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REMEMBERING BILL DUNHAM (1928-2016)
Often the latest jazz news is an obituary notice. It's not surprising given the age of some of my friends and heroes, but I don't always linger on such news: if I immersed myself in it, I might become too sad to continue stating confidently that JAZZ LIVES.
But I will make an exception for William B. Dunham — known to me as Bill, known earlier in his life as Hoagy. For more than half a century he was the regular pianist with the Grove Street Stompers, who play on Monday nights at Arthur's Tavern in Greenwich Village, New York.
Bill died on January 11: details here.
Like most of us, Bill had many facets he showed to the world. Officially he was a New York City real estate eminence who signed his emails thusly:
William B. Dunham
Licensed Real Estate Broker
Barrow Grove Associates Inc.
P.O. Box 183, Cooper Station P.O.
But this serious signature was only one side of a man who was at heart puckish. I'd met him perhaps a decade ago and we had become friendly, so when I hadn't seen or heard from him last year, I emailed him in August to ask if all was well, and got this response:
Hey Michael……………….Thanks for asking. For a couple of doddering old geriatrics we are doing OK – not quite at the strained food stage. I have had a little problem which has kept me out of Arthur's. Getting better.
Blog recommendation. Every Sunday from 12:30 – 2:30 a great trio at Cafe Loup on 13th Street. Piano, bass and guitar. Not to be missed! Could you video there?
Our cat population has dwindled by 50%. We had to download Manning because he tended to bite. Love bites mind you. I used to enjoy the occasional love bite – but not by a cat!
Let me know if you ever want to visit Cafe Loup on a Sunday…………
Best……Bill
PS……….LOVE your blogs!!
That was the Bill Dunham I will always remember: the enthusiastic jazz-lover who turned up at gigs, always beautifully dressed, the man who marveled at the music and the musicians, who would email me to share his delight in a video I'd just posted. He and his wife Sonya were a reliable couple at New York City jazz gigs, cheerful and ardent.
I don't remember whether I first met Bill at Arthur's Tavern and then at gigs or the reverse, but our early correspondence was often his urging me to come down to hear the Grove Street Stompers on a Monday night, or telling me what wonderful things had happened the previous Monday. I am afraid I put him off fairly consistently, because I have taught early-morning Tuesday classes for thirty years and even when the GSS gig ended at ten, I yawned my way through my work. But I did make my way down there — with camera — one night in 2010, and recorded this performance, the regular band with guest stars Dan Barrett, cornet; J. Walter Hawkes, trombone (later in the evening Rossano Sportiello took to the piano):
Others in that band are Peter Ballance, trombone (seen here in front of the narrow bandstand, keeping track of the songs played that night); Joe Licari, clarinet; Giampaolo Biagi, drums; Skip Muller, string bass.
Here is a more recent still photograph of that band, with Scott Ricketts, cornet; Steve Little, drums:
As a pianist, Bill was an ensemble player who offered the plain harmonies as the music moved along. He knew this, and did not seek to inflate his talents: when I saw him at a gig where Rossano Sportiello or Mark Shane was at the keyboard, he spoke of them and their playing as versions of the unreachable ideal. He was proud of the Grove Street Stompers as a durable organism upholding the collective love of jazz, but modest about himself.
A digression. Bill became one of my most enthusiastic blog-followers but he often found technology baffling, which is the right of people who came to computers late in life. WordPress would inexplicably unsubscribe him from JAZZ LIVES, and I would get a plaintive telephone call and then attempt — becoming Customer Service — to walk him through the steps that would re-establish a connection. Once the complication was beyond my powers to fix on the telephone, and since I knew I was coming in to Manhattan, I offered to come to his apartment and fix things there, which he happily accepted. There I found out about the four cats — I don't remember their names, and since I was a stranger, they went into hiding (perhaps they didn't like something I'd posted on the blog?) and I never saw them.
Once I fixed the connection, because it was noon, Bill offered me a glass of iced gin, which I declined, and spoke of his other jazz obsession — Wild Bill Davison. Wild Bill, when he was in New York City in between gigs, would come down to Arthur's and play, and Bill (Dunham) spoke happily of those encounters: he'd also become a WBD collector, but not in the usual way: Bill's goal was to acquire a copy of every recording WBD had ever made, perhaps on every label and every speed. I was awe-struck, but perhaps tactlessly asked if this was like collecting stamps, because WBD's solos had become more worked-out than not. To his credit, Bill agreed.
He also had a substantial collection of paper ephemera and memorabilia. However, by the time I'd met him and had this blog, any ideas of an interview were brushed aside, "Michael!" he'd say, laughing, "I can barely remember my wife's name!"
Before I'd ever met Bill, though, I knew of him as a youthful eminence in ways more important to me. He had graduated from Harvard in 1952. To my mind, this made him a truly sentient being — even if gentlemen at Harvard those days aimed no higher than a C, I believe those C grades meant something. He was seriously involved with jazz before I was able to crawl.
Thanks to my dear friend John L. Fell, I heard a tape of Bill in 1951 as part of the Harvard jazz band, the Crimson Stompers — including drummer Walt Gifford — on a session where clarinetist Frank Chace, visiting Boston, had been the star. In Manfred Selchow's book on Edmond Hall, I learned that Hall had been recorded at an informal session in 1948, and "Hoagy Dunham" had played piano on ROYAL GARDEN BLUES. I had a cassette copy of what remained of those sessions. At some point I copied these tapes onto another cassette and sent them to Bill, who was ecstatic. Through Jeanie Wilson, Barbara Lea's dearest friend, I learned that Bill — for a very short time — had dated Barbara, and I got Bill to write his memories when Barbara died, which you can read here. Here is a post in which Bill figures — both in a black-and-white photograph of himself, Barbara, and the Stompers, and a Harvard news story where he is "Hoagie" Dunham.
Another photograph of the Crimson Stompers, from drummer Walt Gifford's scrapbook, tenderly maintained by Duncan Schiedt:
And here is Bill, as a JAZZ LIVES stringer or jazz town crier, with some New York news (hilariously).
A few memories from cornetist Scott Ricketts, seen above with Bill on the bandstand —
"At the end of a set, Bill would refer to Arthur's as 'The West Side's Finest Supper Club'. But the only food I ever saw there was in the 25 cent glass peanut machine in the front."
"Bill would always close the set (over Mood Indigo) by telling the audience, "Have a couple of Wild Turkeys, we'll be right back." At the band's 50th anniversary party, I asked Bill if he was having a Wild Turkey? He said 'No, I don't drink that stuff!'"
And a neat summation from a cousin of Bill's:
"Bill was a terrific guy, who served in the military in Korea and then came back to attend Harvard on the GI bill. He was a bit of a renaissance man; having gone to Harvard, worked on Wall Street, been a noted jazz musician (his real passion), and then into real estate. I was fortunate enough to get to see him just a few weeks ago, and we coaxed him to play some music on the piano in the front lobby of the assisted living home they were visiting with their daughter. He still had it then."
