a bit of an underutilization. In the end, it's still a very popular and successful project," says Feinberg. "Maybe you can call it a 'realistic' project."
With the consistent success of the Ravens, locals don't long for the days of the Colts as much as they used to. As a new era of Orioles baseball takes off, older fans may finally be able to let go of Memorial Stadium, an emotional crutch for those who want a connection to better days. Stadium Place is clearly not intended for nostalgia. It's for a neighborhood that has long been ready to move on.
Top image: An Orioles game at Memorial Stadium in 1987. Image courtesy Flickr user rjcox.
Will COVID-19 change how cities are designed? Michele Acuto of the Connected Cities Lab talks about density, urbanization and pandemic preparation.
We must prepare for a protracted battle with coronavirus. But there are changes we can make now to prepare locked-down cities for what's next.
To help flatten the curve in the Covid-19 outbreak, officials at all levels of government are asking people to stay home. Here's what's worked, and what hasn't.
As the coronavirus crisis forces changes in transportation, some cities are building bike lanes and protecting cycling shops. Here's why that makes sense.
Because of coronavirus, millions of tenants won't be able to write rent checks. But calls for a rent holiday often ignore the longer-term economic effects.

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I thought I found a great deal on a used garden door and the problem is that the wall is 2 x 4 studs and the garden door is 6" thick.
Is there any way possible to increase the thickness of the wall?
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I thought I found a great deal on a used garden door and the problem is that the wall is 2 x 4 studs and the garden door is 6" thick.
Is there any way possible to increase the thickness of the wall?
As DA01 said - cut one inch off of either side of the door jamb.
It is near impossible to answer your question effectively without more details. It is always possible to build out the wall to fit the door. The difficulty here is knowing where exactly your problem is. I want to suggest you think of the door as an architectural feature of the wall. It does not need to be the same thickness because it is providing an opportunity for variation and emphasis. This would be accomplished by positioning the gate in the opening of the wall (this might start as a mental exercise) next imagine making a transition from the fence to the frame of the gate by adding new material at the gap between fence and frame. Usually a few sticks of various sizes can be used to create a pleasing transition from one to the other. Look at how door frames are transitioned to the surrounding wall with moldings. In your case the "moldings" would be larger sticks, perhaps one or two pieces on each side. These pieces can also function to attach the frame to the fence or they can hide the cruder work done to attach the frame of the gate firmly to the fence. Please ask questions for clarification.
Think of the door as something in the middle of a picture frame. Add layers of " mat, in this case 1 by material or more likely 5/4 material in concentric layers with pleasing reveals to shim out that section of wall with the last layer overlapping the jamb to a 1/4 inch reveal. The hard part without a surface planer will be to calculate how many and which layers to use where to make up the difference in an aesthetically pleasing manner.
Alternatively trimming the jambs to fit the wall thickness would work, but is not especially easy if you want to keep the frame of the pre-hung door together.


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I need to randomize the time before a given command starts. I realize it's relatively trivial to do this within a script, or to write a "wrapper" script to do this, but I'm wondering if anyone knows a lightweight binary program that's already out there that will accomplish this without requiring an interpreter to be loaded.
EDIT: More specifically, I do not want to involve bash in any way. Assume for the sake of argument that no shell is available and I'm invoking this from a non-interactive program.


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The rule requires that you have 30 total hours of continuing education each cycle. Your total hours will appear as "General" on the website when you enter credits or check your hours. 5 of the 30 hours must be in ethics or professionalism. You still need 30 total hours. In other words, your "General" column must equal 30. The Ethics/Professionalism column must equal 5. You do not add General + Ethics/Professionalism to determine total number of hours.
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Earlier this week, Michael Wright of ESPN Chicago reported that Brett Favre "would listen" to the Chicago Bears if they came calling and attempted to lure him out of retirement this season, even though it was considered "highly doubtful" that the team was even interested in the possibility. Over the past few days, we've also heard from Bus Cook, Favre's agent, who says that he "doesn't know" if the gunslinger would listen to the Texans, the Chiefs, or the Ice Capades.
"It's all speculation," Cook told us on Monday. "He's retired."
Indeed, in today's manufactured Favre story, "Brett Favre says he's staying retired," ESPN confirmed that its manufactured Favre story from Monday was really nothing more than speculation. Or, in Favre's words, "inaccurate":
Shelve your Wranglers and put those No. 4 Bears jersey orders on hold. Brett Favre says he's happy being retired.
"Inspite (sic) of reports about playing with various teams, I'm enjoying retirement with my family and have no plans to play football," Favre said in a statement Tuesday night.
One day after a source told ESPNChicago.com's Michael C. Wright that Favre would listen to the injury-riddled Bears if Chicago came calling, a high-ranking Bears source told ESPN's Ed Werder on Tuesday that the team has no interest in signing the 42-year-old quarterback.
Favre denied there have been any talks with teams about ending retirement.
"I haven't contacted nor have been contacted by any teams and all reports are inaccurate," Favre said.
It's the perfect little story circle, really: ESPN talking to ESPN. In the future, when bloggers are replaced by robots, all sports news will be someone at ESPN reporting on what someone else at ESPN just reported.


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CVE Author: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
The BGP implementation in bgpd in Quagga before 0.99.20.1 does not properly use message buffers for OPEN messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a message associated with a malformed Four-octet AS Number Capability (aka AS4 capability).Exploitability Analysis:
This is a vulnerability exploitable with network access which means the vulnerable software is bound to the network stack and the attacker does not require local network access or local access to exploit it. Such a vulnerability is often termed "remotely exploitable".Exploitability Complexity:
Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. The following are examples: The affected product typically requires access to a wide range of systems and users, possibly anonymous an untrusted (e.g., Internet-facing web or mail server). The affected configuration is default or ubiquitous. The attack can be performed manually and requires little skill or additional information gathering. The 'race condition' is a lazy one (i.e., it is technically a race but easily winnable).Authentication:
Authentication is not required to access and exploit the vulnerability.Confidentiality Impact:
There is no impact to the confidentiality of the system.Integrity Impact:
There is no impact to the integrity of the system.Availability Impact:
There is reduced performance or interruptions in resource availability. An example is a network-based flood attack that permits a limited number of successful connections to an Internet service.NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
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text: WORLD AIDS DAY 2010 Posted on Dec 1, 2010 | By London Theatre Direct Please support the Elton John Aids Foundation on World AIDS Day 2010 The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) was established in the United States in 1992 by Sir Elton John. EJAF's U.S. office is located in New York City. In 1993, Sir Elton also established the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF-UK) in the United Kingdom, headquartered in London. These two organizations function as separate entities with their own distinct grant-making portfolios, but both pursue similar missions - to support innovative HIV prevention programs, efforts to eliminate stigma and discrimination associated with HIV/AIDS, and direct care and support services for people living with HIV/AIDS. Collectively, the two organizations have raised over $220 million since inception in support of projects in 55 countries around the world, including significant funding dedicated to programs in their respective home countries. EJAF-US awards grants to community-based projects in the Americas and the Caribbean. EJAF-UK focuses its grant-making on programs in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Please visit www.ejaf.com for further information on the UK organization. More information about World AIDS Day can be found at: www.worldaidsday.org News


