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Hello Writer, Do u have any update that where is Mafia boy now ? What he is doing in software field ?--Arindam Mukherjee 09:08, 29 May 2012 (UTC) it is very internitive to let you go and ruin all websites.BUt come to think of it, doing all that when you was only 6 yrs of age.that is very splendid.
This article is garbage[edit]
Honestly, it's all wrong. I've read the book and it says nothing about him writing "several well known applications", and you've got no proof for that claim. I also had to change the claim that a "rival group stole his virus", which was also utter garbage. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 126.96.36.199 (talk) 10:51, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
I agree. I deleted the well known applications bit, as that's certainly untrue in any sense; if he had written any applications whatsoever (which has not ever been established), they were certainly not widely known. Equally unverifiable is the garbage about his having compromised many computers, etc. I left the rest of that "Project Rivolta" bit there, though I tasted bile doing so. :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.108.40.206 (talk) 01:33, 29 December 2010 (UTC) it's all a lie , but what would happen if the children would have to read this from the guy who even wrote the book.Even if it's about hacking,I'm well into it.
This article sucks, this guy is still around, I talked to him the other day, but I'm not sure if any of this information at all is verifiable? Anyone know what we can do to make this article worthwhile, if not I consider it a vanity article and think it should be removed. JavaDog 02:13, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
- I believe it has genuine encyclopedic value but I agree the article needs serious cleanup. The boy earned a legit footnote in history thanks to all the pundit analyses written back then and the many lecturers who continue to this day to cite it as one of the most historic computer security incidents of that year. I'll don my WP:NPOV hat so we can begin the cleanup process. Rob Rosenberger 16:22, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- I just saw an episode of a cyber-crime related TV show on the Discovery channel detailing MafiaBoy's attacks and the investigation by the RCMP into his attacks. I don't know about you guys, but I would consider being featured in a one-hour Discovery channel TV episode to mean one has encyclopedic value! --220.127.116.11 19:11, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
Repeated sentence[edit]
Yesterday, anonymous user 184.108.40.206 near Sydney, Australia inserted a sentence that names MafiaBoy. The new sentence (1) duplicates the sentence after it, (2) takes over the citations from the previous sentence, (3) misspells the person's last name, and (4) fails to carry a period at the end. I see no reason to undo the revision but I will be bold and delete it. Rob Rosenberger (talk) 00:10, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
New information oct 6th 2008[edit]
- First issue: I don't consider it noteworthy in a BLP that MafiaBoy appeared on television simply to discuss his noteworthiness. Does anyone else agree the last paragraph contains trivia? Second issue: if this BLP should note the fact he authored a book on his crime, his status as an author should appear in the first paragraph. Does anyone else agree we should deal with this? Rob Rosenberger (talk) 04:07, 10 December 2008 (UTC)
12 Feb 09 edit by Hobo25[edit]
Hobo25 added this bit below the "References" section: "It took authorities 3 months to find Mafiaboy. They arrived at his house one night while he was away at a friends. The officials called the friends house and request that he come to the corner of the block so that they could arrest him." I elected to be bold and pulled it out for three reasons. First: it's unreferenced heresay. Second: even if true, this detail adds nothing to the article (though of course I might sway to a good edit with a strong reference). Third: Hobo25 has a short history of (shall we say) counterproductive edits[1]. This particular edit didn't strike me as vandalism, so I didn't rv it. Rob Rosenberger (talk) 03:51, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
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Though Communism, represented by the Soviet Union, dominated a fifth of the world, it failed to overcome nationalism, as Mao Tse Tung in China and Marshal Tito in Yugoslavia were to demonstrate.
The competing ideologies that produced Communism in Russia and Fascism in Germany and Italy needed force to maintain their totalitarian regimes. But it was the failure of free-market capitalism to produce social justice and prosperity that made the victory of totalitarianism possible in those countries. However in Germany after the First World War the refusal of the victorious allies to help its economy also played an important role.
All this, and the refusal of right-wing European governments to honour their commitment to collective security, made the Second World War inevitable. That war ended with Europe divided through the middle of Berlin and Vienna, and the Soviet Union imposing Communist regimes throughout Eastern Europe, in defiance of its wartime promises to permit free elections there. The Cold War became unavoidable.
Looking back, we can now see that the first great milestone of the century was the entry of the United States into the First World War, almost at the same time as the second great milestone: the storming of the Winter Palace by the Bolsheviks in St Petersburg.
The entry of the United States into the Second World War was not inevitable. Indeed the US Congress had passed a Neutrality Act in 1936 which in theory forbade it. Even after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt might have confined the US's military activities to the Pacific theatre. And Stalin had signed a Non-Aggression Pact with Hitler; it was only Germany's attack on the Soviet Union which turned the latter into an ally of the West.
But it was their victory in the Second World War that made the United States and the Soviet Union global superpowers, a position immeasurably reinforced by their possession of nuclear arsenals, which guaranteed that the Cold War could never become a Third World War (though even today the possibility of war between smaller nuclear powers such as India and Pakistan cannot be discounted).
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The adorably awesome Little Mix beat all the odds and became the first girl group to win the singing competition. For that matter, they're the first group ever to win the title. Heading into the competition, Little Mix members Jade Thirwell, Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jesy Nelson entered as solo artists. After boot camp, the four ladies were put together by mentor Tulisa Contostavlos. Much like what Paula Abdul did with Lakoda Rayne on the US version of "The X Factor".
Even though we haven't covered Series 8 of the UK version, I wanted to quickly chat about the winners, Little Mix. They definitely deserve the mention. Mark my words, these girls are going to kill it and crossover to the US market. They remind me of a modern day TLC meets En Vogue girl group. The music landscape is definitely missing something like these girls in the market. I love the fact that they're a girl group without being overly-sexualized. Definitely no Pussycat Dolls here. Given their collective petite stature, the girls are so cute you just want to pinch them. I wish them the best and no doubt they're going to achieve success beyond their dreams.
I really hope the US version of "The X Factor" really grows into their own. The talent on the UK version is beyond amazing. Even their "joke act" of the year, Goldie Cheung, was more entertaining than Dexter Haywood tenfold. The way the almost-fifty something Chinese singer flirted with judge Gary Barlow cracked me up. Don't even get me started with her vomit and fan choreography antics. That woman was television gold.
Earlier I mentioned, that Little Mix reminds me of TLC and En Vogue. Fittingly enough, the girls sang a wicked cover of one of En Vogue's signature songs. They slayed it during their performance of "Don't Let Go" from the Set It Off soundtrack. They had so many great numbers to choose from, but this was by far my favorite. Check it out if you haven't seen it before. Perrie (far left) and Jade (far right) in the video are my favorites.
Competing in the two-day final were Marcus Collins and Amelia Lily, mentored by Gary Barlow and Kelly Rowland respectively. For the first night, each finalist performed a duet with their mentor. All three did fantastic jobs delivering memorable duets.
Just in case you were wondering, Marcus Collins finished second and Amelia Lily in third. The latter's placing was remarkably amazing considering she was eliminated after the first live round. Due to the fact a contestant later withdrew voluntarily, the show brought back one eliminated contestant based on viewer votes. Lily was the recipient of that second chance.