How might people count their lives well-lived? To me (and the person who has made the transition can only know this in some spiritual way) if you've lived your life properly, people miss you when you are no longer there. I know I will from now on think, "I wonder if Bill will show up tonight?" when I am seated at a particular gig — and then have to remind myself that he won't. I send my condolences to Sonya, and Bill's daughter Amy.
My jazz universe and my personal universe are smaller and less vibrant because of Bill's death.
Thanks so much to Alison Birch for her generous help in this blogpost.
And "this just in," thanks to Joseph Veltre and ancestry.com — Bill's picture from the 1952 Harvard yearbook:
Posted in "Thanks A Million", Awful Sad, The Heroes Among Us
Tagged Alison Birch, Arthur's Tavern, Barbara Lea, Bill Dunham, Dan Barrett, Duncan Schiedt, Ed Hall, Frank Chace, Giampaolo Biagi, Jazz Lives, Joe Licari, John L. Fell, Joseph Veltre, Manfred Selchow, Mark Shane, Michael Steinman, Mike Burgevin, Peter Ballance, Rossano Sportiello, Scott Black, Scott Ricketts, Skip Muller, Walt Gifford
DAN BARRETT, THE GROVE STREET STOMPERS, and FRIENDS (Oct. 18, 2010)
Bill Dunham, the pianist-leader of the Grove Street Stompers, will proudly tell you that the band's unbroken run of Monday nights at Arthur's Tavern, the "West Side's smartest supper club," began in 1959 — a record indeed!
Monday, October 18, 2010, was a special night because Dan Barrett brought his own jubilant energy and a borrowed cornet. Dan's cornet playing is a great joy, both clipped and lyrical. On this horn, he comes from the great tradition, echoing Louis, Bobby, Ruby, Sweets, Buck, and more, but the result always sounds like Barrett, which is the way it's supposed to be.
Dan inspired the GSS: Bill on piano, Peter Ballance on trombone and announcements, Joe Licari on clarinet, Skip Muller on bass, and Giampaolo Biagi on drums.
Here are three selections from that evening. JUST A CLOSER WAlK WITH THEE is one of those "Dixieland chestnuts" that usually descends into cliche, but not with the preaching trombone of guest J. Walter Hawkes, welcome at any gig:
A rousing THERE'LL BE SOME CHANGES MADE called to mind the ecstatic Condon recording for Columbia in the early Fifties:
And at the end of the evening, Bill gracefully gave up his seat at the piano to the Maestro, Rossano Sportiello, and they swung out on OH, BABY!:
At the Tavern, the Creole Cooking Jazz Band (featuring Lee Lorenz, Dick Dreiwitz, Barbara Dreiwitz, and others) plays on Sundays, Eve Silber (often with Michael Hashim) holds down Wednesdays, and the Monday-night ensemble includes Peter Ecklund or Barry Bryson on trumpet / cornet. Other guests have included Bria Skonberg, Emily Asher, and Bob Curtis. Arthur's Tavern (some spell it Arthurs) is located at 57 Grove Street in Greenwich Village, New York City, and the Sunday sessions run from 7-10 PM.
Tagged Arthur's Tavern, Barbara Dreiwitz, Barry Bryson, Bill Dunham, Bobby Hackett, Bria Skonberg, Buck Clayton, Creole Cooking Jazz Band, Dan Barrett, Dick Dreiwitz, Eddie Condon, Emily Asher, Eve Silber, Giampaolo Biagi, Greenwich Village, Grove Street Stompers, J. Walter Hawkes, jazz blog, Jazz Lives, Joe Licari, Lee Lorenz, Louis Armstrong, Michael Hashim, Michael Steinman, New Orleans jazz, New York City, Peter Ballance, Peter Ecklund, Rossano Sportiello, Ruby Braff, Skip Muller, Sweets Edison
THE GROVE STREET STOMPERS
As fond as I am of the West Village, I can't say that Grove Street is architecturally distinguished. But it is memorable for the landmark shown above — Arthur's Tavern — where pianist Bill Dunham has led the Grove Street Stompers for forty-seven years of Monday nights. By even the most stringent calculations, that's over seven thousand sets of loose improvised jazz, over seven thousand brief renditions of "Mood Indigo," the song that the Stompers use as their closing theme. I'll leave it to Bill, who is charmingly gregarious, to list the great jazz players who have been regulars or guests in that astonishing long run.
Last night was a particularly unusual Monday for me: my college had closed itself down because of the snow, and I was unexpectedly free to hear some live jazz. I hadn't been at Arthur's for some time, so I decided to visit an old haunt. Bill had told me that his front line was going to feature cornetist Randy Reinhart and clarinetist Joe Muranyi, which was an inducement to brave the cold winds. Bill would be on piano, and regulars Peter Ballance (trombone and general keeper-of-decorum) and drummer Giampaolo Biagi would be there. Bassist Tim Ferguson and pianist-visitor Ron Ferry completed the dramatis personae.
The Stompers are a home-grown jazz band in the finest old style: drawing on a wide variety of material, they take medium-tempo jogs through spirituals, pop tunes, Tin Pan Alley classics, Condon and Armstrong favorites, and jazz evergreens. Last night, "Dixieland" was represented by CHINA BOY, CHANGES MADE, DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO MISS NEW ORLEANS?, I FOUND A NEW BABY, JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE, SWEET GEORGIA BROWN and a few more. But the band's range is happily broader: THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE, WININ' BOY BLUES, OUT OF NOWHERE, and MY BUDDY lit up the place.
A word about "lighting up the place." The Tavern should be seen not only for the music, but for its general decor. On the wall above my head, signs wishing me a Happy Halloween were much in evidence; over the bar's cash register was a sign reading CLOSED, and strings of brightly colored lights — Christmas, probably — are always on. The wine list is, shall we say, limited, but the amiable waitress was busy supplying everyone's alcohol-related needs. I was fortunate to be among friendly Spouses: Sonya Dunham and Nina Favara (Mrs. Reinhart) who were listening intently and cheering the band on.
And the music? Well, the Stompers are the very antithesis of slick. Yes, there is an occasional lead sheet passed around in case someone in uncertain about the chords on the bridge, but any arranging is done in the heat of the moment. Last night, Randy decided, as he always does, to act as a prime mover, and he drove the band, choosing to play brass eight-bar trades with trombonist Peter, to leap into solos as if his life depended on it, to show off his beautiful command of the horn from bottom to top, mixing Berigan and Fifties Mainstream with delicacy and fervor. Joe Muranyi, who's seen many ensembles come and go, including Louis's, was in fine quiet form, showing off his lovely chalumeau register. The regulars — Bill, Peter, and Giampaolo — aren't fancy, and their solos are concise, but they've got the feeling. And Tim Ferguson, someone I'd not heard before, kept everything in good order and took nice resonant solos.
This musical convocation takes place from 7-10 on Monday nights, and worth the trip — just south of the Christopher Street / Sheridan Square subway stop. The Stompers won't necessarily be there for another forty-seven years, so you might well want to visit.
Posted in "Thanks A Million", Pay Attention!, Swing You Cats!
Tagged Arthur's Tavern, Bill Dunham, Duke Ellington, Eddie Condon, Giampaolo Biagi, Greenwich Village, Grove Street, Grove Street Stompers, jazz blog, Jazz Lives, Joe Muranyi, live jazz, Louis Armstrong, Michael Steinman, Peter Ballance, Randy Reinhart, Ron Ferry, Tim ferguson, West Village