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Enes Kanter Isn't The Only One Who Needs FreeingPosted by jstevrtc on September 27th, 2010
It looks like some Kentucky students (we're assuming) had a little fun with GarageBand recently and put together a little tune and, um, rap "video" about Kentucky freshman-in-limbo Enes Kanter and the desire to see his eligibility confirmed by the NCAA:
Now, we don't imagine a certain Mr. Mathers is shaking in his sneakers at the prospect of a showdown versus "Rich Breezy," but we salute the creators of the "Free Enes" video, since it's certainly better than this particular RTC contributor could do.
The video did remind us, though, of that wonderful annual ritual of sweating out tardy eligibility determinations by the NCAA, that seemingly endless process that players, coaches, and fans must endure before each season. We are still awaiting final eligibility decisions on three players in the 2010 Rivals top twelve — specifically Kanter, Missouri commit Tony Mitchell and top-ranked Josh Selby at Kansas. Last year, Deniz Kalicli, another extremely talented Turkish player, had to sit out 20 games before making his debut at West Virginia. Kentucky's John Wall wasn't cleared to play until late October. Lance Stephenson didn't know if he was eligible at Cincinnati until November 5th, and Mississippi State's Renardo Sidney missed all of last season (his situation was admittedly a tad more complex than the others, we should note).
We assume that the NCAA adjudicates these matters as quickly as it can and is reliant upon the timeliness and veracity of the information they receive, but it seems like these decisions get handed down later and later each season. The final decision on Kanter was due almost a week ago, and we're unaware of a timeline regarding a call being made for Selby, and for Mitchell's chances to play in the second semester this year (he's ineligible for the first). We all agree that in the end the most important thing is that the fairest decision be made for each kid, and that the NCAA's calls are consistent. Unfortunately, with practices officially starting in 17 days, it's about as likely that all of these issues will be ruled on by the time basketballs hit hardwood as it is that Rich Breezy is a pseudonym for Pete Thamel.


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text: Friday, March 15, 2013 APTA Moves Forward With Development of an Alternative Payment System A new message from APTA President Paul A. Rockar Jr, PT, DPT, MS, and Steve Levine, PT, DPT, MSHA, chair of the Alternative Payment System Task Force, provides an update on the alternative payment system (APS), now known as the physical therapy classification and payment system (PTCPS), for outpatient physical therapy services. In their message, Rockar and Levine outline the progression of the proposed payment model and the need for a comprehensive plan "to maximize the opportunity for successful transition to a physical therapy classification and payment system." In addition to the message, APTA members can access an executive summary and a full report of the survey results that were used to refine the first APS developmental draft, which was sent in spring 2012 to association members for comment. The second developmental draft of the APS/PTCPS will be available to members shortly. APTA expects to transition to a new outpatient therapy payment system by January 1, 2015.


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The park has a 300-foot pier with a 200-foot "T" for your fishing pleasure. Access to the pier is included in the park admission fee. An Alabama freshwater fishing license is required and most common freshwater fish are abundant in the area.
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There is a boat ramp on the Blakeley River located on the east end of the park. The ramp is accessible from 7 a.m. until sundown. Contact the park staff for access after park hours.
The Mobile Delta consists of approximately 20,323 acres of water. It is formed by the confluence of the Alabama and Tombigbee Rivers. The Mobile Delta is a complex network of tidally influenced rivers, creeks, bays, lakes, wetlands, and bayous. Since the Mobile Delta empties into Mobile Bay, it is a productive estuary with numerous species of fresh and saltwater fish.
The Mobile-Tensaw, William Bill Holland and Upper Delta Wildlife Management Areas offer hunting and wildlife viewing opportunities for those utilizing the Delta. Anglers enjoy the Delta, because of the good fishing, and the natural beauty of the marsh and cypress and tupelo gum forests.


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Here is how I set it up in my classroom. First, I read Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Many of my students are familiar with the story. Afterwards, we talk about Goldilocks choosing items that were "just right" for her. I use that analogy to help students understand what it means to read and select Just Right books. We compare how Papa Bear's items were "too big" for him, just like sometimes we may read books that are "too hard" for us. We discuss what it means as a reader when the book is too hard. Then, we talk about what it means as a reader when a book is "too easy." Like it was too easy for Goldilocks to enter into the Bears' home. Finally, we discuss the purpose of reading. Why reading and comprehending matter.
I do not do all this in one sitting. Depending on the grade level, students, and time of year, this could be an entire week's worth of lessons. I had created a wonderful poster to use but I have been without it all year since our Librarian has it in our library to help students there.
How do you help students select "just right" books?
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Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, is recovering from heart surgery, days after his 82nd birthday.
Officials have not revealed where the surgery occurred or where Armstrong is recuperating. A Nasa spokesman who talked to Armstrong's wife Carol said only that the former astronaut is recovering. His birthday was on Sunday.
A Facebook statement from Nasa administrator Charles Bolden wished Armstrong a quick recovery from cardiac bypass surgery.
"Neil's pioneering spirit will surely serve him well in this challenging time and the entire Nasa family is holding the Armstrong family in our thoughts and prayers," the statement said.
Armstrong commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, and he radioed back to Earth the historic news of "one giant leap for mankind".
He spent nearly three hours walking on the moon with fellow astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.
A message on Aldrin's Twitter account also wished Armstrong well.
Armstrong and his wife married in 1999 and made their home in the Cincinnati suburb of Indian Hill, but he has largely stayed out of public view in recent years.
He spoke at Ohio State University during a February event honouring fellow astronaut John Glenn and the 50th anniversary of Glenn becoming the first American to orbit the Earth.
In May, Armstrong joined Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, at Pensacola Naval Air Station in Florida to support the opening of the National Flight Academy, which aims to teach maths and science to children through an aviation-oriented camp.