I also wanted to share one of my favorite also-rans in the competition. I debated highlighting the fabulous Misha B or The Risk. In the end, the boy band won for two reasons. One, they're as cute as sh*t and two, they were put through the ringer during the competition.
First, Tulisa broke up two groups and picked the best singers to form one strong group during the judges' home round. Then, after the Halloween-themed episode, one of their members decided to leave the group. Tulisa filled the vacant spot with another singer from yet another eliminated group. Lastly, The Risk fell victim to a double elimination twist. Considering they were never in jeopardy in previous weeks, this shocked everyone.
PS. I love that the UK version reveals the voting results from each week once the competition is done. It's interesting to see how some frontrunners crash and burn, while underdogs gain momentum and make the finals. Check out my favorite number from "The Risk". I really hope they stay together and release an album. I'd buy anything they're selling.
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MR-279: JobHistory Server should not use tables for layout ---------------------------------------------------------- Key: MAPREDUCE-2674 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAPREDUCE-2674 Project: Hadoop Map/Reduce Issue Type: Improvement Components: mrv2 Affects Versions: 0.23.0 Reporter: Robert Joseph Evans Priority: Minor The Job History Server web pages use table tags for the layout of the various elements on the page. This is not a very maintainable way of laying out a web page. The ideal is to let CSS do all of the layout and have the document itself just have data in it. This is especially important because there are currently no APIs to pull some of this data out, and as such there are tools, that scrape these pages. If we can separate out the layout then even when the layout changes the scrapers will not be impacted. This should probably be investigated in the rest of the UI too. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
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I have been recently working on an easy to use Syntax Highlighting system for a personal project. So far, I have everything working properly by finding the range of specific strings and highlighting that range in the NSTextView. Everything works until you try to type a highlighted word twice, which causes the error demonstrated below:
<div class="container">
<div> <!-- This <div> would not get highlighted -->
Hello World
</div> <!-- this </div> would not get highlighted -->
I believe this is occurring because I am only getting the first occurrence of an NSString using the rangeOfString method, and for that reason, only the first highlighted item is being highlighted.
Sorry for the long explanation! Anyway, I was wondering if there was an rangesOfString method or something similar that can give me an NSArray of NSRanges for each occurrence of an NSString inside of another NSString. Below is the line of code I am using to get my range currently:
NSString *textViewString = [textView string];
NSString *textToHighlight = @"<div>";
NSRange area;
area.location = 0;
area.length = [textViewString length];
NSRange range = [textViewString rangeOfString: textToHighlight
options: NSCaseInsensitiveSearch
range: area];
What I would like is something like this:
NSString *textViewString = [textView string];
NSString *textToHighlight = @"<div>";
NSRange area;
area.location = 0;
area.length = [textViewString length];
NSArray *ranges = [textViewString rangesOfString: textToHighlight
options: NSCaseInsensitiveSearch
range: area];
int i;
int total = [ranges count];
for (i = 0; i < total; i++) {
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Goalie likely out for season after hitting post
BRUSSELS -- The goalkeeper who was knocked unconscious when he crashed head-first into a goalpost during a Belgian league game will likely miss the rest of the season.
Lokeren goalkeeper Barry Boubacar Copa was back home on Tuesday after spending two days in a hospital to see if there was any damage to his neck and skull following the incident on Sunday.
The team said he sustained a concussion.
Copa, the Ivory Coast's national team goalkeeper, was reaching for a shot in a playoff game against FC Brugge when he smashed into the post and was briefly knocked out.
Lokeren spokesman Romain Van Schoor said Tuesday the club "does not expect him to play in any of the remaining games of the playoffs," which end on May 19.
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Batman: Arkham Origins is now available for a very low price on the Humble Store.
The offered version is the Steam digital one so you'll need a free Steam account in order to download and play the game. With such a low price, no true fan of Batman should pass on the game.
Batman: Arkham Origins is the third entry of the Arkham series, released last year on consoles and PC. The game is a prequel for the whole series, taking place in the second year of Batman.
The city of Gotham doesn't really know Batman and has only heard of him through rumors, often exaggerated. The city, however, has the chance to learn more about the masked hero during a Christmas Eve night, where crime lord Black Mask places a bounty of Batman's head, summoning several deadly assassins to the city, among them Bane, Lady Shiva, the Electrocutioner and others.
Batman: Arkham Origins' plot is probably the best of the entire series, offering some really interesting twists and featuring a different Batman from what fans know, a more brutal man that has yet to learn the proper way to deal with Gotham's crime. Thanks to this, gamers will be able to witness the growth of Bruce Wayne during the course of the game, with his interaction with Alfred being especially good.
Batman: Arkham Origins' gameplay experience is not too different from the one seen in the previous entry of the series. This doesn't mean that it's a bad game, since it's been slightly expanded with new features and new upgrades for Batman that make exploration and combat really exciting. Several boss battles have also been included, providing some variety to the gameplay experience.
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I am trying to install a new theme to my website and when I preview it I get a white screen with a 0 in the top left corner. Is this the white screen of death people talk about? I really want to use this theme but I'm not sure if I need to update my wordpress version or uninstall my current theme or something like that get it to work correctly.
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Background: I'm trying to transfer the contents of my non-wordpress blog to my self-hosted wordpress blog. My prior blog was on Lithium, and it doesn't seem to have a supported import format. I got all the posts imported using RSS import, but the comments were not imported properly.
I am writing a comment uploader using the XML-RPC wp APIs and some perl code.
I can successfully upload a comment with wp.newComment and I can edit some fields of the comment with wp.editComment . But, I get an error message when I try to change the date_created_gmt field. Does anybody know how to edit the date_created_gmt field of a comment? I've tried various formats for this field but I can't seem to get it right.
My error message is:
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Hi ,
before two days i installed BWPS,
every thing is working fine except
1. my database backup is not working..like when i click on DATABASE backup, my page redirecting to blank page.
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Most people think the Hunger Games has only 2 antagonists; Coin and Snow. The interesting thing is there are 3 the issue with the 3rd character is she belongs to 3 sides: The Capitol, The Rebels and her own. Yes, I'm talking about Katniss. This is really confusing and I don't know if I can really explain it that well but I'm going to try.
During the series she takes on 3 identities:
-The Girl On Fire
-The Mockingjay
On onside of the series you have President Snow, who controls the Capitol and The Hunger Games which include The Girl on Fire since she's part of the show. That puts her on one side.
Then you've got Coin, who controls 13, who leads the rebellion this includes The Mockingjay. She again is on the enemies side.
And then you have Katniss, no role, just Katniss. Who belongs to her own side away from both the Capitol and 13.
In the roles of both The Mockingjay and The Girl on Fire the enemies control her she is not herself in fact she against herself. The enemy within the enemy you could say.
Also during the entire series she never does not have a role: She is the girl on fire until she becomes the mockingjay. And what happens after she is neither the Mockingjay or Girl on Fire? She is nothing because she's become to broken to be herself, so she becomes the shell-shocked lunatic that they all deem her as.
I don't know if you understood that but what I'm trying to say is Katniss is always against herself in the story. She really is both the main protagonist and antagonist of the story.
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Skip to comments.100 Best High Schools In America Ranked (Three Schools From Virginia Make Top 100)
Posted on 12/01/2007 10:49:31 AM PST by Cagey
WASHINGTON -- U.S. News & World Report says America's best high school is in Virginia, one of three to make it in the magazine's top 100.
