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The nationally-recognized Lindenwood University dancers will offer a potpourri of styles Nov. 22-23 during a concert of premieres at the West County Family YMCA in Chesterfield.
Fresh from their standing ovation performance at the Kennedy Center, the dances will showcase their versatility with a variety of styles.
Classical Indian dance performed by Monica Newsome, dance professor at the University of Panama, highlights this concert. Newsome studied the Bharata Natyam style in India, and has performed internationally.
"Man to Man," gives women a look into a man's heart in a masculine take on life. The dance, choreographed and performed by Charles Myers, looks at relationships with seven different women.
Shih-Weh (Jasmine) Wang's dance, "Floating," uses Taiwanese music to create a surreal dream state that begins in the mind of the dreamer. "Big Fish," by Stephanie Hardy, is a testimony to her faith, while music from the Armitage-Dual matrix soundtrack inspired Amy Ball and Amy LaRue to choreograph dynamic group contrasts. Laura Pierce's "Drop in the Ocean," puts listeners on an emotional roller-coaster in a lyrical/jazz style.
Blended styles and music stand out in the tap/jazz choreography of Amy Ball, and the jazz/ballet of Jennifer Meilink and Carrie Nestor. The music of Sonny Stitt inspired complex pointe dancing. "Raw," by Desireee Blanc and Heather Kelley showcases the latest in stylized jazz.
Lindenwood University's award-winning Lion Line dance team also performs, as do the Lionettes.
To get to the West County Family YMCA, take Interstate 40 to Exit 19A (Chesterfield Parkway) and go south to Burkhardt Place. The YMCA sign is on the right.
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|2012-05-13, 21:12
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The bullet would probably just pang off their shields anyway; it doesn't mess up magic unless it actually hits the person.
This is kinda like when people compare Superman and Batman, and say the former is overpowered, but then say the latter is basically invincible too.
|2012-05-14, 14:26
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Age: 31
Of course, pitting Kiritsugu against servants just goes against his character. He's an assassin who targets masters, not servants. He'd pick off masters during vulnerable moments, and when such moments aren't present, creates them.
|2012-05-14, 20:20
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Which universe? If it is in the Nasuverse, the servants are many more times stonger than their master. Just beaccause Bezat beat Saber, Rin beats Caster and Shirou beats Gil doesen't mean they are stronger. They have the element of surprise with them.
Not really a battle, but more of a talk. Must have watch too much Gen as I find Nanoha a little bit disturbing when compared to Kiritsugu as the former was not only able to save everyone, but can even practise 'do as i say, not as i do' while the latter got screwed for doing the good thing. Would have make an interesting conversation if you ask me.
|2012-05-14, 22:27
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Location: Clock Tower
Either Kiri and Nanoha, or Archer and Nanoha. The latter I find more interesting, if only for the fact that he've endured longer and started out as idealistic as Nanoha.
The concept of Servant follow Nasuverse, NOT Nanohaverse. And Akiyoshi's right: THey are ridiculously powerful, which is why I'm stuck, seeing as I don't know how to reduce the collateral damage.
|2012-05-15, 01:13
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Actually, it is more like Nanoha was very lucky as she never have to deal with the crap Kiritsugu or Shirou has before they gain the Hearts of Steel. Or it is more like Nanoha's story is played out as how it should be in anime, more idealistic while the Emiyas get the short end of the stick.
Shirou is much more idealistic as compared to Nanoha if you ask me and that is why he broke when he realised that you can never save all and have to sacrifice the minority to save the majority. He only felt betrayed by his ideals when he became the counter-guardian and doing mass cleaning up.
In the case of dynamics, the one with Kiritsugu and Nanoha would be much more fun. As a suggestion maybe you can try out Fate/Extra's version of Grail War. Though a fair duel, the outcome is fatalistic and there would only be one left standing. Imagine the fun and giggles that can come about when Nanoha and friends unwittingly sign up for the war, only to realize that there is no easy way out with non-lethal magic and will kill each other when they duel.
|2012-05-15, 02:15
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Canada, Sault Ste. Marie
Fate Extra already did that well enough on its own, having other characters do so would be pointless. Plus it would require all of them to not question the specifics of this suspicious tournament at all, and the TSAB not to notice the system powering the virtual reality it takes place in.
Besides, I think Nanoha's idealism has already been challenged and proven numerous times in the actual show.
|2012-05-15, 02:31
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The Moon Grail stores tons of info. Good enough if you buy the science equals magic view in Nanoha. Also, the Moon Grail, unlike the one in the original Stay/Night grants real wish instead of twisting it so it might be worth a shot.
Also, Nanoha's idealism might be challenged, but it was never torn apart, spit upon, pull from the grave and have this process repeat as opposed to the Emiyas. She shot all her opponents with non-lethal magic and act in a mights means right manner. What's worse, its never seen that she doubt this mentality and method as well. Might be flanderizing her character a little here, but it was never dealt with directly so one can imagine right?
|2012-05-15, 04:22
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Well, some theories of Nanoha was that she depends on magic like how drug addicts depend on their drug. Some have spectaculated that when her dad was hospitalized, she was left alone and thus had to put up a brave front that she would be fine while bottling up emotion and thus have no friends. The first friends she made were via using force to stop their argument which introduce her to the idea of force=right, explaining her attitude in dealing with Fate, Vita and her befriending 'methods'. Without magic, she has no purpose in life and thus hang on dearly on it.
Well, too bad that is all spectaculation, but it will be nice to see the interaction of this Nanoha with Kiritsugu and Kotomine. Not too sure about Kiritsugu, but I'm sure Kotomine will have fun pointing this out to her and see her suffers and enjoy it.
|2012-05-15, 10:20
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Since this is an AU it isn't necessary to have the TSAB involved and being Nanoha and the others Servants that means they're already dead and probably have suffered such challenging before. Nanoha's big advantage is that she in fact posses very powerfull non-lethal magic which means she ALWAYS have the option of beting the living daylights out of her opponents without any fear of killing them. FORCE is interesting in the sense that the Huckebein are able to survive and counter non-lethal methods almost effortlessly which have stripped Nanoha and the cast from such a solution (such theory is about to be put on trial a the end of the month when Signum attempts to "capture" Cypha when the latter had explicity stated that one must be ready to kill or die in order to fight her).