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Sorry folks.
I got strips for the rest of this week drawn, but only got yesterday's inked. I went home, got it scanned in, and posted for ya'll. Then I went to bed.
I woke up around 4 in the evening, had to run to the post office to ship off some shirts, and then got home at 6ish. I slept till 11:30...got up, and am now back at work.
Which, gives me, as best as I could figure, gave me 16 hours of rest.
So, my goal tonight is to get ALL of this weeks strips inked, and get up through next Wednesdays strips done.
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Posts tagged with "source" and "flash ide"
Assassinating jumpy htmlText hyperlinks
UPDATE: Read this great tutorial on styling the HTML text field
I read quite recently that people are still swearing Flash jumpy hyperlinks in htmlText with Anti-aliased for readability option turned on. What are they talking about? – here's the example.
Roll over and out the links in the left column and carefully observe what happens to the text. Pretty bad stuff.
Fortunately, there is a perfect workaround discovered by Jonnie Hallman aka Destroy Today, but not everybody knows about it yet. So, (to save the world), I wrote a simple
TextField wrapper class that automatically deals with the issue, additionally it also fixes another annoying bug – selectable code>TextField scrolls one line on text select – when you click and drag down the mouse while selecting the text, the content scrolls vertically! (and it shouldn't as the text height is the same as the box height, so there's nothing to scroll)
The fixed TextField is presented in the right column – again, try rollover the links.
How does the fix work then?
Basically, after setting the
htmlText property, store the
height of the
TextField, then set
autoSize to
NONE. That will lock it, so no no more jumping is happening. It is all done at one go by overriding
htmlText setter method.
override public function set htmlText(value:String):void { autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT; super.htmlText = value; recordedHeight = height; autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.NONE; // adding extra height will prevent "vertical scroll on text select" bug // the extra height value should be just bigger than the default leading height = recordedHeight + getTextFormat().leading + 1; }
Additionally, we're adding
few pixels extra the
TextField default leading value plus 1 to the height there (discovered by Luke Sturgeon), it will prevent "vertical scroll on text select" bug described above.
How should I apply this fix to my broken TextField?
By creating a
FixedTextField instance instead, exactly the same way as you would instantiate an ordinary
var textTF:FixedTextField = new FixedTextField();
Alternatively, you could clone an existing
TextField by referencing to it:
var textFieldFixed:FixedTextField = new FixedTextField(someOtherTextFieldToClonePropertiesFrom);
In fact, you can even attach the
TextField stored in the Flash IDE library (obviously wrapped up in a
MovieClip symbol) – I wrote a separate blog post on that matter.
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A TextField called Dolly
I love Flash IDE. Especially the way you can stylise the
TextField – decide what glyphs to embed and what fonts to include, set line height (leading), kerning (letterSpacing), colours, etc. I really hate creating new TextFields from scratch, entirely in code.
Using Library to store a TextField
Unfortunately, we can't store a
TextField directly as a Flash IDE library symbol, so we have to wrap it up in a
MovieClip and reference to it as follows:
var textFieldNormal:TextField = new TextMC().textTF;
TextMC is the library MovieClip symbol containing a
TextField named
How to duplicate (clone) a TextField?
You can't do it natively in AS3. But you can do some magic instead – clone all (excluding read-only) properties of another TextField.
var description:XML = describeType(referenceTextField); for each (var item:XML in description.accessor) { // clone passed textfield properties that are not read only if (item.@access != "readonly") targetTextField[item.@name] = referenceTextField[item.@name]; } targetTextField.defaultTextFormat = referenceTextField.getTextFormat();
TextFormat of the
referenceTextField won't be cloned with the loop above as it's not accessible via getter/setter/public methods. You have to clone it manually and this is what the last line does. It's very handy when you want to change the default kerning (
letterSpacing) in Flash IDE and you want it to be preserved in your cloned text field.
I wrote a FixedTextField class that does that (plus fixes a couple of other TextField problems) – download zipped demo including the class.01:00 PM | posts | 0 Comments | Tags: textfield, flash ide, as3, tips, source, debugging


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Lavender Manor sleeps 2-12 guests and is pet friendly. Lavender Majestic sleeps 4-9 with brekkie cooked & your staff to spoil. We specialise in Girls Getaways and making our guests feel pampered yet enjoy the privacy of their own cottage
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Cosy up in front of the fire with a glass of vino, pad across the back garden for a massage or a facial, escape the stresses in this wonderful home. Sleeps up to 12, perfect for the Girls getaway, couples catching up for the weekend, families very welcome and pets too. Lavender Majestic Is our staffed property with full time housekeeper/butler for a true pampered retreat.
Day Spa style treatments available on site at both along with a 6 person outdoor spa. At Lavender Majestic we cook your breakfast and spoil you all weekend. See our website llink for details.
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Sorry i am a bit late but i just wanted to say a big thank you and let you know that we had an absolute ball staying at the Lavender Manor a couple of weeks ago for my sisters hens. The house is absolutely beautiful and even better than we expected (and we were expecting a lot). All of the girls are still raving about how it was the best hens they have been to :) The facials and massages were sooooo good, the rooms were lovely and the kitchen had everything we could possibly need.
Also, thank you for allowing the late checkout.
I have my own hens coming up mid next year and would love to do it again (hopefully my matron of honor has picked up on my hints) :)
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Jeff Belanger will be a guest on Paranormal Straight Talk on September 2nd at 6PM (Eastern) with host Dave Juliano.
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Who owns the land? Only the land knows. We mortals are passersby, and our lives are but a brief moment in the great span of time and space. We are born, we live out our lives, and most of us do the best we can with it, but the wind is forever, and the rivers flow forever to the sea, and all the seasons of the weathers will come and go after we are gone. But the Earth endures, the Earth is eternal" - Earl Hamner
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Volkswagen profit rises despite emissions certification woes
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Volkswagen saw net profit more than double in the third quarter even as sales fell due to delays certifying vehicles for new emissions tests.
Profit rose to 2.76 billion euros ($3.14 billion) from an adjusted figure of 1.07 billion in the year-ago quarter. Sales revenue rose 0.9 percent to 55.2 billion euros.
Vehicles sales, however, fell 3.6 percent in the quarter, to 2.54 million, as the company failed to get vehicles certified in time for new emissions tests intended to more closely reflect pollution levels based on how people actually drive. The new tests took effect Sept. 1.
Volkswagen said Tuesday it had fewer one-time deductions to earnings in the quarter. There were 800 million euros in one-time costs, compared with 2.6 billion euros in the year-ago quarter.


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Kenny is patient but he has a plan:
One certainty is that Williams and his staff will enter Indianapolis with names in mind to acquire or sign. They never walk haphazardly into MLB's annual get together.
"Yeah, it's not difficult," Williams said. "You've watched your team for about 200 games, including Spring Training. If you are at the stage where you are still assessing where you are, then I think you've missed the boat on some things.
"We've known quite some time what are targets are, and we go down the list and try to acquire them. You see what the possibilities are very quickly and very efficiently. If it works out, it works out. If not, you move on to the next guy."
Those targets include free-agent outfielder Coco Crisp, whose agent confirmed the White Sox preliminary interest, and Scott Podsednik, their own free agent, who presently is looking for a multiyear deal the White Sox aren't offering. The St. Petersburg Times recently named the South Siders as one of the teams interested in B.J. Upton, perhaps attainable in a trade, which could involve closer Bobby Jenks.
Even if Jenks stays put, the White Sox will want to upgrade their bullpen. They have been listed as one of eight teams interested in Takashi Saito, but also seem likely to add a left-hander to complement Matt Thornton. …