The magazine's first-ever high school rankings give the top honor to Fairfax County's elite Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.
Using K-12 data research and analysis business run by Standard & Poor's, the magazine put high schools in 40 states through a three-step analysis. U.S. News and World measured how each school's students performed on state tests, adjusting for student circumstances. Then it evaluated how well each school's disadvantaged students did. Lastly, they looked at whether the school was successful in providing college-level coursework.
The magazine's analysis considered more than 18,500 high schools in 40 states.
Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, California International Baccalaureate Program
Polk County, Bartow, Florida Oxford Academy
Orange County, Cypress, California Montpelier High School
Washington County, Montpelier, Vermont Pine View School for Gifted
Sarasota County, Osprey, Florida High Technology High School
Monmouth County, Lincroft, New Jersey Design & Architectural Senior High
Miami-Dade County, Miami, Florida
Stanton College Preparatory Duval County, Jacksonville, Florida
Preuss School Ucsd San Diego County, La Jolla, California
Hidalgo High School Hidalgo County, Hidalgo, Texas
Gretchen Whitney High Los Angeles County, Cerritos, California
University High School Pima County, Tucson, Arizona
School For The Talented & Gifted Dallas County, Dallas, Texas
Stuyvesant High School New York County, New York, New York
Basis Tucson Pima County, Tucson, Arizona
International Community School King County, Kirkland, Washington
School Of Science & Engineering Dallas County, Dallas, Texas
Boston Latin Suffolk County, Boston, Massachusetts
Bronx High School Of Science School Bronx County, Bronx, New York
California Academy Of Mathematics And Science Los Angeles County, Carson, California
Staten Island Tech High School Richmond County, Staten Island, New York
The Science Academy Hidalgo County, Mercedes, Texas
Northside College Preparatory High School Cook County, Chicago, Illinois
Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Junior School Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, Florida
Dr. Ronald McNair Academy High School Hudson County, Jersey City, New Jersey
Academic Magnet High School Charleston County, No. Charleston, South Carolina
Edgemont Junior-Senior High School Westchester County, Scarsdale, New York
Horace Greeley High School Westchester County, Chappaqua, New York
Paxon School/Advanced Studies Duval County, Jacksonville, Florida
Animo Leadership High Los Angeles County, Inglewood, California
Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet- Pearl High School Davidson County, Nashville, Tennessee
Highland Park High School Dallas County, Dallas, Texas
Thomas S. Wootton High Montgomery County, Rockville, Maryland
Maine School Of Science & Math Aroostook County, Limestone, Maine
University High Fresno County, Fresno, California
Langley High Fairfax County, Mclean, Virginia
Yes College Preparatory School-Southeast Harris County, Houston, Texas
Brooklyn Tech High School Kings County, Brooklyn, New York
Walt Whitman High Montgomery County, Bethesda, Maryland
Charter School Of Wilmington New Castle County, Wilmington, Delaware
Winston Churchill High Montgomery County, Potomac, Maryland
Great Neck South High School Nassau County, Great Neck, New York
Newport Senior High School King County, Bellevue, Washington
Townsend Harris High School Queens County, Flushing, New York
Payton College Preparatory High School Cook County, Chicago, Illinois
Peak To Peak Charter School Boulder County, Lafayette, Colorado
Indian Hill High School Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Ohio
Mission San Jose High Alameda County, Fremont, California
City Honors School Erie County, Buffalo, New York
Suncoast Community High School Palm Beach County, Riviera Beach, Florida
Rye High School Westchester County, Rye, New York
Masterman Julia R Secondary School Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
South Texas Business Education & Technology Academy Hidalgo County, Edinburg, Texas
Scarsdale Senior High School Westchester County, Scarsdale, New York
Northland Preparatory Academy Coconino County, Flagstaff, Arizona
Brighton High School Monroe County, Rochester, New York
Jericho Senior High School Nassau County, Jericho, New York
Monta Vista High Santa Clara County, Cupertino, California
Weston High Middlesex County, Weston, Massachusetts
Los Angeles Center For Enriched Studies Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California
D'Evelyn Senior High School Jefferson County, Golden, Colorado
New World School Of The Arts Miami-Dade County, Miami, Florida
High School For Health Professions Hidalgo County, Mercedes, Texas
Dover-Sherborn Regional High Norfolk County, Dover, Massachusetts
Henry M. Gunn High Santa Clara County, Palo Alto, California
Young Magnet High School Cook County, Chicago, Illinois
Piedmont High Alameda County, Piedmont, California
Lowell High San Francisco County, San Francisco, California
Wellesley Senior High Norfolk County, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Cold Spring Harbor High School Suffolk County, Cold Spring Harbor, New York
Saratoga High Santa Clara County, Saratoga, California
Lynbrook High Santa Clara County, San Jose, California
New Explorations Science, Tech & Math New York County, New York, New York
Blind Brook High School Westchester County, Rye Brook, New York
University High Orange County, Irvine, California
Adlai E Stevenson High School Lake County, Lincolnshire, Illinois
Manhasset Senior High School Nassau County, Manhasset, New York
Conestoga Senior High School Chester County, Berwyn, Pennsylvania
Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California
Wyoming High School Hamilton County, Wyoming, Ohio
San Marino High Los Angeles County, San Marino, California
Walnut Hills High School Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Ohio
Davidson Magnet School Richmond County, Augusta, Georgia
Palo Alto High Santa Clara County, Palo Alto, California
Signature School Inc. Vanderburgh County, Evansville, Indiana
Debakey High School For Health Professions Harris County, Houston, Texas
Oakton High Fairfax County, Vienna, Virginia
Palos Verdes Peninsula High Los Angeles County, Rolling Hills Estates, California
Lincoln Park High School Cook County, Chicago, Illinois
Irvington High School Westchester County, Irvington, New York
Chagrin Falls High School Cuyahoga County, Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Palos Verdes High Los Angeles County, Palos Verdes Estates, California
Princeton High Mercer County, Princeton, New Jersey
La Canada High Los Angeles County, La Canada, California
Carnegie Vanguard High School Harris County, Houston, Texas
Millburn Senior High Essex County, Millburn, New Jersey
Malibu High Los Angeles County, Malibu, California
Media And Technology Charter School Suffolk County, Boston, Massachusetts
Jones College Prep High School Cook County, Chicago, Illinois
there are actually 6 in the top 100 from the suburban DC area— both MD and VA.
also, they only looked at public high schools.
My self esteem is shattered, I sue.
I'm still amazed to this day how I got into this high school.
I know I messed up on the entrance exam.
I don't know why the editor or author made an issue out of three from Virginia being in the top 100. I counted 18 being in New York.
TJ at the top - no surprise. That is a drop-dead excellent school. My younger daughter came within a hair of going there but we just couldn't justify the 2 hour trip each way. It was a tough call. I have a friend whose son is doing the trip. Graduate from TJ and you can pretty much pick your college.
Probably because number 1 is in Virginia.
Good point and it also states that US News and World Report evaluated high schools in only 40 states.
a number of states did not participate, they didn't give their scores to the magazine. I think this may have slightly more valdity than those "best places to live" lists.
