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I have managed to create a simple GUI for a game which was previously a console game. The console application starts by showing a list of available monsters and the properties of each monster. Each monsters has a unique number which the user can refer to and has a type, a name, health points (HP) and a weapon. There are different weapons with different behaviours: Sword (slashes and reduces HP with 10), Hammer (hits and reduces HP with 20), Knife (stabs and reduces HP with 15), Club (clubs and reduces HP with 30). After showing the list, the application asks the user to select an attacker by inputting the number of one of the monsters. It then asks the user to select a vistim by inputting the number of another monster. Then the monsters "fight", i.e. if a user has selected "Jules" as the attacker (by inputting "1") and Mia as the victim (by inputting "4"), the application shows the following: Jules (a goblin) slashes Mia (an orc) with a sword. Mia loses 10HP. After the result has been shown, the application shows the list of monsters again, but now with the values changed. The process is then repeated until every monster has 0 HP except one monster, which will then be the victor. The victor is shown and the application ends. However, if the user selects the same monster as attacker and as victim (i.e. if input 1 == input 2 in the code), I want the game to not allow a monsters to attack itself. In the console game I achieved this easily by simply breaking out of the loop by using the "continue" keyword. However, that doesn't work with the GUI. What code do I use for that? Here is my code for when the user clicks the "Play" button after selecting an attacker and a victim:
private void jButton1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) { //JList list = new JList(monsters); //list.setVisibleRowCount(4); //add(list); //showMonsters(monsters); while (true){ String text1 = jTextField1.getText(); int input1 = Integer.parseInt(text1); if (input1 <= 0 | input1 > monsters.length) { JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Please enter a number between 1 and " + monsters.length + "!"); } Monster attacker = monsters[input1-1]; String text2 = jTextField2.getText(); int input2 = Integer.parseInt(text2); if (input2 <= 0 | input2 > monsters.length){ JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"Please enter a number between 1 and " + monsters.length + "!", "Error Message", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE); } Monster victim = monsters[input2-1]; if (input1 == input2) { JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"A monster cannot attack itself!", "Error Message", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE); } if (attacker.healthPoints == 0) { JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"A dead monster cannot attack another monster!", "Error Message", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE); } if (victim.healthPoints == 0) { JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"A monster cannot attack a monster which is already dead!", "Error Message", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE); } int lostHealthPoints; if (victim.healthPoints < attacker.w.effect) { lostHealthPoints = victim.healthPoints; } else { lostHealthPoints = attacker.w.effect; } victim.healthPoints = victim.healthPoints - attacker.w.effect; if (victim.healthPoints < 0) { victim.healthPoints = 0; } showFight(attacker, victim, lostHealthPoints); if (determineWinner(monsters, attacker).equals(attacker.name)) { JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, determineWinner(monsters, attacker) + " is the victor!"); break; } } }