So far F/SN have no reasonable way to strip Nanoha of her natural advantage, even the Saber-class anti-magic have it's limits compared with Eclipse and AMF, probably it's high magical defenses could give effective protection against Divine Shooter and good Divine Buster resillence but i doubt it can protect too well against beasts like Excellion Buster or Strike Stars Assault, not to mention Starlight Breaker (Noble Phantasm xD?). If Kotomine wants to break Nanoha's ideals he will must work on a way to force her to commit murder which will be a bit difficult since she can fire ciity-busting attacks that totally devastates people without actually killing them xDU
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|2012-05-15, 10:30
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The Unpronounceable
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Clock Tower
Dude, AU. I'm only borrowing concept from Nasu. There probably won't be Nasu char in this much.
Also, you're underestimating Kotomine's troll level. The guy is a sadistic bastard.
Beside, the person best to break Nanoha's ideals is actually Archer.
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|Courtesy of Grandma's Marathon- The Aerial Lift Bridge on the horizon marks the finish
Mid June is also a bad time to try to run a fast marathon in the US. But, Alaska aside, Duluth may be the coolest option.
This marathon is a huge deal for the city of Duluth. In fact, two years ago when we were staying at a bed and breakfast there (when I had my miscarriage), the owner said Grandma's Marathon was the biggest event of the year in the city.
And just to give you an idea of how big and competitive it is, the women's marathon was won by Everlyne Lagat of Kenya in 2:33:14 and the half marathon by Kara Goucher in 1:09:46 (It should be noted that Duluth is Kara's hometown). In order for me to have placed in the top 10 in my age group, I would have had to run in under 2:52.
Truth be told, the running conditions were nearly perfect. Slight tail wind, predicted high of 69 F. The humidity was nearly 100%, but the runners wouldn't realize until the end how important this was, when many were vomiting due to dehydration (it was quite lovely, actually).
I was not exactly feeling perfect to begin with. I fell asleep at about 2am and had to wake up at 4am to take the train with Divesh, Alicia Hudelson's husband, to the start. The train took 1 hour and 15 minutes to go the approximately 24 miles. Granted, it is a beautiful 24 miles along Lake Superior. There was no driving to the start allowed. The other thing that was not allowed at the start was urination. The lines were eternal for the port-a-pottys, which is expected, but there were also men on ATV's patrolling the bushes! So I started the race having to pee (good thing my shorts were black, as usual).
I lined up with Divesh, Alicia Hudelson's husband, and another friend Tom, just behind the 3:15 pacing group. The last time I started out at a sub 3:20 pace was The Copenhagen Marathon 2 years ago. At that time, I had trained exactly according to the book (intervals, tempos and long runs with rest days in between for over 6 months). But I "hit the wall" at mile 16 of that race. Now in 2012, all of my training had been "wrong". I was taking a big chance starting out this fast. Yet I suspected it wasn't too fast. And I knew something this time that I didn't know then: EAT AND DRINK CONSTANTLY WHILE RUNNING A FAST MARATHON. And this is what I did. I never felt great, but I felt okay. The whole thing felt a little too much like a productive day at the office (with gorgeous views).
I ran the first half marathon in 1:38:46.
|Nearing the finish. Both feet off the ground and no belly!
So, why, desipte just being injured for 16 weeks, was I able to run a sub 3:20 marathon yesterday when I couldn't two years ago when I had trained exactly "right"?? (I should also note, I only had a two day taper this time, but didn't run for 8 days prior to the Copenhagen Marathon)
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1. Fuel: again, I ate constantly during the race yesterday, well, 2 gels and 6 large pieces of chocolate. Every time I ate, my energy returned almost fully. I also stopped at every single aid station to drink and they were every two miles. Finally, I ate a ton the two days leading up to the race, and healthy food.
2. Knowledge of The Marathon: I simply am more familiar with what it is like to run a marathon (this can't be the only explanation considering lots of people slow down despite running many).
3. The Doping Effect of Pregnancy:
Most of you are probably already thinking it's too late for this, but let me explain. In the small amount of literature written about the doping effect of pregnancy, young women athletes in Eastern Germany during the 1970's are mentioned ("abortion doping"). Supposedly these women got pregnant simply to induce red blood cell production and then would abort the baby and get a boost in their training similar to what one would get with epo (imagine training in an environment like this!). This effect should not last more than 3 months, given the life of a red blood cell.
But time and again, I have witnessed and heard of women who have gone on to set personal records in running of all sorts of distances after (an entire) pregnancy, though not within the first three months post-partum. So there must be a more long-lasting form of "doping" and I think the answer must lie in muscle memory. The body simply adjusts to all of that extra weight and when that weight is suddenly gone, the mother's body is much more efficient at running. I do not know how long this lasts, but suspect it is between 1 and 2 years and is likely more pronounced the more you run while pregnant. And of course, if you continue to train, you can extend the benefits out for many years.
Or, 4. as Danni mentioned to me earlier today, maybe I ran a PR because I gave up diet soda :).
I am glad I got the PR out of the way so I can enjoy the fun trail races, bike races and triathlons of the summer.
Four days later and the city of Duluth is under water: the worst flood it has exerienced in 40 years.
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In a recent amicus brief filed with the Supreme Judicial Court in Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Rodrick James Taylor, the Boston Bar Association (BBA) makes the case that when the prosecution fails to turn over mandatory automatic discovery, resulting continuances do not necessarily stop the speedy-trial clock.
Oral arguments are scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Judicial Court on December 5. The BBA in its brief asks the court to resolve the tension between the requirement of Mass. R. Crim. P. 14 (a) that the Commonwealth produce certain categories of mandatory, automatic discovery, on the one hand, and the requirement of Mass. R. Crim. P. 36 (b) that defendants be brought to trial within one year (with only limited exceptions), on the other.
The brief further states that "where there is no dispute that the Commonwealth owes the defense mandatory discovery items, defendants should not be forced to choose between the procedural guaranties of automatic discovery and a speedy trial. Instead, defendants should be free to move to compel the production of outstanding mandatory discovery from the Commonwealth while at the same time objecting to the exclusion of further time that the Commonwealth may request for compliance."
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[UPDATE Friday] Thieves Break in and Steal $3000 Stash of Quarters From Students at Small School
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We at Casterlin School are sick. Not the kind of sick that can be cured at the doctor's office or with some chicken soup.
The parents and communities of Alderpoint, Blocksburg, and Kettenpom areas work TIRELESSLY to raise enough money to support the school, providing enrichment classes, field trips, materials, and the third teacher. Money is tight, and everyone's hard work and energy in putting on events, as well as those who support our events, are always appreciated.