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How my day goes tends to depend on whether I wake up in Lecanvey or in Birmingham.
I've been commuting to work in Birmingham for the past 13 years. My wife Catherina and I and our two sons, James (22) and Conor (16) moved to Mayo in 2005.
I'm an early riser. If I'm in Birmingham and have to be in the office for 8am I'll set the alarm for 7am.
I try and get as much work done when I'm in Birmingham to maximise my time at home. For instance, I might stay in Birmingham for the weekend if it enables me to come home the following weekend and stay working from home the following week.
I run my own construction business based in Birmingham, called Rossway. Our work is primarily commercial and industrial with a particular focus on refurbishments.
Catherina's parents are living in Lecanvey and moving here was always something we were thinking about. The hope was I would be able to get enough work over here but that hasn't quite happened so I am over and back all the time.
It's not ideal but I can be in Birmingham as quick and almost as cheap as I'd be in Dublin and it's an easier commute because I am only driving for an hour and the rest of the time can be productive. It is difficult during the week being away from family, that's the compromise.
Knock airport is a Godsend. We might knock Ryanair too but I can fly over and back for less than €100 a week most of the time. I fly to either Birmingham or East Midlands and it is a round trip door to door of four hours.
When I'm over in Birmingham I'd usually grab a sandwich in a garage deli for lunch and try to be finished by 6pm, where possible but sometimes it can be as late as 9pm. If time allows, I will go for a cycle – there are some really nice villages in the UK countryside.
While construction is my day to day, I have got into live streaming in a big way in the past year or so.
Myself and my son Conor have our own company, dowdmedia.ie and we stream all sorts of events. At the moment we are partners with Mayo GAA TV and are very busy live streaming club championship games in MacHale Park.
People all over the world can watch those games. The numbers watching so far have been very impressive. For instance, before the Mayo senior quarter-finals on Saturday, September 22, the Mayo GAA TV saw an unprecedented surge in traffic, around 2,000 visits per minute.
I think Mayo GAA TV has huge potential. Let's take last Sunday's county junior final. Someone in America or Australia from Achill or Balla will be able to watch their brother or neighbour and their club playing in such a big game for them. It means a lot to be able to see it.
I remember when I was young and my father wanted to ring home, which is Tibohine outside Ballaghaderreen. It took you the guts of a full day to get through. I always knew how to spell Ballaghaderreen because as far as the operator in the UK was concerned, you might as well be on about Timbuktu.
Now we can stream club games so people all around the world can see their own club playing a game. It is incredible and has huge potential.
We have also streamed funerals as a result of being asked to do so. Some people don't see why anyone would want to film never mind live stream a funeral. And to an extent I can agree. But we have been asked to do it because people cannot always get to funerals.
We streamed one funeral where a young man had died. He had spent a lot of time in New Zealand and his friends there were not able to come back. They were able to watch the stream and the family said afterwards how much of a comfort being able to watch the stream afterwards was to them as well.
Between working in the UK and travelling over and the live streaming back here, there's not much time left in the day for anything else but if time allows I love getting out for a cycle. I go for a spin from the house to Roonagh Pier and back. Where could you get better scenery?
Sleep is easy afterwards too.
If money was no object what would you do?
I don't think I would do much different. I enjoy being in Mayo but I need a purpose in life. I enjoy the challenge of construction, so work is an important aspect of my life.
I am on the committee for The Birmingham Irish Cycle Appeal (BICA). It's a Birmingham based voluntary organisation who organise a charity bike ride. I have done the ride for the past three years, last year we did Mizen Head to Malin Head. This year we are doing Cyprus. Last year we raised over £70,000 for local charities.
Staunton's Pub in Lecanvey on a Sunday night when they have live music. I love to listen to natural talent and it's there in abundance, as is good Guinness.
Quite a lot. At the moment I am having a fight with my Epson printer. I can work out how to live stream a two camera shoot but for the life of me I can't get this thing to print A4 instead of A3.
Loads, Catherina has always kept it well stocked.
Catherina's reaction when she reads this.
My Pinarello bike. I bought it off Ben Walsh from Lecanvey. A serious cycling talent, currently with the Irish cycling team. I have had to have it modified with granny gears.
With the Mayo GAA TV stuff meeting some of the Mayo players. They probably don't consider themselves famous, which is why I like meeting them.
There is no shame in failing. Don't be afraid to fail. There are too many people who won't have a go because they are afraid of failing. In life you will at times fail, but you will come out of it a better person and learn from it.