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HR Payroll Project Manager - London - upto £60k FTC
A global organisation have entered into an agreement with a third party for the provision of outsourced payroll services across the EMEA region. The project is scheduled to take 9-12 months and will result in the provision for 28 countries across the region being reduced from 19 suppliers to 1. Headcounts vary in size from 1 - 350 and payrolls consist of admin and manufacturing based employees.
To manage the day to day running of the Project. Management of the project against the plan and budget including bringing the team together (integration) to deliver against timelines, scope and budget.
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- To be the main business contact for third party
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* Controls the day-to-day aspects of the project
* Develops and maintains the project charter and project plans
* Track and communicate Project performance against plan, including project activities and deliverables
* Executes formal reviews and management reviews
* Tracks and disposes of issues
* Helps resolve issues and change requests
* Tracks action items and budgets
* Is responsible for the quality of the product or service
* Execute project management functions: risk management, financial and resource management
* Challenge workstreams on status and project performance
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Violent video games make ME uncomfortable. Therefore, nobody should be allowed to make or play them.
Most laws that forbid civil liberties are based on this thought process, though they all have completely different ostensible justifications.
Violent video games make ME uncomfortable. Therefore, nobody should be allowed to make or play them
I don't like people who talk about their religion to me. My solution? No, I don't want to ban religion. I just avoid it. Don't go to church, avoid people who talk about religion.
Even though thousands of years of history prove that religion motivates people to perform the most atrocious violence, I'm not proposing to ban religion.
Therefore I cannot understand why people want to ban games without even presenting credible evidence that games cause any harm.
Sometimes violence can be a learning experience.
When I watched the videos of Russian soldiers having their heads cut off, Jews being burned in furnaces, cats being set on fire "for fun", and a Ukranian man having his face bashed in by two teen boys, it taught me the world is a violent and disgusting place filled with dark, deranged people.
Had these videos been censored, I'd still naively think everyone is good.
By the way the Supreme Court decision is obvious - enforce the law as written. "Congress shall not prohibit free speech... free press..."
If it's felt that needs to be changed, then let the Member States amend the Union government's constitution to ban violent speech. It is not the job of the Court to do anything else but enforce the law.
And end up with the bad situation they have in Alabama with their bajillion page state constitution? No thanks. What really needs to happen is for people to recognize that the constitution was never intended to be all inclusive and literal in its nature. Or have you missed the bit where nowhere in the constitution does it state that everything is to be taken literally as you choose to interpret it later on? It was written to handle events in the future which couldn't be foreseen by them, which would be impo
Actually, the 9th and 10th Amendments make it pretty darn clear that it was to be taken as a closed document even if the copious notes and essays from the founding period did not (which they do). The Founders very explicitly and directly wanted to create a limited government of expressly delegated powers, one with a more powerful central government than under the Articles of Confederation, true, but strictly limited in nature nevertheless. Many people said so publicly and no one said otherwise--- not in the
Even though thousands of years of history prove that religion motivates people to perform the most atrocious violence, I'm not proposing to ban religion.
Thousands of years of history tell us no such thing. They tell us that religion can be used both for good and for bad, thus indicating that the cause of the atrocities you mention is rooted somewhere else, not in religion.
I cannot understand why people want to ban games without even presenting credible evidence that games cause any harm.
It is a scape-goat thing. Persons who are convinced that the games are to blame do not have to exert the effort to look for any other cause.
This is a pure example of evil at work. These persons in their righteous indignation will actively get in the way of others who are using more reasoned or even scientific approaches to finding causes and effecting solutions. These persons do not want a solution; they want to be part of a Crusade. Because Crusaders are never wrong, and the comfort of not being wrong is
Well is it so shocking people think differently from you?
For the life of me, I cannot comprehend why the average person doesn't want something like school choice... and yet... I know these people exist.
Why do you want to dis-empower yourself and give it to some bureaucratic entity?
I don't know... but people do.
There is one theory that I'm increasingly thinking is probable (not mine... read it in a book I cannot recall right now).
People have a natural desire to be told what to do. In every society there is
Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. Isaac Asimov
This quote reminds me of what you wrote. Im going to go ahead and "friend" you here on Slashdot because you actually sound like you would agree with most of my own thoughts. As far as my first reaction to what you wrote, you seem like you actually have something worthwhile to say.
Actually, most laws that forbid civil liberties are based on third person effects. For example: *I* haven't been too adversely affected by violent media, but other less educated and less mature people are. Why else is there an epidemic in violence?
There isn't.
Of course there isn't if you look at the actual figures, but who wants to do a silly thing like that?
No, we need to use gut feelings and media outrage, that way we *know* there's an epidemic of violence and society is collapsing right in front of us, without needing silly little things like evidence.
I wish I wasn't becoming quite so misanthropic...
Violent video games make ME uncomfortable. Therefore, nobody should be allowed to make or play them.
Most laws that forbid civil liberties are based on this thought process, though they all have completely different ostensible justifications.
So the basis for society limiting your freedom to murder people is just based on the fact that a few do-gooders don't like killing people?
Almost all video games are extremely violent.
Complete Hog Wash. I mean unless you consider DDR and Rock Band to violent games, but I think that would be quite a stretch. There are plenty of other non-violent games as well, and many that are violent but not to the extreme.
Count of flying meat pieces usually seems pathetically low when compared to this game:
http://icculus.org/jumpnbump/ [icculus.org]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuNeV0X0mKc [youtube.com]
I like the gore in Left 4 Dead 2 better. Not cartoony, or exaggerated, but very well done.
Report to the port nearest to Cuba in the US for your transfer, punishment and educational water boarding.
Pretty soon, we'll be seeing stuff like "most violent blogs of all time" and "webcomics are destroying our youth". Just as soon as the mainstream media catches up with this decade.
And in the decade to come, the schlock blogs and webcomics that caused all the fuss will be buried and forgotten.
You only remember the good stuff.
Think of the films released in 1939, all released until the strict production codes of the mid to late thirties. 1939 in film. [wikipedia.org]
Films which have never left the air since their first release for television. You might have been fortunate enough to see some of them shown in a restored Art Deco era theater.
Now try to name 10 pre-code sound films.
"I'm No Angel"
This one is notable by virtue of the absence of Jack Thompson in the proceedings.
Remember everybody, anyone who suggests that playing violent video games 18 hours a day everyday might have any negative consequences what so ever is obviously a deluded Christian fanatic who just wants to censor everything. Censorship is evil!
Also please be sure to remember that talk radio and Sarah Palin are so evilly powerful that they single-handedly caused the shootings in Arizona even though the shooter didn't even listen to talk radio! (it was the evil permeating waves). Finally, remember that if any school child even hears the word "God" used in anything other than a derogatory manner or even sees a Bible that isn't being desecrated, that school child will forever mentally scarred beyond comprehension. Censorship is good!
No, I don't take all of the preceding comments seriously, but Slashdot is strewn with +5 insightful mods that do state all of those positions seriously... and sometimes in the same post.
Remember everybody, anyone who suggests that playing violent video games 18 hours a day everyday might have any negative consequences what so ever is obviously a deluded Christian fanatic who just wants to censor everything.
Oh, I'm sure it would have negative consequences. Besides lack of sleep, they probably wouldn't get much exercise or sunlight. Or even have time to work or do anything productive.
While the points you make are true of many of the knee-jerk left-leaning individuals here (but not necessarily true of the more level headed ones--yes, they're out there), your post reminded me of something else that's mostly unrelated. So, here's my wholly tangential thought:
Going back to the summary (which is light on details--and the slideshow is kind of silly), there's a huge double standard both in the media and our government. I'm talking about the double standard that exists between the treatment of
Previous calls for game censorship were really calls for attention by the politicians NOT getting enough bribes. So, after years of failing to get the hint it has ended up in the Surpreme Court (mild pun intended.)
The industry missed its chance to avoid this; however, its not a big deal, its only a question of selling to minors that is going to court. They can still pay up and avoid future troubles.
Disturbed people will find plenty to set them off. We could just update our midevil justice system to handle
Slashdot is not Borg. There are different people here, with varying political, philosophical and religious outlooks. That's why you can have several "+5" comments in a single story which disagree on key points - so long as those points are subjective and not factual.
I have never understood people that believe they must impose there beliefs and supposed morals on others.
Being surrounded by people who are wrong is just more than decent, right-thinking, members of society should have to stand...
I have never understood people that believe they must impose there beliefs and supposed morals on others.
Largely because they, themselves, gained their belief system by having it imposed on them, often with cruelty, and despite their innate belief that what they were being taught was wrong. If they don't impose their belief on others, then they have to admit that what was done to them was wrong, and then they have to deal with all that pain.
Spirituality is not the problem. Belief in a God who wants us to follow a path ("Torah") as part of our relationship with What Is, is not the problem. Religion often is. Religion is the belief in men who somehow know more about what God wants than you do or what He can communicate with you directly. Religion, at its foundation, is therefore idolatry and forbidden by the cardinal rule of Torah.
When TV was new there was similar ruckus about how TV causes immoral and aggressive behaviour, even so much as to inciting people to murder eachother. The same thing happened with comics, too. Hell, looking back at history the same thing happened even with radio!
The truth is, there has not been a single study that did clearly prove that the invention of video games caused a rise in violence when taking population growth into account.
Hell, looking back at history the same thing happened even with radio!
Speaking of history, we can't let children learn of the atrocities that have occurred over the past couple thousand years. That would give impressionable young minds ideas which will lead them to repeat the worst acts mankind has ever seen.
Kids may decide they want to be like Edward I who had traitors hanged, drawn, and quartered [wikipedia.org]. They may decide to have some women burned at the stake. They may fancy themselves slave masters who ca
Prime-time TV crime dramas. These shows contain some of the most violent, disturbing themes and imagery I've ever seen: Some unlucky bloke gets decapitated by an out-of-control steel beam. Bad guy #1 shoots bad guy #2 full of blood-oozing bullet holes and kicks him off a pier. And then pan into a full shot of a rotting corpse on a autopsy table. This is all within the first 5 minutes of one episode.
But put the same thing in a video game and it's going to corrupt the children.
I am against all forms of censorship. Shielding kids from disturbing content is the parents' responsibility. However, if they're going to ban violent video games, I insist that they also ban the same content in all broadcast and cable television shows because such content is not only much more lifelike, it's also a lot easier for children to access. All they have to do is turn on the TV, whereas a violent video game must be purchased by someone...
Nothing made me wants to kill and harm people more than Stuntman. That game makes Demons Souls look like Super Mario Galaxy. I must have smashed hundreds if not thousands of Dualshock 2 controllers in frustration and anger at that game.
*squeeze past truck*
*hard right*
After five minutes of Stuntman I'd have to spend a good week playing milder and gentler games like Doom or Grand Theft Auto to calm myself down.
I remember doing that in an old adventure, I think it was called Bioforge, but I might be mistaken.
Shoot, you can go further back than that. How about "Death Race", where you ran down pedestrians. Which then turned into litte cross-shaped tombstones that you could wind up caught up on if you weren't careful. I remember playing that game, too.
I don't think any list of "Most Violent Video Games" would be complete without Time Killers. Who needs solid game play or nice graphics when you can just up the ante on blood and gore with the ability to dismember your opponent?
Before there was Mortal Kombat, before there was Time Killers, back in 1986, there was Chiller [ironicconsumer.com], by Exidy. Over-the-top even by today's standards.
Personally, I'd rather people with issues do their beating, raping and killing in video games rather than in real life.
Personally, I'd rather people with issues do their beating, raping and killing in video games rather than in real life.
Well, that's the question, isn't it?
Will their "issues" be resolved in the game or be carried over into real life?
The uncensored release of Duke Nukem Forever, here in Australia, I'm convinced is a plot from the censorship lobby. Once it's been out for a week, there'll be a media shitstorm stirred up by the likes of Michael Arkins saying "this is what we protect you from, it's regrettable this one made it past our screening, but surely you can see we must outright ban such vulgarity!".
Carmageddon, Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM.
Carmageddon, Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM.
The violence in Carmageddon is on the level of a Roadrunner and Coyote cartoon. Doom is an amusement park's dark house ride.
It's a fair point. I haven't seen any video games in which the consort of a high ranking official gets raped to death by a giraffe then eaten by lions - a real event used to 'entertain' a large crowd in Rome.
Of course, the argument would be that we've progressed a bit since then. These days people merely download video of people being beheaded in the name of some fucked up archaic religion for entertainment.
I'd rather they played computer games.
My favorite video game back in the day was Galaga, which came out in 1981. I still play it via MAME and whenever I run across the original game or the anniversary re-release. Every level is a fucking massacre. You kill at least 40 aliens and potentially more: if you're really good at killing aliens especially quickly, the game slips in some extras to satisfy your lust for xenocide. Every fourth level, in fact, is a "challenging stage" in which the aliens are completely defenseless and you get bonus points for killing them to the last man. I'm not an especially good player, but I can reliably get to at least the 25th level, which takes about fifteen minutes and during which I must kill at least 1,000 aliens. Nor is Galaga an extreme case. By the late 80's and early 90's, there was a whole slew of Japanese shoot-em-up scrollers where the screen was positively jammed with enemies that could only be overcome by acquiring more and more powerful weapons, next to which Galaga is like the most boring of UN peacekeeping missions.
The body count in hours of gameplay with the current first-person shooters doesn't even merit comparison with three minutes of gameplay in any number of arcade classics from twenty or thirty years ago. What has changed is that the mayhem is more realistic -- and then only if you accept a rather loose reading of "realistic" that actually means "resembling the comic-book violence of action movies".
To make matters worse, the violent crime rate has been mostly declining during all this time, during which ownership of computers and game consoles has gone from a relatively small market to being nearly universal, especially in the age groups that are most likely to be involved in violent crime. If one was compelled to draw a causal connection between violent video games and real-world violence, one would have to conclude that they are actually reducing the level of real-world violence. There is actually some evidence to that effect -- but the balance of the actual scientific data, as opposed to the hyperventilation of people like Jack Thompson, strongly suggests that if there is any connection between video games and real violence, it is too insignificant to be measured even with relatively large samples.
At the end of the day, we'd probably hear less of this hysterical crap if y'all would just stay of those nice people's lawns. Now, if you'll pardon me, I have a sudden urge to fire up MAME and take another pass at getting to the 30th level in Galaga.
And I thought this list would give me something new to play. I have them all. They missed Blood, Blood 2 the Chosen, missed Mutant League Football/Hockey, Night Trap, Splatterhouse 1-3, Loaded, BloodStorm, Way of the Warrior and Kasumi Ninja. I was hoping for a holiday buying guide, but no, just a silly 7 game list. Heck, my list included more and I am half an idiot. Not only did they miss all of the above, they missed the most violet, PETA protested game of all. Pokemon. Come on, how can you NOT con
And I even forgot Time-Killers.
The article seems to be conflating the two. This game [newsgaming.com] is probably more violent than any of the listed ones, but it's certainly a lot less graphic. Why is gore bad for children but gore-free violence ok? That's so backwards.
Violence is human nature. Those of us that exist today are the offspring of violent civilizations and/or tribes. Simply put, violent people were the ones that out competed the peaceful ones. Sure, there still are peaceful tribes of people living in isolation in the middle of the jungle, however they continue to not build airplanes, and 42" TV's, and freeways. (...) Why else do people get more upset about sexual scenes in movies than violent ones?
The reason people get more upset about sexual scenes is
One of my favorite games from the mid nineties...
Not just your average racing game but there were 3 ways to finish most levels:
* Complete the race, passing every checkpoint before the time runs out
* Destroy all the opponents
* Kill every pedestrian in the level
You also could get extra points and bonus time for killing pedestrians in an especially graphic method, such as opening your doors to hit them while driving by or by
No it doesn't. Maybe the writer should have SAID why it was a "huge concern", then we might have a discussion. Is he suggesting that players emulate the gameplay? If so, instead of a few screencaps, some real world evidence might have been helpful.
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Calxeda: Plans For ARM-Based HP Moonshot Servers
Calxeda, a developer of server cartridges based on the ARM processor, in June said it expects its ARM processor technology to be available as an option to the Intel Atom processor-based technology featured in the new high-density HP Moonshot servers.
Calxeda expects HP Moonshot servers based on the Calxeda EnergyCore ARM technology to be available to beta customers this summer, with volume production likely to start by the end of the year.
When HP releases Moonshot servers based on Calxeda technology, they are expected to feature 32-bit ARM processors, which feature a separate instruction set from the 64-bit, x86-compatible Atom Centerton S1200 processors found in the current Moonshot servers.


