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I know it's a process but Mangini must be laughing his a$$ off at this revisionist history of him being a sensational HC and genius personnel guru..
The guy that from all published reports pushed and pushed and finally got his guy Vernon Gholston selected with the 6th pick in the first round...
and then went from the Jets to build that SB juggernaut in Cleveland
Mangini SUCKED....it's a process
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Look at the Jets team he inherited from Herm in 2006:
- Terrible O-Line
- No RBs
- No QB
- Crappy defense
Then look at the team he left Rex in 2009:
- Best O-Line in football
- 2 very good RBs
- Still no QB
- The building blocks to a top defense (great NT, All-World CB, Decent LBs)
He missed the playoffs for various reasons, but there's no denying he left the team in much better shape than when he first got here.
As for pushing to get his guy, Mangini didn't have to trade picks to get his first round bust. Rex gave up picks and players for his (Sanchez).
That's ridiculous - these guy, like everyone else in the world, are looking to make the most money.
If we wanted Cowher or Gruden and willing to pay them more than anyone else they would happily come here
Tennessee Volunteer online forum fans are absolutely convinced Gruden is taking their job. They think their entire coaching search (which included literally offering the job to Charlie Strong) is a smoke screen to make the AD look like a hero when Gruden takes the job the day after Jets/Titans on MNF. Guys are nuts.


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Skip to comments.Conservative group hits McConnell in new TV ad
Posted on 10/29/2013 8:54:53 AM PDT by xzins
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is getting hit from both sides in the aftermath of the government shutdown -- and the latest volley comes from conservatives in the Kentucky contest.
The Senate Conservatives Fund, which endorsed McConnells GOP challenger Matt Bevin earlier this month, is launching its first TV ad since officially wading into the race, and it charges that McConnell helped Barack Obama and Harry Reid fund Obamacare.
Conservatives asked Mitch McConnell to lead the fight against Obamacare. He didn't listen, the 30-second ad says. Now Kentucky families are paying the price. Premiums up, lost coverage, even lost jobs. When Kentucky needed Mitch McConnell the most, he let us down. Now hes asking us to give him six more years in Washington?
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The $330,000 ad buy from the groups super PAC arm, Senate Conservatives Action, will run statewide on broadcast and cable stations from Oct. 30 through Nov. 12. Its the second SCF ad targeting McConnell, founded by now-Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint. Before the shutdown, they had launched another TV ad urging McConnell not to back down from defunding Obamacare.
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The 3 billion dollar sell out wasn't a good decision either
Time for Kentucky to ditch Mitch.
Where's the ads on Boner??? Linda Graham??? Cornyn???
Two words: Kentucky Kick-back
His Senate strategeries have failed, are failing and doomed to fail in the future.
I'd say if he isn't primaried out, he needs to go down in the General. As encouragement for the others.
I think Boehner doesn't have a credible resourced opponent yet. Plus, I think Jim DeMint is focused on the Senate.
I am fine with him going down in the general if there is a better choice.
sure going to be fun watching some old guard assclowns who have been there forever get the hook this primary season.
Throw em ALL out.
McConnell has 17 MILLION to spend on his war against Conservatives while insisting HE is the only Conservative in KY.
The ONLY fight against the Left he will muster - is in the General election to ensure he retains his seat agains the Democrat.
Then he will go back to being the stealth saboteur of Conservatives and the protector of the Ruling Class he always was.
Support Matt Blevins, Defeat Sen. *itch "Mumbles" McConnell. *(D.C.-GOP / E)
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The project commenced in 1995 and is scheduled for completion in 2020. The actual construction site appears to be on the Indiana shore.
That being said, it could be a major boondoggle/overreach by the Army Corpse of Engineers given the amount of time and treasure spent on it.
"Eight months later, SS5 remains perched on the shoreline along with partially built shells, evidence of a failure that haunts taxpayers and ripples across the nations inland waterway system.
"A Post-Dispatch review of thousands of pages of documents and more than two dozen interviews reveal a project plagued by cost overruns, delays and engineering challenges stemming largely from the corps stubborn insistence on an innovative construction method that met its match in the unruly Ohio River.
" A project that should have been completed years ago has quadrupled in cost because of management failures for which the Corps of Engineers has yet to be held accountable."
Funding it as part of the passage of a "clean" bill IS outrageous.
I'm tire of McConnell carrying water for the Dhimms and then trying to cut conservatives off at the knees.
McConnell reportedly told K Street lobbyists that he is ready to do battle with conservatives/Tea Partiers.
Bring it on, jerk.
they are forming coalitions to attack Cruz and Lee because they dared to defy the GOPe.
I will gladly work to bury the GOP before I'll attack conservatives. I am no longer a believer in their party. I'll not side with anything but individual conservatives within it. They've lost me as far as my being part of a "party" is concerned. Until they become a conservative party.
Thanks for the info. That is certainly news to most of us. It is a project like that Boston tunnel that kept swallowing more and more federal dollars.
mcconnell... price to buy his vote=THREE BILLION DOLLARS! He will vote for far less but this is his all time record!
Time for Kentucky to ditch Mitch.
Fry the Kentucky chicken
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We have a variety of serviced offices available to rent in Crosshill. Each office space is offered at the best rates and suited to your individual needs and requirements.
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Expect travel delays during Anniversary Weekend, warns Transport Agency
Press Release – NZTA
The NZ Transport Agency is advising motorists to plan ahead to ensure they have safe journeys this Auckland Anniversary Weekend and to allow for expected delays in their travel.
Road maintenance activity which increases over the summer months to take advantage of good weather is still underway in some parts of the regions which may see speed limit changes and minor diversions in place on some state highways.
NZTA state highway manager, Kaye Clark (Waikato) and acting state highway manager Nigel D'Ath (Bay of Plenty) say they are keen to ensure the safety of all road users driving through their regions.
"Our regional highways are traditionally very busy during Auckland Anniversary Weekend as people take advantage of the last long weekend before children return to school. Our region has a lot of holiday hot spots so we see an increased amount of traffic on our roads at this time of year."
Mrs Clark and Mr D'Ath ask that people be patient when driving throughout the region and to allow for possible delays when planning their trip.
Mrs Clark says, "The important thing is to reach your destination safely. Even if it takes a little longer to get there, please be patient, keep your speeds down and take regular breaks on long journeys. We want to see everyone to have a safe journey this long weekend."
The NZTA's website is regularly updated with information about most closures and detours at www.nzta.govt.nz/traffic. This information is also available by phoning the NZTA's free phone on 0800 4HIGHWAYS (0800 44 44 49), which can also be used to report any significant road issues or hazards which people may come across during their travels.
Press Release – New Zealand Transport Agency
Predicted fine weather and the final long weekend of summer will contribute to heavy traffic volumes on Auckland's motorways this weekend, and the NZ Transport Agency is urging drivers to plan their journeys now to avoid possible delays.
"Auckland Anniversary Weekend is traditionally one of the busiest times of the year on the roads as people take advantage of the last break before the start of the new school year," says the NZTA's Regional Traffic Operations Manager, Kathryn Musgrave.
Traffic is expected to be particularly heavy on the Northern Motorway (State Highway 1) with people heading to the northern beaches and others going to a weekend-long air show at the North Shore air field.
"It is likely there will be queuing and congestion at the Greville Road, Oteha Valley Road and Silverdale interchanges," says Ms Musgrave. "It is important that people are aware of the possibility of hold-ups, plan extra times for their journeys and plan ahead to decide on the best route before setting off to help ensure they reach their destination on time and safely. It will be hot sitting in the car, and people will need to be patient."
There is no public parking at the airfield, and free shuttle buses will connect designated parking areas to the air show. People driving from the south should head for either the Albany Park and Ride bus station (Oteha Valley motorway exit) or Massey University – Number 1 Gate (Greville Road motorway exit). Visitors from the North should head to Metro Park in Silverdale. Disabled parking is available at the Albany Park and Ride, but spaces are limited. .
The NZTA will use electronic message signs to keep drivers informed of conditions ahead, and will be working with the Police to help keep traffic flowing as smoothly as possible.
People planning to use the Northern Gateway Toll Road on SH1 can prepay for their trips at www.tollroad.govt.nz or by freephone 0800 402020 (the call centre will be closed Saturday and Sunday but will be open Anniversary Monday 8am-8pm).
"Prepaying tolls enables people to get the best advantage from the toll road by not having to stop and wait at the manual payment kiosks. Tolls can also be paid anytime within five days of a trip on-line or by freephone," Ms Musgrave says.
Drivers are reminded that they also have the choice of using SH16 between west Auckland and Silverdale and Wellsford as an alternative route between Northland and Auckland that avoids possible delays on SH1 north of Auckland.
In Waikato, the annual Parachute summer festival at Hamilton this weekend will attract a lot of young Aucklanders – many of them still gaining experience as licenced drivers. Route maps for the festival and safe driving information is available on www.safeteendriver.co.nz.
"We have one message for all drivers this long weekend: even if it takes a little longer to get there, the important thing for everyone is to reach their destination safely. Please keep speeds down, be alert to any road works and take regular breaks on long journeys. The NZTA wants everyone to have a safe journey," Ms Musgrave says.


