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Q: Java stream collect to Map> I'm using Java 11 and I have a List<MyObject> called myList of the following object:
public class MyObject {
  private final String personalId;
  private final Integer rowNumber;
  private final String description;
<...>
}

and I want using streams to collect these objects into a Map<String, Map<Integer, List<MyObject>>>
(with following syntax: Map<personalId, Map<rowNumber, List<MyObject>>>) and I don't want to use Collectors.groupBy(), because it has issues with null
values.
I tried to do it using Collectors.toMap(), but it seems that it is not possible to do it
myList
.stream()
.Collectors.toMap(s -> s.getPersonalId(), s -> Collectors.toMap(t-> s.getRowNumber(), ArrayList::new))

My question is it possible to make a Map<String, Map<Integer, List<MyObject>>> object using streams without using Collectors.groupBy() or should I write a full method myself?

A: In your case I would create the maps first and then loop through the elements in this list as shown:
Map<String, List<MyObject>> rows = new HashMap<>();
list.forEach(element -> rows.computeIfAbsent(element.personalId, s -> new ArrayList<>()).add(element));

You can use computeIfAbsent in order to create a new list/map as a value of the map before you can put your data in.

The same is with the second data type you created:
Map<String, Map<Integer, MyObject>> persons = new HashMap<>();
list.forEach(element -> persons.computeIfAbsent(element.personalId, s -> new HashMap<>()).put(element.rowNumber, element));

Here is a way to solve this with streams. But note that the objects must have a unique personId/rowNumber:
Map<String, List<MyObject>> rows = list.stream().collect(
        Collectors.toMap(element -> element.personalId,
        element -> new ArrayList<MyObject>(Arrays.asList(element))));

As well as for the other map:
    Map<String, Map<Integer, MyObject>> persons = list.stream().collect(
            Collectors.toMap(e -> e.personalId,
            e -> new HashMap<>(Map.of(e.rowNumber, e))));

A:
Map<String, Map<Integer, List<MyObject>>> object using streams without using Collectors.groupingBy()

By looking at the map type, I can assume that a combination of personalId and rowNumber is not unique, i.e. there could be multiple occurrences of each combination (otherwise you don't need to group objects into lists). And there could be different rowNumber associated with each personalId. Only if these conclusions correct, this nested collection might have a very vague justification for existence.
Otherwise, you probably can substitute it multiple collections for different use-cases, for Map<String, MyObject> - object by id (if every id is unique):
Map<String, MyObject> objById = myList.stream()
    .collect(Collectors.toMap(
        MyObject::getPersonalId,
        Function.identity()
    ));

I'll proceed assuming that you really need such a nested collection.
Now, let's address the issue with groupingBy(). This collector uses internally Objects.requireNonNull() to make sure that a key produced by the classifier function is non-null.
If you tried to use and failed because of the hostility to null-keys, that implies that either personalId, or rowNumber, or both can be null.
Now let's make a small detour and pose the question of what does it imply if a property that considered to be significant (you're going to use personalId and rowNumber to access the data, hence they are definitely important) and null means first of all?
null signifies the absence of data and nothing else. If in your application null values have an additional special meaning, that's a design flaw. If properties that are significant for managing your data for some reason appear to be null you need to fix that.
You might claim that you're quite comfortable with null values. If so let pause for a moment and imagine a situation: person enters a restaurant, orders a soup and asks the waiter to bring them a fork instead of spoon (because of they have a negative experience with a spoon, and they are enough comfortable with fork).
null isn't a data, it's an indicator of the absence of data, storing null is an antipattern. If you're storing null it obtains a special meaning because you're forced to treat it separately.
To replace personalId and rowNumber that are equal to null with default values we need only one line of code.
public static void replaceNullWithDefault(List<MyObject> list,
                                          String defaultId,
                                          Integer defaultNum) {

    list.replaceAll(obj -> obj.getPersonalId() != null && obj.getRowNumber() != null ? obj :
        new MyObject(Objects.requireNonNullElse(obj.getPersonalId(), defaultId),
            Objects.requireNonNullElse(obj.getRowNumber(), defaultNum),
            obj.getDescription()));
}

After that can use the proper tool instead eating soup with a fork, I mean we can process the list data with groupingBy():
public static void main(String[] args) {
    List<MyObject> myList = new ArrayList<>(
        List.of(
            new MyObject("id1", 1, "desc1"),
            new MyObject("id1", 1, "desc2"),
            new MyObject("id1", 2, "desc3"),
            new MyObject("id1", 2, "desc4"),
            new MyObject("id2", 1, "desc5"),
            new MyObject("id2", 1, "desc6"),
            new MyObject("id2", 1, "desc7"),
            new MyObject(null, null, "desc8")
        ));

    replaceNullWithDefault(myList, "id0", 0); // replacing null values

    Map<String, Map<Integer, List<MyObject>>> byIdAndRow = myList // generating a map
        .stream()
        .collect(Collectors.groupingBy(
            MyObject::getPersonalId,
            Collectors.groupingBy(MyObject::getRowNumber)
        ));

    byIdAndRow.forEach((k, v) -> { // printing the map
        System.out.println(k);
        v.forEach((k1, v1) -> System.out.println(k1 + " -> " + v1));
    });
}

Output:
id0
0 -> [MyObject{'id0', 0, 'desc8'}]
id2
1 -> [MyObject{'id2', 1, 'desc5'}, MyObject{'id2', 1, 'desc6'}, MyObject{'id2', 1, 'desc7'}]
id1
1 -> [MyObject{'id1', 1, 'desc1'}, MyObject{'id1', 1, 'desc2'}]
2 -> [MyObject{'id1', 2, 'desc3'}, MyObject{'id1', 2, 'desc4'}]

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Now, please pay attention to the usage of groupingBy() did you notice its conciseness. That's the right tool which allows generating even such a clumsy nested map.
And now we're going to eat the soup with a fork! All null properties would be used as is:
public static void main(String[] args) {
    List<MyObject> myList = new ArrayList<>(
        List.of(
            new MyObject("id1", 1, "desc1"),
            new MyObject("id1", 1, "desc2"),
            new MyObject("id1", 2, "desc3"),
            new MyObject("id1", 2, "desc4"),
            new MyObject("id2", 1, "desc5"),
            new MyObject("id2", 1, "desc6"),
            new MyObject("id2", 1, "desc7"),
            new MyObject(null, null, "desc8")
        ));

    Map<String, Map<Integer, List<MyObject>>> byIdAndRow = myList // generating a map
        .stream()
        .collect(
            HashMap::new,
            (Map<String, Map<Integer, List<MyObject>>> mapMap, MyObject next) ->
                mapMap.computeIfAbsent(next.getPersonalId(), k -> new HashMap<>())
                    .computeIfAbsent(next.getRowNumber(), k -> new ArrayList<>())
                    .add(next),
            (left, right) -> right.forEach((k, v) -> left.merge(k, v,
                (oldV, newV) -> {
                    newV.forEach((k1, v1) -> oldV.merge(k1, v1,
                        (listOld, listNew) -> {
                            listOld.addAll(listNew);
                            return listOld;
                        }));
                    return oldV;
                }))
        );

    byIdAndRow.forEach((k, v) -> { // printing the map
        System.out.println(k);
        v.forEach((k1, v1) -> System.out.println(k1 + " -> " + v1));
    });
}