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NetApp on Wednesday unveiled a new flexible technology for tying Flash storage to spinning disk, a way to scale storage to up to 20 petabytes and beyond in a single volume, and a virtual storage appliance based on its entry-level storage system.
The new technologies, unveiled as part of NetApp's new Data Ontap 8.1.1 storage operating system, represent a significant advance over the previous version, especially in the addition of clustered storage technology from its 2003 acquisition of clustered scalable NAS developer Spinnaker, said Jay Kidd, senior vice president of Product Strategy and Development for the company's Storage Solutions Group.
"In the past, we brought Ethernet storage ... to the mainstream," Kidd said. "Now we're doing the same with clustering. We're bringing it from the crazy world of high-performance computing to the world of commercial storage."
[Related: Scale-Out Storage Provides Performance Edge As Capacity Increases]
NetApp's Data Ontap 8.1.1 has three primary new features which NetApp and its solution provider partners said are important differentiators for the company in the storage market.
The first is Flash Pool, a new way to tie Flash-based SSD storage to spinning disk in such a way that data moves automatically and in real time between them depending on how quickly it is needed.
The second is Infinite Volumes, a way to treat up to 20 petabytes of data as a single volume in order to ease management of large data stores instead of dealing with that data in multiple smaller volumes.
The third primary new feature of Data Ontap 8.1.1 is Data Ontap Edge, a virtualized version of the FAS2220 entry-level storage appliance NetApp unveiled early this month.
Flash Pool makes it possible for SSDs to be used as read and write cache devices for high-capacity SATA hard drives in NetApp storage systems, Kidd said.
"If you add 1 [percent] to 2 percent of SATA hard drive capacity as SSDs, you get the same performance as an equivalent number of SAS hard drives," he said. "So you end up with a lot more capacity with the SATA disks, and performance where and when needed."
Kidd said that Flash Pool will work with any NetApp storage system that supports Data Ontap 8.1.1, including all currently shipping models.
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Why Major in Fashion Textiles & Clothing in Business?
The graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Fashion: Textiles and Clothing in Business will use the knowledge and skills obtained in the program to:
- Communicate and collaborate effectively in both individual and team settings in a creative environment.
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Phillip Sims doesn't have a vote for the Heisman Trophy, but if he did, he'd be ready to turn in his ballot right now. He might even fill in all three voting slots with the same name:
AJ McCarron
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The guy that some college football fans believe chased Sims out of Tuscaloosa, Ala. and to Charlottesville is now McCarron's No. 1 fan.
Sims competed for the starting job with McCarron last season and this past spring. McCarron won the job last season and this spring, and Sims is now the starting quarterback at U.Va. – though Sims is sharing first team reps and rotating with Michael Rocco, a partnership coach Mike London said will continue in Saturday's game against Miami (5-4 overall, 4-2 ACC).
All of that stuff doesn't factor into the fan side of Sims. He watches McCarron with awe. Alabama's game-winning drive in the final two minutes last Saturday at Louisiana State? Just classic McCarron in Sims' eyes.
"That's AJ all the way," said Sims, who added he still keeps in touch via text or phone calls every couple weeks or so. "I've seen him do it many times in practice. I've seen him do it in some big-time games. I mean, this is a guy I feel that should be in the conversation for the Heisman Trophy. To win a national championship last year and be the MVP of that game, and come back this year and have your numbers at 20 touchdowns and no interceptions? I don't know how many people realize how hard that is to not throw an interception, and to play against LSU and teams like that, he's my frontrunner for the Heisman. I don't care what anybody says. AJ has done some things this year I just look at and say, 'Wow. AJ, you've come a long way.' From a guy I competed with last year, this is a whole (different) AJ. He's doing the thing the way everybody knew he was capable of doing it.
"They can say what they want about the offense, man. That boy is on his way to two back-to-back championships. I don't think too many people can say that, so I think he's got to be the frontrunner for the Heisman. Offense aside, they're throwing the ball a lot more than they have in past years…Every opportunity he gets, he's taking advantage of it, and he's putting up the numbers. You can't argue with statistics."
Well, McCarron has thrown 19 touchdowns and no interceptions, but Sims still made his point. It's fair to say he has a serious man crush on the guy that supposedly ran him out of Alabama's crimson and white No. 14 jersey, and into U.Va.'s blue and orange No. 14.
So, what do Sims and McCarron talk about when they have their bi-weekly conversations? It sounds like something of a mutual admiration society.
"He said that I've helped him – don't ask me how," Sims said. "I definitely think that he's helped me learn some things along the way. I think just competing against each other brought the best in both of us out. I think it's helped both of us in our careers, and hopefully it'll take us further past this level."
Of course, Sims insists the skeptics that say his transfer to U.Va. in May was all a cover-up under the disguise of a family medical emergency to get him out of a place where he allegedly couldn't play to a place where he could potentially play in a hurry. Yet, Sims said his father had heart surgery in June in Charlottesville, and the sole reason he wanted to transfer to U.Va. was to be closer to him.
Any other story floating about regarding why he transferred to U.Va. doesn't register much in Sims' world.
"I pretty much just brushed it off," said Sims regarding the skepticism regarding his transfer, which came with a waiver of the normal required one year of sitting out per NCAA transfer rules due to the fact the transfer was made due to a family medical emergency. "It was something I knew was going to come. The competition between me and AJ last year was, 'Whoever doesn't win the starting job is going to leave.' OK. If that's what you're opinion is, OK, but to be honest, if that was the reason I was going to leave, why didn't I leave after the national championship game [instead of waiting until after spring]? Everybody thought I was going to leave anyway, so what am I sitting around wasting time for.
"I just brushed it off. The people that know the truth are the people that need to know the truth. If that's what you think, I could care less, so I just brushed it off and kept going about my life as I needed to do it. It happened. I'm where I am. The situation was what it was. It's over with. I've moved on, and I'm just going about my life as I am today."
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Sims, a 6-foot-2, 215-pound sophomore who came out of Oscar Smith High in 2010 considered by most recruiting analysts to be one of the nation's top three quarterback prospects, is working within a system where he's still struggling to earn a position where he doesn't have to look over his shoulder.
He's been the starter for each of U.Va.'s last four games, but in the first three games against Duke, Maryland and Wake Forest (all losses), he completed just 51 percent of his passes for 660 yards, two touchdowns and four interceptions.
Last week, while playing six series in U.Va.'s 33-6 win at North Carolina State, he connected on 8 of 10 passes for 115 yards and a 38-yard touchdown to wide receiver and old high school teammate Tim Smith. Sims also had a 1-yard touchdown run…and one particularly gruesome wide-open drop in the end zone on a running back pass from Perry Jones, another former high school teammate.
"I heard about it," said Sims regarding the fact the drop was one of the lead stories and videos on the front page of Yahoo.com for a few hours after the game. "It's been all over the internet the last couple of days…It wasn't one of my proudest moments, but it happens.
"I still apologize to Perry for that. I apologized (Sunday) during meetings and stuff. Yeah, I think I'll be apologizing for a long time."
Had Sims and U.Va. (3-6, 1-4) worked on that particular play enough to get it down? Oh yeah…that's not an excuse.
"Every week this season since training camp besides last week in practice," Sims said. "I didn't run it last week, but every (other) week I've caught that pass and it's probably something I can do 99 out of 100 times."
Rocco played 10 series against N.C. State, completing 12 of 23 passes for 83 yards and a touchdown. What caused London and the offensive coaching staff to decide to go with both quarterbacks? Both guys offer something that can help the team, according to London.
"Both guys have things that they do, different skill sets that they bring to the table," London said. "Michael is a guy that's been in the offense, knows the offense – Phillip has a strong arm and is kind of learning on the job, so to speak, and he has some skills himself that we like and can get the ball to some of the other playmakers.
"So, as practice went on and looking at the things that they do well and trying to game plan and fit plays that fit their skills whether it's based on arm strength or using the ball to run out of pocket scenarios with them, we just looked at it as here we have two guys that have done and have run the offense and they both bring something to the table for us. So, it was more of, 'Let's find the plays that they can do, and let's put a scheme together that can help benefit not only them, but the players that we're trying to surround them with - whether it's out of pocket, drop off, play action, the reads, those type of things."
Prior to the N.C. State game, London said one of Sims' biggest problems was getting his timing down with the receivers. It had been a struggle for Sims, who was still getting used to offensive coordinator Bill Lazor's pro style attack, which is predicated on timing routes and getting the ball to certain spots at just the right moment. It's a portion of the passing game Sims concentrated on during U.Va.'s off week.
"I think during the bye week I don't think it was specific drills," Sims said. "I think it was reps. Especially in a timing-based offense like ours, you have to have reps. Not only just reps within the offense, but reps with certain receivers. Everybody runs routes differently. No matter how you try to teach all your receivers to run routes with the same timing, the same yards, distance, everything like that, everybody runs routes a little distinctively.
"Just getting reps with different guys, seeing how different guys run routes when you don't necessarily have to worry about a defense that week, you don't have to game plan against anybody, it's pretty much just focusing on the little things that your team has to get better. I think that's what really helped me during the bye week. Just being able to hone in on the small things in our offense and not having to worry about an opponent that week. That's what really helped us. As far as the (N.C. State) game, the play-calling got me into a good rhythm – just quick passes to get the ball out of my hands real quick and get the guy the ball in space. It got me into a rhythm early and it just carried on throughout the game."
Sims said a month ago his dad was doing much better. His mom and dad have a chance to come to Charlottesville to see him play games, which obviously makes being at U.Va. a little sweeter for Sims.
As for the quarterback rotation, it's hard to imagine it sitting well with either quarterback, but Sims is playing the role of the good soldier. Whatever gets wins for a team that still needs to get three in its last three games just to get bowl-eligible is cool with him.
"Both of us have got to realize that the team comes first over any individual, no matter who you are," Sims said. "I think that's something we both realize and we're comfortable with. We'll do whatever we're asked to do."
As U.Va. pushes forward in pursuit of those three wins, it will do so with at least two of three players that were suspended last week for violations of team rules back in the fold. London said Monday linebacker Henry Coley and fullback LoVante' Battle, a Phoebus High graduate, are back in the good graces.
Coley, who was the starting strong-side linebacker for U.Va.'s first eight games before the suspension, is third on the depth chart at strong-side linebacker. Battle, who was a backup before the suspension, is the No. 3 fullback.
While Coley and Battle are back, London said backup tight end Jeremiah Mathis still has work to be done before his suspension is lifted. London confirmed Mathis is still on the team.
With Coley out, Phoebus High graduate Daquan Romero got the first start of his college career at N.C. State. Romero finished with six tackles and a positive grade after coaches had a chance to look at film, according to London.
Romero said Monday his father, Hugo, had the chance to see him play in college live for the first time at N.C. State. Hugo is a taxi cab driver in New York City, which was hit hard last week by Hurricane Sandy.
With less demand for cabs in the city in the aftermath of the storm, Hugo had the opportunity to come see his son play. Daquan didn't find out about his dad's plans to see him play until last Wednesday. I'll have more on this story later this week.
Romero remains atop the depth chart at strong-side linebacker for the Miami game, as does defensive end Eli Harold. Harold also got his first start along with fellow true freshman cornerback Maurice Canady at N.C. State.
Canady, who leads the team with two interceptions, is back to No. 2 at cornerback this week behind Drequan Hoskey. London said Canady, who had one of U.Va.'s three interceptions against N.C. State's Mike Glennon, started in place of Hoskey because Hoskey got his foot caught in the turf in practice early last week and had his knee become displaced.
Hoskey's knee improved throughout the week, but U.Va. elected to have Canady and Hoskey switch roles. So, against N.C. State, Canady started and Hoskey played Canady's normal role, which is the extra defensive back in the game when U.Va. goes to its nickel package.
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A man who bit the head off a dead snake on Wednesday is an 'idiot' whose foolish actions wasted police, ambulance and hospital resources, according to an experienced snake handler.
Police and ambulance services were called to the Glenroi area, in central-west NSW, just before noon on Wednesday when a man felt unwell after reportedly biting off the head of a king brown snake before biting it twice more on the stomach and tail.
Although Rodney Williams bragged to Fairfax and other media on Wednesday he had bitten the head off the snake as an alternative to killing it with a shovel, Orange police say their inquiries revealed the snake was already dead when Mr Williams picked it up.
Acting Inspector Brenden Turner said eyewitnesses told police Mr Williams had been drinking with friends outside a house when he saw the dead snake nearby.
"He was intoxicated and as a show of strength to the others who were with him, he bit the head of the snake off," he said.
Snake handler Greg Pringle, who is a former police officer, said he couldn't believe the amount of pressure the silly prank put on community resources.
"Why should a clown like this take up the valuable time of emergency services people when they may have been needed at that time to help someone who really was in need," he said.
Acting Inspector Turner said Mr Williams became unwell not long after the incident and friends called Triple-O to assist.
"But that may have been the result of an accelerated level of intoxication," he said.
Mr Pringle, who has been handling and catching snakes in the Orange area for almost 40 years, said even though the snake was dead when Williams bit its head off he was potentially putting himself in danger.
"The venom sacs are located at the back of the jaw of a snake and can remain in liquid form for up to a week," Mr Pringle said.
Mr Pringle said he is sceptical about Williams describing the snake as a king brown.
"In all the years I have been working with snakes I have never seen one in or around Orange," Mr Pringle said.
"But there are plenty of copperhead snakes around and I am fairly sure that is what it would have been," he said.
Mr Pringle said anyone who finds a snake on their property should not try to catch or antagonise the reptiles.
A spokesperson for NSW Parks and Wildlife said all native snakes in the state are protected under the National Parks and Wildlife Act and it is illegal to harm them.
Penalties can attract a fine of up to $3000 or six months in jail.