When we came to school on Monday, we noticed some things weren't quite right: the gate had been opened during the weekend, a lock was missing, the "haunted house" doors were ajar, someone had attempted to open the janitor's closet, other outbuildings had been either broken open or the attempt was made.
Then, the bus driver parked the bus and got in the van to continue her route, and all the gas had been siphoned from it. She barely had enough fumes to get to Alderpoint, where a family member helped her. Something was very wrong, the van had been full of fuel on Thursday.
Then we checked the Friends of Casterlin School (FOCS) storage container, and the lock was broken. A very successful "Quarter Craze" was held at the school recently, organized by FOCS and run completely by parent volunteers. After the event, students helped count and roll $3,000 in quarters. It was such a success that there was talk about having another Quarter Craze event in the upcoming months. With our school being more than an hour away from any bank, the decision was made to keep the quarters on hand – it would be easier that way. The quarters were stored, innocently enough, in buckets in the container.
When we looked, the one missing item from the shed was the quarters. We have heard of many people spending rolls of quarters at some local stores, and we have heard ideas about who has stolen the money.
The theft is a theft of not only money, but also of dreams, plans, and hopes. The money was not taken from adults, but from our students. Adults often comment, "oh, the Lip Sync was my favorite event," "the Friday Night Live is awesome," "that was always my favorite field trip," or "I love the Easter Basket hunt." Unfortunately, those are the events that will be hurt by the theft.
Yes, the Sheriff was called, Deputy Del Biaggio came to school to get information. Yes, we have learned our lesson, to those of you who are asking why anyone thought keeping $3,000 at school was a good idea.
Stealing from children is wrong, and it makes us sick. If anyone can find a way to help us recover our loss, the violation will still be fresh, but the harm will certainly be lessened.
Thank you,
Jennifer Kubik, Teacher in Charge
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - MIT sent three representatives to the NCAA Fencing Championships held in Houston, Texas this past weekend. In the team standings, the Engineers finished tied for 20th out of 33 programs. Susannah Dorfman, competing at nationals for the third year in a row, closed her career with a personal-best ranking of 20th in foil. On the men's side, first-time participants Spencer Sugimoto and Trevor Chang posted solid performances. Chang placed 20th in epee while Sugimoto was 22nd in foil.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Lauren Hannmann's game-high 18 points on 8-of-11 shooting helped power WPI to a 56-32 win over MIT in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) women's basketball game on Wednesday night. Rachel Hunt paced MIT (8-15, 4-13 NEWMAC) with 12 points while grabbing six rebounds.
After trading baskets to start the contest, back-to-back layups from Hannmann sparked a 20-4 run which resulted in a 22-8 advantage with 5:17 remaining in the frame. MIT registered seven unanswered points to cut its deficit in half, but a basket by Cindy Chelius raised WPI's margin to 24-15 at halftime.
MIT narrowed the gap to six (25-19) early in the second stanza, but this was as close as it would get as a pair of Callie King three-pointers keyed a 10-4 spurt which returned WPI's lead to double-digits at the 14:16 mark. The visitors maintained their offensive rhythm during the remainder of the game with their largest lead coming at the final buzzer.
Tamara Pena tallied six points, three rebounds, two assists, and two steals while Anna Merrifield contributed six points and six rebounds for MIT. Stephanie Cooke hauled in a team-high seven boards to go along with two steals while Lauren Sascha Burton notched a trio of assists and steals.
Siena Mamayek and Cindy Chelius both posted eight points coming off of the WPI bench. Melissa Kuhn compiled eight rebounds, five assists, four steals, and two blocks as Elle Fontaine registered six points, five boards, and two steals.
Both squads conclude regular-season play on Saturday, Feb. 19. MIT will host Smith College while WPI (17-6, 13-4 NEWMAC) will make the trip to Wheaton College.


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A call from an off-duty police officer led to the Monday arrests of four people from Middleboro and Carver in a Cumberland Farms parking lot.
A call from an off-duty Carver police officer led to the arrest Monday of four people on heroin charges.
Carver Police Chief Michael Miksch said Officer Scott Sampson called the station at 5:30 p.m. when he saw what looked like a drug deal happening in the parking lot of the Cumberland Farms store on North Main Street.
All four were arrested a short time later, with the help of two officers from Plympton and Plymouth, and a drug-sniffing dog unit from the Plymouth County Sheriff's Department.
Those charged include Shawn Thayer, 26, of Fall River, and three from Middleboro – Vincent Ruberto, 24, Krystal Kelley, 25, and Nathan Lamere, 22. All are scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Wareham District Court.
Ruberto is charged with possession of heroin with intent to distribute and conspiracy. Kelley is charged with heroin possession and conspiracy. Lamere is charged with conspiracy and Thayer is charged with heroin possession.
Miksch said that after Sampson called, a pair of Carver police found Thayer in his black BMW in the parking lot, where he'd allegedly just bought heroin. A short time later, Ruberto and Kelley were charged as they sat in a blue and silver Cadillac in the Cumberland Farms lot.
All three were searched, and police found more heroin and drug paraphernalia in the cars. Lamere was arrested later at a different location.
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So many inspirational recipes last week! I had a hard time choosing what to add to my menu plan for this week but since I have to use what's in the pantry I decided to make versions of the Quinoa Spinach entree and a version of the Ranch Mac (using my own homemade ranch dressing mix). I'm definitely making my shopping list and my menu plan using several more recipes from last week, or this week we'll see! I hope you all found inspiration too. Simply Life- I still need your address so I can send your prize out!
I often end up with bits and pieces of vegetables leftover and I have to scramble to use them up. In fact it's not only vegetables but lots of foods that I suddenly realize are going to walk out of the house on their own if I don't use them up. But vegetables in that bottom drawer seem to linger in the shadows until suddenly it's almost too late and I need to use them up post haste. Thats when I pull the vegetable chowder routine.
And because we happen to NEED to go the vegetable chowder routine quite often I have found a way to make it new and exciting. 2 words, bread bowls. Yup simply use your favorite bread recipe or try mine. Let it rise once and punch it down then form into 5-8 round balls, pinching the seam shut on the bottom. Stagger them on a cookie sheets lined with a silpat or foil for easy cleanup or nothing for that fun chiseling baked on bread job. Cover with saran wrap lightly greased and let rise until doubled. Bake in 350˚ oven for 25-30 minutes depending on what size you made and how many you made. Cool slightly and cut the tops hollow out and fill with your favorite soup. My kids will eat anything out of a bread bowl, not that I would ever abuse that information. EVER.