Output:
null
null -> [MyObject{'null', null, 'desc8'}]
id2
1 -> [MyObject{'id2', 1, 'desc5'}, MyObject{'id2', 1, 'desc6'}, MyObject{'id2', 1, 'desc7'}]
id1
1 -> [MyObject{'id1', 1, 'desc1'}, MyObject{'id1', 1, 'desc2'}]
2 -> [MyObject{'id1', 2, 'desc3'}, MyObject{'id1', 2, 'desc4'}]

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from __future__ import print_function
import mpi
from generators import *

def scatter_test(comm, generator, kind, root):
    if comm.rank == root:
        print ("Scattering %s from root %d..." % (kind, root)),

    if comm.rank == root:
        values = list()
        for p in range(0, comm.size):
            values.append(generator(p))
        result = mpi.scatter(comm, values, root = root)
    else:
        result = mpi.scatter(comm, root = root);

    assert result == generator(comm.rank)

    if comm.rank == root: print ("OK.")
    return

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The second issue is that employers have the responsibility to pay the transportation costs home of a terminated H-1B worker. 8 C.F.R. Sec. 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(E). If the employer wishes to limit its responsibility, it may request that the H-1B worker sign a letter upon termination indicating that the employer has explained its willingness to pay for the H-1B worker's transportation costs home if the alien chooses to return home within a designated period of time from the date of termination. Most employers will find that H-1B workers will choose to stay in the U.S. and search for new employment, thereby relieving the employer from the travel cost responsibility.
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I love this picture on several levels.
The second reason I love this picture is because it is a wonderful reminder to me to always live from my heart. Somehow in my high school and college years I allowed myself to become comfortable living in and from my head. I'm one of those people who like numbers, data, logistics, analyzing, etc. Numbers are black and white, there is no gray, they are very clear. What I learned was that living from my head had become my "safe zone", I didn't have to deal with emotions, or feelings, or any of that grey stuff. The challenge is, without emotions, feelings and all those vibrant colors life offers, it can become a very isolated and boring place to be; it's not a place you come alive in, you simply exist in.
Living from your heart allows you to become more of who you were truly created to be. You experience life to the fullest, rather than simply existing. Yes, it can mean feeling some of the incredible aches and pains of life, AND more importantly it allows you to feel, really feel and experience all the incredible joys and blessings of life.
I won't lie, there are times when I can feel myself being pulled to hide out in my head when things get a little tough, however with reminders like this beautiful heart, those times come less and less often. I've also learned that when I focus on all the many blessings in my life, living from my heart comes more naturally then I ever thought possible.
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Housing Lottery Launches for Melrose North at 341 East 162nd Street in Melrose, The Bronx
7:00 am on December 3, 2022 By Vanessa Londono
The affordable housing lottery has launched for Melrose North, a 12-story residential building at 341 East 162nd Street in Melrose, The Bronx. Designed by Curtis + Ginsberg Architects and developed by New York City Housing Authority, the structure yields 171 residences. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 67 units for residents at 50 to 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $0 to $132,400.
Permits Filed for 1298 Inwood Avenue in Highbridge, The Bronx
7:00 am on October 15, 2022 By Vanessa Londono
Permits have been filed for a 15-story mixed-use building at 1298 Inwood Avenue in Highbridge, The Bronx. Located between West 169th Street and Clarke Place West, the lot is near the 170th Street subway station, serviced by the 4 train. David Sjauw under the 1298 Inwood Developers LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Developers Complete $84M Affordable Housing Development for Seniors at 1074 Washington Avenue in Morrisania, Bronx
7:30 am on June 4, 2022 By Sebastian Morris
A new, mixed-use, affordable housing project for low-income seniors has debuted in the Morrisania section of The Bronx. Located at 1074 Washington Avenue, the Trinity-Reverend William James Senior Apartments is constructed on land formerly occupied by a vacant United Methodist church and today comprises a collection of 154 deeply affordable apartments, a 5,400-square-foot social services facility on the ground floor, and recreational amenity spaces for future occupants.
Merchants Capital Provides $104M for NYCHA Harlem River Houses Rehabilitation Project in West Harlem, Manhattan
7:00 am on April 10, 2022 By Sebastian Morris
Merchants Capital has provided $104 million in construction financing for a major rehabilitation project at Harlem River Houses and the adjacent Harlem River II Campus, collectively known as Harlem River Houses I and II. The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) public housing complex sits between 151st and 153rd Street, Macombs Place, and Harlem River Drive in Harlem.
Construction Breaks Ground at HELP ONE, 255-Unit Affordable Housing Property in East New York
7:30 am on February 26, 2022 By Sebastian Morris
Construction is now underway at 515 Blake Avenue, a large parcel of land in East New York that will eventually support 255 affordable housing units. The HELP ONE project will yield a mix of supportive housing and low-income apartments, and is among Brooklyn's largest affordable housing projects announced this year.
Housing Lottery Launches for Cyrus Place at 4697 3rd Avenue in Fordham, The Bronx
7:00 am on January 13, 2022 By Vanessa Londono
The affordable housing lottery has launched for Cyrus Place Apartments, an eight-story mixed-use building at 4697 3rd Avenue in Fordham, The Bronx. Designed by Curtis + Ginsberg Architects and developed by Bronx Pro Group, the structure yields 53 residences and ground-floor commercial space. Available on NYC Housing Connect are 44 units for residents at 30 to 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), ranging in eligible income from $16,560 to $118,400.
NYCHA Announces Joint Venture for Comprehensive Renovations at Linden and Penn-Wortman Houses in East New York, Brooklyn
7:00 am on January 2, 2022 By Sebastian Morris
The New York City Housing Authority is working in partnership with Douglaston Development, L+M Development Partners, Dantes Partners, and SMJ Development to complete major renovations at the Linden and Penn-Wortman Houses in East New York, Brooklyn. Together, the public houses comprise 1,922 units.
Construction Imminent on Melrose North, an Affordable Housing Development in Morrisania
6:30 am on December 21, 2020 By Vanessa Londono
Construction is expected to begin in January on Melrose North, a residential development that will bring 171 units of supportive and affordable housing to 925 Courtlandt Avenue in South Bronx's Morrisania neighborhood. In a partnership between developer Bronx Pro Group and the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), the $92 million project will be built on a vacant NYCHA waste facility site.
Permits Filed for 1978 Valentine Avenue in Mount Hope, West Bronx
6:30 am on August 27, 2020 By Vanessa Londono
Permits have been filed for an 11-story mixed-use building at 1978 Valentine Avenue in the Mount Hope section of the West Bronx. Located between East 178th Street and East 180th Street, the through lot is also addressed as 2000 Valentine Avenue. The site is less than a ten-minute walk east of the Tremont Avenue subway station, serviced by the B and D trains. Bronx Haven LLC under the Camber Property Group is listed as the owner behind the applications. In January 2020, Camber acquired 2000 Valentine Avenue as part of an eight-building portfolio that contains 1,275 affordable units in the Mitchell-Lama program.
Permits Filed for 496 Sutter Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn
Permits have been filed for a nine-story mixed-use building at 496 Sutter Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn. Located between at the intersection of Lillie F. Martin Lane and Sutter Avenue, the corner lot is also addressed as 273 Snediker Avenue. One block from the site is the Sutter Avenue subway station, serviced by the L train. New York City's Department of Housing Preservation and Development is listed as the owner behind the applications.
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Six killed in Xmas Day suicide bomb attack in DR Congo restaurant
Six people have been confirmed killed as a suicide bomber struck a packed restaurant in Beni city near the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern border with Uganda.
The lone suicide bomber reportedly targeted the restaurant on Saturday as families gathered to enjoy the yuletide, killing at least five people and himself.
Officials have already blamed the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) for the attack, saying the militia was one of the deadliest armed groups in the region and is claimed by the ISIL (ISIS) group as its central Africa arm.
"The suicide bomber, prevented by security guards from entering a crowded bar, activated the bomb at the entrance of the bar," the regional governor's spokesman, General Ekenge Sylvain, said in a statement shortly after the attack.
"Six people died in the blast, and 14 were injured, including two local officials," Sylvain added.
READ ALSO: Suicide bomber blows self up in Ebonyi
"More than 30 people were celebrating Christmas there when the bomb went off, a local journalist said.
An eyewitness, Rachel Magali, told reporters she had been at the restaurant for about three hours with her sister-in-law and several others when she heard a loud noise outside.
"Suddenly we saw black smoke surrounding the bar and people started to cry.
"We rushed to the exit where I saw people lying down. There were green plastic chairs scattered everywhere and I also saw heads and arms no longer attached. It was really horrible."
The city's mayor, Narcisse Muteba Kashale, earlier told local radio that a bomb had exploded in the city centre.
"For safety, I'm asking the population to stay home," the mayor said.
Kashale, who is also a police colonel, said at least two of the victims were children.
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This listing is for 1 NIGHT at River Rock Adventures.
River Rock Adventures is a seasonal campsite that offers a retreat to a Primitive Susquehanna Riverfront Tent Camping Experience. You can expect a sizeable rustic campsite, dry camping with no hookups or facilities but with enough amenities to keep your camp running smoothly. We want campers to have an enjoyable stay and connect with nature.
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(TGCount Note: This is an archived version of the pool report originally posted at https://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-daily-guidance-and-press-schedule-for-friday-1833143614 on 2019-03-08 04:35:00.)
Subject: DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2019
Yesterday 11:35pm
Office of the Press Secretary
DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR
In-Town Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire Photos: AP, Reuters, AFP, NYT
TV Corr & Crew: FOX
Print: Real Clear Politics
Radio: AURN
Out-of-Town Travel Pool
Print: McClatchy
Radio: Washington Post
8:30AM In-Town Pool Call Time
8:40AM Out-of-Town Travel Pool
9:20AM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart the White House en route to Joint Base Andrews
South Lawn
Open Press
9:30AM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY arrive at Joint Base Andrews
9:40AM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart Washington, D.C., en route to Fort Benning, GA
11:30AM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY arrive at Lawson Army Airfield
Fort Benning, GA
11:40AM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart Fort Benning, GA, en route to Lee County, AL
11:05AM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY arrive at Auburn University Regional Airport
Lee County, AL
1:35PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart Lee County, AL, en route to Fort Benning, GA
3:00PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY arrive at Lawson Army Airfield
3:10PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart Fort Benning, GA, en route to Palm Beach, FL
4:35PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY arrive at Palm Beach International Airport
4:45PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY depart Palm Beach International Airport en route to Mar-a-Lago
4:55PM THE PRESIDENT and THE FIRST LADY arrive at Mar-a-Lago
6:30PM THE PRESIDENT participates in a joint fundraising committee roundtable
Closed Press
7:30PM THE PRESIDENT delivers remarks at a joint fundraising committee reception