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A look at AFC West backfield productivity, volume, and efficiency numbers in 2017 and how to use that data in 2018 drafts.
The Broncos season was so bad that they ended up picking fifth in the draft and yet they still finished fifth in running back carries. They were only 17th in total running back rushing fantasy points, 18th in yards per carry and 23rd in fantasy points per carry, so this was one of the less efficient running games even though it was among the highest volumes. CJ Anderson handled 245 of 406 running back rushing attempts, so there is a big hole to be filled in the backfield.
Denver didn't lean on their backs as much in the passing game, ranking 15th in running back targets and 14th in running back receptions. The running back passing game wasn't highly efficient, ranking 18th in yards per reception and 22nd in nonPPR fantasy points per reception. While Devontae Booker was the least efficient runner of the top three backs, he had the best yards per reception (similar to his numbers in 2016), which should keep him involved in the passing game even if third-round pick Royce Freeman overtakes him in the running game.
Overall, this was a middling backfield despite the commitment to the run. The Broncos were 17th in total backfield nonPPR fantasy points and 18th in total backfield PPR fantasy points. Case Keenum should improve the passing game, which has the potential to create more scoring drives and longer drives in general. The defense gained #5 pick Bradley Chubb, with the hopes of restoring the no fly zone.
Action Items: It feels like this backfield will be a mix of Devontae Booker and Royce Freeman. Neither is talented enough to add a lot of value to touches that didn't have a strong base of value in the Broncos offense last year. The Broncos did like to pour on the rushing attempts in wins, which could give one or both good matchup value, but there's not a lot of draft appeal in shares of an inefficient split backfield with middling production.
The Chiefs backfield showed us last year that size isn't everything - that is, size of the running back carry volume. They were 29th in running back carries despite being a division winner. Rushing champion Kareem Hunt helped them have the 2nd highest yards per carry, 13th highest total running back rushing fantasy points and 4th highest fantasy points per rush. What's difficult to discern is how much of this was Hunt and how much was the Kansas City running game, as Spencer Ware had an even higher yards per carry and similar fantasy points per rush efficiency in 2016 before he was concussed.
Kansas City gave running backs the 14th most targets and 12th most receptions, boosted by the fourth-best completion percentage on passes to backs. They were only 23rd in running back yards per reception, but it should be pointed out that Charcandrick West's 5.6 yards per catch would have been worse than the 32nd ranked Giants running back yards per reception, while Kareem Hunt's average of 8.6 would have ranked 14th. The Chiefs were eighth in total nonPPR running back fantasy points on receptions, thanks mostly to the five scores to backs through the air.
Overall, the Chiefs finished tenth in total running back fantasy points whether you count by PPR or nonPPR. This has a productive and highly efficient backfield through the last three starters, with the one hitch of the West/Ware committee splitting the productivity after Jamaal Charles went down in 2015. In an RBBC, the Chiefs lower volume running game made playing either back a riskier week-to-week proposition.
Action Items: While this exercise revealed just how efficient the Chiefs running game was at producing fantasy points, it shouldn't change Kareem Hunt's ranking as a low first-round pick. The Chiefs moves at running back this offseason indicate that they aren't sure how much they'll get from Spencer Ware, so the specter of anything approaching a committee is faint right now. The numerous veteran backs on the roster behind Hunt also make it difficult to pick a handcuff to try to catch the wave of this backfield's production if Hunt were to go down.
The Chargers had yet another underachieving season and their running back running game fell in line with that. They were 14th in running back carries, but only 22nd in yards per carry. Their ten running back rushing scores helped establish the 14th most running back fantasy points in the running game and a respectable 17th in fantasy points per rush. The hope is that the firming up of the offensive line with good health from the interior trio of Mike Pouncey, Forrest Lamp, and Dan Feeney will improve the running game.
The Chargers got running backs involved as receivers more than they did in 2016, when Danny Woodhead went down early in the season, but less than 2015, when they had 172 running back targets. 2017's 132 targets to backs was good for tenth in the league, and they were also tenth in yards per catch, with help from Austin Ekeler's 10.3 yards per reception on 27 catches. Their backs combined for seven scores through the air, which fueled them to the fourth-highest total running back passing game fantasy points, whether we count by PPR or nonPPR scoring, and fifth-highest fantasy points per reception.
Overall this backfield was sixth in total running back fantasy points in both PPR and nonPPR scoring, which is especially impressive when you factor in that they were tenth in targets and 14th in carries. They lost Hunter Henry, which could actually result in more red zone opportunities for backs, but perhaps fewer trips to the red zone. The running game shouldn't suffer too much from the loss of Henry since top blocking tight end Virgil Green was signed in the offseason.
Action Items: Gordon's efficiency numbers as a runner are still subpar, but his continued development as a receiver helped keep him in the RB1 mix. The Chargers ability to create high-end running back fantasy points with middling running back volume helps firm up his first-round value, but also means we shouldn't overlook Austin Ekeler and seventh-round pick Justin Jackson as waiver wire speed dial backs, or deep league bench stashes.
Before we even delve into the Raiders 2017 backfield numbers, we must qualify this with the caveat that Jon Gruden is looking to go "old school". The Raiders were 26th in running back carries, but 11th in yards per carry, 16th in total rushing running back fantasy points, and an astonishing 7th in fantasy points per rush. Take out DeAndre Washington's weak 2.7 yards per carry on 27 carries and the Raiders would have had elite rushing efficiency. It appears that they should have been running the ball more often.
They stressed throwing to backs more than handing off, finishing 13th in running back targets and receptions, but again there's Washington dragging down the average with his poor 5.8 yards per catch on 34 receptions. The running back passing game was inefficient, finishing tied for 26th in fantasy points per reception, and that sunk their total running back fantasy points in the passing game to 23rd in nonPPR points and 21st in PPR fantasy points.
Despite the lack of commitment on the ground and DeAndre Washington performing poorly, the Raiders backfield was still 18th in total running back fantasy points in nonPPR and 19th in running back fantasy points in PPR. One would think that will more emphasis on the running game, there is a solid foundation for growth in Raiders backfield fantasy value.
Action Items: Marshawn Lynch is the cheapest clear-cut starting running back in fantasy drafts, and that might be a mistake by the hive mind. The Raiders clearly have been more effective running the ball than the underuse of their inside running game would lead you to believe. Read Matt Waldman for more positivity on the Raiders running game.