Vegetable Chowder
2 TBSP olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
3 small celery sticks, chopped
3 carrots cleaned and diced
1 TBSP salt
4 cups vegetable broth or water
6 cups mixed this is where those vegetables you NEED to use come in, otherwise use what you have on hand-green beans, corn, potatoes, mushrooms, spinach, parsnips, peas etc
1/2 cup flour
2 cups milk
1 1/2 cups grated sharp cheese
1/2 cup fresh grated Parmesan
pour the oil in a dutch oven, place over medium high heat
when heated add the onion, celery and carrots stir well
reduce heat and stirring occasionally continue cooking for 20 minute-this is a soffrito the base flavor for your soup
increase heat
add the salt, vegetable broth or water andvegeatbles, bring to a boil
cover and cook for 5 – 10 minutes or until the vegetables are cooked you may need to adjust this if you are using leftovers or vegetables that cook longer
meanwhile mix the flour with half the milk in a jar with a lid
when vegetables are almost done reduce heat
add the milk and flour
stir until incorporated
add the rest of the milk
stir constantly until thick, DO NOT BOIL
remove from heat and slowly stir in cheeses
serve right away in bread bowls if you like or non edible bowls if you don't have time for bread bowls
We truly love this soup at our house and it's nice because while the technique remains the same you can change the flavor every time. This is also my base recipe for broccoli cheese soup but cauliflower would be amazing too.
Time to link up! Did you make something delicious this week? Or want to share a blast from the past? Well please be my guest, inspire me I dare you!
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The optimizer is the part of SQL Server that takes your query and reorders and rearranges your query to find the optimal execution plan. In theory.
In practice, that doesn't always work out well. Often, the optimizer manages to come up with brilliant ways to execute a complex query very efficiently – but sometimes, it misses an option that appears to be so simple that you can only stare in utter amazement at the execution plan before going to the Connect site.
Here is an example I recently ran into. I tested it on SQL Server 2012 and on SQL Server 2008 R2, and it reproduces on both. Execute the query below in the AdventureWorks sample database, with the option to Include Actual Execution Plan enabled (Ctrl+M), or request an Estimated Execution Plan (Ctrl-L).
SELECT TerritoryID,
RANK() OVER (ORDER BY SalesLastYear) AS Rank1,
RANK() OVER (ORDER BY SalesYTD) AS Rank2
FROM Sales.SalesTerritory
ORDER BY SalesLastYear;
When following the flow of data (by reading the execution plan from right to left), we see that the data is first read (with an unordered clustered index scan, since there is no better index available), then sorted by SalesLastYear, so that Rank1 can be computed (using two Segment operators and a Sequence Project operator – don't ask). After that, the rows are sorted again, now by SalesYTD, and we see another combination of two Segment and one Sequence Project, for the calculation of Rank2. And then, finally, the rows are re-sorted by SalesLastYear so that they can be returned in the requested order.
Now the big question is: why does the plan include two sort operators that both sort the data in the same (SalesLastYear) order? If the task of the optimizer is to find smart ways to rearrange computation order for better performance, why doesn't it simply compute Rank2 first and Rank1 after that? In that case, the rows are already in the SalesLastYear order after the last Sequence Project, so no extra sort is needed. The execution plan of the query below confirms this suspicion:
SELECT TerritoryID,
RANK() OVER (ORDER BY SalesYTD) AS Rank2,
RANK() OVER (ORDER BY SalesLastYear) AS Rank1
FROM Sales.SalesTerritory
ORDER BY SalesLastYear;
Indeed, the execution plan of this query includes only two Sort operators instead of the three we had in the first execution plan. If you include both queries in a single batch, you'll see an estimated cost of 59% for the first query, and 41% for the second. (Some people think that the percentages shown in an Actual Execution Plan are an indication of the actual cost; that is not the case – the percentages are computed from the Estimated Subtree Cost property of the left-most SELECT operator). The SalesTerritory table is too small to measure any actual performance differences, but I tried queries with a similar pattern on the SalesOrderDetail table (121,317 rows), and on FactProductInventory in AdventureWorksDW (776,286 rows) and I did see an actual difference in execution time. No surprise, but now I know for sure!
So, we have seen that simply reordering the two columns that use an OVER clause reduces the query cost by about 30%. How is it possible that such a simple, basic reordering strategy is not considered by the optimizer? Surely, this can only be a bug?
That's what Fabiano Neves Amorim thought when he filed this bug on Connect. But, as you can see, the bug has been closed as "By design". That probably doesn't mean that someone wrote a design document telling the optimizer team to make sure that OVER clauses must always be evaluated in the order in which they appear in the query, even if a different order would be cheaper. I rather think of it as "missing an optimization opportunity is not a bug; the results are still correct, just a bit slower – so we're going to close this "bug" report". In this case, maybe the optimization opportunity was not identified during the design phase, or it was just too hard to implement. The latter statement may sound ridiculous at first (how can such a basic rewrite be too hard?), but you have to be aware that the optimizer does not operate on the original query text, but on an internal representation that is based on mathematics and set theory. Rewrites that may be complex in the query text may be obvious in this representation, but the reverse can also be true – so I'm prepared to accept the comment that Andrew Richardson made on behalf of Microsoft to the above Connect item: that it would be fairly complicated for the Query Optimizer.
That does not mean I agree with the rest of Andrew's comment. He suggests that this is a case where we should not rely on the optimizer, but rewrite our queries ourselves, especially since it's such an easy rewrite in this case. Well, I would agree with that, except that: (a) this missed optimization opportunity is not documented, so how are developers supposed to know that they may need to reorder columns in a SELECT clause for optimal performance? (that is one of the reasons for this blog post); and (b) the behavior of the optimizer in this situation is not documented, so it can change at any time; I'd hate to rewrite all my queries and then find that the sysadmin just installed a patch and now the optimizer always starts with the last instead of the first OVER clause (or, worse, I don't find it and just get all the bad performance right back).
However, Andrew is right in so far that, at this time, rewriting queries does consistently improve performance in all my tests. So at this time, rewriting does seem to be the right thing to do. Just keep in mind that you have to test all your queries, not only on your test server but also on your production hardware, and that you'll have to repeat these tests on a regular basis (at least after each patch, CU, service pack, or other change).