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Poll results: The frustrations of front line support
Posted in Business, 18th April 2007 16:12 GMT
Reg Reader Studies A Reg reader poll looking at power users and their experiences with customer technical support flushed out a lot of opinions.
The exercise focused particularly on support situations in which IT literate users are calling publicly facing help desks as private individuals, rather than on behalf of their company. In all, we received over 1,300 responses and many of the experiences and insights you shared are extremely enlightening.
Not surprisingly, the majority of power users believe that technical support for consumers is worse than support for commercial users (Figure 1).
In the associated freeform comments gathered during the poll, respondents went on to explain many of the issues that frustrate them.
The thing that seems to drive bad experiences for most power users is being forced to go along with the script that level-one technical support is required to use. It's not that the scripts used are inherently bad – most of the power users who responded are either IT professionals or have worked in tech support themselves and they understand the purpose of them and why businesses use them – it is the process by which they are forced through the script in a plodding, uncreative way that makes everyone miserable. Additional frustration comes when the front-line technicians are unwilling to do anything other than slavishly follow the script when it's clear from the start that this isn't going to solve the problem.
In response to this conundrum, two schools of thought have arisen around how to deal with The Script. One approach, the direct one, is to take on the script and get through it as quickly as possible with minimum wasting of time and effort so the call can continue more productively. The other approach – which gets more interesting – is to find a way around the script. We can call this the evasive approach.
Those who take the direct approach freely admit to faking it. In this scenario the script-reader goes through the motions and the power user pretends to follow – "OK, I need you to reboot the system and choose safe mode" – so the faking techie pauses, examines their fingernails, rearranges the little toys on their desk – and then gives the answer they got when they actually performed the task several hours before they called tech support.
There are benefits to the direct route. Sometimes it is the only way past the gatekeepers – some companies or script readers just have no processes for doing things any other way and faking gets everyone through to the next level if not making everyone happy. Additionally, although power users generally do think of most simple solutions before they call tech support (yes, most power users have already checked power cables and lights before picking up the phone), sometimes the script does yield a suggestion that they hadn't thought of that solves the problem.
However, there are many users who just don't have either the time, the patience, or the ego to fake it. These users resort to the evasive method, of which there are several variants that all work to a greater or lesser degree.
The most popular is to state one's credentials up front. Some front-line techies respect these credentials and will escalate the problem to their level-two colleagues or simply go off script if they also have the requisite technical skills. Unfortunately, though, some script-readers take this request as a personal challenge to their prowess, and/or they become deaf to anything other than what they want to hear – which is usually a direct answer to their script questions.
This leads to another variant of the evasive approach, which involves intimidation or surliness, real or imagined. Again, this works with some technicians who cave in to hostility and quickly escalate the call. This can also lead to a perverse standoff, though, in which the tech support person decides they are either going to be hostile themselves or they begin to reprimand the hostile caller for their hostility.
A third variant is to try requesting or demanding to speak to a supervisor or manager, which also sometimes works, although users overwhelmingly warned that service providers in particular seem to have little or no escalation path in their technical support system. ISPs were singled out for their binary mode of fault determination – e.g. if the line appears to be working from their end then it isn't their problem. Period.
Finally, many power users lean heavily on the fourth variant, which is to call back and start again until they reach an amenable or knowledgeable support person.
As we read through the hundreds of comments and anecdotes received from respondents, it became very clear that the real problem isn't with the front line technicians per se – it's the company processes behind them. Organisations have come to view customer support and contact centers as cost centers, and in the process seem to have forgotten that this part of the organisation is the main face of the company to most users. It is ironic that companies who spend millions on marketing, sales, and brand promotion will shave costs in support and hire the least expensive people possible to populate their contact centers. They will give them minimal training, and will construct business models and metrics that reward technicians for short calls in high volumes – regardless of whether or not those calls actually help users. Additionally, many companies have outsourced their contact centers to countries where there simply aren't enough of the necessary language skills. The result is frustration, anger, and lost revenue.
In their defence, the vendors often say that this is the price users have to pay for, well, lower prices. Undoubtedly there are business pressures here, but as we have said, most of the issues are caused by processes that do not distinguish between those with little knowledge at one extreme and the tech savvy users experiencing all of the frustration at the other, so the problem is not necessarily one of cost. But it is an issue that the industry needs to take more seriously, and for vendors and service providers that doubt this, check out the picture in Figure 2 below.
With personal experience influencing buying decisions in a business environment, perhaps there is a competitive advantage to be gained by those who take notice and address the issues effectively. Then again, perhaps some companies will rise to the challenge simply because it is the right thing to do. We can live in hope.