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LONGMONT -- If you have some time Saturday morning, the American Legion would like help planting a few hundred Memorial Day flags at Mountain View Cemetery.
Every year, on the Saturday before the holiday, Longmont's Post 32 puts flags on the graves of veterans. It usually comes to about 750 flags and two hours of work -- assuming there's enough hands, that is.
"You can always use more volunteers," said Benito Chavez of the Legion, who's led the effort every year.
And next year, the workload may increase, for a good reason. Chavez is working with members of the Longmont Genealogical Society to identify veterans' graves that have been missed in the past. Chavez said there's thought to be about 1,030 veterans buried at Mountain View, but not all of them have been pinpointed.
"Right now, we're probably missing about 300 at least," he said. "It's going to take a lot of homework. But we're going to see if we can get the ball rolling."
Those wanting to help place flags can come at 10 a.m. Saturday to the Civil War memorial at the center of the cemetery.
Snacks will be provided. Those wanting more information can call Chavez at 303-651-1525.
On Monday, the Legion and other veterans' organizations will place wreaths at the following sites and times:
9 a.m. -- Stephen Day Park.
10 a.m. -- Foothills Cemetery
11 a.m. -- Mountain View Cemetery.
Post 32 also will raise the post's flag from half-staff to full-staff at noon with a free lunch served afterward. The post is at 315 S. Bowen St.
Longmont city offices will be closed Monday at the civic center, senior center, library, museum, youth center, service center, development services center and waste diversion center.
Sunset Pool opens today and will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the holiday as well. (The complete summer schedule can be found at ci.longmont.co.us/rec/gen/sunset.htm. The recreation center also will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Memorial Day, but the St. Vrain Memorial Building and Centennial Pool will be closed.
Trash and recycling pickups will be one day late throughout the week.
Scott Rochat can be reached at 303-684-5220 or email@example.com.


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Jamie Putnam 2/15/2006 10:57:45 AMSweet capture! I really like this in B&W. Love his outreached Paw! #392759
Piotr M. Organa 2/15/2006 6:17:58 PMNice smile, Arthur! Nice photo, Catherine!
Katja Z 2/15/2006 6:24:31 PMabsolutely adorable! and it's perfect in b&w. #2423945
Jill Flynn 3/22/2006 3:21:50 PMWhat character! Congratulations on your finalist Catherine! #2563564
Margie Hurwich 3/22/2006 6:56:08 PMLove it! Congrats! #2564420
Mel 3/25/2006 3:46:35 PMYou definitely captured his personality. Congratulations!! #2574999
Janine Russell 3/26/2006 9:33:16 PMCatherine, very nice doggy capture; congratulations on your First Place win. #2578356
Jill Flynn 3/26/2006 10:00:14 PMCongratulations to you and Arthur on your First Place win Catherine! #2578466
Renee Doyle 3/26/2006 10:25:28 PMCongratulations Catherine!!!
John Tubbs 3/26/2006 10:46:46 PMWhat a wonderful expression you captured! Congratulations! #2578591
Piotr M. Organa 3/26/2006 10:59:30 PMCongratulations!!! :-o) #2578636
Digvijay P 3/26/2006 11:59:41 PMCongrats ..
..Jay #2578717
KHAWLA Haddad 3/27/2006 4:08:25 AMCongratulations on your First Place win!!!. #2579355
Catherine Panebianco 3/27/2006 5:47:45 AMThanks to all for the wonderful comments - I took Arthur as part of a "Tails of Love" exhibit for my local Humane Society's 100th anniversary - people and their shelter animals- got a great response and Arthur was one of my favorites! #2579800
Peter K. Burian 3/27/2006 5:53:43 AMCatherine: I love this photo!
An unusual but very succesful use of a wide angle lens.
And a perfect subject.
If we did not already have two cats, I'd drive down to the Humane Society and get a dog right now.
Peter #2579820
Donna W. Neal 3/27/2006 7:48:30 AMCongratulations on your win Catherine #2580210
Terrill Province 3/27/2006 10:14:56 AM"Very nice to meet you, Arthur. You are indeed a fortunate dog to have discovered such a talented, and now award winning, photographer! Catherine has captured your personality perfectly and deserves our hearty CONGRATULATIONS!!!" #2580613
Cathy M. Gromball 3/27/2006 10:18:10 AMCongratulations on your First Place win, Catherine!
Cathy :) #2580627
Mary Clarke 3/27/2006 12:33:58 PMMany congratulations on this very cute First Place winner #2581029
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Evy Johansen 3/27/2006 11:30:50 PMLovely image! Congratulations on your win, Catherine! #2582571
Candy Dzenkiw 3/28/2006 8:53:43 AMCongratulations Catherine! :-) #2584129
Lori A. Moore 3/29/2006 10:59:19 AMArthur is SO cute and you have captured what appears to be a wonderful personality so perfectly ! Congratulations to both of you !
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The tools of ignorance are packed neatly away somewhere in Andrew Dunlap's closet, garage or athletic gear storage shed. Enough of a highly regarded catching prospect that he earned an invitations to both the 2011 and 2012 Perfect Game National Showcases at that position, Dunlap will now work exclusively 60-feet, 6-inches in front of home plate instead of a couple of feet behind it.
Dunlap, a 5-foot-11, 215-pound right-hander from Houston arrived at the Perfect Game Pitcher/Catcher Indoor Showcase at Perfect Game headquarters Saturday morning with "RHP" next to his name in the official program; the capital "C" was nowhere to be found.
"I started doing some pitching (after the 2011 PG WWBA World Championship) and I ended up throwing pretty hard and pretty well," Dunlap said before beginning his workout Saturday. "It was a lot of fun, so I decided that it was something I wanted to pursue. I've been working on it ever since and I wanted to get in the loop with the scouts and everybody at Perfect Game as a pitcher."
Dunlap is not doing any catching at all these days, but he still likes to hit and may play some outfield or designated hitter somewhere down the line. Does he miss putting on the gear and getting behind the plate?
"Not at all. Not one bit," Dunlap said with a laugh. "I miss throwing people out, and that's about it."
It didn't take Dunlap long to create a buzz among the couple of dozen scouts who were in attendance to watch him pitch on Saturday. He had his fastball sitting at 92-94 mph before unleashing a 96 mph heater that broke the event record of 94 mph first achieved by former big-leaguer Matt Macri in 2001 and matched by several others through the years. Right-hander Clinton Hollon and lefty Jacob Brentz both threw 94 on Saturday.
"I always like to stretch it out before, so I went out and long-tossed … and did a few weighted-ball drills," Dunlap said after his 15-minute outing Saturday afternoon. "I got really hot in the bullpen and everything felt all right. I've been pretty much 92 to 95 in all my bullpens up until now, so hitting 96 was a good feeling."
The first time Perfect Game scouts got to see Dunlap pitch was at the 2012 PG Sunshine South Showcase in his hometown of Houston in June, and he promptly delivered a 92 mph fastball. He also went through the catching workouts at that event and recorded an 86 mph velocity with a 1.83 Pop time.
"The first Perfect Game (showcase) I threw at, the Sunshine South, gave me a number that I could kind of use as my base," Dunlap said. "I want to improve and show people what I have now, six or seven months later."
Scouts got another good look at him on the hill at the 2012 Perfect Game National Showcase in Minneapolis in mid-June and he came through with a 91 mph fastball; he also did some catching at that event. Now, as 2013 takes over the calendar, it's all about pitching.
Dunlap has been working out with coach Ron Wolford at the Texas Baseball Ranch, a training facility located in Montgomery, Texas, about an hour from his Houston home.
"I've been going out there every day throwing and just getting acclimated to it," he said. "I feel like I'm getting to the point where I'm really getting ready to go."
Dunlap credits his years behind the plate for helping him build his arm strength, and obvious attribute he can carry over to pitching.
"I had always just messed around with (pitching) and I knew I could throw hard," he said. "I knew I had the velocity all the way through the catching circuit and it just kind of clicked one time this fall; it felt really good. I've been working on a lot of mechanical stuff, trying to keep my arm safe and maximize what I can do with my body."
Dunlap had verbally committed to Texas Tech, but isn't committed to the school any longer. He said he's had conversations with Rice, North Carolina, Vanderbilt, Texas and a few others, but nothing has been cemented or signed.
He is ranked the No. 87 overall prospect in the 2013 high school class and has already risen to No. 23 among right-handed pitchers. PG slots him as the No. 252 overall prospect in the draft.
"People still think I should be behind the plate, just because I have a catcher's build and I've shown good things as a catcher. People don't look at me and say, 'Oh, he's a pitcher,'" Dunlap said. "I'm going to have to show them something that they like; they're not going to just go with the flow."
When looking ahead to the draft, Dunlap fully expects to be selected as a pitcher.
"I do think about it and I have goals for the draft," he said. "Not necessarily rounds or stuff like that, because that's not really under my control. But I want to be at a certain point (with my pitching) and I want to have shown scouts a certain amount of (effectiveness)."
Dunlap started his Perfect Game career at the PG WWBA South Qualifier Oct. 2-4, 2010, in Round Rock, Texas; this weekend's PG P/C Indoor Showcase was his 15th PG event. He played on the Marucci Elite teams that won both the PG WWBA World Championship and PG WWBA Underclass World Championship national titles and was named the Most Valuable Player at the Underclass World Championship.
He was a catcher-only at both the 2011 PG Sunshine South Showcase in Houston and at the 2011 PG National Showcase in Fort Myers before expanding his game last summer.
"(The 2010 South Qualifier) really started me out and I wouldn't have gotten noticed if I hadn't gone to that," Dunlap said. "I owe everything that I've been able to do to Perfect Game."
Dunlap plans to return to Cedar Rapids for the 2013 Perfect Game National Pre-Draft Showcase at Perfect Game Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium on May 13.
"I'm going to continue to throw bullpens between now and then for teams that have interest in me," he said. "We'll just play it out and see how it goes."