The basic rewrite pattern is simple – for each query that uses OVER clauses with different ORDER BY subclauses as well as an ORDER BY clause on the query that matches one of the ORDER BY subclauses, make sure that the OVER clause that uses the matching ORDER BY comes last in the SELECT list. If you have a client that expects the columns in a particular order, the rewrite becomes a bit more complex – in that case, you have to use a CTE that includes the OVER clauses in the optimized order, and then you can reorder the columns in the query that references the CTE – as shown in this example:
WITH MyCTE
AS (SELECT TerritoryID,
RANK() OVER (ORDER BY SalesYTD) AS Rank2,
RANK() OVER (ORDER BY SalesLastYear) AS Rank1
FROM Sales.SalesTerritory)
SELECT TerritoryID,
FROM MyCTE
ORDER BY SalesLastYear;
These rewrites are indeed the best option for the time being – but I still think that the optimizer should be improved to do these rewrites internally. So I decided to file a new item on Connect, this time labeling it as a suggestion instead of a bug. If you agree with me that this would be a great investment of Microsoft's engineering time, then please add your vote to this item. (Or vote it down if you think I'm just being ridiculous). But don't stop there! Microsoft knows me; they know I'm a geek who plays around with options like this and then runs into this issue. No real production databases were hurt during the production of this blog. And if I am the only one, then, frankly, I myself will say that they have better things to do with their engineering time. However, if I know that this affects real people, I can make a much stronger case to Microsoft for getting this fixed.
So – go out to your production servers and find if you use queries with this pattern (two OVER clauses with different ORDER BY and an ORDER BY on the final query), then check to see if you should rewrite them. And then report back – add a comment here or on the Connect item; share if this affected you, and how much performance you were able to gain as a result of the rewrite.
If Microsoft knows that their customers would actually benefit, they'll be much more inclined to add this improvement to the optimizer then if it's just about me, a geek moaning about an edge case that no one in the real world would ever run into.
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Hi Hugo,
The same considerations apply to the extensions in 2012 (e.g. SUM OVER ORDER BY) that use a Window Spool operator.
Almost all the optimizer's current exploration rules are based in relational theory and the algebraic equivalences derived from that theory (extended a bit to work with SQL's multi-sets, rather than strict sets), as you mention. These rules don't work directly with sequences, which were a new concept for the engine added in SQL Server 2005 (hence the 'Sequence Project' operator). Sequences have a order to them that sets (and multi-sets) do not have.
The optimizer reasons about sort orders for operations like Merge Join and Stream Aggregate, but this reasoning is based on multi-sets, and does not apply to sequences. Nevertheless, I had hoped for optimizer support for sequences to deepen more than it has since SQL Server 2005.
For example, the optimizer still cannot push a predicate past a sequence operation unless the sequence has the predicated column in its PARTITION BY clause, and the predicate evaluates against a runtime constant value. See the unpushed Filter in this query plan:
WITH MyCTE AS
Rank1 = RANK() OVER (ORDER BY SalesLastYear),
Rank2 = RANK() OVER (ORDER BY SalesYTD)
FROM Sales.SalesTerritory
FROM MyCTE
MyCTE.TerritoryID < 5
You have my vote.
Maybe it is worth saying, I did some experiments and couldn't find any other ways (for now) except option(recomple) to force predicate push down with variable after recompilation.
Altering schema, using temp tables, changing set options, auto update stats – all these stuff produce StmtRecompile event, but we see no pushdown. Even creating proc with recompile keyword isn't helpful. It seems to act like "is null or value" problem for some reasons.


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"Our new partnership with Virgin Atlantic will strengthen both airlines and provide a more effective competitor between North America and the U.K., particularly on the New York-London route, which is the largest airline route between the U.S. and Europe," Delta CEO Richard Anderson said in a statement.
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East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania: Professor Suspended after Joking about Students on Facebook
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Schools: East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
FIRE Cases Figure Strongly in 'Chronicle of Higher Education' Article on Retaliation Against Faculty Speech
August 3, 2011
The Chronicle of Higher Education's Peter Schmidt has an excellent article on the hair-trigger sensibilities of the college classroom, in which many professors have found themselves under fire for remarks seen as violent or threatening. Perhaps not surprisingly, given the free speech and academic freedom issues involved, several of the cases Schmidt cites in his piece are cases in which FIRE has been—or is currently—involved. Two of the cases Schmidt devotes significant coverage to in his article are cases with which FIRE has been intimately involved in recent months. The first, involving law professor Lawrence Connell of Widener University, concerns […]» Read More
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East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (ESU) has finally reinstated professor Gloria Gadsden this week after suspending her for more than a month, pending a psychological examination, because of comments about her students on Facebook. Taking actions that would have been worthless if Gadsden had truly presented a threat as the university asserted, ESU put her on paid administrative leave because she had posted obvious jokes including that she "didn't want to kill even one student." After FIRE intervened and a clinician found her fit for work, Gadsden returned to the classroom last week. Gadsden's saga began in late February, after someone […]» Read More


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This post is part of our Fall Blog Blitz! For the next few weeks, we'll be bringing you special posts in support of our Slow Food Fall Membership Campaign. Come back often for more recipes, photos, tips, and resources as we celebrate Slow Food in all its forms!
Slow Food membership supports sustainable food production, teaching children how to grow food, preserving traditional foods, and celebrating food cultures. Together we are linking the pleasure of good food with a commitment to local communities and the environment. There is a place for you at our table here in our local Seattle chapter. Join now!
We recently posted a Dandelion Bourekas recipe from Slow Food pal Melany Vorass. As noted in that post, we enjoyed a wild food walk with her this past spring. Melany showed us the impressive diversity of wild edibles in a small area at Golden Gardens Park. She's a great inspiration and source of knowledge for those who are interested in doing more urban foraging. See photos from the day here.
Melany has shared another recipe with us, this one for cat's ear, a wild green that, like dandelions, can also be harvested in the fall. (As always, please be sure you know your plant well before dining on any wild edible.)
Want to learn more? Check out Melany's classes with Seattle Tilth! Her fall 2014 ID class is full but her cooking class still has spots!
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Intel Futurist: Three Things We Want From Tech
Intel Futurist Brian David Johnson joins digits to discuss the different ways people engage with technology and how a yearning for history and humanity yields everything from the Steam Punk movement to Instagram. Photo: Vintage Tomorrow.
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I think that allows us to have a very different relationship with their technologies ... that ... Instagram and that's what you do we have this great ... camera and here are ... a few years ago would have been alone would have been five six seven hundred dollars and you take a photo that in its shop is anything I'm and you did great but ... 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i have a dedicated red hat 7.2 installed on a computer with all the servers and stuff...... what i want is that the two other of my pc's that are presently running on win, be made dual boot with linux as one of the partition , but the login etc should be handled by my dedicated pc.
to explain in detail at the login prompt the kernel shud check for passwords on the dedicated mac, and after the login the users should get loged ito the "REMOTE MACHINE", they should be accessing the files etc. saving stuff using aplications all from the remote machine.. nothing should be done on the machine from where ur logging from.
