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Cablevision Realizes It Argued Against Its Own Interests In Aereo Case; Flips Sides
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It wasn't just cynical and obnoxious, it was monumentally shortsighted. That's because anyone who had spent more than about 30 seconds understanding the details of the case knew that the broadcasters weren't just focused on Aereo -- but rather were looking to use Aereo to overturn the Cablevision ruling. They were pretty explicit about this all along -- and even some of the judges understand this.
Now that the NY case has been appealed to the Supreme Court, and it's abundantly clear that the networks are aiming to take down the Cablevision ruling, Cablevision appears to finally have recognized what a monumentally stupid move it made in supporting their arguments earlier in the case (even if the networks lost). Rather than admit that it was in error, it appears that Cablevision has decided to cover up their flip flop by just screaming much more loudly against the very networks it sided with earlier in this case. It's come out with a scathing statement blasting the networks for their appeal, and arguing that the networks were engaged in a "willful attempt to stifle innovation." That's almost exactly the opposite of what it said before.
Cablevision's media wranglers would probably argue that its amicus brief in support of the networks was merely focused on a different argument: that Aereo didn't meet the same qualifications as Cablevision, but it's bizarre to think they didn't realize that the point of the case was to take down the victory Cablevision got in its case. Furthermore, a win for Aereo would actually be huge for Cablevision, because it would allow them to start offering a similar service, and get out from under crazy retransmission fees.


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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Jesse Holley Joins the Team
So what does he bring to the table as a wide receiver? The first thing you notice about him is his size. He is 6'3" and weighs 215 pounds. The next thing I noticed when I first saw him was his physique. His 215 pounds are almost all muscle. He supposedly runs a 4.5 40-yard dash so he has good speed to go with his size. And finally, with his basketball background, he knows how to use his body to make the tough catches in traffic. He'll need some injuries to some of the receivers ahead of him to get a real shot to make the roster. His ability to make the tough catch might get him some attention from the coaches during camp.
As a special teams player it looks like Holley would primarily contribute as a coverage player. He didn't show the quickness during the show that would lead me to believe he could be a good returner, but he was forced to go through a lot of coverage drills that showed he had the ability and desire to excel on special teams. He is going to have to be an unbelievable special teams player in addition to anything he does as a wide receiver to have any realistic chance to even make the practice roster.
I'll definitely be interested to see how Holley looks against NFL-caliber talent during training camp. It will be hard not to pull for him at least a little bit after seeing all he had to go through to get a chance to compete for a job.
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- AnonymousJuly 22, 2009 at 12:54 PM
I was kinda hoping for the other receiver Hawkins to win. He's short but really fast (listed at 4.3 40), and tough. He stood out to me in many of the special team drills in his ability to speed past blockers and make the tackle, and also looks like he did quite well on punt returns. He was winning many of the drills IMO. His speed would be valued.ReplyDelete
Having said that Holley isn't bad either. Seems to have good hands and is big enough to shield the defender from the ball and win jump balls.
Like you say though, there will have to be some injuries for him to make the field. His best shot is most likely practice squad at this point. Once there, you never know though. If Austin or Hurd are injured for 1-2 games, he could be a fill in.
If on the other hand if Austin or Hurd are injured for any longer length of time (Gawd forbid a season ending injury..) the Cowboys would be quick on the phone to one of those fools like Matt Jones, or Plexiglass Burress, or Joey Porter.
- AnonymousJuly 22, 2009 at 11:25 PM
Jesse Holley < Martellus BennettReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 22, 2011 at 12:59 PM
hawkins was fag ther was no room for him becuase he had too big of a mouth holley won fair and squareReplyDelete

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Tell me, Muse, of the man of many ways, who was driven far journeys, after he had sacked Troy's sacred citadel. Many were they whose cities he saw, whose minds he learned of, many the pains he suffered in his spirit on the wide sea, struggling for his own life and the homecoming of his companions. Even so he could not save his companions, hard though he strove to; they were destroyed by their own wild recklessness, fools, who devoured the oxen of Helios, the Sun God, and he took away the day of their homecoming. From some point here, goddess, daughter of Zeus, speak, and begin our story.
Then all the others, as many as fled sheer destruction, were at home now, having escaped the sea and the fighting. This one alone, longing for his wife and his homecoming, was detained by the queenly nymph Kalypso, bright among goddesses, in her hollowed caverns, desiring that he should be her husband. But when in the circling of the years that very year came in which the gods had spun for him his time of homecoming to Ithaka, not even then was he free of his trials nor among his own people. But all the gods pitied him except Poseidon; he remained relentlessly angry with godlike Odysseus, until his return to his own country.
But Poseidon was gone now to visit the far Aithiopians, Aithiopians, most distant of men, who live divided, some at the setting of Hyperion, some at his rising, to receive a hecatomb of bulls and rams. There he sat at the feast and took his pleasure. Meanwhile the other Olympian gods were gathered together in the halls of Zeus. First among them to speak was the father of gods and mortals, for he was thinking in his heart of stately Aigisthos, whom Orestes, Agamemnon's far-famed son, had murdered. Remembering him he spoke now before the immortals:
'Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame upon us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given, as now lately, beyond what was given, Aigisthos married the wife of Atreus' son, and murdered him on his homecoming, though he knew it was sheer destruction, for we ourselves had told him, sending Hermes, the mighty watcher, Argeiphontes, not to kill the man, nor court his lady for marriage; for vengeance would come on him from Orestes, son of Atreides, whenever he came of age and longed for his own country. So Hermes told him, but for all his kind intention he could not persuade the mind of Aigisthos. And now he has paid for everything.'
Then in turn the goddess gray-eyed Athene answered him: 'Son of Kronos, our father, 0 lordliest of the mighty, Aigisthos indeed has been struck down in a death well merited. Let any other man who does thus perish as he did. But the heart in me is torn for the sake of wise Odysseus, unhappy man, who still, far from his friends, is suffering griefs, on the sea-washed island, the navel of all the waters, a wooded island, and there a goddess has made her dwelling place; she is daughter of malignant Atlas, who has discovered all the depths of the sea, and himself sustains the towering columns which bracket earth and sky and hold them together. This is his daughter; she detains the grieving, unhappy man, and ever with soft and flattering words she works to charm him to forget Ithaka; and yet Odysseus, straining to get sight of the very smoke uprising from his own country, longs to die. But you, Olympian, the heart in you is heedless of him. Did not Odysseus do you grace by the ships of the Argives, making sacrifice in wide Troy? Why, Zeus, are you now so harsh with him?'