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O'Reilly Book Excerpts: Java Enterprise in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition
An Introduction to JDBC, Part 3
Related Reading
Java Enterprise in a Nutshell
Editor's note: In part three of this four-part excerpt on JDBC from Java Enterprise in a Nutshell, learn about error handling, prepared statements, BLOBs and CLOBs.
Handling Errors
Any JDBC object that encounters an error serious enough to halt execution throws a
SQLException. For example, database connection errors, malformed SQL statements, and insufficient database privileges all throw
SQLException objects.
SQLException class extends the normal
java.lang.Exception class and defines an additional method called
getNextException( ). This allows JDBC classes to chain a series of
SQLException objects together.
SQLException also defines the
getSQLState( ) and
getErrorCode( ) methods to provide additional information about an error. The value returned by
getSQLState( ) is one of the ANSI-92 SQL state codes; these codes are listed in Chapter 12.
getErrorCode( ) returns a vendor-specific error code.
An extremely conscientious application might have a
catch block that looks something like this:
try {
// Actual database code
catch (SQLException e) {
while(e != null) {
System.out.println("\nSQL Exception:");
System.out.println(e.getMessage( ));
System.out.println("ANSI-92 SQL State: " + e.getSQLState( ));
System.out.println("Vendor Error Code: " + e.getErrorCode( ));
e = e.getNextException( );
SQL Warnings
JDBC classes also have the option of generating (but not throwing) a
SQLWarning exception when something is not quite right, but at the same time, not sufficiently serious to warrant halting the entire program. For example, attempting to set a transaction isolation mode that is not supported by the underlying database might generate a warning rather than an exception. Remember, exactly what qualifies as a warning condition varies by database.
SQLWarning encapsulates the same information as
SQLException and is used in a similar fashion. However, unlike
SQLException objects, which are caught in
try/catch blocks, warnings are retrieved using the
getWarnings( ) methods of the
CallableStatement, and
PreparedStatement interfaces.
SQLWarning implements the
getMessage( ),
getSQLState( ), and
getErrorCode( ) methods in the same manner as
If you are debugging an application, and you want to be aware of every little thing that goes wrong within the database, you might use a
printWarnings( ) method like this one:
void printWarnings(SQLWarning warn) {
while (warn != null) {
System.out.println("\nSQL Warning:");
System.out.println(warn.getMessage( ));
System.out.println("ANSI-92 SQL State: " + warn.getSQLState( ));
System.out.println("Vendor Error Code: " + warn.getErrorCode( ));
warn = warn.getNextWarning( );
You can then use the
printWarnings( ) method as follows:
// Database initialization code here
ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS");
printWarnings(stmt.getWarnings( ));
printWarnings(rs.getWarnings( ));
// Rest of database code
Prepared Statements
PreparedStatement object is a close relative of the
Statement object. Both accomplish roughly the same thing: running SQL statements.
PreparedStatement, however, allows you to precompile your SQL and run it repeatedly, adjusting specific parameters as necessary. Since processing SQL strings is a large part of a database's overhead, getting compilation out of the way at the start can significantly improve performance. With proper use, it can also simplify otherwise tedious database tasks.
As with
Statement, you create a
PreparedStatement object from a
Connection object. In this case, though, the SQL is specified at creation instead of execution, using the
prepareStatement( ) method of
PreparedStatement pstmt = con.prepareStatement(
This SQL statement inserts a new row into the
EMPLOYEES table, setting the
NAME and
PHONE columns to certain values. Since the whole point of a
PreparedStatement is to be able to execute the statement repeatedly, we don't specify values in the call to
prepareStatement( ), but instead use question marks (
?) to indicate parameters for the statement. To actually run the statement, we specify values for the parameters and then execute the statement:
pstmt.clearParameters( );
pstmt.setString(1, "Jimmy Adelphi");
pstmt.setString(2, "201 555-7823");
pstmt.executeUpdate( );
Before setting parameters, we clear out any previously specified parameters with the
clearParameters( ) method. Then we can set the value for each parameter (indexed from 1 to the number of question marks) using the
setString( ) method.
PreparedStatement defines numerous
setXXX( ) methods for specifying different types of parameters; see the
java.sql reference material later in this book for a complete list. Finally, we use the
executeUpdate( ) method to run the SQL.
setObject( ) method can insert Java object types into the database, provided that those objects can be converted to standard SQL types.
setObject( ) comes in three flavors:
setObject(int parameterIndex, Object x, int targetSqlType, int scale)
setObject(int parameterIndex, Object x, int targetSqlType)
setObject(int parameterIndex, Object x)
setObject( ) with only a parameter index and an
Object causes the method to try and automatically map the
Object to a standard SQL type (see Table 2-1). Calling
setObject( ) with a type specified allows you to control the mapping. The
setXXX( ) methods work a little differently, in that they attempt to map Java primitive types to JDBC types.
You can use
PreparedStatement to insert
null values into a database, either by calling the
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Troy Faretra led a well-balanced scoring attack as the Westford Academy boys basketball stayed hot with a 61-50 non-league victory over visiting Chelmsford on Sunday.
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Faretra, who scored 14 points, was one of three Grey Ghosts in double figures.
Elsewhere, the Shawsheen Tech boys were unable to upset undefeated North Reading.
Westford 61
Chelmsford 50
Also scoring in double figures for Westford (9-3) were Justin Mount with 12 and Nick Lynch with 10, while Patrick Turpin contributed 9 points.
Mount also delivered 4 assists, 12 rebounds and 4 steals. Lynch added 18 rebounds and 5 steals, while Eric McCord hauled down 12 rebounds.
Chelmsford received 15 points from Russell Olive and 9 points from Voshon Holmes.
Concord-Carlisle 74
Billerica 62
Jamir Henderson led three Patriots in double figures as the hosts captured the non-league victory.
Henderson netted 19 points, while Zach Down (17 points) and Blaine Taylor (14 points, 10 rebounds) were also impressive for Concord-Carlisle (6-5).
For Billerica, Nick Baltayan collected a game-high 20 points, while Zach Florio chipped in with 11.
North Reading 69
Shawsheen Tech 41
The Rams were unable to slow down the undefeated North Reading (12-0) express.
Shawsheen trailed just 14-10 entering the second quarter. Junior center Jared Pinette led the way with 12 points and 7 rebounds.
Senior guard Joe Spinale added 9 points and junior guard Joe Mason contributed 8 points for Shawsheen (6-5).
Groton-Dunstable 5
Algonquin 0
Each scoring once for Groton-Dunstable were J.J. Tardiff, Josh Rabbitt, Bradley Garside, Michael Keating and C.J. Kenny in this game Saturday night at the North Star Forum in Westboro.
G-D goalie Jack Niemoller made 14 saves for his first shutout. The Crusaders improved to 8-1-1.
Tyngsboro 8
Minuteman 1
Matt Broadley netted 2 goals and added an assist to power the Tigers to Saturday night's rout.
Tyngsboro (3-5-1) also received goals from Curtis Akins, Dakota Redding, Sean Engel, Mark Galloway, Joe Williams and Austin Castagno.
Galloway, Engel and Billy Dickson also set up goals.
Kyle Normandin and Seth Curwin split time in Tyngsboro's net.
Burlington boys
The Red Devils finished third in their division at the MSTCA State Relays at the Reggie Lewis Center.
Hingham won with 48 points, followed by Danvers (35.5) and Burlington (27).
Burlington's 4x800 relay team of Mark Steinbach, Matt Ackerman, Ian Rush and Paul Hogan took second in a school-record time of 8:12.76.
The distance medley team also set a school record. Admad Osman, Rush, Tim Sunnerberg and Hogan placed second in 10:56.53.
The 4x50 hurdles team of Matt Martin, Kyle Glennon, Dean Boodakian and Adam Bonfilio were third in 29.16. The 3 x shot put squad of Alex Alessi, Bryan Miranda and Pat Hoarty combined to throw 127 feet, 1.25 inches for fourth.
The 3 x long lump team of Eventz Guerrier, Rush and Bonfilio took sixth in 52-1.75.