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Aldenhoven, J.M. (1986). Different reproductive strategies in a sex-changing coral reef fish Centropyge bicolor (Pomacanthidae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 37: 353-60.
Aldenhoven, J.M. (1986). Local variation in mortality rates and life-expectancy estimates of the coral-reef fish Centropyge bicolor (Pisces: Pomacanthidae) Marine Biology, 92: 237-244.
Babcock, R.C., G.D. Bull, P.L. Harrison, A.J. Heyward, J.K. Oliver, C.C. Wallace and B.L. Willis (1986). Synchronous spawnings of 105 scleractinian coral species on the Great Barrier Reef. Marine Biology, 90: 379-394.
Baccaert, J. (1986). Foraminiferal bio- and thanatocoenoses of reef flats, Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Nature of substrate. Annls Soc. r. zool. Belg., 116: 3-14.
Boon, P.I. (1986). Uptake and release of nitrogen compounds in coral reef and seagrass, Thallassia hemprichii (Ehrenb.) Aschers, bed sediments at Lizard Island, Queensland. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 37: 11-19.
Bruce, N.L. (1986). Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, 6: 239pp.
Bruce, N.L. (1986). Australian Pleopodias Richardson, 1910, and Anilocra Leach, 1818 (Isopoda: Cymothoidae), crustacean parasites of marine fishes. Records of the Australian Museum, 39: 85-130.
Buckley, R.C. and S.B. Knedlhans (1986). Beachcomber biogeography: interception of dispersing propagules by islands. Journal of Biogeography, 13: 69-70.
Cannon, L.R.G. and H. Silver (1986). Sea Cucumbers of Northern Australia Queensland Museum, Brisbane.
Coates, M., D.W. Connell, J. Bodero, G.J. Miller and R. Back (1986). Aliphatic hydrocarbons in Great Barrier Reef organisms and environment. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 23: 99-113.
Cox, G. (1986). Comparison of Prochloron from different hosts, I. Structural and ultrastructural characteristics. New Phytol., 104: 429-445.
Cox, G. (1986). The origins of chloroplasts in eukaryotes. Nature, 322: 412.
Denton, G.R.W. and C. Burdon-Jones (1986). Trace metals in algae from the Great Barrier Reef. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 17(3): 98-107.
Duckworth, B.G. and J. McLean (1986). Notes on a collection of butterflies from the islands of the Great Barrier Reef. Australian Entomological Magazine, 13: 43-48.
Frith, C.A., J.M. Leis and B. Goldman (1986). Currents in the Lizard Island region of the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon and their relevance to potential movements of larvae. Coral Reefs, 5: 81-92.
Gladstone, W. (1986). Spawning behavior of the bumphead parrotfish Bolbometapon muricatum at Yonge Reef, Great Barrier Reef. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 33(3): 326-328.
Holland, N.D., J.R. Strickler and A.B. Leonard (1986). Particle interception, transport and rejection by the feather star Oligometra serripinna (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), studied by frame analysis of videotapes. Marine Biology, 93: 111-126.
Hutchings, P. and C. Glasby (1986). The Polycirrinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, 38: 319-350.
Imajima, M. and H.A. Ten Hove (1986). Serpulinae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from Nauru, the Gilbert Islands (Kiribati) and the Solomon Islands. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 32: 1-16.
Kojis, B.L. (1986). Sexual reproduction in Acropora (Isopora) (Coelenterata: Scleractinia). II. Latitudinal variation in A. palfifera from the Great Barrier Reef and Papua New Guinea. Marine Biology, 91: 311-318.
Leis, J.M. (1986). Vertical and horizontal distribution of fish larvae near coral reefs at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. Marine Biology, 90: 505-516.
Leis, J.M. (1986). Larval development in four species of Indo-Pacific coral trout Plectropomus (Pisces: Serranidae: Epinephelinae) with an analysis of the relationships of the genus. Bulletin of Marine Science, 38(3): 525-552.
Leis, J.M. (1986). Ecological requirements of Indo-Pacific larval fishes: a neglected zoogeographic factor. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Indo-Pacific Fishes, 759-766.
Leis, J.M. and S. Bullock (1986). The luminous cardinalfish Siphamia (Pisces, Apogonidae): development of larvae and the luminous organ. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Indo-Pacific Fishes, 703-714.
Meyer, D.L. and K.B. Meyer (1986). Biostratinomy of recent crinoids (Echinodermata) at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Palaios, 1: 294-302.
Newman, L.J. (1986). Snails with clear 'plastic' shells. Australian Shell News, 55: 1-2.
Newman, L.J. (1986). Catching snails that swim. Hawaiian Shell News, Vol. ?: 3.
Olson, R.R. (1986). Light-enhanced growth of the ascidian Didemnum molle/ Prochloron sp. symbiosis. Marine Biology, 93: 437-442.
Poore, G.C.B. and H.M. Lew Ton (1986). New species of Aenigmathura and Pseudanthra (Crustacea: Isopoda: Paranthuridae) from Eastern Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria, 47(1): 59-73.
Rowe, F.W.E, A.K. Hoggett, R.A. Birtles and L.L. Vail (1986). Revision of some comasterid general from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 86: 197-277.
Saunders, W.B. (1986). Nautilus in Australia. Australian Shell News, 56: 1-2.
Smith, G.C. and R.C. Buckley (1986). Eagle Island, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. Corella, 10(3): 81-83.


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This past week in Great Britain, in honor of their National Poetry Day, the BBC commissioned a poll to name Britain's favorite poet. And oddly enough they chose the great American writer T.S. Eliot, best known for his landmark poems The Wasteland and The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. The 1948 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Eliot was born in St. Louis, Missouri, but moved to England in his mid twenties where eventually he became a British citizen.
According to the BBC, more than 18,000 people voted online. Eliot won by a narrow margin, just ahead of John Donne, the 16th and 17th Century metaphysical poet, with Benjamin Zephaniah coming in third. Zephaniah was the only living poet on the list. Born in 1958, he is a Rastafarian dub poet who last year was included in The Times' list of Britain's top 50 post-war writers. Coming in fourth was Wilfred Owen, the First World War poet who was killed in action at the Battle of the Sambre just a week before the war ended, and rounding out the Top Five was Philip Larkin, who was also renowned as a novelist and a jazz critic.
Many in academia's hierarchy were a bit perturbed by the lack of rhyme or reason to the top ten finishers. No John Milton or W. H. Auden (maybe because he became an American citizen) or Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney or Ted Hughes or even this old guy named Shakespeare. Most of the great Romantic poets were also shut out: William Wordsworth, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Carol Ann Duffy, the current Poet Laureate of Britain, didn't make the top ten, nor did Rudyard Kipling, who back in 1995 was named Britain's favorite poet.
The rest in the exclusively male top ten include William Blake, William Butler Yeats, John Betjeman, John Keats and Dylan Thomas.
According to those carrying out the BBC poll, for several months Wilfred Owen led in the voting, most likely reflecting the concerns over the rise of UK soldiers killed in Afghanistan this past summer. But very surprisingly, in the last few weeks, Eliot and The Wasteland pulled it out in the end.
While the results of the poll demonstrated a growing interest in contemporary poetry and that classic poetry still seems to have a strange hold on reader's affections, the National Poetry Day event and Top Ten list comes on the heels of a survey conducted by the UK Literacy Association that found more than half of primary school teachers could name no more than two poets.