Then in turn Zeus who gathers the clouds made answer: 'My child, what sort of word escaped your teeth's barrier? How could I forget Odysseus the godlike, he who is beyond all other men in mind, and who beyond others has given sacrifice to the gods, who hold wide heaven? It is the Earth Encircler Poseidon who, ever relentless, nurses a grudge because of the Cyclops, whose eye he blinded; for Polyphemos like a god, whose power is greatest over all the Cyclopes. Thoosa, a nymph, was his mother, and she was daughter of Phorkys, lord of the barren salt water. She in the hollows of the caves had lain with Poseidon. For his sake Poseidon, shaker of the earth, although he does not kill Odysseus, yet drives him back from the land of his fathers. But come, let all of us who are here work out his homecoming and see to it that he returns. Poseidon shall put away his anger; for all alone and against the will of the other immortal gods united he can accomplish nothing.'
Then in turn the goddess gray-eyed Athene answered him: 'Son of Kronos, our father, 0 lordliest of the mighty, if in truth this is pleasing to the blessed immortals that Odysseus of the many designs shall return home, then let us dispatch Hermes, the guide, the slayer of Argos, to the island of Ogygia, so that with all speed he may announce to the lovely-haired nymph our absolute purpose, the homecoming of enduring Odysseus, that he shall come back. But I shall make my way to Ithaka, so that I may stir up his son a little, and put some confidence in him to summon into assembly the flowing-haired Achaians and make a statement to all the suitors, who now forever slaughter his crowding sheep and lumbering horn-curved cattle; and I will convey him into Sparta and to sandy Pylos to ask after his dear father's homecoming, if he can hear something, and so that among people he may win a good reputation.'
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Apple Inc. shares have shed about 10% of their value this week – adding to a sell-off that has shredded about $155 billion from the company's market value since the high-profile launch of the iPhone 5 in late September.
Investors and analysts have spent the last week debating the various potential reasons for the downspin, but the one thing that seems clear is that expectations are being reset for a company that has a long-track record of defying them. How those expectations will match reality will not likely come clear until Apple reports its next quarterly results, likely in late January.
However, it is likely that those earnings won't have the same over-weighted effect on the tech sector as they used to. If Apple's own estimates are to be believed (and Wall Street typically discounts these as wildly too conservative), then the company will post its first year-over-year earnings decline in nearly nine years, according to FactSet.
Wall Street's consensus estimates are well above Apple's – as usual – but are still modeling for a slight decline for the quarter, as the simultaneous launch of so many new and re-designed products is expected to weigh on margins in the short term.
As FactSet's market analyst John Butters observed in a note on Friday, an earnings decline from Apple will have a notable effect on the rest of the tech sector. That's because Apple has been the largest contributor to earnings growth for the information technology segment of the S&P 500 over the past nine quarters. "During these nine quarters, the average year-over-year growth rate in EPS for Apple was 83%," Butters wrote. "In both Q4 2011 and Q1 2012, the company accounted for nearly all of the earnings growth in the sector."
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DULUTH, Minn. – The Saints football team continues its winning ways and offensive production in a rout of the Martin Luther Knights 66-10 at Public Schools Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
With the victory over the Knights (2-8, 2-7 UMAC), the Saints win the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) outright, as the final standings can no longer end up in a tie on paper.
The Knights got on the board first in this one when Shawn Scherer put in a 33-yard field goal to give Martin Luther the 3-0 lead with 6:20 left in the first quarter.
The Saints would answer less than two minutes later when Travis Nehowig ran one in from 12 yards out for the score. Mike Theismann's point after attempt was good to give CSS a 7-3 lead, a lead they wouldn't give up.
CSS would score again late in the first when Alex Thiry found Keegan O'Neill for a 38-yard touchdown. With Theismann's extra point the score was now 14-3 in favor of the Saints.
Thiry and his cousin Nick Thiry would connect for three touchdowns in the second quarter from 21 yards, 62 yards and 10 yards respectively. All of Theismann's extra points were good to give the Saints a halftime lead of 35-3.
The scoring wasn't done for the Saints as a 51-yard drive would end in a Thiry-O'Neill touchdown connection early in the third quarter. Theismann stayed perfect with extra points and the Saints went ahead 42-3.
N. Thiry would score on a rushing touchdown later in the third from seven yards out to give CSS a 49-3 lead after Theismann's extra point was good.
Theismann began the fourth quarter with a 38-yard field goal to extend the lead for the Saints. Just two and half minutes later, Thomas Fragale would find the end zone on a one-yard touchdown run. Theismann's extra point was good making the score 59-3 in favor of the Saints.
Tyler Harper found Spencer Specht later in the fourth for a 26-yard touchdown. Theismann's extra point would make it 66-3 to complete a 66-point unanswered run by St. Scholastica.
The Knights would get on the board one more time with 1:29 left when Mark Voss scored on a 21-yard run. Scherer's extra point was good to make the score 66-10 and it would remain that score for a final in Duluth.
Thiry had another impressive day passing as he went 22-27 for 412 yards and five touchdowns to give him 2,350 yards and 33 touchdowns on the season. Thiry still has just one interception on the season.
Fragale was the leading rusher for the Saints carrying the ball 12 times for 108 yards and a touchdown. Nehowig ended the day with 14 carries for 85 yards and a touchdown as well. N. Thiry had a touchdown on just one rush on a day that the Saints ran the ball for 226 yards.
N. Thiry led the way receiving for CSS catching eight balls for 187 yards and three touchdowns. O'Neill had six grabs for 93 yards and two touchdowns and Specht had just the one catch that was a touchdown for the Saints. Jonny Bennett also had a 100-yard receiving day bringing in five passes for 114 yards.
Zack Dubanoski led the defense with 10 tackles and JP Leary was right behind him with nine. Sean Graskey added eight tackles of his own and Jake Turkowski had seven for the Saints.
The Saints (9-0, 8-0 UMAC) will finish the season in Illinois as they travel to take on the Eureka College Red Devils (4-4, 4-5 UMAC) in the season finale next Saturday at 1 p.m.


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'One Tree Hill' actress Jana Kramer is gearing up to release her debut country album on June 5. The collection of tunes on her self-titled LP were produced by the legendary Scott Hendricks, who has worked with Blake Shelton and Brooks and Dunn.
Fans of Kramer's have already gotten a taste of what to expect from the singer's album thanks to her premiere single 'Why Ya Wanna,' which began quickly climbing the charts after its release. But the country first-timer says emotions run even deeper on the disc, on which she wrote half the tunes.