Basically, you post any way you can think of to get kicked out of Wall*Mart. I used to do this on another website (Which name I have long forgotten) and it was funny what people came up with. They can be the craziest things.
1.) Prank call the manager, run into the store, and 'moo' whenever somebody says something. Annoy everybody and buy nothing.
2. Use the announcement phone, announce, "Good day everyone, it's now peanut-butter-jelly time!" And start playing the peanut-butter-jelly time song into the phone.
3.) Hide in the clothes racks. When somebody is looking for clothes in the rack your in, jump out and shout, "WELCOME TO NARNIA!"
3. Put on a cat costume, scream, "TWOLEGS, THEY'RE EVERYWHERE!!!" and run around like a lost cat. "WHERE'S MY CLAN?!?!?!"
4.) Grab a random person and start dancing with them. Afterwords, ask them if they will marry you.
5. Stand in the middle of the busiest aisle and start making weird noises to see how many people will pay attention... and how long until the cops come.


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Ingeborg Tepperwien (* 7. April 1945 in Bad Sulza) ist eine deutsche Juristin und ehemalige Richterin am Bundesgerichtshof.

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Tepperwien studierte Rechtswissenschaften an der Freien Universität Berlin und Universität Tübingen. Sie war von 1969 bis 1973 wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin von Horst Schröder in Tübingen. 1972 wurde sie promoviert. Tepperwien war von 1974 bis 1992 im Berliner Justizdienst tätig. Zunächst war sie als Richterin auf Probe am Landgericht Berlin und am Amtsgericht Tiergarten tätig, bevor sie 1977 zur Richterin beim Landgericht Berlin ernannt wurde. Nachdem sie neun Monate an das Kammergericht in den Senat für Kartellrecht abgeordnet war, wurde sie 1987 Vorsitzende einer Jugend- und Jugendschutzkammer am Landgericht Berlin.

Nach ihrer 1992 erfolgten Wahl zur Richterin am Bundesgerichtshof war sie zunächst Mitglied des 4. Strafsenats. Anschließend wirkte sie im 5. Strafsenat und im Kartellsenat mit. Seit 2001 war sie Vorsitzende des 4. Strafsenats. Neben dem Vorsitz des 4. Strafsenates war sie Mitglied des Großen Senats des Bundesgerichtshofes für Strafsachen und zuletzt auch Vorsitzende des Großen Senates. Am 30. April 2010 trat sie in den Ruhestand.

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Am Bundesgerichtshof war Tepperwien maßgeblich an der Entwicklung der höchstrichterlichen Rechtsprechung zum gefährlichen Eingriff in den Straßenverkehr und zum räuberischen Angriff auf Kraftfahrer beteiligt. Zu den bekanntesten der unter ihrem Vorsitz verhandelten Fälle gehörten der Tod Oury Jallohs und der Fall Pascal. Tepperwien begründete als Vorsitzende der 18. Strafkammer im vierten Verfahren des spektakulären Schmücker-Prozesses am 28. Januar 1991 die Einstellung wegen der "Mitwirkung und Einwirkung des Landesamtes für Verfassungsschutz". Damit fand der längste Prozess, den die Bundesrepublik bis dahin erlebt hatte, ein Ende.