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With the book closing on the 2011-2012 NBA season as of tonight it's time for a little bit of reflection, particularly focusing on Jordan Brand's Big Three, the flag-bearers of all things Jumpman across the league. At the onset there is no doubt that they're among the NBA's elite, with Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, and Dwyane Wade all playing the part of leaders and taking their respective squads to the playoffs. It can never be all positives though, with any given player or team bound to face challenges and setbacks throughout the season. We're taking a quick look at the good and the bad, the defining stats and moments for each of Jordan Brand's Big Three and grading them based on their overall performance and growth throughout the season. There's no doubt that all three will be on their A+ game come Saturday, but check out our season review and grades for each of the Jordan Brand Big Three and let us know if you agree/disagree with out assessments.
Carmelo Anthony: This season was marked as Melo's homecoming to New York, when the prodigal sun born in Brooklyn and honed in Syracuse would return to the Big Apple after all those years out in Denver. His short stint with the team during the latter part of the previous season showed some promise, but as the lockout ended at the tail end of 2012 and the season got started something seemed amiss. That something came to a head this year as he sat out with an injury and clashed with the style Knicks head coach Mike D'Antoni, indirectly leading to D'Antoni's departure from the program and Mike Woodson stepping up to fill his role. And just like that Melo was back on track, with an attitude change apparent and a new dedication manifesting itself in his stats. April in particular saw Anthony rise to MVP-levels of play, scoring nonstop and locking down a second career triple-double – simply put, nobody could check the guy. And now with the post-season looming, thanks in large part to Anthony's efforts, the Knicks will be entering the Playoffs as a tough First-Round opponent. Shaky start, incredibly strong finish – perhaps the best ball of his career.
Grade: B+/A-
Chris Paul: Another of Jordan Brand's Big Three to be relocated for the just completed season, Chris Paul brought his handles and speed out to the LA Clippers, bumping them up from a team that didn't make it the post season last year to one that now sits just a few games behind the Lakers across town. Even more than that, he brought a tangible energy to the Clippers franchise, teaming up with Blake Griffin to dominate highlight reels week in and week in so-called 'Lob City'. Among Jordan Brand's Big Three he was the mark of consistency throughout his season, putting together a bounce-back season devoid of any injuries that has him now looking like a legitimate MVP candidate. At this point pretty much the only thing he's gotta do to polish up that resume is prove himself down the stretch and bring another chip to the city of Los Angeles.
Grade: A-
Dwyane Wade: On paper it seems that Dwyane Wade should have all these guys beat; he's proven his dominance time and time again, has a ring to show for it, and is linked up with an the NBA team undoubtedly packing more star power than any other. And what does all that translate to? Well, for one, a handful of stats for this last season that is some of the lowest of his career: a points per game and assists per game low second only to his rookie season as well as a 3-point percentage showing a sharp downturn compared the past couple of years. What's more the Heat have shown that they can win without him, with a 14-2 Wade-less record through this Tuesday. Of course this all might just be an asterisk to some, as there is ultimately no doubt that he is among the game's top players and will turn it up a few notches once he gets to the Playoffs. With that being said, the last four months have seen him dip just below the levels of expectation set by his usual excellence – but we fully expect Wade to bring his Championship level of play when it counts.
Grade: B/B+
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After graduated B.A. Fine Art at Byam Shaw School and a Master at Middlesex University she was widely shown at Sprovieri Gallery in London, Auditorium e Temple Gallery in Rome, guest at Locarno Festival in 2007 and in Wrap! For the International Festival Cinema in Rome. The notion of restoration is central to the work of Guendalina Salini. However restoration here is not to be understood as historical reconstruction, rather it serves to disclose the internal dynamic which is at the genesis of the image. The work brings into play images belonging to the history of art and recontextualise them. By "redrawing" the image the artist intends to open it to a spatial-temporal suspension, a suspension that places the emphasis on the process of art itself.
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The Offspring's really gone above and beyond for the Christmas season, and have a bunch of content/contests leading up to Christmas. The first contest? A signed copy of the self-titled album. An amazing way to start things off, I signed up immediately. All you have to do is join the mailing list.
A few questions have been brought up, though. No one's denying this is an awesome giveaway, but something tells me that Ron probably won't be signing it (I'm guessing it's the current lineup). By the Facebook picture, it also looks like it's a post-95 Nitro issue. I'm guessing it'll still be the 2001 censored version.