"You are going to hear every side of me [on this album]," Kramer tells Taste of Country. "There's a very sassy side … I don't want to kill any of my ex-boyfriends, I just want them to suffer a little bit [laughs]. Then there's the emotional side and the romantic side, because I'm a hopeless romantic at heart. Then the struggles of growing up and finding out who you are. People will get to know me on all different types of levels."
Kramer has already sold almost 250,000 digital downloads to 'Why Ya Wanna' to date. While she didn't write the song, she says it's something that touches her as if she did. "I've literally lived every second of that song," she says. "I went through an exact similar situation … dated a guy, fell in love with him, and we broke up. Now, every time I see him, he always comes up to me and gives me a hug. It's like, 'Ugh! I'm still in love with you! You kill me every time I look at you!' The song is great because it's so personal, even though I didn't write it."
The album's release is not the only exciting news for Kramer right now. Next week (April 13), the 28-year-old star is set to make her debut on the Grand Ole Opry. Those who are unable to make the trip to Nashville to see the show can still tune in online by clicking here.
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ATLANTA and CLEMSON, S.C. (May 12, 2012) – Freshman Katerina Vodova (Humpolec, Czech Republic) took first place in the women's long jump at the Clemson Qualifier, while the ETSU men's and women's track and field teams posted three top 15 finishes at the Georgia Tech Invitational on Friday and Saturday to conclude the first two meets of a final three-meet weekend.
Vodova leapt 5.76m to take first place in the long jump, while sophomore Taylor Story (Germantown, Tenn.) finished the event in third at 5.35m.
In the men's triple jump at Clemson, junior Jason Johnson (Philadelphia, Pa.) took second place with a combined distance of 15.09m. On the women's side of the event, sophomore Lexie Burley (Johnson City, Tenn.) posted a good mark with a distance of 12.23m
At Georgia Tech, ETSU saw its success come on the track. Freshman Filip Jalovy (Modrice, Czech Republic) took 13th in the men's 1500m with a time of 3:55.26, while senior Anja Claussnitzer (Chemnitz, Germany) also posted a 13th place finish in the women's 800m, clocking in at 2:10.33.
Ifrish Alberg (Paramaribo, Suriname) put together a good showing in the men's 100m dash, completing the event in 10.60 and earning 15th place.
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(CNN) -- Washington appears to be run by screenwriters, where the rule is to get as close to the cliff as possible. Drive off, if it won't be too unbelievable. Then -- like young James T. Kirk in the J.J. Abrams reboot of Star Trek -- jump out as the car plunges to the bottom and climb your way back up. That's great Hollywood -- and perhaps the best-case scenario in Washington as lawmakers drive toward the fiscal cliff.
There's an upside too. If you watch the news closely, you'll see our Washington leaders making the classic mistakes that bad negotiators make. You'll see when they should be changing direction, doing B instead of A. And you'll be improving your own negotiation skills along the way.
I'm totally serious here: As you watch, notice what they should be doing, instead of what they are doing, and it's likely that you'll act more effectively when you have to negotiate a new house, a big sale, or a pay increase to cover the increase in your taxes if lawmakers drive over the edge.
Over the past 20 years, I've helped organizations of all kinds negotiate the sale of companies, contracts for C-suite executives, and union-management agreements. I've also taught negotiation techniques to members of law enforcement -- many SWAT teams and their federal counterparts.
Here's what I can tell you: Negotiation has three steps and three rules.
Let's look at what should be happening in Washington.
Step 1. Say what you want and ask the people on other side what they want. What results is "positions" -- what each side says it wants. You tell the car dealer that you'd like $5,000 more for your trade-in than you really think you can get. It's not what you expect, but it's a way to start the negotiation.
Opinion: Beware the fiscal cliff deniers
The first serious set of positions came out from Republicans on December 3. The Democrats got there a bit sooner. This step should have been over a couple of days after the election.
Step 2: One side steps up and asks why the other's position is what it is, and keeps asking "why" until it gets to core values. Don't laugh, but in the real world it works like this: Democrats to Republicans: "How come 'no tax increases' is so vital for you?" Republicans to Democrats: "Why is it so important to raise taxes on households making over $250,000?" These questions "surface" each side's interests, the reasons behind the positions, as William Ury, Roger Fisher and Bruce Patton note in their classic "Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In."
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I once worked in a hospital where the nurses insisted on a large percentage increase in their pay. Stuck at step one, they'd repeat what they wanted, and the hospital executives would call them greedy and out of touch, often with the press listening. The nurses responded that the hospital was run by greedy trolls who only cared about making money.
Things moved forward when someone asked the nurses why that position was so important. "It's about fairness," they said.
When the nurses were asked why fairness is so important, they said "respect." They felt disrespected by the process, the various offers, and being kept out of hospital decision-making. When they settled, a part of the deal was -- are you sitting down? -- that they wanted to put in more time, invest more passion and expertise, and have a greater sense of ownership in the hospital.
Opinion: Millionaires' tax bracket would be a smart compromise
By the hospital giving them a fair slice of its financial success, through a sort of profit-sharing deal, the nurses did better than they would have done with just the straight percentage increase. And they won -- emotionally and financially. People will surrender a position if it helps them achieve what they're really after.
The hospital executives went through a similar process. Their position was that the nurses would get no increase. Why zero? "Market realities" -- salary surveys showing that they were already paid fairly. Why were market realities important? Because the executives wanted the hospital to be the best in its market, in all respects.
The core value for the executives was "best of the best." Notice the Hollywood ending that results: The executives and nurses both got more than they originally wanted, and both were invested in making it happen. Research my colleagues and I published found that groups get far better results when decisions are based on values rather than compromise or interests alone.
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Step 3: Build a specific plan based on the core values. Compromise only when core values pull in opposite directions. I'm not talking a grand bargain here, just an agreement that honors the core values of each side. I've seen groups go through this process in an hour, even when the difficulties were more complicated than those facing Washington.
Here's the question to address: How do we put together a plan that honors opportunity, growth, fairness, and responsibility? The plan will have lots of pieces, but lawmakers could get to the skeleton of the plan in half a day. President Obama said a week. I'm not sure we'll have a week by the time people decide to do their jobs.
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In Washington, what we need is a band of leaders to take the key clamoring politicians off site, without cameras or press conferences. Camp David was meant for such occasions. Or to keep costs down, how about a conference room at a Motel 6?
Once there, they also need to make sure they are honoring the three rules of negotiations:
Never go in with your hands tied. Many Republicans signed Grover Norquist's no-tax-hike pledge. This puts them in a lose-lose position, and a few are expressing that realization. Without the ability to negotiate freely, their Democratic counterparts know Republicans are hampered. The cure: Have every Republican revoke his or her pledge, as a few have already done. They may still vote for a no-tax deal, but they can't negotiate in good faith with that pledge over their heads.