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As of March 19, 2020, provincial parks are closed to the public for all recreational activities until April 30, 2020.
Ontario Parks recognizes that the practice of scattering cremated remains is an important part of the religious beliefs of many families. Anyone who wishes to scatter the cremated remains of a loved one can do so in Ontario's provincial parks on both land and in water.
Who do I contact?
It is recommended that you contact the Park Superintendent in advance to arrange a suitable, accessible location within the park. Provincial parks that have a designated site are:
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Phone: 905.827.6911
As a reminder, all day-use visitors entering an Ontario provincial park must purchase a permit which allows the vehicle and its occupants to be in the park between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
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Environmental Responsibility
Ontario's provincial parks are dedicated to the people of Ontario and to visitors, for their inspiration, spiritual, education, health and recreational enjoyment – with the intention that these areas be managed to protect provincially significant natural and cultural features and preserved for future generations.
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Forget the era when Volvo was under Ford's influence. They've used some fresh capital coming from the Chinese quite cleverly, and it all comes down to this: the Concept C Coupe. Say hello to Volvo's new face.
I always go the Volvo stand at car shows. They have the best coffee, the nicest staff and the most relaxing atmosphere, which is quite refreshing on a crazy press day. But today, I also went there to see the Concept C. The car that represents the end of the world as we know it, and a further step towards Volvo becoming a proper premium brand.
It did not disappoint.
The best thing? I can see the P1800 gently massaged into its design. It's right there.
If this is what Chinese money can do to Scandinavian cars, please turn back time and try again with Saab!
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What is the Veterans History Project?
We have interviewed and recorded the stories of over 100 local veterans who served in conflicts from World War II to the Gulf War. We send the original recordings to the American Folklife Center and keep a copy at the library. Their stories are available below.
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Follow the links below to listen to local veterans' stories and interviews from World War II to the Iraq War. Some interviews also include pictures and transcripts.


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I can't find the clip online but, via Fox Insider, he actually told Huckabee this afternoon, "[T]here may be a debate […] between Romney and me." Delusional and desperate for attention: When exactly did Newt turn into Mirlande Wilson?
It's time for an intervention. We need the one person he respects above all others to go pat him on the back, congratulate him on his indefatigability, and tell him that it's time for the lion in winter to retreat to his lair. How about it, Mr. Toffler?
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich was just on the Mike Huckabee Radio show, and commented on Santorum suspending his own presidential campaign just moments ago. On the show, Gingrich discussed finally getting to be '1-on-1′ with Romney, how he will campaign going forward, and a possible debate in North Carolina with the current front-runner…
"I am not focused on going after Romney; I want to focus on the issues and Barack Obama. I will admit it was a slugging match in Florida; people who like me don't want me down in the gutter. We will see what Governor Romney decides. I am going to focus on the Republican platform and why Obama is a grave threat to this country."
"Our folks are making calls to undecideds and those for Rick [Santorum]; we have been talking to someone in North Carolina, and there may be a debate […] between Romney and me. I would like to have an open dialogue – just the two of us, a chat."
He told Hannity later this afternoon that Bubba Watson wasn't leading at the start of the last day of the Masters either, but hey. Any Newt fans want to hazard a theory of why Romney would ever, ever, ever agree to another primary debate now that his chief competitor just dropped out and he's finally free to turn his attention to Obama? Newt's now reached the check-bouncing stage of his campaign; so desperate for cash is he that the "home" link on his campaign website redirects repeatedly to the donations page. Why embarrass himself by even suggesting that Romney might agree to it?
For your evening viewing pleasure, here's Santorum's spokesman on "Hardball" today dancing around the campaign's obvious disdain for Romney. Damning-with-faint-praise exit quotation about Mitt: "He's more conservative than Barack Obama, and that's what we're all going to have to come to grips with."


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Late last month, Raiders defensive tackle Desmond Bryant was arrested and charged with criminal mischief. While inebriated, he apparently made his way to a neighbor's house and caused a commotion. In the grand scheme of things, hardly noteworthy.
And then we saw Bryant's mugshot.
So, that happened. Which directly led to this: #Dezzing. That's right. It's Tebowing's shady older brother. And, thanks to Jimmy Kimmel, everybody is doing it.
#Dezzing isn't restricted to Kimmel fans, either; famous chefs, Hollywood celebrities and sports-media folk are even getting in on it.
Top: Gordon Ramsay (left) and Stanley Tucci; Bottom: Erik Kuselias, Mike Florio, Pro Football Talk
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We know, we know. You don't think the bank will support your $175,000 "projector mortgage" request. But JVC's highest end 4K projector isn't going to buy itself.
Spewing a 10 megapixel, 4,096 x 2,400, 12 to 21-foot image onto your wall, the DLA-RS4000 LCD projector could never live up to its cost, but then again, it manages to produce a bright, 3500-lumen image while still maintaining a 10,000:1 contrast ratio (granted, those specs still might be mutually exclusive, each appearing only during optimal adjustments...but at this price, we're going to give JVC the benefit of the doubt).
So you can watch movies at 4K, assuming you can make a deal with the devil and acquire digital cinema files that hover in the resolution range (good luck, even JVC could only show us a 2K Hellboy clip). Or you could allow your 1080P Blu-rays to be unconverted. Or—and JVC actually endorses this use—you could watch four 1080P signals at once. (4K is 4x the quality of 1080P, after all).
But hey, if you have this much to spend on a home theater projector, no one is questioning your judgment. They've already deemed you crazy.
WAYNE, NJ (September 10, 2009) – JVC Visual Systems Division introduces its new DLA-RS4000 Reference Series 4K home cinema projector at CEDIA Expo, September. 10-13 at the Georgia World Conference Center in Atlanta. The system is being showcased in the JVC D-ILA Theater in the Omni Hotel North Tower throughout the duration of the CEDIA Expo. Based on the same projection engine used in advanced simulation systems, it provides the superior imagery as well as installation flexibility required by uncompromising home theater consumers. This system is ISF and THX* certified.
Three newly developed ultra high definition 4K2K D-ILA devices allow the DLA-RS4000 to deliver a 10 megapixel image with a native resolution of 4,096 x 2,400—more than four times the resolution of HD. Up to four screens with full HD or WUXGA resolution images can be displayed simultaneously .
A new optical design provides 3500 ANSI lumens from a Xenon lamp and delivers excellent color rendering. Lamp power can be adjusted in eight steps for the ideal brightness for a variety of home theater settings and screen sizes. In addition, new Wire Grid polarizers in the optical engine that minimize light leakage are combined with new liquid crystal technology and a novel liquid crystal orientation to significantly reduce off-state light, resulting in a 10,000:1 native contrast ratio.
The RSVP4 custom digital video processing unit serves as a signal switching, scaling and processing hub for virtually any video source, including Blu-ray and gaming systems, cable and satellite receivers, and DVD players. The RSVP4 has a special feature enabling certified calibration specialists to calibrate either of two custom gamut memories based on the installation's specific requirements. This enables each system to achieve an accurate color space for the source material being shown. Other features include audio delay compensation, and three separate gamma tables for customization of various image sources and viewing environments. The DLA-RS4000 is shipped complete with a JVC high quality projection zoom lens to maximize performance in almost any home theater setting.
Despite its advanced performance, the 110-pound DLA-RS4000 achieves a 65 percent reduction in size compared to conventional projectors in the same class. Generous horizontal and vertical lens shift capabilities permit flexible projector positioning, and its stackable design allows for applications such as 3D. Ethernet and RS-232C interfaces allow projector installation and adjustment from a PC-based Web browser for multiple units, plus an e-mail function can send out status messages and lamp replacement reminders.
"The DLA-RS4000 4K projector is the ultimate projector for discerning home theater enthusiasts," said Jack Faiman, vice president, Visual Systems Division, JVC U.S.A.. "Not only does it produce amazing images for movies, sports, and video games, but its smaller footprint and incredible flexibility make it the ideal premium home theater projector for custom installations. Plus, despite all its high-end features, its user-friendly interface makes it easy to sit back and enjoy the view."
The DLA-RS-4000 projector has a suggested list price of $175,000 and will be available October 2009 .