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It has gotten to the point that it made sense to split my posts from any company blogs and move it over to a personal space. I hope to find the time to write more, particularly tidbits, tips and tricks on my day to day work with web technologies, along with the possibility of a rant or two about something or other.
So… I'm almost starting from scratch. All my posts on netweblogic.com have been moved over. I may have lost some comments in the process (which is why you shouldn't go with plugins like Disqus), but if more content is produced as a result this move, then it will be worth it.
I'm a fan of simplicity, as well as not re-inventing the wheel (especially when you can improve it!), so I've gone with the lovely Elegant Themes Modest theme with some minimal CSS changes, which does what it says in the box, and will allow more focus to be placed on the content. I may even take it a step further and simplify it even more by removing unnecessary scripts, fonts, etc.


Oil prices held steady stable on Friday, as the market balanced a fall in U.S. crude inventories to the lowest levels since 2015, with Sino-American trade tensions and economic weakness from emerging markets.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 were at $67.78 per barrel at 0448 GMT, up just 1 cent from their last settlement.
International Brent crude futures LCOc1 dipped 8 cents to $76.42 a barrel.
"Oil inventory data released last night showed a larger-than-expected draw in crude inventories," said William O'Loughlin, investment analyst at Australia's Rivkin Securities.
U.S. commercial crude oil inventories fell by 4.3 million barrels to 401.49 million barrels C-STK-T-EIA in the week to Aug. 31, the lowest since February 2015, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data showed on Thursday.
Despite that, analysts said prices were curbed by a rise in refined product stocks and a relatively weak U.S. peak fuel consumption season this summer, known as the driving season.
Gasoline stocks USOILG=ECI rose by 1.8 million barrels, while distillate stockpiles USOILD=ECI, which include diesel and heating oil, climbed by 3.1 million barrels, the EIA data showed.
"U.S. gasoline inventories are now above the top of the 5-year range," said U.S. investment bank Jefferies in a note on Friday.
"The U.S. summer driving season has proven to be a lackluster one in terms of gasoline demand," said O'Loughlin of Rivkin Securities.
Ongoing emerging market weakness as well as potential new U.S. import tariffs on Chinese goods were also weighing on oil market sentiment.
"Emerging markets, which tend to have a higher energy intensity of GDP, are an obvious concern," said Jefferies.
Asian shares slipped to a 14-month trough on Friday as investors feared a new round of Sino-U.S. tariffs, while currencies from Indonesia to India also remained under pressure.
On the supply side, U.S. crude oil production C-OUT-T-EIA last week remained at a record 11 million barrels per day (bpd), a level it has largely been at since July.
Outside the United States, U.S. sanctions against major oil producer Iran, which from November will target oil exports, are fuelling expectations of a tighter market toward the end of the year.
"The main driver of oil prices, in our view, remains the re-imposition of U.S. ... sanctions against consumers of Iranian oil," said Standard Chartered this week.
Washington has indicated it may offer temporary sanctions waivers to allied countries that are unable to immediately cease imports from Iran.


Turkish midfielder Mehmet Topal has inked a four-year contract with Istanbul club Fenerbahçe.
Fenerbahçe will pay a transfer fee of 4.5 million euros to Spanish side Valencia, according to a club announcement.
The Istanbul club reported that it had successfully concluded its talks with the Turkish midfielder, who spent two years with Valencia after moving there from Galatasaray.