Think of a marriage in crisis. The best way to save the situation is to put everything on the table -- including possible divorce -- and then go through the steps I outlined here. Only by setting their positions down, and moving to the deeper levels, can the people have their best shot at a great outcome. Ironically, the more you hold to a position, the less likely you are to get it.
Don't go straight for a compromise. The Democrats get a flag on field here. The tone is: "The election is over, now let's meet in the middle -- you get some of what you want, and we get some of what we want." Wrong, dead wrong. Go through the process.
Don't confuse positions with core values. The Republicans get the penalty flag here. "No new taxes" is a position, not a core value. People should never compromise on their core values, but they should be prepared to let go of their positions. Likewise, for Democrats, "go back to the pre-Bush tax rates for the wealthy" is a position, not a core value. The core values are far more interesting: growth, opportunity, fairness, and responsibility. Imagine a bill, signed by the president, that honored those principles, instead of merely cobbling together the demands of both parties. Everyone wins, and the lawmakers would truly be leaders.
Get out the popcorn and let's see how close to this fiscal cliff we get. With these principles in mind, you will leave the drama with better skills to negotiate your future. Really, this isn't that hard.
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Attempting to dispel myths tends to make me feel like Don Quixote, riding against hordes of windmills that won't budge. In this case, even some of my fellow MVPs and Microsoft's own Books Online are among the windmills…
Books Online says that there are two categories of numeric data types: "approximate" (float and real), and "exact" (all others, but for this discussion mainly decimal and numeric). It also says that "floating point data is approximate; therefore, not all values in the data type range can be represented exactly", thereby suggesting that other numeric data types are capable of representing all values in the data type range. The latter is of course not true, for there is no way that values such as 1/3, π, or √2 can ever be represented exactly in any of SQL Server's data types.
But Books Online is not the only one to blame – many respected MVPs carry part of the blame as well. For instance, Aaron Bertrand, the original author of the famous website www.aspfaq.com, write on a page about rounding errors when using floating point mathematics: "You should try to avoid the FLOAT datatype whenever possible, and opt for the more versatile, and precise, DECIMAL or NUMERIC datatypes instead". And just today, I was reading this (otherwise impressive) book by Bob Beauchemin and Dan Sullivan, when I came across a passage that presented a code snippet to demonstrate rounding errors in the .Net equivalent of float; the authors did present size and speed as possible reasons to choose float over decimal, but failed to mention that decimal is not exact either.
Since reading this paragraph was the final straw that caused me to blog on this, I'll start with a SQL Server equivalent of the code presented by Bob and Dan:
DECLARE @Float1 float, @Float2 float, @Float3 float, @Float4 float;
SET @Float1 = 54;
SET @Float2 = 0.03;
SET @Float3 = 0 + @Float1 + @Float2;
SELECT @Float3 – @Float1 – @Float2 AS "Should be 0";
Should be 0
DECLARE @Fixed1 decimal(8,4), @Fixed2 decimal(8,4), @Fixed3 decimal(8,4);
SET @Fixed1 = 54;
SET @Fixed2 = 0.03;
SET @Fixed3 = 0 + @Fixed1 + @Fixed2;
SELECT @Fixed3 – @Fixed1 – @Fixed2 AS "Should be 0";
Should be 0
As you see, adding some numbers and then subtracting them again does indeed incur a rounding error. The result is 0.0000000000000011379786 instead of 0. But what happens if we do a similar test with multiplying and dividing? The code below should always return 1. It does for the floating point calculation, but not for the fixed point version – this one's result is off by exactly 1E-15, approximately the same margin of error that float caused when adding and multiplying.
DECLARE @Float1 float, @Float2 float, @Float3 float, @Float4 float;
SET @Float1 = 54;
SET @Float2 = 0.03;
SET @Float3 = 1 * @Float1 / @Float2;
SELECT @Float3 / @Float1 * @Float2 AS "Should be 1";
Should be 1
DECLARE @Fixed1 decimal(8,4), @Fixed2 decimal(8,4), @Fixed3 decimal(8,4);
SET @Fixed1 = 54;
SET @Fixed2 = 0.03;
SET @Fixed3 = 1 * @Fixed1 / @Fixed2;
SELECT @Fixed3 / @Fixed1 * @Fixed2 AS "Should be 1";
Should be 1
It even gets more interesting when you change the value of @Fixed2 from 0.03 to 0.003 – in that case, the floating point calculation still runs fine and without error, whereas the fixed point calculation bombs:
Msg 8115, Level 16, State 8, Line 11
Arithmetic overflow error converting numeric to data type numeric.
Should be 1
Now I'm sure that many of you will already have experimented and found that they could "fix" this by increasing the scale and precision of the fixed point numbers. But they can never exceed 38, and it's not hard at all to come up with examples of rounding errors in fixed point calculations for any setting off scale and precision.
Mind you, I am not saying that float is "better" than decimal. It is not – but it's not worse either. Both "exact" and "approximate" numeric data types have their place. A grand choice for "exact" numeric data, is when dealing with numbers that have a fixed number of decimal places and represent an exact amount, such as monetary units. There's no way that I would ever use floating point data in such an application!
But if you are dealing with scientific data, that is usually derived from some measurement and hence by definition an approximation of reality (since there's no way to measure with unlimited precision), floating point data is an excellent choice. Not because it's approximate nature mimics the act of trying to get a measure as close as possible to reality, but also (or maybe I should say: mainly) because it can easily represent both very large and very small numbers with a large number of significant figures – try for instance to do something like this with "exact" numeric data types, if you don't believe me!
DECLARE @Float1 float, @Float2 float, @Float3 float, @Float4 float;
SET @Float1 = 987654321.0 * 123456789.0;
SET @Float2 = 0.123456789 / 998877665544332211.0;
SET @Float3 = 1 * @Float1 / @Float2;
SELECT @Float3 / @Float1 * @Float2 AS "Should be 1";
Should be 1
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Hi Will,
For addition and subtraction, you are right (though exact numerics have a higher chance of running into overflow than approximate numerics).
For multiplication, you are not – if you multiply two NUMERIC(38,37) or NUMERIC(38,0) inputs, you would need a NUMERIC(76,74) or NUMERIC(76,0) to store the result without the possibility of precision loss, and that is well beyond the limits of SQL Server. (Note that multiplying float will also result in loss of precision at the far end of the decimal, though here, again, the chance to get overflow is lots smaller).