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Various Artists, This Is 40 soundtrack
This Is 40 isn't in theaters until December 21, but writer and director Judd Apatow has already been hitting the media hard shilling for his new project. Part of his standard patter has been how thrilled he was to help reunite pub-rock icon Graham Parker with his band from the '70s, The Rumour, specifically for the film. The band appears on this record, along with a bunch of other acts palatable to and memorable for people turning 40: Norah Jones, Fiona Apple, Lindsey Buckingham, and Wilco all contributed new tracks to the soundtrack, and Pauls McCartney and Simon also appear. While the soundtrack's not going to set off any cool alarms, it's pleasant enough to merit a listen or two.
Do Not Break The Seal
Green Day, ¡Tre!
Green Day's third album this year, ¡Tre! is, according to frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, "more epic" than the first two. While that sounds promising, critical reception has been less than stellar. The band's Occupy anthem ("99 Revolutions") has been lambasted as simplistic, and the band even let long-silent bassist Mike Dirnt sing lead on "Sex, Drugs & Violence." But even when the band attempts to do new things, Green Day songs are going to sound like Green Day songs, and there are already 200 Green Day songs out in the musical ether. Fans of the band should almost certainly buy future Green Day records, but even die-hards would agree that this one's kind of a throwaway.
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Big Boi, Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors
While it remains hard to reckon with, chances are pretty good at this point that Outkast isn't getting back together for a long, long time—if ever. Thus, fans must satiate themselves with solo records from the duo's members, including this pretty good new one from Big Boi, the group's less crazy half.
Bruno Mars, Unorthodox Jukebox
After his recent turn as both host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live, the world has been forced to pay a little more attention to Bruno Mars as an artist. Though he's appeared on and helmed several chart-topping hits—Travie McCoy's "Billionaire," B.o.B.'s "Nothin' On You," and his own "Just The Way You Are," to name a few—that hasn't made him a household name. Unorthodox Jukebox, his second record, aims to change all that. If first single "Locked Out Of Heaven" is any indication, things are looking up for the crooner.
The Game, Jesus Piece
While The Game's last record, 2011's The R.E.D. Album, was kind of a letdown, the rapper is convinced that Jesus Piece is going to turn things around for him, telling Complex that it will not only be the best record of his career, but also the best record of the year. (Sorry, everyone [link to ours] who made their lists already.) A concept album, Jesus Piece revolves around the conflict between religion and street life.
JK Flesh/Prurient, Worship Is The Cleansing Of The Imagination
As maybe the last new record from longstanding heavy label Hydra Head, Worship Is The Cleansing Of The Imagination isn't a bad way for the company to go out. A split LP between JK Flesh (Napalm Death's Justin Broadrick) and Prurient (Cold Cave's Dominick Fernow), Worship covers the full spectrum of electronic music, from heavy industrial thuds to light ambient tones.