My HS was ranked #143. It's in MD.
Odd to me that test-to-get-in magnet high schools would be grouped with other high schools in this survey as they would have a natural advantage. But I didn't read the survey methodology, so maybe I should...
The 6 schools are all in the immediate DC suburbs. i live in Northern VA and my kids attend private schools. i think it is a testament to the strength of the education in this area that the private schools are all extremely competitive, given the excellence of the public education here. are the 18 NY schools all in the NYC area?
the second step determined whether the school's least-advantaged students (black, Hispanic, and low-income) were performing better than average for similar students in the state. We compared each school's math and reading proficiency rates for disadvantaged students with the statewide results for these disadvantaged student groups and then selected schools that were performing better than this state average.So if you locale doesn't have any "disadvantaged" students your local school is disqualified from being "judged nationally." How absurd!
Schools that made it through those first two steps became eligible to be judged nationally on the final step: college-readiness ...
No such school exists. However, there is an International Baccalaureate School in Bartow, FL which ranks as third.
The list needs a html break between "California" and "International" to properly represent the school in Bartow.
My daughter is a senior there.
It appears several of the listing are not correct, and I've checked several of the sources of this list and they are all incorrect. You would think somebody would have spotted this earlier.
Sixteen are. The other two are in Western New York State.
Is there more to that, or did you just get an inspiration to plug Virginia?
Boston Latin (exam school)
Wellesley and Weston (extremely wealthy areas outside Boston)
I looked for Catalina High School in Tucson (obscure ref to recent immigration flap). It HAS to be a good school, after all, folks are entering the country illegally just to go to school there.
It is a 'magnet' school - they just attract the wrong kind of filings.....
My alma mater's on the list.
Shocking, eh?
; )
1) performed on state tests: What about the quality of the state test?
2) how well disadvantaged students did: what about how well the best students did?
3) college-level coursework: Uh, sex-ed and feminazi ethics?
I spent some time in Virginia while serving in the Army and at the time the State of VA tourism board had come up with a catchy phrase which appeared on tens of thousands of bumper stickers. "Virginia is for Lovers". It was great marketing, but I was too preoccupied in the service to take advantage.
That said, I am not plugging Virginia at all. I just copied the headline from the source.
I would imagine the reason is that Virginia had the number one high school.
U.S. News & World Report says America's best high school is in Virginia, one of three to make it in the magazine's top 100.
The magazine's first-ever high school rankings give the top honor to Fairfax County's elite Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology.
and by the looks of it; most of those are in Westchester...the most taxed to death county in New York...full of limo libs by the way.
High Schools are for partyin', cars, and etc....all else is irrelevant...
Today the entire state is swimming in debt. The lottery was supposed to raise money for education. Instead, it created a $ 250 million slush fund the governor can tap to give millions to political cronies. The kiddie rapist got about $ 5 million a year. Just goes to show what the Democrats can do to ruin education.
You're right.
I think Newsweak has been the one that has done all schools for many years. I don't remember if they do seperate lists for public and private, but I do know that my alma mater (a Catholic school) has made that list many, many times.
I thought the same thing. 20 are from California, but i wouldn't want to live there!
This was my question too. I noticed that two schools near me are on the list, and one is a regular high school where, if you live in the district, you go there. The other is a magnet school that gets thousands of applications each year and takes 200 students in 9th grade.
How many of these schools are such that if you live in their district, you can automatically attend? How many are test-to-enter schools?
These are all public schools correct?
Perhaps because of the large difference in population. Virginia has far fewer students.
And remember that if Johnny has a black grandfather or a Hispanic surname, then he will declare himself to be that minority. Because for these issues, it's "better" to be a minority, someone who has white AND black heritage will automatically call himself black.
"also, they only looked at public high schools."
Couldn't have a private high school like Helias in Jefferson City,
Mo on the list.
As they retain the politically-incorrect team name of "The Crusaders".
Three from Cincinnati in the top one hundred. Read all about it on page 7 of the B section of the Enquirer.
We analyzed 18,790 public high schools in 40 states using data from the 2005-2006 school year.
No - it is not total BS.......there are other lists that list Christian and other private schools. Listing homeschools is not going to occur in such a manner, so aattempting to try something like that is the total BS.
This list specifically looked at public schools, so where is the BS?????
Oh,oh — Missouri flunked out. Guess I'll eat some worms!
Look at the headline: "100 best high schools in America"
Not "100 best Socialist Indoctrination Camps"
Something is seriously wrong here. My kids go to Maggie L Walker Governor's School in Richmond, VA. According to Newsweek, it is one of 21 "Elite Public High Schools" in the US, yet it doesn't merit even a bronze award among Virginia schools according to USNWR. No way. It is a regional school set up the same way as #1 Thomas Jefferson.
Avg. SAT: Verbal 688; Math 652
AP scores: 46% 5; 94% 3 or higher
43% National Merit Awards (commended or higher)
2007 National Quiz Bowl Champions
FWIW, the only school I know of that teaches Latin is the private school that my nephew attended.......
I saw the headline...............but I am also aware that headlines rarely convey the true gut of an article. Something I thought all Freepers were also capable of doing.
I noticed that as well. If they included all schools I'm sure they would add Bishop England High School, Charleston, SC (Class of 1970).
Well, that's depressing. I was supposed to have had a job at that school and then I got bumped through a series of mishaps. Actually, I thought that the school was a junior high school, but it might be a 6-12 school. (When they sent me over there, I was still licensed for JHS, not HS.)
They call the place the "Nest" or "Nest+M". The bottom floor of the building is actually a branch of the New York Public Library, and the school is over it. Gives the students few excuses, I think.
You have forgive us Freepers our lack of mental acuity. Most of us are public school grads ;)
Peak To Peak Charter School Boulder County, Lafayette, Colorado
Is that a typo, or is your assertion incorrect?
We just pay more for our schools in NC. You want us to make it into the top 100?
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The project is a housing development for young mentally retarded persons in a small municipality in Norway.
The qualities of the project lie partly in the physical planning/product, partly in the adjustments made in the use of the physical environment and the allocation of services to the mentally retarded - the goal being the further improvement of their living conditions. In addition, the project exemplifies the aims and a concrete result of the major social reform concerning the mentally retarded which has recently been carried out in the country and which has improved the lives of thousands of handicapped persons.
This is illustrated through the description of Kristina, a young, severely handicapped woman, who is one of the mentally retarded persons living in the housing development in question.
From Institution to a Home
In 1990, an important social reform was introduced in Norway. The goal was to improve and normalize living conditions for the mentally retarded.
By law, municipalities now should take the main responsibility for the mentally retarded in terms of schools, employment, services and homes. This meant dismantling the existing county-based system of care/ the closing down of the regional institutions specially designated for this group of handicapped persons - and provision of new homes for the mentally retarded in their home municipalities.
Kristina, whose life story is briefly described below, is a former institution-inhabitant directly affected by this reform. Having lived in a regional institution for 10 years, she moved to her own home in N¡tter¡y municipality, her place of birth, in 1990.
Kristina is a young woman of 24 who is severely mentally retarded and also physically
handicapped. She is in need of extensive practical and personal care and assistance.