Just to prevent muisunderstandings, I'm not saying that float is "better" than numeric, just that both have their place. The reason for my (deliberately provocative) post is to fight the all too common misunderstanding that one should always choose numeric.
Best, Hugo
OK I agree if you have overflow because you are trying to store a value that is too large for a datatype, then all calculations causing the overflow will fail. So I should have said decimals and integers are exact with regard to addition, subtraction and integer multiplication as long as the result does not exceed the limits for the datatype 🙂
I would also agree no datatype is intrinsically better than any other, they are different because they have different purposes. Interestingly early basic used floating point as its only numeric type!
Will: No datatype being intrinsically better than others, but each having their own purposes – thanks for writing this! It is exactly the point I am trying to make!
gbn: Fixed has indeed more precision, but with the limitation that you need to know in advance what order of magnitude your numbers are. You could in theory use fixed to represent maximum speed of different makes of automobile (though there is currently no way to actually measure them with a precision that would go beyond the 15 decimals of float). But if you have to store speeds without knowing in advance whether the measurements will relate to cars, photons, snails, or the growth of a tree, float gets a lot more attractive.
Storing them as strings and doing math at the client doesn't strike me as a very attractive option – although I did once work with a language (REXX) that did indeed store numbers as strings and used its own math libraries to achieve a precision that was only limited by the storage capacity of the machine.
Best, Hugo
Doug: I am very interested to see an example where such huge errors occur, and in both decimal and float. I've never imagined errors of that order of magnitude to be possible! Can you post the code?
However, your final sentence, "neither are immune to problems with errors", is exactly the point I was trying to make with this post. Thanks for reaffirming that point!
Hi, I'm still strugling with multiplying float with numbers as in example below. The first resultset is in type real, the second in type float. In this example my price = 22.23 and the factor 100000. In the real-example the result is correct, but in the float-example I would expect that the result would be 2223000, but it is 2222999.95422363, rounded to 2 decimals it's 2222999.95. And that's not correct. Any ideas how to solve this problem? Should I round to 2 or 4 decimals first and then multiply? Is there a general solution?
declare @tReal table
(col1 real)
declare @tFloat table
(col1 float)
declare @Factor int
select @Factor = 100000
insert into @tReal values (22.23)
insert into @tFloat select col1 from @tReal
select col1 as Contents,
col1 * @Factor as MultiplyFactor
from @tReal
select col1 as Contents,
col1 * @Factor as MultiplyFactor
from @tFloat
Hi Peter,
Yes, there is a general solution. And I even mentioned it in my blog. See this quote:
"A grand choice for "exact" numeric data, is when dealing with numbers that have a fixed number of decimal places and represent an exact amount, such as monetary units. There's no way that I would ever use floating point data in such an application!"
Do not use floating point datatypes to represent money.
Do use floating point datatypes to represent scientific numbers (especially measurement results and calculations based on them).
Thanks for the great article. I like your analysis on when to use the "exact" and "approximate" data types.
I just noticed something in the multiplication and division example that may explain the variance for the decimal data type. It had to do with how the numbers were transposed to display the expected results.
Below are the revised queries. I took the liberty of revising the precision of the @Fixed3 variable so that it works with the 0.003 example.
Let me know your thoughts on this. Hope this helps
DECLARE @Float1 float, @Float2 float, @Float3 float, @Float4 float;
SET @Float1 = 54;
SET @Float2 = 0.03;
SET @Float3 = 1 * @Float1 / @Float2;
SELECT @Float3 * @Float2 / @Float1 AS "Should be 1";
Should be 1
DECLARE @Fixed1 decimal(8,4), @Fixed2 decimal(8,4), @Fixed3 decimal(16,8);
SET @Fixed1 = 54;
SET @Fixed2 = 0.03;
SET @Fixed3 = 1 * @Fixed1 / @Fixed2;
SELECT @Fixed3 * @Fixed2/ @Fixed1 AS "Should be 1";
Should be 1
I found floats usable for any application including accounting systems. One should of course take care of rounding when displaying data and deeply think about relational operators. The inaccuracy is known and can be a problem when using very big / small numbers. There is a lot of old applications using floats without any problem.
The pitfall when it comes to decimals is unpredictable resulting precision of arithmetic expressions. Every seemingly clear combination of operators must be analyzed. Another problem is missing HW support for native decimal arithmetic.


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Just a reminder, except for the Tampa Bay area, which is not airing the late game of the doubleheader due to NFL home game blackout rules, the entire US that airs the CBS east coast feed will be airing the late afternoon NFL doubleheader game. There will undoubtedly be an overrun, and as soon as I have the CBS Eye-lert for tonight's revised schedule, I'll pass the info on.
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Raps Release Douby
A minor bit of news as the Raptors get set to head to L.A. The Raptors issued a press release this afternoon announcing that they had release shooting guard Quincy Douby. Douby had not dressed for a game this season and was first picked up by the Raps when they were long out of it March. It is not like this is a major loss and it will free up a roster sport should the Raps want to use it. The new came out as well that Hedo Turkoglo had injured his hip. Perhaps the Raps add a small forward/power forward to the roster on a 10 day. But that is just speculation on my part. This may be just a simple case of Douby was never going to see a uniform in his future let alone playing time. But regardless the Douby Era of Raps Ball is done. He averaged 4.4 points and 1 assist and averaged roughly 10 minutes of PT with the Raps down the stretch last season. He hogged the ball to an impressive point total in summer league but really did little to improve his stock obviously as evidence by this move today.
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Wow I think you could have said all that in three words "Quincy Douby Released" Slow day in raptor nation. 1592ReplyDelete
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FLETCHER – It took Jerry Phillips four years to turn his 1993 Chevrolet S-10 pickup into the souped-up beauty it is today. With 650 horses under the hood and cherry red paint job, his truck is so special it doesn't leave the garage on a whim.
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"We were concerned about not attracting the crowds," he said. "It turns out all of our fears were unfounded, because the weather has been fantastic and so have the crowds."
About 67 car owners entered their antique vehicles in the club's first show of the season, with all proceeds going to benefit Honor Air and Operation Welcome Home.
Since its founding in 2005, Honor Air has flown over 100,000 World War II veterans to experience their memorial in Washington, D.C. Operation Welcome Home, a veterans' scholarship program, helps support job training for former military personnel at a transitional housing facility in Swannanoa.
Hatfield pointed out the antique car club includes many veterans among its ranks, from all branches of the armed services. The benefit show offered them the chance to honor their comrades in arms, he said, while enjoying their common love for older makes and models.