Neben der richterlichen Tätigkeit gehörte sie der Ständigen Deputation des Deutschen Juristentages an und veröffentlichte Fachaufsätze zu strafverfahrensrechtlichen Fragen.

Weblinks
 Pressemitteilung Nr. 96/10 des Bundesgerichtshofes vom 30. April 2010 zum Eintritt in den Ruhestand
 Pressemitteilung Nr. 67/01 des Bundesgerichtshofes vom 21. September 2001 zur Ernennung zur Vorsitzenden Richterin am BGH

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Summary: After Gibbs' departure, Abby makes a startling discover that forever changes the relationship between her and Tony.
Genre: Angst, First Time, PWP - Plot, What Plot?
Summary: After the ordeal that ended with Cade dead, EJ missing and Tony in a hospital, Gibbs and Tony reflect upon the events that lead up to it and the nature of their relationship.
Summary: Desperate time calls for desperate measures.
Genre: First Time, Hurt/Comfort, PWP - Plot, What Plot?
Summary: What if Gibbs' memory never recovered? What if all he remembered was the bits and pieces that couldn't make a whole? What if he never came back from Mexico? Tony went looking, but would Gibbs be willing to meet him half way?
Summary: This is the story of a shaggy pup that wonders into NCIS, makes a mess, and in the process teaches a dysfunctional family about how to live a happy life.
Genre: Episode Related, Established relationship, Humor, PWP - Plot, What Plot?
Summary: Anthony DiNozzo, President �" Yes, of the United States �" all around great guy, fantastic leader and adored by the entire nation for his infectious smile. There is only one problem �" Anthony DiNozzo is head over heels in love with Secret Service Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs.
Genre: Alternate Universe, Humor, PWP - Plot, What Plot?
Summary: The death of a Naval Lieutenant brings Gibbs to Baltimore, where he meets Detective Tony DiNozzo for the first time. But as the case intensifies and all evidence points to a possible terrorist connection, it's up to the boys to find the killer fast and stop a potential terrorist attack.
Summary: Lets just say it involves our boys, fanfics and fangirls.
Summary: There is more to Tony DiNozzo than meets the eyes.
Summary: "Leroy Jethro Gibbs was a patient man."
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KSRTC's promise of introducing 50 low-floor buses in Kochi remains unfulfilled
The Kerala State Road Transport Corporation's (KSRTC) assurance in December 2021 of introducing 50 low-floor buses in the city for circular and radial-shuttle operations remains a far cry, even as Tirukochi and low-floor AC and non-AC city buses have been scrapped or diverted to mofussil depots.
The assurance of introducing 24 to 32 seater buses that are capable of negotiating Kochi's narrow roads and having wider doors to enable easy boarding and disembarking came within a month of the launch of around 100 circular bus services in Thiruvananthapuram in November 2021.
A senior KSRTC official said talks are still under way on reintroducing low-floor city bus services in Kochi. He attributed the delay to, among other reasons, the agency being unable to procure adequate number of new electric buses to replace the fleet of low-floor circular-service buses operating in Thiruvananthapuram. "As per tentative plan, these low-floor buses were to be introduced in Kochi. A decision on this and finalizing of their routes is long awaited," he said.
Kochi needs a fleet of shuttle-service buses rather than circular services, since key establishments like the High Court, Collectorate and Infopark are located in different areas, unlike in Thiruvananthapuram where they can be networked by circular services, said Biju Prabhakar, CMD of the agency. "The impact of the expected entry of (select) private buses from the Goshree Islands into the city too ought to be studied. In addition, bus routes ought to be mapped and a passenger information system readied," he said.
Expressing dismay at the over 15-year delay in permitting the city entry of buses from the isles, Senior Deputy Transport Commissioner (retd.) BJ Antony said the KMTA must exercise its wide-ranging powers to issue an additional notification, since the nationalization notification issued by the State government has been hampering the entry of private buses beyond High Court Junction. "The KSRTC does not operate adequate number of buses in the corridor, although it is not bound by such restrictions."
digital monitoring
The agency must also bring about a digital system to manage its bus fleet, simultaneous with reintroducing city buses in Kochi. This is important to ensure optimal fleet efficiency, by helping passengers and depot staff keep track of their location. By doing so, it will be in a position to cater to demand from intra-city commuters and even those from passenger-dense suburban towns like Fort Kochi and Muvattupuzha, he added.
Critics have been referring to the low patronage of the handful of KSRTC's city buses and the feeder buses of bypass rider services to the disconnect with passengers due to delay in ushering in digital management. The agency is also facing acute paucity of bus crew, following which even many existing services are not being operated, defeating the cause of public transport.


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GamersFirst's GamesCom 2009 Lineup
by Rainier on Aug. 17, 2009 @ 12:33 p.m. PDT
GamersFirst announced its line-up of titles it will be showing off at GamesCom 2009 (Aug. 19th-23rd), such as Parabellum, In Victory, and Taikodom.
The centrepiece of the exhibition portfolio is Parabellum, the coveted Massive Multiplayer Online First-Person Shooter fans yearn for. The title is going to be presented to trade visitors in a greatly advanced version at the business area (Hall 04, Level 2, Aisle J, Booth 051 at G.A.M.E. Bundesverband der Entwickler von Computerspielen). New features will be revealed, discussion will revolve around the business model and plans for the period following release.
As André Herbst, marketing director at Acony, adds:
"We want to revolutionise the Free2Play sector with Parabellum and offer a quality of service unknown until now. At the moment we are feverishly looking forward to enabling trade visitors to have a look at the title at the gamescom, and then to spellbind them with outstanding game quality."
In addition, GamersFirst is presenting two European premieres: In Victory, a historically inclined Fantasy MMO Formula Racing Game, virtual racing-car drivers compete for fame and glory in thrilling duels. Alongside state-of-the-art graphics and the highest degree of realism, what particularly stands out is the bolides' enormous diversity for modification. Gamers can customise their mega-scramblers down to the last detail so that no vehicle is akin to any other.
Taikodom, the MMO Space Shooter, places PC gamers in the role of valiant outer-space adventurers who can explore unknown solar systems, fight epic wars and establish mighty commercial empires.
Bryan Davies, public relations director at GamersFirst, goes on to explain: "The gamescom is the leading European trade fair for interactive entertainment. We do justice to this by enabling trade visitors to have a look at a highly advanced version of Parabellum while celebrating the European premiere of two more Free2Play blockbusters, too."
Besides product demonstrations, the management of GamersFirst is also providing exclusive insights into the various business models on the Free2Play market and will explain the company's further strategy in greater detail.


