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...Liars were noisy and silly. Art Brut were very British. Ted Leo was rather dull, but he did break his skin on a microphone, so I guess that was cool. Destroyer is not an interesting band.And that was that! It was, overall, a delightful weekend at the old ballpark, and Pitchfork continues to throw the best party of the summer for people who, like you and me, read Pitchforkmedia.com every day.—Staff writer Abe J. Riesman can be reached at riesman@fas.harvard.edu...
...particularly quiet. Just over half of the country's 85 million single-family homes have Zillow estimates, and the site employs statisticians to refine its formula for calculating home prices. The valuation the site suggests won't necessarily determine your offering price, but it should give you a helpful ballpark figure so neither brokers nor buyers can steer you wildly astray...
...would be too expensive. Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District spokeswoman Mary Currie says ballpark estimates put the cost of a barrier between $15 million and $25 million. "We don't know where those funds would come from," she says. It took over a year just to get the $2 million for the study. Then there is the cost of security cameras, telephones and regular police patrols aimed at stopping jumpers. (About 50 people a year are talked or pulled down before they jump...
...Furthermore, Dartmouth has hit only seven home runs to this point, just one more than injured Crimson first baseman Josh Klimkiewicz.“It’s nice to know you can maybe make a mistake and not get it blown out of the ballpark,” Haviland said. “But,” he added, “Dartmouth can get guys on, they can hit and run, they can bunt. Sometimes those teams are tougher—they’ll make you make mistakes, and they won’t make mistakes...
...part of their youth, others were visiting the oldest park in baseball for the first time. Sophomore Matt Kramer’s grandfather, Irv Kramer, a St. Louis resident, was at Fenway for the first time with his son, a Harvard grad. “This is a great ballpark,” Kramer said. “It’s beautiful and it’s fantastic to be here.” For young and old, fan and family alike, those sentiments perfectly echoed the feelings of the day. --Staff writer Julie R. S. Fogarty...