"I think a lot of us grew up in the '50s and '60s and those were the muscle car years," said Hatfield, the proud owner of a 1950 Chevy 3100 pickup truck. "It's something we all connect with and this is a way to relive our past. There's no GPS, no cruise control. They're just fun to drive."
Rick Redden spent years scanning Ebay and swap meet tables, collecting parts for his 1923 T-bucket Ford, which features a 550-horsepower Chevy engine.
"I get asked all the time, 'Why in the world would you put a Chevy engine in a Ford?'" Redden smiled. "To make it run! Really, I'm just a Chevrolet man. I've got a whole yard full of them."
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Heh, no, not about his past or why he shouldn't quit his day job. The thought was more general, of libertarian-types like him who seem to subconsciously operate under the assumption that when poor Hispanic immigrants settle in the US they are replacing urban blacks.
The picture elucidates that psychology. Those guys don't look like the types my dad would want my sister to bring home, but they don't exactly make my hair stand on end, either.
Several of them are lard tubs, bringing to mind gourmands who live with their mothers and hang out with Amerind girls sporting tight jeans and aesthetically revolting muffin tops. They are dressed in clothes that are too big for them (which means the jerseys must be XXXXXXXLs), speak Spanglish (beginning most sentences with a drawn out "damn"), and act like true gang-banging BAMFs--on GTA3, that is. The Luigi mustaches and knee-high socks increase the silliness factor even more.
Instead of thinking Tookie, I'm thinking Lil Homies. I think you had to fight some of these characters in Earthbound.
In fact, these Lil Homies provide a great illustration of the cuddly-bear image Mangan's gangstas bring to my mind:
Better my sister show up with one of those goofballs than with 50 Cent, and if occasionally one of the goofball's homies knocks off one of 50's entourage, all the better.
I'm having a little fun, I know. But I wouldn't balk at getting in the ring with any of those guys, while Tookie in his prime would've made me soil myself and, if running like hell didn't work, pray for some yet-undiagnosed "Homer Simpson syndrome" of my own.
Compare Mangan's Surenos (though they don't look very southern to me) to a couple run-of-the-mill shots of some Crips:
I've spent an absurd amount of time around young black guys for being a white boy raised in the suburbs, and have had little contact with Hispanic hoodlums, but if I didn't know any of them, I'd rather stumble across Mangan's crew than those Bloods.
Of course the libertarian 'logic' mentioned early is fallacious. This isn't Greece in the 1920s. We're not talking about a population swap, but a population accretion. Underclass Hispanics add to the mix, and to the extent that they do assimilate, they assimilate towards black norms.
And it doesn't take much athletic prowess to unload from a car window on a guy standing twenty feet away on the sidewalk. I try to refrain from highlighting anecdotes and case studies as indicators of broader trends unless some important point is succinctly illustrated in doing so. But the murder of Jamiel Shaw (although at this point the motivation doesn't appear to be racial) draws attention to the 'ethnic cleansing' that is occuring in places like LA:
A south Los Angeles Latino street gang targeted African-American gang rivals and other blacks in a campaign of neighborhood "cleansing," federal prosecutors say. Alleged leaders and foot soldiers in the Hispanic gang Florencia 13, also called F13, are being arraigned this week on charges stemming from a pair of federal indictments that allege that the gang kept a tight grip on its turf by shooting members of a rival gang—and sometimes random black civilians. The "most disturbing aspect" of the federal charges was that "innocent citizens … ended up being shot simply because of the color of their skin," U.S. Attorney Thomas O'Brien told reporters in announcing the indictments.Shaw was a black kid in the wrong place at the wrong time:
The parents of Jamiel Shaw Jr., a high school football star who was gunned down by a reputed gang member just blocks from his home, urged Los Angeles city leaders today to go after criminals who are in the country illegally.I'd love to see the WSJ op/ed board tackle this one. Perhaps they could decry Jamiel's father as a (black) nativist, a member of the 'vocal minority' that is up-in-arms over poor interior enforcement. Maybe they'll put a broken-home spin on it. Jamiel hadn't been living with his mother (although his parents are married). She was too busy fighting for the neocon cause over in Iraq at the time of her son's death!
Pedro Espinoza, 19, allegedly shot and killed the 17-year-old Los Angeles High School student on March 2 in the 2100 block of Fifth Avenue, not far from the Shaw family's Arlington Heights home. According to police, the shooting occurred one day after Espinoza was released from county jail, where he was serving time for assault with a deadly weapon.
U.S. immigration officials believe Espinoza, a member of the 18th Street gang, may have been in the country illegally.
Another aspect of the Shaw story deserves some attention:
Pedro was reported as being "uncooperative" when employees of the state attempted to ascertain exactly where he was born, claiming that he didn't know where he was born or where his family was.Trying to decipher how much criminal activity is perpetrated by illegal immigrants is murky business. I've given it some thought, in light of ICE's announcement that there will be stepped up deportations of criminal aliens going forward, initially totalling 200,000 per year, but now said to reach upwards of 450,000 removals annually.
Pedro Espinoza served four months and walked out of jail, despite the fact that the day after his arrest, authorities had contacted a relative of Pedro's who claimed that Mr. Espinoza had been smuggled into the United States illegally when he was 4 years old.
A study by Ruben Rumbaut, popular among open border enthusiasts like Linda Chavez, claiming that the foreign-born are less criminally-prone than natives are didn't mesh with ICE's first announcement, and it certainly doesn't with the most recent one. Extrapolating from Rumbaut's estimates, we get about 100,000 total foreign-born prisoners in state or federal prisons. Since local jails hold about one-third of the nation's total prison population, we arrive at a ballpark estimate of 150,000 foreign-born prisoners (including legal residents) throughout the entire country. Yet ICE is going to deport as many as 450,000 of them!
Cases like Espinoza's are likely part of the reason for the discrepancies. The federal government, in its insouciance, assumed he was a US citizen, and presumably Rumbaut would have as well when conducting his study. Espinoza would have no reason to say otherwise. The pickings aren't as good down south, and unlike California, where whiterpeople fight with other whiterpeople to give a thug as much license to roam the streets as they can while his record builds, people at home will be weary of you, as this lugubrious NPR story explains:
El Salvador's rampant, gang-fueled crime is one of his biggest worries. Some of those gangbangers were kicked out of the United States, which is why Giron never tells people that he was deported.Had ICE known he was from Mexico, he'd have been deported after being released from jail (for assault with a deadly weapon) the day before he gunned down Jamiel.
"They think you're a criminal or a serious killer," he says. "And they don't trust you."
Under the terms of his deportation, it will be years before Giron can even apply to re-enter the United States. By that time, it's hard to say where he will feel he belongs.


