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Captaincy is all about results: Alastair Cook
England captain admits Shane Warne's criticism enraged him, but is happy to let his record at the helm do the talking
England's Alastair Cook Tuesday played down Shane Warne's criticism of his captaincy but acknowledged that he and other top-order batsmen must improve on their summer performance in the upcoming Ashes series.
Cook said Warne's latest comments had raised his "blood pressure", but ultimately he was comfortable with a record of just one loss from 16 matches since being appointed skipper.
He was also unconcerned at being described by Warne as unimaginative and negative as team tactician as he prepared to overcome back trouble and lead England in a four-day tour game against Australia A starting in Hobart on Wednesday.
"I keep saying it, it's all about results," he told reporters. Warne on Monday spiced up the leadup to the Ashes series starting in Brisbane on November 21, when he criticised Cook's captaincy as "negative, boring, not very imaginative".
"But I think he needs to be more imaginative. If Australia play well and he continues to captain the way he does, I think England are going to lose the series," Warne said.
Cook did admit that question marks over the England top order were legitimate heading into the first Gabba Test. England were three wickets down for less than 65 on six occasions during the Ashes series in England in July-August, with pacemen Ryan Harris and Peter Siddle both striking early.
The Kookaburra red balls used in Australia are known to swing for the first 15 overs and then settle down to allow batsmen to cash in. England failed to post a total over 400 in the last series, putting the top three batsmen under pressure this time around.
"Especially with the Kookaburra ball it's a situation we can't allow to happen again," Cook said. "Sometimes in England with overhead conditions, that (early wickets) does happen.
"In Australia the bigger scores do happen and we know that is an area of major improvement we needed to do coming into the series." England can take comfort from the fact that Cook and number three batsman Jonathan Trott were the two highest run-scorers during their 3-1 triumph on the last tour Down Under in 2010-11.
Cook scored a double century in Brisbane and two big tons in Adelaide and Sydney. "Any batter knows if you walk around a ground where you have scored runs in the past it gives you a better feeling," he said.
"The difference is that I'm now responsible for the team." Cook's opening partner Joe Root is under pressure to avoid a demotion to number six in the batting order.
Root was also singled out for criticism by Warne, with the Australian leg-spin great claiming that the rookie Yorkshireman would be "crucified" if he stayed as an opener.
"I don't think Root's an opener because of his technique. Australia found him out in England and in Australian conditions they'll find him out more," Warne said.
England have the option to open with Michael Carberry and move Root back to the middle order. He struggled in all but one innings -- in which he made 180 -- in the last Ashes.
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Nested data structures bring considerable richness to the database, which is lost in a pure, flat, relational model. Nested data structures can be used to model tuple constraints in ways that are impossible to do when looking at flat data structures, at least as long as those constraints are limited to the information in a single tuple. At the same time there are cases where they simplify things and cases where they complicate things. This is true both in the case of using these for storage and for interfacing with stored procedures.
PostgreSQL allows for nested tuples to be stored in a database, and for arrays of tuples. Other ORDBMS's allow something similar (Informix, DB2, and Oracle all support nested tables).
Nested tables in PostgreSQL provide a number of gotchas, and additionally exposing the data in them to relational queries takes some extra work. In this post we will look at modelling general ledger transactions using a nested table approach, and both the benefits and limitations of this approach. In general this trades one set of problems for another and it is important to recognize the problems going in.
The storage example came out of a brainstorming session I had with Marc Balmer of Micro Systems, though it is worth noting that this is not the solution they use in their products, nor is it the approach currently used by LedgerSMB.
Basic Table Structure:
The basic data schema will end up looking like this:
CREATE TABLE journal_type (
id serial not null unique,
label text primary key
CREATE TABLE account (
id serial not null unique,
control_code text primary key, -- account number
description text
CREATE TYPE journal_line_type AS (
account_id int,
amount numeric);
CREATE TABLE journal_entry (
id serial not null unique,
journal_type int references journal_type(id),
source_document_id text,-- for example invoice number
date_posted date not null,
description text,
line_items journal_line_type[],
PRIMARY KEY (journal_type, source_document_id));
This schema has a number of obvious gotchas and cannot, by itself, guarantee the sorts of things we want to do. However, using object-relational modelling we can fix these in ways that cannot do in a purely relational schema. The main problems are:
- First, since this is a double entry model, we need a constraint that says that the sum of the amounts of the lines must always equal zero. However, if we just add a sum() aggregate, we will end up with it summing every record in the db every time we do an insert, which is not what we want. We also want to make sure that no account_id's are null and no amounts are null.
- Additionally it is not possible in the schema above to easily expose the journal line information to purely relational tools. However we can use a VIEW to do this, though this produces yet more problems.
- Finally referential integrity enforcement between the account lines and accounts cannot be done declaratively. We will have to create TRIGGERs to enforce this manually.
Nested Table Constraints
If we simply had a tuple as a column, we could look inside the tuple with check constraints. Something like check((column).subcolumn is not null). However in this case we cannot do that because we need to aggregate on a set of tuples attached to the row. To do this instead we create a set of table methods for managing the constraints:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION is_balanced(journal_entry)
SELECT sum(amount) = 0 FROM unnest($1.line_items);
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION has_no_null_account_ids(journal_entry)
SELECT bool_and(account_id is not null) FROM unnest($1.line_items);
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION has_no_null_amounts(journal_entry)
select bool_and(amount is not null) from unnest($1.line_items);
We can then create our constraints. Note that because we have to create the methods first, we have to add our constraints after the functions are defined, and these are added after the table is constructed. I have gone ahead and given these friendly names so that errors are easier for people (and machines) to process and handle.
ALTER TABLE journal_entry
ADD CONSTRAINT is_balanced
CHECK ((journal_entry).is_balanced);
ALTER TABLE journal_entry
ADD CONSTRAINT has_no_null_account_ids
CHECK ((journal_entry).has_no_null_account_ids);
ALTER TABLE journal_entry
ADD CONSTRAINT has_no_null_amounts
CHECK ((journal_entry).has_no_null_amounts);
Now we have integrity constraints reaching into our nested data.
So let's test this out.
insert into journal_type (label) values ('General');
We will re-use the account data from the previous post:
id | control_code | description
1 | 1500 | Inventory
2 | 4500 | Sales
3 | 5500 | Purchase
(3 rows)
Let's try inserting a few meaningless transactions, some of which violate our constraints:
insert into journal_entry
(journal_type, source_document_id, date_posted, description, line_items)
(1, 'ref-10001', now()::date, 'This is a test',
ARRAY[row(1, 100)::journal_line_type]);
ERROR: new row for relation "journal_entry" violates check constraint "is_balanced"
So far so good.
insert into journal_entry
(journal_type, source_document_id, date_posted, description, line_items)
(1, 'ref-10001', now()::date, 'This is a test',
ARRAY[row(1, 100)::journal_line_type,
row(null, -100)::journal_line_type]);
ERROR: new row for relation "journal_entry" violates check constraint "has_no_null_account_ids"
Still good.
insert into journal_entry
(journal_type, source_document_id, date_posted, description, line_items)
(1, 'ref-10001', now()::date, 'This is a test',
ARRAY[row(1, 100)::journal_line_type,
row(2, -100)::journal_line_type,
row(3, NULL)::journal_line_type])
ERROR: new row for relation "journal_entry" violates check constraint "has_no_null_amounts"
Great. All constraints working properly. Let's try inserting a valid row:
insert into journal_entry
(journal_type, source_document_id, date_posted, description, line_items)
(1, 'ref-10001', now()::date, 'This is a test',
ARRAY[row(1, 100)::journal_line_type,
row(2, -100)::journal_line_type]);
(journal_type, source_document_id, date_posted, description, line_items)
(1, 'ref-10001', now()::date, 'This is a test',
ARRAY[row(1, 100)::journal_line_type,
row(2, -100)::journal_line_type]);
And it works!
or_examples=# select * from journal_entry;
id | journal_type | source_document_id | date_posted | description | li
5 | 1 | ref-10001 | 2012-08-23 | This is a test | {"(1,100
(1 row)
id | journal_type | source_document_id | date_posted | description | li
5 | 1 | ref-10001 | 2012-08-23 | This is a test | {"(1,100
(1 row)
Break-Out Views
A second major problem that we will be facing with this schema is that if someone wants to create a report using a reporting tool that only really supports relational data very well, then the financial data will be opaque and not available. This scenario is one of the reasons why I think it is important generally to push the relational model to its breaking point before looking at object-relational functions. Consequently I think when doing nested tables it is important to ensure that the data in them is available through a relational interface, in this case, a view.