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Q: Group JSON data into weeks / months without additional external library? I am looking for a solution to group data into weeks / months without external library. I have seen the D3.js nest() option here: how can i group JSON data into the weeks according to calender?
Here another way using npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/group-by-time
Maybe I am crazy having grown up in the age of dialup, but I still like to keep how many things I load on a page down to what is actually needed instead of loading everything possible, just in case I want to use it, even though the user "might" already have a cached copy from a CDN.
I am currently using Chart.js to display data, also available are Bootstrap and jQuery. I would love to be able to switch the chart between day, week month, using only javascript or jQuery, which seems like it should be a fairly common thing, but I don't see any examples without going for a bigger library like I mentioned above.
var chart={
                dates: ['2015-09-01', '2015-09-02', '2015-09-03', '2015-09-04', '2015-09-05', '2015-09-06', '2015-09-07', '2015-09-08', '2015-09-09', '2015-09-10', '2015-09-11', '2015-09-12', '2015-09-13', '2015-09-14', '2015-09-15', '2015-09-16', '2015-09-17', '2015-09-18', '2015-09-19', '2015-09-20', '2015-09-21', '2015-09-22', '2015-09-23', '2015-09-24', '2015-09-25', '2015-09-26', '2015-09-27', '2015-09-28', '2015-09-29', '2015-09-30', '2015-10-01', '2015-10-02', '2015-10-03', '2015-10-04', '2015-10-05', '2015-10-06', '2015-10-07', '2015-10-08', '2015-10-09', '2015-10-10', '2015-10-11', '2015-10-12', '2015-10-13', '2015-10-14', '2015-10-15', '2015-10-16', '2015-10-17', '2015-10-18', '2015-10-19', '2015-10-20', '2015-10-21', '2015-10-22', '2015-10-23', '2015-10-24', '2015-10-25', '2015-10-26', '2015-10-27', '2015-10-28', '2015-10-29', '2015-10-30', '2015-10-31', '2015-11-01', '2015-11-02', '2015-11-03', '2015-11-04', '2015-11-05', '2015-11-06', '2015-11-07', '2015-11-08', '2015-11-09', '2015-11-10', '2015-11-11', '2015-11-12', '2015-11-13', '2015-11-14', '2015-11-15', '2015-11-16', '2015-11-17', '2015-11-18', '2015-11-19', '2015-11-20', '2015-11-21', '2015-11-22', '2015-11-23', '2015-11-24', '2015-11-25', '2015-11-26', '2015-11-27', '2015-11-28', '2015-11-29', '2015-11-30', '2015-12-01', '2015-12-02', '2015-12-03', '2015-12-04', '2015-12-05', '2015-12-06', '2015-12-07', '2015-12-08', '2015-12-09', '2015-12-10', '2015-12-11', '2015-12-12', '2015-12-13', '2015-12-14', '2015-12-15', '2015-12-16', '2015-12-17', '2015-12-18', '2015-12-19', '2015-12-20', '2015-12-21', '2015-12-22', '2015-12-23', '2015-12-24', '2015-12-25', '2015-12-26', '2015-12-27', '2015-12-28', '2015-12-29', '2015-12-30', '2015-12-31', '2016-01-01', '2016-01-02', '2016-01-03', '2016-01-04', '2016-01-05', '2016-01-06', '2016-01-07', '2016-01-08', '2016-01-09', '2016-01-10', '2016-01-11', '2016-01-12', '2016-01-13', '2016-01-14', '2016-01-15', '2016-01-16', '2016-01-17', '2016-01-18', '2016-01-19', '2016-01-20', '2016-01-21', '2016-01-22', '2016-01-23', '2016-01-24', '2016-01-25', '2016-01-26', '2016-01-27', '2016-01-28', '2016-01-29', '2016-01-30', '2016-01-31', '2016-02-01', '2016-02-02', '2016-02-03', '2016-02-04', '2016-02-05', '2016-02-06', '2016-02-07', '2016-02-08', '2016-02-09', '2016-02-10', '2016-02-11', '2016-02-12', '2016-02-13', '2016-02-14', '2016-02-15', '2016-02-16', '2016-02-17', '2016-02-18', '2016-02-19', '2016-02-20', '2016-02-21', '2016-02-22', '2016-02-23', '2016-02-24', '2016-02-25', '2016-02-26', '2016-02-27', '2016-02-28', '2016-02-29'],
                data: [77.02, 63.80, 21.64, 86.60, 65.40, 46.25, 27.38, 66.65, 67.25, 65.59, 64.80, 01.00, 32.75, 04.30, 51.92, 02.75, 40.20, 72.30, 62.90, 83.60, 66.66, 37.30, 93.90, 01.50, 55.77, 50.00, 73.20, 30.03, 07.95, 21.65, 07.93, 66.94, 11.72, 33.75, 22.80, 14.55, 68.78, 66.78, 52.35, 06.24, 64.78, 22.21, 19.08, 23.69, 54.40, 39.55, 28.76, 22.25, 09.85, 07.50, 22.47, 75.94, 93.34, 16.29, 28.98, 64.40, 78.68, 30.65, 96.65, 99.35, 77.50, 75.30, 89.85, 97.50, 53.90, 97.55, 28.98, 75.08, 25.66, 41.00, 73.72, 68.50, 95.40, 49.50, 32.50, 86.00, 05.43, 88.19, 50.39, 03.90, 82.90, 53.78, 94.20, 82.40, 12.63, 78.80, 07.50, 66.50, 41.75, 91.25, 34.50, 22.50, 85.50, 80.00, 33.75, 59.50, 52.50, 73.25, 76.50, 38.75, 11.00, 55.00, 37.25, 92.50, 74.75, 55.75, 37.25, 61.01, 90.95, 87.65, 99.08, 84.49, 47.00, 72.20, 45.95, 44.35, 10.90, 27.05, 63.10, 63.50, 66.48, 97.25, 39.85, 81.50, 57.90, 02.78, 72.95, 41.55, 39.44, 15.85, 06.60, 13.60, 87.10, 86.40, 90.75, 48.30, 29.75, 16.25, 20.51, 45.40, 51.10, 82.00, 24.24, 92.88, 81.75, 18.50, 89.15, 55.75, 53.50, 74.90, 41.35, 61.40, 07.80, 56.80, 33.75, 75.02, 78.50, 46.10, 39.25, 95.00, 22.85, 36.00, 43.53, 63.80, 32.85, 88.30, 89.69, 05.75, 16.15, 15.25, 20.55, 44.50, 46.28, 71.75, 19.45, 41.75, 25.75, 09.05, 58.77, 76.20, 30.45, 71.75]
            };