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Westworld Season 3: What We Know For (Almost) Sure
As season 3 arrives, here's what Westworld's creators and cast have publicly confirmed about the mysteries of season 2…
By Louisa Mellor | March 13, 2020 |
Warning: contains major spoilers for Westworld season two.
Westworld's season two finale left an eddy of questions in its wake. Some will only be answered in season three (starting this Sunday and Monday respectively on HBO and Sky Atlantic), but two years' worth of publicity circuit interviews with the showrunners and cast over have already provided answers to the others.
We may not yet know, for instance, which five consciousness pearls Dolores smuggled out of the park, or who's 'driving' the Charlotte Hale host, but we have had a steer on whether Stubbs is a host, when the Man in Black's post-credits sting takes place, if Emily was human when she was killed and more, all straight from the horse's mouth (or at least from a horse-adjacent mouth).
Below then, are the facts as we've been told they stand…
Stubbs is a host
Luke Hemsworth in Westworld season two
According to: season two finale director Frederick E.O Toye, backed up by showrunner Lisa Joy
As reported by: Vanity Fair; The Wrap
When Dolores-disguised-as-Hale tries to board the boats out of the Park, she's stopped by Luke Hemsworth's head of security Ashley Stubbs who drops some heavy hints that he's secretly a host. He tells Halores he was hired by Ford "so many years ago I can barely remember it," and that Ford gave him a very clear role to protect the hosts ("Guess you could call it my core drive"), before waving her through.
In a spoiler-filled post-finale interview with Vanity Fair's Still Watching Podcast, director Frederick Toye confirmed that the scene was rewritten close to the wire, but that making Stubbs a secret host had been a long term plan, and that to him, Stubbs, is definitely another of Robert Ford's plants. Showrunner Lisa Joy backed Toye up in conversation with The Wrap by saying:
"Doesn't it make sense if you are Ford and designing a park and you have a whole master plan about helping robots that you would keep one Host hiding in plain sight as a fail-safe? Maybe the Host who's in charge of quality assurance?"
William and Emily were human when she died
Ed Harris and Katja Herbers in Westworld season two
According to: Katja Herbers, who plays Emily
As reported by: Insider
William descends into madness in season two. Obsessed with both proving the existence of human free will and destroying his covert Forge project because he judges humanity unfit to become immortal, William questions his reality to the extent that he fatally shoots his grown-up daughter Emily, believing her to be a host imitation planted by Ford. Fans have raised the theory that in fact, William and Emily were both hosts at that point. Not so, says actor Katja Herbers.
Speaking to Insider, Herbers explains,
"I think dramatically it would make that moment [William kills her] meaningless and I don't think it is. Or, not meaningless but it would take away the biggest heartbreak you can imagine.
And I think it's such a big story moment for the Man in Black —a defining moment for his whole character. I think it would be really silly if we were hosts. Look, I don't know, but I clearly don't think that's the case."
Killing Emily is William's cornerstone
Katja Herbers in Westworld season two
According to: Jonathan Nolan and Katja Herbers
As reported by: Entertainment Weekly and Insider
In Dolores and Bernard's tour of The Forge (the storage facility for the covert data taken from the park's millions of human guests), they were introduced to the idea of cornerstone decisions in every human's life to which they are destined to always return, no matter how many versions of their consciousnesses are put through simulations. James Delos' was refusing his addict son Logan's request for help, before Logan died of a drug overdose. William's is killing his daughter Emily, under the mistaken belief that she's a host imitator and not the real thing.
Speaking to EW, Jonathan Nolan explains, "we've explored Delos' greatest mistake, the one unalterable moment, the cornerstone decision he makes in his life, and we're seeing that play out with the Man in Black. We've seen how it is that, using The Forge, that you'd be drawn back to these key moments and you'd run them again and again."
In conversation with THR, Lisa Joy adds,
"[William] realizes that he's been living this loop again and again and again. The primal loop that we've seen this season, they've been repeating, testing every time for what they call "fidelity," or perhaps a deviation. You get the sense that the testing will continue."
Post-credits William and Host Emily are in the "far, far future"
According to: Lisa Joy and Christopher Nolan
As reported by: The Hollywood Reporter, Entertainment Weekly
That much was obvious by the destroyed look of The Forge, but as timelines are the plaything of this show, here's confirmation from Lisa Joy, as told to THR:
"For the majority of the season, we're seeing [William] in the same timeline as everybody else. He's in the park as hell has unleashed.
What we see in the end recontextualizes a little bit of that. All of that did happen in that timeline, but something else has occurred, too. In the far, far future, the world is dramatically different. Quite destroyed, as it were. A figure in the image of his daughter — his daughter is of course now long dead — has come back to talk to him."
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Nolan suggests that the post-credits timeline is 'the end' point of the new AI race, speaking to EW, "We'd always said with this story we wanted to consider the beginning, middle and the end the of the emergence of a new form of life on Earth and we managed to cover a lot of those bases in this season."
Post-credits William may be something other than a host
Ed Harris in Westworld season two
According to: Lisa Joy and Katja Herbers
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While Lisa Joy has confirmed that Katja Herbers is definitely playing a host in the post-credits flashforward scene in which William arrives at a destroyed version of The Forge and finds out that he's stuck in a fidelity testing loop, that's not necessarily the case for William.
"Just to clarify," Joy told THR, "we don't necessarily say he's a host. A host refers to a creature like Dolores, someone who is pure cognition, someone who is made up of nothing and has a fabricated body as well."
This version of William, while clearly not human as both William and Emily's human selves would be long dead by this point, may be the next stage in host evolution. Katja Herbers told Insider, "we are sometime in the far, far future where I am a host and I'm not entirely sure what the Man in Black is. He might be some other thing entirely."
Season three will be returning to the park(s)
According to: Lisa Joy
As reported by: The Hollywood Reporter
Now that Dolores and Bernard are in the real world, that doesn't mean the end of the parks as locations, says Joy. There are still three of six we've not yet seen on the show. When asked by THR if we will ever see or learn about those parks, Joy's answer was "Absolutely."
"I don't necessarily think that we've seen the last of these artificial worlds that are central to the concept of our series as a whole. But the major lens that we will have is going to be the real world. If the park does emerge and come back, we would plan on explaining how that could be, and why."
And remember, only the hosts who went through 'The Door' (roughly a third of those discovered in the flooded valley) to virtual paradise or the Sublime, as the showrunners call it, had their control units erased. "There is Host data in the actual hosts who did not 'sublime'," Joy tells The Wrap. "So their CPUs are still intact," meaning they could come back.
Dolores was definitely Dolores at the end
Evan Rachel Wood in Westworld season two
As reported by: Deadline and The Wrap
After escaping the park in disguise as Charlotte Hale, Dolores builds a new version of her old host body before also building a new version of Bernard in the real world. Is that definitely Dolores' consciousness in her host body though? Yes, says Lisa Joy speaking to Deadline.