( the remote machine is the dedicated server )
i tried a crude method of writing the rlogin host -l user in the rc4.d file (of the dual boot mac)... this prompted user for a password at the run time on supplying the current password the user will be logged in the remote computer... this obviously was very crude and didnt solve the purpose .. hope u ppl could give me more ideas
the dedicated machine is actually a complete red hat install as a server... the other machines are yet to be partitioned (actully i did partition one mac)


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Yellowspoon wrote:I know that during RedSox games, they sometimes loop D trains at Kenmore or run B trains between Park and Blandford. Maybe they still do, but a few years ago Braintree trains were sometimes turned at Park Street during rush hour. Twice in the last six months, I've seen a seen a car marked "D-Reservoir" at Haymarket. I know that some B trains start their inbound journey at Chestnut Hill Ave in the morning, but do any outbound B trains terminate there in the evening?
Aside from special events, are any trains short-turned (or terminated early) on a regular basis? Do any trains going "home" to Orient Heights or Sullivan carry passengers?
That would explain a "D-Riverside", but these two trains said, "D-Reservoir".BostonUrbEx wrote: ... The D Line now runs to North Station during off-peak hours, for the duration of the Government Center closure. That's why you've seen the D Line at Haymarket lately. ...
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Galapagos National Park Dive Permit Impacts
Posted 15 August 2007 - 12:31 PM
Scuba Iguana is running dive trips, and I think if you chech earlier threads there are some additional operators who also have the proper permits.
Here is the e-mail address for Mari Lou Poisson, who schedules for Scuba Iguana: firstname.lastname@example.com. She should be able to get you current information. We had open slots on all our dives, so I would anticipate that you could show up and dive. I just don't know how many other folks on cancelled dive trips are doing the same thing.
You might want to rethink the underwater housing. The photography is great, even in the snorkeling areas. You won't believe the sea lions, especially when they chase white tipped reef sharks.
You will have a great time!
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Subal Housing
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Posted 15 August 2007 - 03:34 PM
I've been to Galapagos a number of times over the years and in my experience liveaboards offer the best way to dive the islands. And I have never been on one that didn't include numerous land tours, where they are allowed. Of course if you spend time at Wolf, Darwin, Marchena or Roca Redonda there won't be a land tour, but on the other hand those islands offer the best of big animal Galapagos diving when conditions are permitting.
It is definitely worth while to dive via land based operators. A lot of people think it is preferable since you can see some of the amazing land based flora and fauna the islands have to offer.
But it is a real shame that the liveaboard option is being limited so severely because it was liveaboards, by and large, who policed the north. On two of my trips we came across long-liners and chased them off. And even though we knew they would return as soon as our boat cleared the horizon we also knew there would be another liveaboard that evening or the next day. Now it seems to be open season and since it takes some time for crews to get boats supplied, for the trip from neighboring countries it is likely that we haven't seen the grand carnage yet. But I think we will as soon as more boats get on location, now that the word is out on the language change to the shark fishing regulations and laws.
The other thing about trips being cancelled is that it used to be that entry into Galapagos was predicated upon your trip being booked by one of the approved "tour companies". This rule may have changed recently (I haven't been there since 2005), but it might be worth the effort to ensure that having the boat cancel the trip doesn't also mean your tour is cancelled. In the past you couldn't just buy a ticket to fly to the islands, you also had to be associated with one of the authorized diving/touring entities operating there. If that rule remains in effect I wonder what these canceled charters mean to the customer in this regard.
Posted 16 August 2007 - 03:10 AM
Regarding housing ... well I don't have any housing for my cameras, which is why I dont bring it. I had an UW house for my first compact, but flooded that one, and told myself not to get a new one until I could afford another flooded house. After that my cameras just got more and more expensive =) I mostly shoot concerts as a freelancer, which is why I have a decent setup right now, but for diving, I'm just going to stay with enjoying the dive, not try to get good pictures. This might change in the future, who knows.
Posted 19 August 2007 - 11:49 PM
Unfortunately we do not have any official response about this situation, so far we know that Ecuadorâs President Rafael Correa is going to Galapagos this coming Tuesday (August 21st) in order to discuss diving issues. We expect and official position after that and of course I will keep you updated.
We do not think we are going to Darwin and Wolf, but we still keep our fingers crossed...
Posted 24 August 2007 - 12:52 PM
Ken's update is here: http://www.galapagos...com/dive_issue/
Ken Weemhoff of Galapagos Aventures has written up an informative update concerning the situation in the Galapagos that resulted in all dive trips being canceled last month. A meeting in Ecuador yesterday resulted in a decision "to accept a moratorium on the ban on diving until December 31." Ken writes, "beginning next Monday (August 27) all previously booked dive trips to Galapagos which are scheduled for 2007 will operate as planned. The authorities were instructed that they are to issue new tourist (diving) patentes to begin in January 2008 and that the local fishermen are to be given priority in acquiring these new patentes."
Despite the good news for tour operators and divers with plans to travel to the Galapagos, it may take Ecuador a long time to recover from the incredible stupidity of its actions. After all of this, what diver is going to believe that a trip planned to the Galapagos won't have a high likelihood of being disrupted by local corruption and bureaucracy? It's a good thing its waters are still productive enough for people to take the risk.
Posted 26 August 2007 - 03:50 PM
Posted 28 August 2007 - 07:18 AM
Dear Joost,
Yesterday, Diving to Wolf & Darwin Islands was re-opened and all Lammer Law and Mistral cruises that we have sold until December 31, 2007 will be able to visit both islands. Your October 6th cruise to Wolf and Darwin will continue!
We are still discussing with the National Park as to what will happen to
diving cruises in 2008 and we will keep you informed.
Best regards,
Fernando Diez
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Posted 07 September 2007 - 08:22 AM
There is not much new in the diving article, but the finning article helps explain why President Correa took the action he did, and what steps are currently underway to protect sharks. While this is a complicated issue, it may not be quite the fisherman/corruption conspiracy that has been discussed.
Shark Finning link: http://www.galapagos...rk-fishing.html
Galapagos diving link: http://www.galapagos...007_Diving.html
Edited by danclem, 07 September 2007 - 08:23 AM.