Kristina and her life in the Institution
Solb¡ Central Institution, to which Kristina came in 1980 as a 9 year old, was a medium sized institution in Norwegian terms - housing about 120-140 mentally retarded persons of all ages. Solb¡ was located, like many similar institutions, in rural and sheltered surroundings somewhat isolated from community centers and ordinary housing areas. For Kristina and the other residents, this in many ways meant a secluded and segregated life apart from the rest of the society. It also implied a life lacking the normal daily rhythm which most people experience - with a variation in physical environment throughout the day. All work and training activities were within the framework of the institution. The normal separation of work/schooling and spare time with private home-life and leisure activities was very limited.
During most of her stay at Solb¡, Kristina shared living-quarters with 5 others,
mostly young people. Kristina's private living area consisted of a small bedroom. Other
living- facilities were shared with others, giving little opportunity for privacy. All
daily meals were prepared by the staff and served in a common dining-room.
Kristina and her new home
The planning of a new home and services for Kristina involved a number of people from the administration and staff of the local authorities, the building and housing society ,the institution, the parent- organization, etc. The housing complex which contains Kristina's new home, was built through cooperation between the local cooperative building and housing society and the municipality (which is the owner). The housing was financed through the Norwegian State Housing Bank.
Just before Christmas in 1990, Kristina moved to her new home - a one bedroom flat in a
small two-storey building complex in a new residential area.
The building complex which was to be Kristina's new home environment, is a small scale, pleasant, intimate, and modest housing development which is well adapted to the site and suited to the neighborhood. Great care has been taken by the architects, in both interior and exterior planning, to achieve a close and natural integration of the flats for the handicapped, and to avoid expressing the collective aspect in the project as something apart or very special.
An ordinary day for Kristina consists of occupation/training at a day-centre and
home-life in the afternoon/evening . She normally spends most of her spare time at home.
She enjoys her own company and likes listening to music on the radio , t.v. or on her own
casette-player, or just being alone in her flat or on the terrace outside where she can
hear, feel and enjoy the outdoor environment.
The integration of Kristina and the other mentally retarded in the local neighbourhood has caused no negative responses. However, close social relationships between the handicapped and the other members of the neighbourhood have not developed as yet. Apart from exchanging greetings and occasional encounters, contact is limited. The atmosphere is, however, friendly and positive and Kristina and the other mentally retarded residents have become a natural part of the neighborhood.
Today, Kristina is well established in her home in N¡tter¡y - a new living
environment from which she undoubtedly has profited . She has become more relaxed and
shows greater contentness, especially in the last year after been given more privacy. This
corresponds with the elimination of the common-rooms in 1994 - an action which was
specially beneficial to Kristina, who is not a very social person at heart. The closing of
these common-rooms, which until 94 were used as initially planned for common meals and
gatherings in the evenings, was motivated by two circumstances. Experience showed that the
social bonds between the various individuals did not justify their use. In addition, it
became clear that the shear existence of the common-rooms indirectly proved restricting to
privacy and individuality in services to the tenants.
The future use of the common-rooms is currently being discussed. Most probably they will be used as an additional flat. An adaptation to such a purpose is physically very simple and inexpensive, due to the fact that such a rearrangement is fully allocated for in the design ( thanks to foresightedness by the planning commitee/architects and quality in the architectural design.)
Another important change is also being planned. Up till now home-services have been provided by personnel specially assigned to Kristina and the other handicapped help-recipients in the building. In the future, the services will be fully integrated within the ordinary district-based service organization in the municipality. This implies the abolition of any special service-apparatus linked to any specific handicap or need. This again is in line with the reform-intention of normalization and an important step towards higher quality of services. Today, about 18 persons are involved in providing home-services to Kristina , which means that Kristina has to relate to many different persons. With the re-organization of services, the number of persons giving (the same) assistance/service to Kristina is expected to be reduced to 3 or 4. This will mean more personal and stable service and better opportunities for closer social contact between Kristina and her assistants.
The provision of new private homes for Kristina and the other mentally retarded persons in question has been an important step towards a normalized living environment for these handicapped individuals. It can, however, be argued that this housing-development is to some extent still a representative of a "special-need"- housing project since homes for handicapped individuals, between whom there apparently are no strong social bonds, are located together.
The results of concrete measures in this project are promising. However, further steps are possible and perhaps necessary/ wanted. It remains to be seen whether these steps will be taken in the future for the individuals in question.
Improved life of 12 000 mentally retarded.
The housing project described in this document is one concrete result of a social reform introduced in 1990 concerning the mentally retarded in Norway. Approximately 18,000 persons have been affected by the reform, 5,500 of which previously lived in institutions. The process of moving people from regional institutions back to their local communities and providing new homes and services for those living with their parents or relatives was to be carried out over a 6 year period. Today, at the end of 1995, more than 90% of the total number of people affected are resettled in new homes in their respective local communities.
The Norwegian Research Board has evaluated the implementation of the reform and its effect on the mentally retarded since the reform's inception. Eleven of 14 projects are completed and the most important results are presented in a special report.
A combination of the evaluation and reports from municipalities and county commissioners give an adequate picture of the implementation and current status concerning the reform's changes in division of responsibility.
The Norwegian Reach Board's evaluation shows that there have generally been positive developments in the mentally retarded's living conditions, proficiency and quality of life. There has been a clear improvement in living conditions in areas which have presented special difficulties for the mentally retarded, such as housing conditions and independence. Positive results are described in terms of the mentally retarded's proficiency in everyday life, especially for the most poorly functioning mentally handicapped. The quality of life is judged to be significantly better than that in institutions for the mentally retarded. However, leisure activities and social contact with others appear to be negatively affected by relocation from institutions. A study shows that 70% of those close to the mentally handicapped affected by the reform feel that the mentally retarded have been given the opportunity for an improved life, 20% feel that there has been no change, while 10% feel that they generally have a poorer life after relocation from an institution.
Reports show that the municipalities' choices in terms of housing, the organisation of services, education and leisure activities are characterised by a limited degree of integration. For example, municipalities often organise services for the mentally retarded in special departments, where the staff only deals with the mentally handicapped.
Evaluation shows that the most important problem in the service sector, both before and after implementation of the reform, is to recruit stable and competent personnel.
Notteroy Municipality (Owner )
The Norwegian State Housing Bank
The Ministries of Local Government and Labour
The Norwegian State Housing Bank
Notteroy Municipality
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Well, you might think that this year's Oscars are all about whether The King's Speech or The Social Network will win best picture, but there are actually a few compelling races to keep an eye on. Arguably the most righteous nominations are in the original score category, in which powerhouses like Alexandre Desplat (The King's Speech), Hans Zimmer (Inception), A.R. Rahman (127 Hours), John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon), and Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (The Social Network) are set to do battle. Beginning at 8pm (5pm PT) this Sunday on ABC, hosts James Franco (best actor nominee for 127 Hours) and the newest Selina Kyle herself, Anne Hathaway, will do their best to keep you from being bored. ABC will also broadcast a red-carpet pre-show beginning one hour earlier.
Catch up on the nominees, read about predicting the winners, or make your own Oscar predictions in our annual poll.
Killzone 3 (Tue.)