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I like to serve this combination of fruit, Jell-O and cream cheese as a salad with a main dish or as a light refreshing dessert. My close friend Joanie shared the recipe after I raved about it. -Sonja Blow Reeds Spring, Missouri
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- 2 packages (3 ounces each) raspberry gelatin
- 2 cups boiling water
- 1 can (8 ounces) crushed pineapple
- 1-1/2 cups fresh blueberries
- 3 to 4 medium firm banana, sliced
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
- In a large bowl, dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Drain pineapple, reserving juice in a measuring cup. Add enough water to the juice to measure 1 cup; stir into gelatin mixture. Stir in pineapple and blueberries.
- Place bananas in a 13-in. x 9-in. dish. Pour gelatin mixture over bananas. Cover and refrigerate until firm.
- In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, sour cream and sugar until smooth. Spread over gelatin. Cover and refrigerate until serving. Sprinkle with walnuts. Yield: 8 servings.
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When Professor Veryl Miles stepped down on July 1 after seven years of service as the dean of The Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law, the law school community hosted and helped to organize a number of different farewell events, both on and off of the campus.
One of the most meaningful adieus, however, came from a sister graduate school across campus.
On April 23, Benjamin T. Rome School of Music and the CUA Symphony Orchestra performed a musical program in honor of the departing dean. Miles (left), who was a theater major in college and an experienced performer herself before turning to the law, appeared deeply touched by the moving tribute and thanked the audience and her colleagues in the School of Music for their generosity.
"The School of Music planned this concert in honor of Dean Miles to thank her for her service and for being so outspoken in her belief that we are one of the outstanding facets of CUA," said Dr. Grayson Wagstaff, dean of the Rome School of Music.
Wagstaff noted appreciatively that during her deanship, Miles rarely missed a chance to sing the praises of Catholic University's music school anywhere she could within Washington, D.C., and especially within the local Brookland neighborhood that adjoins the campus.
The former law school dean worked to help ensure that the Rome School of Music is regarded as a valuable resource by the local community. The two colleagues share a dedication to the importance of the university's relationship with its neighbors and view music as a bridge to understanding and education.
Held in Catholic University's Hartke Theater, the spring program included the works of Beethoven, Mozart, Dvorak, and Tchaikovsky, among others.
Among the evening's highlights were performances by Sun A Yeo, a soprano who was the 2011 CUA Concerto Competition Winner, and Yu Chan Yeh, a pianist who was also a 2011 CUA Competition Winner.
** The Benjamin T. Rome School of Music at CUA welcomes donations of new or gently used instruments, especially pianos, from alumni and friends. We have recently received two generous donations of grand pianos from friends of the School of Music. If you are looking to find a new home for your instrument, please contact us at 202.319.5417. Donations will need a formal appraisal and will be assessed before they are accepted. For more information on donations to the School of Music, please visit http://music.cua.edu/donations.cfm.


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2003 Football
Bluffton at Defiance preview
By Ben Risinger, SID
November 10, 2003
The Matchup
When: Saturday, November 15, 2003
Where: Defiance , Ohio - Justin F. Coressel Stadium
On the Radio: Listen live to Bluffton College football on WDOH 107.1 FM.
The Bluffton Beavers enter the contest with a 2-7 overall record. Defiance is 3-6 for the season. Bluffton is 1-3 on the road this season, with Defiance posting a 1-3 home record.
The Coaches
Bluffton coach Greg Brooks is 2-7 on his career entering the 2003 season finale. Brooks is no stranger to the Bluffton program having been the offensive coordinator for the past 23 years. He is a 1977 graduate of Ohio University where he was a quarterback and a four-year letterman for the Bobcats.
Defiance is led by first-year coach Robert Taylor (Albion '96) who is 3-6 on his career. Taylor spent the last six years as an assistant coach for the Yellow Jackets. Prior to becoming the head coach he was the defensive coordinator/head assistant for Defiance .
Series History
Defiance leads the all-time series 39-37-2. Bluffton has won the matchup two out of the last three years, with Defiance winning last season's game 29-6. The Defiance/Bluffton matchup is the sixth longest Ohio Division III rivalry that is still running.
This Year's contest
Bluffton will enter the contest at 2-7 (0-5 HCAC). Defiance is 3-6 (2-3 HCAC). The Yellow Jackets have won their last two games, with the Beavers looking to finish the season strong and break their current losing streak.
Last game for Bluffton and Defiance
Bluffton hosted Manchester and lost 33-25 in triple overtime. Both teams seemed to have difficulties in the overtime periods as there was a fumble, missed field goal, interception and another fumble during the end of the game. The Spartans scored in the third overtime, to give Bluffton the ball. The Beavers were denied as a fumble ended the game. Ben Dodds led the team as the offensive weapon for Bluffton. He posted 31 rushes for 139 yards and two touchdowns along with five receptions for 41 yards. Dodds also returned the ball three times for 53 yards on kickoffs. Quarterback Jared Owens went 19-9-1 for 78 yards on the day. Scott Steiner led the defense by posting 16 tackles (7 solo, 9 assisted), 1.5 tackles for a loss for 4 yards and 2 pass deflections on the afternoon.
Defiance was idle last week, but faced Manchester on November 1 at home. The Yellow Jackets narrowly won the contest 20-16. Quarterback Corey Minnfield went 36-18-0 for 187 yards and 2 touchdowns on the day. Receiver Casey Johnson had 7 catches for 31 yards, with Aaron Schmidt posting 4 catches for 73 yards and a touchdown. Leading the defensive attack for Defiance was Scott Heighland with 13 tackles (11 solo, 2 assisted), 2 TFL's for a loss of 21 yards, 7 pass deflections and an interception.
Leading the Beavers on the year
Quarterback Jared Owens enters the contest with 1242 yards on the season with two touchdowns from the air. Owens is 179-105-7 for a completion percentage of 58.7 %. Ben Dodds leads the rushing attack with 968 yards on 229 carries (4.2 avg. per carry) and is on the top of the receiving column with 31 catches for 242 yards (7.8 avg. per carry). Dodds currently leads the HCAC in All-Purpose yards, averaging 188.4 ypg. Mark Gable is second in the receiving category with 30 catches for 444 yards (14.8 avg. per carry). Defensively, Chris Sommers posts 105 tackles (39 solo, 66 assisted) with four pass break ups, three tackles for a loss and one forced fumble for the year.
Leading the Yellow Jackets on the year
Quarterback Corey Minnfield is 295-155-12 for the season. He has thrown 1785 yards (198.3 yards per game) for 11 touchdowns and a completion percentage of 52.5. Jason Gendron leads the running attack with 1115 yards (123.9 yards per game) and nine touchdowns (4.5 avg. per carry). Aaron Schmidt posts 512 yards receiving off of 41 catches (12.5 avg. per carry) with 6 touchdowns on the season. Casey Johnson has 367 yards off 35 receptions (10.5 avg. per carry) with a single touchdown. The Yellow Jacket defensive leader is Ryan Ditty with 89 total tackles (51 solo, 38 assisted), 3.5 TFL's for 15 yards, one quarterback sack and one fumble recovery.
Bluffton in the Heartland Conference
As a team the Beavers lead the HCAC in rushing offense, averaging 195.3 yards per
game (1758 total yards). In the passing offense category the Beavers are seventh,
averaging 143.6 ypg. Bluffton ranks fifth in total offense averaging 338.9 ypg. The
Beavers defense ranks second in HCAC rushing defense allowing opponents only 103.7
ypg on the ground, they are seventh in pass defense, allowing 291.6 ypg. In total
defense Bluffton is sixth, allowing opponents a total of only 395.2 ypg. The Beavers
are fifth in scoring offense, averaging 19.3 ppg.
Beaver individuals in Heartland Conference
Ben Dodds continues to lead the HCAC in all purpose yards for the sixth straight week, averaging 188.4 ypg (1696 yds. total). He is first in the conference in scoring, averaging 7.3 points per game and also leads in touchdown scoring with 11 touchdowns for the year. Dodds currently ranks third in the conference in rushing with 968 total yards (107.6 ypg) with Jared Owens following at sixth in the league in rushing with 393 total yards (43.7 ypg). From the air Owens currently ranks seventh in passing with 1242 total yards (138.0 ypg). In total offense Owens ranks fifth, averaging 181.7 ypg. Chris Sommers leads the conference defensively with 105 tackles for the season (39 solo, 66 assisted).
Last Season Overall
Bluffton finished the 2002 campaign at 3-7 (1-5 HCAC). Defiance ended 3-7 (1-5 HCAC).