In this case, we may want to model debits and credits in a way which is re-usable, so we will start by creating two type methods:
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION debits(journal_line_type)
$$ SELECT CASE WHEN $1.amount < 0 THEN $1.amount * -1
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION credits(journal_line_type)
$$ SELECT CASE WHEN $1.amount > 0 THEN $1.amount
Now we can use these as virtual columns anywhere a journal_line_type is used.
The view definition itself is rather convoluted and this may impact performance. I am waiting for the LATERAL construct to become available which will make this easier.
CREATE VIEW journal_line_items AS
SELECT id AS journal_entry_id, (li).*, (li).debits, (li).creditsFROM (SELECT je.*, unnest(line_items) li
FROM journal_entry je) j;
Testing this out:
SELECT * FROM journal_line_items;
gives us
journal_entry_id | account_id | amount | debits | credits
5 | 1 | 100 | | 100
5 | 2 | -100 | 100 |
6 | 1 | 200 | | 200
6 | 3 | -200 | 200 |
5 | 1 | 100 | | 100
5 | 2 | -100 | 100 |
6 | 1 | 200 | | 200
6 | 3 | -200 | 200 |
As you can see, this works. Now people with purely relational tools can access the information in the nested table.
In general it is almost always worth creating break-out views of this sort where nested data is stored.
Referential Integrity Controls
The final problem is that relational integrity is not a well defined concept for nested data. For this reason, if we value relational integrity and foreign keys are involved, we must find ways of enforcing these.
The simplest solution is a trigger which runs on insert, update, or delete, and manages another relation which can be used as a proxy for relational integrity checks.
For example, we could:
CREATE TABLE je_account (
je_id int references journal_entry (id),
account_id int references account(id),
primary key (je_id, account_id)
This will be a very narrow table and so should be quick to search. It may also be useful in determining which accounts to look at for transactions if we need to do that. This table could then be used to optimize queries.
To maintain the table we need to recognize that never ever will a journal entry's line items be updated or deleted. This is due to the need to maintain clear audit controls and trails. We may add other flags to the table to indicate transactions but we can handle insert, update, and delete conditions with a trigger, namely:
CREATE FUNCTION je_ri_management()
DECLARE accounts int[];
INSERT INTO je_account (je_id, account_id)
SELECT NEW.id, account_id
FROM unnest(NEW.line_items)
GROUP BY account_id;
IF NEW.line_items <> OLD.line_items THEN
RAISE EXCEPTION 'Cannot journal entry line items!';
RAISE EXCEPTION 'Cannot delete journal entries!';
RAISE EXCEPTION 'Invalid TG_OP in trigger';
Then we add the trigger with:
CREATE TRIGGER je_breakout_for_ri
ON journal_entry
FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE je_ri_management();
The final invalid TG_OP could be omitted but this is not a bad check to have.
Let's try this out:
insert into journal_entry
(journal_type, source_document_id, date_posted, description, line_items)
(1, 'ref-10003', now()::date, 'This is a test',
ARRAY[row(1, 200)::journal_line_type,
row(3, -200)::journal_line_type]);
or_examples=# select * from je_account;
je_id | account_id
10 | 3
10 | 1
(2 rows)
In this way referential integrity can be enforced.
Solution 2.0: Refactoring the above to eliminate the view.
The above solution will work great for small businesses but for larger businesses, querying this data will become slow for certain kinds of reports. Storage here is tied to a specific criteria, and indexing is somewhat problematic. There are ways we can address this, but they are not always optimal. At the same time our work is simplified because the actual accounting details are append-only.
One solution to this is to refactor the above solution. Instead of:
- Main table
- Relational view
- Materialized view for referential integrity checking
- Main table, with tweaked storage for line items
- Materialized view for RI checking and relational access
The solution is to rename the type, create a new one in its place. This must be done manually and there is no current capability to copy a composite type's structure into a table. You will then need to create a cast and a cast function. Then, when you can afford the downtime, you will want to convert the table to the new type. It is quite possible that the downtime will be delayed and you will have an extended time period where you are half-way through migrating the structure of your database. You can, however, decide to create a cast between the table and the type, perhaps an implicit one (though this is not inherited) and use this to centralize your logic. Unfortunately this leads to duplication-related complexity and in an ideal world would be avoided.
However, assuming that the downtime ends up being tolerable, the resulting structures will end up such that they can be more readily optimized for a variety of workloads. In this regard you would have a main table, most likely with line_items moved to extended storage, whose function is to model journal entries as journal entries and apply relevant constraints, and a second table which models journal entry lines as independent lines. This also simplifies some of the constraint issues on the first table, and makes the modelling easier because we only have to look into the nested storage where we are looking at subset constraints.
This section then provides a warning regarding the use of advanced ORDBMS functionality, namely that it is easy to get tunnel vision and create problems for the future. The complexity cost here is so high, that the primary model should generally remain relational, with things like nested storage primarily used to create constraints that cannot be effectively modelled otherwise. However, this becomes a great deal more complicated where values may be update or deleted. Here, however, we have a relatively simple case regarding data writes combined with complex constraints that cannot be effectively expressed in normalized, relational SQL. Therefore the standard maintenance concerns that counsel against duplicating information may give way to the fact that such duplication allows for richer constraints.
Now, if we had been aware of the problems going in we would have chosen this structure all along. Our design would have been:
CREATE TYPE journal_line AS (
entry_id bigserial primary key, --only possible key
je_id int not null,
entry_id bigserial primary key, --only possible key
je_id int not null,
account_id int,
amount numeric);
After creating the journal entry table we'd:
ALTER TABLE journal_line ADD FOREIGN KEY (je_id) REFERENCES journal_entry(id);
If we have to handle purging old data we can make that key ON DELETE CASCADE.
And the lines would have been of this type instead. We can then get rid of all constraints and their supporting functions other than the is_balanced one. Our debit and credit functions then also reference this type. Our trigger then looks like:
CREATE FUNCTION je_ri_management()
DECLARE accounts int[];
INSERT INTO journal_line (je_id, account_id, amount)
SELECT NEW.id, account_id, amount
FROM unnest(NEW.line_items);
RAISE EXCEPTION 'Cannot journal entry line items!';
RAISE EXCEPTION 'Cannot delete journal entries!';
RAISE EXCEPTION 'Invalid TG_OP in trigger';
Approval workflows can be handled with a separate status table with its own constraints. Deletions of old information (up to a specific snapshot) can be handled by a stored procedure which is unit tested and disables this trigger before purging data. This system has the advantage of having several small components which are all complete and easily understood, and it is made possible because the data is exclusively append-only.
As you can see from the above examples, nested data structures greatly complicate the data model and create problems with relational math that must be addressed if data logic will remain meaningful. This is a complex field, and it adds a lot of complexity to storage. In general, these are best avoided in actual data storage except where this approach makes formerly insurmountable problems manageable. Moreover, they add complexity to optimization once data gets large. Thus while non-atomic fields in this regard make sense as an initial point of entry in some narrow cases, as a point of actual query, they are very rarely the right approaches. It is possible that, at some point, nested storage will be able to have its own indexes, foreign keys, etc. but I cannot imagine this being a high priority and so it isn't clear that this will ever happen. In general, it usually makes the most sense to simply store the data in a pseudo-normalized way, with any non-1NF designs being the initial point of entry in a linear write model.
Nested Data Structures as Interfaces
Nested data structures as interfaces to stored procedures are a little more manageable. The main difficulties are in application-side data construction and output parsing. Some languages handle this more easily than others.