The second sequel to popular shooter Killzone arrives Tuesday for the PlayStation 3. Killzone 3 centers around what happens to the Helghast Empire after they lose their dictator, but it's really an excuse to run around killing things with really cool guns. The already well-reviewed game has taken some hits for a so-so single-player campaign, but the success of the franchise most likely lies with the strength of the multiplayer; from all accounts, it delivers what the online masses love. Sony is going all-out for the game: You can play using their newish PlayStation Move motion controllers, and if you've got the right television, you can even play in 3D!
Zone out at the official website.
Drive Angry 3D (Fri.)
The talented Nicolas Cage looks to add another action movie to his long list of questionable choices (Knowing, Next, The Wicker Man, etc.). Drive Angry, opening Friday, was shot in 3D and directed by former Dimension Films (Scream, Mimic) editor Patrick Lussier, who also directed the 2009 remake of My Bloody Valentine. Cage stars as Milton, a father who escapes from hell to enact revenge on the baddies who killed his daughter. Basically, it sounds like Ghost Rider, but it's not. Hopefully Cage will be in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans mode rather than Bangkok Dangerous mode, though if he can manage a freakout or two, it may all be worth it.
Get your Cage-outta-Hell fix at the movie's website.
Independent Spirit Awards (Sat.)
If the Oscars are too mainstream for you, then perhaps you should check out IFC's Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday at 10pm, emceed by The Soup host and Community star Joel McHale. This year's show features many (perhaps too many) of the same nominees as the Academy Awards, with 127 Hours, Black Swan, The Kids are All Right, and Winter's Bone garnering several nominations. Still, the more independent-minded Greenberg, Cyrus, Tiny Furniture, and Life During Wartime are also included in this typically casual and more festive (they serve booze!) awards show. Nicole Holofcener's Please Give is the recipient of this year's Robert Altman Award, in which the director, casting director, and ensemble cast share the recognition.
Learn more about this year's films at the colorful website.
Bulletstorm (Tue.)
If Killzone 3 doesn't have enough ammo for you, then perhaps Bulletstorm will be more to your liking. The testosterone-soaked (try to spot the ladies in this photo of game developers People Can Fly) shooter has come under fire for its sexualized terminology for executing Skill Shots, such as "Gang Bang" for killing several enemies at once and "Gag Reflex" for a kill shot to the throat. These "cheeky" terms might be covering for what looks like just another routine futuristic first-person shooter that's basically a slightly altered Gears of War wannabe. Catch it in stores Tuesday for the 360, PS3 and PC.
Check out how to Kill with Skill at the Ass End of Space at the game's website.
Hall Pass (Fri.)
It's been a long time since the Farrelly Brothers (Dumb and Dumber, There's Something About Mary) have had a hit or a good movie, which may or may not change with this Friday's release of Hall Pass. The film stars Owen Wilson and Saturday Night Live's Jason Sudeikis as two doofuses who get a week-long "hall pass" from their wives (Jenna Fischer and Christina Applegate) that allows them to sleep with other women with impunity. The film does look to have strong support from The Office co-creator Stephen Merchant and character-actor god Richard Jenkins (Six Feet Under). Curiously enough, the film was co-written by Project Greenlight winner and Stolen Summer director Pete Jones.
Get a taste of Rick and Fred's hijinks at the official website.
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Lana Del Ray's stereotypical, codependent, frivolous girlishness is a regression for feminism according to a new article in the Atlantic. Definitely worth a read. Spencer Kornhaber's contention is that for Lana "in every instance, her stated belief is that without being beautiful, she's nothing. And what's really uncomfortable is that she can't seem to conceive of the world in any other way." As a lover of all things romantic, I am too sucked in by her idealistic devotion to her man. But Kornhaber rightfully points to the fact that Lana may have crossed over from romance to unhealthy obsession. "We all know people in unbalanced relationships, where one party's more enamored than the other, but Del Rey sells this problem as not a problem at all—and as inevitably tied to gender." Is she redefining being pathetic as the new girly?
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I am working on a project regarding svn,is there any way to force svn comments or log messages only for cpp files....thank you in advance
We started with Q&A. Technical documentation is next, and we need your help.
Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, you can contribute.
Use a subversion pre-commit hook. Here are a few examples that require comments, it should be simple enough to modify them to work only when a cpp file is involved.
http://www.anujgakhar.com/2008/02/14/how-to-force-comments-on-svn-commit/ http://www.stillnetstudios.com/require-subversion-comments-minimum/
It is ideal to provide a commit message for any commit you are doing.
Anyway, you can setup a client side pre-commit hook using TortoiseSVN to see if the message is empty and if the file is a cpp file, you can block the commit.
If you want this to be done for everyone and can't ask everyone to setup client side hooks, you can setup a server side pre-commit hook to do the same. Note that TortoiseSVN client side commit hooks are very different from server side hooks.


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|David Ortiz on improving relationship with Alex Rodriguez: 'Life is a learning process. … He's finally getting the memo'
|04.29.16 at 5:54 pm ET
David Ortiz's feelings toward old friend Alex Rodriguez are finally thawing.
Members of the Mariners organization together more than 20 years ago, the two had a falling out in 2014 when one of Rodriguez's lawyers suggested a double standard existed between players like A-Rod caught up in PED use and others "who are God-like in Boston right now."
Ortiz took offense to the sentiment and the fact that A-Rod never disputed it. The two finally spoke this spring at a batting cage in Fort Myers, and on Friday before the Red Sox opened a series with the Yankees, Ortiz opened up about his relationship with his fellow 40-year-old slugger in an interview with WEEI.com.
"I've known A-Rod for a long time and I know he's not a bad person," Ortiz said. "He's just surrounded by people that sometimes make him believe that he's doing the right thing and end up being the wrong thing. But I know he don't mean anything bad. I saw how he handled his business last year. I think he was honest with himself, finally, and with everything that was going on around him, he finally realized the world doesn't need him, he needs the world. I'm happy for him."
The paths of the fun-loving Ortiz and the corporate Rodriguez diverged midway through their respective careers, but Ortiz never lost sight of the Rodriguez he knew as a teen. He believes Rodriguez lost his way en route to superstardom, but Ortiz also believes in forgiveness.
"I've known him forever," Ortiz said. "And like I tell you, people like us, we've got to be careful who we have around us, because it can catch us down the road. Everything that has been going on with him, you see that it is somebody else's fault beside his. Life is a learning process. I'm a huge believer that he's finally getting the memo.
"I've always been a real friend to him, and I'm happy we're hearing more good things about him than what we normally used to hear. I'm one of the guys, I always look for him getting things done the right way. At the end of the day, I know he's not a bad person. Just because you make bad decisions does not mean that you're a bad person. And I know for a fact that's what's been happening with him. He's been poor making decisions, but in the long run, he's a good guy."
|Alex Rodriguez to retire after 2017 season
|03.23.16 at 2:48 pm ET
According to ESPNNewYork.com, Alex Rodriguez will retire after the 2017 season. The completion of that campaign will mark the end of his current contract, a 10-year, $275 million deal.
The controversial 40-year-old is coming off a solid season with the Yankees, totaling 33 home runs and an .842 OPS while serving as New York's designated hitter.
In his 21-year major league career, Rodriguez has hit the fourth-most homers (687) in big league history. Rodriguez resides just 27 homers behind Babe Ruth, 68 in back of Hank Aaron, and trails the all-time HR champ, Barry Bonds, by 75.