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Abnormal gastric myoelectrical activity in postural tachycardia syndrome
– Source: Clinical Autonomic Research, Dec 2, 2012
By William H Seligman, et al.
[Note: To read the first 2 pages of this article, click 'Look Inside' here. Many people with ME/CFS and fibromyalgia experience symptoms of autonomic dysfunction, and often are diagnosed with the form called POTS. The muscles of a well functioning GI tract produce paced, rhythmic contractions (peristalsis) to propel food smoothly down to the stomach, mix it up, empty the stomach, and propel the contents through the large & small intestines. The measures reported in this study of POTS patients identified disruptions in this process.]
Objective: Postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) is an important cause of orthostatic intolerance resulting from cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction. In addition to postural symptoms, PoTS patients may have allied features, including gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, which have not yet been thoroughly investigated.
We evaluated gastric myoelectrical activity in PoTS patients.
Methods: Using cutaneous electrogastrography (EGG), we recorded gastric myoelectrical activity before and after standard liquid meal ingestion in 15 PoTS patients (age 27 +/- 4 years); including 7 with and 8 without GI symptoms, and in 11 healthy individuals (age 23 +/- 7 years). We performed spectral analysis of EGG recordings to obtain the dominant frequency of gastric pacemaker rhythm (DF), instability coefficient of DF (ICDF), and low (LFR%), normal (NFR%), and high (HFR%) range power percentages of the total power.
• Instability coefficient of DF, an index of variability of gastric pacemaker rhythm, was significantly elevated both pre- and post-prandially (30-45 min after the meal) in the PoTS group [overall] (8.8 +/- 6, 10.0 +/- 8%) compared with controls (4.0 +/- 3, 4.0 +/- 3%; both p < 0.05).
• Patients with GI symptoms had significantly higher post-prandial ICDF (15.0 +/- 5%) than those without GI symptoms (5.6 +/- 4%; p < 0.05).
• There were no significant differences in DF, LFR%, NFR% and HFR% before and after the meal between the PoTS and control groups, or between PoTS patients with and without GI symptoms.
Interpretation: Our study revealed increased variability of gastric pacemaker rhythm in PoTS, and these findings might be related to pathophysiology of functional GI symptoms in PoTS.
Source: Clinical Autonomic Research, Dec 2, 2012. Seligman WH, Low DA, Asahina M, Mathias CJ. Department of Medicine, Autonomic and Neurovascular Medicine Unit, Imperial College London, St. Mary's Hospital, London, UK. [Email: firstname.lastname@example.com]


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ST. LOUIS - Saint Louis knocked off previously undefeated Evansville 4-1 Saturday night in non-conference men's soccer action at Robert R. Hermann Stadium.
SLU junior midfielder Alex Sweetin scored twice, including the game winner, and junior forward Adnan Gabeljic and junior defender Jon Roeckle also scored to lift the Billikens' record to 4-2 overall. Evansville dips to 4-1.
"I thought we did well," SLU head coach Mike McGinty said. "Evansville is a good team, they were undefeated for a reason. I thought if we got to halftime 1-0 instead of 1-1, we could have made it much easier on ourselves. But the guys did a good job continuing to pressure, and that got us our goals. It was a big win for us."
SLU got on the board in the sixth minute on the first goal by Sweetin, but not before a nice buildup out of the back. Dante Brangman played the ball ahead to Roeckle on the left flank. Roeckle whipped a ball into the box that found Kristo. He laid it off for Sweetin, who fired from the top of the box. The diving Evansville keeper got his gloves on it, but the momentum carried the ball over the line to give the Billikens a 1-0 advantage.
Evansville equalized in the 35th minute on a set piece. Faik Hajderovic sent in a free kick from distance that was headed in by Brandon Causey to make it a 1-1 game, a score that would remain at halftime.
Sweetin tallied the game winner on a penalty kick. Gabeljic worked to get the ball into the box, and sent it to Kingsley Bryce, who was tripped by the Evansville keeper. Sweetin converted the subsequent penalty kick for the eventual game winner.
Gabeljic added a goal in the 64th minute. Nick Maglasang slotted a diagonal ball through the box that found Gabeljic, who finished for his team-leading third goal of the season.
Jon Roeckle completed the scoring when he buried a penalty kick in the 73rd minute. The free chance was set up when Maglasang was fouled in the box.
SLU outshot Evansville 14-7 and had a 6-2 advantage in corner kicks. Junior goalkeeper Nick Shackelford made three saves for the Bills.
SLU returns to action next Saturday when they travel to Omaha to face nationally ranked Creighton. The next game at Hermann Stadium is Saturday, Sept. 29, when Central Arkansas comes to town for Homecoming. The traditional fireworks display will take place at halftime.
Prior to the match, America SCORES will participate in a nationwide attempt to break the Guiness World Record for number of people dribbling a soccer ball. For more information, visit www.americascores.org/soccerdribble.