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Like its predecessor, the PlayStation 4 will have a user-replacable hard drive. We haven't known exactly how since the system hasn't hit stores, but we've just gotten our first glimpse at the process.
According to German site Computer Bild (via IGN), the hard drive is located underneath a glossy panel on the top of the system. That panel can be removed with a torx screwdriver. It notes that since the system has a 2.5" laptop HDD by default, you could slip in a solid state drive.
It only took them about 21 seconds to swap it out, so all in all it seems pretty easy to do.
This appears to be a dev kit, mind you, so the consumer box might be more difficult. But, the PS3 process was easy enough, so it seems likely Sony would follow suit. The PlayStation 4 is launching with a 500GB hard drive, but as Sony shifts its focus toward digital libraries you may want to consider upgrading eventually.


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A man who disappeared after a fatal boating accident in Tauranga has been arrested and appeared in court.
Police located and arrested Liam Kane, 22, in Ngatai Road, Tauranga late on November 9.
Kane was one of four people on board a dinghy when it capsized off Omokoroa on the evening of October 16.
Kane made it to shore and raised the alarm but then disappeared.
The body of Tauranga man Shaun Hogarth, 22, was discovered on the western side of Omokoroa Peninsula, nine days after the accident.
The two other men on board the boat, Dylan Baxter 25, and Samuel Butler, 22, have been charged with theft of a boat.
Kane appeared in Tauranga District Court yesterday.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of breaching home detention, theft of the dinghy involved in the fatal accident and an unrelated assault.
For those offences and the original drug offence, for which he had been initially granted home detention, he was sentenced to a total of 19 months' imprisonment.


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James Martin
April 8, 1939-June 5, 2008
James A. "Jim" Martin, 69, of rural Vergas, died suddenly, but peacefully, at his home on Sybil Lake on Thursday, June 5, 2008.
James Albert Martin was born to Herbert and Helen (Bannach) Martin on April 8, 1939, in Devils Lake, N.D., and graduated from high school in Egeland, N.D.
Jim entered the U.S. Army in September 1957, and was stationed in Germany until his discharge in September 1959. Jim worked for the North Dakota Highway Department and then moved to Fargo in 1961.
Jim worked as a cook as well as a cab driver until he joined Welu Dental Lab in 1962, as a dental technician. Jim married Helen in 1976, and they made their home in Dilworth, Minn., until he retired in 2001.
After he retired, Jim fulfilled his lifelong dream of spending winters in southern Texas and summers at his lake home on Sybil Lake, near Vergas. Jim enjoyed motorcycling, camping, canoeing, fishing, hunting, and sitting around the campfire watching the northern lights. He also enjoyed going to Vikings games with friends, watching football on television, and cruising around in the motor home.
Family and friends were very important to Jim and he thoroughly enjoyed time with his grandkids. Always ready for a game of cards, Jim was known to play a good game of pinochle with whomever he could con into playing.
Jim is lovingly survived by his wife, Helen (Enger) Martin; three daughters, Sandy (Tim) McDowell and Diane Guthrie, both of Dilworth, and Sarah (Mario) Dilodovico of Rosemont, Minn.; three sons, Dale Martin and David (Nancy) Halvorson, both of Dilworth, and Marvin (Emily) Halvorson of Sabin, Minn.; a sister, Joanne (Jon) Peterson of Fargo; as well as 12 grandchildren.
Preceding Jim in death were his parents; a sister, Rosemary Lawrence; and three grandchildren, Dawn and Mark Martin, and Samuel Jim Halvorson.
Funeral services were held Monday, June 9, at Dilworth Lutheran Church, with burial following in Little Bethany Lutheran Church Cemetery, rural Barnesville.
Korsmo Funeral Service of Moorhead was entrusted with arrangements. An online guest book is available at korsmofuneralservice.com.


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Hepatitis C
Feb 8, 2013
I started having nausea, vomiting, jaundice and high alt, ast (3000)1 month after a nose operation. I did a anti HCV test when symptoms occured and it was negative. 2 1/2 weeks later I did another hcv test and it was mildly positive. I have no risk factors for hepatitis C except the operation in which case he doctors who did it assured me that everything was sterile and virtually impossible to get it from the operation. Do you think I really have hepatitis C? What do u think? Can it be a false positive?
Response from Dr. Taylor
I am concerned about your symptoms and high AST/ALT. The operation may be related, or not. It is certainly possible that you have a new hepatitis C infection. I suggest geting a test for HCV RNA, the hepatitis C virus itself. Additionally, see if you can see a doctor who specializes in hepatitis C.
Remember, if you do have hepatitis C, you may clear it on your own within the first few weeks. Otherwise, the infection can be cured with medications.
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(18) SusanE, February 25, 2010 12:04 AM
Work for a Charity for One Year
There are many charitable groups that need what you can give. If you do as Rabbi Salomon suggests and give from your excess .................PLEASE give from your best excess. Clean in-style clothing, clean towels and bedding, clean useful household furniture. If you work at or for a charity for a year you will soon learn how that organization is performing. You will also learn if the needs of the people that it serves are being met. Two well known organizations that I was involved in were absolutely mismanaged and tons of money was wasted or not accounted for. Be aware of a charity that only wants money. I also worked for the Salvation Army and saw the impact they have on a small community. I also saw the immense amount of dirty unuseable clothing and junk that people donated. Please continue to give! And when you give from your excess, give from your best excess. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please don't overlook the tiny networks of dedicated HARD-WORKING people that alleviate need in communities and neighborhoods. They are quiet and discreet and make a huge contribution to the welfare of the community. I was amazed at what small dedicated groups of men and women can do. Donate to them from your excess. Ask them what they are most in need of and give from your Best excess.
(17) Anita, February 20, 2010 7:08 AM
Wish I HAD something to give away...
Right now, I'm living in an unheated garage in Florida, during the coldest part of the year. Yes I'm staying with friends, but they have a "full house" so I'm grateful that I even have a garage. I have already given away so much that the little bit I have is only my computer, some books and my clothes. Oh, and my constant companion, my dog. I doubt very much I'd give HER away. I've learned that when you can't give money, give time. It's a commodity that everyone has and a lot of people waste. a.
(16) G.M. Grena, February 19, 2010 5:45 AM
Response to (7) Sarah Hirsch
Your intentions seem fine, Sarah, but you're not being rational. If most bums are mentally ill instead of lazy, why would you give money to them? Are they smart enough to spend your handout wisely, but not smart enough to work & pay taxes? Baloney! It's not heartless to point beggars in the direction where trained social workers can help them, but it is heartless to feed their addiction.
(15) Herbert Lazarus, February 19, 2010 3:23 AM
"Non-Profit Charities."
I am a middle class American with an adequate but not particularly large income. For years I have been donating modest amounts to a large number of charities. I received a solicitation from Flame listing the salaries of directors of several of these organizations. I was amazed. They are each being paid several hundred thousand dollars per year while working for a charity. My income is far less than $100,000 per year. As a matter of fact, Flame's director claims to be working pro-bono; however his advertising agency collects fees from donations to Flame. I wrote to him asking what the annual amount of these fees are. As with other organizations to whom I have since written, I got no reply. I admire what you said rabbi about the Power of Half , but how can one give in the face of such hipocrisy? If you can answer me rabbi, I would appreciate it.
(14) Anonymous, February 17, 2010 6:59 PM
My Almost Paid up Mortgage
Dear Rabbi, I really feel great! Next year my mortgage will be paid in full! Hard to believe in these days of financial crisis no? (OK it was alot of work and took 30 years but worth it!) I heard that an old friend's daughter was having financial difficulty. There was nothing I liked better than putting something in an envelope and say "This is to help your daughter."