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Posted 07 September 2007 - 12:44 PM
I also had nice news from my Travel Agency. We´re going to Wolf and Darwin in the end of October 2007. It's Nemo II Catamaran.
It'll be my first dives in the Pacific Ocean
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Posted 13 September 2007 - 02:56 PM
Also, changes in dive sites. No more diving at Seymour, so diving is at the sand spit called Mosquera between Baltra and Seymour. Also, were told that a snorkeler was bitten by a sea lion at Plaza, so no diving allowed there either.
Other things we heard from the DM (Solon Intiago, originally from Deep Blue) confirmed that as of 2008, there will be no dive/land tours. Dive only, or land only, not both (as an aside, both trips I've been on we did Wolf /Darwin and 4 land tours incl. Darwin Res. Stn). Also, this wasn't clear to me but it sounded like there's discussion that all diving has to be done by noon, to accomodate snorkelers. This didn't make sense (who snorkels Gordon Rocks... or Cousins? or Seymour? maybe someone does) but it would wreak havoc if you had to finish diving by noon and couldn't land tour.
At any rate, looks like things will change somewhat over the next few months. It'll be interesting to see how it shakes out. Although there are many places to go in the meantime, looking forward to going back someday.


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A Lexington lawyer and his wife pleaded guilty to drug charges Thursday in Davidson County Superior Court just days after they were indicted by a grand jury.
William Fred Fritts, 55, of 106 Acacia Circle, pleaded guilty to felony possession of marijuana. Susan Godwin Fritts, 58, of the same address, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, sell and deliver marijuana and manufacture marijuana.
The Lexington Police Department completed an investigation of drug activity at 106 Acacia Circle, according to a press release. On Oct. 16, the LPD with the assistance of the North Carolina Bureau of Investigation executed a search warrant at this address. Officers allege they located an apparent marijuana-growing operation at the residence.
The husband and wife were arrested Wednesday.
Late Thursday afternoon the couple appeared in Davidson County Superior Court. William Fritts was represented by Winston-Salem attorney David Freedman. Susan Fritts was represented by Carlos E. Jan�.
Jim O'Neill, the district attorney for Forsyth County, served as the prosecutor for the case. He told the court and Superior Court Judge Alexander Mendaloff III he was brought in by Davidson County District Attorney Garry Frank because the case presented a conflict of interest.
Det. Matt Leonard of the Lexington Police Department's Vice/Narcotics Unit testified his department conducted a search warrant at the Fritts' residence after receiving a complaint of marijuana being grown in the home. A cooperative William Fritts, Leonard said, told officers during the search of the residence that his wife grew marijuana upstairs. He took deputies upstairs where they located 11 marijuana plants and a grow light. The husband didn't stop there as he took officers downstairs where they found several jars of loose marijuana, quantities of money, smoking devices, scales and a jar of marijuana buds, Leonard said.
William Fritts, Leonard said, asked officers to be honest about what was going to happen after the search warrant. The detective said he told the attorney nobody was being arrested that day as the LPD continued its investigation.
William Fritts informed deputies that his wife grew marijuana to help her cope with having Rheumatoid arthritis, Leonard said, adding further investigation showed the wife was selling and smoking marijuana with juveniles. Leonard said officers seized a cell phone, which contained a picture of a large marijuana plant.
Appearing in court, Freedman said, was humiliating for William Fritts. He said the attorney made some poor choices but the husband wanted to make sure his wife had the proper medication. Freedman said his client the day after the search warrant went for a drug test, which came back negative.
Jan� said the wife was sorry for what she had put her husband through. He said the couple has been married for 25 years. Jan� said Susan Fritts formerly worked as the victim's coordinator for the Davidson County District Attorney's Office.
William Fritts, who is a defense attorney in Davidson County and a former assistant district attorney in Davidson County, apologized to his friends and others who have been supportive since the news surfaced in the community about the search warrant. He expressed his appreciation for the prosecutor accepting the plea and commended the officers for being professional.
"I have always admired you," Mendaloff told William Fritts. "You have been a tremendous advocate for the state. It's unfortunate."
William Fritts, who could have received a maximum sentence of one year, seven months in jail, was placed on unsupervised probation for 12 months and ordered to pay a $250 fine and court costs. Mendaloff said the attorney must report to a substance abuse agency.
Susan Fritts, who could have received a maximum sentence of 7 years, 11 months in jail, received a suspended sentence of 6 months to 1 year, 5 months in jail and also was placed under unsupervised probation three years, and ordered to pay a $500 fine and court costs. Mendaloff also ordered the wife to report to a substance abuse agency.
O'Neill said Susan Fritts received multiple charges because there was no evidence to show her husband was selling marijuana to the teenagers.
"Essentially, it was her operation but he lives under the same roof," the district attorney said. "He is guilty of possession. He knows what is going on and well aware of what is going on."
O'Neill said William Fritts can continue to practice law. He said the attorney has to self-report the plea to the state bar and that entity will determine if he'll continue to practice.
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Richard Christopher Butts, 26, and his attorney agreed to accept the long prison term, and Butts will be sentenced on April 17, according to court records.
"We all feel this is a fair resolution of the case," said Deputy District Attorney Wendy Patrick.
Patrick said had Butts been convicted of all counts at trial, he would be facing 50 years to life in prison. He pleaded guilty to rape and unlawful oral copulation with both victims and admitted he kidnapped them when he moved the victims a substantial distance.
The guilty pleas were entered before San Diego Superior Court Judge Timothy Walsh on the day Butts' trial was to start. Butts remains in jail without bail.
He was arrested March 24, 2013 after a young woman was assaulted in the early morning hours while she was walking on Long Branch Avenue.
She testified she was grabbed and dragged to a dark area between a garage and a fence. Two women who were dog-sitting next door heard her screams and ran outside, causing the attacker to flee. They called 9-1-1 and Butts was arrested.
Police evidence technicians discovered a DNA match from the March 24 incident to an unsolved rape on Muir Avenue on Aug. 25, 2012. Butts was then charged with another rape and kidnapping and later ordered to stand trial in both attacks.
A brain scan was performed on Butts after his attorney requested it. Attorney Yahairah Aristy wrote that Butts has "very limited memory of the events alleged in this case" and she wanted an MRI scan "to see if there are any abnormalities" in his brain.
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Quarterback Kameron Smith and running back Maurice Lewis led the Winston-Salem State Rams to a 55-21 win over Morehouse College Saturday in the 2012 Cleveland Classic presented by McDonald's in front of a crowd of 10,000 at Cleveland Browns Stadium.