Upper-level construction and handling of these structures is relatively straight-forward on the database-side and poses none of these problems. However, they do cause additional complexity and this must be managed carefully.
The biggest issue when interfacing with an application is that ROW types are not usually automatically constructed by application-level frameworks even if they have arrays. This leaves the programmer to choose between unstructured text arrays which are fundamentally non-discoverable (and thus brittle), and arrays of tuples which are discoverable but require a lot of additional application code to handle. At the same time as a chicken and egg problem, frameworks will not add handling for this sort of problem unless people are already trying to do it.
So my general recommendation is to use nested data types everywhere in the database sparingly, only where the benefits clearly outweigh the complexity costs.
Complexity costs are certainly lower in the interface level and there are many more cases where it these techniques are net wins there, but that does not mean that they should be routinely used even there.


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A photo of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor with his arm around Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg may have cost Cantor the Republican primary, according to reports.
Just two weeks before the primary, Cantor's Tea Party opponent Dave Brat (and now winner of the primary race) released an ad showing the photo with the following, "There are 20 million Americans who can't find a full-time job. But Eric Cantor wants to give corporations another 20 million foreign workers to hire instead," according to Salon.com.
Zuckerberg, who has been lobbying Congress for immigration reform, was an easy target to find, and one that would resonate with the tougher immigration law rhetoric spouted by right-wingers. It was apparently a winner. From the comments at the Tea Party site:
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Zuckerberg is a phony sell out who only wants cheap labor.The kind of money these people have can negate millions of your votes and buy Washington. This is no longer a democracy-its a money game, and these people know it.Zuckerberg is an idiot and a betrayer to all us LEGAL BORN AND LEGAL IMMIGRANTS!
The interesting part of the piece is that the 2011 photo was cropped, so it didn't show other Republicans like Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, Calif., and presidential hopeful Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Janesville, Wis., as well as Facebook chief operations officer Sheryl Sandberg and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen. The photo also predated Zuckerberg's immigration reform and his lobbying group FWD.us., so Cantor's fraternizing wasn't even about immigration at all.
But to voters who may have seen the photograph, they saw Cantor as kowtowing to the liberal tech elite and selling out conservatives by appearing to favor immigration reform. What's interesting to us is that now Zuckerberg is seen as a liberal leader able to kill campaigns in a single meeting.


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Developers withdraw plan for resort on Mexico's Holbox island off Yucatan peninsula
MEXICO CITY — Developers have withdrawn a proposed plan to build a resort complex on Mexico's Holbox island, a low-key ecotourism site known for its flocks of flamingos.
The head of the Environment Department's office on the Caribbean coast says developers voluntarily withdrew a plan they submitted several years ago.
Raul Gonzalez said Monday the department officially closed its file on the application to build three hotels and 872 residential units on Holbox.
Gonzalez said the developers gave no reason for the decision.
Holbox is located near the northern tip of the Yucatan peninsula. Developers had planned to dredge its shallow lagoon for a boat channel to provide access to the resort.
Earlier this year, another group of developers withdrew plans for a massive resort near the Cabo Pulmo reef off Baja California.


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Machinimas are videos made on any video game that feature an out of game mission or any other kind of story. In this case, it is "GTA 4 machinimas" that are being discussed.
Machinimas on GTA 4 are very common and there is even a channelthat makes a very large number of them. The videos are mostly made on PC with Video Editor because it allows for great footage, but can be made on the Xbox 360 and PS3, just without awesome camera angles. Most machinimas are made to show gritty, urban action mostly shown in Martin Scorsese, some show mods, funny twists, and just normal gameplay. The most common kinds show bank robberies or other kinds of robberies and end with a funny twist such as in video. Using mods, videos can be made to include story mode characters such as Packie in the aforementioned video as the protagonist and a random pedestrian as the protagonist in "The Bad Assasin". Mods also can set characters to chase other characters, set gangs to appear, or even snow to appear.


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Enrique Iglesias has six Latin Billboards nominations this year, including for best male artist – where he is up against his buddy Pitbull.
"I think Pitbull deserves all the awards this year," Iglesias said in an interview Wednesday night with NBC 6, as artists are in town counting down to Thursday's Billboard Latin Music Awards in Coral Gables.
It has been a pivotal year for Pitbull, who has collaborated with the top Latin American artists in the world like Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony and Iglesias himself.
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He has blown up with his album "Euphoria" and toured the country – and he and Lopez recently announced a world tour together.
"Both of us spoke about it and we thought, great idea," Iglesias said. They'll hit the road this summer.


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Domino's, which has been bringing pizzas to doorsteps for more than half a century, will now deliver to the great outdoors.
The pizza chain said Monday its drivers can meet customers at U.S. beaches, parks and landmarks to hand over pizza, cheesy bread and other food.
Among the 150,000 outdoor locations: Under the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, or by the Las Vegas welcome sign. The locations show up in the company's app or website as "Domino's Hotspots."
Delivery is a key part of the company's business, and it's pushed to make it easy to order through tweets or texts. Competition has grown from other fast-food chains trying to catch up.
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What is the power draw of the seat warmers on the 2016 Nissan Leaf? A previous post ( http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?t=10617 ) guessed 60W or below based on other cars, but I have the impression mine is using a lot more. Based on casual observation during my daily 200km commute, the high setting seems to consume an extra bar per hour, which would put the power draw over a kilowatt!
I've started keeping more careful data, and I admit it's hard to distinguish against the effects of wind, temperature, and charge history. But does anyone have more reliable information on this? What's the efficiency of the 360V-12V DC-DC conversion?


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Cooperstown: Sparky Anderson And Pete Rose Speak
In what both men indicated was their first conversation in roughly two decades, Sparky Anderson, manager of the Cincinnati "Big Red Machine" of the 1970's, and Pete Rose, his most public and most star-crossed player, visited together briefly in Cooperstown on the eve of baseball's Annual Hall of Fame Inductions.
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It is long overdue the recognition of Pete Rose. Personally and don't have sympaty for him as a person because I find him to arrogant. But as a Baseball player I think, and I'm sure, to me ,he is the best baseball player of all times; bigger than Babe Ruth, Lou Ghery, Willie Mays, Mikey Mantle and much much others. Mr. Giamatti the commisioner banning Pete Rose made big mistake and Mayor League Baseball continue making mistakes naming commissioners people don't know nothing about baseball and never was a player, coach, manager, umnpire owner or any other position. The best example IS THE ACTUAL COMMISIONER MAKING MILLIONS EVERY YEAR and allowing politicians putting their noses in sports. If the politician can,t solve their problems why we need their opinions or decisions in sports. Bur well, I hope Pete Rose will be in the Hall very soon, otherwise at least for me that will be an absolete institution and better close doors.
Obermann is the first and hopefully not the last. Showing America what is truth.
If Pete Rose is reinstated by Bud Selig, which he must be in order to be eligible, he would be subject to the voting criteria set-up by the Baseball Writers of America which state: Voting shall be based on player's record, ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character and contribution to team. Does Pete Rose meet all those criteria? What to you think? I think not.
. . . . But just as I turned on the ignition, I heard Ken the dispatcher's plaint over the two-way radio: "Please," he begged, "Please, I need a cab in the vicinity of Fenway Park right now." I was going to ignore him since I figured the walk-up I'd get in 30 seconds would be easier, but I also know that when you do the boss a favor, when you need a favor you're more likely to get it. "I NEED a cab around Fenway NOW," he sobbed.
"I'm on the cab stand at Fenway," I radioed back.
"Jack!" he snapped, "Where have you been? I've been calling for five minutes!"
"Well, I was at the game and just this second started the cab," I sheepishly excused.
"Oh. Yeah. Well," he sighed in relief, tactfully ignoring the fact that I had just admitted I had abandoned my cab unattended for three hours. "Can you get to the Fenway Motel [now the Howard Johnson Boston Fenway Park] pronto?"
I looked over my shoulder and saw I could back up through empty parking spaces to Jersey Street [now Yawkey Way] without making a U-turn into the Brookline Ave gridlock and reported "Yup. A block down Jersey Street, through the back parking lot, I'm there. Two minutes."