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So, I have a general question to ask everyone. I'm always looking for new resources to expand my knowledge of programming, and I've come across a few recurring situations when I program a game.
- The proper way to utilize Artificial Intelligence
- How to have precise collision detection
And finally,
- How to handle Timing (such as adding special, graphical effects mid-game)
If any of you have your own personal input, or know a resource that I could look at, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!


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The first time Billy Shea had a real conversation with Whitey Bulger, it was on a streetcorner in South Boston, and Whitey handed him 500 bucks.
The last time, they were standing at the bottom of the cellar stairs in the projects in Southie and Billy was so sure Whitey intended to kill him that he was packing heat himself.
On Tuesday, Billy Shea and Whitey Bulger saw each other for the first time in more than a quarter-century. They smiled at each other across the courtroom, and Billy cracked wise. He even got Whitey to laugh.
Billy had come back home, his tie as loose as his tongue, to help the government put his old pal away for the rest of his not-so-nice life.
Billy's 74, but back in the day, he was part of a gang of Southie hoods called the Fifth Street Crew. They would shoot you sooner than look at you.
Billy did a bit for armed robbery, but when he got out of Walpole in 1977, he hooked up with Whitey, who was looking to appease the cowboys from Fifth Street.
Whitey approached Billy, a freshly minted ex-con, and said, "I heard some good things about you."
Good things meaning Billy could take a pinch and keep his mouth shut.
"He gave me an envelope," Billy recalled, "and said 'Welcome home.' "
When Billy opened the envelope and counted out the 500 bucks, he figured it was a peace offering.
"Jim," Billy said, calling Whitey by his preferred first name, "had taken over South Boston and was perceived as the boss of South Boston. But he had some tension with the Fifth Street Crew while I was incarcerated."
Whitey did more than give Billy some cash. He hooked him up with one of his guys, Jack Curran, to put some money on the street.
Billy asked Whitey for permission to open a card room, where high rollers could play poker without the fear of getting robbed.
"He didn't charge me anything to open up a card room," Billy said.
Billy noticed all these guys walking around Southie with big wads of cash. Marijuana dealers were everywhere. There was more grass in the gin mills on Broadway than on the fields across from the Old Harbor projects.
"I went to Jim and said I could round them up and put them in line," Billy explained.
Whitey had noticed the same thing.
"But he didn't want to get his image involved in drugs," Billy said.
Still, the drug trade was too lucrative to ignore, so Billy Shea would be Whitey's front man in it.
Billy Shea became Whitey's beard.
Everybody went along with the charade. Guys who got ripped off would come to Whitey and explain their predicament. Nobody mentioned drugs. But Whitey would straighten everything out. And then he owned those dealers.
Billy Shea and the Fifth Street Crew would ride around town and ask dealers to get in the car. If they said no, Billy would tell them that the next time they saw him it would be dark, "and they wouldn't see us."
When the dealers got in the car, they saw an automatic weapon on the seat. Billy called it the Dog and Pony Show.
"I would wish them great success in their business but they had to come into our fold or they'd be out of business. We would give them product, and our prices were lower. Basically, it was intimidation. I don't remember anyone not capitulating."
The money they made from grass was chump change compared to the margins in their cocaine business. Whitey went from getting $4,000 a week to $10,000.
In court Tuesday, Billy told prosecutor Brian Kelly he was clearing $100,000 a week. And immediately knew he had said too much.
"I know Jim's looking at me, 'You son of a bitch, you made that kind of money and that's all my end was?' " Billy interjected.
Whitey chuckled at that.
Asked to identify Whitey, Billy pointed to him and said, "He's the young fella there."
Whitey laughed.
Billy liked Whitey. Always had, even back in the day when their interests clashed. When Billy wanted to retire, Whitey wouldn't let him. Billy took another pinch, in 1983, and kept his mouth shut. A few years later, he wanted out.
"I made my money," Billy said. "I put it away. I didn't live large."
Whitey was furious at Billy for wanting to move on. So furious that he threatened Billy.
"You remember what happened to Bucky Barrett," Whitey said.
Whitey is charged with shooting Bucky Barrett in the head and burying him in the cellar of a house on East Third Street, right near his politician brother's house.
"You threatening me, Jim?"
It wasn't over.
Whitey came to his house and Billy armed himself. He got into a car with Whitey, Steve Flemmi, and Kevin Weeks. They drove to a deserted part of the D Street projects.
Whitey ordered him down some cellar stairs and Billy raced in front to be able to put his back to the wall and see over Whitey's shoulder.
"I was looking at his hands," Billy said. "I think he took me down there to frighten me or whack me."
Billy was prepared to shoot Whitey, knowing he would die at the hands of Flemmi and Weeks if he did. Whitey talked about their long partneship.
"He mentioned trust," Billy said.
Billy reminded Whitey he took a pinch in 1983 and kept his mouth shut.
"The tension went out of his face," Billy recalled.
It was over.
So was Billy's testimony.
Whitey's lawyer, Jay Carney, didn't even bother to cross-examine him.Kevin Cullen is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @GlobeCullen.


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New Jersey Courts Offer Texting Service To Jurors
All jurors in New Jersey will now be able to get text and email messages reminding them of their summons date and whether they need to report on a certain day.
About 30,000 jurors have opted in for the service since it was first offered to jurors responding online in June. Information on how to sign up for the service is included when jurors respond to their juror summons online.
Petit jurors who opt to receive text or email messages will receive a reminder notice about a week in advance of their reporting date. They also will receive the "call off" message if they don't need to report.
Jurors already can check that information at njcourts.com or call their local jury reporting number.
(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved)


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Another Afghan School Poisoned — 160 Girls Hospitalized 474
An anonymous reader writes "Back in April, we discussed news of an anti-education attack on an Afghani school, which poisoned 150 Afghan schoolgirls. Now, a hospital in the same province has admitted 160 more girls who seem to have suffered a similar attack. 'Their classrooms might have been sprayed with a toxic material before the girls entered, police spokesman Khalilullah Aseer said. He blamed the Taliban. The incident, the second in a week's time, was reported at the Aahan Dara Girls School in Taluqan, the provincial capital. The girls, ages 10 to 20, complained of headaches, dizziness and vomiting before being taken to the hospital, said Hafizullah Safi, director of the provincial health department. More than half of them were discharged within a few hours of receiving treatment, Safi said. The health department collected blood samples and sent them to Kabul for testing.'"


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Reinvention intention: the energy, creativity and follow-through that brings change to life.
How is your reinvention intention? We imagine it was high in January. A new year lay ahead, full of promise. Out with the old, in with the new. You could feel the power of potential – you were committed to operating your nonprofit or institution in a new way. You were ready to increase your documented impact. Your fundraising goals would be met; new board members engaged. Your gala would be reinvigorated with increased revenue and attendance. As a board member you would raise challenging questions. As an executive you would partner more closely with your board chair.
What has happened since then?
Now is the time to renew your reinvention intention. Take a look at what has been working this year, and where the challenges lie. Our experience has shown that challenges in fundraising can be due to changes in the environment – something everyone has experienced over the past few years. Challenges can also be closer to home. They can lie in how you fulfill your mission, the programs you operate, the way in which you hold yourself accountable for delivering on your mission. Are you in tune with your donors and potential donors? The stakeholders of the Mid-South? Those you serve? Are your services making an impact, or are you offering excellent services that may not meet a current need?
We often write about the "case for support" and how it is at the core of all fundraising. As a reminder, the case is a short document that communicates who you are, your mission, history and most importantly your vision and projected impact. And, of course, how much it will cost. Do you know your case? Do you hold all members of your organization accountable for delivering on your promise, as outlined in your case? Do you even have a case?
When you know your case, you can discern who you should be communicating with; who your potential donors and funders could be. You can manage your budget against your case – allocating funds toward priorities outlined in the case. You can plan for growth.
But, if your case doesn't resonate with your donors, funders and stakeholders, then perhaps it is time to look again at your reinvention intention. Are you keeping up with the times? With the needs of your community? Are you doing the same things expecting different results? Do you know your donors and why they give? Do they know your case?
Take a look at your case, your community and your services. Reinvention should be the intention when you need to do things differently.
Mel and Pearl Shaw are the owners of Saad & Shaw. They provide fundraising counsel to Memphis, the Mid-South and the nation. Visit them at www.saadandshaw.com or call 522-8727.