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Most people spell Meghan one of two ways. Either Megan (the most common way) OR they spell it the same way some other Meghan they knew spelled it. I have, I think, one of the more uncommon ways of spelling it. I have seen/heard it in many ways over my 30 years of being one. Some examples I've collected over the years:
- Megan (the most common way, I call it the "basic model")
- Meghan (I have yet to meet another that spells it like this, but unlike when I was a kid, I can find this spelling on things at Disneyland, so it must be getting more common)
- Meagan (the only way I'll allow my name misspelled, not sure why, I like it I guess; often pronounced "Mee-gan")
- Meaghan
- Megann (more like "Meg-ANN" than "Meg-ghen" but close)
- Meganne
- Negan (the little sister of a Persian friend I had in HS, I liked it)
- Meaghanne
I love that last one. It's so excessive it's hilarious to me. I saw it in a news article. It was the daughter of a woman whose name now escapes me, but I do remember thinking that the mother's spelling of her name was excessive so I thought it was like a family tradition. I mean it's a combination of EVERY alternative spelling I've ever seen. I've actually seen more in baby name lists/books but these are the ones I've seen actually attached to living human beings, and not just some name generator.
The other thing I have learned is when 1 Meghan meets or hears of someone knowing another Meghan, the first thing we ask is: Oh, how do you (does she) spell it? I don't know if other semi-common names but mine seems to be kinda unusual that way. I've also been asked by parents of other Meghans, so I know it's not just me that does this.
These days everyone seems to know another Meghan, I hear it all the time, "oh my sister's husband's cousin's girlfriend is named Meagan." Where were these people when I was a kid? It's like, it's unusual enough that I've only met 5-6 in my life, but everyone has heard the name and knows 1 or 2 people attached to it.
I actually know where they were, most of them weren't born yet. See, when I was born, in the dark ages before parents knew what the baby was before they came, my parents had made a list of potential names for a girl and a list for a boy. My parents were very big on not naming the baby before it was born because they felt that you would know what the name was when you saw them. Y'know, "she doesn't LOOK like a 'Mary,' I think we need to go with 'Betsy.'" Any way, my parents really liked the name because it was unusual enough that I wasn't going to have an initial stuck to the end of my name my entire life. C'mon, you know what I mean, everyone my age had like 4 Jennifers in their kindergarten class and they were all distinguished by their last initial. You should see my smart phone when I'm trying to message a Sarah... I've collected quite a few in my life. :) My poor mother is always asking me to give her a last name when I talk about them too for the same purpose.
Back to naming me: So, Megan was a front runner before I was born. My parents picked this particular spelling because they were lead to believe it was the Gaelic spelling of my name. I'm not sure how true that is because I've never seen any evidence as such, but the reason they wanted that was because my last name was so heavily Polish, that it only seemed fair to have a very Scots and/or English spelling to suit the other side of my heritage. I'd like to point out, the obvious, by stating that I was the first born. No other reason would my parents put so much analysis into a name, it's not like them. So when I was born, I became Meghan. Common enough that teachers could read it and know how to say it (funny, because I was born before all these REALLY crazy spellings were trendy), and I wouldn't get teased for such an odd name.
Just less than 18 months later, The Thorn Birds appeared on American TV. The main character? Meggie, short for Margaret, but if you didn't read the book, apparently the assumption was it was for Megan. This is why MOST of the Meghans I knew growing up were actually Megans and several years younger than me. I knew of 1 senior with my name when I was a freshman in HS and there was 1 other Meagan in my grade. I think this is where my acceptance of spelling my name like the other came from. We both ran in totally different circles and the only time we had a class together was in Economics 2nd semester of senior year. The last possible time to get a class together. I think she said her mother got mad at Thorn Birds too.
Why the reason for this whole post? I'm finally getting there. Once upon a time there was a wonderfully creative show on the BBC America (and the regular BBC somewhere too) called Being Human. If you follow my book/movie blog, you'll know how much I love this show and the original vampire on there, now starring as the hot dwarf in the Hobbit films. Then the evil Syfy channel remade and Americanized it and I watched, I think, 2 episodes before I almost threw something through my screen. It was an abomination. 2 years later I've forgotten all about it and I'm catching up on all my DVR'd episodes of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (I love that man!) and after Billy Connolly (another beloved Scot) he has on Meaghan Rath, one of the stars of the US Being Human. I say to myself, "I'll watch the other Meghan just to be supportive..." (Yes, I do that. I watch Body of Proof because the main character is named Megan too. I do like the show as well, but it's what sold me at first).
So Craig says to Meaghan once she sits down...
C: You know, my wife's name is Megan. [HOW did I miss that?] I don't know why I bring it up, but apparently I did. [It's the magic of the name Craig, just let it happen.]
M: How does she spell it? [I'm laughing to myself now.]
C: She spells it differently to you. She spells it M-E-G-A-N. You do the M-E-A-G-H-X-3-A...
M: (laughs) The most letters possible [Nope! See above!] And I guess your wife, the least. The laziest way, I say.
Audience ahhs, Craig raises an eyebrow and moves on.
I jump up, laughing hard, made a fan for life, and run to the internet to write a mile-long-blog post about it. I'm such a freaking dork. Video on YouTube at 1:24.


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Why did he leave? The Ravens released safety Bernard Pollard in March after two seasons in Baltimore. The Tennessee Titans signed Pollard to a one-year deal valued at $2 million about a week after his release. Week 5 highlights: The Chiefs made the Titans their latest victims staying undefeated with a 26-17 win.Pollard had one interception in the loss and seven total tackles. Week 4 highlights: The Titans beat the New York Jets, 38-13, and Pollard collected a total of eight tackles in the win. Week 3 highlights: Pollard had six total tackles as the Titans defeated the San Diego Chargers, 20-17. Week 2 highlights: Pollard was at the center of another controversial hit in the 22-21 loss to the Washington Redskins. Pollard leaped into Redskins wide receiver Aldrick Robinson and picked up a 15-yard penalty for unnecessary roughness. He had nine tackles in the loss. Week 1 highlights: Pollard's five tackles on Sunday were the second most for the Titans. The Titans shocked the Pittsburgh Steelers in the season opener in a 16-9 win.
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I love the intensity of fall's heat: summer's grand finale, brash and unabashed. At times, though, I get tired of the parched look of the hills, and the heat seems to dull my brain.
That's when I head to the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, where I can treat myself to botanical eye candy. When I popped over recently, I found a little less eye candy than usual, but lots going on behind the scenes.