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October 9, 2012
BLUFFTON, Ohio - For the second time in three weeks, the Bluffton University football team has been named the Team of the Week by OhioCollegeFootball.com following an exciting win over the weekend. The Beavers shared the honor with Youngstown State two weeks ago after taking down Mount St. Joseph for the first time since 2001.
The Beavers won an insane Heartland Conference matchup at Rose-Hulman Institue of Technology on Saturday, Oct. 6. After three straight missed field goals at the end of regulation and in the first two overtimes, junior Austin Sweeney (Adrian Mich./Whitmer) quickly turned into the hero when he made the game-winning 21-yard field goal in the third extra session. The win moved Bluffton's record to 4-2 (3-1 HCAC). It marked the first-ever three overtime game for the Beavers.
Both teams traded three-and-outs, followed by missed field goals during the first two overtime periods. During the third overtime, Rose-Hulman converted a first down, but missed the 20-yard field goal, their third straight following regulation.
During Bluffton's drive in the third overtime, Airic Steagall (Hillsboro) picked up 10 yards for a first down on the first play. Three runs later and he had the Beavers on the 4-yard line. From there, Austin Sweeney capped the victory by making a 21-yard field goal to get the Beavers their third conference win.
Tyler Wright (Troy) completed 16 of his 22 passes for 245 yards and a touchdown. He also rushed for 52 yards. Steagall also had a monster day with 25 rushes for 127 yards and a touchdown. Ryan Sabin (Canal Winchester) was the leading receiver for the Beavers with six receptions for 109 yards and a touchdown.
The offenses combined for over 1,000 yards on the afternoon with Bluffton going for 498 of them and 25 first downs. The Beavers had a 238-230 edge on the ground, while RHIT finished with a 342-260 advantage through the air. Bluffton won the time of possession battle (34:59-25:01) and the Beavers converted on 8-of-17 third down opportunities. The visitors made good on 6-of-9 trips inside the red zone, compared with 4-of-8 by Rose.
Senior Ben Kaufman (Ottawa/Ottawa-Glandorf), who was named the HCAC Defensive Player of the Week, led the way with 16 tackles, including 10 solos. Junior Josh Runda (Lima/Bath) chipped in with 11 tackles, two of them for losses.
Bluffton will look to stay in the race for the Heartland Conference title when the Beavers welcome Hanover College for Homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 13. The contest is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. and it will follow a tour of the Sommer Center, Bluffton's new indoor athletic complex which is slated to open in November.


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Los Angeles - The Gauchos traveled to Los Angeles to take on the UCLA Bruins, and came home with a wake-up call. The Bruins defeated the Gauchos 17-4 to increase their record to 4-0 while the Gauchos dropped to 4-3.
The Gauchos had the lead after two full innings 3-2 when Tyler Von Schell singled, Jeff Bannon walked and Donovan Warrecker singled to load the bases. Jon Stephens singled to center to bring in Von Schell and Bannon and tie the score at two apiece. Ryan Spilborghs also singled to center to bring in Warrecker and take the lead 3-2. That was the last lead that the Gauchos had on the day, as the Bruins put up three in the bottom of the third and ran away with the game from there.
The Gauchos were able to put one more run on the board in the fifth when Stephens drove in Von Schell who singled to left earlier in the inning.
The Overall bright spot for the Gauchos offense came from freshman, designated hitter, Jon Stephens. He went 2-for-3 with 2 RBI in his second start at designated hitter.
The Gauchos next face Loyola Marymount this weekend at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. Friday's game begins at 2:00 p.m. while Saturday's and Sunday's games are scheduled to start at 1:00 p.m.


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Boston College Club Flag Flies On the Top of the World
Vanessa O'Brien, a Member at ClubCorp's Boston College Club, summited Mount Everest in May. While perched atop the highest spot on Earth, she posed – in 40 to 50 mile-per-hour winds – with the club flag for a photo. O'Brien trained in the Boston College Club building and took the photo as a thank-you for all the support she had received.
O'Brien's goal is to climb the Seven Summits – the highest mountains of each of the seven continents – and since conquering Mount Everest in May, she summited Mount McKinley last month.


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Chuck Jordan of RLH told the board of education at their Monday work session that the pool and gym are sufficiently isolated from the art room, where the majority of the mold samples were found, and there doesn't appear to be any spreading or growing toward the pool area. There is no additional moisture coming through the roof there, either, he said.
School board president Todd Jirsa said the pool has not been impacted, because it is in a separate building. He asked Jordan whether there would be any concerns down the line for the pool area. Jordan replied it is hard to speculate, and it depends on the amount of moisture we get.
"As long as the roof keeps leaking," he said, "we are in a triage situation."
It's necessary to get the leaks stopped in the school's roof, he said. Now, the situation for the pool looks pretty good, but when the weather is wet, mold in the school will grow.
Dave Coleson, director of maintenance and operations for the school district, said the mold is "active.
Jirsa promised to provide directions for the building's demise/rebuild before his term on the board expires in November of 2013. Board members have been talking about the issue since 2004, he said, and he had hoped long before now to have a solution.
"This board will take action on this before November of next year," he emphasized.
Coleson said he and Jordan performed walk-arounds through the old elementary school and there were areas of water damage and water issues, especially in the art room area. Jordan took six samples for mold, which Coleson said "showed positive for a mold we don't want to have." Jordan said samples of the ceiling tiles that had collapsed to the floor in the art room area had mold spores growing on them. In other areas, there was algae he described as "benign," but showing there is significant moisture for it to grow.
Board member Tony Paglia tried to pin numbers down, by asking whether it would be better to rebuild the building, using the foundation, or start over with a new building. Jordan said the first thing is to fix the roof, if you want to keep the building. That will probably amount to a full replacement job. If the board can get a program (community center, etc.) that would fit within the building, it "may be worth saving." However, it's a large project and would require the ripping out of all the ceilings and replacing them. It would also require asbestos and mold abatement and cleanup, which gets expensive, he said. Then, there's the replacement of electrical and HVAC systems, starting up mechanical systems, recharging the plumbing system, putting the finishes back in. He estimated the roof would cost $500,000 to $1 million, with another $1 million for abatement. Asked what parts of the building remain usable, he said the foundation, roof structure and walls could be salvaged.
Jordan explained it is much easier to define the costs for a new project, versus a renovation project. He estimated that a new school project might cost $250 a square foot for construction. School superintendent Patrick Hickey said that is significantly higher than he would have expected, which might be $170 a square foot. Jordan said the prices of construction and commodities are starting to pick up, and inflation is factoring in again.
Hickey said that there are objective and subjective components to the board's decision, regarding cleanup/rebuild or tearing down and starting over, there will likely be code issues involved and community concerns.
Paglia asked whether trying to build a program around a building is what the board wants. Board member Dr. Marie C. Richardson observed what matters is "not what we want; it's what the community wants."
Jirsa asked Jordan whether the issue can wait another six months, since the old school's been in retirement about eight years now. Jordan replied that in six more months, we would probably not witness the mold that ate Estes Park, but he cautioned that the situation is not getting any better. Water has probably filtered into 25 percent of the surface under the roof, he said, and that number will creep up to 30 to 35 percent by next spring.
Jirsa said that at the board's next meeting, Jan. 28, 2013, they will have a real conversation about what to do and how to involve the community in the process.
Richardson reiterated, "The pool and gym are safe areas, for now."
Jirsa said the district will monitor the situation.