"Swing around to the front entrance and pick up three men and let me know when you got 'em," he ordered. . . .
Of all the rules in baseball, gambling is one of the biggest no-no's. You simply cannot bet on games. History has taught us that the consequences of doing so are huge.
"I would rather beat the Yankees regularly than pitch a no-hit game." Bob Feller
I'd like to see Pete Rose go to the Hall of Fame despite the gambling issues, he did more good than bad. It's fun to see Jim Rice and Rickey Henderson go the Hall of Fame this year, Rice's selection is overdue, in my opinion, and Henderson's well deserving of his selection, with the history of his stolen bases.
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I'm ready to, if not forgive, at least overlook Pete's gambling and lying and reinstate his eligibility for the Hall of Fame. I'd like to see him in the HOF – good grief, just look at his record, it is truly amazing! It is a baseball HOF, not Santa's list of who's been good or nice. In this day and age of (alleged) performance enhancing drug use, betting on one's team, and even lying about it, doesn't seem so bad.
Congrats to Rickey, heck of a ball player.
Thanks, Keith, for your posts about some of the parts of Cooperstown not normally seen by us regular folks.
Why are all baseball people (mainly commishioners) so unwilling to overturn Giamatti's ruling because he is dead? There are much worse PEOPLE in the Hall of Fame. Last I checked its a Baseball Hall of Fame where admission is based on quality of play and benchmark stastics. For crying out loud Ty Cobb was one the WORST PEOPLE ever to play the game. He admitted to murdering a man and was the epitome of a biggot. His talent was undenyable and if he has a place in the hall then why not Rose? Tris Speaker and Rogers Horsby were members of the KKK. Both of them are in. See where I'm going with this? Rose deserves to have a bust among the all time greats. Plain and simple. Congrats to Rickey and Jim Rice (LOOOONG OVERDUE). Rickey = Top 10 All Time Baseball Player and if you don't believe me just ask him 😉
I NEVER thought I'd agree with you on anything. I'll kindly say that we'll agree to disagree from a political view – understatement.
Still, as a long-suffering – and disappointed – Pete Rose fan, this story is special. I would LOVE to see Mr. Rose allowed back into MLB, and have the chance to be inducted in the HOF. Still, I NEVER want to see Charlie Hustle/The Hit King with a chance to manage a ballteam again – he destroyed that trust. Sorry, Pete…
I still guess that Mr. Rose, if allowed, might be inducted in the Baseball HOF when he has one foot in the grave, or Posthumously. There is NO way that the keepers of MLB's flame want Mr. Rose to be around to profit or enjoy his HOF status very long. Still, with Pete Rose dead or near dying, MLB can come across as compassionate, caring, and they remain faithful to the God-like homage they paid long ago to the late MLB Commissioner Giamatti.
Unfortunately, Pete Rose gave MLB all the ammo they needed more than 20 years ago.
As stated in a few of the previous comments above, the rules do state voting should be based on character and integrity. This should be the main argument over the fact Pete Rose SHOULD be in the Hall of Fame. Read the real argument:
Thanks Keith……I miss the days when Baseball players had the spirit of the game rushing through their veins……They would have played for nothing. (and often times did!)
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What's On Your NYC Bucket List?
My normal dining MO is a steady mix of convenient-and-cheap East Village spots with the occasional foray into whatever new restaurant piques my fancy. I don't tend to think about it too hard—there's always more time to finally make it to Annisa or check out the beef tongue at Perla.
But after 8 years of eating well in New York, the moment has come. My husband got an awesome job out West and I'm joining him—Serious Eats: Drinks will continue to be national, but its headquarters will be in San Francisco starting in a few weeks. I'm pumped to have access to West coast breweries and distilleries, wineries, restaurants, and farms. And exploring California, and spending more time in my home state of Oregon are thrilling prospects. But I'm heartbroken to leave Manhattan—particularly the restaurants.
Hence this NYC bucket list: my plans for the places where I'd really, really love to eat before leaving town. Some picks are based on pure deliciousness, some on nostalgia. Here's my list...what would you add?
Breakfast and Brunch
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My single favorite brunch dish in Manhattan is the soft scrambled eggs with sable and roe at The Dutch. The eggs are rich and tender, easy to spread on a toasted bagel with salty roe and silky sable. It's a dish you can hardly bring yourself to share—but you should, so you have room for the pastry board and some pie. I do like a brunch that ends with pie.
I'm mindful that my move to San Francisco may leave me bagel-bereft, so a few visits to Russ & Daughters are high on my bucket list. I'm torn between scoring roe and blinis for a goodbye-NY Champagne toast, or hosting brunch with the full Nova assortment before we bid our apartment farwell. A friend promised she'd send me care packages from Russ & Daughters once I've moved, but I should get my fill before heading out.
If I have time, I'd love to hit brunch at Minetta Tavern, too, just because I never have. And for its only-in-NY quality, a visit to Shopsin's seems essential. Sliders? Mac and cheese pancakes? A little of everything, I think.
Pizza, Pizza, and More Pizza
Motorino's pizza is divine right out of the oven, but what's shocking is that it holds up surprisingly well to delivery, and a pizza tends to arrive at my East Village apartment within 25 minutes of ordering (and sometimes faster.) I'll be taking advantage of that frequently in the coming weeks (nothing makes packing up an apartment more pleasant than delicious pizza). I have trouble choosing between the clam pie and the classic Margherita.
Pizza is a priority in our remaining time. We'll have to make one last visit to John's of Bleecker, have a group gathering at Paulie Gee's, and score convenient slices at South Brooklyn Pizza down the block. My husband has eaten a slice of pizza almost every day for lunch since we moved into our current apartment; he's going to miss them something fierce.
The High End
If I'm going to have just one or two more fancy nights on the town, I'm torn about where to visit. Marea is one of my favorite restaurants in the city, whether you go all out on crudo and pasta or stick with a refreshing assortment of oysters (served in a marble bowl that looks like it's made of ice.) I'm putting it on the list. And since I've been dying to check out The NoMad since a few of my coworkers went, I'll be eating there, too.
For Sentimental Reasons
The spots I'm saddest to leave are the restaurants where I've had the best nights out, the best dates, the best times with friends. Before we go, I'll head to Frankies Spuntino—my husband and I went to the Clinton St. location the night we got engaged. We'll hit the Brooklyn or West Village branch for one more cavatelli for the road.
What else? I'll need one more buttery farro risotto from Perilla, one more perfect milk-oozing ball of mozzarella from Di Palo's, and at least one more bittersweet night of cocktails at Ward III.
New York, you've fed me well. I'll come back for another bite soon.
About the Author: Maggie Hoffman is the editor of Serious Eats: Drinks. You can follow her on Twitter @maggiejane.
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If Richard Hatch wins big on "Celebrity Apprentice," he might be better off giving the money back.
It's been less than a week since his return to reality television, and the infamous winner of the first season of "Survivor," 49, is going back to prison for tax evasion. He had already served a sentence of more than three years for failing to pay taxes on his $1 million prize money in 2001. He was released in 2009, but ignoring his orders to re-file and pay what he owed ten years ago has earned him another nine months.
One of the core principles of economics is that people act rationally. We're guessing Donald Trump isn't too impressed. US District Court Judge William Smith certainly wasn't.
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"It needs to be a severe punishment," Smith told Hatch at his sentencing on Friday, according to People. "That's the only thing that will deter you in the future."
Shooting has already completed on "Celebrity Apprentice," so Hatch will still appear on the show. He is currently appealing the amount of back taxes he owes to the IRS -- a number Entertainment Weekly puts at around $2 million.
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Lake County Sheriff's Office detectives took a woman into custody after finding signs of continued abuse and neglect of a baby.
Lynsey Overton, 26, was arrested Friday evening after the infant girl she was caring for had serious injuries. The arrest report indicate the baby was unresponsive after Overton allegedly shook the child, struck her in the eye and yelled at her.
A relative came to the home near Leesburg and found the child had a swollen eye, scratches on her face, was shaking and acting abnormally.