A: I'm assuming that date format is YYYY-MM-DD as in sample and for convenience I'm saving both dates and data in different arrays.
var dates = chart.dates;
var data = chart.data;

Keeping above assumptions in mind, you can easily group data by months.
var groupByMonth = {};
dates.forEach(function (d, i) {

    var v = data[i];
    var monthYear = d.slice(0, 7);
    if (groupByMonth.hasOwnProperty(monthYear)) {
        groupByMonth[monthYear].push(v);
    } else {
        groupByMonth[monthYear] = [v];
    }
});

console.log(groupByMonth)

However to group by week, you need to find week number. Here is a extension method to do that so:
Date.prototype.getWeekNumber = function(){
    var d = new Date(+this);
    d.setHours(0,0,0);
    d.setDate(d.getDate()+4-(d.getDay()||7));
    return Math.ceil((((d-new Date(d.getFullYear(),0,1))/8.64e7)+1)/7);
};

Using above extension method you can easily group data by week number too. Week number repeats in each year so, I'm using combination of week and year to uniqly identify any week.
var groupByWeek = {};
dates.forEach(function (d, i) {

    var v = data[i];
    var weekYear = d.slice(0, 4) + '-' + new Date(d).getWeekNumber();
    if (groupByWeek.hasOwnProperty(weekYear)) {
        groupByWeek[weekYear].push(v);
    } else {
        groupByWeek[weekYear] = [v];
    }
});

console.log(groupByWeek)

A: @Adnan Umer´s solution is probably better for your case since you already have the dates as strings, but here is a more general method in case you had the date instead of string:
function roundDate(date,type){
  var d = new Date(date) // so as to not override

  var types = ["day","week","month"]
  var idx = types.indexOf(type)

  if(idx > -1){ // remove all less than day
     d.setMilliseconds(0)
     d.setSeconds(0)
     d.setMinutes(0)
     d.setHours(0)
     if(idx > 0){ //remove day of the week
         d.setDate(d.getDate() - d.getDay()) // make it a sunday
         if(idx > 1){ //remove day of month
             d.setDate(1)
         }
     }
  }

  return d;

}

function parseDate(str){ // in your case, we need to keep the date disregarding the locale offset
  return new Date(new Date(str).getTime() + new Date().getTimezoneOffset()*60*1000)
}

var lastDate = null
var grouping = "month"

var datesGrouped = []
var dataGrouped = []

function addToLast(arr,val){return arr[arr.length-1]+=val}

//I am assumming your dates are already sorted

chart.dates.map(function(date,index){
    data = chart.data[index] // get corresponding data point
    var group = roundDate(parseDate(date),grouping).getTime()
    if(group == lastDate){
        addToLast(dataGrouped, data)
    }else{
        datesGrouped.push(group)
        dataGrouped.push(data)
        lastDate = group
    }
})

console.log(datesGrouped, dataGrouped)

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Q: shell to send send output as attachment to email I dont know what is wrong with this script. I am not getting any error and I am not getting this email as well.
Code:
    #!/bin/ksh

    # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Filename:   mailx.ksh
    # Purpose:    Demonstrates how one can attach files when sending E-Mail
    #             messages from the Unix mailx utility.
    # Author:     Frank Naude, Oracle FAQ
    # -----------------------------------------------------------------------

    SUBJECT="Send mail from Unix with file attachments"
    TO=abcd@gmail.com
    SPOOLFILE=/home/abcd/test_mail/sqlplus_test.txt

-- sql part ---
    echo "Produce listing from SQL*Plus..."
    sqlplus -s abcd/xxxxx >$SPOOLFILE <<-EOF
            set echo off feed off veri off pages 0 head off
            select count(*) from abcd;
            exit;
            EOF

-- send email with attachment
    echo -e "This email has a attachments" | mutt -a "${SPOOLFILE}" -s "This is a test email with attachment" -- abcd@gmail.com <<-EOF

            Hi,

            This sample E-mail message demonstrates how one can attach
            files when sending messages with the Unix mailx utility.