"What Dolores has done is that she's smuggled herself out of the park while impersonating Hale. She has put herself back into her body, and yet Hale is still there. The question is where is Hale now? And that's a question we'll be visiting next season."
Joy added, speaking to The Wrap, "It was always the plan to explore the real world and we have Dolores there, Bernard's there and a creature that is certainly inhabiting Hale's body is there [laughs]. So we'll come to know more of who "Hale" is. There are three Hosts out in the world and next season will really be an exploration of what they find and who they become."
Robert Ford is finished
Sir Anthony Hopkins in Westworld
As reported by: The Wrap
"Ford is gone," Joy confirmed to The Wrap. When Bernard deleted his consciousness code from his own control unit (on which Ford had hitched a ride back into the real world), that was the end of him. When Bernard 'spoke to' Ford after that point, it was Bernard's own consciousness taking the form of Ford, much as Dolores' own consciousness took the form of Arnold in her season one discussions before she fully became sentient.
We'll believe it when we see it though.
There will be answers
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Designated Survivor Star Kal Penn and Other Celebrities Back New Bipartisan Circus Bill
Actors, directors, and musicians are backing a bill to end the suffering of wild and exotic animals in traveling shows, which was showcased with a livestream launch event in Congress on May 21.
Sponsored by Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and David Schweikert (R-AZ), the Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act (TEAPSPA; HR2863) is being championed by Animal Defenders International, which has exposed suffering in US circuses over many years and provided evidence to support the bipartisan bill.
Kal Penn, star of "Designated Survivor," "Big Bang Theory," and the "Harold & Kumar" franchise, said: "It's time to put the days of animal cruelty in the name of entertainment behind us. As we continue to learn of the extent to which lions, tigers, elephants, and other wild animals are needlessly suffering at the hands of the circus industry, we must act. I applaud the advocates supporting the bipartisan Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act and urge you to as well."
Penn joins a growing list of celebrities lending their support to the campaign, among them:
Oscar-nominated actor Joaquin Phoenix: "The way animals are treated as mere objects of entertainment, beaten and bullied into performing circus acts, is disgraceful. Please help them today. Join me in backing Animal Defenders International's call for a ban on wild animal circus acts throughout the United States."
Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell: "There is nothing natural about the life of a circus animal. These majestic wild creatures deserve lives that are free from pain and suffering, and together we can make it happen. Join me in supporting Animal Defenders International and the Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act."
In addition to 23 cosponsors, TEAPSPA so far has support from other politicians, including former New Jersey State Senator Ray Lesniak, and a coalition of over 20 US animal protection organizations: ADI, Alliance for Animals, Animal Rights Coalition, Big Cat Rescue, Big Cat Sanctuary Alliance, Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, Colorado Voters for Animals, The Elephant Sanctuary, In Defense of Animals, Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary, Last Chance for Animals, Lions Tigers & Bears, Marin Humane, North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance, Northwest Animal Rights Network, Palo Alto Humane Society, Peace 4 Animals, Save Nosey Now, Inc., Social Compassion in Legislation, Utah Animal Rights Coalition, World Animal News, and Western Mass. Animal Rights Advocates.
Comedian and Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais: "Animals have their spirits broken, beaten out of them, in order to entertain humans in circuses. It is heartbreakingly cruel and humiliating, it belongs to our ignorant past. TEAPSPA will bring an end to this suffering. That's why I support it. Join me and give performing animals their freedom."
Globally, over 40 countries have already passed national prohibitions on the use of animals in circuses, putting the US behind countries like Bolivia, Peru, Greece, and the Netherlands. ADI is currently helping the government in Guatemala enforce a national ban and has removed 21 lions and tigers from circuses to take to sanctuaries, including three tigers to Big Cat Rescue in Florida and the remaining animals to the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary in South Africa.
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Recent years have seen increased action in the US, with over 90 circus animal prohibitions in 32 states, wild animals banned in circuses statewide in New Jersey and Hawaii, and a similar ban under consideration in California. According to a 2015 Gallup poll, more than two-thirds of Americans are troubled by the use of animals in traveling shows. The closure of Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus and the move toward human-only performance highlight the shift in public tastes and are seen by campaigners as showing the time is right for federal action.
ADI President Jan Creamer: "The evidence is clear: animals in traveling circuses suffer. America is taking a stand against this, passing an increasing number of local and state bans, but we can and must do more. With the introduction of TEAPSPA in Congress, we have a chance now to stop circus suffering nationwide – so let's do this!"
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SEC Baseball Tournament Blog: Wednesday
By Kevin Scarbinsky
Photo: Michael Wade
Welcome to the SEC Baseball Tournament Blog, your online home for the big news, behind-the-scenes notes and quotes and special moments that make this annual event at the Hoover (Ala.) Met the best college baseball tournament in the nation. Check back for updates each day throughout the week.
Now we can all geaux home
Sometime after midnight, this stopped being a baseball game between two proud rivals that set the bar for the entire Southeastern Conference and morphed into something more. LSU vs. Mississippi State became nothing less than an Infinity War.
Minus the death and destruction.
Not much else was missing as the Tigers and Bulldogs set the record for the longest game in SEC Tournament history and kept right on going. Through seven straight scoreless innings from the ninth to the 15th. Through a go-ahead LSU run in the top of the 16th and a matching score by State in the bottom.
All the way to the bottom of the 17th inning, where State's Gunner Halter singled in the winning run, telling LSU and everyone else to geaux home. We all departed, bedraggled, but this game will never leave us.
Mississippi State 6, LSU 5 consumed six hours, 43 minutes and every ounce of energy from everyone in the house, including the hardy souls remaining from the 13,902 fans who made up the fifth-largest single-session crowd in tournament history.
This tug-of-war lasted an hour and 36 minutes longer than the previous longest game this event had seen. It took 125 at-bats, 30 hits, 32 strikeouts and enough woulda coulda shoulda moments to last a season. Or a lifetime.
When it was over, neither team was eliminated, with more baseball to play later in the day, but each team was as enriched as it was exhausted.
On this special occasion, the SEC's well-traveled slogan was dead solid perfect. On this night above all others, this game just meant more of everything that makes this sport and this tournament two of the crown jewels in the conference's possession.
Baseball and the SEC Tournament. Call them the SEC's Infinity Stones.
Thursday's Schedule
Game 9: No. 6 seed Texas A&M vs. No. 7 Ole Miss
30 minutes after Game 9
Game 10: No. 5 LSU vs. No. 8 Auburn
Game 11: No. 2 Arkansas vs. No. 3 Georgia
30 minutes after Game 11
Game 12: No. 1 Vanderbilt vs. No. 4 Mississippi State
It's getting crowded in here
Georgia coach Scott Stricklin called it, in a tongue-in-cheek kinda way. After his Bulldogs walked off Texas A&M on Wednesday morning, he made a lighthearted prediction for the evening session ahead on Day Two of the SEC Tournament.