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A running discussion on the Cincinnati Reds and everything else in the baseball universe.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
2010 Top Prospect List: #2 Todd Frazier, inf/of
Height 6-3, Weight 220, B/T: R/R, DOB: 2/12/1986
2009 Redlegs Baseball Prospect Ranking: #3
Todd Frazier is one of the more intriguing prospects in the Reds farm system. Oddly enough for one of the top prospects in the system and the game, he is still also something of an enigma. The Reds have yet to really lock Frazier into a position, which gives him an impressive bit of versatility, but also makes him more difficult to value. Positional value and defensive prowess are large components of prospect valuation, but it's difficult to know what to do with Frazier. Do you compare him to second basemen, third basemen, or outfielders? How does he perform defensively at each position? The sample size just isn't large enough to know.
Still, there is no denying Frazier's talent or value, regardless of the position he plays. He should play a central role for the Queen City home 9 for years to come.
Frazier spent the 2009 season splitting time between double-A Carolina and triple-A Louisville. He opened up the campaign at double-A, where he hit .290/.350/.481/.831 in 119 games and 451 ABs. He boasted a 67/42 K/BB ratio, 40 doubles, and 14 homeruns. He ripped line drives at a 24% clip, but performed poorly in the basestealing department, as he was success only 7 out of 15 times. The 14 homeruns were impressive, but the 40 doubles were really impressive and indicate additional power projection in his game. Additionally, his production was legitimate, as his BABIP was .316, which may have even been a bit unlucky in light of his very high line drive rate. His solid overall production earned him a late season promotion to triple-A.
For Louisville, Frazier posted a slash line of .302/.362/.476/.839 in 16 games and 63 ABs. He had a 12/6 K/BB ratio, 5 doubles, and 2 homeruns. Once again, he hit line drives at a stellar 22% clip and was actually more successful in the basestealing department, as he swiped 2 bases in 2 attempts. Once again, his production was legitimate, as his BABIP was reasonable at .347.
Overall, it was a very productive and successful season, as he handled the highest levels of the minors without much difficulty. His linedrive swing enables him to post high averages, should help him avoid lengthy slumps, and also helps explain his massive number of doubles. He can hit the ball with authority and effectively drive it from gap to gap.
Frazier has one of the most unorthodox swings in the system. Fortunately, it is also one of the most effective. The defining characteristic of Frazier's swing is the complete extension of his left arm before the pitch arrives. For comparison sake, below there is a photo of Frazier sandwiched between photos of two of the best right-handed hitters of the modern era.
Edgar Martinez and Albert Pujols are two of the best right-handed hitters of all-time and, not surprisingly, have swings that are very fundamentally sound. On the left, Edgar has just completed his stride and has begun to fire his hips. However, for our purposes, the important thing to look at is his left arm, which is bent at the elbow. On the right, Albert Pujols is in the middle of his stride, which is largely just picking up the front foot and placing it back down. However, as with Edgar, you can see some bend in Pujols' lead elbow. If you look at the photo in the middle, then you can see Todd Frazier in mid-stride with a completely extended lead arm. There is no bend in his lead elbow, as he is basically using an "arm bar" type swing. He's managed to reduce it a bit at the professional level, but it is still very pronounced in his swing.
In addition, his hand position is both lower and farther back than the other two. In order to counteract his different hand position, Frazier utilizes more shoulder and lower body in his swing. His swing is certainly not aesthetically pleasing, but he has the skills to make it highly productive.
Frazier starts with a shoulder-width stance and a small crouch. He holds his hands up by his right ear with the bat almost parallel to the ground. To stay loose while waiting for the pitch he utilizes a small bat waggle. His stride involves a small step forward towards the pitcher. He then breaks down his front leg by rotating up on his toe and significantly turning his knee back in towards the catcher. After the knee is drawn back, he rolls down off his toe and back down onto his foot, which helps move his knee towards the pitcher and transfer his weight to meet the pitch. So, while the plant foot stays grounded after landing from the stride, his front knee is moving significantly, first back towards the catcher and then forward towards the pitcher. It gives him a lot of unique leg action in his swing.
The leg action Frazier incorporates into his swing is done in part to work around his arm-bar and the hand position it creates. To get from his hand position into the hitting position, Frazier has to take a slightly more circuitous approach. The arm-bar makes it difficult to properly fire the swing with the hands and arms, so Frazier has to trigger the swing with lower body action and by pulling the bat with upper body rotation. As a result, Frazier has a more active lower half and more rotational action in his swing than is to be expected.
Once he does trigger the swing, his hands work effectively and enable him to consistently get the barrel of the bat on the ball. He has good hand-eye coordination and strong wrists which help him consistently square up the ball.
The obvious question on this type of swing is whether it prevents the hitter from handling the inside pitches. If the hitter's arms are already extended before contact, then it becomes much more difficult to turn on inside pitches. Good fastballs or biting breaking balls running in on the hands could potentially cause problems for this type of swing. This has been the concern with Frazier since his professional debut, but he continues to defy expectations by having little difficulty with pitches on the inner half. He obviously understands his swing and what he needs to do to make it work for him. Despite the "arm bar" and the work around swing mechanics it necessitates, Frazier continually gets himself into good hitting position in the contact zone, which is the only thing that really matters.
Here is a look at Frazier in action:
Again, comparing Frazier with Pujols (see: photos below), you can see a lot of similarities despite the differences in the early stages of their swings. In the contact zone, their lower bodies are in similar positions and they both keep their head down on the ball. In addition, their hips and shoulders have rotated similar amounts, though Frazier has opened up faster. One potential difference between the two can be seen by comparing the position of the right arm. Pujols is effectively utilizing both arms in his swing, but the position of Frazier's right arm indicates that his swing is driven more by strong shoulder rotation and pulling through with his lead arm. That's especially true on inside pitches, as his "arm bar" swing leaves him little option but to speed up the rotation of his shoulders and spin open to get the bat on the ball.
As of now, the concerns about Frazier's swing are being drastically outweighed by his non-stop production. It's undeniably unorthodox, but style always yields to substance. Frazier continues to get the job done. It's been that way since the Little League World Series all the way through to the professional level and there isn't any reason why it can't continue all the way to the majors.
This is where Frazier remains a bit of a mystery. Typically, versatility is viewed as a good thing. Here, however, it's difficult to properly value Frazier when the Reds have yet to lock him in at a position. Alternatively, the Reds have considered him for first base (37 games), second base (37 games), third base (22 games), shortstop (112 games), and leftfield (91 games). Frazier's impressive baseball acumen enables him to comfortably move all over the diamond.
Frazier has a good, accurate arm with a quick release which plays well both in the infield and the outfield. He doesn't have quick feet or first step quickness, which limits his range at shortstop. He has good speed when he gets underway, which should give him solid range in the outfield. He probably projects best at the hot corner, but Scott Rolen is there for the foreseeable future.
Obviously, the higher up the defensive spectrum he plays, the more value he brings to the table. His versatility is impressive, but it would be nice to see the Reds give him a set position. It would definitely help with his valuation, but his ability to play multiple positions will enable him to fit more seamlessly into the holes of the 25 man roster.
The most impressive part of Frazier's game is undoubtedly his feel for the game. His baseball instincts are tremendous, which is due in large part to playing the game non-stop as a kid and his upbringing in a family of ballplayers. He really understands the finer points of the game and it certainly shows in his play.
Frazier understands what needs to be done and how to do it. He doesn't have the best tools or the most impressive game mechanics, but he is one of the most impressive talents in the system. His instincts really help his tools play up a notch.
In short, Frazier is a ballplayer through and through, which is part of why he lands at #2 on the list.
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I like frazier, he is a great second base prospect but when you start moving him around, then i dont think he will hit with enough power to justify a spotReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 21, 2010 at 5:39 PM
I'm the same anonymous person who mentioned Matt Fairel, and you make a good point. But, as a baseball fan, I just want to know how does a lefty who throws 94 and puts up great numbers at a Florida State that faces decent competition fall to the 35th round anyway?ReplyDelete
I agree, that's what makes Frazier a tougher player to value. If he was able to provide league average defense at each position, then he'd be a great shortstop or second base prospect, a very good third base prospect, a good left field prospect, and a solid first base prospect.
FFrom what I've seen, he lacks the foot speed and first step quickness to be a middle infielder. I think he has the reaction and athleticism to be a good third baseman and the range to handle a corner outfield slot. He'd probably hit enough to handle 1b, but that would be a waste of value, as his glove plays at tougher positions.
Anyway, thanks for the comment!!
Well, if Fairel's fastball now touches 94, then I suspect he's gained velocity in the professional ranks.
Realistically speaking, there's no way that a polished college lefty with a 94 mph heater is going to last until round 35. Sometimes pitchers gain velocity when they join the pros and sometimes they lose it. I know Tim Hudson, currently of the Braves, is a pitcher whose velocity increased after leaving Auburn. Travis Wood is a pitcher whose velocity dropped after turning pro.
Whether it's due to physical maturation/development, the heavier workout regimen, throwing more often, or something else entirely, pitching velocity can and does fluctuate at differing points in a pitcher's career.
I found an interesting blurb by Baseball America's college baseball guru Aaron Fitt. He wrote it back in April of 2009, but I think it addresses your question. He wrote:
"Gilmartin was good, but he stood out more for his aggressiveness and toughness than his stuff. After allowing single runs in each of the first three innings, Gilmartin settled down, holding the Wolfpack scoreless over the next 3 2/3 frames. His fastball sat in the 85-87 mph range and topped out at 88, and his No. 2 pitch was a 70-73 mph curveball that got better as the game progressed. He also mixed in a few 74-76 mph changeups. He reminded me quite a bit of former FSU lefty Matt Fairel for his stuff and demeanor."
Obviously, he wouldn't have compared a pitcher like Gilmartin who uses an 85-87 mph fastball that touches 88 with a pitcher like Matt Fairel if Fairel had been touching 94 in college.
Fairel in college had a different pitching profile than he seemingly has now. If true, the Reds may have a real steal on their hands.
Anyway, thanks for the comment!
- AnonymousApril 22, 2010 at 1:06 PM
By the way Lark, I looked all over the to see what Matt Fairel's velocity was and when I referenced the 94mph fastball I referenced the only site I could find his velocity on: http://www.brewerfan.net/ViewAmateurPlayerProfile.do?playerId=604&draftId=4. The fact that Fitt compared him to Gilmartin might mean that Fairel's fastball doesn't really tough 94 (I didn't know his fastball was that much slower in college). The Brewers site was the only site I could find (I searched for a good 15 minutes) that gave an exact number on how fast his fastball really is. I assumed it was true, but how fast a minor leaguer or college player's fastball goes (see: Stephen Strasburg) is often greatly exaggerated and I wouldn't be surprised if this applied to Matt Fairel as well. So his fastball may not tough 94.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the heads-up. I remember reading that site back when I was researching Fairel. At the time, I discounted it a bit, as there was no other indication that he threw that hard. I still don't think he actually throws that hard, but I haven't seen him yet this year so I don't know where his fastball is currently sitting.
To be honest, I'd be quite pleased if it sat consistently 90-92 mph. That's real good velocity for a southpaw and should play well against more advanced hitters. I'll have to catch one of his starts in the near future to get a more definitive word on his velocity. Still, I suspect he's still sitting around 89-90 mph.
Admittedly, I'm a bit skeptical about isolated radar gun readings. I like to see multiple readings from different guns before I'm convinced. Different parks and different guns can make for a decent amount of fluctuation in the reading.
So far, we should just be happy with his strong performance in 2010, but if he actually has increased his velocity by such a significant amount then he'll be climbing up this list in 2011.
For now, I'm still skeptical. :)
Anyway, thanks for the comment!
lark how much better of a bat do you think frazier has over phillips? i think they will be similar offensively and i cant see phillips hitting well enough to play first/third/or corner outfield spotReplyDelete
To me he has to stick at 2nd or he will just be a super utility. maybe 3rd if he can play plus defense there
Well, I'd say he has the potential to be a better hitter. Obviously, Phillips is already doing it at the MLB level. Still, Phillips is a career .264 hitter with a pedestrian .312 OBP and a decent slugging percentage of .429.
Overall, Phillips is more a counting stat type player. People get impressed by his homeruns and stolenbases, but those are largely a function of his playing time. His rate stats aren't all that impressive.
Phillips would definitely be the better basestealer, but I could see Frazier hitting for a similar (if not better) batting average and power. And, he'll definitely have better on-base skills.
To me, Frazier has always screamed third baseman. I think his bat would play just fine there and his glove would be potentially above average. I've never been convinced that his quickness and lateral movement are sufficient for the middle infield.
If he does land at secondbase, then he'd probably be a Jeff Kent type. An offensive-minded second baseman with good enough instincts to become a solid defensive player.
If all the Reds get out of Frazier is a super utility player, then I'd have to think they mismanaged his development. He should be a starter at some position for this team.
Anyway, thanks for the comment!
It'll be interesting to see what the Reds do with Phillips. His production has fallen off but he still seems pretty central to this team. His salary for this year is $6M, but he jumps to $11M in 2011. So, extend him or get rid of him? What say you?ReplyDelete
I like phillips alot, people seem to dislike him because he is a bit overrated but who is going to match his production? he is a gold glove defender and above avg hitter, We would be losing a lot if he was gone.ReplyDelete
I dont think he is a cleanup hitter but is the best second baseman the reds have had in a long time and probably will be missing him alot when he is gone.
look at his 07 numbers when he was in the 2 hole. that's where he needs to be hitting, at least against lefties