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But what if the Texans go another route? What if they don't select a quarterback at No. 1? What if Houston trades down for more picks later in the draft? This is the first part in a series looking at early and mid-round quarterbacks that could be a possible fit for the Texans.
Could A.J. McCarron be the Texans future quarterback?
A.J. McCarron could fit what Bill O'Brien is looking for a in a quarterback. The two-time Alabama national champion played under head coach Nick Saban who, like O'Brien, coached under Bill Belichick. With Saban as his head coach at Alabama, McCarron faced the one of the most talented, NFL-like defenses in college football every week in practice and lost just four times in his college career.
"Saban is the closest you can get to facing an NFL defense (in college)." McCarron said at the Combine on Friday. "Especially blitz-wise, he makes up NFL blitzes. I feel like I've seen every type of defense you could possibly see. I'm the most experienced guy when it comes to that. It's almost like New England is the Alabama of pro football."
O'Brien knows what he wants in a quarterback. As quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator at New England, his work with Tom Brady leads many to believe O'Brien will find a quarterback with similar attributes. When McCarron was asked which NFL quarterback he patterned his game after, his answer was simple. McCarron referred to the Patriots All-Pro as "one of the best to ever play the game."
"Everybody's different, but when it comes to similarities, from body-build to how we were talked about coming out of college, I think Tom Brady," McCarron said. "I think we play the game the same way. He still moves in the pocket pretty well to get away from blitzes. Everybody doubted his arm strength coming out. He's turned out pretty good so far, I would say."
McCarron's arm strength has also been doubted but he disagrees with his critics.
"All the experts try to knock me on my deep ball," McCarron said. "(They) try to say my arm's not strong. My arm's strong enough. I mean I can throw the ball 65 yards."
The Crimson Tide quarterback has a big chip on his shoulder like Brady, who was drafted in the sixth-round. McCarron, with a 36-4 career record, dislikes the term "game manager," used by those he felt he was helped by all the future NFL talent surrounding him. Even at this year's Combine, Alabama boasted the highest number of invitees among SEC schools with 12 players.
"I feel like I've been disrespected my whole college career because I won," McCarron said. "That's usually the knock on me. (Can't throw) the deep ball and I won with NFL talent. And it's not like we didn't play anybody. We played in the SEC, which is the best conference in college football."
A bit brusque and with no pretense of playing the role of media darling, McCarron waved off questions about his draft status.
"It doesn't matter where I play," McCarron said. "We can go out and play in this parking lot. If there's any NFL team out there, I'll go and play for them. I just want to play the game of football. I just want to go out there and show the people that doubted me that I can play to a high capability."
McCarron's Pros
- Size: At 6-foot-3 and 220 pounds, he's bigger than top prospects Bridgewater, Manziel, and Derek Carr.
- Efficiency: In four years, he's thrown for 77 touchdowns , 15 interceptions, and had a passer efficiency rating of 162.54.
- Pro-style offense: He may be more NFL-ready than most quarterbacks in his draft class.
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- Speed: Not known for his mobility, McCarron's 40-time at the Combine was an underwhelming 4.94.
- Game manager: The jury is out as to whether he's a playmaker or just someone who wins because of the talent surrounding him.
- Durability: McCarron has had multiple injuries throughout his career at Alabama. He skipped the Reese's Senior Bowl to rest a shoulder injury.


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The Hwy. 37 bridge over the Sulphur River on the northern edge of Franklin County was closed to traffic around 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 21. Runoff from heavy rains received earlier in the week caused the river to rise over the roadway. For more information, see the March 29 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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HOUSTON, TX (April 7, 2014) - Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Racing's James Stewart pushed through exhausting illness to move into second place in the overall championship points at round 14 of the 2014 AMA/FIM Supercross Championships. Despite his flagging health, Stewart turned in a truly inspired ride on his Yoshimura Suzuki RM-Z450 and finished fifth at NRG Stadium in Houston, TX, on Saturday night.
Although Stewart had been flying high from winning the last three rounds and capturing his 50th career Supercross victory, he came into the Lone Star State feeling under the weather. Despite this, he still gave 100 percent.
"This has been a rough week for me," said Stewart. "I just had some kind of stomach bug and I've been feeling pretty weak. I felt good enough to travel to Houston, but I started feeling worse as the day went on. I rode the first untimed practice and the second timed session, but I was only able to ride two laps because I was feeling so bad."
After spending as much time recuperating as possible, Stewart came out for his heat race and managed to take the win. Again retiring directly to the pits to convalesce, Stewart's priority was to save his strength for the 20-lap main event. When the evening's race started, Stewart got off the line in the top 10 after narrowly avoiding several riders who went down in turn-one. After that, the Yoshimura Suzuki rider settled safely into sixth and overtook fifth place by race's end.
"In the heat race, I got a decent start and was able to pass for the lead but by the second lap, I was just done," said Stewart. "I had no energy, I felt really weak and I made a few mistakes, but I was able to win. Afterward, I went back to the pits to try to recover and we were debating whether it was safe to go out and race the main. I wanted to, so I went out and got an OK start and made my way up to fifth and just salvaged everything I could. I'm happy with fifth, considering how I'm feeling. And I'm really happy about moving up to second in the points. Now I just want to get healthy and come back next weekend. We have three races left and I want to go out and get three W's. I still feel good as far as riding goes, I just have to get healthy now."
Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Racing's next event is the 15th round of the 2014 AMA/FIM Supercross Championships on Saturday, April 12th, at Century Link Field in Seattle, WA.
Houston 450 Supercross Results:
1. Ryan Villopoto
2. Justin Barcia
3. Ken Roczen
4. Trey Canard
5. James Stewart
6. Andrew Short
7. Ryan Dungey
8. Mike Alessi
9. Eli Tomac
10. Chris Blose
2014 450 Supercross Standings:
1. Ryan Villopoto – 293
2. James Stewart – 248
3. Ryan Dungey – 247
4. Ken Roczen – 235
5. Justin Barcia – 198
6. Justin Brayton – 196
7. Andrew Short – 181
8. Broc Tickle – 126
9. Will Hahn – 122
10. Josh Hill – 112
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LANSING — A 10-member board has started work on coordinating public transportation in parts of southeastern Michigan.
The state's Licensing and Regulatory Affairs office says an orientation workshop was held Thursday by the Michigan Regional Transit Authority Governing Board.
The board is expected to develop a master transit plan for Detroit and Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Washtenaw counties. An authority also could accept federal funding for projects, notably the proposed M-1 high-speed passenger rail system along Woodward Avenue from downtown Detroit to the city's New Center area.
Its ultimate goal is to develop a bus rapid transit service that uses four main traffic corridors.
Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation last year that established the authority.
He said in a statement that regional transit "can become the backbone that supports" economic revival.