"I hear there may be a few people here tonight," he said.
With home-state Auburn playing regular-season champion Vanderbilt and fan-base heavyweights LSU and Mississippi State tangling, it was the easiest prediction of the week.
The actual, eye-popping number for the evening session: 13,902. That's the fifth-largest crowd for a single session in tournament history. It's the third-largest crowd for a non-championship game.
With Wednesday's eight teams returning Thursday in different matchups, expect a few people to show up again at the Hoover Met.
On the bright side, Auburn, Vandy is just that good
How do you flush from your mind a run-rule defeat in the SEC Tournament with a game to play the next day? How do you turn the page when you give up 16 hits in an 11-1 defeat?
Auburn found itself searching for answers after running into the wrecking crew that is SEC regular-season champion Vanderbilt. Shortstop Will Holland, whose solo homer was one of only two Tiger hits, turned philosophical.
"Baseball's a sport where you have to have a short-term memory," Holland said.
Maybe he and his teammates should remember one thing before turning out the lights. Vanderbilt, the No. 2 team in the nation, is just that good.
The Commodores didn't just sweep the Tigers during their 23-7 run through the toughest conference in the nation. They posted four wins of 10 runs or more against SEC opponents. They beat SEC West champ Arkansas 12-2 and South Carolina 22-11. Must've missed a couple extra points.
In a particularly savage display in back-to-back games in March, the Vandy boys went nuclear on perennial power Florida, dominating the Gators 15-2 and 14-4.
Auburn coach Butch Thompson said he thought his team "played too timid early in the ballgame" against Vanderbilt.
Lesson learned. There's no room for timid in the SEC Tournament.
Have a JJ Bleday
The last time someone stroked five hits in an SEC Baseball Tournament game, JJ Bleday was 5 years old. The symmetry is as sweet as the Vanderbilt junior's left-handed swing.
Sixteen years after Nick Pitts of Arkansas did it in 2003, Bleday rapped out a career-high five hits as the regular-season champions raked Auburn 11-1. Pitts got his five hits in six at-bats. Bleday was a perfect 5 for 5.
"I've seen his growth," Auburn coach Butch Thompson said. "I'm seeing a very mature, almost professional approach to the game."
Bleday showed why he's SEC player of the year and a Golden Spikes Award semifinalist for national player of the year, along with Vandy teammate Austin Martin.
Auburn had success against Bleday during the regular season, holding him to one hit in three games by pitching him away. That approach didn't work Wednesday as he used the whole field, with a double to right, single to center, double to left, single to left and another single to left.
"It starts in batting practice," Bleday said. "You try to let the ball travel. When that's what you do day in and day out, it comes naturally."
If you watched Bleday's efficient approach for the first time at the Hoover Met, you might be surprised to learn he leads the nation with 25 home runs.
"He never seems like he's out of balance," Vandy coach Tim Corbin said. "He never seems like he's trying to do too much. ... Mentally? He's a 35-year-old man. We may have helped him, but his parents have everything to do with that. He's so consistent academically, athletically, socially."
Corbin said he and his wife joke that Bleday "is like a unicorn. He's just that different kid that can do a lot of different things."
The world's strongest leadoff hitter
Who says a 230-pound slugger can't bat leadoff? Not Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco.
Junior left fielder Thomas Dillard had been the team's cleanup hitter "basically since he stepped on campus," Bianco said, but with Dillard going hitless five times in May, the coach decided to grant his power hitter's longstanding request to move to the top of the batting order.
"I've been joking with Coach B for two years now about hitting leadoff," Dillard said. "It's just taken a little bit of pressure off me, not having to hit fourth and just drive in everybody and put a lot of pressure on myself to hit a lot of balls out of the yard."
The change is working at the SEC Tournament. Through two games, a win and a loss, Dillard is 4 for 8 with a run scored and two RBIs.
Bianco said, despite Dillard's size, he can run and steal bases, too. His ability to draw walks also makes him an ideal leadoff man.
"I thought he got a little stagnant in the middle of the lineup," Bianco said.
Coaches get thirsty, too
It was hotter than Alabama asphalt Wednesday at the Hoover Met, and Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn was thirsty. His Hogs were waiting to play Ole Miss while Georgia and Texas A&M were locked in a scoreless duel he thought might go 15 innings.
Did one of the most successful college baseball coaches in the country send a minion to fetch him a beverage? No. He did what any fan would do. He got in line at a concession stand for a cold drink.
"I get per diem," Van Horn said. "I can buy it. I'm good."
In the middle of Van Horn's purchase on the inside concourse, the crowd started roaring. Georgia had just hit a walk-off home run to end it. The Arkansas coach had to hurry, but not before getting his drink.
That down-to-earth vibe is the heartbeat of the SEC Tournament. It's one of the reasons Peter Burns of the SEC Network calls this event one of his favorites every year. As he said, "It's real."
Arkansas closer Matt Cronin brings the heat
What do you do if you're clinging to a one-run lead with the tying and go-ahead runs on base with two outs in the eighth inning? If you're Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn, you go get Matt Cronin.
And Cronin brings the heat.
Hard to tell which was hotter Wednesday, the on-field temperature or the junior lefty's fastball. The Arkansas closer ended the Ole Miss threat in the eighth inning with a three-pitch strikeout and then, after the Hogs added an insurance run, struck out the side in the ninth to preserve a 5-3 victory.
Cronin's final line to earn his 11th save in 21 appearances: four batters faced, four strikeouts, 15 pitches, 13 strikes. He's three saves shy of matching the school record he set last season.
Van Horn called it "one of his best outings ever." Teammate Jack Kenley, who carried the offense with three RBIs, called it "nothing short of spectacular." Cronin called it "fun."
The Ole Miss hitters? They didn't exactly enjoy themselves.
"Cronin's an electric arm," said Ole Miss leadoff man Thomas Dillard, who had two hits earlier in the game but was one of Cronin's strikeout victims. "He has one of the best fastballs in the country, but we have to have better at-bats against him."
Cronin, who's struck out 39 batters in 25.1 innings on the season, didn't make it any easier on the Rebels by seasoning the heat with two nasty curveballs. One of them, he said, was the first breaking ball he'd thrown for a strike "in five weeks."
That's almost unfair. Or, to use the word Kenley chose to describe the hook that dropped in for a strike, "gross."
Georgia's long Hoover nightmare is over
They knew. Coach Scott Stricklin made sure of it during the team breakdown after their last practice in Athens before heading to Hoover. The Georgia players knew their program had not won a game in the SEC Tournament since 2011.
"We kinda used that to put a chip on our shoulder to come in here and play hard and try to get a win," shortstop Cam Shepherd said, "and that's what we did."
Shepherd's two-run walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth broke a scoreless tie with Texas A&M to end Georgia's Hoover losing streak. That streak had hit Stricklin in the face last year. Back at the team hotel after losing their first game to the Aggies, he saw the stat about the streak on the SEC Network.
"I told the players I do not want to see that anymore," Stricklin said. "We talked about it. I don't believe in jinxes. I believe in talking about stuff."
The victory came with a bonus for the Bulldogs. SEC baseball legend Ron Polk, who coached two years at Georgia between longer stints at Mississippi State, stopped by to visit with Stricklin and his players in the postgame interview room.
"When you win," Stricklin said, "Coach Polk comes to see you."