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Checking In On… the NECPosted by rtmsf on December 9th, 2011
Ray Floriani is the RTC correspondent for the MAAC and NEC conferences.
Looking Back
The pre-2012 portion of the Northeast Conference schedule didn't give us a whole lot to discern, with a couple of exceptions. Defending conference champ Long Island will once again be a tough out for rival foes. Central Connecticut State appears to be a threat with more players stepping up to help standout guard Ken Horton. Robert Morris has its young talent playing well and Wagner, despite having the "luck" to open the conference season at LIU, gave the host Blackbirds all they could handle. At the start of the season, I labeled Wagner (7-2) as a dark horse for the NEC title. Now, they are getting referenced in the same sentence as "contender."
Leading Off: On December 6, Wagner defeated a talented Hofstra squad (58-43) in Staten Island, signaling another solid non-conference win for Danny Hurley and company. Meanwhile, King Rice earned win number one on the season as Monmouth nipped Navy (69-67) in Annapolis on Tuesday.
Player of the Week: Ken Horton, 6'8″ Sr. F, Central Connecticut State – Has averaged 31 points in the Blue Devils' two NEC games so far, highlighted by an impressive 32-point outburst against Bryant. Horton was dangerously effective inside (nine rebounds) and out (6 of 10 from three).
Rookie of the Week: Lucky Jones, 6'5″ Fr. G/F., Robert Morris – Jones averaged 12.0 points and 6.5 rebounds in the Colonials' two wins. Ironically, a product of New Jersey and famed high school national power St. Anthony's, Jones face off against the Garden State's two NEC schools.


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DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- The White House is open to considering talks with Iran to ensure it meets its nuclear obligations but has little tolerance for stalling, a spokesman said.
U.S. President Barack Obama said, during a debate Monday with Republican challenger Mitt Romney, there was no truth to claims in The New York Times that an agreement was made "in principle" to discuss nuclear issues directly with the Iranian government.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said Obama, since taking office in 2009, has been "open to considering bilateral talks with Iran" to ensure Iran meets its nuclear transparency obligations.
"The president made clear the window of opportunity here will not remain open forever, and he will not tolerate -- if we get to the point of negotiation with Iran -- endless negotiations or negotiations that serve merely as a stall tactic," the spokesman said.
Iran is suspected of pursuing the technology needed to manufacture a nuclear weapon, an allegation the government there denies.
Iran's state-funded broadcaster Press TV reports Tehran denied there were formal plans to speak directly with Washington. Iranian Parliamentary Speaker Ali Larijani said his government was prepared only to discuss the Afghan mission with the U.S. government directly.


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Yestyn Griffiths is a painter, but not in the classical sense. His canvas is your ears. His brush is the songs he produces. His melodies are the paint he splashes across your memory. And his lyrics are all the endless colors that polish his masterpieces. He signs his art with the moniker he is best known by — Glass Pear.Music, Reviews


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St. Anthony Village High School sophomore Joe Lynch, left, and senior Xavier Mansfield wrapped up a successful Nordic ski season.
Xavier Mansfield spent the whole high school Nordic ski season ranked No. 1 in the state by skinnyski.com. He proved the ranking committee right by bringing home the state individual championship last week.
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Senior Jake Begley is in his third season as a varsity goalie at Hill-Murray and second as the Pioneers' main netminder. He has put together some impressive statistics this year and was recognized for it last week.
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The high school competitive skiing season came to a close last week with the Alpine and Nordic state meets on back-to-back days at Giants Ridge in Biwabik. Two Review-area schools sent competitors to those meets.
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The high school competitive skiing season came to a close last week with the Alpine and Nordic state meets on back-to-back days at Giants Ridge in Biwabik. Roseville Area High School sent competitors to both events.
Tartan High School senior CeCe Boyle is set to close out her prep Nordic skiing career this week. She is headed to Biwabik on Feb. 16 to compete in the state meet.
Zach Slaviero has one last competition remaining in his prep Alpine skiing career. The Hill-Murray senior is headed to the state meet this week.
Mounds View High School's Kaarl Damberg trekked to Biwabik last week and for his effort he is headed back up there again this week.
Both high schools in District 621 will have an individual competing in the state Nordic ski racing meet this week.
Two members of the Spring Lake Park/St. Anthony Village boys Nordic ski team are headed to the state meet this week. Both skiers come from the St. Anthony Village part of that co-op.
Finishing in the top two in the team standings at the Section 4 meet wasn't in the cards for the Roseville Area High School Nordic ski teams.
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