            Best regards

            ~.
            EOF


What to do if the Ukraine woman wishes to visit you in your country first?
I have read some of your blogs and would like some advice from you as it is becoming bit difficult to navigate the long distance relationship.
According to her understanding, if a man is insisting to come to meet the girl then that man is not serious in relationship. A serious man will invite his woman on travel visa to his country and make everything possible to get his beloved close to him.
A lot of men come to Ukraine for fun and a serious person will not travel and not spend money on travel but think about future and not the present as this seems to be the right approach. Then she give examples of two girls she know from her town who went to travel visa to their beloved man and their men did not visit Ukraine. They had their passports, then just bought the tour to visit their men.
Also she say that she would like to come to my country to live where she has never been or seen my country, have never seen my style and way of living in UK and so she need to spend time with me and then will decide if we can become life partners and if she decided to get married then it should be done in my country and insists that a man who is serious will do everything to bring the girl to his home.
I do not understand why she is resisting me not to meet her in her home country and why I should not get introduced to her parents. I have been sending her 20 dollars for correspondence. Although she claims to be a newly graduate children doctor but says salary in Ukraine are were low for doctors say 150 dollar. She does not have bank account as only rich people in Ukraine have accounts and rest of people get salary in cash. Also she does not have an international passport which required in Ukraine for people to travel besides their national passport. and suggest that I should get the international passport first and then invite her to me country.
I shall greatly appreciate your suggestions on the above points.
Frankly, I have never heard of such arguments as your woman says. And I do not even know what to reply to her arguments. The logic of your woman is, as for me, a little strange. From my experience, I would mention that in general, Western men come to Ukraine to meet a woman for the first time in person, and not vice versa. The women feel more comfortable in their own country because not every woman has traveled abroad or can speak a foreign language. Thus, the first meeting takes place in Ukraine and then you can decide if she goes to UK next time or you will come to Ukraine again.
(1) When I planned to visit she said that according to statistics there are 40% of foreigners coming to Ukraine become victim of criminal cases and all this happens because people do not listen to what they are told. The she says that she does not want frighten me and just wants me to know that she cares for my safety and that she guarantee to protect me.
I found following information on the Ukrainian Internet: According to Deputy Foreign Minister Viktor Maiko, Ukraine may not be called a dangerous country for foreign tourists. For example, no case of racism was fixed during the European Football Championship in Ukraine.
Source: http://1tv.com.ua/ru/specialnews/2013/06/18/17292 (in Russian, you can use Google Translator for understanding the whole article).
In addition, hundreds of foreign men come to Ukraine in search of a Ukrainian wife, and as far as I know, they come back to their home country without being robbed or scammed. If you are not cautious, you can be robbed or scammed also in a Western country like UK, Germany, France, or Italy. So, I do not agree with your woman.
May I ask you in what town/city in Ukraine your woman lives? You can offer that you meet in Kiev for example. Kiev is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, is very modern and safe for foreigners, and you can spend a very nice weekend together. E.g. I was two years ago with my German husband in Kiev and he was impressed by this city.
(2) According to her understanding, if a man is insisting to come to meet the girl then that man is not serious in relationship. A serious man will invite his woman on travel visa to his country and make everything possible to get his beloved close to him. A lot of men come to Ukraine for fun and a serious person will not travel and not spend money on travel but think about future and not the present as this seems to be the right approach. Then she give examples of two girls she know from her town who went to travel visa to their beloved man and their men did not visit Ukraine. They had their passports, then just bought the tour to visit their men.
I do not agree with this statement. A serious man will come to Ukraine to meet a woman, her friends and family. A serious man will also invite a woman to visit him in his home country. The both points are important and it is really hard and strange for me if she says that a man has serious intentions if only he invites a woman to visit his home country. Otherwise, he wants only to play with the woman. It is a really absolute nonsense! I have experienced that men come to Ukraine to meet a woman and start a serious relationship with her after that. Or also a woman comes e.g. to Germany to meet a man for the first time.
By bringing her to his country to visit, the man can determine if the Ukrainian woman for marriage is ready to leave her country of birth for his.
You will have the chance to be together completely alone, which is the best way to see if your personalities click. You gain a taste of what it's like living with someone with foreign habits, at least until she becomes more westernized.
Even though some Western men want to meet a Ukrainian or Russian woman in her own natural setting, it is best to see how she reacts in a new one.
(3) Although she claims to be a newly graduate children doctor but says salary in Ukraine are were low for doctors say 150 dollar. She does not have bank account as only rich people in Ukraine have accounts and rest of people get salary in cash. Also she does not have an international passport which required in Ukraine for people to travel besides their national passport. and suggest that I should get the international passport first and then invite her to me country.
It is true that doctors in Ukraine really earn very little. And it is also true that most people in Ukraine have no bank accounts and get their salary still in cash. As I understand, your woman is expecting that you pay the fees for her International passport (about $100-150) and tickets to UK, isn't she? Because she has no money for that.
Well, if I were you, I would react to this request with caution. The money is not very big, but it is still risk that if you send money to her, she will disappear. If I were you, I would suggest her to meet first in Kiev to see if you like each other and want to develop your communication. Then you can decide if you want to invite her to UK and help her financially in this case. You can explain your arguments and say about numerous cases of online dating scam.


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using System;

namespace JitTest
{
    internal class BaseClass { }

    internal class TestClass : BaseClass
    {
        private object Method_To_Call(int cookie)
        {
            switch (cookie)
            {
                case 0:
                    return new TestClass();
                case 1:
                    return new DerivedClass();
                case 2:
                    return new BaseClass();
                case 3:
                    return new OtherClass();
                default:
                    return null;
            }
        }

        private static bool Test_CALL(TestClass _this, int cookie, bool flag)
        {
            try
            {
                TestClass inst;
                if (flag)
                {
                    inst = (TestClass)(_this.Method_To_Call(cookie));
                    return inst != null;
                }
                else
                {
                    inst = (TestClass)(_this.Method_To_Call(cookie));
                    return inst == null && _this.Method_To_Call(cookie) == null;
                }
            }
            catch (Exception X)
            {
                return !flag && X is InvalidCastException;
            }
        }

        private static int Main()
        {
            TestClass _this = new TestClass();
            if (!Test_CALL(_this, 0, true))
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Failed => 101");
                return 101;
            }
            if (!Test_CALL(_this, 1, true))
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Failed => 102");
                return 102;
            }
            if (!Test_CALL(_this, 2, false))
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Failed => 103");
                return 103;
            }
            if (!Test_CALL(_this, 3, false))
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Failed => 104");
                return 104;
            }
            if (!Test_CALL(_this, 4, false))
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Failed => 104");
                return 105;
            }
            Console.WriteLine("Passed => 100");
            return 100;
        }
    }

    internal class DerivedClass : TestClass { }
    internal class OtherClass { }
}

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