Medical staff at the hospital found the child had injuries both old and new, including blood clots on the brain, fluid on the brain, a broken femur and leg injuries.
Overton initially tried to blame her live-in boyfriend for the infant's injuries, but later admitted the rough treatment of the girl.
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Described as an action/horror/sci-fi tale about a team of explorers who discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe where they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race, Prometheus, from director Ridley Scott and screenwriter Damon Lindelof made an appearance at WonderCon 2012. Following their presentation, those two talented and imaginative men were joined by in-demand actor Michael Fassbender to talk with the press about the mysterious and highly-anticipated film.
During the interview, Ridley Scott and Damon Lindelof, talked about how the technological advancements since Alien have effected Prometheus, how much thought was put into the technology in the film, the importance of focusing on just making a good movie, the score of the film, their approach for what the android would be capable of, and the bigger ideas that could lead to a sequel, while Michael Fassbender talked about what it's like to play an android. Check out what they had to say after the jump:
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Question: It's been awhile since the first Alien film came out, and there have been so many advances in technology. Was that a problem, in terms of writing this, or was that advancement a positive point?
RIDLEY SCOTT: It's easier to carry it out, but it's still as difficult to write something. In fact, it's getting more difficult because there are almost too many movies being made.
DAMON LINDELOF: Yeah, and I think that it would have been really difficult to do a straight-up Alien sequel or Alien prequel because you're beholden to so many of the things that came before it. To be able to shed that stuff [made it easier]. This was Ridley's idea. From the screenwriting standpoint, for me, it was really just all about getting a clear sense of what was the movie that he wanted to make. It's Ridley Scott. The movie is his vision, so I did my best to channel it. We had almost no conversations about any other movies, other then this one, which might have been hubris or it might have been freeing, but it felt good, maybe just because we were drunk.
How much thought was put into the technology that's in the film, especially with audience expectations being so much greater?
SCOTT: You think about everything, down to the shoe laces. We even had a big argument about the globular helmets. I was certain that I wanted the fully spherical glass helmet. In fact, in my research, I read this biography on Steve Jobs' life and he talks about how he wanted to make his entire office of this glass, which is called Gorilla Glass, and this guy said, "We don't make it anymore." So, Steve Jobs actually then re-opened up the factory and started remaking Gorilla Glass. If I'm in 2083 and I'm going into space, why would I design a helmet that has blind spots. What I want is something where I have 360 [vision]. Glass, by then, will be light and you won't be able to break it with a bullet.
How did you approach the android and what he would be capable of?
SCOTT: What was important was the story. There's nothing new about an android. There's nothing new about a robot. That idea is 800 years old. So then, embrace what it is. By embracing it, he becomes that much more interesting because he's just part of the ship. In a sense, he's not just butler, but he's housekeeper and maintenance man, who legitimately does not need to sleep. From that, then he also becomes extremely useful during the story, as it evolves. There's a great scene where Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green) is actually a bit of a bitch, occasionally, says, "Hey, you, boy!," to him. I thought that was real cheeky. And then, he says, "Why are you wearing one of those suits? You don't have to breathe." It ends up with David (Michael Fassbender) saying, "Not too close, I hope," referring to being told, "We're making you guys just like us." You don't know who's insulting who there. That's when those turn-abouts starts to occur.
What is the mix of genres in this film? How much horror does it offer versus science fiction?
SCOTT: The bottom line is just to make a good movie. Just make a fucking good movie. It's got nothing to do with horror or whatever. That's why there's only a few really, really great ones. Thereafter, there are only evolutions of copycats. There are two great horror movies that I never got over. One was called The Texas Chainsaw Massacre by Tobe Hooper. I knew I didn't really want to go see that movie, just by seeing the fucking poster. But, eventually I had to, as research for Alien. The other great one, with a single idea, was the first Exorcist. Possession of the body by a demon was marvelous. Since then, there have been 900,000 clones of those ideas.
MICHAEL FASSBENDER: I could never swim in the ocean after seeing Jaws.
SCOTT: We're trying to come up with a few first notions with Prometheus, and I think we did.
LINDELOF: In this day and age, when you're trying to market a movie and you say, "It's a romance. It's a comedy." Neither of those are inherent in Prometheus, although there are funny scenes and romantic scenes. I think there's a lot of action adventure elements to this movie, in terms of looking at it, in comparison to the original Alien. But, the fact that we can't really put it in that box of, "It's a this," is refreshing. I think that there's a quiet suspense to the movie. It really takes its time. If you have a master filmmaker who's working with incredibly talented actors, you just have to say, "We're going to be patient. We do not need to have things exploding, every 10 minutes." It's a little bit of an old school approach to filmmaking, in that it trusts the audience to have a little bit of patience. Just as someone who is a fan of these kinds of movies, I've been astonished by the patience of the fan base, in terms of how little we're telling them about the movie. We're doing this dance together, as filmmakers, where people want to know more about it, but we say to them, "Do you really want to know?," and they go, "No, no, no, we don't. We actually just want to go into the theater, not knowing if there's a bomb under the table or not, or when it's going to go off." Ridley has always had a tremendous amount of faith in the audience's intelligence. He directs and tells stories in a way that you come up to them, as opposed to them talking down to you. I feel like Prometheus is a proud member of that thing he does so well.
Michael, how did you approach playing an android with no emotion?
FASSBENDER: You want to play with as many of those human traits as possible. You're essentially trying to build a computer that has a physicality to it, that can respond and understand human behavior. It's programmed to be able to incorporate itself within a human environment. You're going into space, so you've got to get certain personalities that will get on in space. He has to be very flexible. So, what happens when you program that and the program then starts making its own connections and joins up to its own electrical linking to other areas and forming its own ego, insecurities, jealousy and envy? I don't really think too much about things. I just try to explore what's happening within the scene, moment to moment. What I thought was very interesting was that you have this guy who was on his own for two and a half years while everyone else was in cryostasis, so what did he do to amuse himself? The idea that there is something of a little boy there, and that he has to rely on his imagination to keep himself occupied, imagination is a very human trait. The fact that he's curious, how far will that curiosity go? The way that Damon [Lindelof] wrote it, people treat him as a robot and there's a bit of contempt towards him because he has all the answers. He's hyper-intelligent. His physicality is more advanced than human beings. So, people don't really embrace him. He's sort of used and abused. How does that make him feel, if robots can feel? I didn't want to make a direct, definite choice. I played with the ambiguity. Is this robot starting to develop human personality?
LINDELOF: I remember a conversation that Ridley and I had, fairly early on, about David. There was this idea that David is mass-produced. There are 20,000 other David units out there, who look exactly like Michael Fassbender. What a wonderful world that would be, wouldn't it? It's the idea that we all have our iPhones, yet we put different cases on them and different apps on them. This David, once you take him out of the wrapping, would begin to customize himself. He could change his hairstyle. He could change the way that he speaks. He could have different applications, based on what this unit is designed to do. That's where I felt like, as soon as we cast Michael, that's the killer app, right there. It's pretty cool.
Alien had such a ground-breaking score from Jerry Goldsmith, that influenced a lot of films after it. Can you talk about the score for Prometheus?
SCOTT: Jerry Goldsmith has been around for awhile. I still think that was probably one of his best scores. The score is always a challenge. Every element you put into it, you always try to find something else. Before it's done, it's not written. Everything is abstract. It doesn't really matter how good or bad the words in the screenplay are. Once you've got that hundred and some pages, you've got something to talk about. It's the same with the music. You can get a lot of pretty good demos now, where you get the physical keyboard demonstration. It's not a real choir or a real cello, but it's digitalized. You don't really know what you're going to get until you're actually in Abbey Road. That's where I did all the music, in The Beatles' place. You start to hear it then, and then you start putting it onto the film. Everything is trial and error. You're always looking to find something more. That's what's interesting about filming, certainly for me. It's always about, "Yes, but . . ." But, you have to always try to keep reins on it and keep yourself within the parameters that you create, early on. A three act play is a drama box. Create your ground rules and stay within that, and the chances are that you've got a good play. As soon as anything goes, it doesn't work. It's bullshit. Some writers work on the script with a board with every scene laid out, so they're literally moving things around like chess pieces. Some people just start at the beginning and go through to the end, and then read it and go, "Christ, that does work," or "That does work," or "I have to do that and that." Everything is always on the move.