Now a UAB volunteer assistant, Polk's not surprised at the success Georgia is enjoying. The Bulldogs are a lock to be a national seed in the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year.
After spending two seasons in Athens, he said, "I thought it was a gold mine."
Cam's the man for Georgia
Cam Shepherd started his 174th consecutive game at shortstop for Georgia in the team's SEC Tournament opener against Texas A&M. In the previous 173 games, the junior shortstop had never hit a walk-off home run. The closest he'd come, he said, was a walk-off sacrifice fly.
Never say never.
With two out and one on in the bottom of the ninth Wednesday, Shepherd lifted a hanging breaking ball just over the left-field wall and Texas A&M's leaping Cam Blake. That shot broke a scoreless tie to give No. 3 seed Georgia the 2-0 victory, its first win in the tournament since 2011.
As he was rounding first base, Shepherd looked up and saw Blake jump to try and bring the ball back, "and my heart just dropped." But the ball dropped just over the fence.
"Clutch play by a clutch player," Georgia coach Scott Stricklin said.
It was one of only three hits all day by the Bulldogs, all of them in the last two innings. Texas A&M starter Chris Weber set an SEC Tournament record by throwing a no-hitter through 7.1 innings.
"We knew we were getting no-hit," Shepherd said. "We were talking about it in the dugout, trying to jinx it."
Georgia's Randon Jernigan ended the no-hitter in the eighth. An inning later, Shepherd ended the game. His walk-off homer earned him the honor of wearing the spiked gold "savage helmet," the baseball equivalent of Georgia football's "savage pads."
Texas A&M's Weber gem
In the long history of the SEC Tournament, no pitcher had ever carried a no-hitter through 7.1 innings - until Wednesday morning.
Texas A&M freshman left-hander Chris Weber baffled the Georgia bats until, with one out in the eighth inning, No. 9 hitter Randon Jernigan bounced a single into left field to spoil the no-no.
Weber said he knew he was throwing a no-hitter, "but it wasn't my focus. It was a little disappointing they got the hit, but I wasn't worried about anybody scoring."
Weber departed after giving up that hit. His stellar performance in the longest outing of his young college career - with 106 pitches, 68 for strikes - went unrewarded after Georgia hit a game-winning walk-off homer in the ninth.
Prior to Weber, two SEC pitchers had carried no-hitters through seven full innings in the tournament. A&M teammate John Doxakis did it last year against Auburn, and Tennessee's James Adkins against Vanderbilt in 2007. Both gave up leadoff singles in the eighth inning.
How good was Weber against the veteran Georgia lineup?
"When you see LJ Talley not comfortable at the plate, you know the guy's got good stuff because LJ Talley's as good a hitter as there is in the country," Georgia coach Scott Stricklin said. "I thought (Weber) was outstanding. I really hate that he's a freshman. (Texas A&M coach) Rob Childress has a great staff. They always have arms, but man, that's a special pitching staff."
Childress said Weber didn't just pop out of nowhere to throw so well Wednesday, even though he had just seven starts in 21 appearances, with only one previous start against an SEC opponent.
"The last eight weeks, Chris has been as good as anybody we have," Childress said. "That's a bold statement considering the guys we run out there."
Is this heaven? No, it's Hoover
It was a Tuesday. The top four teams in the league, all of them ranked in the top six nationally, weren't playing. School was still in session at many area schools. It was the first time this year the thermometer hit 90. And did we mention it was a Tuesday?
If you were looking for reasons not to come to the first day of the SEC Baseball Tournament, there were plenty of them handy. And still 14,263 fans brought the noise and the feel Hoover is famous for.
No one was more excited about the atmosphere than Auburn outfielder Judd Ward. It helped his mood that he plated one run with a perfect safety squeeze bunt and two more with a home run as the Tigers won, but it was obvious this event just means more to the sophomore from Russellville, Ala.
"I've been watching this tournament since I was born," Ward said. "I love this tournament. Coming out here and competing in it and being able to be a part of it, it's one of the best feelings in the world - especially with the atmosphere we brought tonight with all the fans. It was awesome."
Tuesday's first session - which started at 9:30 a.m. - featured Texas A&M's walk-off win over Florida and an Ole Miss nailbiter over Missouri. Those games drew 4,135. The second session - which ended at 12:16 a.m. - was highlighted by Auburn's hard-fought victory over Tennessee and LSU's slugfest past South Carolina. It attracted 10,128.
Last year's SEC Baseball Tournament drew a total attendance of 144,086, the second largest overall number in history behind 2016's total of 150,064. With a dry and sunny forecast for the rest of the week, this tournament could make a run at the top spot.
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Show of the Day: "America's Presidents" (plus Barack Obama's presidential portrait) at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC.
Tanner West, February 19, 2018
Kehinde Wiley and Barack Obama at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images.
"AMERICA'S PRESIDENTS"
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
What the Museum Says: "'America's Presidents' lies at the very heart of the museum's mission to tell the American story through individuals who have shaped the country. It showcases multiple images of the past 44 U.S. presidents, starting with Washington and continuing to Barack Obama."
Why It's Worth a Look: The NPG's treasures are many, and the highlights of its keystone exhibition, "America's Presidents," include Gilbert Stuart's prized "Lansdowne" portrait of George Washington. Given the recent excitement around the unveiling of Barack Obama's official portrait and the fact that today is President's Day, we've specifically assembled the last century's worth of Commander-in-Chief imagery from the NPG, beginning with Woodrow Wilson (whose term spanned 1913-21). The result gives a look at the evolution of the form, from the rather drab daubings of Harding and Hoover, to Norman Rockwell's beaming Nixon, to the artier renditions of Kennedy and Clinton, to the vibrant, almost-surrealist vision of painter Kehinde Wiley's just-debuted Obama.
John Christen Johansen, Woodrow Wilson (ca. 1919). Image courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery.
Margaret Lindsay Williams, Warren G. Harding (1923). Image courtesy National Portrait Gallery.
Joseph E. Burgess, Calvin Coolidge (1956). Image courtesy National Portrait Gallery.
Douglas Chandor, Herbert Hoover (1931). Image courtesy National Portrait Gallery.
Douglas Chandor, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1945). Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery.
Jay Wesley Jacobs, Harry S. Truman (1945). Image courtesy National Portrait Gallery.
Thomas E. Stephens, Dwight D. Eisenhower (1955). Image courtesy National Portrait Gallery.
Elaine de Kooning, John F. Kennedy (1963). © 1963 Elaine de Kooning Trust. Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery.
Peter Hurd, Lyndon Baines Johnson (1967). Gift of the artist, courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery.
Norman Rockwell, Richard Nixon (1968). Courtesy of the Richard Nixon Foundation and the National Portrait Gallery.
Everett Raymond Kinstler, Gerald R. Ford (1987). Courtesy of the Gerald R. Ford Foundation and the National Portrait Gallery.
Robert Templeton, Jimmy Carter (1980). Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery.
Everett Raymond Kinstler, Ronald Reagan (1991). Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery.
Ronald N. Sherr, George H.W. Bush (1994–5). Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery.
Chuck Close, William J. Clinton (2006). Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery.
Robert Anderson, George W. Bush (2006). Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery.
Kehinde Wiley, Barack Obama (2018). Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery.
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