For his career, Rodriguez boasts a .297 batting average, and .937 OPS. He has won three American League Most Valuable Player awards.
|Alex Rodriguez on shifting to first base: 'This is a lot more challenging than people give it credit for'
|08.31.15 at 6:04 pm ET
Hanley Ramirez isn't the only former shortstop trying to transition to first base. Across the field in the Yankees dugout, Alex Rodriguez is doing the same thing, and he wants to make something abundantly clear: it's not easy.
Rodriguez has played two games at first in his 21-year career and started exactly one — on April 11 this season against the Red Sox following a marathon 19-inning loss. Rodriguez booted a Mike Napoli grounder for an error and looked remarkably uncomfortable for a two-time Gold Glover at short.
"It felt uncomfortable," Rodriguez said on Monday before the Sox and Yankees opened a three-game series. "I thought I was terrible at it. I had one of the ugliest games I've seen. Like I told some of you guys, this is a lot more challenging than people give it credit for."
Rodriguez is in a different place in his career than Ramirez. He just turned 40, has spent the entire season at designated hitter, and is coming off a 2014 season that he missed to suspension. The risk of injury weighs more heavily on him.
"Honestly, your guess is as good as mine, because I've never had to do this before," Rodriguez said when asked about getting hurt. "I wish I had some experience on it, but I don't. My guess is as good as yours."
Yankees manager Joe Girardi, who has loaned Rodriguez a mitt, said Rodriguez might play first during this series. The Yankees are scrambling to fill the position with starter Mark Teixeira injured and rookie Greg Bird inexperienced.
Rodriguez doesn't want to cost the team a game in a pennant race.
"No question," he said. "The stakes are much higher. The risk-reward '¦ spring training is one thing. Even earlier in the season, you take April and May, it can be kind of a more trial-by-error kind of thing. It's kind of a different story now."
|Red Sox-Yankees series preview
|at 8:31 am ET
Though at opposite ends of the division standings, the Red Sox and Yankees have both seen the momentum shift their way in the past week and will clash at Fenway Park for a three-game set starting Monday.
The Red Sox are 60-70, good for last place in the overachieving AL East. However, since July 24 and their post-All-Star break hangover, they've turned in a respectable 18-16 record. And in their last 12, they've gone 8-4.
The Sox are fresh off a series win against the first-place Mets, who own the fourth-best team ERA in baseball (3.31). While the lineup couldn't get it going early in games, the Sox showed resiliency late in taking two games after the sixth inning. In the first game of the series, Matt Harvey held Sox batters scoreless through six, but Boston snagged three runs in the seventh and three in the 10th off the bullpen to earn the 6-4 win. In the second game it took five innings, but the Sox finally figured out Jacob DeGrom when Pablo Sandoval doubled home Mookie Betts. They would tack on two more runs and emerge victorious by a 3-1 score.
"All around we're playing good baseball," Joe Kelly said after holding the Mets offense to one run over 7 1/3 innings in Saturday's squeaker. "Defensively, offensively, guys are making good swings and staying with their approaches and, like I said, top to bottom we're playing good baseball. It's fun to watch coming to the ballpark winning more than losing, obviously. We're not in it right now, but watching the way everyone is playing, it's pretty fun."
In 12 meetings this year, the Sox have gone 4-8 against the Yankees. Their most recent encounter left the Red Sox reeling. After getting pounded 13-3 by the Bronx Bombers in the opener of a three-game set at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 4, the Sox turned around a stole a 2-1 victory from their rivals the next day, beating rookie phenom Luis Severino in his major league debut. However, the last game of the series proved the most damaging. With one out in the seventh in a 1-1 deadlock, Jacoby Ellsbury laced a home run down the right-field line off lefty Eduardo Rodriguez. That would be all the offense the Yankees would need as their top-notch bullpen shut down the Sox lineup the rest of the way.
|Mark Teixeira on Alex Rodriguez: 'Playing well cures all things'
|07.14.15 at 5:34 pm ET
CINCINNATI — The Yankees are in first place in the AL East and Mark Teieira says embattled teammate Alex Rodriguez is one of the biggest reasons why.
Teieira is one of three Yankees at the All-Star Game and he said before Tuesday's 86th Midsummer Classic that A-Rod has been exactly what the Yankees needed in the middle of their order.
Rodriguez is batting .278 with 18 homers and 51 RBIs. Only Teixeira has more homers (22) and RBIs (62) on the team, which is leading the Rays by 3.5 games at the break.
"He's been huge," Teixeira said. "Without Alex, we're not in first place. There's no doubt. What he's done in the middle of our lineup kind of solidified the DH spot for us. We really appreciate what he's doing for our team."
The Red Sox can certainly attest to that. He belted first-inning homers Friday and Saturday nights, with Friday's coming in a 5-1 win. Rodriguez had an RBI double and scored Sunday in an 8-6 New York win that put the last place Red Sox 6.5 games back.
Rodriguez is certainly among those under consideration for Comeback Player of the Year at the halfway point of a season that comes on the heels of his one-year suspension for his Biogenesis PED transgressions.
"Playing well cures all things," Teixeira said of Rodriguez. "If he were struggling right now, you can imagine the hoopla surrounding him. It would've been a mess. But when you play well, that means that your team is playing well and your teammates are appreciating what you're doing. It's worked out for him.
"He's a great teammate. He's always been a great teammate. I said that in spring training. We've never had a problem with Alex as a teammate. He's proven to everybody he hasn't changed as a teammate or as a baseball player. When he's healthy, he's as good as it gets out there."
|Jonathan Papelbon thinks both Pete Rose, Alex Rodriguez '100 percent' belong in HOF
|07.13.15 at 5:55 pm ET
CINCINNATI — Jonathan Papelbon has faced Alex Rodriguez many times in his career. He's never pitched to Pete Rose.
He thinks both should eventually have a place in Cooperstown.
The subject of Pete Rose and his 1989 lifetime ban from baseball for betting on games as a player-manager is again front and center this week here in his hometown. This past March, Rose formally reapplied for reinstatement. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said he was open to sitting down with Rose to discuss it. Some took that willingness to reopen the case as a sign that reinstatement might be around the corner.
ESPN's "Outside The Lines" reported two weeks ago that there was new evidence that Rose bet on Reds' games in 1986. Still, there is speculation that Manfred might be willing to listen to the argument for reinstatement and maybe, just maybe, that will lead to a discussion on whether he should be inducted in Cooperstown, which would have to come via the Veterans Committee.
The last time the All-Star Game was here in Cincinnati (1988), Rose was the manager of the Reds. Just over a year later, he was banished from the game in Aug. 1989 by then-Commissioner Bart Giamatti. Tuesday night, he will be permitted to take part in ceremonies in the park he never played or managed in.
"Pete Rose should be in the Hall of Fame, 100 percent, 100 percent," Papelbon said. "If you don't want to put him in as a manager, put him in as a player. He made mistakes as a manager but didn't make mistakes as a player. Personally, I don't think there's no reason whatsoever why he shouldn't be in the Hall of Fame."
Rodriguez was banned from baseball for the entire 2014 season for his role in the Biogenesis PED scandal. A-Rod is 5-for-17 in his career against Papelbon, including two home runs.