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The Daily Freeman (http://www.dailyfreeman.com)
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Dear Editor:
In 1972 a bunch of bungling burglars broke into the Democratic Party's headquarters in the Watergate Hotel in Washington to dig up dirt on a political opponent.
This break-in initially warranted nothing more than an entry to the "police beat" in the local papers. But two dogged Washington reporters (Woodward and Bernstein) investigated and exposed a cover-up that went all the way to the White House.
From Woodward and Bernstein right through the Democratic Party then, as it is today, when it comes to the Republicans, the cover-up was far worse than the crime. Richard Nixon resigned the presidency.
Let's fast forward to today. In Benghazi, Libya we had reports from the consulate of a buildup of terrorist activity that were communicated well in advance of the eventual attack. On Sept. 11, the attack commenced (gee, what a coincidence). During the attack an American solider gave up his hidden location to paint a laser on an artillery battery in the expectation of a missile delivery which never came. The terrorists shelled and killed that brave American. Three other brave Americans, including the ambassador, were murdered. The administration spent well over a week blaming this entire episode on an obscure video critical of Muslims. This time around the crime was far worse than the cover-up. But a cover-up none the less.
Many Americans now wonder where are the Woodward and Bernsteins of today. They are out there, but they have hitched their wagons to the in lockstep mainstream liberal media that got Barack Obama elected (and re-elected) in the first place and to ignore this sordid affair.
From the botched "Fast and Furious" gun-running operation in Mexico to their shameful conduct in Libya, this administration's body count is in the hundreds and sadly still counting. All these deaths to forward their anti-gun and the "terrorism is over" political narratives. Number of people killed in Watergate? Zero. Zilch. Nada.
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It looks like someone forgot to close an <i> tag. Good thing it was near the end of TFS, or it would have been less readable than usual.
"Gimmie that!" *yoink*
"Because I respect you!"
I can still play as Germans in WW2 games, though? Phew. For a second there I was worried.
Do we not trust our servicemen and women to stay loyal to the US Government/Military when they play this game? Are we afraid they will decide the Taliban are a more noble cause? Are we afraid they are sitting on the fence and this game will push them to cross to the other side?
Or is the pendulum of Political Correctness just swinging even farther into the ridiculous zone?
If they really were doing this out of "respect", they'd pull the game altogether. Not that I think it should be pulled, but pulling it only from military locations makes no sense. This is just saying "If you're in the military, you can't have this game. Not yours."
They can't drive half an hour to another store? Or buy it online? Or have it special-ordered to the store on the base? Really?
I don't agree with the premise this is being done with, but I can understand it. Remember, military bases have people other than just military on them, such as children whose friends or family have died. And those who will be inconvenienced will find a solution to this tiny problem.
Respect would be acknowledging that our men and women in uniform are adults and can decide for themselves how they want to spend their leisure time.
Respect would be acknowledging that our men and women in uniform are adults and can decide for themselves how they want to spend their leisure time.
I wonder how much of the controversy stemmed from military bases to begin with. Playing as the bad guys has a long tradition. (Any military posters here to comment?)
Our media and demagogues thrive on manufactured controversy.
Actually, they signed away most rights when they joined. If the Col. sez "no one gets to do X" and X is something like a controversial game or the dangerous and useless facebook, then they might have to give that up. No lawyers will be assisting with that, I can assure you. I gave up mine too, but I got mines back, son!
What's next though; playing PacMan as the Ghosts?! Surely not! Blasphemers! Game Stop, STOP them from gaming!
I get tired of hearing how the military "signs away most of their rights" when that is patently false. You do have limits on some right, and you really DO sign away a few while you are serving, but the vast majority of rights are the same for civilian and military. What you lose and what you gain is made perfectly clear before you sign on the dotted line. I don't think the system is perfect and sometimes is abused (an usually corrected) by higher ups, but is not quite as draconian as claimed by people "w
Are you asserting that everyone who signs up is presented with a copy of the UCMJ before they sign? Because that would be a necessary step for your assertion to be true, and I don't believe they are.
I hear what you're saying, but most of us civilians don't walk around with copies of the Constitution and statute books, either. In the military the people who tell you what to do have a tremendous amount of power over you, but they are also subject to intense scrutiny from their higher ups. The UCMJ applies a
Aren't military games pretty popular among soldiers? I would wager that many are going to play this game anyway, and will just be annoyed that they can't get it on the base. I guess I am also a little surprised they even have video game stores on military bases...
Is it the "getting shot at" part or the "playing video games" part that pushes people over the edge?
Being also a "PAFM", I note that G.I.s game heavily. From bored pilots gaming in the Alert shack to enlisted gaming in the dorms, it's wired force.
If _knowing_ a game exists where one side can _choose_ to play ragheads is going to wig someone out, they need help immediately before they go to NTC or into an exercise and flip out when facing the OPFOR in training.
I'm a USMC OIF combat vet that has suffered from PTSD. I can barely survive the fourth of July, but games like ARMA II are surprisingly cathartic for me, and have helped de-stress me when symptoms raise their ugly heads. This move is insulting to the principle for which military people stand for. I swore an oath to one thing, and one thing only, that being the constitution. By disrespecting the constitution and the freedoms that come with it, moves like this are counter-productive to the forward movement of
GameStop has decided it won't sell the title at its stores located on US military bases
I'm more confused by the fact that there is commercial stores inside USA military bases in the first place.
They are just trying to repeat the success Activision enjoyed with it's shockingly scandalous "in bad taste" scene where you had to kill the civilians at an airport in order to proceed. Despite all the "bad press", Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 went on to generate more than 310 million dollars in sales on the first day and broke sales records by a huge margin.
Of course since this is an EA game, they will probably drop the ball and bungle the release completely. But that's just my opinion, since I believe t
But that's just my opinion, since I believe there is a special circle of Hell reserved for Electronic Arts.
No no. Electronic Arts is a special circle of hell. At least according to some who have worked there.
So even if they wanted to buy it they won't be allowed?
They are allowed to die in battle but not to chose what to play?
Imagine the game was very realistic - It would give them big advantage to see their own weakness through the eyes of the enemy.
How is that any different than any WW2 game?
It probably wouldn't help to be Einstein, since he was a physicist, not a psychologist.
C'mon, it's not rocket science, either, von Braun.
This is a suitably ridiculous response to a ridiculous situation. I'm surprised GameStop had the nads to go there.
All Mario games are now off-limits to people allergic to mushrooms. They might get upset. And don't even get me started on the trauma of Burger Time.
TFA doesn't make this clear. Here's a better one: Video Game Pulled Globally From Military Stores Over Taliban Inclusion [kotaku.com]
The Army and Air Force Exchange Services has confirmed to Kotaku that they requested the game pulled from the 49 GameStop's located on bases in the continent U.S. The ban, an AAFES representative told Kotaku, also extends to all military PXs worldwide.
"Out of respect to those we serve, we will not be stocking this game," the Army & Air Force Exchange Service's Commander Maj. Gen. Bruce Casella, told Kotaku. (emphasis added)
Though technically the request was made and GameStop decided to honor it, but of course not doing so would mean bad press.
Modern Warfare had players as "taliban" or Iraqi soldiers (though it wouldn't call them that - As Yahtzee put it, they're all from Unspecifiedistan), and they wouldn't pull that from store shelves. So because the enemy is identified in this case, that suddenly makes it less appropriate? In a multiplayer setting, you can't both be the US forces unless you pull an America's Army and just have the enemy show up as OpFor all the time while you appear to be American all the time.
I mean, I have a hard time imagin
Sun Tzu put it best why American soldiers should play as the Taliban:
So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.
If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose.
It seems intuitively obvious to me, which means that it might be wrong. -- Chris Torek


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Jose Mourinho and Maicon have been caught on camera mocking Rafa Benitez and his move to Chelsea.
The pair - who worked alongside one another when the Portuguese was in charge of Inter - spoke in the aftermath of Real Madrid's 1-1 draw with Manchester City.
Mourinho and Benitez had a stormy relationship when the Blancos boss was at Chelsea and the Spaniard in charge of Liverpool.
And after Wednesday's Champions League encounter Mourinho was informed of the breaking news at Stamford Bridge and shared a joke with Maicon regarding the move.
"Your friend Benitez is going to Chelsea," the Brazilian said to Mourinho, according to La Sexta.
The 49-year-old responded: "The fat one? Well then Materazzi should be his assistant."
Materazzi had previously revealed how Benitez made him tear down newspaper cuttings from his locker of victories with Mourinho and Marcello Lippi when The Blues' interim coach joined Inter in 2010.