"We had an outstanding weekend of events for the 2012 Cleveland Classic, capped off today with an excellent game between Winston-Salem State and Morehouse," Greater Cleveland Sports Commission CEO and President David Gilbert said. "The Step Show on Friday night was a huge success and we are extremely pleased with the entire weekend. We are also thrilled the Classic was able to stress the importance of a strong education to so many students in our region. All in all it was a great event for our community that provided significant economic impact to the local economy."
Winston-Salem State moves to 3-0 on the year, and were presented with the Cleveland Classic presented by McDonald's trophy by McDonald's owner/operator and Cleveland Classic co-chair Herb Washington after the game.
The Rams used three first quarter touchdown passes by Smith to jump out to a 21-3 lead. Smith completed 21-of-41 passes on the day for 307 yards and four touchdowns, while his backfield partner, Lewis, ran for 139 yards and another score. Carlos Fields and Khendra Reid led the WSSU defense with an interception each.
Quarterback Donnay Raglund led Morehouse with 74 yards on the ground, while also throwing for two touchdowns. Lance White and Brandon Houston led Morehouse on defense with 11 tackles each. The Maroon Tigers leave Cleveland with a record of 1-2.
Saturday's festivities at the 2012 Cleveland Classic started with the Tailgate Party presented by University Hospitals and the College and Career Experience presented by Verizon. The WSSU Red Sea of Sound and the Morehouse House of Funk then electrified the crowd in the KeyBank Marching Band Halftime Show, with the band from Shaw High School in East Cleveland opening the show.
Friday's Cleveland Classic events included the College Readiness Fair presented by McDonald's and College Now, Symposium to Advance Educational Excellence, PNC Praisefest 6 presented in partnership with the Cleveland Cavaliers and the United States Marine Corps presents the Cleveland Classic Greek Step Show.
The 2012 Cleveland Classic's weekend of events, including the Greek Step Show, College Readiness Fair, President's Reception, Tom Joyner Meet and Greet and football game, drew over 16,000 total participants.
For more information on the Cleveland Classic, visit www.clevelandclassicfootball.com
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Call at home looms large in Red Sox's loss
BOSTON -- Did Dustin Pedroia's left foot touch home plate? That was the burning question after the Red Sox suffered a 2-1 loss to the Rays in Game 1 of Thursday's day-night doubleheader at Fenway Park.
With one out in the bottom of the seventh, David Ortiz lofted a double high off the Green Monster and Pedroia tried to score from first with what would have been the tying run.View Full Game Coverage
BOSTON -- Did Dustin Pedroia's left foot touch home plate? That was the burning question after the Red Sox suffered a 2-1 loss to the Rays in Game 1 of Thursday's day-night doubleheader at Fenway Park.
With one out in the bottom of the seventh, David Ortiz lofted a double high off the Green Monster and Pedroia tried to score from first with what would have been the tying run.View Full Game Coverage
Pedroia clearly beat the throw to the plate, but he was called out by first-base umpire Toby Basner, perhaps because his foot never touched home on the slide, or the umpires didn't see his foot touch home.
"I slid at the back part of the plate, that's basically it," said Pedroia. "I thought so. I haven't really seen the replay, just what you see on the board and stuff. When it happened during the game, yeah, [I thought I was in], that's why I was so frustrated that they called me out."
Red Sox manager John Farrell challenged the call. After a delay of one minute and 52 seconds, the call stood, meaning there wasn't enough evidence to overturn it.
"I thought not only did Dustin beat the throw, beat the tag, but felt like his left foot made some contact with home plate," said Farrell. "Our video internally showed that that was the case and upon review, the call came back, and it stood. [The umpires] felt like there wasn't conclusive evidence to overturn the call on the field."
Third-base coach Brian Butterfield was outraged by what he thought was a missed call, and he was ejected from the game. The Red Sox slipped to 1-for-5 on replay challenges this season.
Yeah, I think that's a little frustrating," said Pedroia. "There's really nothing more you can say. I just don't like the whole inconclusive deal. With replay you're either out or safe -- I don't know what inconclusive means. Maybe it means someone doesn't want to make a decision. We all make decisions every day. Some of them hard; some of them are not. You have to make them though."
The Rays were pleased that their defense executed a critical play, with Matt Joyce firing to shortstop Yunel Escobar, who in turn made a strong throw to catcher Jose Molina.
"Matty's been playing great in the outfield, plays it perfectly, barehands it, throws it perfectly well to Escobar," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "Escobar made a great throw to the plate. ... Jamo just rode him out of the play. From what I understand, he never touched the plate and that was a big part of that call."
Jake Peavy gave Boston 6 1/3 innings, giving up three hits and two runs. He walked five and struck out four.
After the game, the righty was thoroughly frustrated that Pedroia was called out and that the call wasn't reversed.
"Anytime you lose, it's frustrating. It's really frustrating when you lose and you feel like we did score two runs in the ballgame," said Peavy. "That's the thing I'm having a hard time with right now."
The Red Sox broke out first when Jonny Gomes ripped a two-out RBI single up the middle in the bottom of the first to score Pedroia.
Peavy kept it there until the third, when David DeJesus curled a home run around Pesky's Pole in right to tie the game.
In the fourth, Peavy had a momentary loss of control, walking three straight batters, the last of which forced in a run to give Tampa Bay a 2-1 lead.
Desmond Jennings walked to open the fourth and took third on Joyce's ground out. Peavy struck out Evan Longoria, but he then walked James Loney. After getting ahead of Wil Myers 0-2, Peavy walked him. DeJesus drew the walk that forced in what proved to be the game-winning run.
"I let it get away from me a little bit," said Peavy. "I was being real careful with Loney. I had no problems putting him on to face Myers there, the right-handed hitter, because you knew, with the way the game was playing out, that a run could possibly be the game. With the games we play with Tampa [Bay], we all know how tight of games we play.
"I was trying to do everything I could to save that run. I got a big strikeout of Longoria. I put Loney on to face Myers, got ahead of him 0-2 and then tried to make too good of pitches and pulled the ball away."
The Red Sox would have plenty of chances to even the score or even go ahead, but they couldn't come through with the big hit. Boston was 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position and left 11 on base.
"I think our approach at the plate has been very consistent," said Farrell. "We're producing opportunities and yet cashing in on them has been a little bit different than that. If we're leaving 11 men on base, we're creating opportunities."
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brownie Points, and follow him on Twitter @IanMBrowne.


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