Papelbon, who will be in the bullpen for the National League on Tuesday night, was asked who should make the Hall first, Rose or Rodriguez?
"I would hope Pete Rose because he's already waited long enough and Alex is still playing," Papelbon said, before adding, "Alex is definitely a Hall of Famer for sure, 100 percent."
|Alex Rodriguez has some advice for his first-place Yankees: 'Stay hungry and humble'
|07.11.15 at 12:21 am ET
The mere thought of Alex Rodriguez giving advice on humility might make many laugh and crack a cynical joke or two.
But that's exactly what the aging superstar did Friday night after he helped power the first-place Yankees past the Red Sox, 5-1, at Fenway Park.
"Yeah, it's always important to get the first one out of any series, especially here," Rodriguez said.
The Yankees are now 47-39, guaranteed of hitting the All-Star break in first place in the A.L. East. They've actually put some distance between themselves and the Orioles, Blue Jays and Rays, all of whom have been slumping badly in the last week.
"This group has a good feel to it," Rodriguez said. "It's a hard-working group. It competes hard every night, and I think the key for us finishing the first half and also continuing into the second half is to stay hungry and humble."
Rodriguez, still hearing the catcalls and boobirds loud and clear, homered in the first inning off red-hot starter Clay Buchholz to stake his team to 1-0 lead. It was his 17th round-tripper of the season, second only to the 22 of Mark Teixeira. While Buchholz had been showing ace stuff (two earned runs over his last four starts), it's not a surprise that Rodriguez had success right off the bat against the Red Sox starter in the first inning. Rodriguez came in hitting .407 (11-for-27) lifetime with two home runs against Buchholz.
"He's been dominant here the last three or four games," Rodriguez said. "We know that. He came off a complete game. Clay's always a great competitor. Just got a good pitch to hit and hit it well. Sometimes numbers can be deceiving. I can't say that I feel all that well up there. The key with Clay is get a good pitch to hit. He has a number of a ways of getting you out. You don't want to chase."
In Rodriguez's next at-bat he singled off Alejandro De Aza's glove in right.
In his third plate appearance, Rodriguez showed he can be patient, too, working a bases loaded walk against Robbie Ross after the Red Sox spent the fourth inning kicking around the ball.
|Closing Time: Red Sox' win streak snapped as Clay Buchholz leaves with injury in loss to Yankees
|07.10.15 at 10:14 pm ET
The Red Sox had plenty of reason for optimism heading into their weekend series with the Yankees.
The team had won four straight, eight of 10 and nine of 12 to go along with starter Clay Buchholz winning four straight starts and the Red Sox winning six of his last seven.
But, all that optimism came to a screeching halt in the fourth inning as the Yankees scored three times, taking a 4-0 lead and Buchholz left with an injury. In the end the Red Sox fell to the Yankees 5-1 Friday night at Fenway Park.
With one out and runners on second and third, Buchholz left the game with what the Red Sox called right elbow tightness. In the middle of a Stephen Drew at-bat, catcher Sandy Leon went to the mound and called for manager John Farrell and the trainer. After a short discussion he left the game. Lefty reliever Robbie Ross Jr. took his place on the mound.
A Mike Napoli error on a ground ball allowed the second Yankees run to score and Drew to reach. Then, two batters later, Brock Holt booted a routine grounder, which would have ended the inning and instead the third Yankees run scored. The Yankees would get their third run of the inning when Ross walked Alex Rodriguez with the bases loaded.
Buchholz finished going 3 1/3 innings, allowing three runs (one earned) on six hits, while not walking a batter and striking out three. He allowed a solo homer to Rodriguez in the first inning.
Mookie Betts cut into the Yankees lead with a solo home run in the fifth, but that's all the offense the Red Sox could get.
Yankees starter Michael Pineda held the Red Sox to just one run over 6 2/3 innings, while striking out six. Ross Jr. gave the Red Sox a very solid relief effort, going 3 2/3 innings, allowing one run (unearned) on two hits, while walking one and striking out four.
Rodriguez added an RBI single in the eighth against Craig Breslow, as the run was charged to Matt Barnes who couldn't get an out against the two batters he faced.
Justin Masterson tossed a 1-2-3 ninth inning in his first relief appearance of the season.
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|David Ortiz on his autograph being offered for Alex Rodriguez HR ball: 'That is not OK with me at all'
|05.04.15 at 1:04 pm ET
After Alex Rodriguez tied Willie Mays for fourth on MLB's all-time list with his 660th home run, which went over the Green Monster on Friday, the Red Sox fan who caught it was offered memorabilia signed by David Ortiz in exchange for the ball.
Not only was the trade turned down, but on Saturday, Ortiz expressed his disappointment that his autograph was offered without his permission.
"That is not OK with me at all," Ortiz said. "That's not the way it's supposed to work. They're supposed to ask me before any of my [expletive] get offered to anyone."
Ortiz has reason to hesitate in helping out A-Rod, as Rodriguez's lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, appeared to allude to Big Papi when defending his client's use of performance-enhancing drugs in an interview last year by implying steroid use was more widespread, saying: "I'm not going to start naming all the other players, but some of them are god-like in Boston right now, and people seem to forget that." Ortiz and Rodriguez used to be friends but, according to Ortiz, have not spoken since that incident.
However, Ortiz said that he is not concerned with the exchange itself, but with the fact that his signature was offered without permission at all.
"It's not because they were doing this for A-Rod's ball," Ortiz said. "It's because they're supposed to ask for my [expletive] before they do something like that."
|Alex Rodriguez: 'Special' to hit HR No. 660 at Fenway Park
|05.01.15 at 11:36 pm ET
Alex Rodriguez's major league debut came at Fenway Park on July 8, 1994, so it was only fitting a milestone home run occurred at Fenway Park as well.
Stepping to the plate as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning in a 2-2 game, Rodriguez laced a Junichi Tazawa 3-0 offering into the Monster seats, proving to be the game-winning home run in the Yankees' 3-2 win.
It was also the 660th of his career, tying him with Willie Mays for fourth on the all-time list.
"I don't know what it means," Rodriguez said after. "I'm just very excited. I'm still in the moment. Good to do it in a good team win. I got emotional after."
It was his first career pinch-hit home run, and just the third homer he's hit on a 3-0 pitch. He said doing it at Fenway Park was special.
"It's special to do it in a winning situation, late in the game," Rodriguez said. "Against the Red Sox. Just a lot of irony to it. I started my career here in 1994 when I was 18."
In typical Boston fashion, the fans let him hear it before he stepped to the plate, and Rodriguez heard them loud and clear.
"You usually don't hear the difference, but that boo was pretty intense," he said. "It was pretty passionate. Like I said, I have the utmost respect for Red Sox ownership, the fans, the players, it was nice to do it and get a big win."
Rodriguez got emotional after the homer, saying he was thinking about all the people who stayed by his side when things were tough over the past few years.
"Just thinking about my girls, wondering if they were up or if they were sleeping back home," he said. "My mom, all the folks that stayed with me over the last few years. Just grateful. Grateful to the fans, to the Yankees, to my teammates, to major league baseball."
Rodriguez now only trails Babe Ruth (714), Hank Aaron (755) and Barry Bonds (762) all-time.
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