The garden's entrance attraction — the wildflower meadow — is an eye-pleaser each spring. This time of year it typically looks a bit past its prime, even with buckwheat flowers and other late bloomers trying their best. This year's low rainfall makes for a particularly dry look. Moreover, the meadow is undergoing a major renovation. Its appearance portrays the construction site that it is.
Beginning with Bermuda grass in 1929, the meadow underwent many overhauls. The traditional goal has remained to display low, showy gardens in front, beckoning the eye to the mountains beyond. This look has been implemented in various ways, from the Bermuda grass to a homogenous field of poppies and lupine. More recent meadows have been mixed grassland. This time the goal is broader: to dovetail spring color and year-round interest with a sustainable landscape that is less labor- and water-intensive.
The horticulture department, headed by Betsy Collins, has begun implementing the transformation. Weed abatement is in full swing, and will eventually encompass several methods including solarization, grow/kill cycles, hand-weeding and some herbicides (mostly for whatever still survives). Completion will be timed for the 2015 spring wildflower season.
The current executive team gives research a new prominence in the meadow renovation. Executive Director Dr. Steve Windhager is a grassland ecologist, while conservation manager Denise Knapp is a restoration ecologist. Their expertise in weed abatement and maintenance strategy are proving invaluable in creating a sustainable display garden.
The research-based approach extends to all aspects of the garden's work, including outreach. Knapp is directing a hedgerow habitat project that is implementing research about native habitats as a way to increase both agricultural efficiency and sustainability. The technique involves planting native habitat as edging around farmland, and also in hedgerows within.
The native habitat attracts native bees, which not only are more efficient pollinators for some crops such as tomatoes, but also work longer than European honeybees. Native bees tend to work earlier and later in the day, and also longer in the seasons. Native bumblebees are "buzz pollinators," according to Knapp. Their buzz frequency, a middle-C note, releases pollen — a trick honeybees can't do.
The Botanic Garden, in cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, will oversee native habitat installation at three Santa Barbara County farms. They will serve as a model for Southern California. High school students and college undergraduates will be involved in the project, allowing them practical science education opportunities.
The expanded conservation research and renewed and expanded garden displays are part of an initiative called Seed the Future. The capital campaign also aims to actively raise the garden's endowment — an eye toward the financial future. Seed the Future is no less an eye towards Santa Barbara's future, empowering us to learn how to plant sustainably for a changing climate future. Eye and brain candy for us all.
— Karen Telleen-Lawton's column is a mélange of observations spanning sustainability from the environment to finance, economics and justice issues. She is a fee-only financial advisor (www.DecisivePath.com) and a freelance writer (www.CanyonVoices.com). Click here to read previous columns. The opinions expressed are her own.


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It's 1951, and a group of teenagers who call themselves the Kings of Rhythm are motoring up Highway 61 from the Mississippi Delta, their instruments tied to the top of the car. A 19-year-old named Ike Turner is driving, and he and the band are on their way to Memphis when they hit a bump that sends their equipment flying. Turner and the others hail from Clarksdale, where poor folks make instruments out of wire and broomsticks, so when they discover a fracture in their amplifier, they just patch it and shoulder on.
Multiply this scene a thousand times and you'd have the raw material for a documentary on the chitlin' circuit, that string of venues where black entertainers not only made a decent living in a segregated time but also honed their chops and got ready to raise the curtain on a new sound called rock 'n' roll. A lot of musical biopics have told parts of the story by showing how artists as different as Ray Charles, Etta James, and Ike & Tina Turner went from one club to another, learning how to "dump house," that is, turn the joint upside down with their seething rhythms and surefire stagecraft. No single film tells the whole story. Now, though, Preston Lauterbach's The Chitlin' Circuit: And the Road to Rock 'n' Roll – a fact-studded and exhaustively researched book – does.
The story begins with a musician and entrepreneur named Walter Barnes, a mover and shaker who crossed racial lines to buddy up with Al Capone, who taught him how to organize. In the Jazz Age, so-called territory bands played out of hotel ballrooms and broadcast over low-watt radio stations but also traveled as far as their reputations (and broadcasts) carried them. Barnes contacted dance-hall operators, promoters, colored-friendly hotels and restaurants, and took the territory band to a whole new level; like Capone's Italian ancestors, he fused a bunch of separate city-states into a cohesive whole.
The key to the chitlin' circuit was "the stroll," the main thoroughfare of the black part of town, the street with the barber shops, dental clinics, drugstores, cab companies, restaurants, lodgings, and dance halls. In Monroe, La., that would have been Desiard Street; in Jacksonville, Fla., West Ashley Street; in Macon, Ga., Fifth Street; and in my home town of Tallahassee, the stroll would have been Macomb Street, where, when I came in 1969, the Red Bird Club was still in business.
Just before and during World War II, entertainers like Louis Jordan and the Tympany Five showed that a handful of musicians could make just as much noise as an entire orchestra. As men and resources went into the war effort, Jordan became the model for every black pop group from Little Richard and Fats Domino to B. B. King and James Brown. These entertainers roughed up Jordan's svelte style as swing became rhythm 'n' blues and the word "rock" began to appear in one form or another in song lyrics, like Roy Brown's 1947 "Good Rockin' Tonight," as well as newspaper write-ups that described audiences as "rockin'" to the new sound.
As the music changed, the bands' names did, too, and in a way that suggests the difference between the start of the chitlin' circuit and its end. In the beginning, the road was ruled by Dittybo Hill and His Eleven Clouds of Joy; Herman Curtis and His Chocolate Vagabonds; Belton's Society Syncopators; and Smiling Billy Stewart and His Celery City Serenaders. Later, these groups were replaced by the Chickenshackers; the Mighty Mighty Men; the Tempo Toppers; and the Famous Flames.
But even combos as macho-sounding as these couldn't stand up to the forces of urban renewal. The federal Housing Act of 1949 meant that slums would be purchased so that civic blight could be replaced with vibrancy. At least that was the idea; what this often meant in practical terms was that functioning black neighborhoods were replaced with high-rise projects that quickly turned into crime factories. And following the 1956 Federal Aid Highway Act, even more black-owned homes and businesses gave ground to the first interstate highways, and the chitlin' circuit effectively disappeared.
In Tallahassee, the Red Bird Club has long since vanished; where once stood a ramshackle wooden building that churned out rhythm 'n' blues is now a foreign car repair shop that services Mercedes Benzes and Porsches. But I've heard that Duke Ellington played there when the chitlin' circuit was young, and it's a fact that, just before it passed into history, Ray Charles played at the Red Bird as well. You can pull the building down board by board, but the music? That's indestructible.
David Kirby is the author of "Little Richard: The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll."


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