Since you're leaving this film open with these bigger ideas that could lead to another film, would you take that film closer to the Alien franchise, or would it be its own different storyline?
LINDELOF: I think that's actually a really insightful question. This word "prequel" was on the table. It was the elephant in the room and had to be discussed. When I had first heard that Ridley was going to direct an Alien prequel, and then six months later my phone rang and the voice on the other end said, "Are you available to talk to Ridley Scott?," and then I crashed into a telephone pole, I answered the call and Ridley was like, "Hey, man, I'm going to send you a script tonight." And, he doesn't know he's Ridley Scott. So, I read this thing and we had a meeting, and he was already very clearly saying, "I want to come back to this genre. I want to do sci-fi again. I feel like this movie is just a little bit too close to Alien. I've done this stuff before. But, there are big ideas in it that are unique, in and of themselves. Is there a way to do that?" I said, "I think that that's what we have to do." If there were a sequel to this movie, it would not be Alien. Normally, that's the definition of a prequel. It precedes the other movies. The Star Wars prequels are going to end with Darth Vader going, "Noooo!," unfortunately. There's an inevitability, in watching a prequel, where you're like, "Okay, if the ending of this movie is just going to be the room that John Hurt walks into, that's full of eggs, there's nothing interesting in that because we know where it's going to end. With really good stories, you don't know where it's going to end. So, this movie, hopefully, will contextualize the original Alien, so that when you watch it again, maybe you know a little bit more. But, you don't fuck around with that movie. It has to stand on its own. It's a classic. If we're fortunate enough to do a sequel to Prometheus, it will tangentialize even further away from the original Alien. When you go to the concert that is this movie, you want the Stones to play "Satisfaction." There is this sense of us saying, "We want you to do something new, Ridley, but just give us a little bit of space jockey. Just play it! Even in the encore." And, I think Ridley has given us the movie that I think we all want to see.
Damon, going from working on a very large canvas where you could explore your ideas, on Lost, what was it like to pare it down to something more streamlined?
LINDELOF: A huge relief. Obviously, with Lost, it was six years of my life. Between Carlton [Cuse] and I, we were at the wheel of the car. The idea of telling a story over 121 hours of time just felt so unwieldy. I went away for a month after Lost ended, and then the first project that I committed the next year of my life to, exclusively, was Prometheus. So, the idea of saying, "Yes, it's just going to fit within the confines of 120 pages," was a relief. That's the story, but you keep going over that same story again. And then, there was also the huge relief of whatever story is out there about me saying, "This is what you should do, Ridley," it's, in fact, the opposite. It's Ridley. I came in and he had a very clear sense of the movie he wanted to make. We had a number of conversations, he was enormously patient with me, and then I wrote that movie. It was nice to be sitting in the passenger seat and being like, "Maybe we should just make a left up here," as opposed to having to drive the car constantly. If you're going to let somebody drive, I highly recommend Ridley Scott. Although, Michael [Fassbender] said he's a bad driver. I think it's exciting, if you might go off the road, occasionally.
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Media Confirmation about "US plans to sell Taiwan arms" predicted by Clairvoyant Dimitrinka Staikova in her Ebook and Paperback book :
Hidden Truth -World Predictions 2017 : USA, Russia, Israel, Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Macedonia, Serbia, France, Germany and the planet Earth – Climate Change – Clairvoyant/Psychic predictions : McDermott's Castle, Benjamin Netanyahu, King of Thailand, The Stone of Destiny, President of Taiwan, CERN Director-General, The Stone of Scone, Bosnia Giant Sphere, the killer of the Russian ambassador, General Auditor of NATO ….
Clairvoyants : Dimitrinka Staikova, Ivelina Staikova, Stoyanka Staikova
Published December 30, 2016
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Small part of Clairvoyant prediction :
Tsai Ing-wen (President of Taiwan – the Republic of China) – New investments in Taiwan, a lot of money, problems with the financial system – because hiding and keeping of money, health, development of top secret technology for sound and energy – Clairvoyant predictions/ Psychic reading December 5, 2016, 10 am. – – by Clairvoyant House "Dimitrinka Staikova and daughters Stoyanka and Ivelina Staikova" – from Europe, Bulgaria, Varna.
Photo – The President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen is talking on the phone with Donald Trump – December 2, 2016. Time – after the photo.
……I see a happy event for mrs. Tsai Ing-wen – an invitation about a visit in USA and meeting with Trump – promises about a lot of money by Trump – a deal, earning against a war with China. The other people present on the photo (National Security Council Secretary-General Joseph Wu, left, and Foreign Minister David Lee) – the one of them sees only a lot of money, and the other – only a cross (cross of a christian by a certain sect).
Year 2017 – Tsai Ing-wen is seeing the land to dust, the air is like polluted, then heavy rains and a change of hot and humid weather with cold. Since January 10, 2017 and especially in the end of January 2017 – I see unrests in the country. There are forthcoming new trade contracts and export of goods from Taiwan, new investments in Taiwan and new workplaces. The GDP will have a light rising.Year 2017 in the business with Taiwan will compete USA, Russia and India……
Media Confirmation :
Thu, Mar 16, 2017 – US plans to sell Taiwan arms: reports


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In the spring of 2013, Librarians Frances Delwiche and Gary Atwood surveyed students in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences (CNHS). The eleven-question survey asked students about how they spent their time in the library as well as their level of satisfaction with library space, services and resources. Generally speaking, results show that CNHS students have a very positive view of the physical library and the resources and services that are offered.
Students were also asked to submit comments about the library. One of the major themes to emerge from these comments is the idea of the library as a refuge for serious study. In many cases, students cited specific attributes like the "comfy chairs" or the study tables as factors that contributed to this sentiment. Others referred to more intangible factors such as the lighting or the "sense of openness." Students were equally pleased with the library's resources with several mentioning online journals and e-books as important. They were also complimentary about library services such as the "incredibly helpful and patient" librarians at the Reference Desk and the staff who are, "ALWAYS willing to help."
You know you mean business when you walk in. No messing around at the Dana. You can always get work done there.
Even when students did register complaints, they were usually tied to something that they liked about the library. In other words, students would cite a positive library characteristic and then request more of the same when asked about what they would change. Several respondents, for example, stated that they preferred to use the individual study carrels located near the back of the library and wished that they library would install more to ensure availability. From the library's point of view, this is actually a very positive statement, because it shows that we are providing access to resources that students need and want to use.
Although we only heard from a sample of CNHS students, the results were very important. They show that the library is having a positive impact by providing students with a space conducive to serious study and the resources and services to help them complete their work. Of course, they also show areas where we need to continue improving, which we are committed to doing in the months and years ahead.
Gary Atwood, MSLIS


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Can a city be both friendly and snobby? It can if it's San Francisco, apparently.
The City by the Bay made its way to the top of Travel + Leisure's list of America's snobbiest cities, despite also being the most gay-friendly city.
In their annual survey of America's favorite cities, Travel + Leisure asked their readers to rank 35 major cities by features like the attractiveness of its residents and the quality of its microbrew beer, but added some twists to determine a city's level of snobbery.
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"To determine which city has the biggest nose in the air, we factored in some traditional staples of snobbery: a reputation for aloof and smarty-pants residents, along with high-end shopping and highbrow cultural offerings like classical music and theater," wrote Katrina Brown Hunt in blog post.
Rounding out the top five cites: New York City, Boston, Minneapolis/St. Paul and Santa Fe, N.M.
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- Compatible with Tim coil system and parallel acquisition technique (iPAT)
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- Multiple contrasts are possible (T1, T2, Dark Fluid, STIR….)
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Car blocking traffic in beach area prompts DUI arrest
A 20-year-old New York City motorist was arrested on alcohol-related charges early Saturday at the corner of Fairfield Beach Road and Reef Road.