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Dec. 21 marks end of the world, according to some interpretations of the Mayan calendar. Doomsday preppers may be stock-piling gas masks and Velveeta, but what about some tunes to go along with that paranoia? A playlist for the End Times from the Pop & Hiss crew:
Skeeter Davis, "The End of the World"
Yes, we know it's technically a song about how the world is actually not ending, despite the doom feelings after a breakup. A Mayan apocalypse might finally make us feel justified for acting as if it's all going to hell every time we're dumped. So if we're all going down in flames, at least we'll have some sweet and funny classic country to see us through to the end.
— August Brown
Rage Against the Machine, "People of the Sun"
What better comeuppance could there be for an ancient civilization than if the Maya were right all along about Earth exploding in a sulfurous inferno? Granted, everyone else is going down with it, but we'd put this funk-metal classic one on to remind ourselves that the Maya saw this coming (or at least ran out of calendar space in a way that coincided with the end of days).


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AAWP [allaboutwindowsphone.com] reports the same story in a very different light. How is providing a package that includes the necessary membership of MSFT's dev program with a bunch of other possibly useful goodies, for the same price as joining MSFT's program alone "giving up on developers"
You don't mention the $99 needed to join Apple's iOS program [apple.com]
AAWP [allaboutwindowsphone.com] is a Microsoft-sponsored site, of course it would represent the story in a different light. As if paying $99 for a program that used to be free is now a huge advantage? Never mind that now a developer for Nokia's windows phones is targeting less than 5% of the market, when a couple of years ago a symbian developer, who would have free access to the Launchpad, would be targeting over 50% of it.
As for Apple's iOS program [apple.com], I don't know what it has to do with Nokia's change of policy. Apple has a healthy
"How many teamsters does it take to screw in a light bulb?" "FIFTEEN!! YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT?"


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Britain's Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, rubbed noses in a traditional Maori greeting in New Zealand yesterday, starting the final leg of a Pacific tour to mark Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee.
After traveling to Papua New Guinea and Australia, the royal couple touched down in Auckland late on Saturday for a trip that will take in everything from whimsical hobbit feet to the devastation of earthquake-hit Christchurch.
They commemorated Armistice Day at the Auckland War Memorial yesterday, where members of the local Ngati Whatua iwi, or "tribe," performed a Maori welcoming ceremony.
After formal speeches, Charles and Camilla pressed noses with the Maori representatives in a hongi, signifying the sharing of the breath of life, although the duchess' hard-brimmed hat caused a minor difficulty.
"You can try," she said as she leaned in to Ngati Whatua's Grant Hawke, who later said it was "lucky she didn't have a flat nose like mine."
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said the enthusiasm of the crowd of about 500 who turned out to greet the royal couple reflected the affection New Zealanders have for the British monarchy.
"He's the future king of New Zealand, so it's extremely important," Key said. "I think you can see by the polls around that New Zealanders' support of the monarchy is extremely strong. If anything, it's been growing in recent years."
However, the New Zealand Republican Movement has vowed to stage peaceful protests during the visit, calling for the former British colony to sever ties with the monarchy.
Chairman Lewis Holden said the first in line to the British throne lacked a genuine "Kiwi" connection and the royal link should be abolished and replaced with a popularly elected New Zealander.
"New Zealand needs an effective head of state, not a fly-in, fly-out, token head of state," he said.
It is the seventh time Charles has visited New Zealand — most recently in 2005 — but the first time Camilla has traveled to the country.
While in Wellington, they will visit director Peter Jackson's famous Weta Workshop to inspect costumes and props used in The Hobbit movies, the first of which has its world premiere in the city on Nov. 28.
Charles is reportedly a major Tolkien fan and British media have cited palace sources as saying "he is very much looking forward to seeing Bilbo Baggins' foot."
The prince will celebrate his 64th birthday in the capital on Wednesday at a gathering at Government House with 64 people who were also born on Nov. 14, ranging in age from 18 to 101.
Val Baker was among those chosen from 1,500 people who lodged applications to attend the birthday bash and said that while she was nervous about how to address the prince, she hoped to gain an insight into his everyday life.
"I'd just like to have a chat about general things," she told Fairfax Media. "I wonder if he cooks his own breakfast, or does he make coffee for Camilla in the morning? I'd love to know the simple things that they never let the public know."
The royal couple will get a taste of rural life with a visit to the Feilding farmers' market, where Charles will be able to indulge his long-standing interest in organic produce.
The trip ends on a somber note on Friday in Christchurch, where residents are still recovering after a catastrophic earthquake last year that claimed 185 lives.


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Comedian Amy Schumer has one thing she wants to be known about every career move she makes — she's doing it for the girls.
"I do want to reach as many people as possible, but I am absolutely trying to communicate the female experience and the human experience," Schumer said in a recent phone interview from Los Angeles. "I have a great interest in bringing a bit of justice and shedding some light on the female experience."
That justice is found in biting riffs from her "Mostly Sex Stuff" stand-up special — subjects include the Plan B morning-after pill and being the misfit friend at a wedding shower. Then there's her Comedy Central sketch show "Inside Amy Schumer," which includes bits on sexting and how women have trouble accepting compliments. The latter featured a woman refusing a compliment on her dress: "Little? I'm like a size 100 now. Anyway, I paid like two dollars for it. It's probably made from old Burger King crowns."
Schumer, 32, appeared in the Season 3 opener of HBO's "Girls" (it's her favorite show) this January as a friend of Adam's bitter ex-girlfriend. She says that compared to her set for "Inside," it felt as if "you were living in the middle of a beautiful movie and there just happen to be cameras." Schumer also looks up to "Girls" for how it depicts women.
"I've always loved shows that portray women as human beings," Schumer said. "With comedies, the women always play the role of the nag or the straight man and you don't ever get to see a girl as a dirt girl. It's just nice and it stands out with shows like 'Broad City' or 'Girls,' that we get to see women as these fully realized people. Real human beings that don't spend their time apologizing for being a woman or not fitting into a box or taking up space."
During her seemingly painless rise to fame, Schumer created her own brand of comedy that's equal parts vulgar and cheery with a core audience in mind. Her stand-up often veers to the taboo — think jokes about circumcision and being blackout drunk — but everything is delivered with a touch of irony and aloofness from someone who has described herself as being sweet-looking and "a little Cabbage Patch-y up top."
And this awareness has paid off. At this point, it's feasible to call Amy Schumer the "Queen of Comedy Central." After gaining notice as a fourth-place finisher on NBC's "Last Comic Standing" in 2007, she earned her first "Comedy Central Presents" half-hour special in 2010. She then appeared on the channel's popular roasts of Charlie Sheen and Roseanne Barr before earning her first hour-long special in 2012. "Inside Amy Schumer" ranked as the network's strongest premiere show of 2013.
She has often used misdirection in her comedy, but now with her latest tour and the development of her own show, she intends to deliver a more narrative set when she performs at Washington's Constitution Hall on Saturday.
"I think my sets have more of a point of view and I'm saying more than I used to," Schumer said. "It's more storytelling than using a certain technique."
The format of her own television show makes it easy for Schumer to show off her comedic diversity. Each 30-minute episode features a few minutes of stand-up, a few sketches, interviews with people she finds interesting (Season 1 had a model and an exotic dancer, for example) and questionnaires with people on the streets of New York. Season 2, which premieres on April 1, is "more ambitious," Schumer said. "It's like sophomore year of college. You come back with a new wardrobe and you know what's up."
As for her own brand of comedy, Schumer is still striving for a personal connection and, in fact, it all goes back to the feeling she had while doing sets at dingy comedy bars in New York at the beginning of her career.
"My set is really conversational, and the crowd seems to respond to that," she said. "I just talk to the crowd like they're a friend, and so even if we're in a big beautiful opera house where it's 2,800 people, I still want everyone to leave like we just had a conversation and a few drinks."


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