Blake Buna was charged with operation of a motor vehicle by a person under 21 years of age while under the influence, possession of alcohol by a minor, drinking while operating a motor vehicle, second-degree forgery and operating a motor vehicle without a license.
Police said the 2013 Chevy Cruze that Buna was driving had stopped with its engine running at the intersection of Fairfield Beach and Reef roads about 2:04 a.m. Saturday. The car was blocking traffic and several passersby attempted to enter it before officers approached, according to the report.
Police said officers found an open Corona beer in the center console and that Buna failed field sobriety tests. Buna had a New York driver's license with a false date of birth and told officers that he didn't have a valid driver's license, police said
Buna was released after posting $200 bond and was scheduled to appear Feb. 25 in Bridgeport Superior Court.


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Suspect in Spring killings collapses in court
'Maybe reality is finally setting in,' prosecutor says of murder case
The day the lone survivor of a mass slaying that decimated a Spring family left the hospital, the man accused in the killings collapsed in court while listening to prosecutors outline the case against him.
Cassidy Stay, who played dead after authorities said 33-year-old Ronald Lee Haskell shot and killed her family on Wednesday, was released from Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital on Friday. The 15-year-old, who reportedly lost a finger and suffered a head wound requiring nine stitches, was expected to make a full recovery, hospital officials said.
Earlier in the day, in a Harris County courtroom, Haskell had his first arraignment hearing. As prosecutors outlined capital murder charges against him, the color drained from his face and he began to shake.
Bailiffs surrounded Haskell after he bent at the waist and put his head down in front of the judge. The bailiffs caught him as his knees buckled. A packed courtroom gallery gasped when he fell.
"Maybe reality is finally setting in," Assistant Harris County District Attorney Tammy Thomas said after the brief hearing. "This is not television, this is not fiction. He is facing his consequence."
Haskell's court-appointed attorney, Doug Durham, said he expects Haskell's mental health to play a role in his defense.
Authorities said that Haskell came to Houston searching for his ex-wife, Melannie Lyon, and went to the home of her sister, Katie Stay. There, authorities said, he killed Katie and Stephen Stay and four of their children after tying them up, shooting each in the back of the head.
Cassidy, the eldest, survived and called police once Haskell left, telling them that the gunman was heading to the home of her grandparents, located just a few miles away.
More than one warning
Someone else, however, had also apparently warned the grandparents, Mark Herman, assistant chief deputy of the Harris County Precinct 4 Constable's Office, said Friday.
Herman said that moments after the slayings, someone called the home where Lyon was living with her parents and her children. The caller told the family something had occurred at the Stays' residence and that police were there, Herman said.
"That's how close this family came to getting killed," Herman said.
Police intercepted Haskell, taking him into custody after a short vehicle chase ended in a nearby suburban cul-de-sac and an hours-long standoff.
Haskell had been looking for Lyon, to whom he had been married until their divorce was finalized earlier this year. The marriage disintegrated just as the couple were finishing construction on their home in Utah, a family friend said.
Court records show Haskell had restraining orders or protective orders filed against him in Utah and California, as well as an arrest in Utah on an assault charge and domestic violence, the latter dismissed as part of a plea. However, whether he was legally allowed to carry a firearm remains unclear.
Outpouring of funds
The news of the shooting rocketed around the country, prompting an online fundraiser that has raised more than $170,000 from more than 3,000 people in just one day.
Aubrey Westwood, Cassidy's aunt, said in a message on the fundraiser's website (www.gofundme.com/bbh9go): "We are stunned and disgusted by the suspect's actions, but overcome with gratitude for my dear niece and everything that has gone right since the incident."
Friends and supporters of the victims and their loved ones had held or planned to hold vigils and fundraisers in places like Utah, Connecticut and Texas. Lemm Elementary School, which some of the Stays' children attended, was planning a memorial ceremony Saturday, according to its website. A community vigil is scheduled for next week in Forest Oaks Park in Spring.
Back in the courtoom, prosecutor Thomas gave further details about the attack, which he said began when Haskell knocked on the Stays' front door wearing a FedEx shirt, carrying a small package and asking Cassidy if her parents were home.
When she said they were away, Haskell left, Thomas said, but returned a short time later and knocked again. After Cassidy Stay said her parents still had not arrived home, she offered to take down his name and number. The teen told authorities she turned around to get a pen and paper and heard the door close behind her with Haskell inside.
The prosecutor said Haskell then told the teen who he was, and she had a visible reaction.
"The beard was somewhat of a disguise," Thomas said. "She didn't recognize him until he said his name."
May plead insanity
After Haskell collapsed in court, the prosecutor continued speaking, but Haskell fell again. State District Judge Mark Kent Ellis ordered that he be taken out of court. He was put in a wheelchair and taken to a holding cell.
Durham, the defense attorney, said he is researching a pleading of not guilty by reason of insanity.
"Our state and national laws say that a person suffering from a severe mental illness is not criminally responsible if they can't distinguish right from wrong," Durham said. "He has a history of mental illness."
He said he does not know what psychological disorder Haskell suffers from and declined to name his client's medications.
Thomas and other law enforcement officials seemed shaken by the scale of the tragedy.
"On Tuesday I came to work, I've been around here a long time and I'd thought I'd seen it all when it came to criminal violence," Thomas said. "On Wednesday night, I realized I needed to re-think that."
Prosecutors said the decision on whether to seek the death penalty in the capital case would be made in the coming weeks by District Attorney Devon Anderson.
Mark Collette, Cindy George and Dale Lezon contributed to this report.


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Patrick County fugitive arrested in Surry County
A Virginia man wanted on federal drug charges was being held in the Surry County Jail Wednesday after his arrest by a N.C. Highway Patrol trooper, authorities said.
Barry James Anderson, 41, of Claudville, had been declared a fugitive by the Patrick County, Va., Sheriff's Office after his recent indictment by a federal grand jury on two counts of distribution of methamphetamine in excess of 50 grams in weight.
Patrick Sheriff Dan Smith said earlier this week that Anderson had been actively evading capture, and issued a public appeal for information regarding his whereabouts.
This culminated Tuesday night when the N.C. Highway Patrol trooper encountered Anderson at an address on Mears Road in Surry County. Sheriff Graham Atkinson said a routine check revealed that Anderson, in addition to the federal drug charges, was wanted on a probation violation stemming from a felonious larceny case.
Anderson subsequently was confined in the Surry County Jail under a $75,000 secured bond and is awaiting extradition to Virginia.
The drug indictments against the Claudville man stemmed from a two-year covert investigation headed by the Patrick Sheriff's Office which also involved federal authorities and has led to numerous charges against area residents.


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Find our livestream on Sundays at 10:00 am on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/FCCWadsworthMedia and on our Facebook page.
At First Christian Church we have ministries for people of all ages, from the littlest child to the wisest adult. We have opportunities for people with all types of gifts and talents to serve the church, from music, to teaching, to visitation, to administration. We have worship services that can appeal to those who prefer contemporary services or to those who prefer traditional worship. First Christian Church is the place where you will learn what you can BELIEVE… know that you BELONG… and BECOME all that God desires for you!
Foundation Stones:
1. We believe in the unity of all who confess Christ as their Lord and Savior (we are not the only Christians—we are Christians only!)
2. We believe that unity does not mean uniformity. In essentials unity; in nonessentials diversity; in all things love.
3. Jesus Christ alone is the Rock of our Faith.
4. The Bible is our sole authority for understanding the Word of God.
5. We believe that the cross of Christ is the ultimate revelation of God's love.
6. We believe in believer's baptism by immersion as a sacred act of repentance of sins and resurrection into new life through Christ.
7. We believe that the Lord's Supper is the center of each Sunday's worship service because we all are saved by grace through the death and resurrection of Jesus.
8. We believe that the resurrected Jesus Christ is with us always through the gift of the Holy Spirit.
9. We believe that we are called upon to follow Christ into the world through missions of compassion.
10. We believe that Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life, and all who believe in him, even though they die—yet will they live forever in heaven! If this is the foundation you want to build your life upon and if you are searching for a church that unites rather than divides, welcome home!
See the What We Believe page for more information.
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) believes in the unity of all who confess Jesus as Lord and Savior. Christians should not be competing with one another but cooperating. Our motto is: "In essentials unity; in non-essentials diversity; in all things love." Visit www.disciples.org to further explore our caring and unifying denomination.
See the Who Are the Disciples? page for more information.
The Symbol of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a simple red chalice bearing the cross of St. Andrew across the left side of the bowl. The color red signifies vitality, spirit, and sacrifice. Long associated with the Disciples of Christ as a symbol, the chalice points to the centrality of the Lord's supper in the life and worship of the Disciples who celebrate communion each Sunday. A Lord's supper open to Christians of all persuasions has been characteristic of the church from its beginning in the early nineteenth century. The cross of St. Andrew, national cross of Scotland, focuses attention on the Presbyterian roots of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
Our purpose is to glorify and celebrate God through worshiping God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We strive to develop a personal and maturing relationship with Jesus Christ through prayer, Bible study, and fellowship. This builds a family of believers who has the ability and desire to share Christ's message and love with others, both locally and globally.
Here at First Christian church we offer a Contemporary and Traditional church service. For most of the year, our Contemporary Service begins at 8:30 am and our Traditional Service starts at 10:45 am every Sunday.
From June through August, we are on a Summer Schedule and Sunday School is on recess. Our Contemporary Service is still at 8:30 am, while the Traditional Service moves to 10:00 am.
See the Worship Services page for more information.
Yes, child care is provided at both the 8:30am and 10:45am services, as well as during the Sunday School hour.
See the Child Care page for more information.
The First Christian Church buildings are handicap accessible.
The church parking lot is located on Boyer Street with entrances on Boyer and Lyman Streets. Our handicap accessible parking is located curb-side facing west in the church parking lot. We are fortunate to have ample additional parking in close proximity to the Church. Parking is permitted in the business lots west of the church on south side Boyer Street. A parking map is available at the Welcome Center in the Gathering Area.
See the Directions and Parking page for more information.
First Christian Church has a membership of nearly eleven hundred. Our contemporary service, at 8:30am, has an average attendance of one hundred and fifty, while the traditional service, at 10:45am, has an average attendance of two hundred and twenty five. Sunday School, which begins at 9:30am, has an average attendance of two hundred and seventy five. We are a larger congregation, but not so large that you become just a face in the pew. At First Christian Church, our size allows us to be effective in the ministries we do, while at the same time creating a family type environment for all who come through our doors.
We believe that the Lord's Supper is the heart of worship and is to be celebrated whenever Christians gather to commune with the Lord and each other. The Lord's Supper is offered every Sunday and on special days. The Lord is the host of the table, and it is open to all who confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. Through the sharing of bread and wine, we meet and receive the living Christ and receive forgiveness for past sins, strength for today's challenges, and hope for tomorrow. We affirm the presence of the living Lord and proclaim him to be the dominant power in our lives.
Baptism is both a personal and a social action in which an individual undertakes a new life of Christian discipleship within the fellowship of the whole people of God—Christ's church. For Disciples, baptism is foremost the means of entry into the life of the church. The sins of the one baptized are not only forgiven, but God gives the Holy Spirit to live within the believer to strengthen, guide and comfort. The Holy Spirit is God's continuing effective presence in one's life. FCC practices baptism by immersion. Following a confession of faith, the candidate enters into the baptismal font. A prayer of blessing is offered, and the candidate is then lowered into the water by the minister, and then brought back out of the water after having been fully immersed. This practice reenacts the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. Through this rite, the critical events of Christ's life are incorporated into our own experience.
Sunday School is an important part of our First Christian Church culture. It is one hour set aside in our busy lives to focus on Christian Education. Learning is a lifetime activity and we are proud to offer classes for children, youth and adults. Classes are designed to develop faith, enrich our fellowship and share the joys of being a Christian. Sunday School meets at 9:30 AM each Sunday morning.
For more information, see the Adult Sunday School page, Youth Sunday School page, and/or Children's Sunday School page.
Here at First Christian Church we have a very dynamic Youth Program. For 6th thru 8th graders there is Chi Rho Youth Group and for 9th thru 12th graders there is Christian Youth Fellowship (CYF).
First Christian Church has music opportunities for all ages. Children's Choir is available for children in the first through eighth grades. High school youth and adults may be part of our Worship Team at our contemporary service or the Chancel Choir at our traditional service. We also have two Handbell Choirs, the Chalice Bells for 5th grade through high school and The Bells of First Christian for adults.
When a child is born into a family, the parents have a great and wonderful Christian responsibility. Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me," and it is the parents' responsibility to raise their child(ren) up in the Christian faith. In a parent/child Dedication service (which takes place during Sunday worship), the parents dedicate themselves to raising their newborn child in the Christian faith, to bringing the child to church to be influenced by other Christians, and to witnessing through words and deeds that Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life. The immediate family and the congregation also dedicate themselves to helping the parents raise their child in the Christian faith. There is also a blessing upon the child and a prayer for the family.
Getting involved here at First Christian Church is easy. Just come! If there is an event or program that interests you, just come. You will be welcomed in Christian love and will be blessed by your attendance. You may also want to speak to one of our directors if you have a specific area of interest. All of our staff can be easily reached during regular business hours and by e-mail and look forward to hearing from you.
You can also complete the Ministry Interest Survey, which will show you places where you can use your special talents to enhance the ministries here at FCC. Just print the Survey, fill it out and bring it to the church office.
Becoming a member of First Christian Church is easy, and easier than you might think. First, prayerfully consider if this is the church that God has led you to be a part of. If it is, then all you have to do is come forward during the song/hymn of invitation near the end of the worship service. There one of our ministers will take your confession of faith or your reaffirmation and transfer of membership, by extending to you the right hand of Christian fellowship and asking you if you believe that Jesus is the son of the living God, if you accept him as your Lord and Savior. At that point, all you have to say is "I do." If you would rather not come forward during a worship service, then our ministers would be more than happy to take your confession of faith or reaffirmation and transfer of membership at another time.
For more information, see our Become a Member page.
No! Each year our Official Church Board approves a budget that allows us to fulfill the ministries that God has given to First Christian Church. How do we meet our budget? We support our church ministries through a PRIVATE PROMISE. What is Private Promise? First of all, it is a Private PROMISE. Each of us makes a promise to God that we will support the Church through a planned and regular offering. Secondly, it is a PRIVATE Promise. Only you and God know what you promise to give for the coming year. We trust each other to give generously and faithfully. Money can deepen our spiritual life or become a hindrance to it. "Where your treasure is there will your heart be also," Jesus said in Matthew 6:21. The love of Christ is our treasure—money is one important means we use to share our treasure with others.
You may call the church office at (330) 336-6697 or email email@example.com. If you'd like to stop by the church, see the Office Hours page for more information.
Our services are shown on WCTV and on WCTV's website, using the left menu to navigate to First Christian Church. The recordings alternate between the Traditional and Contemporary services.
On TV, they are broadcast on Channel 17, Tuesdays at 1pm, 6pm and 9pm, as well as Wednesdays at 7:30am. On TV, only the past week's service is shown. Online, there are services from the past few months available to view.
If you have any questions that weren't answered above, you can call the church office at (330) 336-6697 or email the church at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Snowy conditions result in short supplies at Wis. Blood Center
Snowy weather leaves Blood Center in need
When the snow moved into the area earlier this week, it created a problem for the Blood Center of Wisconsin in Wauwatosa.
The treacherous road conditions have resulted in fewer people being able to make it to their blood donation appointments. As a result, the center has collected less blood than it typically would.
The staff at the center is working overtime to try to make up for the shortage. They said demand is very strong.
"Unfortunately, car accidents still happen; trauma victims; we have patients needing surgery. We have cancer patients who need blood and platelets. The need is always critical, no matter what time of year you are," said Dr. Thomas Abshire of the Blood Center of Wisconsin.
Six locations were scheduled to be open until late in the afternoon on Saturday. Four locations will be open by appointment only on Sunday for platelet donations.
To schedule an appointment or for more information about locations, visit bcw.edu/snow.